Education
PhD (Commerce and Management), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University MBA Specialisation in HR, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum MA Economics, Indira Gandhi National Open University Qualified UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in ManagementProfessional Experience (Research/Teaching)
Interests
- Research: Psychosocial risk factors at the workplace | Different Antecedents and Consequences of Psychosocial Risk Factors | Social Policy | Public Health
- Teaching: Organisational Behaviour | Human Resource Behaviour
Research Projects
- Effect of Psychosocial Work Environment on Job Burnout and Turnover Intention Among Retail Textile Shops Salespersons in Kerala
Publications
Scopus
- “Burnout Risks among Salespersons under Job Demand and the Mediating Role of Abusive Supervision” (Published in Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Q3 journal indexed in Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science).
- “Effect of Work Climate and Job Insecurity on Turnover Intention among Salespeople in the Retail Sector” (Published in Philosophical Reading, Q4 indexed in Scopus).
- Conference Papers
Non-Scopus
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- Effect of Job Insecurity on Emotional Exhaustion among Retail Salespeople (Bulletin Monumental Journal, Web of Science)
- Miles to go”- how far the provisions in shops and commercial establishment act prevailed in retail textiles shops in Kerala. Published in the Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems (UGC)
- Digitalisation in Human Resource Management Process, the Opportunity for Competence Management in Retail Sector (UGC)
Guest Lectures, Papers Presentations & Conference Attendance
- 3rd International Conference of Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship on October 1st, 2020, at Lampung University, Indonesia.
- Two-day international conference on ‘Gender equality through the strategy of gender mainstreaming”. Organised by Presidency University, Bangalore. In collaboration with UN Women and the UN information centre for India and Bhutan.
- Paper presented in two-day international conference on Transformation of the economy through Digitalization Management Perspectives on 28th and 29th March 2018 at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi.
Workshops/Training Attended
- Three-day National workshop on Research Methods and Data Analysis for Social Sciences at St Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda on 5th, 6th and 7th Feb 2018
- Three-day national workshop on “Structural Equation Modelling using AMOS” at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi on 30th and 31st January and February 1st 2019.
- Attended two workshops on the topic ‘Research Methodology’ which was held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Etemadi, Coimbatore on 9 th and March 10th 2017 and ‘National Hands-on Workshop on Social Sciences Research’ which was held at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi on 16th, 17th and 18th March 2017.
- Attended National Seminar on Scientific Research Writing and Latex Skills conducted at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi on 18th and 19th August 2017
- Participated in National Level Webinar on “Reference Management Software: Mendeley” organised by Library and Information Centre on 19th August 2020
- Participated in an online International Workshop on “Structural Equation Model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS” conducted from 18th– 20th Dec 2021
Workshops/Training Conducted
- Participated as a resource person and led a session regarding correlation, linear regression, and multiple regression in the Four-Day Hands-on National Workshop on SPSS Application in Data Analysis. Organised by the Department of Commerce and Management, Amrita School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Kochi, India.
- Conducted Project Orientation Sessions for Undergraduate Students related to Group Project Activity. Organised by Postgraduate Department of Commerce, Nirmala Arts & Science College Mulanthuruthy.
Certifications and Membership
Completed NPTEL Online Certification Course in Managing Change in Organisations offered by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur,2019.Administrative Roles
- Head, Department of Management Studies at Nirmala Arts and Science College, Mulanthuruthy
- Convener, IPR Cell, Nirmala Arts and Science College, Mulanthuruthy
- Convener, Quiz Club, Nirmala Arts and Science College, Mulanthuruthy
Dr. Rakhy K. S. is Assistant Professor and Programme Director for the Bachelor of Business Administration programme at the School of Contemporary Knowledge Systems (CKS), Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) in Ernakulam, Kerala. She holds a Ph.D. in Commerce and Management from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in 2022. She has attended many national and international seminars, conferences, and workshops and has published papers in the fields of organisational behaviour and occupational psychology. She has published three papers in Scopus-indexed journals with good impact factors and published three papers in UGC and other non-Scopus journals.
