Dr. Murali Sambasivan

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Dr. Murali Sambasivan

Director,
Professor

B. Engg (Honors), PGDIE (NITIE Mumbai), PhD (Univ of Alabama)
director@tsm.ac.in
Faculty Unique ID: 1-9569349838

Biography
Publications
Courses
Administrative Responsibilities
Others

Biography

Prof. Murali Sambasivan is an erudite scholar, skilled professional, and expert educator – and the apt choice to lead TSM. Noteworthily, he is present in the Stanford list of top 2% world’s most influential scientists (2021,2023) and in the ‘Top 10 Scientists’ in India in Business and Management by Research.com (2023,2024). Having completed his graduation and post-graduation in Engineering from prestigious institutions in Chennai and Mumbai respectively, he went on to do his PhD in the US in Management Science. Additionally, he is a CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management), from APICS, USA. This immensely talented academician has a rich experience of more than two decades. He taught PhD, post-grad, and graduate students in Malaysian universities, his subjects being Quantitative Techniques, Statistics, and Operations Management.

He has also served as an educator in various roles ranging from research associate to senior professor in numerous institutes in India, Malaysia, and the US, winning awards for teaching, paper presentations and research. During his teaching tenure, he was also entrusted with several administrative roles, ranging from research committee member to coordinator, to advisor, and so on. Under his able guidance, over 60 students completed their post-graduation and PhD. Nevertheless, his diversified industry experience has given him deep insights into the business environments, models, and varied work cultures. Among these, one of his most noteworthy accomplishments is helping UPM get accredited by AACSB. ‘Not only did he draft the entire documentation — alignment plan, progress reports, and self-evaluation report, but also designed and implemented the assurance of learning system’.

Publications

An unassuming gentleman, in addition to the innumerable research projects, Dr. Sambasivan has published nearly 150 research papers and 4 books that are used by students as guides to learn their subjects like statistics and decision analysis. Given below is the list of a few of his research publications:

Bharat Singh Patel, Ramji Nagariya, Murali Sambasivan, Devendra K. Yadav and Ilias P. Vlachos (2024), Development of the House of Collaborative Partnership to overcome supply chain disruptions in textile industry: Evidence from India, Production Planning and Control, 35(8), 770-793, SSCI, Scopus, ABDC – A, IF – 6.846 – Article in Press. DOI – 10.1080/09537287.2022.2135142.
Linus Jonathan Vem, Julfa Christian Peter, Danjuma Nimfa Tali, Abel Daniel Ochigbo, Murali Sambasivan and Teresa Mwuese Nmadu (2023), Subordinates’ silence: the consequence of bullying behavior and psychological insecurity among policemen, Management Research Review, – Scopus, ESCI, IF 2.6, ABDC – C, DOI 10.1108/MRR-07-2022-0518.
Linus Vem, Ng Siew Imm, Murali Sambasivan and Teek Keng Kok (2024), Spiritual Intelligence and Teachers’ Intention to Quit: The Mechanism Roles of Sanctification of Work and Job Satisfaction, International Journal of Educational Management, 38(1), 178–196; SSCI, Scopus, ABDC – B, IF – 2.4, DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-07-2022-0281.
Linus Jonathan Vem, Julfa Siew Imm Ng, Murali Sambasivan and Sabastian Seddi Maimako (2024), Evaluation of psychological empowerment of academics in innovative pedagogical delivery: the role of inclusive leadership and achievement orientation, Management Research Review, 47(2), 261–280; Scopus, ESCI, IF 2.6, ABDC – C. DOI 10.1108/MRR-10-2020-0669.
Imtiaz Mostafiz, Matthew Hughes, Naza Ghali and Murali Sambasivan (2023), The Context-Sensitivity of International Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Role of Process and Product Innovation Capabilities, British Journal of Management, 34(4), 2015-2035; SSCI, Scopus, ABDC – A, ABS – 4, IF – 7.450
Imtiaz Mostafiz, Murali Sambasivan, See Kwong Goh, and Paiman Ahmad (2023), Configuring Foreign Market Knowledge and Opportunity Recognition Capabilities to Predict the Performance of Export-Manufacturing Firms, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 21(2), 316-330; SSCI, Scopus, ABDC – A, IF – 3.015, DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2021.1919573
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Mathew Hughes, Boyka Simeonova, and Murali Sambasivan (2023), Entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management: Comparing configurations of native and immigrant entrepreneurial firms, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 29(5), 1099-1132. IF – 5.995, SSCI, ABS – 3, ABDC – B, DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-08-2022-0742.
Hossain Md Sazzad, Gamal S A Khalifa, Murali Sambasivan and Waael Elshazly (2023), Factors Influencing Customer Citizenship Behaviour in the Hospitality Industry, Annals of Leisure Research, 26 (1), 65-88, ESCI, Scopus, ABDC – B. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11745398.2020.1850302
Imtiaz Mostafiz, Murali Sambasivan, and See Kwong Goh (2023), Born Global phenomenon: A critical review and avenues for future research, European Journal of International Management, 20(3), 444-474. ABDC – C, SSCI, Scopus, Q2, IF – 2.145 – DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2020.10022506.
Sivachandran Narayanan, Devika Nadarajah, Murali Sambasivan and Ho Jo Ann (2023), Antecedents and Outcomes of the Knowledge Management Process (KMP) in Malaysian SMEs, Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 35(5), 697-723. Scopus, Q1, ABDC – C – DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1818540.

Courses

Taught for 21 years – Taylor’s University, Universiti Malysia Kelantan, and Universiti Putra Malaysia

Courses taught –

Advanced Quantitative Techniques
Business Statistics
Operations Management
Decision Analysis
Project Management
Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making

Visiting Faculty – August 1994 to March 1999, S.P. Jain Institute of Management Studies and Research, Bombay, India

Administrative Responsibilities

Director

Others

Academic Appointments

Director and Professor, Thiagarajar School of Management, Thiruparankundram, Madurai, India, Dec. 2019 – present.
Professorial Research Associate (Honorary appointment), Victoria University, Melbourne, April 2016 – present
Senior Professor (Research track), Taylor’ Business School, Taylor’s University, Malaysia, Nov. 2013 – Oct. 2019
Senior Professor, Global Entrepreneurship Research and Innovation Center, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, June 2012 – Sept. 2013
Professor, Graduate School of Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, May 2011- June 2012
Head, Thesis-based programs, Graduate School of Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Aug. 2009 – June 2012
Associate Professor, Department of Management and Marketing and Graduate School of Management, University Putra Malaysia, May 2005 – May 2011
Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing and Graduate School of Management, University Putra Malaysia, May 1999 – April 2005
Part-Time Lecturer, S.P. Jain Institute of Management Studies, Bombay, India, 1994-1999.
Research Associate, Alabama Productivity Center, University of Alabama, 1990-1994.

Corporate Appointments

Industrial Engineer, Premier Automobiles Limited, Bombay, India, 1985-1987
Software Programmer, Patni Computer Systems, Bombay, India, 1987-1990
Software Designer and Developer, Baan Info Systems, Bombay, India, 1994-1995
Manager Industrial Engineering, DHL Worldwide Express, Bombay, India, 1995-1997
General Manager (Corporate Planning), RPG Enterprises, Bombay, India, 1997-1999