The Relationship between Work-Life-Balance and the Perception of Quality of Work Life of Employees In The Electronic Industry in Chennai and Bangalore (India)

The relationship between the perception of Quality of Work life (QWL) and work effectiveness of employees in the electronic in Chennai and Bangalore was investigated. For measuring the QWL, a qualitative approach that measured seven dimensions of work was used. The dimensions included work life balance, group cohesiveness, motivation, communication, decision- making, conflict management, and organizational culture and ethics. The perception of the dimensions based on area was also analyzed using an inductive-inference to draw conclusions. The data were collected from a convenient sample of 800 employees (400 in Chennai, and 400 in Bangalore). Some significant differences were observed in the perception of quality of work life tested using independent t-test with SPSS. The result showed that there was significant difference in the perception ofdimensions of the quality of work life based on area, except for motivation and organizational culture and ethics where the perception did not significantly differ between the two places

Employees demographic factors and its relationship with work motivation and performance of employees in sugar industry

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) laid down several regulatory measures to protect the investors of capital market. Effective investor protection is not simply a function of �law on the books�, but it depends heavily on �law in action� which depends on issues like innovative supervisory strategies, product design initiatives, capital market research, investors redress and investors education. This study is considered to be interesting for two reasons, firstly, it covers the recent trends in grievance redressal rate and secondly, it examines the fluctuations in pending grievance redressal rate. The present research is based on purely secondary data available at SEBI web sites and used analytical tools like simple percentage analysis and hypothesis testing. The paper pleads for implementation of effective investor grievance redressal mechanism

Identification of acid-stress-tolerant proteins from promising cyanobacterial isolates

Cyanobacterial cultures were isolated from acidic (pH 4.9-6.2) rice grown soils in Tamil Nadu, India. The predominant genera were Anabaena (50%), Westiellopsis (17.5%), Nostoc (15%), Oscillatoria (5%) and others that were unicellulars (12.5%) viz., Microcystis, Calothrix and Phormidium. The levels of tolerance to acidity varied among these strains, which were tested and authenticated for their acid tolerance capacity under both in vitro and pot culture conditions. Westiellopsis sp. was found to predominate from pH 4.9 to pH 6.2, indicating its adaptability. Cultures tolerant to acidic conditions were characterized for growth, biomass production and biochemical constituents. Under acidic conditions, Westiellopsis sp. showed pronounced chlorophyll a content, phycobilin pigment content, ammonia excretion and nitrogenase activity compared to normal conditions. Molecular characterization, particularly isozyme and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis, were also carried out. Three strains of Westielliopsis sp. strains were selected, of which two were able to grow at an acidity level of pH 4.0, while one strain was able to sustain growth at an acidity level of 5.0. These three cultures, along with acid susceptible strains of Westielliopsis sp. and Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 (standard check) were subjected to acid shock for different time intervals. Protein profiling of both the acid-tolerant and acid-susceptible strains was carried out with samples collected at different time intervals. Based on the presence/absence of protein bands in the tolerant/susceptible strains, some low- and medium-molecular weight proteins can be linked to conferring acid tolerance