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The focus of this paper is to examine the effect of the e-learning framework on students’ learning in technical educational institutions in India. The paper considers Khan’s e-learning framework to analyze the students’ perception of the system used in their technical education. The student’s learning was measured through three main dimensions of learning, which include knowledge, skills, and attitude, by analyzing the individual impact on the overall learning process. This study attempted to test the hypothesis through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique. The data was collected from a sample of 294 respondents. The sample was selected using snowball sampling technique. The results of descriptive analysis and SEM indicate that the e-learning system used in technical educational institutions has a significant positive impact on various dimensions of students’ learning. The findings reveal that proper design and delivery of e-learning systems with appropriate pedagogies in technical educational institutions will enhance the quality of technical education and result in improved learning among students, making them employable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the paper is to identify the need for supervisory mentorship, factors affecting it, and its impact on the outcomes of new recruits in the Indian IT industry. The study uses thematic analysis to gain insights into why supervisory mentorship is important and how it can influence the outcomes of new recruits. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 43 new recruits from six different reputed IT companies in India. The analysis of collected qualitative data resulted in nine themes which highlighted the importance and influence of supervisory mentorship among new recruits. The results show that supervisory mentorship has a positive influence on the attitudinal, behavioral and career-related outcomes of the new recruits. The paper provides wider information about the various aspects of supervisory mentorship. As reported by the respondents, supervisory mentoring is the need of the hour for the Indian IT industry to reduce uncertainty, ensure role clarity and task mastery, and to direct the social behavior, besides introducing a proper understanding about organizational culture among the new recruits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper intends to propose a conceptual framework on the personal and contextual antecedents of job search intensity among the final year job-seeking university students in India. It focuses on three dimensions of social support, viz., emotional, financial and informational, received by the graduating students during their job search process. The paper also proposes that the social support dimensions will have a differential impact on the job search behavior exhibited by the entry level job seekers. Further, it discusses the impact of employment commitment on job seekers’ search intensity. Besides, the paper proposes a conceptual model that can be used to study the mediating role of job search selfefficacy and job search clarity on the relationship between social support dimensions and job search intensity, and employment commitment and job search intensity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The animation sector is becoming increasingly vital to India’s economic development, where attracting and retaining talent has become a top priority for studios operating in India. The animation industry operates on the same old capitalist premise—cut production costs by recruiting fewer regular and more irregular employees. Animators often move to wherever they find work, adding to the feeling of displacement and resentment. This paper reviews how the compensation practices in the animation industry in India impact the retention of artists and offers suggestions for improving workforce retention, which is currently at 25.6% for animators and 22.3% for 3D artists, with the turnover rates more than double the global average. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Occupational stress is experienced in all professions, law included. There are studies to suggest that organizational commitment has a positive impact on occupational stress. Similarly, studies have been conducted to prove the link between personality type and occupational stress. However, there are very few studies linking all three variables. The present work aims to bridge this gap. The aim of the paper is to measure occupational stress experienced by lawyers. Studies on this subject in India are few and far between. Data from 102 respondents, representing 68% response rate, were analyzed. The study was carried out using standardized questionnaires, which include Philip L Rice occupational stress questionnaire, Myers-Briggs personality type questionnaire and Alan Meyer organizational commitment questionnaire. Correlation and stepwise regression statistical analysis was performed to arrive at the results. The results show that there is significant correlation between occupational stress and personality types of introversion, sensing, feeling and thinking. A significant inverse correlation has also been deduced between occupational stress and organizational commitment. Emotional commitment has been identified as the best predictor of occupational stress and feeling as the least predicting variable. The findings of the study can be used to devise strategies to combat occupational stress experienced by lawyers working in litigation as well as for corporates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Covid-19 pandemic has heightened tourists' environmental awareness resulting in a desire for green hotels. Existing literature has extensively examined tourists' attitudes and behaviors towards green hotels, but there is a scarcity of research on employees' perceptions of these accommodations. The study investigates the determinants of green behavior among 220 green hotel employees from India using an established behavioral theory called Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R). Structural equation modeling and related statistical techniques are employed to analyze the data gathered from a structured survey. The primary findings indicate that green purchases largely impact normative objectives, implying inadequate significance. Green product and process innovations have a