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This paper addresses the issue of emotional Labour in the context of teaching. One approach to ex... more This paper addresses the issue of emotional Labour in the context of teaching. One approach to exploring the emotional practice of teaching involves understanding the Âemotional Labour performed by teachers at work. Emotional Labour is the suppression or expression of oneÂs feelings to meet the goals of a job (Grandey, 2000). This paper explores the emotional Labour of teachers using a new adapted instrument, The Emotional Labour of Teaching Scale (TELTS) and by sampling a large teacher population. The study is limited to the emotional Labour experienced by teachers of English medium schools in Rajkot City. 1000 questionnaires were distributed out of which 716 participants responded back however, few of them kept some fields empty making the responses not suitable for analysis. 598 responses were found to be suitable for analysis. A thorough analysis of emotional Labour experienced by teachers w.r.t. different demographic variables is done. This study found that teaching involve...
Journal of Management and Research, 2021
Concept of Leadership Prentice defined leadership as “the accomplishment of a goal through the di... more Concept of Leadership Prentice defined leadership as “the accomplishment of a goal through the direction of human assistants” and an effective leader as one who can recognize people’s motives and solicit employee participation in a way that aligns individual desires and concerns to the group’s objective. Leaders influence the organizational productivity by inspiring the team members. Tannenbaum and Schmidt proposed leadership continuum theory which highlights that there are many classifications of leadership. In this context autocratic or democratic are extremes and leadership practices in actual life conditions lie somewhere between these two extremes. Individual leadership styles listed within the continuum include telling, selling, consulting, and joining leadership styles. The full range leadership model integrates dimensions of charismatic, transformational, contingent reward, management-by-exception (MBE) and laissez-faire leadership into one single theory and opens up a new e...
With the changes in the business world along with changes in the personal life, family type, educ... more With the changes in the business world along with changes in the personal life, family type, education level giving rise to higher expectations from oneself; individual roles are also changing giving birth to higher levels of stress. In the past few decades employees have become more vulnerable to diseases caused by stress at workplace. There were times when an employee used to have fixed schedules of work along with fixed roles in organisation. But now changing roles and long work hours are common in every work place may it be academics or any bank. There is a general thought that education industry is not very stressful while when it comes to banking jobs the general perception is that it is very challenging as well as stressful. This study has been designed to check if there is statistically significant difference between the stress levels of academicians and bank employees of Rajkot City. A sample of 50 units from each stratum has been taken for research. Mean scores have been c...
When we talk of higher education managing the perceptions and experiences of different stakeholde... more When we talk of higher education managing the perceptions and experiences of different stakeholders becomes very important. Education industry is a perfect example of service industry. The service quality plays a vital role in the success of any service organization. Students today don’t join an education institute only for getting knowledge and education; they are looking for an overall experience. Along with students an educational institute today is facing challenges from various other stakeholders too like parents of students, government agencies, and the industry and also from teachers. The current paper throws some light on the expectations of these different stakeholders and the contributions which these stakeholders can make in order to improve the overall quality of higher education.
International Journal of Indian Psychology
The purpose of the present research work is to compare role efficacy of middle and lower manageme... more The purpose of the present research work is to compare role efficacy of middle and lower management employees of universities of Rajasthan. Respondents were directly contacted for filling up the standard questionnaire of Role Efficacy Scale, developed by Dr. Udai Pareek. The ten dimensions of role efficacy namely (Centrality, Self-role integration, Proactivity, Creativity, Inter-role linkage, Helping relationship, Super ordination, Influence, Personal growth and Coordination ) were analysed through t-test. The results conclude that there is significant difference on dimension such as self role integration, proactivity, creativity, inter role linkage, helping relationship, personal growth and coordination of role efficacy of top and lower management. The significance of the study is based on the challenges facing higher education and to improve their academic standard through role efficacy of top and lower level management.
Journal of Management Research and Analysis
There are people in this world who feel that they are in charge of everything happening in their ... more There are people in this world who feel that they are in charge of everything happening in their life and we also have people who believe that nothing in their life is under their control. And then we also have so many people in between, also some people who believe that either luck or the other people around them are in charge of their lives. This is the concept of locus of control. The education industry as a whole is going through so many changes, with smart classrooms to even smarter kids in schools. Under this background the level of control felt by teachers’ w.r.t. their work and lives in general plays a significant role in deciding what actions they are likely to take in order to change the world around them. The current study focuses on exploring the Locus of Control held by teachers in pre-primary and primary section of Guajarati and English medium schools of Rajkot city. The study focuses on analyzing the relationship between different aspects of Locus of Control and age of teachers, it also focuses on finding out if there are any differences in internal, external and chance Locus of Control of teachers’ w.r.t. marital status and educational qualifications. Keywords: Locus of control, School teachers, Internal locus of control, External locus of control, Luck.
