Affiliation: Aruna Manharlal Shah’s Institute of Management and Research (AMSIMR)

Email: smalekar@amsimr.org

Biography

Dr. Shamira Malekar is an Assistant Professor with Aruna Manharlal Shah’s Institute of Management and Research (AMSIMR) with several research papers to her credit published in Management journals of repute. She is one of the founder members and Joint Secretary for the Forum of Emotional Intelligence and Learning (FEIL) in India. She is the recipient of the 1st prize of the Best Doctoral Paper Competition at the Association of Indian Management Scholars (AIMS – 7) International Conference organized at Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore in December 2009. She also won the Best Thesis Competition at the doctoral Conclave at ICFAI Business School (IBS) in February 2010. She also received Certificate of Merit for the 3rd position at the Emerging HRD thinker’s award of the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) for the paper entitled ”Attracting and Retaining talent with Emotional Intelligence: A Study on Social Relationships in Organizations” in March 2010.

Dr. Shamira has compiled and edited the 1st book of FEIL entitled “Emotional Intelligence and Leadership - Better work and learning environments” published by Excel Books - 2011 (ISBN No.  978-81-7446-902-1).  In March 2011, she won the Best Paper Award at a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) National Conference organized by Babasaheb Gawde Institute of Management with a empirical paper presentation on “Social Responsibility”.

She was nominated as the representative of India to Israel for a Diplomatic seminar by the Consulate of Israel in July 2010, Nahum Goldman Fellowship in February 2009 and to Germany for a 2 day conference on Judaism and Ethics in October 2006. She has also participated in a 21 day Leadership Program held in Israel in July 1999.

Details of some of her publications are given below:

International Journals
Malekar S., and Mohanty R.P., (2009), "Factors affecting emotional intelligence: An empirical study of some school students in Mumbai" International Journal of Management in Education, 3(1), 8-28.

Malekar S., and Mohanty R.P., (2011), "Constructing an Emotional Intelligence Radar for Indian School students" Educational Research, 2(1), 790-802.

Indian Journals
Malekar S., (2010), "Whistle blower programs – Trends in training and development, Gitam journal of Management, 3(2), 17-30.

Malekar S. and Patel K., (2010), Determinants of Workmen Engagement: A Study in Some.

Medium Scale Pharmaceuticals, SuGyaan - Siva Sivani Journal of Management, 2(2), 74 - 88.

Sadri J. and Malekar S., (2010), Corporate Social Responsibility: A Synthesis of Macro and Micro Level interventions Management in the New Millennium, BVIMR’s IMED Journal of Management, 3(1), 7–24.

Malekar S., and Mohanty R.P., (2009), “An empirical study on Emotional Intelligence for some professional college students in India", SuGyaan - Siva Sivani Journal of Management, 1(2), 3-20.

Malekar S. and Mohanty R.P., (2008), "Emotional Intelligence –Self Regulation as one of its factors" Spectrum (Online journal) – Kohinoor Business School.

Malekar S. and Mohanty R.P., (2008), "Emotional Intelligence - Social Relationships" SFIMR Research Review, 5, 37-47.

Malekar S., (2008), "Emotional Intelligence - Self Awareness" Review of Professional Management, 5(2), 46-56.

Malekar S., (2008), "Emotional Intelligence -Empathy" BVIMR Management Edge, 1(2), 37-47.

Malekar S., and Mohanty R.P., (2008), "Factors affecting emotional intelligence: An empirical study of some school and professional students in Mumbai" Vilakshan XIMB Journal of Management, 5(1), 23-42.

Malekar S. and Mohanty R.P., (2007), "Emotional Intelligence - Stress Tolerance" Indira Management Review, 1(2), 17–26.