Dr. Kannu Priya Kamboj

Dr. Kannu Priya Kamboj completed her doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India) in January 2022. Her research focused on the applicability of Job Demand-Resource Theory resulting in Psychological Capital at work. This work also explored the role of ‘Meaningful Work’ in the organizational processes interplaying to contribute to Psychological Capital formation. Her areas of interest are workplace mental health, work and family studies, positive organizational scholarship/behavior, human resource management, entrepreneurial psychology, future of work, educational management, teacher-student dynamics, positive mental health, millennials in India, social and emotional learning and development, and traumatization/trauma studies. As a researcher, she is concerned about the work and family interactions and dynamics, especially for the millennial population in diverse work contexts, and devising mechanisms to help improve the working conditions of different professionals.

Dr. Kamboj pursued her graduate studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (India), specializing in adult, couple, and family therapy. Followed by the certification in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Therapy and has over eight years of experience in providing therapy solutions to people with traumatic life experiences. Her thesis at master’s was an ethnographic study focused on the parental socialization practices in Urban slums in India for the emotional and social development of their children. She is also a Delhi University alumna and completed her BA(Hons) in Psychology from Indraprastha College for Women (North Campus, Delhi University). Her bachelor’s thesis work was a mixed-methods study to unravel emerging adults’ friendship stories and relational dynamics. She has published her research work in various journals of international and national repute and has also presented at multiple international conferences in the past.

Dr. Kamboj has worked as a patient care counselor at Medanta – the Medicity, Gurugram, Head – Resilience Centre at Butterflies NGO, New Delhi, and Programme coordinator CHILDLINE (India). After that, she has taught ‘Indigenous Psychologies’ at Delhi University and has worked as a Teaching Assistant at IIT Roorkee. She has been actively providing virtual and face-to-face therapy over the past eight years.

Taught “Indigenous Psychologies” at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi – January 2016 to May 2016

Worked as Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to Psychology” coursework for B.Tech. Students at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – December 2016 to December 2021

Taught “Statistics in Psychology” to bachelor’s students and “Research Methods” and “Psychological Testing” to master’s students at IILM University, Gurugram – January 2022 to June 2022

1. Kamboj, K. P. & Garg, P. (2020 online). Examining Psychometric properties of Workplace Ostracism Scale: An Insight from India, International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Publications, DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2020.10031041
2. Kamboj, K. P. & Garg, P. (2021). Teachers’ Psychological Wellbeing: Role of Emotional Intelligence and Resilient character-traits, International Journal of Educational Management, 35 (4), 768-788
3. Kamboj, K. P. (2020). Review of the book: “Step Up: Women’s journey to identify success and power” by Sailaja Manacha (2020), South Asian Journal of Management, 28(1), 191-194
4. Kamboj, K. P. & Garg, P. (2020). Emotional Intelligence, Perseverance and Purpose in Life of teachers, Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, published by Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (July Issue)
5. Kamboj, K. P. & Garg, P. (accepted/in press). Emotional Intelligence, Perseverance and Psychological Wellbeing of teachers, South Asian Journal of Management, AMIDISA Publications
6. Kamboj, K. P. & Konantambigi, R. (2014). Parental Socialization of Emotional and Social Development of Children in Urban Slums, in the conference proceedings of Inaugural European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2014, Brighton, United Kingdom in September, 2014 issue (ISSN: 2188-9627)
7. Kamboj, K. P. & Rohatgi, M. (2012). Dyadic Adjustment and Positive Psychology: A study of Indian Couples, Journal of Positive Psychology, 1(1), 34-46, ISSN: 2249- 6254.

International and national conferences

1. Paper entitled “Validation of the Work and Meaning Inventory (WAMI): An Indian Perspective” presented online at ICP 2020+ held at Prague, Czech Republic
2. Paper entitled “Emotional Intelligence, Resilience and Psychological Wellbeing of teachers in India” presented at ICRTEL – International Conference on Research in Teaching, Education & Learning, 24-25 February 2019, Dubai, UAE
3. Paper entitled “Relational Dynamics and Friendship Stories of Young Adults (in- depth analysis)” presented in TIIKM’s 2nd Annual International Conference on Social Sciences in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 11-13 August, 2015
4. Paper entitled “Relational Dynamics and Friendship Stories of Young Adults” presented in Bangkok International Conference of Social Sciences in January, 2013 (ISSN: 978-986-87417-2-0)
5. Paper entitled “Dyadic Adjustment and Positive Psychology: A study of Indian Couples” presented in International Conference in Contemporary Context: A Positivistic Approach organized by ICDA and Work Psychology and Human Resources Forum held on 21-22 May, 2011, in New Delhi
6. Paper entitled “Dyadic Adjustment and Positive Psychology: A study of Indian Couples (with regression analysis)” presented in XXI Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India held at the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Gujarat on 12-14 December, 2011