Educational Qualification

• Fellow Program in Management (XLRI, Jamshedpur)
• MHRM (Dept of HSS, IIT Kharagpur)
• MMS (Thiagarajar College, Madurai)

Work Experience (Research /Teaching)

• 2020 – 2022: Assistant Professor, School of Commerce, XIM University Bhubaneswar.
• 2014 – 2020: Assistant Professor, School of Management, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar
• 2004 – 2006: Executive-HR (Generalist), Dot Com Info Way, Madurai

Journal Publication

Journal Articles

• Chintaluri, M. G.,Bala Subramanian, R, & Choudhary, A (2023). Team Member’s Promotion: Injustice or Promotion in Haste?. Asian Journal of Management Cases. ISSN: 0972-8201 (ABDC - C)
• Subramanian, B. R., & Choudhary, A. (2023). Attrition Problems at Food Delivery App Companies: Is There A Way Out,. Emerging Markets Case Studies. Vol. 13 No. 4. ISSN: 2045-0621 (Scopus – Q4)
• Chintaluri, M. G., & Bala Subramanian, R. (2023). Universal Heater Industries: Managing Conflict with A Distributor. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies. Vol. 13 No. 4. ISSN: 2045-0621 (Scopus – Q4)
• Subramanian, B. R., & Choudhary, A. (2023). Does organizational size influence the service quality of government hospitals?. Organizacionnaâ psihologiâ (Organizational Psychology). Vol. 13, No. 3. ISSN: 2312-5942 (Scopus – Q4)
• Subramanian R, B., & Patre, S. (2023). ‘HUL (Kodaikanal) Plant’s Environmental Degradation & Workers’ Battle for Compensation: A Case Study’. The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp.192-201. (ISSN: 00195286) 
• Manjula N,  Subramanian R, B., & Mehta, S. (2023). Pandian Pickles: value or volume?. The CASE Journal. Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 541-558. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-09-2021-0141
• Subramanian R., B. and Thakur, M. (2022), "India Post: its 21st-century Avatar", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 12 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-05-2021-0138
• Chintaluri, M. G., & Bala Subramanian, R. (2022). Managing Channel Partner Conflict: The Case of Z-Tel Mobile, India. Management and Labour Studies, Vol.47, Issue:3, March, 2022,pp:385-395. DOI: 10.1177/0258042X221080245
• Choudhary, A.& Subramanian, B. R., (2021). ‘A Study of Power distance on Academic Mentoring’. Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability http://www.asiaentrepreneurshipjournal.com/JAESVolXVIIMarch2021.pdf 
• Subramanian, B. R., & Choudhary, A. (2017). ‘SR software and its entrepreneurial attempt in a franchisee model of business’. Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, 13(3), 21-42. (ISSN: 11774541)
• Bala Subramanian R, Thakur, M. K., & Patre, S. (2023). Workplace Gratitude: Literature Review and Future Directions. FIIB Business Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145231154039 
• Subramanian, B. R., Thakur, M., & Chalil, G. (2022). The Definition and Similar Constructs of Gratitude: A Critical Review. Psychology Hub, 39(3), 33-42.
• Bala Subramanian R, Srikanth PB and Thakur M (2022), Influence of distributive justice on organizational citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of gratitude. Frontier in. Psychology 13:974405. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.974405, 2022
• Bala Subramanian R, Munish Thakur, & Manjula (2022), Does the Customer Complain or Compliment? Nudging Them to Feel Grateful, Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, Vol:35, September, 2022
• Bala Subramanian R, Subhajit Bhattacharya, & Munish Thakur, ‘Job Crafting, Performance, and the Mediating Role of Gratitude: A Study Among the Sales Service Personnel of Tourist industry, India’, ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism Vol. 20, No. 2, August 2022, pp. 53-66.
• Bala Subramanian R, Munish Thakur, A Review of Theories in Gratitude Literature, Psychology Hub, n. 1, Vol.39, 2022, pp:81-90 
• Subramanian, R. B., (2016). Women Leadership in Organization: A literature review. IIM Indore Journal of Management, Vol 8, Issue 2 (ISSN:0975-1653)
• Subramanian, R. B., & Jomon, M. G. (2015). Why Happiness is Critical for Individual Performance? IIMS Journal of Management Science, 6(1), 9-23. (ISSN: 0976-030X)
• Subramanian R, B., & Mehta, S. (2013). ‘Factors influencing disintegration of informal networks in organizations. The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 247-255. ISSN: 00195286 ('C' in the ABDC list)

