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Harsh  Kumar Jha
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Harsh Kumar Jha
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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  • PhD (Management), 2017 - University of California Irvine, USA
  • MSc (Management Research), 2009 - University of Oxford, UK
  • PGDM (Marketing & HRM), 2004 - SCMHRD, Pune
  • BA Hons. (Sociology), 2001 - Hindu College, University of Delhi

Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Cardiff University, UK (2021 - 2024)
  • Assistant Professor, Newcastle University, UK (2016 - 2021)
  • Marketing Director, European Care Group, London, UK (2009 – 2011)
  • Manager, Whirlpool of India Ltd, New Delhi, India (2006 - 2008)
  • Assistant Manager, Hutchison Essar Telecom, Pune, India (2004 – 2006)
Publication
  • Toivonen, T., Idoko, O., Jha, H.K. & Harvey, S., 2023. Creative jolts: Exploring how entrepreneurs let go of ideas during creative revision. Academy of Management Journal, 66(3), pp.829-858.
  • Jha, H.K. & Wharton, R., 2023. Social mobility through higher education: exploratory analysis of ethno-racial, gender and class intersection in professional undergraduate programmes. Studies in Higher Education, 48(7), pp.1052-1066.
  • Villeseche, F., Meliou, E. & Jha, H.K., 2022. Feminism in women’s business networks: A freedom-centred perspective. Human Relations, 75(10), pp.1903-1927.
  • Tripathi, V.R., Jha, H.K., Popli, M., Shah, P. & Desai, G. 2021. Clinic, community and in-between: The influence of space on real-time translation of medical expertise by frontline healthcare professionals in marginal tribal communities. Journal of Professions and Organization. Volume 8(3), pp. 273-294.
  • Jha, H.K. & Jacob, D. 2020. Legitimizing a practice across fields: Microprocesses of theorization of Design Thinking. Journal of Professions and Organization. Volume 7(2), pp.156-187.
  • Jha, H.K. & Beckman, C.M. 2017. A Patchwork of Identities: Emergence of Charter Schools as a New Organizational Form, in Marc-David L. Seidel , Henrich R. Greve (eds.) Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Emergence, Volume 50. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.69 – 107
Awards & Honours
  • 2023 Best Reviewer Award, Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) Annual Conference, Mumbai, India
  • 2022 Finalist for That’s Interesting! award at European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) Annual Colloquium, Vienna.
  • 2021 Runner up, OMT Best International Paper Award, Academy of Management Annual Conference
  • 2020 Nominated for Carolyn B. Dexter Award, Academy of Management Annual Conference.
  • 2014 Ray Watson Doctoral Fellowship, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, USA.
  • 2014 Summer Research Fellowship, Center for Global Leadership, Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, USA.
  • 2008 Templeton Scholarship, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK.
  • 2001 Merit Certificate for 1st Rank in B.A. (Honours) - Sociology, University of Delhi, India
Research Interests

Organization Theory, Sociology of Work/Professions; Collective Action; Framing; Sensemaking; Media