bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
O Efeito Flypaper e a Preguiça Fiscal: Uma Análise da Eficiência de Arrecadação Municipal em Relação às Transferências Voluntárias Recebidas
Authors: Lima Filho Saulo Silva , Silva Lima Dal-Comuni Sara , Ferro Lima Fernanda
Published: August 2023

Objetivo: Este estudo visa analisar em que medida a transferência voluntária de recursos financeiros explica a eficiência na arrecadação de tributos municipais.
Método: Para atingir esse objetivo foram considerados os reflexos do efeito flypaper das transferências voluntárias de recursos sobre a eficiência dos municípios para realizar as arrecadações previstas. Em outras palavras, é esperado que o aumento das transferências reduza o esforço municipal para recolher suas receitas e, consequentemente, diminua os escores de eficiência de arrecadação. Foram analisados os 399 municípios paranaenses no interstício entre 2018 e 2019, mediante Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA), para mensuração de eficiência, análise de correlação e Teste de Regressão Multivariada.
Resultados: O conjunto dos resultados encontrados indicam que de fato existe uma relação inversamente proporcional entre as transferências voluntárias recebidas e a eficiência na arrecadação de recursos, condizente com as implicações previstas pelo efeito flypaper.
Originalidade/Relevância: Diante desses achados, assume-se que o artigo traz inovações acerca da perspectiva de análise para identificação do efeito flypaper, além de fomentar discussões sobre os reflexos que a ausência de revisão das receitas pode ter sobre o recolhimento de tributos pela sociedade.
Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Ademais, acentue-se que os reflexos inerentes ao fenômeno do efeito flypaper não são relacionados apenas com os valores que ingressam aos cofres municipais, mas sim com a eficiência do ente em arrecadar esses valores. Este componente permite avaliar receitas ponderando os inputs necessários para auferi-las.
Impacto da Governança Corporativa no Desempenho Financeiro: Evidências no Mercado Acionário Brasileiro
Authors: Ribeiro João Eduardo , Souza Antônio Artur de
Published: August 2023

Objetivo: Examinar o impacto da governança corporativa no desempenho financeiro das empresas brasileiras com ações negociadas pela Brasil Bolsa Balcão (B3) entre os anos de 2010 e 2020.
Método: Utilizando-se dados anuais de uma amostra de 118 empresas não financeiras, estimou-se regressões com dados em painel e abordagem de variáveis instrumentais, empregando como métrica da qualidade da governança corporativa, dois índices que consideraram os mecanismos apontados pela literatura como eficientes na redução dos problemas de agência, bem como a listagem das empresas nos Níveis Diferenciados de Governança Corporativa da B3. Como medidas de desempenho financeiro, foi empregado o Retorno sobre o Patrimônio (ROE), o Retorno sobre Ativos (ROA) e o Lucros antes de juros, impostos, depreciação e amortização (LAJIDA).
Originalidade/Relevância: Os índices da qualidade da governança sugeridos, principalmente o IGOV8, que apresentou significância estatística em todos os modelos estimados, tem obtenção mais simples do que os índices de governança sugeridos anteriormente na literatura, uma vez que carece de menos variáveis (inputs).
Resultados: Os resultados indicaram que, no Brasil, as empresas com melhor qualidade de governança corporativa tendem a apresentar desempenho financeiro estatisticamente superior às empresas com qualidade inferior.
Contribuições Teóricas/Metodológicas: Além de contribuir com a academia ao fornecer insights sobre a importância da governança corporativa no desempenho financeiro das empresas brasileiras, este trabalho pode auxiliar administradores e investidores. Os índices de governança corporativa propostos, em especial o IGOV8, podem tornar mais fácil para as empresas avaliarem sua própria governança e assim, identificar áreas para melhorias. Ademais, os investidores podem usar essas ferramentas para avaliar as empresas em que estão investindo ou pretendem investir.
Fatores que Influenciam a Probabilidade de Rejeição das Contas de Governo dos Municípios Pernambucanos
Authors: Soares dos Santos Lyndon Jhonson , Libonati Jeronymo José , Alves dos Santos Joebson Maurilio , Vieira Amanda Aires , Bezerra Filho João Eudes
Published: August 2023

