What can Kautilya teach today’s HR leaders? Revisiting the Arthashastra for 21st-century HRM

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IIMB Management Review Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.iimb.2026.100700

Rajashik Roy Choudhury, Abhoy K. Ojha

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Abstract

The principles articulated in Arthashastra, an ancient Indian text by Kautilya, remain strikingly relevant even in the current era of evolving workforce dynamics and organisational challenges. In this paper, we develop a framework based on Kautilya’s paradigm that applies to critical human resource practices at the micro level (addressing employees), the meso level (managing groups), and the macro level (guiding organisational and HR strategy). Existing discourses on the Arthashastra concentrate on aspects such as ethics, law, economics, and governance, and not on the people and organisational relevance of the text. Addressing these gaps, we argue that Kautilya’s prescriptions remain timeless.

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考提利亚能教给今天的人力资源领导者什么？重新审视21世纪人力资源管理的Arthashastra

《Arthashastra》是考蒂利亚撰写的古印度文本，其中阐述的原则即使在当今不断变化的劳动力动态和组织挑战时代，仍然具有惊人的相关性。在本文中，我们基于Kautilya的范式开发了一个框架，该框架适用于微观层面（解决员工问题）、中观层面（管理团队）和宏观层面（指导组织和人力资源战略）的关键人力资源实践。现有的关于Arthashastra的论述集中在伦理、法律、经济和治理等方面，而不是关于文本的人和组织相关性。为了解决这些差距，我们认为考蒂利亚的处方仍然是永恒的。

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IIMB Management Review MANAGEMENT-

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3.20

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5.90%

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68 days

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