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Author-Name: Shelly Johny
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Title: OTT platform accessibility: a glimpse from the Indian State of Kerala
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COVID-19 has made India a hotbed for OTT platforms. The majority of the viewers of the OTT platforms migrated to the medium during the pandemic. As an alternative to the conventional platforms of entertainment, OTT platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar inter alia have become a daily reality in the Indian households, particularly in Kerala, during the pandemic period. Given the alternative possibility of these platforms to counter the 'entertainment pause' caused by the pandemic, the 'inadvertent' exclusion these platforms create is undeniable. In a poor country like India where digital divide is a reality, the hasty normalisation of OTT platforms made it inaccessible for many. By focusing on indicators like caste, class, gender and age and using sample survey, this study explores the digital divide and also attempts to find out the major determinants that influence the first level accessibility to OTT platforms.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 341-352
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: OTT platforms; digital divide; COVID-19; caste; class; gender.
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Author-Name:  Ravinder
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Author-X-Name-Last: Ravinder
Author-Name: Vijender Pal Saini
Author-X-Name-First: Vijender Pal
Author-X-Name-Last: Saini
Title: Macroeconomic determinants hindering economic growth: a study of Bangladesh
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The study is an attempt to examine the determinants of the economic growth of Bangladesh during the timeframe 1991-2020. Two-unit root tests ADF and PP are used to examine the presence of the unit root in the series. The bootstrap ARDL approach is used to examine the long-run and short-run relationships among the variables. All selected variables are found stationary at the first difference except foreign aid and inflation. The results imply that some of the sample variables FDI, government expenditure, openness to trade, and overseas aid positively affect economic growth in the long-run. However, external debt has an adverse impact on growth in the short as well as long term. As a result, Bangladesh's policymakers should prioritise exports, foreign aid, and greenfield investments while reducing their reliance on external indebtedness.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 371-383
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: ARDL; Bangladesh; external debt; foreign direct investment; population; trade openness; human development.
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Author-Name: Kritika Khanna
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Author-X-Name-Last: Khanna
Author-Name: Jagwinder Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Jagwinder
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Author-Name: Sarbjit Singh Bedi
Author-X-Name-First: Sarbjit Singh
Author-X-Name-Last: Bedi
Title: Antecedents influencing brand management of Indian higher education institutes: an inside-out approach
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This study aims to examine the relative influence of branding antecedents on different aspects of brand management of higher education institutes (HEIs). The extant literature was reviewed systematically to identify the branding antecedents and branding aspects for higher education institutes (HEIs). Subsequently, branding antecedents and branding aspects were empirically tested. Following this, relative influence of branding antecedents on branding aspects was tested. Competence and service quality have been found most important antecedents of branding for HEIs. Heritage has been found as most influencing antecedent for the development of brand identity. Similarly, service quality closely followed by competence has been found most influencing antecedents for the development of brand image. Competences closely followed by reputation have been found to be the most influencing antecedents for the development of brand meaning. The most noteworthy feature of the study is that HEIs may adopt the 'inside-out' approach of branding contrary to the traditional and prevalent 'outside-in' approach.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 66-91
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: brand identity; brand image; brand meaning; higher education institutes; HEIs; intangible resources; reputation; service quality; competence; heritage; inside-out approach; India.
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Author-Name: Suman Kharbanda
Author-X-Name-First: Suman
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Author-Name: Poonam Bewtra
Author-X-Name-First: Poonam
Author-X-Name-Last: Bewtra
Author-Name: Supriya Kamna
Author-X-Name-First: Supriya
Author-X-Name-Last: Kamna
Title: The gig economy in India: growth, challenges and the way forward
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Gig economy refers to a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts, freelance or project-based work, and temporary or on-demand jobs for workers who are not on the rolls of any company or firm. In recent years, the changing employer employee relationship has led to emergence of gig economy across the world. This has brought in various pertinent issues related to workers, employers and the economy in general. This paper enumerates the factors that have led to the growth of gig economy in India, the risks and the challenges faced by the companies or platforms who use gig services and the workers who are not in a nine to five job. This paper has listed and critically examined the policy measures which have been taken by the Government of India to support the gig workers. The study concludes by giving certain policy recommendations and implications for the benefit of the gig economy.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 47-65
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: gig economy; platform workers; gig jobs; social security; contract workers; freelancers; platforms; Atmanirbhar; e shram; India.
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Author-Name: Furquan Uddin
Author-X-Name-First: Furquan
Author-X-Name-Last: Uddin
Author-Name: Mohammad Razi-ur-Rahim
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Razi-ur-Rahim
Author-Name: Mushtaq Ahmad Shah
Author-X-Name-First: Mushtaq Ahmad
Author-X-Name-Last: Shah
Title: An empirical study on positioning strategy in the life insurance industry: a case study of LIC of India
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The volatile characteristics of the market, like shifting consumer preferences and tastes, the availability of substitute products, price wars, the increasing role of electronic media, extensive distribution, etc., forced the marketers to adopt an apt strategy that could assist in minimising the storm effect of unfavourable market conditions. Among the several alternatives, positioning strategy is one of the options. It is a strategic tool that helps in attaining the desired goals and a competitive edge. The life insurance industry is not the exception to such above-mentioned changes. Positioning, a strategic tool, is being adopted in the life insurance industry. This paper is a humble attempt to visualise the positioning strategy in the life insurance industry in general and the LIC of India in particular.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 92-102
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: marketing environment; positioning strategy; life insurance; LIC of India.
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Author-Name: Anil Kumar
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Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Suman Lata
Author-X-Name-First: Suman
Author-X-Name-Last: Lata
Title: Are travellers' destination visit intentions influenced by social media? An information adoption theory perspective
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The current study examines how users adopt information through social media and how social media influences their intentions to visit a destination. A theoretical framework was proposed, and a model was tested using a sample of 220 respondents who used social media information before visiting a destination. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data by performing partial least squares (PLS). The respondents of this study were from two destinations in Madhya Pradesh, i.e., Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka and the Buddhist Monument of Sanchi. The paper found argument quality, attitude, and tie strength to be significant predictors of travellers' information usefulness in visiting a destination by adopting social media platforms. Further, source credibility was not found significant. Lastly, the information's usefulness was positively significant for destination visit intentions. This study is innovative to analyse the adoption of social media as a tool for gathering information prior to visiting specific destinations, utilising the Information Adoption Model while incorporating additional constructs.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 103-120
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: social media; destination visit intention; information adoption model; travel behaviour; attitude.
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Author-X-Name-First: V.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sadhishkumar
Author-Name: P. Uma Swarupa
Author-X-Name-First: P. Uma
Author-X-Name-Last: Swarupa
Title: The efficiency of leverage, liquidity, and profitability on the corporate performance of selected manufacturing companies
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The paper attempts to evaluate the impact of leverage, liquidity, and profitability on the corporate performance of the selected manufacturing companies listed on the Indian stock exchange for the past five years from 2017 to 2021. In this case, ROA, ROE is selected as the dependent variable for the performance. The data is it here is taken with a sample size of 500. Along with that, 20 manufacturing companies were chosen. In independent variables, the debt-to-equity ratio, EPS, has been chosen. Apart from that, the forms' liquidity, age, and tangibility are taken as control variables. The empirical outcomes of the investigation manifest that liquidity computed by the current assets has a positive impact on the return on equity applied as performance. The study highlights that the impact of financial leverage has a huge effect on corporate performance. The study further suggests the administration reduce the application of debt financing and apply their retained earnings mostly for financing the day-to-day operations and to ignore any kind of bankruptcy in the future.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 1-21
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: efficiency of leverage; liquidity; profitability; corporate performance; manufacturing companies; empirical outcomes; tangibility of the forms.
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Author-X-Name-First: Vaneeta
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Title: A practical approach to spiritual intelligence: towards the path of creativity
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“Every idea has to become broad till it covers the whole of this world” (Vivekananda, 2014). This paper connects the wisdom of Swami Vivekananda on spiritual intelligence with the wisdom of great creative thinkers. This paper's objective is to empirically study the affect of spiritual intelligence on creativity and apply the spiritual principles to envisage a creative world. This paper delineates the paradigm shift that takes place in human minds when pursuing spiritual intelligence. The force field analysis of spiritual intelligence by bringing out the driving and restraining forces is formed based on teachings of Swami Vivekananda to bring the concept of spiritual intelligence practical and near to reality rather than rhetoric. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and the data analysis was done using SPSS software. Correlation test was conducted, and a significant and positive correlation was found to exist between creativity and spiritual intelligence. To test the impact of the dimensions of spiritual intelligence on creativity and its dimensions, regression analysis was carried out.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 121-137
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: spirituality; Swami Vivekananda; creativity; spiritual intelligence; workplace spirituality.
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Author-Name: Kirtika Malhotra
Author-X-Name-First: Kirtika
Author-X-Name-Last: Malhotra
Author-Name: Priyanka Vijay
Author-X-Name-First: Priyanka
Author-X-Name-Last: Vijay
Title: The impact of demographics and socioeconomic factors on financial literacy: a study of India
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Financial literacy plays a vital role in developing financially smart individuals. Both at the individual level as well as for the society at large, financial literacy is very crucial to wiser financial planning and wellbeing. Indian citizens are yet to give priority to financial literacy. Being in a condition where 76% of the grown-up populace in India does not even understand essential monetary ideas, the need of great importance is to relook at the approach of Indian households towards making reserves and investments. The goal of this paper is to investigate the current level of financial literacy among the Indian population and identify the major determinants of financial literacy. This paper aims to highlight whether there exists interdependency between demographic, socio-economic determinants and the financial literacy levels of Individuals in India. The paper will also contribute to the existing literature on financial literacy among Indian citizens by using a rigorous methodology.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 22-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: financial literacy; financial knowledge; financial behaviour; financial attitude; financial education; demographic characters; socio-economic characteristics.
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Author-Name: Hemantkumar P. Bulsara
Author-X-Name-First: Hemantkumar P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bulsara
Author-Name: Himanshu Bagdi
Author-X-Name-First: Himanshu
Author-X-Name-Last: Bagdi
Title: Students' engagement for online learning in higher education institutions: a literature review
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This paper aims to comprehensively review the literature on students' engagement in online learning (OL), uncover the current state of studies in higher education institutions (HEI), and highlight the research gaps. This paper employed a descriptive methodology to assess students' engagement (SE) with OL in HEI based on summarising the information of studies and minimising the reviewer's interpretation. The scholarly articles of original research from peer-reviewed journals and conferences were searched systematically from 2015 to 2022. Lastly, 30 papers were considered eligible for inclusion in the review. Based on the articles reviewed, the majority of the previous studies have relied on questionnaires and reviews rather than examining discrete factors. Moreover, based on the study findings, the authors can conclude that system quality, service quality, concept mapping, active learning, coursework, class atmosphere, teacher-student interaction, perceived usefulness, cognitive engagement, and students' readiness are the factors that affect SE in the OL.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 441-468
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: students engagement; online learning; e-learning; higher education institutions; HEI; internet; COVID-19; readiness; academics; traditional learning.
