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  • Full Name : Dr Nazia Zabin Memon

  • Highest Education Degree : PhD (Sambalpur University)

  • Department : Department of Business Administration

  • Designation : Assistant Professor

  • Institutional Email Address : nazia@sjim.edu.in

  • LinkedIn Profile Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazia-zabin-memon-8aa88225/

  • Courses Taught in SJIM : OB, HRM, Research Methodology, Business Communication

  • Research Interests : Diveristy, Equality and Inclusion (DEI); leadership, gender studies


Education
Level (PhD, Master's, Bachelor's) Name of Degree Year of Completion Name of Degree Awarding Institute or University Specialization Details of any award related to the degree
PhD Doctor of Philosophy 2023 Sambalpur University OB/HRM -
Master's Master of Philosophy (HRM) 2016 Sambalpur University OB/HRM Second in class
Master's Master of Business Administration 2013 Sambalpur University OB/HRM -
Bachelor's Bachelor of Science 2011 Sambalpur University Zoology Distinction and university third rank
Journal Publications
Sl. No. Name of Authors Year of Conference Title of Article Journal Name Volume and Issue Number
1 Banerjee, D., Memon, N. Z, Sharma, A. 2024 Casteism And Career Change in India: A Gender-Based Explanation of Retention, Australian Journal of Career Development, 105-115 (ABDC-B, WoS) 33(1)
2 Banerjee, D., & Memon, N. Z. 2021 Identity tensions of women with two leadership positions in India. Gender, Work & Organization (Scopus, WoS, ABDC-A) 29(1)
3 Choudhry, S., Memon, N. Z., & Mishra, K., 2020 Examining the influence of human capital on employees’ innovative work behavior: A moderated serial mediation model. South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management (Scopus, WoS, ABDC-C) 7(2)
4 N. Z., & Satpathy, B. 2020 Exploring theories of workplace gender inequality and its outcomes: a systematic literature review. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry11(3), 11(3)
5 Jena, L, & Memon, N.Z. 2018 Does Workplace Flexibility Usher Innovation? A Moderated Mediation Model on the Enablers of Innovative Workplace Behavior Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management 19 19
6 Jena, L, & Memon, N.Z. 2017 Gender Inequality, Job Satisfaction and Job Motivation: Evidence from Indian Female Employees. Management and Labour Studies 42(3)
7 Memon, N. Z., & Satpathy, B. 2017 Antecedents and consequences of organizational commitment: a gender study in the IT-BPM sector of India. Management and Labour Studies 42(4)
Papers Presented at Conferences
Sl. No. Name of Authors Year of Conference Title of Paper Presented Conference Name Conference Location
1 Nazia Memon 2024 Women in MSME Firms: Examining the Impact of Satisfaction with HRM Practices, Telecommuting, and Managerial Support on Wellbeing 5th Human Resources International Conference 2024 University of Otago New Zealand, 10th-12th January 2024
2 Nazia Memon 2024 Women's Career Progression toward Senior Management Roles: Enabling Systems, Processes and Attributes PAN IIM World Management Conference IIM Sambalpur, 22nd-24th January 2024
3 Nazia Memon 2024 Casteism and Career Change in India A Gender-Based Explanation of Retention at 'INDAM Conference 2024 held at Goa Institute of Management, Goa January 11-13, 2024
4 Nazia Memon Apurva Sanaria 2023 Doing Gender to Undo Gender: A Study on the Work Life Balance of Women Entrepreneurs, Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
5 Suman Choudhry, Nazia Memon & Kirti Mishra 2020 Examining the influence of Human Capital on employees’ Innovative Work Behavior: A Moderated Serial Mediation Model Indian Academy of Management IIM Trichy
6 Nazia Memon and Monika Soni 2019 Examining the outcomes of environmentally specific transformational leadership: Pro-environment behavior as a mediator and environment management practices as moderator PAN IIM Conference IIM Rohtak
7 Nazia Memon and Lalatendu Jena 2017 Does Workplace Flexibility Usher Innovation? A Mediated Moderation Analysis of the Enablers of Innovative Workplace Behavior in Indian Manufacturing Sector Centre for Research & Excellence, IIM Indore IIM Indore
8 Nazia Memon and Biswajit Satpathy 2017 Antecedents and Consequences of organizational commitment: a gender study in the IT-BPM sector of India Management Doctoral Colloquium Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
9 Nazia Memon and Biswajit Satpathy 2017 Human Resource Management Practices and Gender Inequality at Workplace: Conceptual Model and Empirical Validation - Birla Institute of Management Technology Bhubaneswar
Work Experience (academic and industry)
Title or Position Name of Organization Duration (in years) Details of experience
Research Associate IIM Bangalore 1 year 1 month "Working with Prof Vasanthi Srinivasan and Prof Debolina Dutta on OB&HR research projects.
• Gender sensitivity Index for Indian Companies funded by Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Identified structure of an index
- Report writing which earned initial funding

