Women’s career development in organizations is oftn different from that of men. Although competent women, like competent men aspire for top positions of leadership in organizations, such positions often elude them. This is because the dual role responsibility of women in the work and home...

An increasing number of Indian women are joining managerial ranks, yet very few studies have been carried out to empirically assess people’s attitudes towards women managers. This paper reports results of a study of attitudes towards women managers in banks. Data were collected from 65 female...

With an increasingly significant role being played by the voluntary sector in the country in addressing age-old problems of poverty, illiteracy and exploitation, there is a greater need to understand the processes of emergence and growth of organizations in this sector. A considerable number of...

This report is the outcome of a study of Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas (SIDH), a social change organisation working in the Jaunpur block of the Tehri Garhwal district in Uttar Pradesh. This is sequel to an earlier study carried out in 1992 which documented the emergence of...

The present study was undertaken to find out whether different influence tactics are evaluated the same way, or differently, in downward and upward exercise of influence; whether appropriateness and effectiveness constitute two different dimensions of evaluation; and whether the sex of the...

Although as an organizational phenomenon political behaviour has started attracting considerable research, most studies approach it in a segmented fashion. The present paper proposes and integrated model for understanding the dynamics of political behaviour. Beginning with an exposition of the...

The objective of this study was to understand the priority attached to tuberculosis in India by the major stakeholders in the National Tuberculosis Programme, to explore the underlying factors, and to suggest illustrative steps to enhance the effectiveness of the programme delivery. Major...

For changing the discriminatory attitudes of male managers towards women as managers, two approaches are possible. The first one, suggesting organizational responsibility, assumes a positive relationship between the extent of exposure to women managers and attitudes towards women as managers....

Though Indian women have been joining managerial ranks in growing numbers, little research has been conducted to investigate their problems in the male-dominated world of work. Based on a review of literature, this paper suggests workplace integration, non-availability of mentors, problems of...

The paper examined exposure, gender, use and organizational level as correlates of Attitudes Toward Computers (ATC) among bank employees in India. The ATC scale and a demographic profile were administered to a sample of 213 bank personnel. Our study found no relationship of exposure and gender...