significant impact on employees' green workplace behavior by influencing their hedonic, gain, and normative goals. The study examines human resource management sustainability in Indian hospitality and tourism sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examines the level of job satisfaction and its determinants amongst working adults in India. The findings indicate that more than 50% of the population surveyed were satisfied with their current working conditions. Nature of job and salary were identified as the most important factors determining a person's job satisfaction, while flexibility of working hours was found to be the least important. Also, amongst different types of satisfaction measured through Opatha's analysis, social satisfaction was given the highest and psychological satisfaction the least priority by the sample surveyed. Interestingly, the findings also showed that earnings fell if employees switched more than four jobs and were highest for those who retained their first jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This explorative and non-experimental study investigates how the Principled Leadership Approach (PLA) impacts the creation of Learning Organization Culture (LOC). The study defined PLA as an institutional system anchoring on three critical aspects—compassion, integrity, and inclusivity—and how this aspect supports the basic structure of the learning organization’s culture—purposeful orientation, leadership support, and structure flexibility. This model was tested with the help of 604 sample data collected randomly from varied business professions in India between April 2020 and September 2021. The model for the study was tested using EFA and CFA. The study found that PLA’s dimension has a significant favorable influence on LOC’s dimension, indicating PLA builds a positive pathway to unfold the ideal of learning organization culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examines the influence of workplace spirituality and individual spirituality on employee commitment and the role of gender and age as moderating variable. It was conducted among bank employees from various public and private banks in India’s northern region. Employees’ spirituality had a beneficial influence on their commitment to work as per Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLSSEM). Also, it was revealed that age and gender had no substantial moderating influence on employee commitment. This study would serve as a valuable resource for HR professionals and management teams who are looking to create a culture of spiritual engagement in their organizations. It may also assist employees in developing a sense of fulfillment in their job, which would boost their productivity and commitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study is to examine the Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) practices of 15 tea companies in India. It also analyzes their mode and focus of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) implementation. The study aims to provide evidence on how companies comply with CSRD provisions. The findings reveal that a majority of the companies, i.e., 70.66% (average from five indices), comply with the provisions of CSRD. Four of the 15 companies implement CSR directly, two through implementing agencies, and nine through both direct and implementing agencies. Schedule (i), Schedule (ii), Schedule (iv), Category B (healthcare programs), Category E (environmental sustainability), and Category C (primary education and vocational training) are the top focus areas of CSR. CSRD compliance, communication, and intervention between management, stakeholders, and government help address the problems of plantation workers. The study broadens one’s understanding of CSR and CSRD practices and fills the lacuna in the literature on the tea Industry’s CSR practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused widespread social and economic disruption across the world. In India, the government decided to impose a nationwide lockdown on March 24, 2020, and the life of many people, including the students and faculty of all institutions across the globe changed thereafter. From the second week of April 2020, most educational institutions went online to engage the students by choosing convenient online learning platforms. This study is based on a survey of students to understand their perception, preferences, faculty effectiveness, self-management and self-motivation with regard to online learning. It also explores online willingness of students to learn, and measures online learning effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Happiness at workplace is important for both individuals and organizations, as it is known to increase and sustain employee productivity. The present study assesses the personality and wellbeing attributes of agricultural scientists to find out any differences in these attributes between the scientists working in two different organizations viz., Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities (SAUs). The findings revealed that the agricultural scientists, irrespective of the organization in which they are working, have similar personality traits and equal scores on the happiness index. However, SAU scientists are found to have higher scores on life satisfaction and lower scores on Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) compared to ICAR scientists. Even though at the beginning of their career, scientists from SAU were reported to have higher wellbeing, in the long run, ICAR scientists were found to sustain their levels of happiness and PWB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High customer interaction is required in the banking industry, making emotional intelligence an indispensable skill for bankers. