Browsing by Author "Bathini, Dharma Raju"
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Actions in phygital space: work solidarity and collective action among app-based cab drivers in India
Kandathil, George; Parth, Shalini; Bathini, Dharma Raju (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-11-16)This study delineates the microprocesses of solidarity development and the subsequent collective actions of gig workers in India amidst multiple structural constraints. Using netnography, semi-structured interviews and ... -
The ban on working from home makes sense for Yahoo: It needs the innovation and speed of delivery that come from office-based employees
Pathak, Atul Arun; Bathini, Dharma Raju; Kandathil, George (emeraldinsight.com, 2015)Purpose – Discusses the suitability of work-from-home policies, especially in information technology companies. Cautions against a one-size-fits-all approach and states that each company needs to make a decision based ... -
Bother me only if the client complains: control and resistance in home-based telework in India
Bathini, Dharma Raju; Kandathil, George (Employee Relations: The International Journal, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between operations of organization control and workers’ response to them in case of telework, a technology-embedded new way of working. -
Enter all infosec solutions: growing an ethical hacking business
Verma, Varsha; Pathak, Atul Arun; Bathini, Dharma Raju; Pereira, Arun (Ivey Publishing, 2014)An ethical hacker had recently started his entrepreneurial venture, EnterAll InfoSec Solutions. A technologist who believed that “ethical hacking” had huge market potential, he and his partner were searching for a business ... -
Exploring Work Intensification: A Case of Telehomework in the Information Technology Sector in India
Bathini, Dharma Raju (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)Most scholars who empirically examined the link between work intensification and telehomework consider work intensification as an outcome of telehomework. However, a few others suggest that work intensification engenders ... -
Fastfood work: McJobs in India
Bathini, Dharma Raju (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)This study explores the nature of fast food work in the Indian context using an qualitative case-study approach. To understand the context, the production and service systems at an India based fast-food chain outlet are ... -
An orchestrated negotiated exchange: trading home-based telework for intensified work
Kandathil, George; Bathini, Dharma Raju (Springer International Publishing, 2017-02)In this paper, we explore a popular flexible work arrangement (FWA), home-based telework, in the Indian IT industry. We show how IT managers used the dominant meanings of telework to portray telework as an employee benefit ... -
The role of traits, values and self-efficacy beliefs in volunteering
Bathini, Dharma Raju; Vohra, Neharika (Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)Recent literature on prosocial behavior has emphasized on the joint role of traits, values and self-efficacy beliefs in prosocial behavior. Even though some attention has been paid to studying the role of traits and values ... -
Work from home: a boon or a bane? the missing piece of employee cost
Bathini, Dharma Raju; Kandathil, George (Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015-04)This paper examines the discourse on work from home in global and Indian contexts. It shows a long-held excessive focus on employee benefits which deflected the attention away from employee costs. Even though there was ...