Objetivo: Verificar quais são os fatores que influenciam a probabilidade de rejeição das contas de governo julgadas pelo Tribunal de Contas de Pernambuco (TCE/PE).
Método: Utilizou-se regressão logística para verificar a probabilidade de ocorrer rejeição das contas de governo com base no perfil dos prefeitos e características socioeconômicas dos Municípios.
Originalidade/Relevância: Essa pesquisa inova ao testar variáveis que possibilitam auxiliar prefeitos e sociedade a observar quais características dos gestores públicos e dos municípios são um perfil desejado para que se busque diminuir o quantitativo de contas rejeitadas, fomentando boas práticas de governança e uma maior participação do controle social na utilização dos recursos públicos.
Resultados: Os achados sugerem que a experiência política e o nível de escolaridade são os fatores que mais influenciam, respectivamente, aumentando e diminuindo, a probabilidade de rejeição das contas de governo dos Municípios. No que se refere às variáveis relacionadas às características socioeconômicas dos Municípios, os resultados sugerem que um aumento do Índice de desempenho financeiro do Município, do PIB per capita e do Índice de Desenvolvimento Municipal Firjan, diminuem a probabilidade de rejeição das contas de governo julgadas pelo TCE/PE.
Contribuições Teóricas/Metodológicas: Contribui ampliando o rol de pesquisas sobre o tema, analisado sob a ótica de uma metodologia quantitativa, explorando novos resultados com uma amostra local e inferindo possibilidades de identificar fatores que influenciam na rejeição de contas.
Geleneksel Havalandırma Bacası Terminolojisine Yönelik Bir Değerlendirme
Authors: ÖRGEV Zeynep , TÜRKMENOĞLU BAYRAKTAR Neslihan
Published: August 2023

Soğutma ihtiyacının fazla olduğu sıcak-kuru iklim bölgelerinde tercih edilen ve bazı bölgeler için geleneksel mimari kimliğin başat unsuru olarak öne çıkan yüksekliğe bağlı sıcaklık farkı ya da rüzgâr basınç kaynaklı dinamiklerin etkisiyle iç ortam soğutma, havalandırma ve nemlendirme amaçlı kurgulanmış, havalandırma bacalarının ulusal ve uluslararası literatürde farklı isimlerle tanımlandığı görülmektedir. Havalandırma bacaları, İran ve Mısır kaynaklı badgir (baudgeers) ve malkaf (malqaf), yapılan farklı çalışmalarda rüzgâr kulesi (wind tower), rüzgâr yakalayıcı (wind catcher), rüzgâr bacası (wind chimney), rüzgâr kepçesi (wind scoop) isimlerini almaktadır. Bölgesel farklılıklar ve çalışma prensiplerinin çeşitlenmesi nedeniyle türetilmiş olması muhtemel bu tanımlamaların karşılık geldiği havalandırma baca sisteminin belirlenmesi ve çalışma prensiplerinin değerlendirilmesi literatürde bu çerçevedeki kavram karışıklığını önlemek adına katkı sunabilecektir. Bu çalışma kapsamında ulusal ve uluslararası literatür çalışmaları üzerinden havalandırma bacalarının geçmişten günümüze form, çalışma prensibi değişimi ve isim farklılaşmasının dayandığı ilkelerin değerlendirilmesi ve bu bağlamda bir sınıflandırma oluşturulması hedeflenmiştir.
Domain-specific influence on Facebook: How topic matters when assessing influential accounts in four countries
Authors: Mont'Alverne Camila , Ross Arguedas Amy , Badrinathan Sumitra , Toff Benjamin , Fletcher Richard , Kleis Nielsen Rasmus
Published: August 2023

Against the backdrop of rising concern over misinformation and disinformation, a growing number of studies have considered the important role played by influential social media accounts when particular news stories attract attention online—with special attention given to Facebook, the most widely-used social network for news. However, little is known about what kinds of accounts are among the most influential information curators on Facebook, and where news organizations fit into this broader landscape. In this study, we examine how influence on Facebook plays out across different national contexts and different topics. We draw on a unique dataset from CrowdTangle, sampling over a six-month period in 2021 across four countries (Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States). We compare what kinds of sources (e.g., news organizations, politicians, or other kinds of influential accounts and groups) are among the most influential accounts in each location when it comes to three specific subjects: COVID-19, political leaders in each country, and climate change—which we also compare to general queries that do not specify a subject domain. Our findings show that the types of influential accounts on Facebook vary considerably by subject domain and country. News media accounts are among the largest share of these influential accounts in each country, but not necessarily the types of news media organizations presumed to be most influential offline.
Whose Margin of Appreciation? Analyzing Its Significance in European Human Rights Jurisprudence
Authors: Todorović Aleksandar
Published: August 2023

