Staff Profile

Dr Nitin Simha Vihari Poluru

Biography

Dr. Nitin Vihari completed his BTech in Engineering from JNTU (India) and MBA in HRM at National Institute of Technology, Trichy (India), before obtaining his PhD in HRM at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (India).  

He is an Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), UK and a Professional Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute (MAHRI), Australia.

Nitin is the Campus Programme Coordinator of MA in Human Resource Management and Development. His learning and teaching interests include Human Resource Management, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour and Business Research Methods.   

Qualifications
  • Ph.D. (HRM), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
  • M.B.A. (HRM), National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
  • B.Tech. (Electronics & Communications), JNTU, India.
Previous Positions
  • Assistant Professor of HRM & OB, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, UAE (2019-2022).
  • Assistant Professor of HRM & OB, Jindal Global Business School, O.P. Jindal Global University, India (2017-2018).
Awards and achievements
  • 2013- Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, India
Membership of professional bodies and associations
  • Academic Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK 
  • Professional Member of Australian HR Institute, Australia  
Referee for Journals
  • Management and Labor Studies
  • Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
  • International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise
  • International Journal of Innovation and Learning
  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • International Journal of E-Adoption

Research Interests
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Performance Management
  • Leadership
  • Change Management
  • Negotiation Analysis
  • Decision Makin
Selected Publications
  • Vihari NS, Sinha NK, Tyagi A and Mittal S (2022). “Effect of mindfulness on online impulse buying: Moderated mediation model of problematic internet use and emotional intelligence”. Frontiers in Psychology. 13:1012331.  
  • Vihari, N.S., Yadav, M., Bhaskaran, T.S. and Srivastava, A. (2022) ‘Impact of workplace acculturation on expatriate job performance: does inter-cultural consciousness and selfefficacy play a role?’, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, Vol. 13, No.3, pp: 282-304  
  • Yadav M & Vihari N.S., (2021). ‘Employee Experience: Construct Clarification, Conceptualization and Validation of a New Scale’, FIIB Business Review, pp: 1-15.  
  • Vihari N.S., Yadav, M., & Panda, T.K. (2022). "Effect of Soft TQM Practices on work role performance: Role of Innovative work behavior and Initiative climate", The TQM Journal, Vol. 34 No.1, pp. 160-177.
  • Prince R., Vihari, N.S., & Rao, M.K. (2021). "Examining the Effects of Sustainable HRM on Employee Work Wellbeing: The Role of Voice Behavior and Trust in Management", Managing Risk and Decision Making in times of Economic Disruptions and Distress: A Collective Study, Emerald Publications, Volume 108B, 158-171.
  • Vihari N.S., & Yadav M., (2021). Effect of Change Agent Leadership Style on Successful ERP Implementation and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence, International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design, Vol 12, No.4, pp.1-16.
  • Rao, P., Balasubramanian, S., Vihari, N., Jabeen, S., Shukla, V., & Chanchaichujit, J. (2021). "The e-commerce supply chain and environmental sustainability: An empirical investigation on the online retail sector", Cogent Business & Management, Vol.8, No.1, pp:1-29.
  • Ajmal, M., Jabeen, S.S. and Vihari, N.S. (2021) “Business model innovation and financial performance: a study of trading and services SMEs in UAE”, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp.261–272.
  • Prakash R., Vihari N.S., & Jabeen S.S. (2021)"Reimagining the Fashion Retail Industry through the implications of COVID-19 in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries", FIIB Business Review, Vol. 10, No.4, pp: 327–338.
  • Vihari, N. S., Rao, M. K., & Doliya, P. (2019). “Organizational learning as an innovative determinant of organizational sustainability: An Evidence-Based Approach”. International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol 23, No. 3, pp:1-23.
  • Vihari, N. S., & Rao, M. K. (2019). “Sustainable HRM as a contextual antecedent of organizational effectiveness–a moderated mediation model”. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, Vol 19, No.3, pp: 299-321.
  • Vihari, N. S. (2019). “Effects of Business Model Innovation on Corporate Sustainability: Intervening role of Organizational Learning and Strategic Flexibility”, International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp: 131-154.
  • Vihari, N.S., & Rao, M.K. (2018). “Antecedents and Consequences of Sustainable Human Resource Management: Empirical Evidence from India”, Jindal Journal of Business Research Vol.7, No.1, pp: 1-25.
  • Vihari, N.S., Rao, M.K. and Jada, U. (2018). “Empirical linkage between sustainable HRM and organisational flexibility: A SEM-based approach”, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp.65–86.
  • Vihari,N.S. & Rao, M.K. (2017). “Business Model Innovation and Organizational Mindfulness as determinants of Corporate Sustainability: An Empirical Study”, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.238–254.
  • Vihari, N.S., Singh, B., & Rao, M.K. (2015). “Measuring Human Capital Management Maturity Index: A Study of Select Indian Public Sector Banks”, International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.1–26.
  • Vihari, N.S., & Rao, M.K. (2014). “Effects of Organizational Ambidexterity and Change for Sustainability on Organizational Effectiveness: Empirical Evidence from India”, International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp: 376-388.

