Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Khokle, Pradyumana"
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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 of dynamic capabilities in international joint ventures: an investigation within the context of insurance industry of an emerging economy
Roy, Kaushik (2014)The study of international joint ventures (IJV) has been dominated by the focus on partner interactions as the underlying theoretical construct. It is argued that a less studied but relevant lens is that of development of ... -
Discontinuities of Environmental Elements, Firm Responses, and Dynamic Capabilities: An Empirical Investigation of Interrelations in Select Indian Manufacturing Sectors
Bhowmick, Bhaskar (2012)Continuities, discontinuities (deletions), and additions of environmental elements are important realities of a firm’s environment. They pose distinct managerial challenges and demand capabilities to enable the firm to ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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. ... -
“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 ... -
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 ... -
The influence and interaction of online store brand and product brand on pre-purchase and post-purchase consumer behaviour
Kumar K., Jithesh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)Consumers often use product brand name and store brand name as proxies of quality while making purchase decisions. In an online shopping context, the inability of consumers to physically examine the products increases the ... -
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 ... -
Organisational restructuring an exploratory study of Indian organizations
Jeyavelu, S (2005)Globally organizations look at restructuring to increase competitiveness and enhance performance under uncertain business environment. The western economics witnessed a spurt of restructuring in the 1980s as a response to ... -
Perceived organisational support and organisational commitment: the mediational influence of psychological well being
Aggarwal-Gupta, Meenakshi (2005)Organizational commitment (OC) is perhaps one of the most researched topics in organizational behavior studied. It characterizes employee relationship with their organization and influences their decision to continue with ... -
Strategic innovation for serving the low-income segment
Roychowdhury, Shounak (2011)The literature on serving the ‘bottom of pyramid’ (BOP) argues that large firms can profit from serving consumer segments, traditionally considered uneconomical. This would call for ‘strategic innovation’, as it would ... -
A study of alienation among knowledge workers
Nair, Nisha (2009)Alienation as a concept has been discussed for a long time. The term came into prominence in the early writings of Marx (1844/1932), and since then the concept of alienation finds reference across a broad range of subjects ... -
A Study on career systems in Indian organizatons: the role of major organizational factors
Krishnan, T. N. (2007)Research on careers has largely focused at the individual level to gain an understanding of employee issues such as personal flexibility, work personal life balance, and ways to have fulfilling and rewarding work. Career ... -
Studying the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Perceptions on Employee Work Attitudes
Sheel, Rahul Chandra (2013)In the last couple of decades the concept of corporate social responsibility has gained importance both in practice as well as in research. Globalization and international trade have given rise to increased complexities ... -
A team level examination of the creativity to innovation link
Syal, Ananya (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"A vast body of literature exists that acknowledges the role and impact of both creativity and innovation. However, reaching to innovation from a creative idea is not a guaranteed outcome. Leaders have been found to be a ...