Quality of work life (QWL) is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people... more Quality of work life (QWL) is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people. The QWL approach considers people as an 'asset' to the organization rather than as costs. It believes that people perform better when they are allowed to participate in managing their work and make decisions. This approach motivates people by satisfying not only their economic needs but also their social and psychological ones. To satisfy the new generation workforce, organizations need to concentrate on job designs and organization of work. Further, today's workforce is realizing the importance of relationships and is trying to strike a balance between career and personal lives.
This study was conducted on 100 faculty members of graduation colleges in Rajkot with a validated questionnaire. The study identifies the different QUALITY OF WORK LIFE of the respondents. The study proved to be an eye-opener as well as a mind-opener for us.
On the basis of responses, researchers have done analysis. And as a part of analysis researchers have prepared the charts as well as applied Z test to compare the means of gender and marital status which helps to find out impact of various factor affecting quality of work life.
With the changes in external environment of business there is a constant change in the environmen... more With the changes in external environment of business there is a constant change in the environment of education
industry as well. The faculties who were earlier supposed to work for imparting knowledge and updating their knowledge
are now responsible for many more tasks like attracting students, administrative work, work related to universities and
event management to name a few. The key performance indicators are now expanding. All these changes in organisational
role along with changes in social life are bringing in more stress for faculties. With the mushrooming growth of
management education in India there has been a rise of management institutes all over the nation but due to the economic
slowdown and placements becoming a cause of concern, now the scenario is not so bright, many colleges have closed own
or are at the verge of closing. All these have caused a lot of pressure over faculties. Many have lost their jobs because of
this downturn in the industry.
Keeping all these factors in mind, the present research strives to measure the level of organisational role stress of
faculties of management colleges in Saurashtra region. 310 responses were analysed to identify the average level of
organisational role stress faced by these faculties. An attempt has been made to identify if organisational role stress varies
among the different age groups, genders and different levels of teaching i.e. between faculties teaching in UG and PG
levels. Comparison of means was done to test the hypotheses. Results revealed that there is no significant difference
between the perceived organisational role stress of faculties of three age groups and two genders. Further it was also
revealed that the organisational role stress of faculties teaching and UG and PG level are also not significantly different
from each other
This paper addresses the issue of emotional Labour in the context of teaching. One approach to ex... more This paper addresses the issue of emotional Labour in the context of teaching. One approach to exploring the emotional practice of teaching involves understanding the Âemotional Labour performed by teachers at work. Emotional Labour is the suppression or expression of oneÂs feelings to meet the goals of a job (Grandey, 2000). This paper explores the emotional Labour of teachers using a new adapted instrument, The Emotional Labour of Teaching Scale (TELTS) and by sampling a large teacher population. The study is limited to the emotional Labour experienced by teachers of English medium schools in Rajkot City. 1000 questionnaires were distributed out of which 716 participants responded back however, few of them kept some fields empty making the responses not suitable for analysis. 598 responses were found to be suitable for analysis. A thorough analysis of emotional Labour experienced by teachers w.r.t. different demographic variables is done. This study found that teaching involve...
Journal of Management and Research, 2021
Concept of Leadership Prentice defined leadership as “the accomplishment of a goal through the di... more Concept of Leadership Prentice defined leadership as “the accomplishment of a goal through the direction of human assistants” and an effective leader as one who can recognize people’s motives and solicit employee participation in a way that aligns individual desires and concerns to the group’s objective. Leaders influence the organizational productivity by inspiring the team members. Tannenbaum and Schmidt proposed leadership continuum theory which highlights that there are many classifications of leadership. In this context autocratic or democratic are extremes and leadership practices in actual life conditions lie somewhere between these two extremes. Individual leadership styles listed within the continuum include telling, selling, consulting, and joining leadership styles. The full range leadership model integrates dimensions of charismatic, transformational, contingent reward, management-by-exception (MBE) and laissez-faire leadership into one single theory and opens up a new e...
With the changes in the business world along with changes in the personal life, family type, educ... more With the changes in the business world along with changes in the personal life, family type, education level giving rise to higher expectations from oneself; individual roles are also changing giving birth to higher levels of stress. In the past few decades employees have become more vulnerable to diseases caused by stress at workplace. There were times when an employee used to have fixed schedules of work along with fixed roles in organisation. But now changing roles and long work hours are common in every work place may it be academics or any bank. There is a general thought that education industry is not very stressful while when it comes to banking jobs the general perception is that it is very challenging as well as stressful. This study has been designed to check if there is statistically significant difference between the stress levels of academicians and bank employees of Rajkot City. A sample of 50 units from each stratum has been taken for research. Mean scores have been c...
