The Bhagavad Gita is one of the world's oldest known holy scriptures, dating back over 5,000 years. The scripture, which Hindus believe was inspired by God, contains unique perspectives and prescriptions for today's leaders. The Gita advises managers to seek a higher level of consciousness. It makes them influence people and lead compassionately and inclusively. The Bhagavad Gita advocates a consciousness approach to transformational leadership based on eternal values and moral principles. Many researchers and practitioners in business leaders identify the Bhagavad Gita as one of the most famous and quoted works in Indian literature. The paper attempts to assist business leaders with insights into Indian scriptures and how they can benefit from the ancient writings of spiritual gurus. Therefore, the authors pursue extracting and elaborating the Bhagavad Gita's concepts into business leadership. Specifically, the study indicates how lessons from Gita can help transform a transactional leader, 'me-leader',into a transformational 'we-leader'.
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Tobacco cessation programs have had their share of hits and misses. While state-controlled organizations invest in such programs every year, it is hard to trace their effectiveness. This is a bigger challenge when celebrities are enrolled to endorse such programs. Several studies that track celebrity endorsements for marketing commercial products have validated the influence of celebrities on brand-related outcomes. This study provides a systematic review of a celebrity endorsement of an anti-tobacco advertisement. To conduct a systematic review of a celebrity endorsement, we examined the responses of celebrity fans on source (celebrity) credibility factors and their attitude towards the social cause endorsement. Asample of 258 celebrity fans was surveyed using a questionnaire. The survey instrument contained a 15-item scale to measure celebrity factors of physical attractiveness, expertise and trustworthiness. Further, demographic details, social media activity and cigarette consumption details were captured along with cognitive and affective responses towards the anti-tobacco endorsement featuring the celebrity. It was found that physical attractiveness and trustworthiness of the celebrity were found to be influencing the attitude of the fan towards social cause. In addition, the study revealed the significant influence of education on attitude towards social cause in contrast to age and gender as evident in previous studies. The study provides very important insights for advertisers of social causes on effective use of celebrities as part of their communication campaigns
{"title":"Impact of Celebrity Credibility in Social Advertising: A Systematic Review of Rahul Dravid’s Anti-tobacco Campaign Endorsement","authors":"B. Gopal, N. Elangovan","doi":"10.21844/16202114211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/16202114211","url":null,"abstract":"Tobacco cessation programs have had their share of hits and misses. While state-controlled organizations invest in such programs every year, it is hard to trace their effectiveness. This is a bigger challenge when celebrities are enrolled to endorse such programs. Several studies that track celebrity endorsements for marketing commercial products have validated the influence of celebrities on brand-related outcomes. This study provides a systematic review of a celebrity endorsement of an anti-tobacco advertisement. To conduct a systematic review of a celebrity endorsement, we examined the responses of celebrity fans on source (celebrity) credibility factors and their attitude towards the social cause endorsement. Asample of 258 celebrity fans was surveyed using a questionnaire. The survey instrument contained a 15-item scale to measure celebrity factors of physical attractiveness, expertise and trustworthiness. Further, demographic details, social media activity and cigarette consumption details were captured along with cognitive and affective responses towards the anti-tobacco endorsement featuring the celebrity. It was found that physical attractiveness and trustworthiness of the celebrity were found to be influencing the attitude of the fan towards social cause. In addition, the study revealed the significant influence of education on attitude towards social cause in contrast to age and gender as evident in previous studies. The study provides very important insights for advertisers of social causes on effective use of celebrities as part of their communication campaigns","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48771575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Over the course of the food supply chain, approximately one-quarter of the food produced for human consumption is thrown away. According to the World Food Waste Survey, food waste created at the household level accounts for almost half of the total food waste. Agrowing number of people are becoming concerned about food security and environmental consequences, such as resource depletion and greenhouse gas emissions associated with food waste. This has heightened public awareness of the issue. Despite the fact that food waste happens at every level of the food supply chain, private households have been recognized as being the primary source of food waste production. However, there is currently a lack of studies about the factors that influence consumer food waste behavior. This paper presents a twofold study. In the first section, this paper maps drivers of food waste at household level along with the remedies backed by extensive literature review. In the second section, this study identifies factors which are responsible for food waste in social gathering with special reference to weddings along with solutions to prevent food waste in the context to social gathering through systematically reviewing empirical studies on food waste practices. The results of the study demonstrate that food waste is a complex and multi-faceted issue that cannot be reduced to a single variable; as a result, a more comprehensive integration of multiple academic viewpoints is required. The mapping of the factors of waste creation allows for a more in-depth knowledge of household habits, party organizers’practices, guest behaviors toward food, and the development of food waste control policies. Finally, we connect the factors that have been found with formulation of policy, business, and social responsibilities. This study will be a value addition in the existing pool of literature concerned with responsible consumption and sustainable practices.
