Assistant Professor

Dr Reshmi

Paari School of Business

Interests

  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Employer Branding
  • Behavioural Economics

Education

2019

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
India
M.Phil.

2023

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
India
Ph.D.

Work Experience

  • Worked as a Teaching Assistant (August 2022 to October 2022) in Employer Branding under Prof. Gordhan K. Saini at School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai.
  • Worked as a Teaching Assistant in Compensation & Benefits under Prof. Zubin R. Mulla (January 2020 to March 2020) at School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai.
  • Worked as a Teaching Assistant in Advanced Compensation Benefits under Prof. Zubin R. Mulla (June 2019 to August 2019) at School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai.
  • Worked as a Visiting Faculty (Industrial Relation and Labour Law) in Management department at Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic & Persian University. (August 2015 to October 2016).
  • Worked in the Assessment and Observer Training Program at Centre for Human Resources Management and Labour Relations, School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai (September 2023).

Research Interest

  • Investigating optimal strategies for designing and implementing compensation packages to attract and retain talent, enhance employee motivation, and align with organisational goals.
  • Exploring effective employer branding strategies that enhance organisational reputation, employee engagement, and attraction of top talent in competitive markets, examining the impact of branding strategies on employee perceptions.
  • Applying insights from behavioural economics to analyse and influence employee decision-making processes related to compensation, benefits, and workplace behaviour, including behavioural nudges.
  • Examining the dynamics of the psychological contract between employees and employers, exploring how implicit expectations, perceptions of fairness, and trust influence employee attitudes, behaviours, and organisational outcomes.
  • Utilising experimental research designs and methodologies to empirically test theories and hypotheses.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2019 – 2022 UGC SRF
  • 2017 – 2019 UGC JRF
  • 2016 – Qualified UGC NET
  • Publications

    • Reshmi & Zubin R Mulla (2023). Role of employer-sponsored health insurance benefits in employer attractiveness and job pursuit intention: Literature review and emerging issues. NHRD Network Journal. Sage Publication.
    • Reshmi. (2022). “Precarity among women handloom weavers at Sualkuchi, Assam” Published in Springer as a chapter in edited book “Paid and Unpaid Work of Women”.
    • Sivarajan, R., Verma, A. M. & Reshmi (2021). To jugaad or not? How Mumbai's gig workers thrive against psychological contract discrepancies. South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management. Sage Publication.
    • Dominic, B. & Reshmi (2021). Dealing with misselling: Impact of behavioural interventions on insurance agents. NHRD Network Journal. Sage Publication.

    Conferences

    • Reshmi, Mulla, Z. R. & Saini, G. K. 2024. Attracting Young Job Seekers through Sustainable HR Strategies: The Role of Health Insurance Benefits Communication in Increasing Perceived Value and Employer Attractiveness. EURAM 2024 Conference at University of Bath, UK. (Accepted).
    • Reshmi, Mulla, Z. R. & Saini, G. K. (December 2023). Role of health insurance benefits communication in attracting young job seekers. 36th ANZAM Conference at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (Accepted).
    • Reshmi & Mulla, Z. R. (9th January, 2022). Role of employer-sponsored health insurance benefits in employer attractiveness and job pursuit intention in post-pandemic world: Literature review and emerging issues. 7th Biennial INDAM Conference 2022 at IIM Rohtak.
    • Reshmi & Mondal, N. (1st December, 2018). Handloom weavers weaving entrepreneurial dream at Sualkuchi, Assam. 6th PAN IIM International Conference at IIM Bangalore.
    • Reshmi (1st July 2018). Precarity among women handloom weavers at Sualkuchi, Assam. International Conference Paid and Unpaid Work of Women at TISS Mumbai.

    Memberships

  • European Academy of Management (2024 & 2025)
  • Contact Details

    • E-mail id: reshmi.a@srmap.edu.in
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