Shubhasheesh Bhattacharya

What happens to the “hand that rocked the cradle”? A study of elderly abuse in India

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the possible causes of elderly abuse in India and its repercussions for the society, based on the real cases and reports. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple case study approach has been used for the study sourced from archival newspaper reports, crime reports, and narration. Findings – Greater vigilance and more effective legislation would be required to solve the problem related to elder abuse. Originality/value – There is not much study of causes, consequences, effectiveness of the legal system with respect to elderly abuse in India. In that way, it will be a unique contribution.

Indian Renaissance in the Twenty-First Century: Management Education, Thoughts and Practices for the Betterment of Business, Nation and Society

The article talks about the glorious past of the Indian ethos, management thoughts and practices, the current situation in India and a suggested roadmap for the future, to regain the past glory. Governance of the country is influenced and affected by the political, social, environmental factors and youth activism; which suggests that there is a strong linkage between the values of the people, their actions and the quality of governance. Quality of governance of a country is an indicator of the maturity and well-being of the society. A new conceptual model has been suggested showing the linkage between youth activism and quality of governance, determining the health of the society. The model is prepared based on evidence from India. The focus of the article is the need to impart quality management education embedded with universal values, for the betterment of business, nation and society.

Women Advancing to Leadership Positions: A Qualitative Study of Women Leaders in IT and ITES Sector in India

The article examines the key factors that facilitate the advancement of women to leadership positions in the information technology and information technology enabled services (IT and ITES) sector in India. It adopted interview based exploratory case study method using multiple case studies and gathered empirical data using in-depth semi-structured interviews. The study identified critical individual and organizational factors which facilitate the advancement of women in leadership positions. The findings are of value to human resource and diversity practitioners to create gender-balanced and inclusive leadership in the organizations that would lead to attracting, retaining and developing women talent for leadership roles.

The moderating role of counselling on the inverse relationship between rumination and academic performance

The purpose of this study is to determine whether rumination affects academic performance of students and, given a diagnosis of rumination, to investigate the role of counselling as a moderator. More specifically, a psychometric instrument was administered to students pursuing their MBA degrees to assess rumination and flow. The degree of rumination was found to negatively and significantly affect the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) score, assumed as indicator of academic performance, proving that suffering students underperform academically. It is further established that appropriate counselling intervention, such as inducing zealous pride, acceptance, commitment, and social support, may moderate this effect. A model is suggested to show the relationship between rumination, counselling and academic performance.

Battered and shattered: will they get justice? A study of domestic violence against women in India based on National Family Health Survey, 2005

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the type and severity of domestic violence faced by Indian women. An attempt has also been made to analyze and interpret demographic variations of domestic violence. The authors have highlighted steps taken by several government, community and private organizations on issues of domestic violence. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-III data (2005) was used for determining the socio-economic factors, which are predictors of domestic violence against spouses and children. Logistic Regression Technique was applied. Findings – Results suggest that increased formal education for women, increase in family wealth, and financial independence may decrease spousal violence. Younger women and those who belong to a nuclear family are more vulnerable to spousal violence. Research limitations/implications – The research paper only limits its focus on women in India in the age group of 15-49. A cross-country comparison and...

Book Review: Subhash Sharma, Wisdom & Consciousness from the East: Life, Living & Leadership

Subhash Sharma, Wisdom & Consciousness from the East: Life, Living & Leadership, 2013, Bangalore: IBA Publications, pp. 212, ₹ 320, ISBN 978-81-920996-3-7.

Religious and Scientific Forces of Commoditization of Implicit Religion with Their Custodians as “Entrepreneurs”

In this article we take a fresh look, in the context of implicit religion (characterized by commitment, integrating foci and intensive concerns with extensive effects), at some contemporary explicit religious phenomena, and suggest that there is little significant difference between them and certain phenomena in natural science that have a welfare motive. Examples have been drawn from India to depict how different versions of explicit religion have been commoditized by their advocates, acting almost as entrepreneurs, and how the success or failure of such organizations depends, at least in part, on their relative compliance with, or deviation from, their welfare motive, suggesting that it is the motivation (best understood as implicit religion) lying behind the entrepreneurialism, that can unite both gurus and scientists.