Prasad Balkundi

PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Post Graduate Diploma (MBA), Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar, India
BTech, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

• Organizational Behavior

Balkundi's teaching and research interests are in social networks and team processes. He has published in the Academy of Management Journal and Leadership Quarterly. He is active in the Academy of Management National Conference and has presented several papers over the years.

Balkundi, P., Kilduff, M., Michael, J., Barsness, Z., Lawson, L. Too much of a good thing? Antecedents and consequences of structural holes in work teams. In press at Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Balkundi, P., Harrison, D. 2006. Ties, leaders, and time in teams: Strong inference about network structure's effects on team viability and performance. Academy of Management Journal.

Balkundi, P., and Kilduff. M., (2005). The ties that lead: A social network approach to leadership. Leadership Quarterly.

• Small Research Grant, Texas Tech University
• Smeal Dissertation Research Award, 2003
• Penn State Graduate Student Outstanding Teaching Award, 2001-2002
• Organizational Behavior/Organizational Theory Doctoral Consortium, invited participant, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, August 2003

• Academy of Management

• Numerous invited presentations in Asia
• Taught MBA courses in Asia

• Organizational Behavior
• Organizational Theory
• Human Resource Management
• Social Networks for Managers

• 1995-1997: Human Resource Executive, Larsen and Toubro, India

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Management, Texas Tech University (2004-2005)
• Presentation of papers to numerous conferences worldwide