Writings
Books
Selected Research Papers
- Income Inequality and Human Wellbeing: An Empirical Analysis Using Atkinson Measure of Inequality. 2024. Emerging Economy Studies. (with SVP Singh)
- From Inception to Alternative: A Case of GDP. 2024. Economic Alternatives. (with SVP Singh). Vol 30. No 1. pp. 59-85.
- Economic Growth and Human Well‑being in India: Evidence through adjusted GDP measure. 2024. Social Indicators Research. (With SVP Singh). Vol 171. pp 987-1018.
- Explaining the linkages of Happiness Construct: a theoretical and empirical study on Indian population. 2023. International Journal of Happiness and Development. (with SVP Singh) Vol. 8 No 2, pp 102-127.
- Herding in the crypto market: a diagnosis of heavy distribution tails. 2022. Review of Behavioural Finance. (with H Kalra) Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 566-587. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-02-2021-0021
- Prioritizing Human Well-Being over Growth-led Model: Politics and Possibilities. 2022. Mizoram University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Why employee engagement matters? Evidences from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in India. 2022. Personnel Review. (with U Dhanda & Kirti Saroha)
- Do Human Resources have more value than the cost incurred on them by the organization? An empirical analysis of INFOSYS Ltd using contribution-based model. 2021. Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research. (with MK Meena & AK Singh)
- Analysis of Sectoral Herding through Quantile Regression: A Study of S&P BSE 500 Stocks. 2021. International Journal of Business and Economics. (with H Kalra)
- COVID-19 and overconfidence bias: the case of developed, emerging and frontier markets. 2021. International Journal of Emerging Markets. (with H Kalra)
- Measuring Progress Beyond GDP: A Theoretical Perspective. 2020. Emerging Economy Studies. (with SVP Singh)
- A short history of India’s economy: pre- and post-independence period. 2020. Economic and Regional Studies. (with SVP Singh)
- Corporate Sustainability: The new organizational reality. 2020. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management. (with U Dhanda)
- Herding and BRICS markets: a study of distribution tails. 2020. Review of Behavioral Finance. (with H Kalra)
- Development of employee engagement measure: experiences from best companies to work for in India. 2020. Measuring Business Excellence. (with U Dhanda)
- Exploring Employee Engagement Using Grounded Theory: Experiences from Best Firms in India. 2020. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective. (with U Dhanda)
- Exploring Relationship among Entrepreneurs’ Success, Psychological Capital and Financial Performance – A Study of Startup Entrepreneurs in India. 2019. The Indian Journal of Commerce. (with R Aggarwal)
- An empirical investigation of herding in Indian stock market. 2019. e-Journal of Social & Behavioural Research in Business. (with H Kalra)
- Content Validity of Assessment Instrument for Employee Engagement. 2019. SAGE Open. (with U Dhanda)
- “52-week high”, not a good predictor of future market moves: A study of anchoring bias in Indian stock market. 2018. Vivekananda Journal of Research. (with H Kalra)
- How Would You Express Dissatisfaction – Test of Hirschman’s EVLN Model. 2016. The Indian Journal of Commerce. (with L Mena & V Sangma)
- Culture, Gross National Happiness and Disasters: Strategies for preparedness and Management of Disasters in Bhutan, 2013. Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management.
- Culture, Industrialization and Multiple Domains of Employees’ Job Satisfaction: A Case for HR Strategy Redesign in India. 2010. International Journal of Human Resource Management. (with T Lange & G Pacheco)
- Government Accounting Practices in Bhutan. 2006. Business Analyst.
- The Relationship between Accounting and Human Behavior: A step towards attaining Organizational Happiness. 2006. Gurukul Business Review.
- Perspectives on relevance of Gandhi for Happiness and Development. 2005. Anasakti Darshan, International Journal of Non-Violence in action.
- Corporate Governance in Public Sector Banks – Issues and Challenges. 2005. Journal of Accounting and Finance. (with AP Pati)
- Human Resource Accounting Practices in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. 1998. Journal of Accounting and Finance.
Selected Articles
- Shrotryia, VK. (2023), What makes an organization happy. NICE Journal of Business. 18(1), Jan-Jun, 117-118.
- Shrotryia, VK & SVP Singh, (2022), Dismal state of human development: India must learn from the pandemic lessons, (Sept 26). PolicyCircle.org
- Shrotryia, VK & SVP Singh, (2022), International Day of Happiness: Why happiness and wellbeing count more than income. (March 20). PolicyCircle.org
- Shrotryia, VK (2020), COVID-19: Humanity and Human Well-Being beyond GDP. SME World, 13(4) (April), 8-9.
- Shrotryia, VK (2018). Winning Trust: what the man in the mirror should do. The Business Manager, 21(2) (August), 40-41.