• Work-Life Balance of Women Entrepreneurs
- Identified research question and research design
- Headed a team of researchers and trained them in qualitative data analysis
- Conceptualized theoretical framework"
Research Assistant IIM Udaipur 3 years 11 months "Worked with Prof Dina Banerjee & Prof Kirti Mishra on OB&HR research projects.
• Caste inequality and career change in India: A gender-based explanation of retention (revise & resubmit at Journal of Management)
- Participated in the data collection (in-depth interviews) and ideated the research topic
- Headed a team of researchers for data analysis
- Documented findings, copy edited, replied to reviewers’ comments and resubmitted

• Identity tensions of women leaders with dual leadership positions in India: A postfeminist and neoliberal perspective (Published at Gender, Work & Organization)
- Drafted the research grant proposal which earned us a seed fund of 1.5for the project
- Conducted a literature search on the phenomenon of identity tension and came up with research questions
- Drafted interview guide, conducted FGD and in-depth interviews and created composite narratives

• Influence of Human Capital on Employees’ Innovative Work Behavior (Published at SAJHRM)
- Played a pivotal role in refining the conceptual model and bringing it to a testable state
- Analyzed the data through a moderated serial mediation and documented the analysis. "
Research Assistant Indian School of Business Hyderabad 11 months " • ‘Could Aadhaar improve access to finance for MSMEs?’ (Completed)
- Conducted an exploratory study to understand the perception of MSMEs toward digital payment
- Created a database of 1200 pharmacies in the Udaipur district and conducted 72 in-depth interviews
- Drafted data briefs and progress reports and presented at the Digital Identity Research Initiative ISB annual event"
Education Counselor (Lecturer) Odisha State Open University 6 months " • Courses taught: HRM, Organization Behavior, IT for Managers
• Responsibilities held: teaching distance education students, evaluating assignment and placement training"
Assistant Professor (AdHoc) National Institute of Technology, NIT Rourkela 4 months " • Courses taught: Training and Development, Organizational Behavior
• Responsibilities held: teaching postgraduates, conducting in-class activities, question paper development"
Visiting Faculty Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur 3 years " • Courses taught: Organization Behavior, HRM
• Responsibilities held: teaching postgraduates and undergraduates, improving course outline every semester, evaluating internals, evaluating semester answer scripts"
Examinations and Certifications
Name of Examination or Certification Year
CITI Certification 2023
CITI Certification 2019
UGC NET 2018
Consulting-Project-MDP
Organization it was undertaken for Year
2-day MDP on Diversity Equality and Inclusion for leaders and senior management at SJIM Bangalore 22nd-23rd September 2023
Organized 'POSH Awareness Workshop for Corporates in Bengaluru' in collaboration with Jet Social Impact under the aegis of the National Commission for Women at SJIM Bangalore 24th November 2023
External Consultant, Diversity Simplified