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Papers by Dr. Suparna Dhar

Results in chemistry, 2023

International Journal of Research, 2019

The differences in women's and men's access to resources, status and well-being, which generally ... more The differences in women's and men's access to resources, status and well-being, which generally favour men and are often institutionalised through laws, justice and social norms is termed as gender disparity. Despite several efforts gender disparities have remained deep and persistent in Indian society. The study aspires to throw light on the persistence of gender disparity in Mawlynnong village of Meghalaya, a state in North East India. The existence of gender disparity is exhibited by taking certain indicators like education, participation of women in politics, decision making process in the family and many more. Both primary and secondary data are considered for the study. The study is qualitative as well as quantitative in nature.

Solid State Technology, Nov 30, 2020

In any developmental and welfare activity, participation of people from all sections of society i... more In any developmental and welfare activity, participation of people from all sections of society is very essential. People’s participation irrespective of caste, class, religion and gender is currently recognized as a pivotal element of welfare programmes. But it is a dream for a bulk section of our society, particularly those who are having lower position in social strata, to participate in welfare programmes. Gender discrimination is a common practice in all most all society and discrimination is also observed in women’s participation for developmental programmes. This practice also prevails among slums residing in towns and cities of our nation. This paper highlights participation of slum women in slum development programmes in Silchar town of North-East India.

Indian Information Technology (IT) Industry changed the economic landscape of India over the last... more Indian Information Technology (IT) Industry changed the economic landscape of India over the last quarter of century. The industry made phenomenal multi-fold contribution to the economy. The IT and IT Enabled Services (ITES) constituted to 8% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)in 2013 and provided direct employment toabout 3 millionpeople and indirect employment to 9 million people. The journey that started around 1980 grew rapidly over the years propelled by availability of talent pool, improvements in telecom technology and favourable government policies. From a gross USD 100 million in 1992, it grew to USD 147 billion in 2015.The growth curve went through peaks and troughs driven by series of events across the world, like dotcom boom, recessions and WTC attack. In 2013, the industry had a market share of 53% of the worldwide IT spend. The industry fuelled entrepreneurship in the country that resulted in 16,000 IT firms. This research paper analysed the intrinsic and extraneou...

International Journal of Human Resource Management and Research, 2018

Social capital is a manifestation of investment in social relations and benefits therein. It affe... more Social capital is a manifestation of investment in social relations and benefits therein. It affects individual and organizational performance by facilitating coordination, creativity, leadership, learning, teamwork and trust. Social Networking Sites (SNS) find wide adoption across the globe transforming the way people interact and form social capital. It provides options for information disclosure helping locate people with common interest and maintain ties with a larger network compared to offline networks broadening scope of bridging social capital. Internet based social networks have transformed the way in which people socialize and share information ensuing profound implications for businesses. Extant literature on SNS research does not provide a scale to measure social capital generated from SNS use and strategic and operational benefits emanating from it. This paper presents a scale, drawing upon existing scales, to measure social capital generated on SNS, and perceived organizational benefits of SNS use. The scale has been empirically validated on a sample of working professionals in India. The scale reliability and validity was found to be satisfactory, rendering it useful instrument for academic research. Practitioners too can use the scale to measure effectiveness of their SNS implementation strategy.

ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Information Systems Frontiers, May 21, 2022

The debate on the pros and cons of employee attachment to social networking sites (SNS) has led t... more The debate on the pros and cons of employee attachment to social networking sites (SNS) has led to social media policy paralysis in many organizations, and often a prohibition on employee use of SNS. This paper examines corporate users' attachment to SNS. An analysis of 316 survey responses showed that corporate users' socialization in large public SNS was steeped in perceived work-related benefits, which in turn nourished their SNS attachment. Social use outperformed informational use in generating perceived work-related benefits from SNS. Weak ties in large heterogeneous networks resulted in strategic and operational benefits, whereas the effects of strong bonding in homogenous networks were limited to operational benefits. The paper contributes to research on SNS use by corporate users and the debate on the effect of SNS use for work. The findings will benefit SNS strategists of organizations and policymakers to exploit the benefit potential of public SNS.

