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Dr. (Col.) P.S James

Senior Professor and Dean – Academics & Research

Human Resources

Leadership Development, Psychometric tool development, Accreditations (AACSB, NBA, NAAC), Research and Consulting, Authoring Text Books

ps.james@jagsom.edu.in

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Dr. (Col.) P.S James brings over 40+ years of leading; as an officer of the Indian Army, the United Nations team lead in conflict, corporate president, and academic. A proven academic leader, known for designing innovative leadership development protocol, programs, and courses, authoring books, supervising doctoral students, institution building, leading international exchange programs, corporate training, and consulting, establishing leadership development centers, leading AACSB, NBA and NAAC accreditations and setting up and leading a new management school and a management association. My philosophy to learning is ‘Evaluate, Individualize and Provide feedback’ and this is the hallmark of all my academic endeavors.

Educational Qualification
  • Approved Ph.D supervisor of Anna University in 2009 and of Manipal University in 2014 – Supervised 5 PhD scholars
  • Ph.D., Devi Ahilya University – 2016
  • MBA, University Business School, Chandigarh (Exchange Credits from University of Manitoba, Canada)
  • M.Sc. (Psychology), Madras University, Chennai
  • M.Sc. (Defence Studies), Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Nilgiris
  • B.Sc, Loyola College, Chennai
Publications
  1. Singh, M., James, P. S., Rajasulochana, S. R., & Randhawa, G. (2025). True awareness of mental health remains in the shadow: an exploratory study on implementing mental health support in the workplace. Cogent Psychology, 12(1), 2485739.
  2. Bollimbala, A., & James, P. S. (2023). Impact of chronic physical activity on individuals’ creativity. Psychological Research, 1-11.ABDC A.
  3. Bollimbala, A., James, P. S., & Ganguli, S. (2023). The impact of physical activity intervention on creativity: Role of flexibility vs persistence pathways. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 49, 101313. ABDC A.
  4. Singh, M., James, P. S., Paul, H., & Bolar, K. (2022). Impact of cognitive-behavioral motivation on student engagement. Heliyon, 8(7).
  5. Bollimbala, A., James, P. S., & Ganguli, S. (2021). Grooving, moving, and stretching out of the box! The role of recovery experiences in the relation between physical activity and creativity. Personality and Individual Differences. ABDC A.
  6. Bollimbala, A., James, P. S., & Ganguli, S. (2021). Impact of Physical Activity on an Individual’s Creativity: A Day-Level Analysis. The American Journal of Psychology, 134(1), 93-105. ABDC, B.
  7. Varma, H; Kakani R., James P. 2021. “Governing Changes in Government: The Water Story of Mahabubnagar” Case Journal. TCJ-02-2021-0032.R1. Scopus.
  8. Das, S. K., Azmi, F. T., & James, P. S. (2021). Workgroup’s Openness to Diversity and Employees’ Perception of Human Resources Practices: The Moderating Effect of Group Membership. Global Business Review, 0972150920988644. ABDC C.
  9. Bollimbala, A., James, P. S., & Ganguli, S. (2020). The effect of Hatha yoga intervention on students’ creative ability. Acta Psychologica, 209, 103121. ABDC A.
  10. Chatterjee, D., & Poovathingal, J. (2020). MBA education: new insights on enablers of managerial performance. International Journal of Educational Management. ABDC B.
Academic Experience
  • Immediate Past Position– Director DC School of Management and Technology, Vagamon, Kerala and Professor, of Leadership, Organizational Behavior, and HR (April 2023 to Feb, 2025). Restructuring the school to make it competitive and gain accreditations. Manages the entire portfolio of programs including MBA, UG and B.Arch. Plans and executes projects, admissions, placements and the budget. Led the NBA and NAAC accreditations of the school. 
  • Past Associations – JAGSoM, Asian School of Business (ASB), Thiruvananthapuram, IMT, Ghaziabad, TAPMI, Manipal, Saintgits Institute of Management, Kerala 

 

Unique Intellectual Contributions:

  • Psychometric for Transformational Leadership Development – Being prepared for IP. 
  • Performance management using ‘Contribution of Competencies’ – Copyrighted. 
  • ‘Role-Competency’ model of leadership.
  • Inspirational Language Dictionary (Along with doctoral student)
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