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A Review of Research on Psychological Contract and Organizational Perceptions Relating to Contractual Employees

AUTHOR

Dr. Subramanya Manjunath¹

ABSTRACT

Rapid technological advancements and a changing business environment have compelled organizations to reengineer their business processes and the way people are utilized within the organization. Gone are the days where employees used to work with loyalty and commitment to their employer. Today’s workforce is visibly more loyal and committed to their profession, and they look forward to prompt advancement of their skills and a fast-track career. In such an environment, the psychological contract between the employee and the employer plays an important role in meeting the organizational objectives and the employee’s aspirations as well. As flexibility, speed, and delivery are the buzz words in today’s competitive business scenario, organizations rely on engaging contractual employees to meet the unprecedented demands and strive to satisfy the customer’s needs. This research aims to understand the concept of psychological contract in an organizational context and explores the role and concerns of contractual employees and accentuates how they are perceived by organizations. The study concludes by summarizing and offering few implications for the concerns of contractual employees.

Keywords: Technological advancement, flexibility, workplace dynamics, outsourcing, contractual employees, psychological contract.
JEL classifications: M55

¹Former Principal and Dean, SSIMS, Tumkur, Karnataka, Visiting Faculty: Christ University and Jain University, Bangalore. Advisor – HRM to Industries and Corporate Trainer, Email: [email protected]

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Evaluation of Service Quality in Healthcare Services-A Study of Select Hospitals in Warangal District

AUTHORS

Dr. P. Sugunakar Reddy¹

Dr Suresh Chandra Ch²

ABSTRACT

Healthcare is a rare service that people need but do not necessarily want but, remarkably healthcare is the fastest growing service in both developed and developing countries. As the understanding of the functioning of hospitals is important and in view of vital role in hospitals play in the service patients, searching studies need to be conducted to examine the quality in the services offered by Hospitals and an attempt is made to identify gap between perceptions of the service and expectations of the service from the perceptive of the patients. Thus, the present study is an attempt to assess the service quality delivered by the hospitals in Warangal town using SERVQUAL model. The study is confined to evaluate the performance of the hospitals in Warangal in terms of tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy dimension in quality of services. Further, an attempt is made to evaluate the performance of the hospitals on service quality from the viewpoint of patients from Warangal. The study is mainly based on primary data. Primary data generated from the responses of the sample patients obtained with the help of schedules. In order to quantify these responses, measurement scales are developed.

Keywords: Customer Satisfaction, GAP Model, Health Care, Service Delivery
JEL Code: M

¹Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Vaagdevi Degree & PG College, Kishanpura, Hanamakonda, Warangal District, E-mail : [email protected].

²Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Vaagdevi Degree & PG College, Kishanpura, Hanamakonda, Warangal District, E-mail : [email protected].

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Market Economy of Bamboo Products in India and Odisha-A Brief Analysis

AUTHOR

Dr. Santosh Kumar Panigrahy¹

ABSTRACT

Bamboo, a woody grass, has always been known as an enduring, versatile and renewable resource. There are more than 125 species of bamboos in India, spreading across 18 genera. From the fourth year onwards, all four-year-old culms in the bamboo clump should be harvested on an annual basis. From the before consuming to warm inclination, it has been charitable energetic look at to the human advancement and the world. World enjoys been taking the benefit through its structure send out constituent through this bamboo on the lookout. It is an inexhaustible and non-lumber woodland item. So we need to take proper administration framework to advance the item in the market with a decent craftsman’s usefulness. Preparing, advertising, creating dynamism, a superior encompassing, climate and great market can tackle the issue of the bamboo items on the lookout.

Keywords: Bamboo, Market, Forest, Product development
JEL Code:D40

¹B. Tech., M.B.A., Ph.D. Software Engineer, IBM Co. Ltd., Bangalore

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Applicability of econometrics tools, and Big Data for Scientific Investigation of Data Analytics: An Analysis

AUTHOR

Muhammad Mahboob Ali¹

ABSTRACT

The research work tried to examine whether econometric tools can be used for scientific investigation in the real life with the theory and the applicability and using big data for large volume of data may be used for data analytics. As such research question is whether econometric tools can be used for scientific analysis in theoretically and practically and also for larger volume of data where big data may be applied? The study is mainly done based on conceptual view. Time period of the study is from January 2023 to April 2023.The study found that with carefulness of econometrics tools must be used for macro and micro perspectives while big data can be used for larger volume of data along with the use of machine learning. Author suggested that econometrics tools ‘s applicability should be used so that spurious relationship can be null and void and can provide symmetric information and also, if necessary, after quantitative analysis, then qualitative judgement needs to be discussed to give clear cut picture of the estimated results based on the reality. For large volume of data big data, it can give us appropriate result of the institution/organization of the county. This in turn helps smart data to be used for smart countries to build up. Data analytics are gradually getting more importance for taking quick decisions of the business, financial, health, education sector etc. Author proposed that big data may be tested to assess the impact of Russia -Ukraine war and creating on going global turbulent situations through using data analytics and which may be investigated three stages of local, regional and global as such policy makers, entrepreneurs, bankers can get an idea to react to the objectives of the sustainable development goals with the use of smart data and building smart country.

Keywords: Big Data, Econometric and Statistical Methods, Econometric Modelling, Micro econometrics, Macro econometrics, financial econometrics, Data analytics, Python, Java, Machine learning, Data Analytics, Smart Data, Smart country.
JEL Code: C40, C50,GOO

¹ PhD, Post Doctorate, Professor, Economics, IT and Entrepreneurship, Dhaka School of Economics, (Constituent Institution of the University of Dhaka), Email:[email protected]

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