Meenakshi Aggarwal-Gupta

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

Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment: The Mediational Influence of Psychological Well-Being

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.

Look Who's Talking! Impact of Communication Relationship Satisfaction on Justice Perceptions

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...

Measuring Effectiveness of Schools in India: A Multiple Stakeholder Framework

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

Relationship between role overload and the work–family interface

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between role overload (RO) and the work–family interface (work–life conflict and work–life enrichment) among bank employees and the moderating effects of personal life characteristics and commitments on this relationship. It aimed to bring out the importance of contextual factors in individual's interactions across various roles.,A structured questionnaire based on validated instruments was designed and administered to 279 employees from the banking sector in India. The instrument was adapted to the local language to ensure ease of comprehension.,RO was positively correlated with both work interference with personal life (WIPL) and personal life interference with work (PLIW), and negatively correlated with work–personal life enrichment (WPLE). Gender, number of children and age of the youngest child significantly moderated the relationship between RO and WIPL.,This study was limited by the use of self-reported data and its cross-sectional nature. Future studies will need to include a larger sample with people from across the workplace hierarchy.,This paper provides valuable insight into the influence of personal life characteristics and commitments on RO and the work–family interface.,The banking sector is among the top 10 most stressful workplaces in India due to high work pressure and the threat of competition. These working conditions make it important to understand employee perceptions of RO and its impact on the work–family interface.

Impact of stress and work-family conflict on the mental well-being of physicians: mediation by job and career satisfaction

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...

The Nature of Managerial Work

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It’s about time! Gender, parenthood, and household divisions of labor under different welfare regimes

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.

What Increases Public Employees’ Turnover Intention?

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...

Absorptive capacity and small family firm performance: exploring the mediation processes

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.