Examining the role of perceived investment in employees’ development on work-engagement of liquid knowledge workers: Moderating effects of psychological contract

Jatinder Kumar Jha (Fellow of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) is a faculty member at XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur. He teaches courses related to human resource management in the postgraduate, and executive education programmes at XLRI- Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur and has been actively involved in consulting and managerial development programmes. He has published research papers widely in reputed peer-reviewed international and national journals like International Journal of Knowledge Management, South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, South Asian Journal of Management and others. He has presented papers in international and national conferences including the British Academy of Management (UK). His research and teaching interests include compensation management, performance management, strategic human resources management, knowledge management, leadership, ethics and HR analytics.

Jatin Pandey (Fellow of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) is a faculty member in organizational behaviour and human resources area at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. He was awarded the Junior Research Fellowship by Government of India and has been awarded the Best Thesis for his doctoral work by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His research interests focus on religion and management, Indian management thought, Management for rural and difficult geographies, job performance and emotions at workplace. He is a life member of All India Management Association and Academy of Human Resource Development. His articles have appeared in such journals as Business & Society, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Health Policy and Planning, International Journal of Knowledge Management, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, South Asian Journal of Management and Current Psychology to name a few. He is also guest editor of special issues in International Journal of Knowledge Management and Australasian Journal of Information Systems.

Biju Varkkey (Fellow of National Institute of Bank Management Pune) is a faculty in human resources management area at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He has professional experience spanning industry, consulting and leading Indian management schools. He has consulted extensively, as well as conducted executive education programs for government, public, private and non-government organizations. Currently, he is an Independent Director on the boards of four public limited companies and two charitable trusts. Previously, he served as nominated member in the Core Committee of National HRD Network – Delhi Chapter (1998-1999), member of the founding governing body of Strategic Management Forum of India, committees/task forces of government and Industry/Professional Associations, and on advisory boards of campus startups. He along with others including Jatin Pandey and Jatinder Jha have worked on studies for comparing salaries/emoluments in the government sector vis-à-vis central public sector undertakings/private sector in India. The study was commissioned by the Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India.

He has authored around 40 teaching cases, including award winning ones, best seller HRM text book, research monographs and published in national and international journals. He is also the lead national researcher and project coordinator for Paycheck India (www.paycheck.in), and has also executed projects for ILO, IOM and UNDP. His areas of interests are strategic human resource management, performance management, reward management, management of professional service firms, employment relations, HRM in government and public sector, change management and transformation, Workplace democracy, collectives and democratic institutions and corporate governance.