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Durga Prasad Nayak

DRIEMS University, Berhampur University, Khallikote Unitary University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6330-6424
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Durga Prasad Nayak is an emerging scholar in Human Resource Management and contemporary career studies and currently serves as Assistant Professor at the School of Management, DRIEMS University, Odisha, India. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Berhampur University, where his research focuses on protean careers, workforce agility, psychological capital, HR analytics, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence in HRM. His work seeks to bridge career theory, analytics, and organisational practice in the evolving digital workplace.

He holds an MBA in Human Resource Management from Fakir Mohan University and a Bachelor of Business Management from Utkal University. His research has been published in Scopus- and ABDC-indexed journals, including Thunderbird International Business Review (Scopus Q1 & ABDC B), where his work on workforce agility advances understanding of adaptability in dynamic business environments. His scholarship also contributes to the protean career literature through bibliometric, systematic, and problematisation studies, demonstrating strong methodological diversity.

He has presented research at prestigious conferences, including the PAN IIM World Management Conference at IIM Ranchi, and has received multiple Best Paper Awards, along with First and Second Positions in the Research Scholars’ Conclave at Berhampur University.

Alongside research, he teaches Organisational Behaviour, Business Research Methods, HR Planning & Compensation, and HR Analytics, mentors MBA students, serves as Academic Coordinator at DRIEMS University, and contributes to the scholarly community as Associate Editor of DRIEMS Business Review and reviewer for the Academy of Management (Career Division).

Employment

  • DRIEMS University Assistant Professor
    2021 - Present
  • Berhampur University Doctoral Research Scholar
    2021 - Present
  • Khallikote Unitary University Research Assistant
    2020 - 2021

Education

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Publications (7)