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Brief Profile
- Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management Area, XLRI- Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur (April 2025 onwards)
- Assistant Professor, Humanities and Liberal Arts Area, Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (2023-2025)
- Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management, Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi (2022-2023)
- Assistant Professor, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (2015-2022)
Achievements and Research Interest/Area of Research Interests
Area of Research Interests
- Organisational/Industry studies
- Industrial relations
- Informal economy
- Critical management studies
Faculty Development Programs Attended
- Participated in a ‘Case Method Teaching Seminar’ offered by Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) Case Centre on February 12-13, 2016.
Courses Taught
Fundamentals of Industrial Relations
Research in Industrial Relations (for doctoral scholars)
Consultancy Undertaken
- 2020: Co-Consultant: Scheme for National CSR Awards 2020 funded by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MoCA), Government of India.
Intellectual Contributions (Publications)
Journal Articles-Refereed
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek (2024). Competitiveness and Labor Markets: A Meta-Analysis of the Leading Economies of the World, The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 60(2), 229-251.
- Kumar, Anant., Kujur, Joseph Marianus & Minz, Johnson Abhishek. (2024). De-Sanskritisation of Kurmi Identity in Jharkhand, Economic and Political Weekly, 59(29), 4-5.
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek. (2023). Identifying the ‘Precariat’ in India: Exploring Time-Use by the Labour Force, criticalasianstudies.org Commentary Board.
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek, Biswas, Amit K. and Toppo, Rohit (2022). Iron Ore Mines in Jharkhand: Systemic loopholes in the Contract Labour System, Economic and Political Weekly, 57(10), 10-12.
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek. (2022). Transition in Industrial Relations: Case of a Private Steel Maker in India, The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(4), 654-669.
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek & G D, Bino Paul. (2013). Workers’ Participation in Management: Insights from a Case Study, The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(1), 55–66.
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek & G D, Bino Paul. Workers’ Representation in Organizations - Participation and Bargaining: Insights from a Case Study, Discussion Paper 17, Adecco TISS Labour Market Research Initiatives, TISS, Mumbai.
Chapters in Scholarly Books
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek. (2018). Decoding the Transition in the Ports of Mumbai. In Jake Alimahomed-Wilson & Immanuel Ness (Eds.), Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain. London: Pluto Press.
- G D, Bino Paul., G, Jaganth., Minz, Johnson Abhishek., & S. Rahul. (2018). What Makes Enterprises in Auto Component Industry Perform? Emerging Role of Labour, Information Technology, and Knowledge Management. In Siddharthan N., Narayanan K. (eds), Globalisation of Technology. India Studies in Business and Economics. Singapore: Springer.
Paper Presentations-Refereed
- Paper presented: ‘Interplay of Productivity, Factor Shares and Welfare: A Case of Automobile Industry in India’ at the XIV Global Labour University Conference: Reflecting 100 years of ILO – Shaping the rules for a new century of labour? organized by the Global Labour University (GLU), Berlin, Germany, March 27–29, 2019.
- Paper presented: ‘What makes Enterprises in Auto Component Industry perform? Emerging role of Labour, Information Technology and Knowledge Management’ at the 11th International Conference on Globalisation of Technology and Development organized by Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing (FGKS), IIT Madras, Chennai, India, December 3–5, 2016.
Research Report
- Minz, Johnson Abhishek (2024). India Report. In Seema Joshi. Informality, Productivity, and Financial Inaccessibility: A Study of Selected APO Members. Japan: Asian Productivity Organization. https://doi.org/10.61145/KLIS1569
Other Professional Activities
Invited to Deliver Keynote Addresses/ Speeches
Speaker in ‘Western Regional Seminar on Labour Laws Reforms and Implementation of Unorganised Workers Social Security Act – 2008’ on Critical Analysis of Labour Law Reforms and Social Security Issues organised by Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute (MGLI), Ahmedabad, March 31, 2016.
Research Project Undertaken
- 2024-25: Co-Investigator: Third Party Evaluation of Centralised Kitchen and 5% related schools for Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Bihar, funded by the Mid-Day Meal, Bihar Government.
- 2023-24: National Expert for India, Research on the Informal Economy and Productivity Growth, funded by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Japan.
- 2015-16: Co-Investigator: Mapping Decent Work Deficit in Automobile Value Chain in Pune, funded by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), New Delhi.