- Shrotryia, VK (2018), Livable Cities and Human Well-being. SME World, 11(3) (March), [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2017), Digital Disruption and Human Well-being – a step towards positive politics. SME World, 10(9) (Sept), 24-25 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2017). Happiness Matters – Yes, it really does! The Business Manager, 9(9) (March), 37-39
- Shrotryia, VK (2016). Small is Still Beautiful. SME World, 9(9) (Sept), 23 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2016). Startup India Action Plan: Provisions and Prospects. Material Management Review 12(5), (March), 23-24
- Shrotryia, VK (2016). CSR: the way you look at it. CSR Vision. 4(11), (March), 48-49
- Shrotryia, VK (2015). Achchey Din for India and its markets. SME World, 8(11) (Nov), 12-13 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2015) It’s Time for SME Malls, SME World , 8(7) (July), 12-13 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship: an idea worth pursuing, SME World, 7(9) (Sept), 122-123 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) General Budget 2014-15 and MSME Sector, SME World, 7(8), (Aug), 24-25 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) Gender Based Budgeting for Holistic Development, SME World, 7(7) (July), 22-23 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) Five Challenges the New Regime Faces for the Growth of MSMEs in India, SME World, 7(6) (June), 14-15 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) Challenges for Entrepreneurship in Rural India, SME World, 7(5) (May), 38-39 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) Successful Unrelated Diversification Strategy: story of a Chai vala (tea vendor) in Agartala, SME World, 7(4) (April), 48-49 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2014) Individuals and Organizations: Who work for whom, SME World, 7(3) (Mar), 26-27 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2013) Focusing on Organizational Happiness: A winning strategy for sustaining, SME World, 6(12) (Dec), 16-20 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2013) Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the key, SME World, 6(8) (Aug), 30-32 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2013) Reconfiguring Priorities – Agenda Well-Being, SME World, 6(4) (Apr), 19 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2012) GDP vs Human Well Being- A Required Shift in Public Policy in India? SME World, 5(11), 42-44 [ISSN 2319-1139]
- Shrotryia, VK (2012) Growth Numbed Under Numbers, The Great Indian Dream (a Business & Economy Bimonthly Supplement), July, 26-29
- Shrotryia, VK (2011) The Alchemy of Development: Lessons from Bhutan, The India Economy Review, 8 (Feb-May), 150-153
Selected Book Chapters
- Shrotryia, VK. (2023). Money makes us happy or it does’nt. Chapter 1 in Chetri, Dutta, Mandal, & Patnaik (Eds.) Understanding Happiness – an explorative view. (pp 3-22) IIT Kharagpur. SpringerNature Singapore.
- Shrotryia, V.K. (2023). North Eastern Region on India – Personal reflections on Human Well-Being. Chapter 1 in Joyeeta Deb (Ed.) Indigenous Handloom and Handicraft Practices of North East India. (pp 1-12). New Delhi, Akansha Publishing House.
- Shrotryia, V.K., & Narula, S. (2019). Employee Well-Being Dimensions. In JB Singh & Sangeeta Dodrajka (Eds.) Recent Developments in Management and Marketing (pp 178-202). New Delhi, ND: Misha Books.
- Shrotryia, V.K. & Kalra, H. (2019). Behavioral biases: Implications for financial behavior. In N. Tripathi, (Ed.), Contemporary trends in business and finance: An Indian perspective (1, pp. 23-32). New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers.
