The purpose of the study was to explore the possible effect of job involvement and sense of participation on job satisfaction of two categories of bank employees. The sample consisted of 250 officers and 250 clerical cadre belonging to a nationalised bank in western zone. Job involvement was...

Short Duration Executive Development Programme (SEDPs) bear certain characteristics that pose significant problems to instructors and coordinators in the effective use of case method in achieving the learning objectives of these programmes. This paper identifies and analyses such problems and...

This paper evaluates the recent performance of India’s capital goods exports and finds that it is not so impressive in comparative terms. It also analyses the determinants of exports using econometric techniques and develops an equilibrium model of simultaneous equations. Exports demand is...

Child labour in India is a critical socio-economic problem that needs special attention of policy makers. In order to make effective policies to reduce child labour it is important to understand the specific factors that affect it in different situations. The paper empirically examines these...

Indian organised retail industry is poised for growth. Rapid state of change due to speedy technological developments, changing competitive positions, varying consumer behaviour as well as their expectations and liberalized regulatory environment is being observed in organized retailing....

A number of studies have been carried out in the recent past on change management. The authors and scholars have made in depth studies of the inner dynamics of the organizational structure, organizational culture, organizational learning, managerial behaviour and resistance to change and...

We examine trends in regional disparities in India over a period of 26 years (1980 to 2006). There are wide and increasing variations in economic performances of states over time. We have employed panel data estimation method based on the neo-classical framework. The analysis is based on 25...

This study is concerned with analyzing stock returns around periods of earnings announcements. Three hundred and sixty-four earnings announcement dates (events) were obtained from the annual earnings announcements of 91 stocks listed on the main board of KLSE for the years 1993 to 1996. For each...

This organizational development exercise was carried out in a prominent NGO that works in the area of rights and advocacy in the state of Jharkand in India. The OD exercise was part of the Applied Behavioral Science course of the first author’s graduate program which required the application...

Extant research has widely investigated linear functional forms in satisfaction and loyalty models. Though complex nonlinear nature of satisfaction loyalty link is suggested by several researchers, few attempts have been made to empirically examine nonlinearity. Moreover, researchers have used...