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    Anjali Bansal

    Anjali Bansal

    Human Resource Management


    Prof. Anjali Bansal, an expert in the area of Human Resources and Change Management, has about 14 years of rich experience in academics and research. Prof. Anjali has recently been awarded IIM Lucknow’s prestigious ‘Radha Krishnan Gopalan Young Faculty Research Award’ (2024), a recognition made at the level of Assistant and Associate Professors. With a deep interest and proficiency in managing organizations' integration during mergers and acquisitions, Prof. Anjali also teaches and researches leadership and diverse workforces, ranging from gender to contractual and gig. In the past, Prof. Anjali has conducted various training programs for the leaders of Bank of Baroda, Galderma, Dun and Bradstreet, BSNL, Coal India, GAIL, Grid Controller, officers of Indian Revenue Services (IRS), and Defence (all three forces), and rank holders of ICAI, etc. Prof. Anjali has also led consulting projects for reputed bodies like UP Tourism, etc.

    Prof. Anjali is an avid researcher and frequently publishes her research in journals of international repute like the Journal of Organizational Behaviour, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, the Journal of Business Research, Personality and Individual Differences, the Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Project Management, the Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journal of Manpower, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, etc. Prof. Anjali has also presented her research in several international consortiums and conferences across all continents, e.g., AoM, EURAM, AIB, etc. She has also been a recipient and nominee of various best paper research awards across national and international forums. In the past, Prof. Anjali was also a visiting research scholar at George Washington University Business School, Washington DC. Prof. Anjali earned her doctoral degree from FMS, Delhi, and taught at the University of Delhi and MICA Ahmedabad in the past.

    Current Research Interests

    Organizational Behavior; Human Resource Management; Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence; Diversity and Inclusion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Change.

    Select Published Articles in High Impact Journals

    • Bansal, A., Saini, D. Yaqub, M.Z., & Gupta, P. (2024). A Study of C-Suite Leaders’ Decision-Making during Crises: Drawing from Individualistic and Collectivistic Perspectives, Journal of Knowledge Management.
    • Bansal, A., Lakshman, C., Romano, M., Nijjer, S., & Attri, R. (2024). Leaders’ knowledge systems in strategizing communication in high-uncertain and low-uncertain crises: balancing operational and relational outcomes. Journal of Knowledge Management.
    • Uppal N., & Bansal A. (2023). A study of trickle-down effects of leader Machiavellianism on follower unethical behaviour: A social learning perspective, Personality and Individual Differences, 207 (2023).
    • Bansal A., Panchal T., Jabeen F., Mangla. S., Singh, G.K. (2023). A study of human resource digital transformation (HRDT): A phenomenon of innovation capability led by digital and individual factors, Journal of Business Research, 157 (March).
    • Gok K., …. Bansal A., & CoÅŸkun A. (2023). Enhancing employees' duty orientation and moral potency: Dual mechanisms linking ethical psychological climate to ethically focused proactive behaviors, Journal of Organizational Behaviour. 44(1), 157-175.
    • Tripathi, S., Bansal. A., & Bansal. A. (2022), Sociocultural changes and portrayal of women in advertisements: A temporal investigation across product categories, Journal of Business Research, 153, 216-227.
    • Bansal, A., King, D. R., & Meglio, O. (2022). Acquisitions as programs: The Role of Sensemaking and Sensegiving, International Journal of Project Management, 40(3), 278-289.
    • Bansal, A. (2022). Managing Entitled Employees: An Empirical Investigation of Luxury Establishments. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 50, 298-308.
    • Bansal, A., & King, D. R. (2020). Communicating Change Following an Acquisition. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 33(9), 1886-1915.
    • Khalid, D., Aboramdan, M., & Bansal, A. (2020). Servant Leadership and Affective Commitment: The role of Psychological Ownership and Person-Organization Fit. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. 29 (2), 493-511.
    • Bansal, A. (2019). Thinking of Mergers and Acquisitions, Think of Justice: A People Perspective. International Journal of Manpower. 41(4), 435-456.
    • Thakur, M., Bansal, A., & Maini, R. (2018). Job Sharing as a Tool for Flexible Work Systems: Creating Opportunities for Housewives in The Indian Labor Market. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 33 (5), 350-366.
    • Bansal, A. (2017b). Training during Transitions: The Context of A Developing Economy. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, 16. In Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, 16, 115-131.
    • Bansal, A. (2017a). A Revelation of Employee Feelings of Alienation During Post-Mergers and Acquisition: An Outcome of Perceived Organizational Justice. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 30 (3), 417-439.
    • Thakur, M., Bansal, A., & Stokes, P. (2016). The Role of Thriving and Training in Merger Success: An Integrative Learning Perspective. In Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, 15, (pp. 1-35). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Bansal, A. (2016). Employee Trust Dynamics during Organizational Change: A Context of Mergers and Acquisitions. Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 8(1), 55-69.
    • Bansal, A. (2015). Understanding the Integration Mechanisms Institutionalized During Organizational Change: Evidence from Five M&A Transactions. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 28(6), 929-947.

    Book Chapters

    • Thakur, M., & Bansal, A. (2015). A framework of HR enablers for successful M&A integration: a study of three transactions. In the Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions. Routledge Publications, UK, 40-56.




    Doctoral Colloquium

    • Bansal, A. (2012). A Study of Factors Related to Integration during Mergers and Acquisitions: A Study in the Indian Context presented at EuroMed Research Business Institute, Montreux, Switzerland.

    Journal Articles Under Review and Submission

    • Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse in HRM
    • Algorithmic HRM
    • Temporal Individual Differences
    • Cross-cultural Competence
    • Managing Contingent Workforce
    • Talent Management in PSFs
    • Flexible Work Systems in Contemporary Organizations.
    • Engagement in E-Commerce
    • LGBT and Stigma
    • Human Resource management
    • Organizational Development and Change
    • Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring
    • Leadership and Corporate Transformation
    • PhD in Human Resource Management, FMS, Delhi University

    Change Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Human/ HR Integration, Talent Management

    • Restructuring and Functional Recast- UP Tourism