Dr. Richard Marcel I.
Research Associate – General Management
Dr. Richard Marcel holds an MS and PhD from IIT Madras in the Department of Management Studies. His research interests are in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, with a primary focus on leadership development, growth, and fostering compassion and innovation within organizations.
Dr. Richard’s recent research has focused on leadership strategies for navigating both VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) and BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible) environments, particularly as a response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, he is exploring the evolving role of leadership in the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
With expertise in Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Leadership Development, and Compassionate Leadership, Dr. Richard is well-equipped to address key challenges in modern organizations and leadership development. His early research examined authenticity in leadership behaviour.
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| Degree | Institution |
| PhD. | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) |
| MS (Research) | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) |
| Bachelor of Theology | Sacred Heart College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| MBA (Foundation) | International School for Management Studies, Chennai (Affiliated to Missouri State University, Missouri, USA) |
| Bachelor of Philosophy | Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Pune (Directly Governed by the Vatican, Rome) |
| B.Com | Loyola College, Chennai |
Richard Marcel, I., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2024). Leading with Compassion: An Inquiry into Compassionate Leadership of School Principals that Impact Teacher Attitudes and Job Performance. Management and Labour Studies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
Richard Marcel, I. (2010). Spirituality of Identification & Confrontation. Sacred Perspectives, Journal of Culture & Religion, 3 (1), 35-45
Conference Proceedings:
Richard Marcel, I., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2024). Leading in Difficult Times: A Look at the Process by which Principals’ Compassionate Leadership Influences Teacher Attitudes and Behaviour. In The 15th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2024) Official Conference Proceedings, 23-27 May, 2024, Tokyo, Japan, 425–437
Richard Marcel, I., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2023). Leading in difficult times: A look at the process by which compassionate leaders influence follower attitudes and behaviors. In Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras (Ed.), Book of abstracts: International Conference on Management Research (ICMR), 16-18 November, 2023 (pp. 16-17). IIT Madras.
Conferences:
Kamalanabhan, T. J., & Richard Marcel, I. (2024, May 25). Leading in difficult times: A look at the process by which principals’ compassionate leadership influences teacher attitudes and behaviour. Paper presented at The 15th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2024), Tokyo, Japan.
Richard Marcel, I., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2023, November 16-18). Leading in Difficult Times: A look at the Process by which Compassionate Leaders influence Follower Attitudes and Behaviors [Conference presentation]. ICMR 2023 – International Conference on Management Research, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
Richard Marcel, I., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2019, December 20-22). Authentic Leadership Behaviour among School Principals: Exploring how and when authentic leadership influences desirable work [Conference presentation]. 29th Annual Convention of The National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India & International Conference on Making Psychology Deliverable to the Society, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.
Richard Marcel, I., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2017, December 22). Beneath the Mask: Exploring How and When Authentic Leadership Influences Desirable Work Attitudes [Conference presentation]. 27th Annual Conference of The National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
Workshops Attended:
Pondicherry University, Department of Management Studies, School of Management. (2024, February 26–29). National level workshop on Structural Equation Modeling: Using AMOS, SMART PLS, and Process Macro.
Anugraha Institute of Counseling, Psychotherapy and Research. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) & Inner Healing. Anugraha Institute of Counseling, Psychotherapy and Research, Recognized by the Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education.
Leadership Coaching & Development
Learning and Development
AI Augmented Leadership
Artificial Intelligence and Leadership
Compassionate Leadership
Recipient of Half-Time Research Assistantship from Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
“Best Paper Presentation Award” on the 57th All India Management Association (AIMA) Foundation Day Celebrations organized by the Madurai Management Association (MMA) in Madurai.