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Author-Name: Meena Rani
Author-X-Name-First: Meena
Author-X-Name-Last: Rani
Title: Managerial discretion and loan loss provision practices: an empirical study of the Indian public and private sector commercial banks
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This study has examined the impact of income smoothing, capital management, and signalling practices on the loan loss provisions (LLPs) in the Indian commercial banks along with the credit-risk aversion behaviour of the management. It has also aimed to study whether the LLPs vary for the listed versus the unlisted banks in India. The Indian public and private sector commercial banks from FY 2009-2010 to 2018-2019 have been analysed through the dynamic panel-data regression technique, namely generalised method of moments (GMM) with the first differences. The results have shown that the Indian public and private sector commercial banks, besides the credit risk management, focus on the capital management and on the signalling practices as incentives while determining the amount of LLPs. The further analyses have shown the significant differences between the listed and the unlisted banks for the income smoothing and the signalling practices.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 469-488
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: loan loss provisions; LLPs; credit risk; capital management; earnings' management; signalling.
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Author-Name: Shahbaz Ul Islam
Author-X-Name-First: Shahbaz Ul
Author-X-Name-Last: Islam
Author-Name: Zahoor Ahmad Parray
Author-X-Name-First: Zahoor Ahmad
Author-X-Name-Last: Parray
Author-Name: Tanveer Ahmad Shah
Author-X-Name-First: Tanveer Ahmad
Author-X-Name-Last: Shah
Title: Workplace incivility and its effect on work engagement and turnover intention: a study of service sector
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The main goal of this research is to determine the effect of workplace incivility on employee's work engagement and turnover intention working in the service sector of UT Jammu and Kashmir and also examine the association between workplace incivility, employee's work engagement, and employees' turnover intention. The data was collected from 400 employees working in the service sector (higher education sector) of UT Jammu and Kashmir. The study employed a quantitative research approach. Stratified random sampling and a self-administrative questionnaire are used to collect data from these employees. The results display that workplace incivility harms employees' work engagement and has a positive influence on employees' turnover intention. This research study adds to the existing knowledge of social exchange theory by emphasising that employees should create a culture of trust and mutual respect within an organisation, which encourages social learning and social interaction that can promote loyalty, work engagement, mutual commitment, and finally lesser chances of an employee leaving the organisation (Cropanzano and Mitchell, 2005).
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 489-504
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: workplace incivility; turnover intention; work engagement; social exchange theory.
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Author-Name: Ranganathan Venkatesan
Author-X-Name-First: Ranganathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Venkatesan
Title: Work-life balance is mediating and social fulfilment is moderating: the relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction among working people in developing countries
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The primary aim of the research is to find out the life satisfaction in working people of developing countries. The study is concentrated on how work-life balance is mediating between job satisfaction and life satisfaction and how social fulfilment moderately affects job satisfaction and life satisfaction. This study employed life satisfaction as a dependent variable. Independent variables are work-life balance, job satisfaction and social fulfilment. Social fulfilment is introducing variables and remaining variables from previous research. Data were collected at selected districts in the state of South Tamil Nadu, India through structured questionnaires. Sample size of present study is 447. JAMOVI (version 1.1.7) was used for analysing collected data. EFA and CFA analysis were done for find factor loading, reliability, sampling adequacy and model fit. Mediation and moderation analysis was made to find the significance of WLB and SF. Social fulfilment is moderately affected between job satisfaction and life satisfaction.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 505-527
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: life satisfaction; job satisfaction; work-life balance; WLB; social fulfilment; work-family conflict; WFC; family-work conflict; FWC.
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Author-Name: Neha Pandey
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Author-X-Name-Last: Pandey
Author-Name: Anu Gupta
Author-X-Name-First: Anu
Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta
Author-Name: Harleen Mahajan
Author-X-Name-First: Harleen
Author-X-Name-Last: Mahajan
Title: A comprehensive study on factors of work life balance and big five personality traits and their impact on perceived performance of employees
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The banking industry witnessed vast changes in its schemes and policies in recent years. In order to improve employee performance, it is important to determine various factors contributing towards performance. In this research, we identified impact of work life balance and personality traits on perceived performance of employees. A theoretical structure model was created, by integrating three variables of work life balance (WLB) and five traits of personality and their impact on perceived performance. Three major variables, i.e., organisational support, work pressure, and self-development, of WLB have been tested through exploratory factor analysis. Further, the impact of the above three variables along with the big five traits of personality have been tested on perceived performance using regression analysis. Findings show positive correlation of different factors of WLB and five traits of personality with perceived performance. This study turned out to be more fundamental in order to improve performance of employees.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 547-565
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: work life balance; WLB; organisational support; personality traits; perceived performance; work pressure; banking sector.
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Author-X-Name-Last: Sridhar
Author-Name: Sahil Singh Jasrotia
Author-X-Name-First: Sahil Singh
Author-X-Name-Last: Jasrotia
Author-Name: Manoj Kumar Kamila
Author-X-Name-First: Manoj Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Kamila
Title: Corporate moral responsibility for corporate governance: Indian perspective
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The evolution of corporate business from a shareholder centric focus to a stakeholder centric focus has its base in ethics and moral responsibility. In the 21st century business environment, corporates expanding their businesses has led to an adoption of numerous practices which are detrimental to the long-term interest of various stakeholders. The purpose of this study is to enable corporates to develop a moral compass/moral responsibility and incorporate it as a business strategy. Our study provides empirical evidence on Nifty-50 index companies using multiple regression analysis on various mandatory and non-mandatory compliances relating to corporate governance practices. An implication of this paper is that it makes a proposition for a paradigm shift from corporate social responsibility to corporate moral responsibility in preparing businesses to meet the challenges and opportunities in the business environment. The findings suggest that the voluntary best practices promoting external stakeholders' interest and meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) norms has a positive and significant impact on corporate moral responsibility; therefore, corporates need to prepare their businesses and conduct their affairs based on morality which will be the new business proposition.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 528-546
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: environmental; social and governance; ESG; corporate moral responsibility; CMR; corporate governance; corporate social responsibility.
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Author-Name: Mohd Adnan
Author-X-Name-First: Mohd
Author-X-Name-Last: Adnan
Author-Name: Rashi Alagh
Author-X-Name-First: Rashi
Author-X-Name-Last: Alagh
Author-Name: Jaidev Singh Negi
Author-X-Name-First: Jaidev Singh
Author-X-Name-Last: Negi
Author-Name: Anand Ballabh Thapliyal
Author-X-Name-First: Anand Ballabh
Author-X-Name-Last: Thapliyal
Title: Financial inclusion for inclusive growth: adoption of unified payment interface in hilly rural areas of Uttarakhand
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Financial inclusion is a crucial enabler for inclusive economic growth and poverty alleviation. Accessibility and utilisation of formal financial services are integral to financial inclusion. That is why providing affordable access and easy to use financial services is at the forefront of policy initiatives of the Indian Government. This study focuses on factors affecting the adoption of the unified payment interface (UPI) in hilly rural areas of Uttarakhand. This research paper analysed the factors contributing to the adoption of UPI in Uttarakhand's mountainous terrain, and the technology acceptance model is utilised as the conceptual model. A structured questionnaire is distributed among the respondents residing in the districts of Dehradun, Tehri, and Rishikesh through offline and online modes. The study results show a significant impact of both the perceived usefulness of UPI and the perceived ease of using UPI on the behavioural intention to adopt UPI-based applications.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 566-581
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: digital banking; financial inclusion; hilly region; rural area; technology acceptance model; TAM; UPI adoption.
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Author-Name: Shuvam Chatterjee
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Author-Name: Pawel Bryla
Author-X-Name-First: Pawel
Author-X-Name-Last: Bryla
Title: Olfactory marketing as a technological innovation tool for the Indian retail industry - a study of Shoppers Stop retail store in Kolkata, India
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Olfactory marketing is a phenomenon that is in the current trend of usage by marketing experts to ensure that consumers are more involved in the purchase decision-making process. Past studies have revealed that customers today look for more than the product and give a lot of importance to the atmosphere where the product or service is being consumed. The study surveyed 190 shoppers across a shopping mall in Kolkata, India. The study further uses the SPSS software program to test the regressions between different variables and build a new understanding of the impact of fragrance cues on consumer purchase decisions under the influence of control variables. This is the first study to demonstrate the effects of fragrance cues on retail shopping stores in Kolkata, India. The study would help managers to fathom the essence behind the importance of olfactory marketing in the retail marketing area.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 261-273
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: fragrance marketing; impulse buying; consumer attitude; atmospheric cues; service innovation; Indian retail market; cognitive theory; India.
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Author-Name: Hemaloshinee Vasudevan
Author-X-Name-First: Hemaloshinee
Author-X-Name-Last: Vasudevan
Author-Name: Diego Rafael Roberto Cabrera Moya
Author-X-Name-First: Diego Rafael Roberto Cabrera
Author-X-Name-Last: Moya
Author-Name: Ravi Nagarathanam
Author-X-Name-First: Ravi
Author-X-Name-Last: Nagarathanam
Author-Name: Farhana Tahmida Newaz
Author-X-Name-First: Farhana Tahmida
Author-X-Name-Last: Newaz
Title: Green training and pro-environmental behaviour enhancing education sustainable development goal at higher education institutions: conceptual approach
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This paper aims to conceptualise green training (GT) and pro-environmental behaviour at higher education institutions (HEIs) due to the increased in GT environmental awareness as one of the essential elements in the construction of the country's capacity toward sustainable development. Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a space where people and their environment can grow and encourage awareness and deep knowledge toward environmental training and education. ESD is constructed of a pro-environmentally friendly attitude and behaviour for employees who feel like they are a component of green success. It also refers to critical human resource management activities that assist the achievement of environmental objectives. The best way to address environmental problems and protection efforts are to change society's daily attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour and practices by focusing on GT. The lack of training on new green technologies was used to diagnose the problem of inadequate sustainability and limited at HEIs.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 322-341
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: educational sustainable development goal; green training; pro-environmental behaviour; higher education institutions; HEIs; education for sustainable development; ESD.
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Author-Name: Ratan Kaurinta
Author-X-Name-First: Ratan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kaurinta
Title: Perception and level of satisfaction of small tea growers towards institutional role: a district level case study
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The present study has an aim to empirically identify the differences of perception and level of satisfaction among the small tea growers (STGs) with an acreage of 10.12 ha or below of Golaghat district of Assam. The STGs in Assam has contributed to the production of green leaves, which is more than 50% of total green leaf output of the state. It has become pertinent for them to climb up to a strategic stage with a voice as the whole system is reaching maturity and they need to attain a vantage point to access the benefits from administration and increase financial inclusiveness. An analytical study was conducted with structured interviews among the STGs in the line of different dimensions. The results obtained show a presence of a distinct gap in between perception and satisfaction level of STGs, which affirms the scope of improvement.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 274-290
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: administrative structure; communication; efficiency; financial inclusion; satisfaction; small tea growers; STGs; perception.
