Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Vohra, Neharika"
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Antecedents and consequences of job crafting by school teachers
Dash, Sanket Sunand (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)The effects of facilitating factors within a school, such as leadership style and psychological empowerment, on job crafting behavior of teachers were explored. Wrzesniewski and Dutton (2001) defined job crafting as ... -
Contradictions between identity and image of an organization: Exploring responses in new entrepreneurial ventures
Sharma, Supriya (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)Organizational identity, defined as members’ constructions about who we are as an organization (Gioia & Patvardhan, 2012), is considered as the core of organizational cognition and action. However, the understanding of ... -
Development and validation of the menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) scale for adolescent girls and teachers: associating MHH needs, practices, beliefs and experiences of adolescent girls and teachers with student engagement
Babbar, Karan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"There is limited literature exploring the breadth of menstrual practices and how it affects student engagement levels in school among adolescent girls in India. This research tries to address this gap by (a) developing a ... -
Developmentally effective experiences in a graduate business school and their role in self-authorship among students
Xavier, Joel (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021)Holistic student development is an important objective of higher education. It requires students to move from a conventional assumptions-based mode of understanding to a critical, systemic thinking that enables the development ... -
Does Strategic Planning Determine Innovation in Organizations? A Study of Indian SME Sector
Batra, Safal (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Innovation is considered to be a source of competitive advantage. Not surprisingly, innovation has been a matter of scholarly interest for several decades now. However, despite its critical importance to the strategy ... -
Dynamics of funding women entrepreneurs - A gendered lens
Sud, Kashika (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"The start-up ecosystem in India is currently the third largest in the world, trailing only behind USA and China. However, women were founders of 11% of the Indian start-ups. Starkly, only 6% of the funding goes to companies ... -
Effect of perceived risk and context on consumer inferencing about missing information
MIshra, Ramakanta (2002)Consumers adopt different strategies for evaluation of a brand when information regarding an attribute is not available. One of those is differencing strategy in which consumers infer or ‘construct’ values for the missing ... -
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 ... -
Exploring Work Intensification: A Case of Telehomework in the Information Technology Sector in India
Bathini, Dharma Raju (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)Most scholars who empirically examined the link between work intensification and telehomework consider work intensification as an outcome of telehomework. However, a few others suggest that work intensification engenders ... -
Factors related to empowerment of women employees in a streotypical job
Sarkar, Anita (2010)1990s as has been noted as "empowerment era" by some writers {e.g., Hardy, & Lieba O'Sullivan, 1998; Waif, Wood, & Leach, 2004). Empowerment plays a significant role in realizing human potential (Spreitzer, 1992). Right ... -
Father-son relationship dynamics and individual performance: A study of the marwari family business
Agarwalla, Smriti (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)Family businesses with their overlapping systems of business, ownership and family (Gersick, Davis, Hampton, & Lansberg, 1997) represent a distinctive class of organizations encompassing the economic landscape of nations. ... -
From Needing Help to Seeking Help: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Interpersonal Help Seeking Behavior in the Software Industry
Anand, Twisha (2012)Helping behavior is appreciated and rewarded, and helping interactions are greatly encouraged in organizations. Research in organizational behavior too is replete with studies on helping and on helpers. The present study ... -
“Hustling for my career”: exploration of the individual experiences and organizational responses towards multiple job holding
Chayanika (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)The phenomenon of multiple job holding (MJH) or moonlighting, involving individuals holding one or more jobs along with primary full-time employment, is gaining salience in the contemporary work context. The literature on ... -
The impact of non-volitional interferences on product evaluation and choice
Kapoor, Ankur (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)The integration of our lives with internet, smartphones and wearable devices has made interferences (such as interruptions and distractions) pervasive. This research investigates the impact of such interferences on information ... -
Impact of order of presentation and prominent presentation of brand and attribute on consumers’ willingness to pay
Narayanan, Priya (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)How does differential presentation of the components of a product – brand and attribute(s) – impact consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the product? In this thesis, we attempt to answer this question through two essays. ... -
Impact of Perceived Bases of Power of Brand on Consumers’ Behaviour and Attitude in a Brand-Consumer Relationship Context
Raj, Roopika (2013)Research suggests that brands have human like qualities (Aaker, 1997; Aaker & Fournier, 1995; Levy, 1985; McGill, 2000) and consumers can form relationships with brands as they form social relationships with other human ... -
Impact of Prework in Dyads on Information Sharing In Groups
Shatdal, Arvind (2012)One of the basic reasons for group formation is their ability to bring a variety of expertise and abilities at one place. It is expected that diverse information and expertise will be shared among group members and such ... -
Impact of Quantity Scarcity and Time Scarcity Appeals on Consumers’ Response: Role of Need for Uniqueness and Deal Proneness
Soni, Mayank Jyotsna (2013)The promotion of products and brands has become increasingly important for marketing managers over the years. One of the commonly used ways to promote a product or brand is through scarcity appeal. Scarcity appeal is defined ... -
The influence of perception of performance management system and regulatory focus on work engagement
Kakkar, Shiva (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)The relationship between perception of performance management systems (PMS) and work engagement is the main focus of this study. It is postulated that employee perception of performance management system (PPMS) determines ... -
Instrumental leadership as a determinant of salesperson performance: applying the extended full range leadership theory (FRLT)
Motiani, Manoj (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)Salesperson performance plays an important role in determining the success of an organization. Due to of rapidly changing technology, increasing competition and rising customer expectation, the job of a salesperson continues ...