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and work satisfaction amongst banking professionals in India. While a myriad of studies have been conducted on emotional intelligence in the banking industry, there have been very few in the Indian setup. After conducting the primary study and collecting data from 600 professionals in India's banking sector, the outcome reveals that both emotional intelligence and work satisfaction are significantly related to each other. The findings indicate that the higher the emotional intelligence among employees, the higher their work satisfaction. Banks are part of the service industry and must comprehend customer requirements, aspirations, and ambitions in order to establish a good perception among customers. Banks should invest in a robust customer relationship management technology that enables them to comprehend their customers' desires when engaging with them, allowing them to cross-sell various offerings based on demand. Human capital is critical in ensuring the banking sector's growth and continuation. That is why high emotional intelligence among banking professionals is necessary for the banks to be successful in achieving customer satisfaction and retention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teachers are the major drivers of a nation's education system and hence require a stress-free working environment to perform at their best. The current study aims to examine occupational stress among university teachers' based on their gender and professional characteristics. This study also attempts to identify the sources of occupational stress across various other characteristics of the teachers. A sample of 536 teachers participated in the study selected from six universities in Assam, India. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire-based survey. The major findings of this study indicate the presence of a significant difference in the occupational stress level across the academic position, but not in gender and academic discipline. As regards stress sources, there is a significant difference in 10 out of 20 stressors according to academic positions. The results also show a significant difference across gender for only two sources and for seven sources when it comes to academic discipline. These insights would enable higher educational institutions to focus on adopting strategies to reduce or eliminate the influence of the stressors based on gender and professional characteristics of teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rapid changes are taking place in organizations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, most of the employees worked from home. To face disruptions, organizations require an agile workforce. An agile workforce is proactive and adaptive, and has a positive attitude towards learning and self-development. During disruptive situations, organizations ought to adopt modern methods for imparting training to develop and manage the agility of their workforce. This study is a themes-based content analysis of workforce agility attained through e-training during Covid-19 in a power plant located in Himachal Pradesh, India. Focus group interview method was used to collect information. The focus group interviewed consisted of 14 employees (9 executives and 5 non-executives) who attended e-training programs. Seven themes, viz., adaptability, flexibility, collaborative, developmental, competent, speed, and informative, were identified from the literature. The questions were framed based on the themes. The content analysis results of the themes showed that through e-training employees perceived improved performance, knowledge, personal well-being, work flexibility, change adaption, motivation, communication, and analytical skills as significant outcomes. The findings of this study showed that e-training during disruptive situations worked effectively in enhancing employees’ agility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management education in India has evolved considerably over the past few decades. However, the quality of learning outcomes in Management Institutions (MI) remains a challenge. Past studies examined how student mindsets (Dweck, 2017) influence motivation and engagement for better outcomes. This pan-India study examines mindset as a non-cognitive measure influencing learning in MIs in India using the Dweck Mindset Instrument (DMI). The respondents included students, faculty, leadership and placement managers. Confirmatory Factor analysis established reliability, validity, goodness of fit and factors of the revised mindset instrument. Correlation, ANOVA and t-tests were used to compare mindset with demographics. Reliability and construct validity of DMI were established. The mindset is positively associated with age, income, native place, highest educational qualification, and role. It has no association with gender, discipline in bachelor’s degree, quantum of experience, institution location, type of institution or size of student intake. Mindset can be used to understand varying institutional contexts and suggest development initiatives for better outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study’s key objective is to examine the success of the Learning Management System (LMS) used in various Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in Chennai city. This study used a descriptive research design, which describes the users’ perspective towards the success of LMS used in various HEIs in Chennai city. Data was collected through a stratified sampling technique to measure the satisfaction level attained by institutions adopting LMS. The SEM model shows that all the LMS factors have a significant positive effect on the usage of LMS. The findings of the study will help policymakers of HEI focus more on content quality while developing LMS platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-leadership strategies make employees agile in today’s uncertain and ambiguous work environment. But there exists a debate whether self-leadership is an inborn or developable characteristic. Thus, the present study attempts to investigate whether an individual psychological resource (i.e., self-efficacy), which is malleable in nature, and individual personality trait (i.e., conscientiousness), which is relatively fixed over a period of time, can predict self-leadership. The influence of conscientiousness as a personality trait and self-efficacy as a personal resource on self-leadership were examined based on the data collected from 103 professionals working in different industries of India. Correlations and regression analysis was performed to investigate the impact. The findings indicated a significant effect of self-efficacy and conscientiousness on self-leadership. More interestingly, the data shows that self-efficacy is more critical for self-leadership compared to conscientiousness. The findings of the study suggest several avenues for the engendering of self-leaders at the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]