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Author-Name: Insha Ahad Wani
Author-X-Name-First: Insha Ahad
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Author-Name: Megha Agarwal
Author-X-Name-First: Megha
Author-X-Name-Last: Agarwal
Title: Comparative bibliometric and thematic analysis of microfinance and women empowerment: India versus the world
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Keeping pace with the real-time developments in the field of research, this paper attempts to scientifically examine the research evolution in the domain of microfinance in relation to women-empowerment. The study focuses on the research trends and thematic breakthrough by conducting bibliometric analysis of the field from time-period of 1996-2022. Using 267 'article-type' research studies extracted from Scopus database, this study has carried out step-wise bibliometric analysis including citation-analysis, three-field plot, word-cloud and thematic mapping. The novelty contribution of this study is its comparative approach wherein the research conducted in India is compared to that of the rest of the world in order to understand the gaps existing in the Indian research and hence highlight the scope of future research in the field of micro-finance and women empowerment. Another methodological contribution of this study is using of preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA).
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 342-369
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: microfinance; women-empowerment; bibliometric analysis; systematic literature review; PRISMA; thematic mapping.
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Author-Name: B.G. Kodge
Author-X-Name-First: B.G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kodge
Title: Study and analysis of socio-economic factors of women entrepreneurs in India: a case study
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If society is a bicycle, then both men and women are its two wheels, and the contributions of both are required for society's growth and development. Women in urban India have excelled their male counterparts in almost all fields and have showed their might. Along with performing their home maker role, they are successfully competing with men in different walks of life. They have distinguished themselves in many unconventional fields. But in rural parts of India, the story is little bit different. Therefore, in this paper we have made an attempt to study the socio-economic factors which determine how different entrepreneurial activities among women lead to the entrepreneurial development viz. socio-economic, demographic, psychological and personal factors. This case study is undertaken in the rural parts of Latur district of Maharashtra state of India through filed survey.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 357-375
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: women entrepreneurs; socio-economic factors; psychological study; personal and demographic data analysis.
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Author-Name: Shyamal Datta
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Author-Name: Sonu Goyal
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Author-X-Name-Last: Goyal
Title: Sustainability reporting: a systematic literature review and analysis
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Adoption of sustainability reporting (SR) is growing consistently and 96% of the world's largest 250 companies now report on sustainability, leading to an increased research interest in this topic. However, studies on SR for identifying major themes, prominent authors, journals and countries are limited in number. Our study conducts a systematic literature analysis to structure the extant literature on sustainability reporting and provides an orientation for the researchers as well as industry experts. Findings show that <i>Journal of Cleaner Production</i>, <i>Sustainability</i> and <i>Journal of Business Ethics</i> are the most contributing journals while Australia, England and the USA are the leading countries. Olivier Boiral is the most productive author in terms of publishing articles and Rodrigo Lozano is the most cited author. GRI, CSR, assurance, stakeholder engagement are the most prominent themes while SDGs, firm performance, quality and materiality are the recent trends in sustainability reporting research area. We have also identified the research contexts (theories, determinants, industries) of current SR literature and suggested future research themes accordingly.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 312-329
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: sustainability reporting; sustainability accounting; non-financial reporting; bibliometric analysis; literature review; VOSViewer; Web of Science; corporate sustainability.
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Author-Name: Naval Garg
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Title: Workplace spirituality and organisational effectiveness in the Indian higher education sector: exploring the relationship and mediating role of positive organisational scholarship factors
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The present research empirically examines the association of workplace spirituality with organisational effectiveness, the linkages between their respective dimensions, and how select positive organisational scholarship (POS) factors mediate the relationship between the two constructs. Data were gathered from academics of higher education institutes across India using online self-report questionnaires. The analysis was carried out using statistical techniques including correlation analysis and tests of mediation. The results revealed significant positive associations between workplace spirituality and organisational effectiveness, and between their respective sub-dimensions. Additionally, POS factors like job satisfaction, affective and normative commitment, trust, spiritual well-being, and resilience emerged as mediators of the relationship between the two constructs while continuance commitment and emotional labour did not. Since the assertions purporting organisational effectiveness as an outcome of workplace spirituality have only persisted in the conceptual domain to date, the findings of this study fulfil a long-felt need by empirically establishing such association, and also help to understand the dynamics behind this relationship by exploring its operationalisation through POS factors. This should alleviate resistance among practitioners towards the adoption of organisational transformation initiatives through workplace spirituality to improve organisational effectiveness by enabling the implementation of appropriate evidence-based, contextually relevant, and risk-mitigating strategies.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 413-439
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: workplace spirituality; organisational effectiveness; positive organisational scholarship; higher education sector; academics; India.
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Author-Name: Pradeep Mamgain
Author-X-Name-First: Pradeep
Author-X-Name-Last: Mamgain
Title: Information and communication technologies in agriculture: a systematic literature review
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The digital revolution minimised the gap between agricultural operations and information and communication technology (ICT) in the previous decade. ICT is being used for information sharing, speeding up transactions, and improve farmer knowledge. Rational adoption of ICT in agriculture is the sense of research review. In this context, we propose a systematic literature review (SLR) that aims to synthesise all relevant research on ICT in agriculture. An electronic search was performed on selected databases, and 39 primary studies were retrieved after applying selection criteria. This review establishes a foundation for investigating the adoption of ICT by farmers for technological advancement and sustainability in agriculture. The analysis of primary studies reveals that mobile phones are frequently used to communicate agricultural information. Furthermore, it highlights that ICT adoption is obstructed by poor technological infrastructure, inadequate policies, and a lack of awareness among farmers. The findings also indicate the lack of an appropriate conceptual framework for driving ICT advancements.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 370-388
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: agriculture; agricultural operations; agriculture in developing nations; evolution of ICT in agriculture; information and communication technology; ICT; systematic literature review; SLR.
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Author-Name: Puneet K. Bindlish
Author-X-Name-First: Puneet K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bindlish
Author-Name: Gunjan Joshi
Author-X-Name-First: Gunjan
Author-X-Name-Last: Joshi
Title: Conceptualising spirituality for management
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To progress spirituality research and increase its applicability for a wider range of topics in business and management common ground around its ontology is of utmost importance. We propose a definition schema for spirituality to help researchers identify the key themes and concepts that must be incorporated when defining or understanding the concept of spirituality. A novel approach has been introduced to define spirituality and enhance scholars' discussions from an integrative perspective. We revisited the literature around the concept of schema and examined 142 definitions of spirituality using Atlas.ti to generate themes. The paper also uses a unique approach adapted from the Tarka method belonging to Indian philosophical approaches to definitions and empirical validation from international experts in the field of spirituality. Through the proposed definition schema, we further enrich the ontology of spirituality and contribute to the epistemological scholarly debates on spirituality for management research.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 330-356
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: spirituality; ethics; conceptualisation; integrative approach; definition schema.
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Title: The narratives of police service quality during COVID-19 pandemic: an empirical investigation
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The COVID-19 pandemic created unparalleled problems for law enforcement agencies; the present research work focused on examining the role of job stress, workplace support, and LMX in improving police service quality during the pandemic. This paper will analyse organisational commitment as a mediator between the proposed conceptual model. Data was obtained using survey method from the Indian state of Rajasthan. Substantiating it with few cases, the empirical analysis for the collected responses was done through a SPSS plugin named PROCESS. Hardly any studies exploring the behavioural factors at the workplace which can enhance or diminish the police service quality are present in academic literature. Hence, this study has brought forward the role of job stress, workplace support, LMX, organisational commitment in analysing and comparing police attitudes towards better service quality. The study will act as a framework which can be replicated in order to enhance police responsiveness in other countries.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 392-412
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: job stress; JS; workplace support; WS; leader-member exchange; LMX; organisational commitment; OC; police service quality; PSQ.
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Author-Name: Sushma Goel
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Author-X-Name-Last: Goel
Title: Impact of customer engagement strategies on shopping in the physical environment: retail stores and online portals (in Delhi and Santa Clara County)
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The physical environment in retail store includes the store exterior, store interior, layout and design, point-of-purchase display, human variables, and customer service features. The physical environment in online portal includes virtual atmospherics, virtual theatrics, virtual layout and design, virtual social presence, and functional features. Retailing that engages customers purposefully either offline, i.e., retail store or online, i.e., online shopping portal, creates a long-lasting impression on them. The present research is attempting to explore the physical elements of shopping environments that influence customers, engage them in several activities and enhance their experience in Delhi, India and Santa Clara County, USA.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 291-309
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: retail stores; online portals; physical environment; customer engagement.
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Author-Name: Sandeep Bhanot
Author-X-Name-First: Sandeep
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhanot
Title: Changing behaviours of Gen Z in the COVID-19 endemic era - do we need to change marketing approach?
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This paper studies the first generation of the 21st century, i.e., Generation Z and highlights their changing behaviour in COVID-19 endemic era. The aim of the study is to find out the changing purchase behaviour of Gen Z. It is a mix of secondary and primary study. Fear of missing out is still prevalent among Gen Z. Phone calls are the most common way of communicating with friends and family followed by mobile messaging apps among Gen Z. Instagram is the most often used followed by WhatsApp platform. This is an important contribution to existing research in the post pandemic era. Entertaining content is considered most interesting by people followed by informative content. Gen Z in the endemic era is more significantly influenced by good quality products, services and budget friendly products. The study is the one of the first to do empirical research in emerging markets.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 376-391
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: Gen Z; internet marketing; social media; marketers; social media marketing; consumer behaviour.
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Author-X-Name-First: U. Ravindra
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Author-Name: Balakrishnan Muniapan
Author-X-Name-First: Balakrishnan
Author-X-Name-Last: Muniapan
Author-Name: Sudheendra Putty
Author-X-Name-First: Sudheendra
Author-X-Name-Last: Putty
Title: The relevance of Mahabharata for the development of a spiritual model of good governance within the Indian context
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Good governance is essential for organisational sustainability in this VUCA world. Good governance has been explored from various dimensions by several scholars. Within the Indian context, good governance from the Ramayana has been analysed by numerous scholars. However, the Mahabharata (except for the Bhagavad Gita) has yet to be analysed in-depth within the context of governance. The authors therefore will explore the Mahabharata and present its relevance to good governance. This work not only fills a vacuum in the literature, but incorporates spirituality into the study of good governance. Hermeneutics, a qualitative methodology for interpreting texts, is used in this paper. The Mahabharata suggests a spiritual model of good governance with an intrinsic perspective of governance that extends from self-governance through corporate governance and eventually world or global governance. This paper is expected to offer an ancient philosophy, values-based philosophical, wisdom, and spiritual approach to good governance.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 310-321
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: good governance; management spirituality; the Mahabharata; Indian culture and leadership.