Decision Support Systems, 2022

Online customer reviews (OCR) are an established source of competitive intelligence. Since OCR re... more Online customer reviews (OCR) are an established source of competitive intelligence. Since OCR reflect perceptions of past users about product features and performance, prospective customers of mobile apps often resort to OCR before they decide to download an app. In addition to the textual content of the OCR, potential users of the app often consult the star ratings provided by the reviewers. In this paper, we determine if the star rating of mobile payment apps suitably captures the appropriate customer perception reflected in the textual content of the OCR for the payment apps. We conduct a three-dimensional analysis of 146,914 reviews from two popular mobile payment apps and uncover the sentiment and emotions captured in the review text, and the reactions in the emojis. Our analysis shows that the consolidated sentiment and the happiness emotion obtained from the OCR of mobile payment apps impacts the star ratings more strongly, than other emotions embedded in the text, and reactions in the emojis. The findings also hold good during the Covid-19 pandemic. We propose a novel perception score that captures the nuances in the OCR more effectively and suggest how mobile app providers can use it to arrange the OCR for better compatibility with content. The results of this research will be useful for mobile app providers that depend on OCR for popularizing their apps and will provide them a novel metric based on content, that can leverage OCR better to influence future downloads.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022

Digital social networking (DSN) sites have attracted users pervading geographical, cultural, demo... more Digital social networking (DSN) sites have attracted users pervading geographical, cultural, demographic, social and economic boundaries. DSN adoption has by far surpassed other information systems implementations and introduced novel opportunities to users in communication, information exchange, and human interaction as an individual, in a group, in communities and organizational networks. DSN offers unique features and opportunities compared to offline social networking. In consequence, the size of social network and the quality of network ties formed on DSN are different from those on offline social networks. The findings of this exploratory research upset the established bridging/bonding social capital factors based on network tie strength which served as the basis for academic studies and introduces factors on the functional view of social capital. It establishes the notion that DSN has introduced novel opportunities compared to previous instances of information systems which necessitated a revisit of established information systems theories and epistemology

Critical Issues Impacting Science, Technology, Society (STS), and Our Future, 2019

Digital social networking (DSN) sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, P... more Digital social networking (DSN) sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, among many others have garnered millions of users worldwide. It is an instance of information and communication technology that has brought about changes in the way people communicate, interact, and affected human lifestyle and psyche across the world. Some people have become addicted; some see this as beneficial, while others are skeptical about its consequences. This risk-benefit paradox of DSN flummoxes academicians and practitioners alike. This chapter discusses the social and organizational and business risks and benefits of DSN. It goes on to provide a timeline of the evolution of DSN sites, enumeration of typical characteristics of DSN sites, and a systematic comparison of offline and digital social networking. The chapter intends to serve as a cornerstone towards developing a framework for organizational strategy formulation for DSN.

Research Anthology on Strategies for Using Social Media as a Service and Tool in Business, 2021

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition, 2021

Digital social networking (DSN) sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, have brought about cha... more Digital social networking (DSN) sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, have brought about changes in the way people communicate, interact, and affected human lifestyle across the world. The phenomenon has permeated geographical and cultural boundaries, disregarded age and gender barriers, diffused social and economic strata, and transgressed linguistic and ethnic boundaries. Such widespread and intense impact of technology on human life is unprecedented in human history triggers academic interest in the phenomenon. The unique opportunities offered by digitization of social networking, the novel capabilities of information dissemination and foraging on DSN sites, along with widespread adoption necessitates theoretical interpretation of antecedents and consequences of DSN adoption. In this chapter, the authors offer a social capital perspective of DSN adoption.

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 2020

The benefits ushered through the use of IoT come with its share of security concerns. IoT network... more The benefits ushered through the use of IoT come with its share of security concerns. IoT networks are heterogeneous and existing network security tools and controls are inadequate for them. The IoT devices and the data transmitted to and from these devices remain exposed to a multitude of threats. In this paper, we review the security concerns involved in the implementation of IoT and propose a framework for security of IoT devices based on Zero Trust and blockchain. A risk-based segmentation of IoT network increases the homogeneity of IoT device attributes and communication protocols. Zero Trust extends the perimeter of trust beyond the IT/OT network. Blockchain improves the device identification and access control capabilities of the IoT network. We support the conceptual framework with a case study on the implementation of IoT security using Zero Trust and blockchain. We provide a risk-scoring method and a five-point recommendation for management of IoT security. Our proposed IoT security framework will help implementors of IoT to overcome existing security concerns and will benefit academic researchers and practitioners alike.

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2016

Effective project communication involves interaction with diverse stakeholders having varied orga... more Effective project communication involves interaction with diverse stakeholders having varied organizational and personal backgrounds. For offshore IT projects, cultural, language, time and geographic gap poses challenge in communication. Extending use of new technology in marketing communication, this paper proposes a conceptual framework to use new technology to increase effectiveness of project communication for remotely executed projects. It posits that social media powered by ubiquitous access using mobile and cloud computing, enriched by data analytics helps assuage communication challenges experienced by IT projects executed from offshore.