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Dr. R. Deepa

Chair – Centre for Leadership Excellence Assistant Professor of Human Resources

QUALIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION : BE, MBA, PhD (IIT Madras) – HRM/OB

EXPERIENCE IN YEARS TEACHING/PRACTICE/INDUSTRY/RESEARCH : 04 years of teaching/ 06 years of research/ 07 years of research

Dr. R.Deepa has a doctorate in HRM/OB from IIT Madras. She has over 16 years of teaching, research and industry experience. She has six years of industry experience as a HR generalist in various Manufacturing and IT organizations in corporate HR and corporate marketing. She has seven years of research experience as a research scholar and research associate at IIT Madras, where she worked in Employer Branding. Her research interests include Talent Management, Employer Branding, Technology-based Human Resource Management and Learning & Development. She has published papers in international peer- reviewed journals listed in ABDC and Scopus and presented papers in national and international conferences of repute.

  • Ph.D. HRM/OB, IIT Madras. Thesis Title “A Study on Employer Branding and its impact on Employee Attraction, Engagement and Employee-based Brand Equity”

Recipient of the Half-time Teaching-Research Assistantship from the Ministry of HRD

  • Master of Business Administration, (Marketing and HR), Thiagrajar School of Management, Madurai, India
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation and Control), Kalasalingam College of Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India

Publications

Journals

Deepa, R., & Baral, R. (2021). Is my employee still attracted to me? Understanding the impact of integrated communication and choice of communication channels on employee attraction, Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-09-2020-0136

Deepa, R.  and R. Baral (2021). Relationship between integrated communication effectiveness and employee-based brand equity – mediating role of psychological contract fulfilment, Journal of Product and Brand Management, 30(6), pp.883-897, https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-01-2019-2212

Deepa, R.  and R. Baral (2019) “Applying Importance-Performance Analysis as a tool to guide Employer Branding Strategies in the IT-BPM Industry”, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness People and Performance, 6(1), 77-95, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-04-2018-0024

Deepa, R.  and R. Baral (2017). A Comprehensive Framework for Implementing an Effective Employer Brand Strategy, Global Business Review, 18(3S), 1-20, DOI: 10.1177/0972150917693152.

Deepa R. and R. Baral (2013). A Logic Model Approach to Assess the Impact of Employer Branding Programs, AIMS International Journal of Management, 7(3), 181-195

Conference Proceedings

Deepa R. and R. Baral (2017), ‘Importance-Fulfilment Analysis in Employer Branding’, Proceedings of the ICRBS Conference 2017, IIT Roorkee, 16th and 17th December 2017, ISBN: 978-93-86238-38-2.

Deepa R. and R. Baral (2016), ‘Do EVP Attributes affect Employee Engagement? – A Closer Look through Psychological Contract Lenses’, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), IIT Madras, 29th – 31st December 2016, ISBN 978-93-85374-55-5.

Deepa, R. and R. Baral (2016), ‘Role of Communication Effectiveness in the Relationship between Employment Value Proposition and Employee-based Brand Equity’, Proceedings of the 4th PAN IIM World Management Conference, IIM Ahmedabad, 15th – 17th December 2016.

Deepa, R. and R. Baral (2013), ‘A Logic Model Approach to Assess the Impact of Employer Branding Programs’, Proceedings of the 10th AIMS International Conference on Management, 6th – 8th January 2013, IIM Bangalore,  ISBN: 978-81924713-1-0.

Deepa. R (2011), ‘Analytical Review of the effect of Performance Management System on Motivation, Job Satisfaction and OD’, Proceedings of the 2nd National National Conference of Human Resource Management, Management Development Research Foundation (MDRF), New Delhi.  

Deepa. R (2010), ‘Conceptual Framework of Employer Branding Strategies’, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference of Human Resource Management (NCHRM) Management Development Research Foundation (MDRF), New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81- 920513-0- 7, 2010.

Conference Papers

“Implications for AI in HRM – A Dynamic Capabilities View”, presented in the first International Virtual Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business and Society” (AIBS – 2021), held between February 20 and 21, 2021 at LIBA.

“Impact of Integrated Communication on Employee Attraction – Moderating Role of the choice of Communication Channels”paper presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (INDAM 2020) held between January 2-4, 2020 at Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli.

