Vishal K. Gupta is Associate Professor at the University of Alabama, USA. He has published over 50 research articles in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Business Venturing, among others. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance and the Indian Institutes of Management at Kashipur and Shillong. He received his PhD from the University of Missouri.