Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job; an affective reaction to one’s job; and an attitude towards one’s job distinguishing a good (satisfying) job from a bad (not so satisfying) job. The taxonomy of a good job allows a...

We investigate the nexus between developments in financial intermediation with the growth in capital market activity and implications for the retail investors in India, over the post-liberalization period ranging 1993-2004. The estimations using unrestricted VAR based on error correction models,...

The paper attempts to analyze the fairly large primary data (N=232) gathered from responses to 57 statements on ethical issues in accounting disclosure practices and governance administered on accountants including professionals, and accounting educators as well. Seven different factors emerging...

This paper improves on earlier research on the determinants of Payout policies by using a more advanced empirical estimation, a larger Indian representative sample of panel data (PD) controlling for economic reform effect and by using alternate proxies for a longer time window 1971-2007. To deal...

The duty of preparation and the extent of "fairness" in accounting data are a corporate responsibility. Companies today are becoming more aware of ethical programs and practices in accounting and reporting that have hitherto been considered as softer sides of doing business. The paper...

The paper attempts to improve the prediction and measurement of regional export by revisiting the role of firm demographics and inter-firm export performance. Firm characteristics as potential predictors of export performance are focused while premising our propositions on constructs from...

Through a temporal-spatial analysis over 1971 through 2007 for India, we attempt to study what kind of firms omit cash dividend, and how the cash dividend payers and non-payers over the size and sign of earnings heterogeneity differ in respect of their different financial characteristics and...

This paper reviews the trends in Indian Agriculture before and after the introduction of the economic reforms, and the advent of WTO regime. We employ the Cobb Douglas Production Function using the OLS specification to investigate the determinants of agricultural gross domestic product for the...

The outcomes of WTO negotiations under the Doha round, Hong Kong development round and the changing European Union regulations are likely to place new hurdles on the marine exports emerging from developing economies like India. In the light of the above, we attempt to discuss the impact of...

Student success is greatly determined by methodology adopted by the teacher during teaching/learning process. In our current educational system teaching/learning is a one-way process where after teaching the set of course content, students are assessed and evaluated. The student’s performance...