- Shrotryia, VK & Krishna Mazumdar (2017). History of Well-Being in South Asia. Chapter 11 in The Pursuit of Human Well-Being – The Untold Global History (International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life) by RJ Estes & MJ Sirgy (eds), Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 349-380 [978-3-319-39101-4]
- Saikia, Kasturi & VK Shrotryia. (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility in Petroleum Sector: a study of Beneficiaries’ Perception in Oil Refineries in Assam, 2nd chapter in New Horizons for Leveraging Business by Kavita Sharma and Sunaina Kannojia (eds), Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 22-44 [978-8126164981]
- Saikia, K & VK Shrotryia (2014) Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Community Development: A case study of Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Assam, Chapter 23 in CSR in Community Development by S Rajalakshmi (ed), Shanlax Publications, Madurai, India, 162-172 [978-93-80657-23-3]
- Saikia, K & VK Shrotryia (2014) Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Societal Development in Assam: A study of CSR Activities in Petroleum Sector, Chapter 8 in New Approach in Strategic and Operation Management by RS Rawat, Manju & R Dwivedi (eds), Bharti Publications, New Delhi, India, 48-55 [978-93-81212-81-3]
- Shrotryia, VK (2012) Global Economic Crisis and Human Resource Management: Challenges and Opportunities for the Organizations, Chapter 15 in Global Financial Crisis – Implications and Repercussions by Bhattacharjee, Dey Wanniang Sarma & Pathaw (eds), Eastern Book House Publishers, Guwahati, Assam, 209–214 [0978 93 80261 66 9]
- Shrotryia, VK (2010) Commerce Education in India – past present and future, in Commerce Education in North-East India by A Rajmani Singh (ed), Mittal Publications, 99-106
- Shrotryia, VK (2009) Shift in the Measures of Quality of Life viz-a-viz Happiness: A Study of Phongmey Gewog and Trashigang Town in Eastern Bhutan, Chapter 27 in Gross National Happiness: Practice and Measurement (eds. Dasho Karma Ura and Dorji Penjore), The Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu: Bhutan, 525-547
- Shrotryia, VK (2009) Development and Rural Happiness: Issues, Challenges and Strategies. Chapter 10 in Co-operative Management and Development – Text and Cases (Part One) by Rais Ahmed (ed), Mittal Publications, New Delhi: India, 117-134
- Dkhar Priya JW and Shrotryia, VK (2009) Tourism in Meghalaya – Policy, Problems and Prospects. In Globalisation and Economic Development (Part Three) by Rais Ahmed (ed), Mittal Publications, New Delhi: India, 1099-1107
- Shrotryia, VK (2006) Happiness and Development – Public Policy Initiatives in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Chapter 9 in Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies, and Implications by Lok Sang Ho & Yew Kwang Ng (eds), Macmillan-Palgrave, UK, 193-208
- Shrotryia, VK (1996) Depicting worth of employees in the Financial Statement – an antibiotic for Industrial Sickness. Chapter in Identification & Rehabilitation of Industrial sickness by Ramakant & SC Jain (eds), Pointer Publications, Jaipur, India
Selected Proceedings
- Shrotryia, VK & Kalra, H. (2018, February). Herding in Capital Markets: A Systematic Literature Review. In Proceedings of National Conference on Rethinking Management Education in Digital Age. Feb 10, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi Publishers. New Delhi. 139-158
- Shrotryia, VK & Dhanda, U. (2017), Content Validity of Assessment Instrument for Employee Engagement. In Proceedings of International Conference on Research and Business Sustainability, December 16-17, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, 637-643 [ISBN: 978-93-86238-38-2]
- Shrotryia, VK & Aggarwal, Reema (2017), Towards Aware and Driven Minds through Optimism Performance Matrix: Perspectives from Literature Review. In Proceedings of International Conference on Research and Business Sustainability, December 16-17, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, 671-675 [ISBN: 978-93-86238-38-2]
- Shrotryia, VK (2015) Bhutan’s Experiments with Gross National Happiness – Leading towards Sustainable Development, Proceedings of International Forum on Sustainable Happiness and Sustainable Development held on 20th March 2015 at Rangsit University (Economic & Business Research Center for Reforms, Faculty of Economics), Thailand.
- Shrotryia, VK (2005) Understanding of Happiness amongst Bhutanese People. In Towards Quality-of-Life Improvement, red. W. Ostasiewicz. Materiały z konferencji Quality of Life 2005, Seria Ryzyko, Asekuracja i Statystyka. Wrocław.
Book Reviews
- (पुस्तक समीक्षा) ‘खुब्लेई शिबुन चीड़वन’ 2018, माधवेन्द्र, मानव प्रकाशन, कोलकाता, प्रष्ठ 116
- THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (2017) by Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, p 172.
- HUNGRY PEOPLE, BETTER RESULTS – Unleash the Fire Within to Win Continually in Life by Deepak Malhotra (2017), Bloomsbury, p 298.
- EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by TV Rao, Random House, India (2015), p 408.
- ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR – a south asian perspective by Nelson, Quick and Khandelwal (2011) Cengage Learning, Delhi.
- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY : Text and Cases with SPSS Applications, by SL Gupta and Hitesh Gupta (2011), IBH Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
- THE TAO OF LOYALTY – WINNING WITH EMPLOYEES by Ajit Rao (2006), Response Books, SAGE, New Delhi, India, p 257.
- BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT – Concepts and Applications by Vipin Gupta, Kamala Gollakota & R Srinivasan, Prentice Hall of India. India, 2005.
- TRUE LEADERS – How Exceptional CEOs & Presidents Make a Difference by Building People and Profits by Bette Price & George Richeske, Corpos Collosum Learning Pvt Ltd. Mumbai. 2006.
- INDIAN PSYCHOLOGY – An experiential approach (2017) by Neeltje Huppes, Indian Psychology Institute, Puducherry, p 176.
- FACTFULNESS: Ten Reasons We’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think by Hans Rosling (2018) with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund, Hachette – Sceptre, UK, p 342.
- BHUJIA BARONS – The Untold Story of How Haldiram Built a 5000 Crore Empire by Pavitra Kumar (2016), Penguin Portfolio, p 256.
