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Volume 11

Reappraising the Relationship Between Interview Anxiety and Performance Outcome in A Computer-Mediated Setting

Reappraising the Relationship Between Interview Anxiety and Performance Outcome in A Computer-Mediated Setting

Archana Shrivastava, Meera Kapoor , Shradha Kabra

By adapting methods used to measure anxiety in physical employment interview, this study in the first stage identifies levels of anxiety induced in a computer-mediated interview setting. In the second stage, the study examines the mediating role of practice interview process in reducing interview anxiety and explores the moderating effects of gender and prior work experience on the relationship between remote interview anxiety and performance outcome. It utilizes partial least squares structural equation...

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Volume 9

Ashas in India – The Unsung Corona Warriors

Ashas in India – The Unsung Corona Warriors

Archana Shrivastava, Arun Kumar Srivastava

This case study outlines the struggle that Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) encountered at the grassroots level in India while combating the spread of the corona virus. Due to misinformation and a lack of specific knowledge, rural communities began to mistrust government workers attempting to track the spread of the pandemic, resulting in instances of physical and verbal abuse. The impact on many ASHAs, who provided a vital frontline health service, was very negative. A communication strategy h...

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Volume 7

Understanding Intra-Group Response Biases in Culturally Diverse Teams

Understanding Intra-Group Response Biases in Culturally Diverse Teams

Archana Shrivastava, Amrendra Pandey

Perception of self and others in culturally diverse teams is crucial to help members navigate better in their professional world. However, studies have demonstrated that self-reports may be distorted by self-protecting motives and response biases. In a large-scale analysis (560 samples and 2800 reviews), we investigated if perception reports are inflated and positively evaluated for self in culturally diverse teams. Moreover, we identified the cultural intelligence (CQ) attributes manifesting the aspects...

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Volume 5

COVID-19 and its impact on global virtual teams: exploring the unexplored

COVID-19 and its impact on global virtual teams: exploring the unexplored

Archana Shrivastava, Pooja Misra

Based on our understanding, most of the research related to a pandemic focus on the health sector and economy. Our research article examines how internationally disruptive events like COVID-19 pandemic influence global virtual teams, particularly those in which team members have never met in person. Research also explored the participants' perception of higher education institutions towards online learning and attitude of corporate organisations towards remote working in the coming years. Results of the ...

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Volume 4

Stepping up the game–meeting the needs of global business through virtual team projects

Stepping up the game–meeting the needs of global business through virtual team projects

Stephanie Swartz, Archana Shrivastava

Virtual collaboration provides students with an opportunity to develop cultural intelligence while fitting into the team where the members are from diverse cultures. The purpose of this study is to explore whether global virtual team (GVT) projects raise students' understanding of cultural differences. In addition, it is interesting to know how internationally disruptive events such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic influence GVT projects. The research involved two parts: In the first p...

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