{"title":"Food Waste at Household and Social Gatherings: Drivers and Possible Remedies","authors":"S. Srivastava, Sandeep Singh, Medha Srivastava","doi":"10.21844/1620211420710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/1620211420710","url":null,"abstract":"Over the course of the food supply chain, approximately one-quarter of the food produced for human consumption is thrown away. According to the World Food Waste Survey, food waste created at the household level accounts for almost half of the total food waste. Agrowing number of people are becoming concerned about food security and environmental consequences, such as resource depletion and greenhouse gas emissions associated with food waste. This has heightened public awareness of the issue. Despite the fact that food waste happens at every level of the food supply chain, private households have been recognized as being the primary source of food waste production. However, there is currently a lack of studies about the factors that influence consumer food waste behavior. This paper presents a twofold study. In the first section, this paper maps drivers of food waste at household level along with the remedies backed by extensive literature review. In the second section, this study identifies factors which are responsible for food waste in social gathering with special reference to weddings along with solutions to prevent food waste in the context to social gathering through systematically reviewing empirical studies on food waste practices. The results of the study demonstrate that food waste is a complex and multi-faceted issue that cannot be reduced to a single variable; as a result, a more comprehensive integration of multiple academic viewpoints is required. The mapping of the factors of waste creation allows for a more in-depth knowledge of household habits, party organizers’practices, guest behaviors toward food, and the development of food waste control policies. Finally, we connect the factors that have been found with formulation of policy, business, and social responsibilities. This study will be a value addition in the existing pool of literature concerned with responsible consumption and sustainable practices.","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42884210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Customer experience has always been a pivot around which every industry revolves. Customer experience refers to sum total of beliefs, perception, feelings & emotions a person develops over a period of time. It is the entire customer journey in which the Customer experience is built up. Social Interaction is one of the contributing factors of customer experience. Social interaction occurs when two or more people communicate with each other intentionally or unintentionally. The level of interaction decides the customer experience. Tourists are the people who travel and visit a place (location) other than their usual surroundings for leisure purposes. The more friendly & helpful interaction a tourist encounters at the destination, the better his/her experience and vice-versa. Various factors influence the customer experience in the customer journey, but the paper focussed on only one factor i.e. social interaction. The paper consists of three objectives in which the first two objectives check the influence of social interaction based on gender and age-group of tourists during the onsite phase of customer journey, and the last objective is to find out the influence of Social interaction on customer experience during the onsite phase of customer journey. The questionnaire was prepared for conducting a survey, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman’s Rank correlation analysis was performed to check the proposed hypothesis.
{"title":"Influence of Social Interaction on Customer Experience in Tourism Industry","authors":"Dr Nidhi Agarwal, A. Mohan","doi":"10.21844/16202114209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/16202114209","url":null,"abstract":"Customer experience has always been a pivot around which every industry revolves. Customer experience refers to sum total of beliefs, perception, feelings & emotions a person develops over a period of time. It is the entire customer journey in which the Customer experience is built up. Social Interaction is one of the contributing factors of customer experience. Social interaction occurs when two or more people communicate with each other intentionally or unintentionally. The level of interaction decides the customer experience. Tourists are the people who travel and visit a place (location) other than their usual surroundings for leisure purposes. The more friendly & helpful interaction a tourist encounters at the destination, the better his/her experience and vice-versa. Various factors influence the customer experience in the customer journey, but the paper focussed on only one factor i.e. social interaction. The paper consists of three objectives in which the first two objectives check the influence of social interaction based on gender and age-group of tourists during the onsite phase of customer journey, and the last objective is to find out the influence of Social interaction on customer experience during the onsite phase of customer journey. The questionnaire was prepared for conducting a survey, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman’s Rank correlation analysis was performed to check the proposed hypothesis.","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48244075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Awasthi, Bithika Agrawal, U. P. Shahi, Sanjay Saxena
The present study examines the relationship of spiritual beliefs (karma or action, generosity, surrender to almighty, altruism) and illness controllability beliefs (self, doctor, supernatural) with subjective well-being and health outcomes of women patients (N = 100) suffering from breast cancer. Participants were drawn from various medical centers and hospitals located in Varanasi city. These participants were given the measures of spiritual beliefs, illness controllability beliefs, life satisfaction, and health outcomes. Analysis showed a positive association of beliefs in “Karma” and “altruism” with “life-satisfaction” and “positive health outcomes” (e.g., hope, functional wellbeing, treatment satisfaction), and negatively with “pain” and “severity” of illness. “Self” and “doctor-control” showed a positive association with “life-satisfaction”, “hope”, “functional-wellbeing”, and “treatment- satisfaction” and negative with “pain” and “severity”. Beliefs in “Karma” and ‘altruism”, and “self” and “doctor-control” emerged as significant predictors of “life-satisfaction” and “positive health outcomes” of women patients.
