Personal profile
Personal profile
Professor Sukanya Sengupta is a Professor of Management at Royal Holloway College, University of London. She has published widely in the leading peer reviewed international management journals and has won several prestigious awards for her original contribution to research in the areas of Management and Economics. She has held editorial positions in the top international peer reviewed journals. She was on the Editorial Board of Work, Employment and Society and was a Guest Editor for Human Relations. Professor Sengupta has been invited as a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Ithaca USA (School of Industrial and Labor Relations). Prior to joining Royal Holloway, she was an Associate Professor at Warwick Business School and a Lecturer at Cardiff Business School and also held the coveted role of an AIM Post Doctoral fellow at Warwick Business School under the mentorship of Professor Paul Edwards. Professor Sengupta also has extensive industry experience and has worked full time as a management consultant for Ernst & Young and as a financial analyst for Powergen. Her illustrious career is built on the solid foundations of a PhD from Cardiff University, MSc from the London School of Economics and Gold Medal in BA Hons Economics from St. Xaviers, College, Mumbai. Professor Sengupta is equally proficient in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Her areas of research expertise include, Employee Share Ownership and Company Performance, Performance Management, Performance Based Pay, Creative and Media Sector, Indian film industry and Small and Medium Enterprises. She has extensive teaching experience at the PhD, Postgraduate and undergraduate levels and has taught on the professional MBA programmes at leading international Universities accross the world.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics and management , PhD, Impact of employee share ownership scheme on organisational performance, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School
MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science
External positions
External Examiner, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School
2014 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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David Storey’s Analysis of HRM Formality, Firm Size, and Self-Reported Job Quality
Sen Gupta, S., 16 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Collection of Research, Policy and Personal Insights in Honour of the Contributions of David Storey. Saridakis, G. & Mitra, J. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 73-88 16 p. (Palgrave Studies in Entrepreneurship and Society (PSEI)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Can cutting pay be an alternative to cutting people when maintaining work attitudes is a concern? It can be if employees trust you
Yoon, Y. & Sen Gupta, S., Jan 2024, In: Journal of General Management. 49, 2, p. 81-101 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gender differences in the attitudes toward cutting people vs pay
Yoon, Y. & Sengupta, S., 23 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Management Studies. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Need to cut or freeze pay of your employees? Providing work-life balancing practices can help if maintaining employee morale is a concern
Yoon, Y. & Sen Gupta, S., 29 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Employee Relations.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of business strategy on the adoption and effectiveness of broad-based employee share ownership
Yoon, Y. J. & Sen Gupta, S., 24 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. 8, 3, p. 253-281 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Developing Innovative Pedagogic Approaches and teaching practices in PRME
Gill-Simmen, L. (PI) & Sen Gupta, S. (CoI)
2/01/23 → 2/01/24
Project: Research
Prizes
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College Excellence Teaching Prize
Gill-Simmen, L. (Recipient) & Sen Gupta, S. (Recipient), 1 Jun 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)