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Author-Name: Riya Mehta
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Author-X-Name-Last: Mehta
Author-Name: Vaishali Chourey
Author-X-Name-First: Vaishali
Author-X-Name-Last: Chourey
Title: An investigation into the bibliometrics of greenhouse gas accounting
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Greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting is the procedure to quantify the direct or indirect greenhouse gas emissions owing to corporate activities. Data collection, calculation, and public reporting of GHG emission inventories are needed to quantify greenhouse gas output. The information regarding GHG accounting plays an important role in evaluating risks related to climate change. Mitigating GHG emissions helps stakeholders comprehend the company's sustainability strategy. Thus, GHG accounting patterns must be understood and shared. This GHG accounting literature review shows recent trends. The study assesses Web of Science Core Collection research to study GHG accounting science. The bibliometric analysis was performed in the study with the help of 'Biblioshiny', a web-specific R package (Bibliometrix 4.0) to extract the results. The study illuminates numerous research aspects. The findings will enrich the literature and aid practitioners. This study will enrich the bibliometric literature and offer decision-makers valuable business insights. The report emphasises raising awareness of the problem to encourage enterprises to adopt sustainable practices.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 295-311
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: greenhouse gas emission; GHG accounting; bibliometric analysis; Biblioshiny.
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Author-Name: Shanmugam Prasanna Venkatesan
Author-X-Name-First: Shanmugam Prasanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Venkatesan
Author-Name: Brijesh Kumar
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Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Title: A QR code-based traceability system for dry fish supply chain of micro and small enterprises in India
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This research proposes a quick response (QR) code-based supply chain traceability system to control the quality and safety of Marine Dry Fish in India. Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are the main stakeholders of the dry fish supply chain in India. These MSEs rely mainly on paper documentation for traceability, and technology adoption is still in an early stage due to poor affordability. The proposed QR code stores information such as source/origin, product/variety, location and time of processing, and packaging into a real-time database server. The proposed system was tested among dry fish supply chain stakeholders in Ernakulam, one of the marine districts of Kerala-India. The results showed significant benefits to dry fish value chain members and customers by integrating information collected along the supply chain and tracking the products from fisherman to the end consumer.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 145-159
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: supply chain traceability; MSE; QR code; dry fish; quality and safety.
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Author-Name: Pranay Moktan
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Author-X-Name-Last: Moktan
Title: The curious case of global branding: investigating the link between ethnic identity and consumer attitudes towards global brands
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There is a lack of empirical research on the impact of ethnic identity and cultural values on consumer attitudes towards global brands. The current research develops an integrated framework to address this gap. Further, the mediating effect of masculinity and collectivism is also explored. Data were collected from 456 respondents, and structural equation modelling was run on the proposed model so to gain insights into the numerous pertinent relationships. The results revealed that ethnic identity significantly influenced masculinity and collectivism. Furthermore, masculinity and collectivism were positively associated with consumer attitudes toward global brands. Also, a partial mediating effect of collectivism and masculinity was found between the relationship of ethnic identity and consumer attitudes towards global brands. The current research will provide global brand managers with a novel perspective of considering both ethnic identity, and masculinity and collectivism, while strategising to create positive consumer attitudes towards global brands.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 123-144
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: ethnic identity; collectivism; masculinity; consumer attitudes towards global brands; global brands.
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Title: Impact of digital financial infrastructure in furthering financial inclusion in India
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Information technology and digital infrastructure have ushered in India's fourth industrial revolution. One of the most important aspects of providing digital services is digital identity, which has become possible after the implementation of biometric identification (Aadhaar). The goal of this study is to highlight the current state of the banking and mobile money industries. This article highlights India's success in digital adoption as well as points out areas that need to be improved to realise the goals of financial inclusion. The study also compares the current state of India/s financial inclusion to that of other SAARC and high-income nations. Financial inclusion is being hampered by a number of factors, including digital fraud and the difference in digital services between rural and urban areas, the report said. Financial integration, as well as strong digital security and financial literacy programs, can improve India/s financial stability and long-term prosperity.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 160-183
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: inclusion; digital finance; India; subscribers; financial access.
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Title: Determination of satisfaction level of national pension system in India: an exploratory study
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In this paper, we evaluate the implication of the national pension system since its inception relating to its acceptability and satisfaction level of its services towards investors. We take a sample of 297 respondents both from central and state government employees in the geographical region of Odisha and West Bengal in India. Using an exploratory factor analysis, we find that the features of the new pension scheme (NPS) can be grouped under three factors, i.e., 'cost and benefit of choice', 'social security and service' and 'awareness and knowledge'. Using structural equation modelling and OLS regression, we document that these attributes of the NPS have a positive and significant bearing on the satisfaction level of the investors. This study contributes to the existing literature on pension reforms in general and NPS in particular in emerging nations.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 184-201
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: awareness; new pension scheme; pension; return; social security; satisfaction; India.
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Author-Name: Ummey Rummana Barlaskar
Author-X-Name-First: Ummey Rummana
Author-X-Name-Last: Barlaskar
Author-Name: Anil Bhumali
Author-X-Name-First: Anil
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhumali
Title: The footprint of inter-state labour migration on the COVID-19 scenario of India: an analysis of structural break and growth rate
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The common SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for the huge loss of human capital worldwide and India is not an exception. India witnessed inter-state labour migration during the lockdown and the celebration of devotional festivals during the unlock phase. The paper aimed to explore the footprint of inter-state labour migration and the aftermaths of the celebration of devotional festivals on the COVID-19 scenario in India. The empirical analysis of the paper was facilitated by the utilisation of the CUSUM of squares test and Poirier's spline function approach. Based on the secondary data on per-day new COVID-19 cases and per-day new COVID-19 death cases in India, the study concluded although inter-state labour migration did not evident to have the permanent scar to COVID-19 scenario of India, the celebration of devotional festivals evidently had. The study ended with suitable policy prescriptions.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 212-230
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: interstate labour migration; devotional festivals; COVID-19; CUSUM of squares test; Poirier's spline function approach; India.
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Title: Determinants of India-ASEAN trade: an augmented gravity model analysis
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Gravity model is a widely used method to describe the determinants of foreign trade between the countries. The basic gravity model can be augmented by using other variables. The article identifies the determinants of India's trade with ASEAN countries by using the augmented gravity model so that India can formulate policies after considering all those factors which have a significant influence on India's trade with ASEAN countries. It is found from the article that GDP of both India and ASEAN countries have a significant impact on India's trade with ASEAN countries. Distance variable is also affecting India's trade with ASEAN countries but negatively. India and ASEAN both have a common experience of colonial relationships and this variable has a significant impact on India's trade with ASEAN. It is also found from the article that common border, common language and AIFTA are not influencing India's trade with ASEAN countries.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 231-242
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: augmented gravity model; India; Association of South-East Asian Nations; ASEAN; ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement; AIFTA; COVID-19; trade.
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Author-X-Name-Last: Mohapatra
Author-Name: Devi Prasad Misra
Author-X-Name-First: Devi Prasad
Author-X-Name-Last: Misra
Author-Name: Suman Kalyan Chaudhury
Author-X-Name-First: Suman Kalyan
Author-X-Name-Last: Chaudhury
Author-Name: Biswajit Prasad Chhatoi
Author-X-Name-First: Biswajit Prasad
Author-X-Name-Last: Chhatoi
Title: Determinants of dividend policy in aluminium industry listed in Bombay Stock Exchange
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The prime objective of this study is to determine the effect of the growth rate of sales, liquidity, profitability, leverage, assets size and firm's age on the dividend policy of aluminium companies in India. The financial data collected from 19 aluminium companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) have been put to analysis using fixed panel data and random effect regression model. The findings of the study infer that sales growth is the only significant determinant of the dividend policy. Besides, liquidity, asset size and firms' age are insignificantly negatively associated with the dividend payout. Similarly, profitability and leverage are insignificantly positively related to the dividend payout. The implication of the study is that it can be taken as a base for such research in the field of dividend policy in the Indian companies as very limited studies have been conducted in this regard.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 243-259
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: dividend policy; growth rate; profitability; aluminium industry; Bombay Stock Exchange; BSE.
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Author-Name: Paramjeet Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Paramjeet
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Author-Name: Sachit Vardhan
Author-X-Name-First: Sachit
Author-X-Name-Last: Vardhan
Author-Name: Sarbjeet Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Sarbjeet
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Title: Evaluation of current level for Industry 4.0 adoption among milk plant using Industry 4.0 maturity framework
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In the present research work, the current level for Industry 4.0 adoption among milk industry using an Industry 4.0 maturity framework has been evaluated. This will assist in the identification of readiness level of milk industry to embrace the Industry 4.0 implementation strategy. The overall maturity level of milk plants come out to be low, i.e., 1.19, which indicates that milk industry has to come further in the implementation of Industry 4.0. Moreover, distribution of level of maturity among our domains are smart factory, smart operation, smart product data driven services is almost same with data driven services be the least mature and smart operations being the most mature among other domains.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 202-211
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: Industry 4.0; maturity level; milk plant.
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Author-Name: Amit Gautam
Author-X-Name-First: Amit
Author-X-Name-Last: Gautam
Title: Stock market co-integration and error-correction of global capital markets: a study of ADR issuing Asian countries
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The study examines the significance of cross-listing assets as an opportunity to diversify portfolios for retail investors from developing nations as a result of the global financial markets' partial integration. Recently, the global stock markets experienced extreme volatility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of assessing the extent of interconnectedness across major global stock markets is emphasised by this fact. Investors are inclined to find the most exogenous stock market with the sole objective of maximising wealth through portfolio diversification. The Johansen co-integration test is being used to determine the degree of interdependence between the stock markets of selected countries. Furthermore, the VEC model is applied for examining the effect of one market on another and also shows the speed of adjustment among the stock market indices. The US market shows the better speed of adjustment and has statistical significance throughout the sample period.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 1-15
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: Asian stock market; variance decomposition analysis; VECM; impulse response function; Johansen co-integration test.
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Author-Name: Rohit Chauhan
Author-X-Name-First: Rohit
Author-X-Name-Last: Chauhan
Author-Name: Himanshu Jishtu
Author-X-Name-First: Himanshu
Author-X-Name-Last: Jishtu
Author-Name: Alka Shaktan
Author-X-Name-First: Alka
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaktan
Author-Name: Arun Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Arun
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Title: Employees' psychological well-being in a pandemic: a case study during the peak of the COVID-19 wave in India
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Subjective wellbeing (SWB) is associated with happiness and life satisfaction. Depression, anxiety and stress represent three different but relating concepts to poor mental health. COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the subjective well-being of employees during the lockdown, especially the employees relating to the tourism industry. Inter-industry and intra-industry comparison of tourism employees' psychological wellbeing during the peak of the second wave of COVID across India was done. Socio-demographic variables were checked separately for psychological wellbeing. Stratified random sampling was used for data collection. Data was collected through an online questionnaire using the WHO-5 wellbeing index and DASS21 scale for depression anxiety and stress during the peak COVID-19 wave. A sample from 93 employees was collected, of which, 55 employees were from the tourism industry. The results indicated that tourism industry employees as a whole and the employees engaged in activities within tourism had poor subjective wellbeing and were depressed and anxious. Depression and anxiety among tourism employees were impacted by gender and job experience. Employers must use the WHO-5 wellbeing index and DASS-21 scale for keeping track of their employees' happiness and life satisfaction and their poor mental health.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 58-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: DASS21; WHO-5; COVID-19; employee subjective wellbeing; tourism employees.