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Much has been written and researched about the workplace attitude and values system of the Millennials. However, much is not known about the role HR practices play in influencing these and leading to Higher engagement level, performance and intention to stay/leave. The present paper aims to examine how HR practices influence workplace attitude and Values system of millennials and facilitate their integration with the organisation. Employee engagement. Employee performance and turnover intention among millennials are a function of workplace attitude and values system that HR practices can influence to the benefit of the organisation. Under the theoretical underpinnings of Social Exchange Theory (SET) a model was proposed and tested using SPSS version 21 and AMOS. The results indicate that Rewards & Recognition, Training & Development and Job Security significantly influenced Employee Engagement. Further Employee Engagement significantly influenced Employee performance. However, no significant relation was found between Employee Engagement and Turnover Intention. The implications and limitations of the studies are further discussed.
{"title":"Role of HR Practices in Workplace Attitude and Values System of Millennials: A Study of Indian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)","authors":"Ankita Anand, Saumya Singh, P. Pathak","doi":"10.21844/16202114208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/16202114208","url":null,"abstract":"Much has been written and researched about the workplace attitude and values system of the Millennials. However, much is not known about the role HR practices play in influencing these and leading to Higher engagement level, performance and intention to stay/leave. The present paper aims to examine how HR practices influence workplace attitude and Values system of millennials and facilitate their integration with the organisation. Employee engagement. Employee performance and turnover intention among millennials are a function of workplace attitude and values system that HR practices can influence to the benefit of the organisation. Under the theoretical underpinnings of Social Exchange Theory (SET) a model was proposed and tested using SPSS version 21 and AMOS. The results indicate that Rewards & Recognition, Training & Development and Job Security significantly influenced Employee Engagement. Further Employee Engagement significantly influenced Employee performance. However, no significant relation was found between Employee Engagement and Turnover Intention. The implications and limitations of the studies are further discussed.","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44708790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the contemporary modern day due to the scenario of cutthroat competition, organizations are striving for excellence at every level. To achieve this, organizations are looking for managers with professional excellence and high integrity but are finding it difficult to find such people. Ethics and values are being compromised at every step to get the work done. To avoid such circumstances organizations and managers need to achieve professional excellence the right way. Bhagavad Gita can be extremely helpful to offer the mechanisms to help managers in achieving professional excellence, which in the long run not only helps in the success of the organization but also assure survival in the market. This paper conceptualizes a new framework of triads to increase professional excellence. The framework given in this paper, along with further study of Gita can be used to identify and develop tools to test the triads statistically.
{"title":"The Concept of Triads from Gita and their Relevance in Achieving Professional Excellence","authors":"Abhinav Nigam, Pallavi Joshi","doi":"10.21844/16202114202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/16202114202","url":null,"abstract":"In the contemporary modern day due to the scenario of cutthroat competition, organizations are striving for excellence at every level. To achieve this, organizations are looking for managers with professional excellence and high integrity but are finding it difficult to find such people. Ethics and values are being compromised at every step to get the work done. To avoid such circumstances organizations and managers need to achieve professional excellence the right way. Bhagavad Gita can be extremely helpful to offer the mechanisms to help managers in achieving professional excellence, which in the long run not only helps in the success of the organization but also assure survival in the market. This paper conceptualizes a new framework of triads to increase professional excellence. The framework given in this paper, along with further study of Gita can be used to identify and develop tools to test the triads statistically.","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43085645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As it relates to the contemporary business world ̧ the importance of the strength in which a firm ́s people identify with an organization cannot be understated. Members who strongly identify with an organization experience an increased “connectedness” with the organization within which they are employed. Hence it becomes essential to enhance organizational identification among employees. An extensive study on the variables that enhances identification reveals that culture and learning practices in an organization stimulates identification. Hence the objective of this study is to explore the impact of culture and learning on different levels of organizational identification. This research employed a survey design ̧ deriving a sample of 378 respondents from 10 Insurance Companies. Multiple Regression analysis and Multiple Discriminant Function Analysis were done to analyze the data. Findings of the study have implications for both the researcher as well as for managers of Insurance Companies.