- THE OSTRICH PARADOX: Why We Underprepare for Disasters by Robert Meyer & Howard Kunreuther (2017), Wharton Digital Press, p 132.
- THE DIGITAL TSUNAMI – Succeeding in a world turned upside-down by Abhijit Bhaduri (2016), Rupa, New Delhi, p 187.
- MATCH THE AGE TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED – Decoding the secrets of creating a happy workplace by Deepak Malhotra (2015), Bloomsbury Publishing India Ltd., New Delhi, p 204.
- THE FLIPSIDE: Finding the hidden opportunities in life by Adam J Jackson, (2009), Hachette, Headline Business Plus, London, p 260.
- THE MARWARIS: from Jagat Seth to the Birlas by Thomas A Timberg (2014), Allen Lane Penguin Books India, p 184.
- SCIENCE: BUDDHA AND LIFE by Ram Nayan Singh (2013), published by the author, price – Zero, p 178.
- WHY I FAILED: Lessons from Leaders by Shweta Punj (2013), Random House India, p 184.
- DAVID & GOALIATH: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell (2013), Allen Lane – an imprint of Penguin (Great Britain), p 305.
- POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY – The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths by Alan Carr (2004), Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group (London & New York), p 388.
- HOW THE MIGHTY FALL and why some companies never give in (2009) by Jim Collins, Random House Business Books, UK, p 232.
- ARTHASHASTRA: The Science of Wealth by Thomas R Trautmann (2012) Allen Lane – an imprint of Penguin Books, p 180.
- MY JOURNEY – Transforming Dreams into Action by APJ Abdul Kalam (2013), Rupa, p 147.
- OUTLIERS – the story of success by Malcolm Gladwell (2008), Penguin. p 309.
- THE EAST INDIA COMPANY – the world’s most powerful corporation by Tirthankar Roy (2012) Allen Pane – an imprint of Penguin Books, p 237.
- F?@K KNOWS by Shailendra Singh (2013), Rupa, p 234.
- IMPATIENT OPTIMIST: BILL GATES IN HIS OWN WORDS (2012) edited by Lisa Rogak, Collins Business – an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, India, p 184.
- THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman (2011), Allen Lane – an imprint of Penguin Books, p 499.
- BREAKOUT NATIONS – In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles (2012) by Ruchir Sharma, Allen Pane – Penguin India, p 307.
- 101 MYTHS & REALITIES @ THE OFFICE – how to get the best out of yourself and your team, by UTKARSH RAI (2012) Portfolio, Penguin Books, India, p 283.
- CODE NAME GOD – The Spiritual Odyssey of a Man of Science by Mani Bhaumik (2005) Penguin Books, India, p 224.
- INDIA GROWS AT NIGHT – a liberal case for a strong state by GURCHARAN DAS (2012) Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books), Penguin Books, India, p 307.
- GET TO THE TOP – The ten rules for social success by Suhel Seth (2011) Random House India, p 196.
- EMPLOYEES FIRST, CUSTOMERS SECOND – turning conventional management upside down by Vineet Nayar (2010) Harvard Business Press, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, p 199,
- TURNING POINTS – a journey through challenges: the inspiring sequel to Wings of fire by APJ Abdul Kalam (2012) HarperCollins Publishers, India, p 182.
- HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE? – finding fulfilment using lessons from some of the world’s greatest businesses (2012) by CLAYTON M CHRISTENSEN, JAMES ALLWORTH & KAREN DILLON, HarperCollins Publishers, UK, p 221.
- RUSSELL: AUTHORITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL, Special Indian Edition (Reprint), published by Routledge 2010, First Published in 1949 (c) 2010, The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd. (c) 1995, Introduction by Kirk Willis.
- REVOLUTION 2020 – Love, Corruption, Ambition (2011) by Chetan Bhagat, Rupa Publications, India.
- DESTINATION WORK! Getting people excited about coming to work and working hard by Harry Paul and Ross Reck (2010), Westland Limited, India, first published in the US by William Morrow: HarperCollins in 2009, p 117.
- DABAWALAS: Lessons for building lasting success based on values by Shrinivas Pandit (Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co Ltd, New Delhi, 2007), p 105.
- GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, by James C Collins (Jim Collins), 2001, published by Collins (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), USA. p 300.
- FISH! A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results by Stephen C Loundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen (2000), Hodder and Stoughton, Great Britain.
- SIX THINKING HATS by Edward de Bono (1985, Penguin Books)
- THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE by Chetan Bhagat, 2008, Rupa & Co, New Delhi, India.
- TREASURES OF THE THUNDER DRAGON: A Portrait of Bhutan by Ashi Dorji Wangmo, (2007), Penguin, p 224.