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Author-Name: Raju Majumdar
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Title: Evaluation of early stage start-ups by business angels: Indian evidence
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This study identifies the factor that business angels take into consideration in their investment evaluation process. The study is based on an analysis of primary data obtained from a survey study of 90 Indian angel investors engaged in the financing of early stage start-ups. Thirty one factors used in this study are classified under four broad considerations, including entrepreneurial consideration, product consideration, financial and market consideration. In the first part of the analysis, we identified the pecking order of importance of these factors. Following this the study analysed whether investment fit influenced angels' preference for projects. The study also analysed the relative importance of the 31 factors in the process of investment appraisal before carrying out a disaggregated analysis of the data to identify the interaction between investment fit and the relative importance of the factors that influenced investment appraisal.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 106-121
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: angel financing; India; investment evaluation; early stage financing.
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Author-X-Name-First: Hardik B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhadeshiya
Author-Name: Parag Shukla
Author-X-Name-First: Parag
Author-X-Name-Last: Shukla
Author-Name: Balakrishnan Muniapan
Author-X-Name-First: Balakrishnan
Author-X-Name-Last: Muniapan
Title: Demystifying <i>Samyak Agraga</i> from the women characters of the Mahabharata: a holistic leadership perspective
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This paper presents the holistic leadership from the Mahabharata demonstrated by the women characters. The authors employed hermeneutics, which is a qualitative approach in analysing the characters from the Mahabharata. Twelve women characters have been selected and analysed from a holistic leadership perspective. The 12 women characters played a significant and vital role in many situations and influenced the process and the outcome of the events in the Mahabharata. The holistic leadership roles played by these women characters have a great significance to leadership theory and practice in today's world. The findings reveal that these women characters leadership approach is an inside-out rather than outside-in as they demonstrated emotional, mental, strength in dealing with any crisis, and they effectively changed the conventional image of a woman. This paper is expected to provide a framework for more research of underrated women characters from the Mahabharata within leadership and management.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 37-57
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: holistic leadership; women in leadership; Mahabharata; Indian management culture; Indian women.
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Author-X-Name-Last: Jain
Author-Name: P.S. Tripathi
Author-X-Name-First: P.S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Tripathi
Title: GRI-aligned disclosures of Indian corporates: a study on environmentally sensitive industries
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The purpose of this study is to examine the sustainability reports of the Indian companies belonging to environmentally sensitive industries (ESI) and listed in the Nifty 100 index. Four ESI were chosen, viz, cement and construction, oil and gas, metal and mining, and automobile. Content analysis was performed for calculating sustainability disclosure score based on the GRI sustainability reporting framework. Results indicate that four out of 21 companies have disclosure below 50%. Further, it was found that companies have majorly focused on the reporting of governance and stakeholder engagement aspect (80%) followed by the environment (78%), economic (62%), and social (60%). This indicates that ESI companies prioritise environmental issues over social issues. Results of hypothesis testing show that there is no significant variation among the disclosure of the four sectors. Further, the cement and construction sector has the highest disclosure while automobile sector has the least disclosure in all aspects.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 16-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: ESG disclosures; sustainability reporting; Global Reporting Initiative; GRI; environmentally sensitive industries; content analysis; India.
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Author-X-Name-First: Kirti
Author-X-Name-Last: Aggarwal
Title: Human resource accounting practices of Indian companies
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The aim of the present study is to examine the techniques of human resource accounting adopted by selected Indian listed companies to account their human resources. The outcome of the study shows that most of the Indian companies like BHEL, CFSL, GTL, HPCL, INFOSYS, PEC, ROLTA, SATYAM and SPIC adopted the model developed by Lev and Schwartz. The concept is of topical origin and struggling for acceptance in the financial statements. Failure to measure the HR value and cost would reduce the effectiveness of the organisation. These idiosyncrasies of the HR make human asset management a challenging job for the organisations. However, in the use of various models when more experience is gathered, it is expected that in the years to come, corporate reporting practices will pay greater attention to this emerging dimension of HR measurement and reporting.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 139-157
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: human asset; human resource accounting; HRA; model; reporting; India.
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Author-Name: Arun Kumar Agariya
Author-X-Name-First: Arun Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Agariya
Title: From extrospection to introspection: the <i>Shrimad Bhagwad Gita</i>-based framework for planetizens during VUCA times
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Scholarly literature is available on the utility of &lt;i&gt;Shrimad Bhagwad Gita&lt;/i&gt; in leadership and managerial effectiveness. Workplace spirituality has also been addressed. However, there is a paucity of literature on &lt;i&gt;Shrimad Bhagwad Gita&lt;/i&gt; as a source of knowledge to shift the focus from extrospection &#45; the outwardly crusade; to the realm of self, i.e., introspection &#45; the inwardly expedition. In a nutshell, self-management may be more important than the self-directed behaviour. It may be recognised as an important utility of &lt;i&gt;Shrimad Bhagwad Gita&lt;/i&gt; in a world which seems to be in the quest of demonstrating superiority. While the conventional wars are observable, economic and cyber wars are also palpable. People are yearning for peace in the face of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). Utilising the methodology of hermeneutics, a conceptual framework has been presented with the following implications: 1) enhanced self-awareness; 2) better self-management; 3) stress-free performance; 4) perennial happiness.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 76-105
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: <i>Shrimad Bhagwad Gita</i>; introspection; extrospection; VUCA; ethics; business ethics; morality; values; leadership; self-awareness; self-management; happiness; virtuosity; empathy; compassion.
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Author-Name: Tejinder Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Tejinder
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: Vikas Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Vikas
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Meena Rani
Author-X-Name-First: Meena
Author-X-Name-Last: Rani
Title: Assessing the satisfaction of farmers towards crop insurance scheme using the American customer satisfaction index
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Crop insurance (CI) is the most important mechanism for protecting farmers from agricultural losses. This study evaluated a measurement model for assessing farmer satisfaction through CI. The index is based on the ACSI, which has been modified to meet the needs of the present study. A multistage, stratified random sample of farmers from Haryana state is used to test its validity. The measurement model designated that the theoretical creates is reliable and valid, even as the partial least squares structural equation model demonstrates a fine model fit. Farmers' satisfaction levels were found to be most influenced by the perceived quality, perceived value, and willingness to pay for CI. The present research also confirms that purchaser satisfaction is the main essential factor in determining farmer loyalty. The findings of this study advocate that government and implementing agencies can discover the reason for acceptance along with the rejection of CI.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 198-212
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: crop insurance; American customer satisfaction index; ACSI; willingness to pay; perceived quality; PQ; perceived value; PV; customer satisfaction; CS.
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Author-Name: Gajender Kumar
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Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Sukhvinder Angoori
Author-X-Name-First: Sukhvinder
Author-X-Name-Last: Angoori
Author-Name: Sanjeev Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjeev
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Title: Perception of smallholders towards milk cooperative societies
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Milk cooperative societies can provide a valuable platform for milk marketing. These cooperatives are operational in almost all villages of the Haryana state of India. The main objective of this paper is to assess the farmer's perception towards milk cooperative societies. The relationship between demographic variables of milk production and farmers' perception towards cooperative societies has been examined. Such relationships were discovered with independent sample t-tests and one-way ANOVA tests, which compared the means of different groups under analysis. The study finds that the cooperative societies are not providing the primary and secondary facilities properly for which these were meant. However, the farmers prefer to sell their milk in cooperative societies; the reason might be that the cooperative societies are readily available to market before them. Managed cooperatives have become a successful milk marketing channel and farmers could get additional income.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 158-180
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: milk cooperative society; rural area; small farmers; perception.
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Author-Name: P. Uma Swarupa
Author-X-Name-First: P. Uma
Author-X-Name-Last: Swarupa
Title: The relationship between capital structure and corporate performance of selected listed manufacturing companies
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Corporate performance and capital structure of well-known and listed business companies are examined throughout the study. The study also examined the primary financial performance management and capital structure issues facing business firms. Literature reviews include recent notable reviews of linked literature. The study examined older authors' and publishers' critical arguments using relevant and current works, effectively and truthfully illustrating literature gaps. The literature analysis also included ideas related to the research issue, which evaluates corporate performance and capital structure. Data methodologies, historical data analysis methods, and this research have also been methodological and the survey questionnaire. The data analysis consists of two main points: findings from the observed results and the discussion on the overall findings. SPSS software was used to analyse data. Descriptive statistics, frequency table, linear regression, correlation, coefficient, model summary, and ANOVA models are among these many statistical interpretations. Capital structure strengthens business performance. Ratio analysis or financial appraisal would boost business performance. The section also makes a good suggestion for future research to avoid any defects or weaknesses and get the most accurate results from comparable conduction without dangers.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 228-250
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: capital structure; corporate performance; manufacturing companies; ratio analysis; measuring financial statement.
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Title: Study of factors influencing home insurance buying behaviour in India
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The study bridges the gap in the extant literature about the buying disinclination of home insurance (HI) in an emerging economy. It investigates how socio-economic variables impact homeowners' awareness and purchase decisions; it also ascertains the most popular channels of buying HI and identifies the factors that are responsible for the lack of HI culture in India. The data was collected through a questionnaire filled out by 429 homeowners in National Capital Region Data were analysed using frequency distribution, Pearson Chi-square test, Phi and Cramer's V test, and factor analysis. The majority of homeowners are aware of HI, but still, only 30% have insured their properties. The reasons for not buying insurance were segregated into seller-side and demand-side factors. The findings are critical for the insurance industry to help them identify issues, strategise ways to overcome impediments and develop products to meet customers' needs and thereby grow as an industry.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 262-284
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: home insurance; real estate; socio economic variables; perception; consumer behaviour; India.
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Title: Decision-making models in business leadership: Thirukkural perspective
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This study explores the perspective of Thirukkural, a well-known work of human thinking, on decision-making models in business leadership. The aim is to understand how Thirukkural promotes a cognisant and effective decision-making strategy for organisations by assessing various characteristics of decision-making models such as creativity, intuition, and rationality. The study employs hermeneutics, research, and theory to interpret the text and presents its findings. The study emphasises the significance of Thirukkural's perspective on decision-making models and suggests that future research should investigate other related areas, such as stress management, time management, and human resource management.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 181-197
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: rational decision-making model; intuitive decision-making model; creative decision-making model; Thirukkural; Thiruvalluvar.