In legal theory but also in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, there is an undisputed consensus that the margin of appreciation represents a certain “room for manoeuvre” that the Court grants to national authorities when assessing their behaviour before it is prepared to find that a violation of rights has indeed occurred. Moreover, it is often argued in legal theory that the margin of appreciation is a method of interpreting the Convention. Although these claims are widely accepted and well-founded, in recent years, various authors in legal theory have increasingly put forward assertions that the margin of appreciation has another “hidden” role in the Court's case law, namely, that it is a judicial tool through which the Court increasingly tries to create room for manoeuvre in decision-making. In this paper, the author will build on this theory of the margin of appreciation as a judicial tool aimed at giving the Court room for manoeuvre. The goal of the paper is to test the thesis on the margin of appreciation as a judicial tool aimed at leaving a certain manoeuvring space for the Court itself in decision-making, using the method of conceptual analysis and the case study method. Following that, the author will approach the analysis of factors that provide an explanation for why the idea of leaving manoeuvring space for the Court itself in decision-making and argumentation may be appealing to the Court.
Coupling Culture and Space for the Post-Growth
Authors: Vujanović Vanja , Kočović De Santo Milica
Published: August 2023

This study explores why there is a fundamental need to integrate cultural, urban, and spatial planning. We also argue for a stronger linkage of degrowth with cultural and spatial studies to achieve urgent developmental transformations. In this study, we aim to highlight three of the most important considerations as possible steps towards various future systemic solutions, considering the historical background on development, ideology, power, culture, city, economy and other relevant policies. 1) The importance of participatory strategies and inclusive approaches in promoting various cultural and urban policies (based on practices as shown in cases) as essential for the future; 2) Embedding degrowth discussions in the fields of space and culture aims to highlight multiple alternative paths that can be taken to address systemic issues; 3) Theories of cultural and urban participation crossed with practise provide a strategic framework to explore possibilities.
Adverse Childhood Experiences as Risk Factor for the Development of Substance Addiction
Authors: Bogetić Dragica , Jugović Aleksandar , Merdović Boro
Published: August 2023

Research indicates that the likelihood of developing addiction increases with the number of adverse childhood experiences [ACE]. ACE are common precursors to early initiation of psychoactive substance use [PAS], significantly increasing the risk of substance abuse and faster progression to substance addiction [SA]. ACE are associated with a more severe course of addiction, poorer treatment outcomes, and higher rates of relapse after treatment completion. The aim of this paper is to elucidate the link between ACE and the development of psychoactive substance dependence during adulthood, through the method of analysis and synthesis of empirical and theoretical research. The theoretical framework of the paper is based on the theories of cumulative inequality and trauma, which provide overarching postulates for interpreting the link between childhood adversity and SA, and offer conceptual insights into understanding the detrimental effects of ACE on the biopsychosocial development of individuals. This approach challenges the traditional notions of addiction as a “personal choice”, “moral irresponsibility”, “circumstantial coincidence”, or “genetic predisposition”. The paper provides guidelines that emphasise the need for an integrative approach in addressing trauma and addiction, as well as a holistic approach to individuals undergoing addiction treatment.
Participation of Students with Disabilities in the Development of Individual Education Plan
Authors: Rajšli-Tokoš Elvira
Published: August 2023

The usefulness of individual education plans (IEP) is undeniable for students, parents and teachers/special education teachers. In addition to development (team cooperation), and implementation, the participation of students with disabilities and developmental disorders is essential. According to modern literature, only the participation of students and self-directed IEP meetings provide various benefits (development of self-evaluation skills, self-advocacy, and probability of motivation to achieve the goals planned in the IEP, etc.). The aim of the paper is to examine teachers and special education teachers about the participation and role of students in the first meeting of the IEP team. Additionally, to determine the differences in relation to the experience of working with students with developmental disorders and the educational profile of experts. This research included 131 respondents (94 teachers and 37 special education teachers) from various regular and special secondary schools. The research was conducted online through “Google Forms”, the data was collected through the questionnaire IEP Implementation Rating Scale – IEP IRS without the influence of the examiner. Based on the results, we concluded that students are often absent from the first IEP meeting, while teachers/special education teachers and parents are present. In this research, experience in working with students with developmental disorders was not significantly associated with student participation. However, differences in the educational profile are noted, special education teachers have a leading role and the participation of students with disabilities and disorders in development is modest.
Possible Effects of Playing Video Games With Explicit Violence on Player Aggression
Authors: Filipović Aleksandar
Published: August 2023

Video games have become the most significant phenomenon of popular culture, and one of the most widespread forms of entertainment in society of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. This prevalence corresponds with profitability, and the video game industry records the highest revenues in the cultural and entertainment industries. Simultaneously, the level of the scientific study of the phenomenon and its impact remains disproportionately small, while moral panic and the banalized and oversimplified accusation of video games for causing violence and evil in people are the dominant social attitude and reaction. That is why the influence of playing violent video games on the development of aggression and violent behavior in individuals has been thoroughly researched. While some studies indicate that gaming has no effect at all, or even a cathartic effect, others claim that playing violent video games is associated with increased aggression and antisocial behavior. The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of explicit violence in video games on the aggressiveness and violence of players of such games. Using various analytical methods, by exploring stereotypes, cultural factors, and the potential negative effects of playing violent video games, this comprehensive analysis challenges the incorrect preconception that video games inherently encourage real-world violence. While acknowledging certain negative effects like the promotion of a culture of competitive militarism and desensitization to violence in the real world, this paper recommends responsible gaming, parental control and guidance, and positive social influence as crucial factor in shaping moral attitudes and behavior.
Christian Religious Studies Teachers’ Content Knowledge: Do Areas of Specialisation, Teaching Experience, Professional Qualification and Academic Qualification Matter?
Authors: Mensah Eric , Ansah Serwaa Ampofo
Published: August 2023

