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Meenakshi Aggarwal-Gupta

Bio: Meenakshi Aggarwal-Gupta is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Management Indore. The author has contributed to research in topic(s): Job satisfaction & Justice (ethics). The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 9 publication(s) receiving 52 citation(s).

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TL;DR: The relationship between individual and organization was explored by examining the influence of perceived organizational support and psychological well-being (PWB) on organizational commitment as mentioned in this paper, where 513 managers working in two large Indian manufacturing organizations were administered standardized measures of POS, PWB, and OC measuring affective commitment, normative commitment, high sacrifice (HiSac), and low alternatives (LoAlt).
Abstract: The relationship between individual and organization was explored by examining the influence of perceived organizational support (POS) and psychological well-being (PWB) on organizational commitment. 513 managers working in two large Indian manufacturing organizations were administered standardized measures of POS, PWB, and OC measuring affective commitment (NC), normative commitment (NC), high sacrifice (HiSac), and low alternatives (LoAlt). Regression analysis revealed that POS significantly influenced psychological well-being and all components of organizational commitment. PWB was found to have significant association with AC, NC, and LoAlt. Mediation analysis revealed partial mediation between POS and AC, and POS and NC, and full mediation between POS and LoAlt. A post hoc analysis was carried out to understand the impact of different dimensions of psychological well being on organizational commitment. The implications of the findings are discussed.

19 citations

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01 Jul 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors looked at communication relationship satisfaction and its impact on perceptions of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice, and found that employees assess their satisfaction with communications inside organizations on four different facets: (a) with supervisors (b) with peers (c) with top management and (d) with the organization as such.
Abstract: Communication in an organization forms an important part of most organizational processes. Effective communication leads to not only successful implementation of other processes such as change and divestitures, but also to positive organizational perceptions among employees. It encourages the perceptions of distributive and procedural justice leading to greater job satisfaction and performance among employees.This study looked at communication relationship satisfaction (CRS) and its impact on perceptions of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. Communication relationship satisfaction (CRS) is an umbrella concept to convey the extent to which available information meets the task-related and general information needs of employees. Employees assess their satisfaction with communications inside organizations on four different facets: (a) with supervisors (b) with peers (c) with top management and (d) with the organization as such (Putti, Aryee and Phua, 1990).Perceived justice is a multi-dimens...

15 citations

01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used input variables in a multiple stakeholder perspective to develop a model of effectiveness for evaluating a not-for-profit educational organization, where the critical stakeholders in the school appear to be the principal, teachers and the students.
Abstract: Multiple stakeholder perspective has emerged as one of the most acceptable ways to measure organizational effectiveness. This paper uses input variables in a multiple stakeholder perspective to develop a model of effectiveness for evaluating a not-for-profit educational organization. The critical stakeholders in the school appear to be the principal, teachers and the students as they affect the effectiveness of the school directly and indirectly through influencing other stakeholders. Schools are uniquely moral organizations (Greenfield, 1995). They have a strong moral grounding that may not necessarily exist in corporates. They work as loosely coupled systems (Orton & Weick, 2000; Weick, 1976) as a result of which, their management becomes different from corporate organizations. For instance, while consumers as customers may be powerful stakeholders in corporate organizations, students as customers in educational organizations may not have much say in the product (the curriculum). Additionally, while service to customers in corporates is generally driven by profit motive, service in schools is primarily driven by the service and welfare motive (Newman & Wallender, 1978). Gamoran and Dreeben (1986) contest that not every school system is loosely coupled. There may be schools that are run like bureaucracies and even within loosely coupled schools, coordination between various subsystems would exist through various factors like professional norms, common socialization, flow of resources etc. While elementary schools conform more to the image of the rational bureaucracy, secondary schools fit the image of anarchy or loosely coupled systems (Herriott & Firestone, 1984). Due to their functioning as loosely coupled systems, we feel that it is important to study how the different subsystems come together to contribute to effective functioning of a school. For the purpose of this paper, instead of using the normal output approach (Cunningham, 1977), we have taken the input approach to study effectiveness. We present a model of effectiveness to demonstrate how the different subsystems need to work together to contribute to a school's success. Multiple Measures of School Effectiveness The structure and functions of schools are undergoing a change across the globe. From a primarily academic orientation, schools are now encouraging students to participate in other activities like sports, social service, community service etc. Miskel, McDonald and Bloom

14 citations

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TL;DR: Job satisfaction and career satisfaction completely mediated the link between perceived stress and MWB, highlighting the importance of JS and CS in ensuring the MWB of physicians.
Abstract: The mental well-being (MWB) of physicians is important both for patients and for the physicians themselves, positively influencing their health and patient care. The current study was undertaken to clarify the impact of perceived stress (PS) and work–family conflict on the MWB of physicians. Two satisfaction-related variables, namely job satisfaction (JS) and career satisfaction (CS), were expected to mediate between these variables. Data were collected through a survey of 102 physicians. The results show strong correlations between all study variables. Job satisfaction and CS completely mediated the link between PS and MWB. These results highlight the importance of JS and CS in ensuring the MWB of physicians. If physicians feel satisfied and empowered, then PS will not impact their MWB. Directions for future research are discussed at the end of the paper. Organisations must enact measures to enhance the satisfaction levels of physicians by providing a supportive environment, opportunities for career grow...