{"title":"The Impact of Learning and Culture on Organizational Identification: An Indian Case Study","authors":"R. Padma, N. R. Aravamudhan","doi":"10.21844/16202114204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/16202114204","url":null,"abstract":"As it relates to the contemporary business world ̧ the importance of the strength in which a firm ́s people identify with an organization cannot be understated. Members who strongly identify with an organization experience an increased “connectedness” with the organization within which they are employed. Hence it becomes essential to enhance organizational identification among employees. An extensive study on the variables that enhances identification reveals that culture and learning practices in an organization stimulates identification. Hence the objective of this study is to explore the impact of culture and learning on different levels of organizational identification. This research employed a survey design ̧ deriving a sample of 378 respondents from 10 Insurance Companies. Multiple Regression analysis and Multiple Discriminant Function Analysis were done to analyze the data. Findings of the study have implications for both the researcher as well as for managers of Insurance Companies.","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45722295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Consumer misbehaviour is a growing phenomenon these days in the services sector. The perils of the job of being a call centre executive or the incidences of verbal abuse or aggression on employees in services or deviant consumer behaviour such as shoplifting by customers in retail outlets is widely known but rarely reported. In fact many organizations, in their pursuit of following the mantra of “customer is king” become victims of wrong behaviour by the customers itself. The current study not only identifies the antecedents or motives of consumer misbehaviour that could be of interest for marketers but also proposes strategies to deal with or neutralize the consumer misbehaviour. The area of consumer misbehaviour in an emerging market context is still an under-researched area and every organization faces it in some form or the other. The findings of this paper are based on a nation-wide qualitative study on consumer misbehaviour based on semi-structured interviews. We are reporting the findings based on 24 of such interviews. We proposed a conceptual framework that can be the starting point for future confirmatory studies in this area of consumer research.
{"title":"Consumer Misbehaviour in Services: A Qualitative Study in India","authors":"Anindo Bhattacharjee, N. Purohit","doi":"10.21844/16202114207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21844/16202114207","url":null,"abstract":"Consumer misbehaviour is a growing phenomenon these days in the services sector. The perils of the job of being a call centre executive or the incidences of verbal abuse or aggression on employees in services or deviant consumer behaviour such as shoplifting by customers in retail outlets is widely known but rarely reported. In fact many organizations, in their pursuit of following the mantra of “customer is king” become victims of wrong behaviour by the customers itself. The current study not only identifies the antecedents or motives of consumer misbehaviour that could be of interest for marketers but also proposes strategies to deal with or neutralize the consumer misbehaviour. The area of consumer misbehaviour in an emerging market context is still an under-researched area and every organization faces it in some form or the other. The findings of this paper are based on a nation-wide qualitative study on consumer misbehaviour based on semi-structured interviews. We are reporting the findings based on 24 of such interviews. We proposed a conceptual framework that can be the starting point for future confirmatory studies in this area of consumer research.","PeriodicalId":53527,"journal":{"name":"Purushartha","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48204533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. S. Ramaiah, S. Tiwari, Munawar Sayyad, Rohit Mehta
This research paper intends to observe the influence of board characteristics, namely, Board Size (BS), Board Independence (BI), Board meetings (BM), CEO duality (CD), firm-size (FS), Tobin Q, and ROAon environmental information disclosure. Environmental information has been measured through their availability in annual reports of particular companies. We have used panel data of 60 environmentally most polluted companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange from 2017 to 2021. The data has been analyzed using a regression model and tested through the feasible generalized least square (FGLS) regression technique. Our study indicates that Board Size (BS), CEO duality (CO), Board Meetings (BM), Tobin Q & ROAhave a substantial influence on environmental information disclosure, whereas board independence and size of firms do not influence environmental information disclosure. Agency theory discusses that board size (BS) has a negative association with environmental information, but it opposes the empirical work of Ezhilarasi & Kabra (2017) & Pareek et.al. (2019).Further, Al-Janadi et al. (2012) argue that CEO Duality (CD) and environmental information disclosure have significantly positively linked. The study recommends that environmental information disclosure is obligatory, specifically for environmentally sensitive companies in their periodic reports. In addition, governmental establishments should offer a transparent and standard guideline on disclosing environmental information to ensure responsible business.
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