Santanu Sarkar
MA (Indore), PhD (Indore)
PM & IR
Email: ssarkar@xlri.ac.in
After working with industry for one and half year, he began his career in teaching and academics.
Before joining XLRI, he was working in the School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai. He
has published papers in national & international journals & conferences and coauthored a book. He
was a Visiting Fellow (Jt. Research) at the Dept. of Mgmt Sciences & Decision Making, TKU, Taipei.
Research interests include cross-cultural issues in HR and Employee Relations, trade union behaviour
and independent labour movement, labour laws, and learning & devpt.

Publication:

Publications in Refereed Journals

i. Sarkar, Santanu & Lai, Yu-Cheng. 2009. Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers & Output Dispersion
– the Case of India. International Journal of Information & Mgmt Sciences (EI, TSSCI)
ii. Sarkar, Santanu. 2009. “Individualism-collectivism as predictors of BPO employee attitudes
toward union membership in India”. Asia Pacific Journal of Mgmt (SSCI)
iii. Sarkar, Santanu. 2008. “Industrial Social Work to Corporate Social Responsibility: a
Transformation of Priority”. Journal of Human Values (SSA, FI)
iv. Sarkar, Santanu. 2008. “Trade Unionism in Indian Call Centers – insight from literature”. Indian
Journal of Labour Economics (JEL)
v. Sarkar, Santanu. 2008. “BSWU: Case Study of Independent Trade Union in India”. Indian Journal of
Industrial Relations
vi. Sarkar, Santanu. 2007. “The struggle to be a part: story of dignity of Indian Labour”, Indian
Journal of Labour Economics (JEL)
vii. Sarkar, Santanu. 2002. “Managing across cultures in global civilization.” Indian Journal of
Industrial Relations

Case
Sarkar, Santanu. 2008. “BSWU: Independent TU in India”, a teaching case regd. with European Case
Clearing House (ecch).

Research:

Invited International Conference Presentations

1. “Call Centre Unionization in India”, International Conference in Mgmt Sciences and Decision
Making (ICMSDM). Tamkang Univ, Taipei, 2009
2. “Trade Unionism in Indian BPO-ITeS Industry: A Scenario Analysis”, Invited Key Note Speaker for
the Forum on Sharing, Outsourcing & Organizing: Taiwan, Korea & India Independent Union – Chungwa
Telecom Workers Union (CTWU), Taipei and Kaoshiung, 2008
3. “Labour movement in the changing economic and political situation: case study of ‘independent’
trade unions in India and Taiwan”, Invited Key Note Speaker for the Forum on Sharing, Outsourcing &
Organizing: Taiwan, Korea & India Independent Union – Chungwa Telecom Workers Union (CTWU), Taipei
& Kaoshiung, 2008
4. “Determinants of Employee Attitude towards Union membership: India & Taiwan”, ICMSDM. Tamkang
Univ, Taipei, 2008 (with KL Huang)
5. “Labour movement in the changing economic & political situation: case study of ‘independent’
trade unions in India & Taiwan”, ICMSDM. Tamkang Univ, Taipei, 2007 (with KL Huang)
6. “The Impact of Inward FDI on Indian Manufacturing & Telecommunication Industry – an econometric
study”. Accepted at Academy of Mgmt, Atlanta, USA, 2006
7. “Individualism – Collectivism as Predictors of Employee Attitudes towards Union Membership: An
Empirical Study of employees of BPO sector in India”, Academy of Mgmt, Hawaii, USA, 2005
8. “A Study of the Effects of Cultural Differences on Executives’ Work Motivation”, European
International Business Academy Conference, Copenhagen Business School, 2003.
9. “Cultural Determinants of Employees’ Motivation” (Interactive Paper Session) Asia Academy of Mgmt
Conference, Bangkok, 2002.