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Author-Name: Kawal Nain Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Kawal Nain
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Author-Name: Sachit Vardhan
Author-X-Name-First: Sachit
Author-X-Name-Last: Vardhan
Author-Name: Ankesh Mittal
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Author-X-Name-Last: Mittal
Title: Awareness level of government initiative amongst rural area: a comparative study of Indian states
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Financial inclusion is one of the most significant objectives for inclusive growth. It refers to ensuring that the broadest possible swaths of society have access to the full range of financial products, including banking, insurance, credit and payment options. The government initiative (GI), which was introduced on August 15, 2014, is the largest mission. There are 200 participants in the study, which is focused on two rural states of India viz. Punjab and Haryana. This article compares and evaluates the degree of rural areas in Punjab and Haryana rural areas' awareness of GI. The study also looks at the level of benefit-wise awareness that bank accounts opened under GI provide. To check the equality of the two sample variances, F-test has been used in this study. We can learn about the advantages of creating a bank account through this study. It will encourage more users of the bank account.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 251-261
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: government initiative; GI; financial awareness; financial inclusion; rural area.
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Author-Name: Susil Kumar Kanagaraj Victor
Author-X-Name-First: Susil Kumar Kanagaraj
Author-X-Name-Last: Victor
Author-Name: Senthil Arasu Balasubramanian
Author-X-Name-First: Senthil Arasu
Author-X-Name-Last: Balasubramanian
Author-Name: Sivakumar Sundararajan
Author-X-Name-First: Sivakumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Sundararajan
Title: Analysing critical indicators of non-performing assets among small and medium enterprise &#45; multi-criteria decision making approach
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Non-performing assets (NPA) of SMEs are a phenomenon that ceases the income of financial institutions (FIs). In this study, various pragmatic factors contributing to the slippage of performing assets of SMEs leading to distress in Indian FIs are analysed and prioritised accordingly using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique called analytical hierarchy process (AHP). This study is based on primary data collected through a structured questionnaire from employees of different levels from Indian manufacturing SMEs. The empirical result of this study shows that out of 15 identified factors that influence the NPA for SMEs, three critical factors are deemed to be significant early-warning signals for NPA: a decrease in sales turnover, a decrease in production and a decrease in profit. Also, it suggests that implementing potential monitoring and control system can avoid SMEs slipping towards NPA. These findings have important implications for FIs, SMEs and policymakers to manage SMEs' NPA proactively.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 151-163
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: non-performing assets; NPA; small and medium enterprises; SMEs; multi-criteria decision making; MCDM; analytical hierarchical process; Indian financial institutions.
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Title: Analysis of the recognition of electric vehicles in India
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Electric vehicles are those that are powered with the help of batteries. The main reason for the emergence of electric vehicles is due to the sense of conservation of the environment. These cars reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by moving to more renewable sources of energy. Though electric vehicles have penetrated in many countries, it is yet not that widespread in India. The mindset of people needs to be analysed in order to predict whether the electric vehicle industry will have a boom in India. The survey mainly concentrates to figure out whether India is ready for electric vehicles and to analyse the various features such as demographic features, performance features and environmental concerns that act as the deciding factor for the purchase of electric vehicles in India. Through this study, it can be concluded which is the most important feature that affects the purchasing decision.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 213-227
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: electric vehicles; batteries; purchasing decision; environmental concerns; automobiles technology; conventional cars; India.
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Author-Name: Krishan Kumar
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Author-Name: Neha Yadav
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Author-X-Name-Last: Yadav
Author-Name: Kamaljit Singh
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Title: Economic contribution of production and sales: an empirical study of the Indian automobile industry
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This study examines the segment wise contribution of production and sales of automobiles in the Indian economy from 2010-2011 to 2019-2020. The data for the study was compiled from annual reports of the Society for Automobile Manufactures, India Brand Equity Foundation, Ministry of Heavy Industry, various government reports, journals and newspapers. The contribution of the automobile industry is measured by applying compound annual growth rate. The results indicate that the production of the automobile industry in different segments showed an increasing trend. The passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, three-wheeler and two-wheelers are growing at 2.9%, 1.3%, 4%, and 6.10% respectively. Similarly, the sales of the passenger, commercial, three-wheeler and two-wheeler are improving at 2.7%, 1.7%, 3%, 5.7% CAGR respectively. In the year 2019-2020, the production and domestic sales of the different segments of the automobiles industry declined steadily. The results of the present study will be beneficial for the automobile industry, government, policymakers and researchers.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 240-250
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: passenger vehicles; commercial vehicles; automobile manufactures.
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Author-Name: Pradyut Guha
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Author-X-Name-Last: Guha
Title: Agribusiness crisis in imposition times: evidence from rural Assam, India
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Using farm-level primary data collected from the central Brahmaputra valley of Assam, the study aims at examining the determinants of the agribusiness crisis following the imposition of pandemic-induced national lockdown. The estimated results showed that income loss was directly associated with the value of damaged perishable food crops across the farm households. Besides marketing inconveniences during the lockdown period, a significant section of farmers reported limited access to storage facilities and the absence of any processing facility at the village level contributed towards damage of the perishable food crops at the harvesting stage. Policies in the promotion of agribusiness through the creation of rural marketing infrastructures such as storage and processing units may serve as an alternative destination of harvested food crops for farmers rather excessively reliant on conventional local markets under situation of emergency.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 281-294
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: farm income; damaged crop; marketing; emergency; lockdown; India.
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Author-Name: Pushpendra Priyadarshi
Author-X-Name-First: Pushpendra
Author-X-Name-Last: Priyadarshi
Author-Name: Pankaj Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Pankaj
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Ajay Singh
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Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Title: Examining social media fatigue and flow experience: a moderated mediation model of addiction and self-esteem
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The dark side of social media (SM) has become an active area of research but, scarce studies exist on the role of unplanned motivational factors and the resulting SM behaviour. To bridge the gap, we explore the link between SM flow, a primary intrinsic motivation for SM use, and fatigue, which is an unwanted outcome. Drawing on the conservation of resources and unplanned behaviour theory, this study seeks to establish addiction as a resource drain and self-esteem as a resource drain buffer in understanding the mechanism of fatigue development from flow experience. We took data from 241 respondents and tested our model for the mediation effect of SM addiction on the relationship between SM flow and fatigue, and the moderation effect of self-esteem on the relationship between flow and addiction. The results indicated that the moderated mediation model is significant. Limitations and implications are discussed.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 251-280
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: social media strain; fatigue; flow; addiction; self-esteem; conservation of resources; unplanned behaviour.
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Author-Name: Vikas Srivastava
Author-X-Name-First: Vikas
Author-X-Name-Last: Srivastava
Title: An intelligent multi-level optimisation model for retail loan portfolio
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The paper discusses the multi-level portfolio selection problem, which combines hierarchical optimisation of credit portfolio, incorporating regulatory and capital constraints, in the context of emerging retail-banking loans. The proposed model allows for twin objectives of risk minimisation, simultaneously providing scope for maximising returns. The present paper analyses the portfolio optimisation problem, as a holistic 2-level optimisation problem: 1) at loan level, to reduce the default risk; 2) at bank level, to decide the right capital allocation between loan classes. The current study develops a model for multi-level optimisation of loans, and solves the model using multi objective algorithm for allocation of loan data across four retail asset classes, namely small business loans, credit card loans, home loans and auto loans, using a dataset of 229,000 loan records. The multi-level optimised portfolio is compared against the original portfolio for potential gains.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 164-186
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: banking; portfolio optimisation; portfolio allocation; portfolio selection; retail banking; machine learning; artificial intelligence; AI.
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Author-X-Name-Last: Indumathi
Author-Name: S. Deepa
Author-X-Name-First: S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Deepa
Author-Name: C. Madhesh
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Author-X-Name-Last: Madhesh
Author-Name: R. Sengodi
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Author-X-Name-Last: Sengodi
Title: An exploratory study of sugarcane production based on agricultural climatic analysis in the Indian states
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Sugarcane generates bio-energy. Climate change worsens weather. Due to its inflexibility, sensitivity to natural disasters, and inability to foresee and prepare, climate change will diminish global sugarcane production. Climate change may affect sugarcane output. Sugarcane climate differs. Climate impacts sugarcane production in 19 Indian states. The CDSPF model examined 2014-2022 sugarcane production using state-specific panel data. MIA analyses sugarcane production following a 1-unit climate change. Each state examined sugarcane production (i.e., 2050s, 2070s, 2090s, and 2110s). Value and planting increase sugarcane output, while annual precipitation, average maximum temperature, and actual rainfall diminish sugarcane production. Sugarcane production increases maximum temperature, rainfall, and precipitation. MIA believes a one-unit climate adjustment might reduce Indian sugarcane yield 1.51%. Climate affects Indian sugarcane output. Climate, geography, irrigation infrastructure, natural resources, farm management, technology and fertiliser use in sugarcane agriculture, agricultural development plans, and agricultural research and development will affect Indian sugarcane growers, agricultural labourers, the sugar industry, consumers, and the government.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 209-239
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: climate change; farmers; Indian states; projection; margin impact analysis; MIA; sugarcane production.
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Author-X-Name-First: Richa
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Author-Name: Artee Bhadauria
Author-X-Name-First: Artee
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhadauria
Author-Name: Rohit Rajwanshi
Author-X-Name-First: Rohit
Author-X-Name-Last: Rajwanshi
Author-Name: Kajul Bharti
Author-X-Name-First: Kajul
Author-X-Name-Last: Bharti
Title: Adoption of solar renewable energy products: SPAR4-systematic literature review
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Solar energy has grown at an average yearly pace of 33% just in the last ten years. More than 121 gigawatts of solar capacity have been built nationally. To build strategies for sustainable practices and to increase the substitution of non-renewable resources with sustainable alternatives like solar, it is necessary to understand the elements impacting customers' perceptions of quality. However, information on the use of solar renewable energy products is still lacking. The objective of this project is to address this gap by conducting a systematic evaluation of peer-reviewed papers published in ABDC-indexed journals between 2012 and 2022 using the 'scientific procedures and rationales for systematic literature reviews' (SPAR4-SLR) protocol. The data show that government initiative, education and awareness, and fossil fuel divestment are the essential enablers towards generating the relationship between major antecedents and consequences, while demographic factors and attitudes are the main mediators to reinforce the association.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 187-208
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: solar renewable energy product; SREP; scientific procedures and rationales for systematic literature reviews; SPAR 4-SLR; sustainability orientation; government initiative; fossil-fuel divestment.
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Author-Name: Ajoy Kumar Dey
Author-X-Name-First: Ajoy Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Dey
Title: Work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour: the mediating role of job crafting
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This study investigated the relationships between work engagement, organisational citizenship behaviour, and job crafting. This was further operationalised at the dimensional level of job crafting to probe if task, relational and cognitive crafting mediate this relationship. The research framework was tested on a sample of 551 entry-level full-time employees working in the information technology-enabled services (ITES) sector in India. The sample was collected using multi-stage cluster sampling followed by a quantitative cross-sectional survey and regression analysis with bootstrapping technique. The study found a strong association between work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour. Moreover, the mediating effect of relational and cognitive job crafting was also significant and partially mediates the relationship. The study failed to detect any influence of task crafting on the relationship.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 389-415
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: work engagement; organisational citizenship behaviour; job crafting; job demands-resources theory; JD-R; Indian ITES sector; information technology-enabled services.