When we talk of higher education managing the perceptions and experiences of different stakeholde... more When we talk of higher education managing the perceptions and experiences of different stakeholders becomes very important. Education industry is a perfect example of service industry. The service quality plays a vital role in the success of any service organization. Students today don’t join an education institute only for getting knowledge and education; they are looking for an overall experience. Along with students an educational institute today is facing challenges from various other stakeholders too like parents of students, government agencies, and the industry and also from teachers. The current paper throws some light on the expectations of these different stakeholders and the contributions which these stakeholders can make in order to improve the overall quality of higher education.
International Journal of Indian Psychology
The purpose of the present research work is to compare role efficacy of middle and lower manageme... more The purpose of the present research work is to compare role efficacy of middle and lower management employees of universities of Rajasthan. Respondents were directly contacted for filling up the standard questionnaire of Role Efficacy Scale, developed by Dr. Udai Pareek. The ten dimensions of role efficacy namely (Centrality, Self-role integration, Proactivity, Creativity, Inter-role linkage, Helping relationship, Super ordination, Influence, Personal growth and Coordination ) were analysed through t-test. The results conclude that there is significant difference on dimension such as self role integration, proactivity, creativity, inter role linkage, helping relationship, personal growth and coordination of role efficacy of top and lower management. The significance of the study is based on the challenges facing higher education and to improve their academic standard through role efficacy of top and lower level management.
Journal of Management Research and Analysis
There are people in this world who feel that they are in charge of everything happening in their ... more There are people in this world who feel that they are in charge of everything happening in their life and we also have people who believe that nothing in their life is under their control. And then we also have so many people in between, also some people who believe that either luck or the other people around them are in charge of their lives. This is the concept of locus of control. The education industry as a whole is going through so many changes, with smart classrooms to even smarter kids in schools. Under this background the level of control felt by teachers’ w.r.t. their work and lives in general plays a significant role in deciding what actions they are likely to take in order to change the world around them. The current study focuses on exploring the Locus of Control held by teachers in pre-primary and primary section of Guajarati and English medium schools of Rajkot city. The study focuses on analyzing the relationship between different aspects of Locus of Control and age of teachers, it also focuses on finding out if there are any differences in internal, external and chance Locus of Control of teachers’ w.r.t. marital status and educational qualifications. Keywords: Locus of control, School teachers, Internal locus of control, External locus of control, Luck.
Quality of work life (QWL) is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people... more Quality of work life (QWL) is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people. The QWL approach considers people as an 'asset' to the organization rather than as costs. It believes that people perform better when they are allowed to participate in managing their work and make decisions. This approach motivates people by satisfying not only their economic needs but also their social and psychological ones. To satisfy the new generation workforce, organizations need to concentrate on job designs and organization of work. Further, today's workforce is realizing the importance of relationships and is trying to strike a balance between career and personal lives.
This study was conducted on 100 faculty members of graduation colleges in Rajkot with a validated questionnaire. The study identifies the different QUALITY OF WORK LIFE of the respondents. The study proved to be an eye-opener as well as a mind-opener for us.
On the basis of responses, researchers have done analysis. And as a part of analysis researchers have prepared the charts as well as applied Z test to compare the means of gender and marital status which helps to find out impact of various factor affecting quality of work life.
With the changes in external environment of business there is a constant change in the environmen... more With the changes in external environment of business there is a constant change in the environment of education
industry as well. The faculties who were earlier supposed to work for imparting knowledge and updating their knowledge
are now responsible for many more tasks like attracting students, administrative work, work related to universities and
event management to name a few. The key performance indicators are now expanding. All these changes in organisational
role along with changes in social life are bringing in more stress for faculties. With the mushrooming growth of
management education in India there has been a rise of management institutes all over the nation but due to the economic
slowdown and placements becoming a cause of concern, now the scenario is not so bright, many colleges have closed own
or are at the verge of closing. All these have caused a lot of pressure over faculties. Many have lost their jobs because of
this downturn in the industry.
Keeping all these factors in mind, the present research strives to measure the level of organisational role stress of
faculties of management colleges in Saurashtra region. 310 responses were analysed to identify the average level of
organisational role stress faced by these faculties. An attempt has been made to identify if organisational role stress varies
among the different age groups, genders and different levels of teaching i.e. between faculties teaching in UG and PG
levels. Comparison of means was done to test the hypotheses. Results revealed that there is no significant difference
between the perceived organisational role stress of faculties of three age groups and two genders. Further it was also
revealed that the organisational role stress of faculties teaching and UG and PG level are also not significantly different
from each other