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Superstar leaders
(Asian Case Research Journal, 2008-11-10)
A common issue in organizations is handling larger than life leaders. These leaders often have "superstar" status in their field and the organization usually gets overwhelmed with their presence. Sometimes, narcissism in ...
India's agrarian crisis and corporate - led contract farming: socio-economic implications for smallholder producers
(International food and agri-business management review, 2008-11-11)
The paper discusses India’s agrarian crisis and the role of corporate-led contract farming in addressing these crisis. A two-stage Heckman model was used to explain determinants of participation in contract farming, and ...
Food security, commercialization of Indian agriculture, and technological options
(eSS Occasional Papers, 2008-11-11)
Those who cannot afford to eat in ways acceptable to society, who find food shopping stressful or potentially humiliating experience because they might have insufficient money, whose children cannot have a packed
lunch ...
Producer companies as new generation cooperatives
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2008-11-11)
Traditional cooperatives have been unsuccessful in linking small farmers to the global market. Can the development of producer companies as new generation cooperatives turn out to be different.
Predictors of satisfaction for African American and white family caregivers of adult care home residents
(Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2008-11-11)
This study examines satisfaction with care for African-American and White family caregivers of assisted living (adult care and family care homes) residents. Demographic factors, particularly race, caregiving experiences, ...
Employee voice and collective formation in the Indian ITES - BPO industry
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2008-11-11)
The growth of the information technology enabled services-business process outsourcing industry calls for attention to employees' working conditions and rights. Can an independent organisation such as unites Pro (the union ...
Evolving an effective management information system to monitor co-management of forests
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2009-05-02)
The failure of the Joint Forest Management programme since 2000 to sustain the growth in afforestation achieved during the 1990s is a cause for concern. This paper looks at the necessity of developing an effective management ...
Challenges of identity management: a context in rural India
(Information Security and Digital Forensics 2009, 2009-04-15)
An efficient identity management has been an aspiring and dream for many nations and organizations. The objectives for uniquely identifying individuals have been different for different entities. For some, the need for ...
Bringing about changes at a large engineering college: lessons for designers and implementers of large scale change efforts
(Organization Development Journal, 2008-11-11)
This paper outlines a change management program undertaken at Maritime Engineering Institute in India. The intervention came in the form of a focused three month effort where the first author, a professor of OB at a leading ...