2 citations

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TL;DR: Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification in Organizational Studies by Badrinarayan Shankar Pausar SAGE Publications, 2009, Pages: 160, Price:?495 ISBN: 978-81-321-0244'1 (HB) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification in Organizational Studies By Badrinarayan Shankar Pausar SAGE Publications, 2009, Pages: 160, Price: ?495 ISBN: 978-81-321-0244'1 (HB)T'he book's description (an excerpt) says, "This book focuses on developing a cogent theory that leads to the specification of a hypothesis that can be taken up for subsequent empirical examination. It is a concise and holistic guide to theory building for such hypothesis specification. This volume breaks down the process of theory building into its component steps and explains each of them, starting with formative concepts of theory, units of theory, principles and processes of theory, to explaining theory building for hypothesis specification in organizational studies."As described above and also mentioned in the preface, this book describes theory building for the purpose of hypothesis specification. This book is meant for researchers pursuing quantitative research and interested in doing incremental science. The author has used the positivistic approach to theory building and the book is an outcome of this approach. He has distilled his extensive experience of teaching research methods course to come up with a book that can be used both as a text book by doctoral students and as a ready reckoner by practicing researcher. This book is useful for a researcher who might often come across various terms (concept, construct, variable, premise, mediation, etc.), but is not very clear about their exact meaning. In my opinion, the more widely cited works on theory building or methods are unwieldy to read, at least for a new researcher. This book can serve well if a new researcher gets acquainted with it in the beginning.The book contains seven chapters that can be divided into three broad sections. The first section (Chapters 1 to 4) deals with the concept and units of theory. The second section (Chapters 5 and 6) deals with the process of theory building for hypothesis specification. The last section (Chapter 7) deals with the process of building comprehensive models by employing complex processes such as moderation and mediation.Chapter one begins by describing what a theory is. The author has a simplified approach from the beginning that can be especially helpful to a novice researcher. For instance, clarifying the usage of terms such as theory and model is immensely useful to a person who has been asked to develop a research model but may not know the elements of a model. By differentiating between input and output part of a theory, the author has made it clear that a pictorial representation would only be a partial description of any theory. Without the associated concept definitions, assumption, and reasoned out statements to explain the conjectures drawn, this picture would remain incomplete. It would perhaps have been useful if a separate appendix had been created to distinguish or draw similarities between oft used words such as theory and model, proposition and hypotheses, concepts and variables, etc. The author consolidates the previous discussion at various points before moving to the next topic. While it may appear repetitive at a glance, it helps to clarify and internalize the discussion on a complex topic.Chapter two begins with a detailed description of terms that had been briefly mentioned in chapter one. The subsequent discussion on knowledge is precise and a reader immediately able to understand and differentiate between knowledge, science, beliefs, paradigms, theory, actual reality, conjectures and presumed reality. Putting all these terms in a framework would perhaps have made the differences and linkages much clearer (cf. Bacharach, 1989).The delineation between conceptual research and empirical research is interesting since most of the dissertation proposals reach the conceptual stage. This is a critical point in a doctoral research process where post conceptual research, the doctoral student receives the nod to collect empirical data. …

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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: This article investigated the impact of parenthood on men and women's time use across welfare state regimes, performing ordinary least squares regressions using data from the Multinational Time Use Study for Germany, Italy, and Canada (N = 57,367 weekdays/53,292 weekends).
Abstract: Having young children generally intensifies gendered patterns of time use. During the 1990s, this pattern changed in several Nordic countries, where welfare state arrangements support gender equality and work–family balance more comprehensively than elsewhere. We investigate the impact of parenthood on men’s and women’s time use across welfare state regimes, performing ordinary least squares regressions using data from the Multinational Time Use Study for Germany, Italy, and Canada (N = 57,367 weekdays/53,292 weekends). We find convergence of men’s and women’s time use over the 1990s but uncover no strong evidence of the Nordic pattern emerging elsewhere. Instead, in countries with less comprehensive family policies and less support for gender equality, parenthood continued to reinforce traditional patterns of behavior on weekdays. There is evidence of change on weekends in Germany and Canada, where fathers became more involved domestically, but not in Italy, suggesting certain welfare state regimes may preserve gendered behavior more than others.

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TL;DR: This article examined the extent to which job motivation, social support, public service motivation (PSM), and burnout are related to turnover intention and whether burnout serves as a mediator for turnover.
Abstract: This research examined the extent to which job motivation, social support, public service motivation (PSM), and burnout are related to turnover intention and whether burnout serves as a mediator fo...

48 citations

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TL;DR: The authors theoretically argue and empirically validate that AC enables the creation of entrepreneurial, market and technology orientations in small family firms, which, in turn, lead to superior firm performance.
Abstract: Despite the recognized importance of knowledge management for small family firms, relatively little empirical research has been done so far to understand the mechanisms through which absorptive capacity (AC) assists their performance. The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between absorptive capacity and performance in small family firms.,In this study, the authors theoretically argue and empirically validate that AC enables the creation of entrepreneurial, market and technology orientations in small family firms, which, in turn, lead to superior firm performance. They also tested the study’s hypotheses using mediation and multiple linear regression analyses on data collected from 272 small Indian family firms.,The study’s findings suggest indirect relationship between AC and performance. The strategic orientations provide a mechanism through which investments in small family firms’ AC results in firm performance.,This study offers crucial insights to practitioners and small firm managers regarding the use of knowledge-based capabilities in creating appropriate strategic postures, which, in turn, assist firm performance.,This study is among few research attempts in understanding the knowledge aspects of small family firms. The present research contributes to the existing literature by unravelling the relationship between knowledge management and small family firm performance. Also, by bringing in data from an under-studied context of an emerging economy, this study strengthens the theoretical applicability of knowledge management in different contexts.

36 citations