Ref: IIMB/RA/RECT/2025/11 Date: 12 March 2025
About IIMB The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of
management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017, IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.
Industry/Service Higher Education
Position Research Associate
Purpose
Professor Neha Bellamkonda, HR & OB area IIMB, is looking to hire research associates to assist with secondary data coding, conducting interviews, qualitative data analysis in projects related to organisational psychology. The position is ideal for those looking to gain research experience in OB and are seriously interested in pursuing a PhD in OB and HRM.
This Research Associate will be fully integrated into the vibrant research community at IIMB. They will interact with HR and OB PhD students, faculty, pre-docs fellows and academic associates. Mentorship and support would be provided to the RA through the process of preparing for and applying to PhD programs.
Duration 6 months
Reporting to Professor Neha Bellamkonda
Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Managing and analyzing secondary data using Nvivo
- Conducting qualitative interviews
- Secondary data coding
- Deliver periodic reports and presentation of findings to the research group.
- Conduct literature reviews.
Qualification and Personal Profile Masters in psychology and allied areas/ MBA with HR specialization
Key Skill and Ability Requirements
- Prior coursework in Psychology, Organizational behavior
- Experience in conducting qualitative research
- Proficiency with tools like NVivo, MAXQDA
- Ideally, experience as a research assistant or independent research experience related to OB (e.g. thesis, independent working paper/term paper).
- Self-motivated to succeed in research and ability to work independently.
The closing date for applications is 26th March 2025. Candidates who are shortlisted will be intimated. It is mandatory to fill in all the fields in the application and relevant supporting documents are required to be uploaded. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Interested candidates may fill the application using the link: here
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017. IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.
IIMB has 113 full time faculty members, about 1200 students across various degree-granting programmes and nearly 5000 annual Executive Education participants.
Our logo carries a proclamation in Sanskrit, तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु (tejasvi navadhitamastu), which translates as ‘let our study be enlightening’.
Our vision is to be a global, renowned academic institution fostering excellence in management, innovation and entrepreneurship for business, government and society.
We have taken several steps to meet the vision set for IIMB. These include hiring high quality faculty, enhancing the quality of research, emphasizing internationalization, expanding our activities in the field of entrepreneurship, in both research and mentoring, scaling up in terms of student intake in all the programmes, deepening our engagement with the alumni, improving infrastructure, and improving administration and governance.
