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    • Effect of organizational risk orientation and change disposition on dynamic capabilities: An emerging markets perspective 

      Pathak, Atul Arun (Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)
      This conceptual paper address an important gap in the dynamic capabilities literature by conceptualizing that organizational risk orientation and organizational change disposition are critical determinant factors that ...
    • Effect of Transformational Leader Communication on Affective Commitment to Change 

      Chaudhry, Smita (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Extant literature indicates the significance of both organizational level concept like transformational leadership and individual level aspect like employee attitude, for organizational change. This paper presents a model ...
    • Effectiveness of Performance Management Systems in the Indian Construction sector 

      Rai, Soumi; Lele, Vishwanath (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      This exploratory study seeks to specifically understand Performance management systems, their applicability and effectiveness in relation to the Indian construction sector . The sample for the study consisted of 138 employees ...
    • Effects of TQM on Perceptual HRM 

      Jain, Ankur (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      This paper examines the effects of TQM practices practiced by software organizations on perceptual HRM within India. The study sample consisted of 324 employees, resulting in a response rate of 81 percent. A questionnaire ...
    • The Emergence of an Organizational Field: The Case of Open Source Software 

      Ojha, Abhoy K.; Rao, Ravi Anand (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      The institutional theory perspective has been used to study organizations and organizational fields. In this paper, we use the perspective to examine the emergence of the organizational field of open source software as ...
    • An Empirical Study on Corporate Social Responsibility, Intention to Quit and Job Embeddedness 

      Ghosh, Debjani; Gurunathan, L. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Systematic research regarding the effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on organization stakeholder groups, like employees, remains sparse. This paper examines employee’s reaction to CSR programmes at the ...
    • An Empirical Test of Efficiency of Exchange-traded Currency Options in India 

      Bhat, Aparna; Arekar, Kirti (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      The objective of this paper is to examine efficiency of the exchange-traded currency options market in India. Put-call-futures parity for the USD-INR currency options is studied by analyzing daily closing prices of options ...
    • Enterprising Behavior in an Integral Competence Framework 

      Nandram, Sharda; Orhei, Loredana; Born, Marise (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      We present insights from literature on enterprising behavior and competence followed by an application of the competence perspective. Data collection is based on the Critical Incident Technique among 205 entrepreneurs. The ...
    • Ethnography in marketing: Acceptance and relevance 

      Nanarpuzha, Rajesh; Sharma, Dheeraj (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      In this study, we attempt to explore the acceptance and relevance of ethnography as a research method in marketing. We conduct a semiotics-led textual analysis of 15 leading mainstream academic journals in marketing for ...
    • Evaluation of Entrepreneurs on Indian Venture Capital Firms-A Study 

      Shiva Kumar, M. P. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Potential entrepreneurs rely on Venture Capital (VC) as an important source of finance not only for capital infusion but also for their value added services. Therefore, these entrepreneurs are often afraid to voice their ...
    • Evolution of Network- Formation, Decay and Churning: Evidence from a five year Ph.D. program in India 

      Awasthi, Kshitij; Gopakumar, K. V.; Singh, Sweta (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Network evolution is a topic which has been relatively less explored in the network literature. This study is an attempt to fulfil this gap by trying to understand evolution of networks using the context of a doctoral ...
    • Examining the impact of education on Indian farm labour 

      Debnath, Kanish (Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Research on understanding the benefits of education in the rural context show positive pecuniary benefits on the farm, and a shift towards non-farm activities. Using the IHDS 2005 data, the years of education was regressed ...
    • Examining the relationship between organization structure and innovation: A study of Indian corporations 

      Bhowmick, Anjan; Agarwal, Upasana (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      This study examined the relationships between innovation in organizations and key organization structure characteristics of vertical and horizontal complexity, formalization, centralization, delegation of authority and ...
    • Examining the Role of Relational Identification in between the Transformational Leadership and Job Performance 

      Jyoti, Jeevan; Bhau, Sonia; Kour, Sumeet (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      The present study focuses on the role of relational identification between transformational leadership and job performance. The model has been tested in the higher education sector. Information regarding transformational ...
    • Factors Affecting the Work Attitudes of Indian Reentry Women in the IT Sector 

      Ravindran, Bharathi; Baral, Rupashree (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Women’s increased participation in today’s labor force has not essentially guaranteed a continued presence for working women in the Indian IT sector. Hence, the current study aims at finding the effect of organizational ...
    • "Family Owned Businesses: Issues Relating To Succession Planning" 

      Yadav, Preeti; Singh, Jeet (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      In the lives of family owned businesses, the issues of successors and succession reigns supreme. While more is written about this area of family business than any other, it is often the most neglected area of activity by ...
    • 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 ...
    • Financial Inclusion, Gender and Economic Impact on Poor Households 

      Swamy, Vighneswara (Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)
      This primary research has examined the question: “In the context of gender dimension what is the evidence of the impact of the financial inclusion programs on poor households represented by women relative to that represented ...
    • Foreign Direct Investment and Infrastructure Development: Evidence from India 

      Kaur, Manpreet; Yadav, Surendra S.; Gautam, Vinayshil (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      The availability of developed infrastructural facilities is a sine-qua-non of progress of the economy. Adequate infrastructure is necessary not only to facilitate domestic investment but also to woo foreign investment. In ...
    • Greenfield Airport Development in India: A Case Study of Bangalore International Airport 

      Gupta, Alok; Agrawal, Smita (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      Government of India (GOI) is promoting Public Private Partnership (PPP) for development of Airports in India. Successful implementation of PPP depends on the efficient distribution of project risks among stakeholders. ...