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Title: Placement of Hindu auspicious inlay design elements in the Mughal monuments of Agra India
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The Mughal buildings were decorated with auspicious, floral, arabesques and geometrical designs &#45; which often considered as decorative motifs by viewers. However, when examined more closely, these motifs carry a certain meaning according to its placement. The aim of this study is to explore placement and significance of Hindu auspicious inlay motifs in the monuments of Agra. Five Mughal monuments built during period of Akbar to Shahjahan have been selected and explored based on visual assessment and primary data collected from 85 respondents (artists, architects and scholars). These motifs were used as a mode of visual communication and reveal a glimpse of different culture and tradition. The auspicious motifs (e.g., the &lt;i&gt;sun&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;swastika&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;satkona&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;gavaska&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;purunakalasa&lt;/i&gt;) were placed on prominent places and convey message of welcoming, freshness and openness. The Hindu design elements, in slightly altered form, were found to be logically placed in these monuments.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 416-435
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: Mughal; inlay; design elements; placement; auspicious; Hindu; motifs; India.
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Title: The contribution of HRM with AI for customer relationships management during the COVID-19 pandemic in the corporate sector
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As COVID-19 cases increase, many countries have enforced a lockdown. It worsens the global economic situation. International trade, supply networks, and the services industry have high unemployment. AI and technology assist their company restructure. AI builds a smart, innovative economy. AI decreases personal and professional worries. This study will examine HRM's role in minimising COVID-19's worker consequences. AI investment risks will also be examined. The literature review examines employee retention motivator ideas and the company's intelligence prediction system. Firm strategy includes research to limit COVID-19's influence. One hundred fifty non-probability respondents participated in correlation and descriptive statistics. The paper shows how HR can boost employee satisfaction. Profits and values can be boosted via workplace instructions, help, and information. AI can help small and medium-sized enterprises with COVID-19 manufacturing contact customers online, predict cash flow, and streamline HR. AI helps SMBs raise their dynamic capacities by employing technology to match creative demand methods, pivot quickly, increase efficiency, and reduce investment risk. Intelligence helps with data management. These strategies boost responsiveness, adaptability, and efficiency. Hybrid systems will grow.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 501-515
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: human resource management; HRM; customer relationship; employee; corporate sector; statistical metrics; COVID-19's influence; supply networks; SMEs.
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Author-Name: Varun Dawar
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Author-X-Name-Last: Dawar
Title: Determinants of dividend policy-evidence from an emerging market
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The present study empirically investigates the determinants of dividend policy by focusing on the small-capitalisation firms in the context of emerging market of India. The study adds to relatively limited empirical literature on factors influencing dividend policy decisions in case of a set of small capitalisation firms in India and introduces extensive set of explanatory variables observed in previously related studies in developed and emerging markets. Our empirical results (derived through robust estimation techniques) find support for dividend signalling, agency argument and transaction cost theory and identify leverage, growth and investment opportunities as the major determinants of dividend policy in case of small capitalisation firms. The results however fail to provide any evidence with respect to free cash flow hypothesis and tax clientele in Indian context. The results of this study would be helpful for analysts and investors in assessing the right valuation of small capitalisation companies through better understanding of their dividend determinants and behaviour.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 488-500
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: dividends; emerging market; signalling; agency; tax clientele; transaction.
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Author-Name: Anju Verma
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Author-X-Name-Last: Verma
Title: Human resource disclosure practices in India
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The aim of the present study is to examine the extent and trend of HR disclosure of Indian corporates. Further, the study also aimed to check the existence of significant variation in HR disclosure practices of Indian companies across the various industrial sectors. The findings of the study show that the highest amount of HR disclosure percentage comes from Human Resource Policy and Vision Component in the year 2017-2018 (81.79). Telecom sector discloses highest amount of HR information in their annual reports in the year 2017-2018 (87.96). The lowest HR disclosure percentage comes regarding the Importance of Human Resource to the Organisation Component in the year 2015-2016 (3.51). Overall, the HR disclosure practices of the selected Indian listed companies are fairly good. And, there is a significant variation in HRDI of the various industrial sectors in selected Indian listed companies.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 450-487
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: human resource disclosure index; HRDI; content analysis; annual report; disclosure; India.
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Author-Name: A. Velavan
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Title: An analysis of saving and investment behaviour of school teachers of selective districts in Kerala
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One of the significant research works, which provide complete information and a survey about social security, is people investment. People from several sectors are investing, but the teacher's investment is the most important factor since the teachers are the backbone of the human learning industry. India creates more opportunities for people to have their social security. Generally, investors are not confirmed about their investments, dilemmas regarding the money, and which company to invest in. In addition, people are not aware of the maximum yields. Thus, this paper explains how to do investment and list of government and private companies taking care of people's investments. This paper provides detailed information about the teachers living in four districts of Kerala state involved in investment. A quantitative analysis was taken to analyse the study of teachers' investment. The study was made on 140 respondents and their categories of investment.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 516-526
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: people behaviour analysis; savings and investment; teaching school staff; Kerala state.
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Title: Macro and bank specific factors explaining non-performing assets of commercial banks: a cross-country analysis
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The present study thrives to identify the major factors influencing NPA of a particular country by analysing a dataset containing data for various macroeconomic factors of ten countries for past nine years (2010-2018). The empirical result of the study reveals that unemployment rate, real interest rate, log (net income of the banking sector), GDP growth rate, and whether the country is developed or not had significant influence on the NPAs of the bank. In second section, we focused on determining various bank-specific factors affecting the NPA specifically for India. From the estimated model for public and private sector bank, we observed that NPAs of public sector banks (PSBs) are majorly influenced by net profit/total funds and log (advance to real estate sector) whereas NPAs of private sector banks also depends on same two factors with an addition of return on assets (ROA). We also made an attempt to forecast the Net NPA ratio in these sectors for next five years by using different forecasting techniques. The predicted NPA values show that net NPA ratio of public and private sector banks may reach 15.23 and 3.23 respectively.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 436-449
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2024
Keywords: non-performing assets; NPAs; net NPA ratio; public sector banks; PSBs; private sector banks.
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Author-Name: Bijay Prasad Kushwaha
Author-X-Name-First: Bijay Prasad
Author-X-Name-Last: Kushwaha
Title: Customer value theory: sensitivity to price, emotional values, social relationship supports, and values conscious organic products purchase intention
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This study aims to investigate the purchase intention of organic skincare products by using three variables of customer value theory and its sub-variables influencing the purchase decisions of consumers. Furthermore, how they improve brand reputation and commercial performance in the organic skincare industry. A total of 511 participants' responses were analysed and questions developed from the current literatures about the influence of customer value theory on purchase intention of organic skincare products used as survey instrument. The conceptual framework of this study visualises perceived consumer value theory, which contains three dimensions: functional value, social value and emotional value, wherein the findings demonstrated the significant impacts of both emotional and functional values. This study also focusses on the dimensions and sub-variables of customer theory and these values examined in the context of organic skincare products, which provides new model and future scopes.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 38-58
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: customer value theory; purchase intention; organic skincare products; social relationship supports.
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Author-Name: Anindita S. Chatterjee
Author-X-Name-First: Anindita S.
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Title: Impact of financial communication practices on investors' risk perception and decision-making
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With the increasing educational level and technology usage among the general public, awareness regarding investment options has increased. The general public can be seen actively participating in the investment market. With increasing number of investors and their varied interests and reasons for investing, it is important for organisations to understand the investors' perception and accordingly plan the financial communication strategies. Decision-making is a process that is affected by various factors and an understanding of how these factors affect investors helps an organisation to communicate effectively with the stakeholder. The present study is an attempt to analyse the effect of financial communication practices on investors' risk perception and decision-making.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 20-37
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: financial communication; investors; risk perception; decision-making.
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Author-Name: S. Sreejith
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Title: Investigating the effect of financial precarity on employee engagement and innovative work behaviour: evidence from India
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The sudden outburst of the pandemic, the subsequent economic ramifications and widespread feeling of job insecurity have cast employees across the globe under the shred of financial uncertainty. Employees are experiencing significant financial precarity, which is detrimental to both organisations and employees. In this context, the study explores the mechanism that accounts for the relationship between financial resources and financial worry and also investigates the effect of financial worry on employee engagement and innovative work behaviour. Data were collected from employees working in different organisations in the financial services sector in India, and the sample comprises 254 employees. The study found support for self-esteem as a mediator in the relationship between financial resources and financial worry. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that financial worry negatively affects employee engagement and innovative work behaviour. Financial worry mediates the association between financial resources, employee engagement and innovative work behaviour.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 114-132
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: financial worry; financial precarity; self-esteem; innovative work behaviour; employee engagement; India.
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Author-Name: Vinod Sharma
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Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: M. Dileep Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: M. Dileep
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Author-Name: Sanjib Bhattacharjee
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Title: Understanding purchase intention of menstrual products among rural Indian women: periods are normal &#45; period!
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Menstruation is as natural as breathing but the commencement of this biological process for a young girl anywhere in the world marks a long journey of discomfort mostly in silence. The myths and taboos surrounding this topic especially in a developing country like India prevent the market penetration of feminine hygiene products specifically those related to menstruation. The situation is worse in rural India due to the lack of resources and the lower levels of literacy and thereby reduced awareness of good menstrual practices. This study aims to use the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to understand the purchase intentions of rural women towards menstrual products. Data collected through purposive sampling on psychographic and demographic variables was analysed revealing that consumer awareness, consumer attitude and the social influence greatly influences purchase intentions of such feminine hygiene products. Age and education were also seen to positively influence purchase intention with younger educated girls having and expressing more choices.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 59-79
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: feminine hygiene products; social concern; consumer buying behaviour; purchase intentions; rural women in India; theory of planned behaviour; TPB.
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Author-Name: Urvashi Kaushal
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Title: Research related needs assessment of Indian doctoral researchers: a thematic analysis
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This is one of the first Indian studies which look at the research related problems faced by doctoral researchers during their PhD journey. The aim of this paper is to determine the research related needs of the doctoral students in India and the steps taken by them to address the problem. A qualitative research approach in the form of an open ended questionnaire and convenience sampling was used to collect data from 50 researchers which included doctoral graduates from different Indian institutions. Indian researcher's perceptions were validated by the literature reviewed on the researchers abroad. Several findings were listed out after the thematic analysis which was validated by Nvivo. Furthering this research can lead to an increase in the efficiency and employability of the doctoral researchers in India. This can advance the innovation, research and development (R&amp;D) and the economic sector of India.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 133-150
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: doctoral researchers; India; need analysis; employability skills; globalisation; education; PhD; research; problems; thematic analysis.