This paper ascertained the influence of the area of specialisation, teaching experience, professional qualification, and academic qualification on CRS teachers’ content knowledge. Cross-sectional survey was the design employed to conduct the study. The population comprised 3,523 individuals including both CRS teachers and students from form 1 and 2. The study utilised a sample size 423 made up of 23 teachers and 400 students. The students were sampled using the proportionate random sampling procedure from a population of 3,500 whereas all the teachers were selected with the census method from eight senior high schools.  Data from CRS teachers and students were collected using questionnaires. The results showed that teachers of CRS have a high level of content knowledge even though more than half of them did not specialise in religion. It was found that there was no statistically significant effect of CRS teachers’ area of specialisation, teaching experience, professional qualification, and academic qualification on their Content knowledge, F (16, 6) = 1.097, p = .489, partial ƞ2 = .245. There was a significant interaction effect of teachers’ area of specialisation and professional qualification on their content knowledge F (1, 6) = 0.00, p = .001, partial ƞ2 = .000. This indicates that the effect of area of specialisation on a teachers’ content knowledge depends on their level of professional qualification. There was also a significant interaction effect of teachers’ professional qualification and academic qualification on their content knowledge F (1, 6) = 0.00, p = .000, partial ƞ2 = .000, implying that, the effect of professional qualification on content knowledge depends on the teacher’s level of academic qualification. It is recommended that the Ghana Education Service in the Eastern region ensure regular workshops and upgrading are provided for teachers of CRS despite their high level of content knowledge. This is because more than half of the teachers did not specialise in religion and may encounter some bottlenecks in their lesson delivery.
Successful Women Entrepreneurs in India: Attributes Based Analysis
Authors: Kumar Raj , Singh Saumya , Singh Nitam
Published: August 2023

A woman in entrepreneurship is a fresh phenomenon in India. Women’s entrepreneurship can make a particularly strong contribution to the economic well-being of the family and communities, poverty reduction and women’s empowerment, thus contributing to the first and third Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Government also supports through various schemes and programme which has accelerated the growth of women entrepreneurs in India. Among the reasons for women to run organized enterprises are their skill and knowledge, their talents, abilities and creativity in business and a compelling desire of wanting to do something positive. Women entrepreneurs are engaged in entrepreneurial venture due to push and pull factors empowering women in economic and social fields. Pull factors means the factors which drive women to start their own enterprise with a desire to do something dependently and push factors force them to take up business to support their family financially. This paper analyzes the cases of 20 successful women entrepreneurs and tries to identify the motivational factors behind their venturing into entrepreneurship.
HRM Practices in NRI Medical Sciences and General Hospital in Guntur District, Andra Pradesh
Authors: Tulasi Das V. , Krishna Reddy V.
Published: August 2023

Deregulation of services and the application of new technologies are presenting considerable challenges to service quality, especially in healthcare services. Health care service quality is crucial to the patient and the hospital / clinic. To deliver the quality services to patients, the quality of human resources is essential. The quality of human resources depends upon the quality of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices been practicing by the organization. Therefore, keeping in view the significance acquired by the HR practices, the present research work entitled HRM Practices in NRI Medical Sciences and General Hospital in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh was undertaken. The HR practices at NRI Medical Science and General Hospital yielding positive results and make the organizations as the well result oriented.
An Investigation into Work Postures of Workers Engaged in Casting Industry: A Study in India
Authors: Singh Lakhwinder Pal
Published: August 2023

Casting industry in India is appreciably providing employment to more than 5 million people. These are various jobs which may cause musculoskeletal disorders among the working generation. Awkward posture, lifting, forceful movements and manual work at rapid rate contribute to musculoskeletal disorders. Present study is focused on assessing the work posture of workers engaged in different actives of casting units. A video film was recorded in real postures during the various actives performed by the workers. Snaps were cropped after an interval of 10second for each of the activity. The work postures were evaluated using OWAS, RULA and REBA tools. As per the OWAS assessment, 17% workers required immediately corrective measures and 46% workers needed to correct their postures as soon as possible. In RULA assessment reveals that workers at high and medium risk levels were 64% and 22% respectively. In REBA assessment 27% workers were at very high, 34% workers were high and 32% workers were at medium risk levels. This paper is restricted to only posture analysis on observation based, however application of ergonomics posture could was suggested to the workers. Awkward postures and manual material handing in the workplace should be eliminated. These industries must adopt ergonomics techniques and low cost automation so that workload can be reduced and efficiency can be increased to affect the organizational cost and the society as a whole.
FII Flows and Indian Equity Market Performance
Authors: Karthikeyan P. , Mohanasundaram T.
Published: August 2023

