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Faculty & Research

Faculty & Research

K V Gopakumar

Area

Primary Area : Organisational Behaviour

Contact

Email : kvgopakumar@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152 4899

Secretary : Monica Pancholi

Phone : +91-79-7152 7935

Education

FPM (Equivalent to PhD), IIM Bangalore, 2017.

MBA, IIT Kanpur, 2011.

B.Tech, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, 2006.

Teaching

MBA Core Courses

  • Individual and group processes
  • Organizational dynamics

 

PhD Courses

  • Research approaches within Organizational Behavior
  • A journey into select debates within Organizational Change 

Research Area

Institutional theory, institutional change, logics

Hybrid organizing, social enterprises

Non-standard work arrangements

Disability research

Case study research method

Academic Experience

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India , (May 2024 - present)

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India , (March 2017 - present)

Academic Services

Member, Academy of Management (AOM) - (2015 - present)

Member, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) - (2016 - present)

Professional Experience

Software Engineer, Sapient India Private Ltd., (September 2006 - June 2009)

Articles

Gopakumar, K. V., Nandkeolyar, A. K., & Tangirala, S. (2026). Speaking up at work is harder than ever. Here’s how leaders can help. Organizational Dynamics, 55(3), 101265.

Bhayana, C., Gopakumar, K.V., & Vohra, N. (2024). Embedding the individual within the career ecosystem: A systematic review of multi-level antecedents of multiple job holding. Human Resource Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2024.101028

Vijay, D., Kulkarni, M., Gopakumar, K. V., & Friedner, M. (2024). Disability inclusion in Indian workplaces: Mapping the research landscape and exploring new terrains. IIMB Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2024.02.004

Gopakumar, K. V., Ram Mohan, M. P., & Awasthi, K. (2023). Moving the mountain: Stigma removal, strategic industry, and the Indian civilian nuclear industry. International Social Science Journal.

Gopakumar, K. V., & Gupta, V. (2023). Combining profit and purpose: Paradoxical leadership skills and social–business tensions during the formation and sustenance of a social enterprise. Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Gopakumar, K. V. (2022). Retaining the nonprofit mission: The case of social enterprise emergence in India from a traditional nonprofit. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 34(1-2), 110-136.

Awasthi, K., Gopakumar, K. V., & Ojha, A. K. (2022). Why do institutions revert? Institutional elasticity and petroleum sector reforms in India. Business & Society, 61(1), 81-116.

Ram Mohan, M.P., Gopakumar, K. V., & Smith, T. 2020. Nuclear energy safety, regulatory independence, and judicial deference: The case of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India. Administration & Society, 52(7), 1009-1037.

Gopakumar, K.V., & Singh, S. 2020. Can subordinate voice prevail with abusive supervision? A conceptual model using conservation of resources perspective. Management Research Review, 43(7), 773-786.

Awasthy, P., Gopakumar, K. V., Gouda, S., & Haldar, T. 2019. Trust in humanitarian operations: A content analytic approach for an Indian NGO. International Journal of Production Research, 57(9), 2626-2641. (all authors contributed equally)

Kulkarni, M., Gopakumar, K. V., & Patel, S. 2018. How effective are disability sensitization workshops? Employee Relations, 40(1), 58-74.

Kulkarni, M., Gopakumar, K. V., & Vijay, D. 2017. Institutional discourses and ascribed disability identities. IIMB Management Review, 29(3), 160-169.

Kulkarni, M., & Gopakumar, K. V. 2014. Career management strategies of people with disabilities. Human Resource Management, 53(3), 445-466.

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Books

Jones, G.R., Gupta, V., & Gopakumar, K. V. (2024). Organizational Theory, Design and Change. 7th Edition (revised), Pearson India.

Cases

Nandkeolyar, A., Narain, A., & Gopakumar, K.V. (2025). Tata InnoVerse (A): Preparing the Ground to Fly, Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/OB0250(A).

Chawla, H.K., Gopakumar, K.V., & Ram Mohan, M.P. (2025). Teams and Conflicts: Sanjay Sood at Marteex Systems (Part A), Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/OB0249 (A).

Chawla, H.K., Gopakumar, K.V., & Ram Mohan, M.P. (2025). Teams and Conflicts: The Legal Team at Velocity Motors (Part B), Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/OB0249 (B).

Chawla, H.K., Gopakumar, K.V., & Ram Mohan, M.P. (2025). Teams and Conflicts: Cross-functional Conflict at Aguaverd (Part C), Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/OB0249 (C).

Awasthi, K., & Gopakumar, K.V. (2023). Qualitative Case Study Research Using Secondary Data: Challenges and Opportunities. Sage Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529667424

Garg, L., & Gopakumar, K.V. (2022). Loop @ Digital Green: Journey of a non-profit, Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/ADCLOD0001.

Gupta, V., Gopakumar, K. V., & Brahmbhatt, K. (2020). VIKAS and SAVE: Combining Cause with Commerce, Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/OB0239.

Gopakumar, K. V., & Ram Mohan, M.P. (2020). Regulatory independence in India: A case of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Case Centre, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IIMA/OB0242.

