Vipassana Meditation and Life Effectiveness

the present study is aimed at understanding the influence of Vipassana Meditation among business managers who did Vipassana Meditation during their management education or after. How far Vipassana Meditation process influences life effectiveness of these young managers. Quantitative-multidimensional analysis of attitudinal and behavioral variables is the primary focus of this study. Exploratory study is conducted to arrive at appropriate variables in relation the professional and personal dimensions selected for the study. Data collection made from 176 junior level managers, who have passed out from five business schools in Pune, India. Independent and dependent variables are analyzed into with correlation and multiple regression models. The findings indicate that the Vipassana meditation process is having high influence on professional and personal effectiveness of managers. This research study envisages the importance of holistic education to the management graduates that ensure the development of physically stable, mentally alert and professionally matured students for better operations and business excellence

Leveraging Technology towards HR Excellence

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the number of organizations gathering, storing and analyzing human resources data using Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) (Ball, 2001; Barron et al., 2004; Hussain et al., 2007; Ngai & Wat, 2006). HR to benefit almost every realm of business operations is leveraging technology. Many technology applications support Human Resource functions like erecruitment, employee tracking system, performance management software, e earning mode etc are helping dramatically to improve HR’s ability to carry out effective talent management and get better employer brand. Integration of technology and HR not only mean harmonious co-existing but would also mean the journey towards business excellence. This paper explores the understanding on positive impact of Human Resource Information System (HRIS) currently in use for people management with perception on Information Communication Technology (ICT) applications adopted by many industries. The study follows qualitative research as its plan of action in gathering information. The information gathered in crosschecked with industry to cross check the reliability

Air-sea exchanges of materials in the Indian ocean region: concerns and strategies

Exchanges of materials at the air-sea interface are linked to earth's heat budget and the natural balance is being increasingly affected by human activities. Three major issues of national concern with respect to changes in oceanic and atmospheric conditions are presented. These are: occurrence of oxygen deficient conditions along the Indian coast and their relation to use of fertilizers, effect of anthropogenic pollutants on south Indian Ocean atmosphere and impact of interlinking of rivers on the coastal ecosystems

Does green technology espousal really matter?

There is immense pressure across the world to adopt green technology and green practices in order to reduce the pollution level of urban and cosmopolitan areas.While, the adoption of green technology depends on several social and relative factors, there was so reluctance on the part of many to adopt it.Contextualizing the area of concern to the Tuk-Tuk, drivers in the city of Bangkok, Thailand, a study was conducted to assess the factors influencing adoption of green technology.The study followed qualitative research initially to explore unique factors and then confirmed those factors through qualitative research.Factor analysis was conducted to analyze the reliability of the instruments and data collected from the “tuk tuk” drivers.Almost 176 auto drivers were interviewed (informally) with a structured schedule and data collected.To analyze this data, study followed statistical tools like correlation and regression.The results clearly indicate that socioeconomic factors which are moderated by the green technology factors that influence the “TukTuk” drivers intention ‘not to go green’, even though they have the keen interest towards environmental concerns

Innovative ways to manage job stress

Stress is inevitable in every phase of life. Whether it is industrial or family, human beings are challenged by varying forms of stressors. Especially in the era of globalization, liberalization, mergers and accusation and technology invasion, in the industrial arena, employees as well as employers are constantly exposed to job stress. The effect of occupational stress on employees and employers may not going to reduce rather it develop more worse sitiastions in the coming days, contextualising the issues to physical, behavioral and psychological aspects. This book is written based on an eperical research conducted on the managerial staffs of a few manufacturing industrial units.More than establishing the effect of stress and the stressors, the authors have concentrated on the ‘innovative stress management strategies’ that pave better ways to combat the effects of stress at work and thereby ensure better quality of life and wprk life balance This stimulating and insightful monograph is ideal for managers, consultants, trainers, research scholars, for new generation of students, and undoubtedly the policy makers in the industrie

Malaysian Y Generation Consumer Research: Does Gender and Technology Literacy affirmative towards E-commerce activities?

The last two decades have experienced rapid expansion of information and communication technology. This wide application of internet stated its influence on attitude and adoption of internet among various generations. The generation Y which is “the millennial generationâ€, are the major one who has connected with the technology, especially with internet usage, and is widely in every aspect of life. They adopt technology application in shopping product and services, moving away from traditional purchasing behavior of consumer. Though various studies have come out in the area of generation Y and technology adoption, very less studies are observed connecting gender, and contextualizing the topic to the Malaysian context, considering the consumer internet usage attitude and e-commerce activities. Hence this particular study, then observed and analyzed generation Y attitude towards internet usage and e-commerce activities with its moderating effect of gender variation

Instrument Development “Intention to Stay Instrument” (ISI)

Quite a few instruments exist in literature to measure the concepts like absenteeism, attrition, organizational member’s intention to leave and retention. While, there is always confusion between the variable’s and its appropriateness when contextualize the topic to various industries, sectors and regional applications. These variances evidently may observe when an instrument developed in the west and apply it in east to get its validity and reliability. In this context, an instrument developed to measure the causative factors of ‘member’s intention to stay’, especially focused on individual and organizational factors in the manufacturing sector. The instrument development process was initially followed the qualitative research method. Techniques like content analysis, personal interviews with the organizational members, focus group discussion and Delphi technique were adopted. After identification of the variables through Delphi, these variables were exposed to validity and reliability test. Further, content, construct and face validity was made on the sub factors and items generated in the instrument. The instrument was finalized with 76 items under 21 sub factors of ‘member’s intention to stay’

Malaysian Consumer Research: Does Computer Literacy Affirmative towards E-commerce Activities?

Rapid expansion of technology application, especially in the field of information technology, with the support of fine tune infrastructure, further correlated with severely with the ecommerce activities. This scenario is not much different in developed as well as developing countries. It is a placid trend nowadays that the customers are moving from traditional direct shopping practices to online shopping. In this scenario it is observed that the generations Y is more contented with online purchasing and adoption of e-commerce practices compare to generation X. It is hypothesized in this research that higher the computer literacy people have with higher the attitude in favor for technology adoption and ecommerce activities. Contextualizing this assumption to Malaysian scenario, fewer studies have been conducted so far and seldom any information that has shared across to the research world. Hence, a study was conducted to analyze the effect of computer literacy on internet usages and ecommerce activities among generation Y in the Malaysian context. This study provides interesting insights into the technology adoption aptitude of generation Y