This study mainly focuses on the FII flows in India and its impact on Indian equity market viz. BSE, NSE and S&P CNX 500. The data used for the study is secondary in nature. The study period is 10 years i.e., from 2001 to 2010. Literature collection and review helps the researcher to get the knowledge on the research topic and proceedings. Research design used in the study is analytical research and the statistical tools used are Correlation, Regression and Simple percentage. The study shows that there is a positive relationship between the FII flows and Indian equity market performance but the impact is not significant. This makes the researcher to conclude that Indian equity market performance is not only depending upon FIIs but also other unexplained factors like domestic investors, inflation, interest rate, government policy etc.
Human Resources for Diseases Control: Administrative Function or Strategic Priorities
Authors: Ali Farhad , Wassie Belaynew , Greblo Alessandro , Bhoi Purnima
Published: August 2023

The health sector is one of the most challenged sectors in developing countries given to the shortage of trained manpower particularly in the developing countries. Human resource is a very important aspect of any functioning health system. However this aspect is often neglected in the development of the health system and when it comes to the disease control programmes not enough importance is given to this aspect. Generally human resource in health is often ignored and just seen as an administrative function in disease control programmes. This affects the overall effectiveness of the programmes in terms of its impact on disease control. We observe an acute shortage of trained manpower especially in the developing countries. There are several reasons of such a crisis like situation in human resources in health system. Among them some are like HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Training Capacity, Brain drain, Poor working conditions and Remuneration. Especially the HIV/AIDS control programmes have suffered a lot due the shortage of trained manpower particularly in countries where HIV is among the main health problems. However there are ways in which such problems can be addressed to ensure the sustainability of HIV control and other disease control initiatives in developing world to reach near to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG –particularly Goal- ) in health. In this paper authors discuss the evidence based solutions to the problem of human resource in health sector to combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases in developing countries. Some of the initiative to address the problem may be improving the training capacity, improving use of available skills, staff retention and support, recognizing the health workers rights and putting them first along with taking care of administrative issues involved in the management of the human resources.
Corporate Social Responsibility in A Changing Business Scenario
Authors: Mangai Alamelu
Published: August 2023

The Corporate Social Responsibility towards employees have been considerably changed due to the aggressive cross border movements of business. This paper presume that the Corporate Social Responsibility towards employees will strengthen further in the coming days notwithstanding the widespread contractual employment culture. The Corporate Social Responsibility towards shareholders will, as per this paper, drastically change thanks to the collaps of enron, worldtel and our local boy sathyam. The Corporate Social Responsibility towards the customers will also witness wide changes thanks to the consumer movement and consumerism. Since the government across the world expect more form corporates, Corporate Social Responsibility towards government will also change.
Accounting Communication in Reducing Information Asymmetry in Primary Market: A Conceptual Modeling
Authors: Sinha Avik , Mehta Atul
Published: August 2023

Information asymmetry has been a critical issue in IPO market. Non-co-linearity of interests among market participants brings forth this problem. As a decision making tool, firms should leverage out the benefits of management information to encounter this problem, as it has a direct impact on the financial performance of IPOs. Since reduction of information asymmetry comes with a cost, firms should make an optimized way to balance the costs and benefits. Contracting parties consider this cost and enter into a game, driven by information asymmetry. Equilibrium outcomes of these games can be achieved in non-cooperative and cooperative ways. This paper is a literature review on role of information in IPO Pricing, information asymmetry challenges in IPO Pricing, and game theoretic solution to those problems. Main body of the paper has been divided into two sections accordingly, followed by concluding remarks. In every section, several aspects of the aforementioned respective sections have been discussed, solely on the basis of existing literature.
Information and Technology: Emphasizing their Role, Issues in Knowledge Society & Economy – A Contemporary Overview
Authors: Paul Prantosh Kumar , Ghose Mrinal K. , Maiti Subhasis
Published: August 2023

Information as well as technology both are powerful term in today’s world. The word information is used to define various meaning such as knowledge, message, understanding, data fact and so on. Technology and its rapid development suddenly change our society in to a global village. Today we can see a wonderful relationship between the information and technology. This relationship creates a facet and component – knowledge economy. Knowledge economy is actually nothing but the economy of knowledge emphasizing the production as well as management of knowledge centered frame of economic constraints or simply to the knowledge lead economy or knowledge based economy. In this paper we describe about knowledge and its economical aspects, role of information and technology towards a develop society and economy. We describe what are the technologies help or liable for knowledge based strong economy.
Human Resource Administration in Relation to CEOs in Not-For-Profit Organizations
Authors: Palanivel R. V. , Anbarasan R. , Sinthuja M.
Published: August 2023