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Academic Conferences

Jaiswal, S., Gopakumar, K. V., & Tewary, P. (2026). Identity in Flux: Navigating the Intersection of the Entrepreneurial and Disability Identity. Academy of Management Meeting 2026, Philadelphia.

Dagar, S., Gopakumar, K.V., Kandathil, G., & Khokle, P. (2025). Emergent damage as part of repair work: Examining conditions of craft organizing that render emergent damage salient and craftspersons’ experiences of it, 41st EGOS Colloquium 2025, Athens.

Gopakumar, K.V., Dagar, S., Kandathil, G., & Khokle, P. (2025). Bottom-up organizing of risk through risk work: Ethnographic examination of risk organizing by repair workers in a mobile phone repair cluster in India, 41st EGOS Colloquium 2025, Athens.

Jaiswal, S., Gopakumar, K.V., & Singla, C. (2025). For the Venture or the Self: Deconstructing the Entrepreneurial Failure Journey. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference.

Jaiswal, S. K., Singla, C., & Gopakumar, K. V. (2024). Investor’s legitimacy perception and initial funding: An emerging economy perspective. Indian Strategy Conference, 2024, IIM Ahmedabad, India.

Jaiswal, S. K., Singla, C., & Gopakumar, K. V. (2024). Founding team human capital and initial funding: A legitimacy perspective. Indian Management Research Conference, 2024, IIM Ahmedabad, India.

Dagar, S., Gopakumar, K.V., Kandathil, G., & Khokle , P. (2024). Bottom-up organizing of risk through riskwork by repairers in a mobile phone repair cluster in India. Academy of Management Meeting 2024, Chicago.

Tewary, P., Jaiswal, S., & Gopakumar, K. V. (2024). Engaging in and navigating through entrepreneurial roles: A perspective from persons with disabilities (PWD). 2024 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research (BCERC) and Doctoral Consortium, Munich.

Bhayana, C., Gopakumar, K.V., & Vohra, N. (2023). Building Sustainable Careers: The Case of Multiple Job Holders. Academy of Management Meeting 2023, Boston.

Bhayana, C., Gopakumar, K.V., & Vohra, N. (2021). Why Side Hustle? Multi-level Antecedents of Multiple Job Holding. Academy of Management Meeting 2021 (Online).

Gupta, V., & Gopakumar, K. V. 2020. Combining profit and purpose: Managing mission drifts with organizational evolution. Academy of Management Meeting 2020, Vancouver (online), Canada.

Awasthi, K., Gopakumar, K. V., & Ojha, A. 2019. Why do institutional changes fail? Institutional elasticity and petroleum sector reforms in India. Academy of Management Meeting 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Gupta, V., & Gopakumar, K. V. 2019. Managing mission drifts with organizational evolution: The case of an Indian nonprofit organization. 35th EGOS Colloquium 2019, Edinburgh, UK.

Gopakumar, K. V., & Kulkarni, M. 2018. How do social enterprises communicate multiple identities to stakeholders? 34th EGOS Colloquium 2018, Tallinn, Estonia.

Gopakumar, K. V. 2017. Legitimation of hybrid organizations: A recursive perspective. Academy of Management Meeting 2017, Atlanta.

Gopakumar, K.V. 2016. Psychological distance and employee voice: A construal level theory perspective. Fourth Pan-IIM World Management Conference 2016, IIM Ahmedabad, India.

Gopakumar, K. V., & Kulkarni, M. 2016. Discursive strategies and the construction of opportunity: The case of Goonj. 32nd EGOS Colloquium 2016, Naples, Italy.

Awasthi, K., Ojha, A., & Gopakumar, K.V. 2016. Elasticity of institutions: The case of petroleum exploration and production sector reforms in India. Academy of Management Meeting 2016, Anaheim, California, United States.

Gopakumar, K.V. 2015. Organizational Strategic Responses with Variations in Institutional and Technical Environment. Third Pan-IIM World Management Conference 2015, IIM Indore, India.

Kulkarni, M., Gopakumar, K. V., & Vijay, D. 2015. Institutional discourses and ascribed disability identities. Academy of Management Meeting 2015, Vancouver, Canada.

Gopakumar, K. V. 2015. Process model of legitimation of hybrid organizations: Role of stories, metaphors in media discourse. Academy of Management Meeting 2015, Vancouver, Canada.

Gopakumar, K.V. 2013. Review of "Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance", South Asian Journal of Management, 20(4), 164.

Awasthi, K., Gopakumar, K.V., & Singh, S. 2013. Evolution of network - Formation, decay and churning: Evidence from a five year Ph.D. program in India. Indian Academy of Management 2013, IIM Ahmedabad, India.

Sinha, A.P., Nigam, A.K., Gopakumar, K.V., & Garg, S. 2011. Trading in animosity: Insights into bilateral trade by countries in bilateral conflict. International Academy of Business and Economics – Summer Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

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Workshops

Bhayana, C., & Gopakumar, K. V. (2024). How do organizational policies view MJH? A perspective from India. Presented at the Academy of Management Professional Development Workshop (PDW) titled “Multiple Jobholding Research and Perspectives for Organizations”, organized by INDAM division at AOM 2024, Chicago.

Awards & Honors

2017 - Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Award for reviewing by the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management.

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