V Venkatanagarajan

Assistant Professor

Area of Expertise: Organizational Behaviour

Dr. V. Venkatanagarajan holds the dual degree of MS & PhD in management (HR/OB) from the Department of management studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. He specializes in the area of positive organizational behaviour. He completed his post-graduation in Human resources Management (MA-HRM) from D.G. Vaishnav College, Chennai and under-graduation in Commerce (B. Com) from R.K.M. Vivekananda College, Chennai.

His research work specifically focuses on the upward contagion effect of psychological capital (PsyCap) at   workplace. The study attempts to understand the underlying mechanisms and the boundary conditions involved in the transfer of PsyCap resources (i.e., hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism) from followers to leaders.

Besides being an academician, Venkatanagarajan is an accomplished Carnatic Vocalist and regularly performs in prestigious sabhas during the annual music festival at Chennai (December music season). Some of his recent awards include “Best male vocalist” from The Madras Music Academy, “Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani” from The Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, Bombay, “Sangeetha Mudhra” award from Mudhra, Chennai, and B-High grade (AIR, Chennai).

Research interests:

• Positive Organizational behavior;
• Psychological Capital;
• Contagion effects of psychological capital at workplace;

Peer reviewed journal articles:

• Venkatanagarajan, V., & Roche, M. (2023). The when and how of psychological Capital’s upward contagion effect: Exploring through a cross-cultural lens. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management(ABDC - B), 23(2), 423–442.
• Venkatanagarajan, V., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2019). Whence, how and when psychological capital enhances job performance: Insights from an east–west conceptual synthesis. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management(ABDC - B), 19(2), 120-139.

Conference presentations/proceedings:

• Venkatanagarajan, V., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2020). The Contagion Effect of PsyCap: A Review and Future Directions. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 20351). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
• Venkatanagarajan, V., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2017). Trigunas and creativity among researchers and scientists: the mediating role of psychological capital. Proceedings of the 26th NAOP conference held at IITM

Manuscripts under review

• Venkatanagarajan, V., Kamalanabhan, T. J. & Roche, M (2021). Psychological capital’s upward contagion effect: Underlying mechanisms and cultural boundary conditions. Under review with the International Journal of Cross Cultural Management
• Venkatanagarajan, V., Kamalanabhan, T. J. & Roche, M (2021). The Contagion Effect of PsyCap at workplace. Under review with Management and Labour Studies