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Department of Personnel Management

Dr. Arathi Krishna

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : Ph.D

Email-ID : arathi@rajagiri.edu

Arathi Krishna holds a PhD from the School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. Her thesis focused on the topic of academic bullying and its consequences. She has over five years of experience in academia as an Assistant Professor in Management. Her current research interests include Workplace Bullying, Employee Silence, and Neurodiversity. She has published articles in several international journals indexed in ABDC and Scopus. She has received Best Paper awards from prestigious conferences like INDAM. Her commitment to continuous learning is reflected in her participation in The Wharton Global Faculty Development Program organised by The Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • PhD in Social Sciences
  • MBA in Human Resource Management
  • Assistant Professor at Kochi Business School, Kochi, India (2023-2024)
  • Assistant Professor, MES College for Advanced Studies, Ernakulam (2014-2018)
  • Krishna, A., Soumyaja, D., & Joseph, J. (2024). Workplace bullying and employee silence: the role of affect-based trust and climate for conflict management. International Journal of Conflict Management. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcma-09-2023-0190 (ABDC-A, SCOPUS Q1)
  • Krishna, A., Soumyaja, D., & Sowmya, C. S. (2023). Workplace bullying and diffident silence: a moderated mediation model of shame and core self-evaluation. International Journal of Conflict Management, 34(3), 417–439. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcma-04-2022-0075 (ABDC-A, SCOPUS Q1)
  • Krishna, A., Soumyaja, D., Subramanian, J., & Nimmi, P. M. (2023). The escalation process of workplace bullying: A scoping review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 71, 101840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2023.101840 (SJR Q1)
  • Krishna, A., & Soumyaja, D. (2022). Exploring the escalation process of academic bullying: a qualitative study. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 22(11). (SCOPUS)
  • Krishna, A., & Soumyaja, D. (2020). Playing safe games – thematic analysis of victims’ perspectives on gendered bullying in academia. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 12(4), 197–208. https://doi.org/10.1108/jacpr-03-2020-0478 (SCOPUS Q1)

Other Publications

  • Joseph.G, A.Ruksana, P.M.Nimmi and Krishna, A. (2020), ‘Design Thinking Activities’ Eliva Press: Europe. ISBN-10 : 1952751594; ISBN-13: 978- 1952751592 (Book)
  • Nimmi, P. M., Krishna, A., & Donald, W. E (2023). ‘Enabling Educators to Foster Creativity and Perceived Employability: The Role of Serious Leisure’. In Handbook of Research on Applied Multicultural Industrial and Organizational Psychology (pp 235-254), IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7212-5.ch012 (Book Chapter)
  • Krishna, A., Soumyaja, D., & Thampi R, R. (2023). ‘Workplace Bullying and EVLN Outcomes: A Study on the Role of Climate for Conflict Management’. In P. Mishra, A. Sharma, S. Khanra, S. K. Kundu, & S. Kumar Mishra (Eds.), Digital Economy Post COVID-19 Era Proceedings of 8th Conference of Indian Academy of Management (INDAM2023), Mumbai, India 2023 (pp. 263–274). Springer.
  • Workplace Bullying and EVLN Outcomes: A Study on the Role of Climate for Conflict Management. The 7th Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management held at NMIMS, Mumbai, January 05-08,2023.
  • Bystanders’ whistleblowing intention in workplace bullying: the role of personality and ethical positioning. International Virtual Conference on “Business ethics during challenging times” under the aegis of ASB Business School. February 18, 2022.
  • A study of victims' response on academic bullying'. 9th International HR E-Conference on "Talent management and Leadership challenges in the new normal business", on 16-17 December 2021, under the aegis of BCIC SDMIMD (ISBN: 978-93-83302-52-9).
  • Gender impact on workplace bullying in academia. Two-day national seminar on discussing Gender roles in India-Perspective and challenges held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, March 06-07, 2020.
  • Predicting the intention: A conceptual relationship between workplace bullying and employee silence. 6th biennial conference of the Indian Academy of Management held at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappally, January 02-04, 2020.
  • Wharton Global Faculty Development Program conducted by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, on July 2023.
  • Faculty Development Programme on ‘Delivering Teaching learning Excellence’, held at LEAD College of Management from April 24-28, 2023
  • Completed One Week Faculty Development Programme on "Systematic Literature Review and Meta- Analysis" August 10-16, 2021 and obtained grade A+, organized by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and MHRD
  • Completed Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme on "Quantitative Methods for Data Analysis" from August 12- 25, 2020 and obtained grade A+, organized by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and MHRD
  • Completed One Week Faculty Development Programme on "Open Source Tools for Research" from June 8-14, 2020 organized by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and MHRD
  • Attended three-day Faculty Empowerment Program organized by MES Standing Committee on Self-Financing Colleges in 2017
  • Two-day online Workshop on "Mediation and Moderation Analysis", on 23rd and 24th March 2024, organised by the School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad
  • Participated in the Three-day Workshop on "Effective Theory- Building and Testing Using SEM for Social Sciences" organized by DDU Kaushal Kendra, CUSAT in 2019.
  • Participated in the workshop on "Writing and Publishing Research Articles in High Impact Journals: Techniques and Tips" organized by DDU Kaushal Kendra, CUSAT in 2019.
  • Best Paper award for the paper titled "Workplace Bullying and EVLN outcomes: A study on the role of Climate for Conflict Management". Presented at Seventh Biennial Conference of the INDAM held at NMIMS, Mumbai, January 05-08, 2023.
  • Best Paper award for the paper titled 'Bystanders whistleblowing intention in workplace bullying: the role of personality and ethical positioning': Presented at International Virtual Conference on "Business ethics during challenging times", on 18 February 2022, under the aegis of ASB Business School