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Author-Name: Sudeep Subramanian
Author-X-Name-First: Sudeep
Author-X-Name-Last: Subramanian
Title: Modelling the factors for the launch of sovereign green bond in India using Fuzzy-AHP method
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Green bonds have a huge role to play in tackling climate change. Governments and policymakers across the globe have agreed on attaining 17 sustainable development goals by 2030. India has one of the largest renewable energy programs to tackle climate change. In February 2022, the Government of India announced the launch of sovereign green bonds. With this objective, this study aims to identify the factors that should be considered by the policymakers while launching the proposed sovereign green bonds by the union government. The factors identified have been grouped into four broad sets namely infrastructural factors, political and economic factors, financial factors and social factors. The findings reveal that coupon (interest) rate offered, exchange rate stability, monitoring and management framework, sovereign guarantee, and carbon performance benchmarks among others are imperative for green bond operations in India. The inputs from this study can help design the policy for a successful launch of sovereign green bonds.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 80-97
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: sovereign green bonds; sustainability; green finance; Fuzzy-AHP; renewable energy; sustainable development goals; climate change.
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Author-Name: Soumya Soni
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Author-X-Name-Last: Soni
Author-Name: Bhuvanesh Kumar Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Bhuvanesh Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: Sunil Mishra
Author-X-Name-First: Sunil
Author-X-Name-Last: Mishra
Author-Name: Haldhar Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Haldhar
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Title: Technology influence on purchase intention with respect to luxury fashion
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A luxury item communicates distinct social and cultural values to consumers through its product or brand. An infinite number of high-end fashion products, distribution channels, and price points are available to consumers worldwide. We can see that people are becoming more and more drawn to jewellery in our immediate environment. Due to people's attraction to jewellery, the industry is a research focus. Thus, the current study focuses on India's online jewellery retail market. For this particular study, a quantitative approach has been used. The present study expands on prior research through empirical analysis and a quantitative investigation. The study shows that hedonic and fashion consciousness significantly determine consumer purchase intentions for luxury (jewellery) products. We are analysing whether the same variables will influence online shopping. The research paper will benefit marketing practitioners, notably in segmentation, targeting, and positioning with luxury product marketing.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 98-113
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: luxury; fashion; jewellery; consumer; buying behaviour; online shopping; hedonism; fashion consciousness; self-gratification; purchase intention; ANOVA; technology; digitalisation; multiple regression analysis.
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Author-Name: Gajender Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Gajender
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Sanjeev Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjeev
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Pinki Indora
Author-X-Name-First: Pinki
Author-X-Name-Last: Indora
Title: A measurement model to examine problems in non-farming economic activities
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This survey aims to measure the problems of non-farming activity and constitute factors to measure these problems. Discussions regarding finance, infrastructure, marketing, and information are important for non-farming activity. Data was collected from 310 respondents. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to evaluate the proposed instrument's validity and reliability. The four components of the proposed instrument and the findings are supported. The scale presented from this investigation that each of its constructs has a high level of reliability, validity, and unidimensionality. The created tool could aid in providing decision-makers with a fundamental perspective to gauge the issue of non-farming activity. The study's societal and scientific significance is discussed and the conclusion based on its real-world and theoretical implementations.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 306-325
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: non-farm economic activity; problem instrument development; AMOS; exploratory factor analysis; EFA; confirmatory factor analysis; CFA.
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Author-Name: Pradyut Kumar Borah
Author-X-Name-First: Pradyut Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Borah
Author-Name: Mukulesh Barua
Author-X-Name-First: Mukulesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Barua
Author-Name: Sanjib Raj
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjib
Author-X-Name-Last: Raj
Title: Knowledge management, its essence and application in insurance industry &#45; a qualitative study of insurance companies operating in Guwahati
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The insurance industry is one of the sectors which are operating in a most dynamic environment where requirement of information capture and dissemination is highly felt. The growing business and competition has called for a structured knowledge management process to offer a competitive edge to the organisations. The sector requires a collaborative environment where management and sharing of information among peers is crucial. The present research is an attempt to look into the perception of professionals, advisors etc, associated with the sector regarding the need for a structured KM process. The research paper looked into the KM applicability as perceived by the professionals working in the insurance sector in Guwahati, Assam. It is found that since the performance of the organisations depends on the quality of service and inter-personal interactions, there is a great need for training and data management. Performance level can be enhanced with a continuous process of capacity building of the employees through a defined strategy of the organisation supported by congenial culture of information sharing and knowledge exchange. The activities of emphasis have been identified through the research which can be focal point of concentration from the KM point of view.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 1-19
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2024
Keywords: insurance; knowledge management; mentoring; organisational culture; training; Guwahati.
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Title: Do firm-specific attributes and auditor characteristics corroborate HR disclosure level? An empirical investigation of IT sector companies in India
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The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of firm-specific attributes and auditor characteristics on HR disclosure level of IT sector companies in India. The sample consists of 38 IT sector companies listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE-500 Index). The data were collected from annual reports and CMIE ProwessIQ Database for the latest period starting from F.Y. 2012-2013 to 2019-2020. For analysis, descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation matrix, two-way least square dummy variable (LSDV) regression model are used. The outcomes of descriptive statistics show that the mean percentage of sample companies is 40.92. It lies on the low to moderate side. Further, the outcomes of two-way LSDV regression model shows that there is significant positive effect of current ratio, listing status, type of auditor, pages of an annual report and significant negative of debt-equity ratio, quick ratio, age on level of human resource disclosure. Overall, it can be said that the present study motivates The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and other regulatory bodies to make HR reporting practices mandatory for the Indian corporate sector.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 285-305
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: firm-specific attributes; auditor characteristics; HR disclosure level; annual report; IT sector; India; least square dummy variable; LSDV.
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Author-Name: Akash Kumar Srivastava
Author-X-Name-First: Akash Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Srivastava
Author-Name: Hari Prapan Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Hari Prapan
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Title: Past, present, and future of self-help groups on empowerment of women research: bibliometric analysis
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The purpose of this study is to conduct bibliometric analysis to synthesise the publication trends of self-help groups (SHGs) on the empowerment of women. Hence, this study examines the past, present, and future research of SHGs on the empowerment of women. The document is extracted from the Scopus database and the PRISMA approach is applied to select 202 documents for bibliometric analysis. Citations analysis is used to discover the most impactful publications and contributors. Productivity analysis is used to know the most productive authors and sources. Bibliometric analysis is used to uncover the four thematic clusters of research in SHGs on the empowerment of women. Co-citation analysis is used to draw citation patterns and highly referenced documents. Further, co-occurrence analysis is used to develop the thematic trend of research in SHGs on the empowerment of women. The future research directions are presented in the papers.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 326-340
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: women empowerment; self-help groups; SHGs; citation analysis; productivity analysis; bibliographic coupling.
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Author-Name: Khundrakpam Devananda Singh
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Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Title: Factors affecting the success of microenterprises: an approach through entrepreneurial resources
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Entrepreneurial resources are one of the success factors of entrepreneurship. The aim of this paper is to draw the entrepreneurial resources factors that influence the success of microenterprises. A schedule containing nine factors comprising of 29 items was prepared after a successful pilot study. Data was collected from 100 numbers of microenterprises in the study area. Besides Cronbach's alpha, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett's test of sphericity, exploratory factor analysis was also applied in the process of analysis. The study found that gender-wise parents' support, risk-taking attitude, age of entrepreneurs, startup motive, business experience, innovation, training and education are the entrepreneurial resources factors that influence the success of microenterprises.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 425-442
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: entrepreneur; entrepreneurial resources; entrepreneurs' family background; exploratory factor analysis; financial independence; parents' support; innovation; microenterprise; risk taking; startup motive.
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Author-Name: Gagandeep Kaur
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Author-X-Name-Last: Kaur
Author-Name: Prashant Siddhey
Author-X-Name-First: Prashant
Author-X-Name-Last: Siddhey
Title: Consequences and pitfalls of COVID-19 on supply chain management of the readymade garments industry
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The consequences of COVID-19 have restricted the movement of people and products throughout the world. The estimated outcome of this pandemic situation is the greatest global challenge in human history. In Bangladesh, ready-made garments (RMGs) are one of the key sources for total economic development. That is why textile and apparel supply chain management is the key sector in Bangladesh. This paper explains the effect of the current pandemic to the worldwide apparel supply chain and garments field especially in Bangladesh. It is also explains here how supply chain disruptions are bringing about new changes in working conditions and employment status. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the worldwide apparel supply chain and garments, with a particular focus on Bangladesh, is explained in this paper. Throughout this paper, we will also discuss the new working conditions and employment changes in garment factories.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 353-370
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: supply chain management; COVID-19 impact; challenges; disruption management; responsive supply chain.
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Author-Name: A. Geetha
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Author-Name: G. Brindha
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Title: Analysing statistically the predicting factors that influence the attrition and fluctuation of hotel employees
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Staff remuneration has long been a significant problem in the contemporary hotel industry. There are several reasons why people's salaries fluctuate. Executives in the tourism sector may use the study's findings to develop strategic initiatives to lower employee turnover and boost revenue. One of the key motivators is realising the significance of employee turnover and raising awareness of the problem. This analysis of earlier research makes an effort to synthesise the results of past studies to provide a comprehensive framework of employee compensation in the hospitality industry. According to the research, seven repeating elements were connected to employee perks and opportunities, admin integrity, perceived corporate support, job satisfaction, training, regarded superior support, perceived cultural commitment, and turnover. These standards must guarantee that businesses may keep their staff, particularly those who can significantly improve the state of the sector. Collaboration among employees is considered advantageous for both parties in an organisation. The industry looks after them, and we repay the favour by devoting ourselves to it.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 384-401
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: employee income; organisational climate; job satisfaction; predicting factors; hotel employees; tourism sector; human resources.
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Author-Name: K.S. Lakshmi
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Title: Analysing the perceptions of generations X, Y and Z about online platforms and digital marketing activities &#45; a review
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Marketers are challenged to uncover new insights to hold the attention of all generations with digital marketing and advertising. This review explores the perceptions, behaviours, traits and expectations of generations X, Y, Z regarding digital marketing that is engaging, informative and influential to their consumer behaviour. We observed similarities that all generations are using WhatsApp for informal communication and e-mail for official communication. YouTube is the common online streaming platform used by all generations. GenX prefers in-store shopping over online shopping, but all generation agree to the convenience and easiness of online shopping. GenX uses social media like Facebook, Twitter, whereas GenY mostly uses Facebook, Instagram. GenZ uses Instagram, SnapChat and is slowly shifting away from Facebook. GenX are generally ignored by businesses while developing digital marketing strategies. This review will be a step towards imparting ideas to marketers to develop effective marketing strategy for all generations.
Journal: Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management
Pages: 402-424
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2024
Keywords: digital marketing/advertising; online platforms; perceptions of generations X&#44; Y&#44; Z.
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