Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Joseph, Jerome"
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Bias in testing; a study of bank selection tests
Balasubramanian, A. G. (1989)Multiple choice objective type test is a popular method of selection. However, research indicates that these tests are biased towards specific socio-economic groups. Research in India on these issues is scanty and has been ... -
Determinants of human resource responses in the context of mergers - an exploration into executive responses
Prasanth, D. (2002)Mergers and acquisitions have become the principal tools for corporate restructuring. There has been a sharp increase in both the number and size of the mergers and acquisitions in the 90s. An extensive review of literature ... -
Determinants of managerial role competency utilization of IT project managers
Noronha, Rajiv (2003)Organizations have widely implemented Competency based HR systems in the last decade. Competency profiling, gap analysis, competency based assessment and compensation/selection based on competencies has all gained international ... -
Ecological movements - strategies for managing conflicts around natural resources-A case of forests
Maitreyi, K.R. (1992)The state owns and controls the natural resources in India. It is accountable for scarcity of natural resources through its actions or inaction. It is also responsible for the design of a system of property rights for ... -
An Exploratory Study of Post-implementation Experiential Perceptions of Reservations with Focus on Stigmatization Processes in the Higher Professional Education Context
Mishra, Manisha (2013)Multiple efforts around the world are made to address the issue of discrimination and marginalization. The Indian experience has taken the form of reservation policy in public services, in public sector jobs and in public ... -
An Exploratory-formulative case study of employee retaliation in industrial relations
Bagchi, Soumendra N. (2005)A single incidence of retaliation, which resulted in shooting of a worker by the CEO of an organization and the subsequent lynching and torching of both the Personnel Manager and the CEO within the workplace premises, has ... -
An exploratory-formulative study of executive dispute handling capability, morphology, measurement and modalities
Rai, Himanshu (2006)Dispute handling capability is a critical resource in society given that disputes are an ever present reality in social, economic and political activity spheres. Over the years, there has been a surfeit of scholarly endeavor ... -
The Role of 'Contact' in shaping and reducing inaccuracies in gender stereotypes of women managers
Basu, Sujoya (2003)Various theoretical perspectives in gender literature have tried to answer questions like “why are women treated differently in organizations?" and “what is responsible for the different t:raits and characteristics exhibited ... -
The Strategies of Voluntary Organizations: A Study of the Content of Strategy and the Process of Strategy Formation
Mahtani, Rajshri (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1992)An organization’s strategy has been viewed as an important variable as it defines the relationship of the total organization to its environment, and guides the internal administrative and operational activities on an ... -
A study of executive perceptions of the determinants of compensation design and satisfaction
Selvaraj, Patturaja (2011)Compensation is a very important issue as it represents the material, moral and social returns obtained by an employee for expending her labour in an organization. Compensation is a central aspect of the employment ... -
A study of the determinants of executive knowledge management
Gurunathan, L. (2005)Knowledge as a source of competitive advantage has been discussed by many researchers in recent times. Managing knowledge hence has been considered to be a critical activity of the firm that has to survive in a highly ... -
A study of the process of negotiations in the evolution of turnaround packages for sick industrial units
Kuriyan, Elizabeth P. (1992)Negotiation is becoming an important mode of decision making as well as of conflict resolution. Since better understanding of the process of negotiations is essential analyze the process of negotiation in the context of ... -
A Study of Value Creation and Value Appropriation In Inter-Firm Alliances of Simultaneous Cooperation and Competition
Rai, Rajnish (2013)Relatively little is known about how value is created and appropriated in inter-firm alliances of simultaneous cooperation and competition. In this dissertation, I address this gap from both theoretical and methodological ... -
A study of worker insecurity in four industrial relations contexts: a post structural approach
Jagannathan, Srinath (2011)A review of literature suggests some broad approaches through which academic engagement with worker insecurity has occurred - communicant managerial, associations managerial, structural Marxist, radical humanist and ... -
Unity of labour in the context of political diversity
Ray, Pranabesh (1989)Labour disunity in India has been generally ascribed to the multiplicity in trade unionism. The responsibility for such a political ideologies that exist in India. It needs no in-depth study of the Indian political scenario ... -
Work-family conflict across the work-family life cycle: a study of dual career couples
Rajadhyaksha, Ujvala (1996)Work-family conflict (WFC) is a form of inter-role conflict that arises due to incompatible pressures from the work and family domains. It is a form of role conflict that has been found to have a detrimental effect on ... -
Workplace gender dilemmas: insights from women's narratives
Maheshwari, Mridul (2011)The phenomenon of workplace gender diversity has become a reality today even in India and across the globe (Budhwar, Saini and Bhatnagar, 2005). However, this diversity has triggered challenges both for management and the ...