Dr. Richa Goyal

Assistant Professor

Interest Area(s)

  • Employee Engagement & Workplace Well-being
  • Servant & Transformational Leadership
  • Positive Psychology & Mindfulness at Work
  • Organizational Virtuousness
  • Corporate Governance & Business Ethics

Richa Goyal is an Assistant Professor specializing in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, with a Ph.D. (degree pending) in Business Management and UGC NET–JRF qualification. Her research focuses on employee engagement, leadership styles, workplace well-being, resilience, and mindfulness. She has published extensively in ABDC-B and ABDC-C, Scopus, and Web of Science–indexed journals. With experience in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, she adopts a research-led and student-centric pedagogy, integrating principles of positive psychology and mindfulness to enhance learning outcomes. She is also actively engaged in academic mentoring, curriculum development, and scholarly reviewing for reputed international publishers. She is committed to ethical research, academic excellence, and nurturing future management professionals.

  • Ph.D. in Business Management (2020–2025) Haryana School of Business, GJUS&T, Hisar  (Degree Pending)
  • UGC NET–JRF (2019)
  • M.Com (2019), GJUS&T
  • B.Com (2017), Kurukshetra University

Assistant Professor
KR Mangalam University, Gurugram | Oct 2025 – Present

  • Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Organizational Behaviour and HRM.
  • Conducting admission-related interactions and academic counselling.

Ph.D. Research Associate
Haryana School of Business, GJUS&T, Hisar | Jan 2020 – Jan 2025

  • Taught Corporate Governance & Business Ethics (PG level).
  • Conducted research on employee engagement, leadership, resilience, and positive psychology.
  • Published research papers in ABDC-B, ABDC-C, Scopus, and Web of Science indexed journals.
  • Assisted in curriculum design and postgraduate mentoring.

ABDC-B:

  • Resilience! An Intensifier for Servant Leadership? An Employee Engagement Perspective. Evidence-based HRM (2025), Emerald.
  • A thorough examination of organizations from an ethical viewpoint: A bibliometric and content analysis of organizational virtuousness studies. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility (2024), Wiley.

ABDC-C:

  • Can HERO Help in Employee Engagement? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Indian Business Research (2024), Emerald.
  • Does Well-being Mediate Between Mindfulness and Knowledge Workers’ Work Engagement Relationship? Journal of the Knowledge Economy (2024), Springer.
  • Can Mindfulness Be an Alternative for Servant Leadership? A Well-being Perspective. Business Perspectives & Research (2024), Sage.
  • Proactive Personality and Employee Engagement: The mediating role of Employee Voice. FIIB Business Review (2023), Sage.
  • Engaging Employees Through a Virtuous Environment! Does Positive Affect Mediate in the Relationship? Advances in Developing Human Resources (2022), Sage.

UGC Care – I:

  • Do Job Autonomy Influence Employee Engagement? Examining the Mediating Role of Employee Voice in Indian Service Sector. Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research (2022), Sage (IIM).

Attended

  • HSB 14th Annual National Conference (2022): Demographic Variables and Work Engagement.
  • HSB 13th Annual National Conference (2021): Transformational vs Servant Leadership.
  • HSB 12th Annual National Conference (2020): Autonomy Among Employees.
  • AI Appreciation / AI Awareness Certification (Digital India), 2026.
  • Women Scholar Achiever’s Award, 2024 (GJUS&T, Hisar).
  • Reviewer for Emerald, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier (20+ verified reviews).