The PhD thesis work aims at examining the presence of strategic human resource development (HRD) characteristics instrumental to achieve theoretical HRD outcomes, in view of a long-felt need to manage the strategic factors of HRD. An exploratory and analytical research approach was adopted to...

The paper assesses the general issue of career plateau and burnout facing many organisations and individual workers that pose more challenges to the smooth functioning and continuity of the business and organisation. By analysing key causes of career plateau and burnouts, the paper also...

The paper examines the emergence of the role of a Chief Learning Officer that contributes to build a learning organisation by influencing and facilitating people in promoting an effective learning and development system to build and sustain competitive advantage in the market. It further...

The study examines the association between HRM practices and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in Nepalese commercial banks. Quantitative in nature, the study is based on a questionnaire survey method administered on 360 employees sampled from 9 commercial banks: both private and...

Encompassing the eight factors of price, quality, availability, product variety, packaging, brand awareness, brand name/value and health consciousness that would influence buyer preference for consumer product brands as per the past literature, the present study primarily aims at examining the...

In view of indispensability of quality human resources (HR) and talents and their retention in the organisations, it is imperative and relevant to investigate into the HR retention practices. Hence, the present study seeks to examine the influence of human resource management practices on...

Induction training is important to apprise the new entrants about the organisation and to orientate and socialise them with its philosophy, goals, work culture, procedures, systems, compensation (salary, leaves, facilities, etc.) and expected employee-behaviours. The article is based on the...

The paper aims at examining the current practices concerning the education of business ethics (BE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the university curricula in Nepal. Since the issue of business ethics and CSR has the direct bearing on business and management domain, the paper has...

The paper examines the impact of product-related factors (price, quality, and country of origin, product feature) and social factors (social influence and compatibility) on the purchase intention of smart-phone buyers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Based on the primary data survey method,...

The paper examines the preferability and effectiveness of Human Resources Development (HRD) component-cum-intervention programs in Nepali banks based on the supervisors' perception for which the five main HRD component-cum-intervention programs, viz., training and development, management...