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Collaborative learning in virtual space and learning in the physical workplace: the case of in-service public-school teachers in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
The existing approach to in-service teachers’ professional development in the Indian public-school education system has often been criticized on grounds of ineffectiveness. In recent years, peer-driven, technology-mediated ...
Development, climate change and Indian cities: framing and implementing policies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
Cities in India are already experiencing enhanced climate variability and extremes in annual precipitation and temperature events. A city’s climate is affected both by global warming and local factors such as its built ...
The trajectory of forgiveness in workplace bullying: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of target coping
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
Forgiveness as a coping strategy in the context of workplace bullying has been largely overlooked, being evidenced by only few studies (D'Cruz & Noronha, 2012a and 2018b). Alternatively, forgiveness which is often ...
Essays on audit committee and board composition
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
The first essay examines audit committee composition change with respect to new members joining. Firms are argued to maintain audit committee composition as per their monitoring needs (Krishnan and Lee, 2009) and independent ...
Antecedents and consequences of top management team's power structure in a family business context
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
There are differences in the goals and motivations of the family managers vis-a-vis the nonfamily managers of a family firm that lead to power struggles between the two cohorts. Power distribution among family and non-family ...
Essays on internal markets of business groups
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
In three essays, I examine how access to internal markets of business groups impacts affiliate firms’ behavior.
In the first essay, I examined the importance of business group affiliation, prior internationalization of ...
The impact of non-volitional interferences on product evaluation and choice
(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 ...
The influence of perception of performance management system and regulatory focus on work engagement
(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 ...
Higher education in India: efficiency, quality and sustainability
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
In a world where data and information are ubiquitous and omnipotent, education plays a prominent role in almost all aspects of modern life. Governments and various global agencies ramp up their efforts for propagating ...
Regulatory reforms and state supervised corporate bankruptcy reorganization
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
Bankruptcy code is an important determinant of the balance of control between creditors and debtors, during the state-supervised bankruptcy resolution process. In this thesis, across three essays, we study two bankruptcy ...