Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Chhokar, Jagdeep S."
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Communication for development programmes: an information integration analytic study of communicator effectiveness
Mishra, Debiprasad (1991)Development programmes are instruments of public-policy and are created specifically to translate policy objectives to actual outcomes. The incidence of imperfect correspondence between the two is referred to as "implementation ... -
Consumer evaluation of brand extensions: the process, and moderating role of involvement
Ganapathy, Shobha (1998)Brand extension is the strategy of using a well-established brand name to enter a different product category. Consumers1 evaluation of a brand extension is primarily suggested to be a function of brand affect (attitude ... -
Do stress and personality determine health of the Indian executive?
Ramesh, C. M. (1988)Many researchers have concluded that stress causes illness. This conclusion is based on studies with cross sectional designs that found correlations between stress and illness. However, this conclusion has been criticized ... -
Dynamics of Strategy implementation: a study of international joint ventures
Gupta, Shalini S. (1992)The importance of cooperative strategies in today's business world has been increasing. Of the various mechanisms by which such strategies are realized (like technology collaborations. licensing. joint ventures, contractual ... -
Exploration of positive characteristics in employee engaging in organizational citizenship behaviors
Goel, Abhishek (2008)Positive Psychology has emerged as an independent area of enquiry in psychology and organizational behavior. Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) and Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) study positive psychological ... -
Extent of exposure and satisfaction with exposure as predictors of attitudes towards women as managers
Swamy, Ranjini (1988)Several organizations appear to discriminate against women. This discrimination is commonly traced to the stereotypic attitudes of male managers toward women as managers. Reducing discrimination, therefore, requires changing ... -
Factors influencing commitment of key individuals towards an organisational transformation
Khokle, Pradyumana (1998)Recent years have been marked by many significant changes in the technological, socio—cultural, competitive, political and legal conditions faced by Indian organizations. To sustain growth and profitability in such fast ... -
Human resource management in diversified organizations: a strategic management perspective
Krishna, Anujayesh (1993)This study deals with Human Resource Management (HRH) policies and Practices of diversified organizations. Earlier research has found the strategy of diversification to influence organization structure & design top ... -
Internationalization process of industrial firms: a study on the auto-component manufacturers in India and Canada
Sridhar, R. (1999)Recent studies have observed the increasing participation of firms from developing countries in international trade. They have significantly increased the size and scope of their activities across a range of industries ... -
Learned helplessness in organizations
Balakrishnan, Suresh (1990)Problems and aversive situations usually make individuals engage in problem solving activities. Yet some people remain passive and apathetic. They tend to not do anything and quietly suffer the unpleasant consequences of ... -
Managerial cognition and action in complex problem solving
Nair, K. Unnikrishnan (1997)The ability to solve problems effectively is an important characteristic that distinguishes a competent manager from the others. Many managerial problems are routine in nature with ready-made or programmed solutions available ... -
Managerial heuristics of pioneering innovative (PI) entrepreneurs: an exploratory study
Manimala, Mathew James (1988)Managerial heuristics are defined as the decision-rules guiding the less programmed decisions of entrepreneurs/executives. A review of literature on entrepreneurship suggests that the scene is dominated by the search for ... -
Small business behavior: development and test of a multivariate model
Kumar, E. Sendil (1999)Small businesses have been the subject of research interest in at least three independent fields of inquiry: economics, entrepreneurship, and life cycle theory. However, a review of the literature indicates: (1) the absences ... -
Strategic responses of firms to economic liberalisation
Ray, Sougata (1998)The study is an attempt to investigate the antecedents and consequences of strategic response of firms in India to economic liberalization. The specific objectives of the study were to (a) explore the extent of change ... -
Tacit knowledge and organizational citizenship performance
Kumar, Rajiv (2007)