The purpose of this paper is to consider whether those non-profit organizations which exhibit more similar characteristics to market organizations regarding the percentage of paid employees with functions similar to the ones in market organizations in relationship with total workers have a different model of human resource management in relation to their CEO than those organizations which exhibit fewer similarities to market organizations. Hypotheses proposed in this study have been tested using asample of 1,999 Spanish non-profit organizations. The results show that the CEOs of non-profit organizations with most similarity tofor-profit organizations will have a more formal employment relationship and a higher level ofeducation than the CEOs of non-profits with least similarity to for-profit organizations. This paper has several limitations from the heterogeneity ofthe sample to the fact that the conducted study is a cross-sectional study of the current situation. The practical implications of this paper imply that non-profit organizations which are evolving, in terms of their workforce, towards a high percentage of paidemployees or those who are already in this position will have to adapt to the way in which for-profitorganizations operate if they wish to achieve levels of effectiveness and efficiency to make them competitive in this sector. One of the reasons for proposing this work is the small number of empiricalstudies trying to address systematically the relationship between the CEO and the characteristics ofnon-profit organizations.
Investigation into Satisfaction Level of Male Employees of Insurance Industry
Authors: Singh Lakhwinder Pal , Singh Harmanpreet
Published: August 2023

Various occupational stresses and causes that produced stresses among the life insurance employees seek to identify in the present scenario of the insurance market. The present study is about measuring the satisfaction level of males in an insurance market and to assess the relationships between occupational stress, ill health and organizational commitment. For this purpose a structured questionnaire was designed to collect information and Chi Square test was applied on the data. The value of Chi Square was calculated at a level of 0.05 and the null hypothesis was found to be significant. According to the factors studied in the present study the dissatisfaction level of employees was found to be the main cause of stresses. the present study it may be concluded that the satisfaction level of males is dependent upon education level, age, and regular or overtime, fear of failure, respect in organization & unrealistic targets and is independent of company name, public or private sector, marital status, nature of job.
Employee Satisfaction among Non-Teaching Staff in Higher Education: Evidence from Indian University
Authors: Kushwaha Durga Wati , Lodhwal R. K.
Published: August 2023

The study investigates the extent to which nonteaching staff of a University differ in various attributes and attitudes and in the level of satisfaction with the type of work they do, and further establish factors that may help explain these differences. A proportional stratified sample of 250 nonteaching staff of Banaras Hindu University is collected. The paper tries to establish the relationship between the demographic characteristics of the respondents & job satisfaction along with the relationship between the overall satisfaction level with the job motivator as well as hygiene factors discussed by two factor theory of Herzberg.
A Comparative Study of Customer Perception about Insurance Company with Special Reference to LIC and HDFC Standard Life Policies
Authors: Nisamudheen T.
Published: August 2023

Customer service is an integral part of Life insurance organization. It is necessary to identify the key success factors in life insurance industry, in terms of customer satisfaction so as to survive in intense competition and increase the market share. Mainly there are two objectives are involved in this study. Both primary and secondary data’s are used in this study. Primary data’s are collected through personal interviews in the form of questionnaire from a sample of 100 policyholders selected from the Malappuram district, Kerala. For conducting the study 50 LIC customers and 50 HDFCSL customers are selected at a random. The questionnaire prepared on the basis of various factors which influence the satisfaction of the policy holders. The tools used for this study are percentage analysis, weighted average, Analysis of Variance, Chi-square test.
Problems and Prospects of Self Help Groups Products Marketing in Virudhunagar District
Authors: Swami Doss S. , Manjula Devi S.
Published: August 2023

Today Self Help Groups (SHGs) are involved in multifarious economic activities with substantial success and face many marketing problems. With a view to analyse the marketing problems of Self Help Groups products and marketing strategy adopted by Self Help Groups, the researcher has made an attempt to study this area. For the purpose of this study, primary data collected with the help of the questionnaire, the relevant secondary data collected form various sources like Books, Publications, Journals , Periodicals, Reports, Newspaper and Internet. Based on relevant primary and secondary data Percentage Analysis, Hypotheses, Garret ranking and Weighted Arithmetic Mean used to findout socio-economic characteristics of women SHGs members in Virudhunagar district and examine reasons for selecting marketing and the factors influencing the marketing problems of SHGs products. The study found reasons and factors influencing marketing problems. These findings may be of use to SHGs to know the need of update knowledge and marketing strategy and providing suggestions and recommendations for improvement. The study conclude that the government must take necessary measure to improve their conditions through proper training and contribute for their development and for the progress of the district, state and nation and also the SHGs members should be able to withstand all risks for becoming efficient marketers.
Development, Challenges and Remedies of Women Entrepreneurship with Special Emphasis on Assistance Availed by Women Entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir State
Authors: Baba Mubashir Majid
Published: August 2023