“Importance-Fulfilment Analysis in Employer Branding” – paper presented at ICRBS Conference 2017 held between 16th and 17th December 2017 at IIT Roorkee

“Do EVP Attributes affect Employee Engagement? A Closer Look through Psychological Contract Lenses” – paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) held between 29th – 31st December 2016 at IIT Madras

“Role of Communication Effectiveness in the Relationship between Employment Value Proposition and Employee-based Brand Equity” – paper presented at the 4th PAN IIM World Management Conference, held between 15th – 17th December 2016 at IIM Ahmedabad.

“Thinking Beyond Value Propositions – A Business Model Canvas Approach to Map Employer Brand Strategy”, presented at the 14th International Conference on Human Resource Management (IHRM), and held between 21st – 23rd June 2016.  Organised by Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

“Employer Branding and Talent Management – A Review and Research Agenda” – DoMS Research Symposium, Department of Management Studies, held between January 16th – 17th 2015 at IIT Madras.

“A Study Linking Employer Branding to Employee Attraction, Engagement and Retention” – Doctoral Students’ Mentoring Program at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM), held between December 12th – 14th 2013 at IIM Ahmedabad.

“A Logic Model Approach to Assess the Impact of Employer Branding Programs”, Presented at the 10th AIMS International Conference on Management, held between 6th – 8th January 2013 at IIM Bangalore. Selected as best paper for publication in the AIMS International Journal of Management

“Analytical Review of the effect of Performance Management System on Motivation, Job Satisfaction and OD”, Presented at the 2nd National Conference of Human Resource Management (NCHRM) organised by the Management Development Research Foundation (MDRF), New Delhi.

“Conceptual Framework of Employer Branding Strategies”, Presented at the 1st National Conference of Human Resource Management (NCHRM) organised by the Management Development Research Foundation (MDRF), New Delhi.

Book Review

Deepa R. and R. Baral (2013). “Sustainability and Human Resource Management – Developing Sustainable Business Organizations by Ina Ehnert, Wes Harry, and Klaus J. Zink”, published in the special issue of “HR and Corporate Sustainability”, October 2013, NHRDN journal

Paper under Review and Working Paper

Himanshu Sharma, Venktaraghavan, K and Deepa, R (2021). A Machine Learning-Based Decision Support System for Last-Mile Fraud-Detection in e-Commerce, Electronics Commerce Research.

Deepa, R. and Fr. Joe Arun (2021) “Adopting Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management – A Dynamic Capabilities View.”

Deepa, R.  and R. Baral , “Impact of Integrated Communication on Employee Attraction – Moderating Role of the choice of Communication Channels” Working Papers on Technology and Human Resource Management

Deepa, R.  and R. Baral, “Relationship between Integrated Communication Effectiveness and Employee-based Brand Equity – Mediating role of Psychological Contract Fulfillment”

Case Research

Involved in the research and writing of the case study on “Employer Branding of a leading IT services firm in India” for IIMA case repository. Project undertaken under the joint collaboration of IIMA and IITM.

Workshops Attended

Faculty Development Program on “Case Pedagogy as a Learning Tool”, held between November 8 and 9, 2019 at XIMB, Bhubaneswar.

Faculty Development Program (8 weeks) – certified by NPTEL – AICTE for the courses ‘Soft skills and Personality Development’ and Enhancing Soft-skills and Personality Development’ –Topper in the both the courses.

Faculty Development Program on teaching skills as part of Wipro-Mission 10X Initiative – 3 day program – June 2019

Faculty Development Program organized by CII on “Understanding HR practices of different Organisations” from January-March 2019.

Faculty Development Program by the Teaching-Learning Center (TLC) – IIT Madras on Teaching skills – One week program – June 2018

Three days national workshop on DATA ANALYSIS AND ADVANCED STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES USING SPSS AMOS– organised by VIT Chennai and IBM SPSS –  December, 2016

Conference and Workshops Conducted

Resource person for the session held on 7th December 2019, as part of the 3-day Faculty Development Programme on SPSS and SEM, held between December 5-7, 2019 at LIBA.

Organised and conducted a Management Conclave in September 2018

Organised seminars and guest lectures from Nov 2018 – May 2019 as MMA (Madras Management Association) coordinator of student chapter activities

Part of the core team to conduct the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) convention 2016 at IIT Madras

Employer Branding

Talent Management

Technology-based Human Resource Management

Learning and Development

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