TALENT SEGMENTATION: DOES IT AFFECT COMMITMENT? A STUDY IN IT INDUSTRY, CHENNAI

The Talent Management is the sound and incorporated human asset rehearses with the destinations of pulling in and holding the ideal people, for the correct positions, at the opportune time. The outcomes demonstrate that there is noteworthy distinction between socio-economic features of critical employees and preference of talent management practices in IT companies. Critical employees show a high level of commitment in exclusive segmentation and low level of commitment in inclusive segmentation. The outcome also demonstrates that, Non-Critical employees show a low level of commitment in exclusive segmentation and high level of commitment in inclusive segmentation

Influence of Talent Management Practices on Commitment of Non-critical Employees in IT Companies in Chennai

This study examines the influence of Talent Management practices on commitment of non-critical employees in IT industry in Chennai, India. All employees have their own contribution to meet the success in long-term by any organization. HR managers of 60 large IT companies, located in Chennai were interviewed and surveyed to get better insights on Talent management practices and in addition, they provided a sample of their critical and a sample of their non-critical Employees. Commitment questionnaire was administered with 250 non critical employees. The results show that there is a significant difference between socio-economic features of non-critical employees and preference of talent management practices in IT companies. The regression analysis implies that job rotation and shadowing, mentoring and buddying, high potential development schemes, graduate development programmes and development centers are positively and significantly influencing the commitment of non-critical employees in IT companies at one per cent level, while, 360-degree feedback, cross functional project assignments and external secondments are negatively and significantly influencing the commitment of non-critical employees in IT companies at five per cent level. Organizations should thus take into account that Talent Management practices substantially impacts the commitment of workforce considered as non-critical. Further research is needed to conclude upon its impact on Organization performance as a whole

Love styles of young adults in a metropolitan city of India

Background: Biological approaches tend to treat love as a brain generated physiological process like hunger or thirst. On the other hand, psychologists have created many descriptive theories of love in an effort to understand the full range of experience and behaviours associated with love. One of the most prominent and interesting models is the John Alan Lee’s theory called “love styles”. According to him, there are six love styles, named: eros, ludus, storge, pragmatic, maniac, and agape. Aims and objectives: This study aimed to assess the love styles of young adults and assess its relationship with their personality traits. Materials and methods: A total of 120 young adults were taken as the sample using purposive sampling technique. Socio-demographic profile, relationship status, and attitude towards sex were assessed through semi-structured questionnaire. Love Attitude Scale was applied and clinical assessment of personality traits was done using the text revision of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) after taking their informed consent. Data was pooled and statistical analysis was done, using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and chi-square tests. Results: The most preferred love style in the study population was eros, while the least preferred was ludus. Extramarital relationship and premarital sex was positively associated with ludus love style. Subjects with borderline and narcissistic personality traits scored significantly high on the ludus love styles. Conclusion: Love styles differ between the two sexes and also changes with their age. Personality trait influences the love style of a person

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Not AvailableThis paper presents the biophysical impact of various interventions made under watershed development programs, in terms of the creation of additional water resources, and resultant changes in land use and cropping patterns in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh State, India. Both primary and secondary data gathered from randomly selected watersheds and their corresponding control villages were used in this study. Analysis revealed that emphasis was given primarily to the creation of water resources potential during implementation of the programs, which led to augmentation of surface and groundwater availability for both irrigation and non-agricultural purposes. In addition, other land based interventions for soil and moisture conservation, plantation activities, and so forth, were taken up on both arable and nonarable land, which helped to improve land slope and land use, cropping pattern, agricultural productivity, and vegetation coverNot Availabl