Revulagadda, R. K., Kumar, S., Olasiuk, H., Singh, S., Vihari, N. S., & Vats, S. (2023, February). A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Financial Technology Applications. In 2023 3rd International Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology and Management (ICIPTM) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160008195&doi=10.1109%2fICIPTM57143.2023.10118147&partnerID=40&md5=21dea79d37bbd6a1edf84ef5d280c08e
Singh, S., Kumar, S., Olasiuk, H., Revulagadda, R. K., & Vihari, N. S. (2023, February). A blockchain technology application for managing blood supply chain. In 2023 3rd International Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology and Management (ICIPTM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160019094&doi=10.1109%2fICIPTM57143.2023.10118148&partnerID=40&md5=4dd1210817b7d04ae1c44ff74adebef7
Rajesh, K., Kumar, S., kumar Binod, K., Olasiuk, H., & Vihari, N. S. (2023, February). A Novel Class-F Power Amplifier with reconfigurable harmonic matching technique for IoT-enabled healthcare application. In 2023 3rd International Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology and Management (ICIPTM) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160004326&doi=10.1109%2fICIPTM57143.2023.10117927&partnerID=40&md5=62b60e33811b907f2a93a9a7125bd864
Kumar, S., Sasidharan, A., Olasiuk, H., & Vihari, N. S. (2023). Corporate Social Responsibility, Governance and Financial Constraints in Indian Listed Firms. Global Business Review, 09721509231152703. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85159722501&doi=10.1177%2f09721509231152703&partnerID=40&md5=8f5502f7032b59e0f324e4257b9ee9bf
Kumar, S., Sasidharan, A., Olasiuk, H., & Vihari, N. S. (2023). Does board independence matters for dividend policy in emerging economies. Procedia Computer Science, 221, 853-860. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85171758935&doi=10.1016%2fj.procs.2023.08.061&partnerID=40&md5=b84e3d9532b1d112bcc94d745d38aec2
Vihari, N. S., Sinha, N. K., Tyagi, A., & Mittal, S. (2022). Effect of mindfulness on online impulse buying: Moderated mediation model of problematic internet use and emotional intelligence. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1012331. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144262877&doi=10.3389%2ffpsyg.2022.1012331&partnerID=40&md5=8e1c34f4796a73ec0405410fb8fb3b72
Yadav, R., Yadav, M., & Vihari, N. S. (2023). High-performance work system and learning orientation in offline, online, and hybrid workplaces: the mediating role of affective commitment. The Learning Organization (Online First) https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173525636&doi=10.1108%2fTLO-10-2022-0118&partnerID=40&md5=768838de57c4989f322763457be016b3
Vihari, N. S., Yadav, M., Bhaskaran, T. S., & Srivastava, A. (2022). Impact of workplace acculturation on expatriate job performance: does inter-cultural consciousness and self-efficacy play a role?. International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 13(3), 282-304. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142488801&doi=10.1504%2fijwoe.2022.126958&partnerID=40&md5=be877a640aeea788abe3e1d6b10cd230
Rajesh, K., Kumar, S., kumar Binod, K., Olasiuk, H., Vats, S., & Vihari, N. S. (2023, February). Improvement of a highly efficient class-ef DPA with cross coupled HCN Doherty power amplifier for wireless body area network. In 2023 3rd International Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology and Management (ICIPTM) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160011022&doi=10.1109%2fICIPTM57143.2023.10118080&partnerID=40&md5=45cf0e010d2daa008f8e110f512ee03a
Gaur, P., Vihari, N. S., & Sharma, G. M. (2022). Managing age diversity at the workplace: Global perspectives. In Global Perspectives on Maintaining Gender, Age, and Religious Diversity in the Workplace (pp. 278-293). IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/managing-age-diversity-at-the-workplace/312395

