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Organizational Behaviour and HR

Priya Alat

Assistant Professor, Chairperson Accreditations and Rankings, Ph.D., IIT Kharagpur

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Email :priya@iimshillong.ac.in

Office Ph.: +91 364 2308033

Research Interest / Areas

Dr. Priya’s research interests are in the areas of leadership, mental health and well-being, and employer branding. She has published several research articles in various reputed international journals. She also reviews articles from journals such as Journal of Health Organization and Management, Journal of Management and Organization, Management Research Review, and Journal of Public Affairs.

Dr. Priya Alat is an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Management (UGC-JRF) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and has over seven years of teaching and research experience, along with experience as an HR professional.

Her teaching interests include Human Capital Management, Reward Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Change Management. Her research focuses on leadership, mental health and well-being, employer branding, organizational theory, and employee experience. She has published in reputed journals, presented at international conferences, and has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Dr. Alat has conducted research-methodology workshops at premier institutions and delivers executive-training programmes for PSUs and other organisations on leadership, employee well-being, ethics, and people-centred management.v

Dr. Priya has around 3 years of teaching experience. She teaches courses such as Human
Resource Management, Reward Management, Individual Dynamics and Leadership,
Competency-Based HRM, and Research Methodology at the post-graduate levels. She also has
experience in conducting and facilitating research methodology workshops for students and
faculty members and employee development sessions. She also has worked for a short while as
an HR executive in an international organization.

  • Assistant Professor (August 2019 – April 2022), Rajagiri Business School, Kochi, Kerala.
  • Management-Trainee HR
    Organization: NetConnect Private Ltd. (Project: Accretive Health Services Pvt. Ltd.)
    Period: December 2011 to September 2012.
  • Das, S. S., Alat, P., & Sebastian, F. (2025). Psychological resources and mental health: Understanding academic engagement and performance of students in HEIs during COVID-19. Acta Psychologica, 259, 105416.
  • Alat, P., & Suar, D. (2024). Exploring behavioural complexity as the link between leader attributes and leader effectiveness. Management and Labour Studies, 49(4), 615–640.
  • Alat, P., Das, S. S., Arora, A., & Jha, A. K. (2023). Mental health during COVID-19 lockdown in India: Role of psychological capital and internal locus of control. Current Psychology, 42(3), 1923–1935.
  • Santra S. & Alat, P. (2021). Adaptive leadership of doctors during COVID-19. Leadership in Health Services, https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-08-2021-0073 (Emerald, ABDC C, ESCI)
  • Alat, P., Das, S. S., Arora, A., & Jha, A. K. (2021). Mental health during COVID-19 lockdown in India: Role of psychological capital and internal locus of control. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01516-x (Springer, ABS, SSCI, SCOPUS, Impact
    Factor 2.387)
  • Arora, A., Jha, A.K., Alat, P. and Das, S.S., 2020. Understanding coronaphobia. Asian Journal
    of Psychiatry, 54, p.102384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102384 (Elsevier, SSCI,
    SCOPUS, Impact Factor 13.89)
  • Suar, D., Jha, A. K., Das, S. S., Alat, P., & Patnaik, P. (2020). What Do Millennials Think of Their Past, Present, and Future Happiness, and Where Does Their Happiness Reside?. Journal of Constructivist Psychology,https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2020.1805657 (Taylor & Francis, ABDC B, SSCI,
    SCOPUS, Impact Factor .84)
  • Alat, P. & Suar, D. (2020). Flexible Leadership in the Manufacturing Sector, International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, 23(1) (Emerald, SCOPUS, Q3) Suar, D., Jha, A. K., Das, S. S., & Alat, P. (2019). The structure and predictors of subjective well-being among millennials in India. Cogent Psychology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2019.1584083 (Taylor & Francis, ESCI, SCOPUS)
  • Suar, D., Das, S.S., Alat, P., & Kumar, R. (2017). Exposure, loss, and support predicting the dimensions of posttsunami trauma. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 22(5), 427-439. (Taylor & Francis, SSCI, Impact Factor: 4.77)
  • Suar, D., Alat, P., & Das, S. S. (2017). Attachment styles predicting posttsunami trauma: The mediating effects of coping. Psychological Studies, 62(2), 160-167. (Springer, SCOPUS) Suar, D., Das, S. S., Alat, P., & Suar, J. (2016). Exposure, resource loss, and posttsunami trauma. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21(5), 421-432. (Taylor & Francis, SSCI, Impact Factor: 4.77)
  • Suar, D., Das, S. S., & Alat, P. (2015). Bereavement, postdisaster trauma, and behavioral changes in tsunami survivors. Death Studies, 39(4), 226–233. (Taylor & Francis, SSCI, Impact Factor: 4.34)

Papers Presented in Conferences and Seminars

  • Alat, P. & Suar, D. (2018, March 15-18). Leader Attributes and Effectiveness: Role of Behavioral Complexity [Conference presentation]. ASBBS 25 th Annual Conference Las Vegas, U.S.A, http://asbbs.org/files/2018/ASBBS_Program_2018.pdf
  • Suar, D., Alat, P., & Das, S.S. (2017) Factor Structure of the 18-item Need for Cognition Scale [Conference presentation]. 27 th Silver Jubilee Convention of National Academy of Psychology, India, IIT Kharagpur, India
  • Alat, P. & Suar, D. (2016, July 24-29). Effective Leader Attributes, Behaviors and Values in the Indian Manufacturing Sector: A Qualitative Study [Conference presentation]. 31st International Congress of Psychology, ICP2016, Yokohama, Japan, 2016.
    https://psych.or.jp/icp2016/Suar, D., Alat, P., & Das, S.S. (2016, February 2-5). Factor Structure of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire [Conference presentation]. 25 th Silver Jubilee Convention of
    National Academy of Psychology, India, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
    https://www.allduniv.ac.in/upload/others/files/AU%20Annual%20Report%202015-16%20English(1).pdf