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    • Stewart maturity scale - Indian adaption 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      This manual describes a scoring system for TAT stories and other verbal fantasy material to assess the Psychosocial Development of any individual. There are four stages of development parallel to those outlined by Freud ...

    • Typology of headlines 

      Shingi, P. M. (2010-03-13)
      This paper brings out a theme-based typology of headlines normally useful for verbal component in print advertising. The existing modes of presenting or classifying the headlines is briefly presented to indicate their ...

    • Structure of demand for India's exports of selected engineering goods: 1961 -1971 (global) 

      Wadhva, Charan D. (2010-03-13)
      Engineering goods have been a very important dynamic element in the changing structure of India s exports during the last decade. In this research project, we have empirically estimated price and income elasticities of ...

    • Psychological and organizational factors in successful entrepreneurship: a small sample survey 

      Rao, T. V.; Rao, K. Dinkar; Dixit, N. (2010-03-13)
      This study on 16 small industry entrepreneurs (9 successful + 7 unsuccessful) focused on identifying some personal background attitudinal, organizational and managerial variables that discriminate the successful group from ...

    • Cross cultural surveys and interviewing 

      Pareek, Udai; Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      Survey and interviews are the most widely used methods in cross cultural research. Some basic questions about designing of surveys have been raised. A paradigm of interview as a form of communication has been proposed. The ...

    • Small establishments in an Indian metropolis: a study on employment and labour marketing in Bombay 

      Papola, T. S. (2010-03-13)
      Small establishments engaged in trade, commerce, manufacturing and service activities constitute a crucial segment of an urban economy from the viewpoint of their magnitude, essentiality of their products for urban life ...

    • Industrial performance and government controls 

      Paul, Samuel (2010-03-13)
      In this Paper examines the growth and utilization of industrial capacity in India, the factors responsible for inter- industry variations in capacity utilization and the policy implications of the finding s of the study. ...

    • Importance of civil air transport to the Indian economy 

      Joshi, Nandini (2010-03-13)
      The purpose of this is to aid civil aviation policy makers, legislators and members of the public in gaining better understanding of the economic ramifications of civil transport.The study, made for the Indian Airlines, ...

    • Role conflict, tension and job satisfaction: a study of medical representatives 

      Mehta, Subhash C.; Chawla, D.; Pandya, A.M.; Roy, Surupa (2010-03-13)
      The present study was designed to empirically examine the following questions: (1) What are the most significant determinants of the concepts of role conflict, role clarity, quality of supervision, job tension and job ...

    • Regulation of transnational corporations: National & global interventions 

      Paul, Samuel (2010-03-13)
      The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent trends in the policies of less developed countries towards transnational corporations and the international concerns about the operations of TNCs around the world. Recent ...

    • Trainer intervention: a case 

      Baliga, B. R.; Garg, Pulin K. (2010-03-13)
      This paper presents a series of trainer Interventions and their efficacy in building up a group climate at a time when the Reactive Processes in the Group had reached a dangerous point which was affecting the working of ...

    • Fertiliser use on India' unirrigated areas: a perspective based on fast record and future needs 

      Desai, Gunvant M. (2010-03-13)
      The paper elaborates four propositions: (1) There is a clear need for sustained rapid growth of fertilizer use in India agriculture (2) This depends,now more than ever before on accelerated growth infertiliser use on ...

    • Interpersonal themes of Indian during sensitivity training 

      Garg, Pulin K. (2010-03-13)
      In this paper the author presents a new approach to sensitivity training based on Intra-person and interpersonal approaches. The based concern is with the problems of adjustment on an individual in a rapidly changing ...

    • The pattern of financial leverage: a cross-section study of listed Indian companies 

      Pandey, I. M. (2010-03-13)
      The study has two objects: (i) to ascertain the corporate managers' attitudes about the use of leverage, and (ii) to examine, in the light of the attitudes so revealed, the industrial pattern, trend and volatilities, of ...

    • Mechanics of planning: need for formal replanning 

      Rangarajan, C. (2010-03-13)
      Recent discussions on the rolling plan have brought to the fore issues relating to the mechanics of planning in this country. During the last 25 years the Indian planners have acquired a high degree of sophistication in ...

    • Relationship of job involvement to perceived importance: an satisfaction of employee need 

      Kanungo, Rabindra N.; Misra, Sasi (2010-03-13)
      Relationship between attitude of job involvement and patterns of perceived need importance, need satisfaction, and need strength were explored. Data were collected from 64 high-involved and 77 low involved employees of two ...

    • Personality predispostion and satisfaction with supervisory style 

      Saiyadain, Mirza S. (2010-03-13)
      76 employees reporting to only one organizationally defined supervisor answered on items reported to measure their level of interpersonal competence, perception of supervisory practices. It was found that in general high ...

    • Motivational formulation of job and work involvement: a cross - national study 

      Misra, Sasi; Kanungo, Rabindra N.; Rosenstiel, Lutz Von; Stuhler, Elmar A. (2010-03-13)
      This paper extends the motivational formulation and measurement of job and work involvement constructs (Kanunge, 1982b) and tests its pan-cultural implications by reporting on two studies conducted in West Germany and ...

    • Uitlity theory and participation in unfair lotteries 

      Patel, Nitin R.; Subrahmanyam, Marti G. (2010-03-13)
      This paper provides an alternative explanation for the observed behaviour of individuals, that is consistent with consumer choice theory. The basic hypothesis is that there are certain commodities, mainly luxuries, which ...

    • Developing countries as a market for software exports: the view from India 

      Krishnayya, J. G. (2010-03-13)
      The developing countries constitute a significant growth markets for computer systems and software. Analyzing the needs of this market and the difficulties they present, we find that they require problem analysis, systems ...