Faculty Members

Lulu Baddar PGCHE MSc
Lulu Baddar PGCHE MSc
Senior Lecturer, Campus Programme Coordinator- BSc International Tourism Management
Rhoderick Romano PGCHE MBA
Rhoderick Romano PGCHE MBA
Senior Lecturer
Dr Jeongsoo Han FHEA
Dr Jeongsoo Han FHEA
Senior Lecturer
Eleni Kitra
Eleni Kitra
Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing
Sandra Stephenson MEd, BJourn, PGCHE, FHEA
Sandra Stephenson MEd, BJourn, PGCHE, FHEA
Lecturer
Claudia L. Maher MA MCIPD FHEA
Claudia L. Maher MA MCIPD FHEA
Lecturer
Neelofer Mashood MA MBA FHEA PGCHE
Neelofer Mashood MA MBA FHEA PGCHE
Senior Lecturer
Professor Ajit Karnik PhD
Professor Ajit Karnik PhD
Professor of Economics
Professor Cedwyn Fernandes PhD
Professor Cedwyn Fernandes PhD
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Director
Andrew Mackenzie MBA SFHEA
Andrew Mackenzie MBA SFHEA
Senior Lecturer, Head of Institute of Sustainable Development
Dr Supriya Kunnath Kaitheri FHEA
Dr Supriya Kunnath Kaitheri FHEA
Senior Lecturer, Campus Programme Coordinator - MA International Business Management
Ryan Stephenson MAIBM FHEA MCMI
Ryan Stephenson MAIBM FHEA MCMI
Lecturer in Business
Rory McConnon MBA MSC FHEA PMP
Rory McConnon MBA MSC FHEA PMP
Senior Lecturer, Campus Programme Coordinator - Undergraduate Business Management and International Business
Matthew Brown MA, BA (Hons), HND, Dip PolGov (Open), PGCHE, MCIM, MIDM, FCMI, FHEA
Matthew Brown MA, BA (Hons), HND, Dip PolGov (Open), PGCHE, MCIM, MIDM, FCMI, FHEA
Senior Lecturer
Dr Vijay Pujari FCIM SFHEA
Dr Vijay Pujari FCIM SFHEA
Senior Lecturer, Campus Programme Coordinator - MSc Strategic Marketing and MSc Corporate and Marketing Communications, Campus Programme Coordinator - MSc Digital Marketing
Professor Cody Morris Paris PhD
Professor Cody Morris Paris PhD
Deputy Director of Research & Business, Head of the Business School
Dr Sreejith Balasubramanian FHEA
Dr Sreejith Balasubramanian FHEA
Associate Professor, Chair, Office of Research, Head & Founder: Centre for Supply Chain Excellence
Dr Sheldon Carvalho
Dr Sheldon Carvalho
Senior Lecturer in HRM & Organizational Behavior
Dr Shawn Mathew
Dr Shawn Mathew
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Christopher Jensen
Christopher Jensen
Lecturer in Management
Muneeza Shoaib Sandeela
Muneeza Shoaib Sandeela
Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Campus Programme Coordinator- BA Marketing
Sony Sreejith Assoc. CIPD FHEA
Sony Sreejith Assoc. CIPD FHEA
Lecturer in Business Foundation, IFP - Business Pathway Coordinator
Mohammad Meraj MBA PGCHE EFQM Assessor
Mohammad Meraj MBA PGCHE EFQM Assessor
Lecturer in Business, Deputy Director Academic Professional Services & Quality