The role of women within the entrepreneurial environment is of significant importance. The women entrepreneurship has to be studied separately for two reasons. The first being that women entrepreneurs have emerged as an untapped source of economic growth during the last decade. They not only create jobs for themselves and others but also provide society with different solutions to management, organisation and business problems as well as to the exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities. Women Community though equal men in population, it is the subject of concern to note that, yet in this modern sophisticated world, she is treated as the second citizen or subordinate to men. Though various efforts are being made to improve the status of women, women folk have not taken their maximum use and remain still backward. In almost all countries, the Governments are providing special provisions for women’s development and efforts are being made to extract maximum use of women’s talent. Women folk have not taken the proper use of the special provisions and facilities available for them in the business field. We find lack of efficient women entrepreneurs. It is the time now to awake the ladies community towards the opportunities available for them to get their talent useful and serve the society, which can be a cause for more rapid growth of the nation. As now, in this modern world everywhere the cost of living has increased, it becomes necessary for women to undertake economic activity and support their families. Now the attitude of the society has also changed and working women is not seen with suspicious eyes like earlier. She is more liberated now and the modern woman leads a very happy and peaceful family life with her husband and family’s support in her economic activity. In the present paper an attempt has been made to study role, Trends, Problems faced by women entrepreneurs and also the position of women Entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir. Further it deals with assistance provided to women entrepreneurs. Remedies have also been discussed.
Consumers Awareness towards Green Marketing – A Study of Srinagar City
Authors: Altaf Nufazil
Published: August 2023

Because of the concern shown by the society towards natural environment, businesses have begun to modify their behavior in an attempt to address society’s “new” concerns. Some businesses have been quick to accept concepts like environmental management systems and waste minimization, and have integrated environmental issues into all organizational activities. Thus green marketing incorporates a broad range of activities including product modification, changes to the production process, packaging changes, as well as modifying advertising. Many firms are beginning to realize that they are members of the wider community and therefore must behave in an environmentally responsible fashion. This translates a belief into firms that they must achieve environmental objectives as well as profit related objectives. Governmental regulations relating to environmental marketing are designed to protect consumers in several ways ensure that all types of consumers have the ability to evaluate the environmental composition of goods. Governments establish regulations designed to control the amount of hazardous wastes produced by firms. Whilefirms must bear much of the responsibility for environmental degradation, ultimately it is consumers who demand goods, and thus create environmental problems. Green marketing requires that consumers want a cleaner environment and are willing to “pay” for it, possibly through higher priced goods, modified individual lifestyles, or even governmental intervention. It needs coordination between consumer and organization which can to lead the green marketing revolution.
A Study on Organizational Climate in an Information Technology Industry
Authors: Sharmila  , Gokulakrishnan A.
Published: August 2023

Organizational climate is comprised of mixture of norms, values, expectations, policies and procedures that influence work motivation, commitment and ultimately, individual and work unit performance. The objective of the study to identify the extend of awareness about better organizational climate, and to identify the attitude of employees towards the prevailing organizational climate. Considering the nature, extent and time consistent sample size of 300 have been chosen for this study. The present study aims at identifying the organization climate and perception of the employees views on their organization climate. From this study it is apparent that the employees are aware about their organization climate which is evident from the response of the respondents. The majority of the respondents have the positive attitude towards the prevailing organizational climate. The most respondents perceive that the organization climate is favorable for them.
The Extent of Financial Inclusion through Business Correspondent Model in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh
Authors: Sreeram Latha , Bingimalla Vinod Kumar
Published: August 2023

This paper explores the extent to which formal, regulated financial institutions such as banks have been able to partner with Business correspondents, commercial entities or Individuals whose primary objective and business is other than the provision of financial services and whether this model is meeting the needs of the vast swath of the society-those who are poor and living in the rural area in an affordable manner. The paper illustrates the case of Kazipet District in Andhra Pradesh where banks have recently developed extensive networks of such correspondents.
Role of Stress and Job Performance among Banks Employees: An Analysis
Authors: Raghavendra Shanabhogara , Srinivas B. G.
Published: August 2023

