Prof. M.Usha

Prof. M.Usha MBA, Ph.D. (Pursuing) Assistant Professor 

Ms. Usha M. is a dynamic researcher and academician with prior industry experience at Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Pvt. Ltd., Kerala and currently is working as an Assistant Professor in VIMS. She graduated as a University Rank Holder in MBA from Anna University, and received a centum award in Industrial Relations and Labour Legislations. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Anna University, with research focused on cultural intelligence and employee engagement among internal migrant workers in the Indian tea plantation sector. She has published several research articles in reputed journals including MDPI, Springer, and SAGE, and serves as a peer reviewer for Springer journals. Her expertise includes quantitative and qualitative analysis with SPSS, PSPP, WarpPLS, JMP, Transana, and VoSviewer.

Research Articles Published in Journals:

1. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2025). Cultural Intelligence and Task Performance: A Psychological Perspective from India’s Tea Plantation Workforce. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 34(1), 41–50.
2. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2025). From Culture to Output: Unraveling the Impact of Job Satisfaction on Performance in Indian Textile Firms. Journal of International Research for Engineering and Management, 5(7), 1–9.
3. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2025). Happy Workers, Healthy Business: The Impact of Sustainable Human Resource Management and Workplace Happiness on Employee Engagement of Women Employees in Tea Plantations. Sustainability, 17(3).
4. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2025). Happy Workers, Healthy Business: The Impact of Sustainable Human Resource Management and Workplace Happiness on Employee Engagement of Women Employees in Tea Plantations. Preprints.
5. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2024). Covid-19 Pandemic and Strategies for the Effective Inclusion of Migrant Employees – A Meta-Analysis. International Conference on Business Management, Technology, Social Innovation and Sustainable Development.
6. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2024). Study of Internal Migrant Employees Working in the Indian Tea Plantation Sector. In Designing People: Innovations in HR through Design Thinking (p. 10).
7. Usha, M., & Ramkumar, N. (2024). Measuring Cultural Intelligence and Employee Engagement of Internal Migrants in Indian Tea Plantations. Periodico di Mineralogia, 91(3), 23.