Case Study

• Manjula N,  Subramanian R, B., & Mehta, S. (2023). Pandian Pickles: value or volume?. The CASE Journal.
• Subramanian R., B. and Thakur, M. (2022), "India Post: its 21st-century avatar", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 12 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-05-2021-0138
• Chintaluri, M. G., & Bala Subramanian, R. (2022). Managing Channel Partner Conflict: The Case of Z-Tel Mobile, India. Management and Labour Studies, Vol.47, Issue:3, March, 2022,pp:385-395. 

Book Chapters

• Chowdhry, Mohanty, & subramanian R. (2021). Steering the Cycle: How to revive the Mo Cycle? In Sustainable Entrepreneurship (p. 34). BLOOMSBURY.
• Subramanian R, B., N, M., & G.V, M. (2023). India Post Payments Bank: Postal Services to Banking – Will the Journey be Smooth? In Doing Business in South Asia A Case Study Collection. essay, Routledge.
• Archana Choudhary, & Bala Subramanian R. (2021) ‘Role of Community-Based Organizations in the Pandemic: Opportunities for Growth, Challenges to Survival’. In Stakeholder Strategies for Reducing the Impact of Global Health Crises (pp.116-131). IGI-Global (ISBN13: 9781799874959)
• Subramanian, R. B., & Kumar, S. (2016). Do Women Turn to Entrepreneurship to Maintain a Better Work–Life Balance. In Indian Women as Entrepreneurs (pp. 63-80). Palgrave Macmillan UK (eBook ISBN 978-1-137-60259-6)
• R, B., & Chakraborty, U. (2016). Triguna and Entrepreneurship. In S. Sengupta (Ed.), Compendium On Integrating Spirituality & Organizational Leadership (Vol. 9, Spirituality for Social Innovation and Social Change, pp. 214-218). New Delhi: ISOL Publications.

Conference Proceedings

• Subramanian R, B., & PB, S. (2021). Influence of Distributive Justice on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Gratitude . In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 14352). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Conferences / MDPs Attended / FDPs Attended

• Participated in the Doctoral Summer School 2018, IIM Ahmedabad, April 1-5, 2018.
• “Skill based education in Management”, was presented at the 6th National Conference on Management Science and Practice (MSP 2016), IIT Madras, September 9-10, 2016.
• “Women Leadership in Organization – A Literature Review” – was presented at the 3rd PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Indore during 16 – 18 December 2015.
• "Unionization of IT Workers – A Study in India”, presented at State of Employment in India: Problems and Prospects, Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Goa Institute of Management May 10-11, 2022
•  “A Study on the Impact of Branded Gold Show Rooms on Traditional Gold and Bullion Entrepreneurs of Madurai City, Tamil Nadu” was presented at the fifth annual Gold & Gold Markets Conference 2022, IIM Ahmedabad, 11-12, April 2022.
• “Does the customer complain or appreciate it? Nudging them to feel grateful”, was presented at the Behavioral Science in Management Conference, IIM Ahmedabad, 3^rd-4^th, March 2022.
• “Does the Grateful Emotion Satisfice?”, was presented at the Behavioral Science in Management Conference, IIM Ahmedabad, 9^th-10th April 2021.
•  "Influence of Distributive Justice on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Gratitude", has been accepted for presentation at the virtual 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 29 July - 4 August 2021.
•  “Gratitude, Team Cohesion and Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Business Organizational Teams” was accepted for the British Academy of Management, 2020 Conference.
• “Influence of Organization size on service quality: A Study on Government Hospitals, Odisha" was accepted for the poster session of 4th IIMA International Conference on Advances in Healthcare Management Services in IIM Ahmedabad, February 16-17, 2019.
• Poster presented on “Choice Complexity and Rationality: A Comparative Study On Retail Store Format's Influence On Consumers’ Satisficing buying decision, India” at TAPMI-Max Planck- SOTON Winter School on Bounded Rationality 2019.
• Paper titled “Influences of Gratitude on Team Performance: The Mediating Role of Team Cohesion” was presented for the AMJ paper and idea development workshop at the IIM Bangalore on February 17-18, 2018