At the present scenario banking sector has undergone tremendous changes in the recent past. Liberalisation, Globalisation and Privatisation entry of foreign banks, technological developments and increased competition has made banks to strive hard for success. Banks are not thinking in terms of traditional services but value added benefits to the customers for competitive advantage. This has put pressure on the employees of banks to render better job performance in terms of results. Due to this, the employees face role overload, role ambiguity which are the symptoms of role stress. The study tests role stress and its impact on job performance by using (n=95) data of employees including managers, officers and clerks of banks in Gulbarga. The data obtained through questionnaires were analyzed using statistical tools like Mean, Standard deviation and Regression. The analysis of variance revealed significant difference between Role Stress with Gender , Education levels, Designation, Income levels and Age groups of respondents.
Inflation in the Indian Economy
Authors: Moni D. M.
Published: August 2023

Inflation is one of the most retarding factors of economic life and economic development. In fact, it affects almost all economic activities as well as consumption pattern of average and poor people. Since 1947, prices have continuously risen in India. It is seen that fluctuations in prices create an atmosphere of uncertainty which is not conducive to the developmental activities. In other words inflation creates uncertainty in development activities which cause a decline in the purchasing power of money. At the same time, stability in the price level is conducive for economic stability. It is quite interesting to note that what India experiences in instability in the price level are different from Keynesian view who stated that inflation occurs after the achievement of full employment level. But it is not so in India where increase in government expenditure is the major cause to inflation. Hence, the investigators attempt to analyze the inflationary trend and growth of public expenditure in India over a period of time. The fluctuation in price level is measured in terms of wholesale price index or consumer price index.
A Study on Quality Work Life in TRIKUT Info Service Private Limited, Coimbatore
Authors: Veronicammal D. , Vimal Raj L.
Published: August 2023

Quality Work Life refers to the favorableness’ or unfavourableness of the job environment of an organization for its employees. It is a generic term which covers a person’s feelings about every dimension of work. To render its versatile services. it expertise in providing solutions by working together with every individual client in A Team to Render the Innovative services by Keenly Understanding their Terms, which has carved a niche for ourselves in the global and Indian markets. Trikut allows the delivery of all these services in one neat package and provides clients the flexibility to staff and de staff as necessary. They are one of the leading professional Recruitment firms and outsourcing company in India. Backed a completely computerized data bank, we successfully provide the employers with our recruitment solution services. This paper explains the quality work life data collected from the employees in TRIKUT, Coimbatore and the analysis of data are presented.
Management Science and its Emerging and Interaction with Information Science (IS): A Conceptual Study
Authors: Paul Prantosh Kr. , Chatterjee Dipla , Shivraj K. S.
Published: August 2023

Management Science today is considered as an important knowledge domain. It is also considered as an important and unavoidable tool in almost all types of organizations, enterprises and academic institutions. Owing to advanced tools it is also applied in many subjects or research domains. This paper mainly describes the traditional and emerging areas of Management Science. We describe the traditional and unique management areas where it is applicable such as Information Science and its related field.
Lead Knowledge Partnership and Knowledge Management in Library and Information Science: An Analytical Study
Authors: Panda Siba Prasad , Mahapatra R. K.
Published: August 2023

Knowledge management is a process that effectively creates, captures, shares and uses knowledge to improve the organization’s performance. The success of libraries depends on their ability to utilize or share the information and knowledge especially for its staff to better serve the needs of the organization and users. Partnerships open up opportunities for organizations to gain knowledge and leverage strengths. Knowledge partnerships are associations and networks of individuals or organizations that share a purpose or goal and whose members contribute knowledge, experience, resources, and connections and participate in two-way communications. The lead users are providing new product concept and design. Knowledge is of limited value if it is not shared. As a result, libraries are beginning to implement information systems designed specifically to facilitate the generation, integration, sharing and dissemination of organizational knowledge.
Best Practices to Enhance the Services and Skills in Academic Libraries: A Study of Reaccredited Colleges in Maharashtra
Authors: Wadnerkar Vaishali B.
Published: August 2023

This paper mentions the importance of best practices for the Library professional to improve their skills and provide effective services to the users, so that all the resources in the library are extensively used. New services in the era of informa- tion Technology are discussed and the ways and means to orient the users to bring awareness about the CD and e-resources so that whatever amount is spent on them is used to the maximum extent by the users.
Prospect of Personality Development and Communication Skills in LIS Education: A Study of the Indian Context
Authors: Baruah Bobby Goswami , Hangsing P.
Published: August 2023

The paper considers the proposed inclusion of personality development and communication skills in the LIS curriculum. Content analysis of post-graduate curriculums of Library and Information Science studies in India and online job advertisements are taken as case studies to examine the proposal. The data displays a certain level of mismatch in the course content and job requirements. The content counts job requirements display requirements of communications skills but personality development is not mentioned at all. Instead broader and generalized terms like personal managements or human resource managements are found to be part of the job requirements. Interestingly, course contents show the inclusion of both Personality Development and Communication Skills in the post-graduate studies.