3rd Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM), 2013: Recent submissions
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Three Factor Model of Employee Passion: An Empirical Study in Indian Context
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)The purpose of the study was oriented towards operationalization and generalization of the construct of employee passion in Indian context. Based on the past literature proposed by Zigarmi et al., 2011 and expert opinion, ... -
Role of Leadership in Business Model Innovation: A Case of an Entrepreneurial Firm
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)This paper explores the relationship between leadership and business model innovation in an entrepreneurial firm. The literature shows that, the role of leader in Business Model Innovation is important and unexplored ... -
Evaluation of Entrepreneurs on Indian Venture Capital Firms-A Study
(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 ... -
The crippling effect of diversity of emotional intelligence on team performance and the moderating role of a leader in managing emotions
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)Many researchers assert the importance of emotional intelligence on team performance, without actually hinting at the effect of diversity of emotional intelligence on team performance. We develop a theoretical model which ... -
Enterprising Behavior in an Integral Competence Framework
(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 ... -
Effect of organizational risk orientation and change disposition on dynamic capabilities: An emerging markets perspective
(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 ... -
Understanding the experiences of ‘not knowing’
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)‘Knowing’ is respected, recognized, and rewarded. Amidst the emphasis on ‘knowing’, there is hardly any space for ‘not knowing’. Especially those occupying leadership roles are demanded and expected to be ‘knowing’. This ... -
Revisiting ‘Consumer Needs’ in Marketing: A critical theory Perspective
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)The discipline of marketing needs to critically engage itself in a self-reflexive interrogation with the objective of challenging the underlying assumptions (ontological and epistemological) and probing into the ideologies ... -
Fastfood work: McJobs in India
(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 ... -
Psychological Contract Fulfilment and Its Impact on Employees’ Job Attitudes: Does Generations Make Any Difference?
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)In recent years, there has been, particularly among human resource management practitioners, a view that inter-generational differences exist among employees which provide challenges to employers in effectively managing ... -
Mixing tradition with enterprise: The case of English Apprenticeships
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)The paper is an empirical critique of the use of tradition in the field of apprenticeship education in England. The paper briefly traces the history of apprenticeship schemes over the last 300 years in order to provide ... -
Carved in Stone: Discursive Pragmatism and the Dabbawala Discourse
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)The study examines the discourse that has been generated around the Dabbawalas’ processes, their reception, assessment and applicability. The questions that this study raises are: Is the discourse generated around the ... -
Power And Status Struggles: A Hierarchical Perspective Of Conflict In Groups
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)Power and status, two distinct yet related bases of social hierarchy, are intensely sought resources in groups. In this article, we propose a theoretical framework that examines how power and status motives of individuals ... -
Greenfield Airport Development in India: A Case Study of Bangalore International Airport
(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. ... -
Navigating Cultural Diversity through Cultural Intelligence: A Case of Hospitality Industry in India
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)The global cultural experience has become terribly complex due to the growing need for organizations to handle the pervasiveness of cultural diversity in multinational organizations. Consequently, it becomes important to ... -
Measuring Consumer spirituality through a valid scale
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Spirituality has hardly received any attention from the marketing and consumer behaviour scholars. This study seeks to bridge that gap by addressing the issue of consumer spirituality and its measurement through CONSPIRIT ... -
Presence of Children in Advertisements and its impact on Consumers’ Purchase Behaviour
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Advancement of technology has enabled households to access different media of communications like television, radio, newspapers, magazines, billboards and several online media. It is nearly impossible to escape the ... -
Ethnography in marketing: Acceptance and relevance
(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 ... -
The Assimilation of Big Data Analytics (BDA) by Indian Firms: a Technology Diffusion Perspective
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Big Data Analytics (BDA) is an emerging technology that is being used in many echelons of business and management. Recent IS research about this technology lack focus on the factors that impact its organizational adoption. ... -
Anti-Consumption: A Literature Review
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)The body of literature on consumer behavior, attitudes, preferences and motivation etc. is vast and expansive. In comparison, work on anti-consumption is at a nascent albeit growing stage. I undertake a review of the ...