Educational Qualifications
• Ph.D. (Commerce and Management) – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2022)
• UGC-NET (Management) – University Grants Commission (2012)
• MBA (HR) – Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum (2008)
• MA Economics – Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (2019)
Professional Experience (Research/Teaching/Industry)
• Assistant Professor at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) (February 2023 – to date)
• Assistant Professor at Nirmala Arts and Science College, Mulanthuruthy (May 2022 – February 2023)
• Teaching Assistant at Amrita School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala (June 2020 – January 2021)
• Assistant Professor at Siena College of Professional Studies, Edacochin (June 2013 – June 2015)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS (6)
• Rakhy, K. S. Psychosocial Work Environment in the Indian Service Sector. The Indian Journal of Social Work. (Accepted) [Scopus]
• Rakhy, K. S., & Ambly, A. S. (2022). Effect of Work Climate and Job Insecurity on Turnover Intention among Salespeople in the Retail Sector. Philosophical Readings, 13(4), 353-357. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6002339 [Scopus]
• Rakhy, K. S., & Ambily, A. S. (2022). Burnout risks among salespersons under job demand and the mediating role of abusive supervision. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 26(1), https://doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_249_21 [Scopus/WoS]
• Rakhy, K. S., & Vijayan, S. (2021). Who creates emotional exhaustion for salespeople? Is it the supervisor or the customer? In D. Napitupulu, T. Sutabri, & D. Abdullah (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference of Economics, Business & Entrepreneurship, ICEBE 2020, October 1, 2020 (pp. 1-10), Tangerang, Indonesia. European Alliance for Innovation (EAI). https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.1-10-2020.2304913 [WoS]
• Rakhy, K. S., & Vijayan, S. (2018). “Miles to Go” – How Far the Provisions in Shops and Commercial Establishment Act Prevailed in Organised Retail Textiles Shops in Kerala. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 4, 1795-1800. [Scopus]
• Rakhy, K. S., & Vijayan, S. (2018). Digitalisation in human resource management process, the opportunity for competence management in the retail sector. International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 119, 2569-2580. [UGC-Care]
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (3)
• Who creates emotional Exhaustion to salespersons? Is it a supervisor or a customer? at the 3rd International Conference of Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship conducted by Lampung University, Indonesia (October 2020)
• Miles to go”- how far the provisions in shops and commercial establishment act prevailed in retail textiles shops in Kerala at the Two days international conference on “Gender equality through the strategy of gender mainstreaming” organized by Presidency University, Bangalore in collaboration with UN Women and the UN information center for India and Bhutan February 2019)
• Digitalisation in Human Resource Management Process, the Opportunity for the Competence Management in Retail Sector at the Two-day International Conference on Transformation of the Economy through Digitalization Management Perspectives conducted by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi (March 2018)
KEYNOTE/ GUEST/ ACADEMIC LECTURES/SESSIONS (3)
• Resource Person for “Two Day International Conference on Education, Innovation and Sustainability” organised by Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad (March 2023)
• Resource Person for Four-Day Hands-on National Workshop on SPSS Application in Data Analysis organized by the Department of Commerce and Management, Amrita School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Kochi, India (June 2022)
• Resource Person for Project Orientation Sessions for Undergraduate Students related to Group Project Activity Postgraduate Department of Commerce, Nirmala Arts & Science College Mulanthuruthy (February 2022)
FDP/Workshops/Certificate Courses
• Managing Change in Organisations offered by NPTEL Online Certification Course, (IIT) Kharagpur (2019)
• Three-day National workshop on Research Methods and Data Analysis for Social Sciences conducted by St Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda (February 2018)
• Three-day National workshop on “Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS” conducted by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi 30th, January – February (2019)
• Two Day Workshops on the topic ‘Research Methodology conducted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Etemadi, Coimbatore (March 2017)
• ‘National Hands-on Workshop on Social Sciences Research’ conducted by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi (March 2017)
• Online International Workshop on “Structural Equation Model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS” conducted by Infotech, Chennai (December 2021)
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS
• Faculty Member of Prevention of Caste-based Discrimination Committee at CVV (May 2023 – to date)