Volume 9
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...
Volume 9
Distributed Hashing Based Group Management Scheme for The Peer to Peer Trust Model
Navin Kumar Shrivastava
In recent days, computing and communication environments are extensively more difficult and disorganized than classically distributed systems over the internet, lacking any centralized organization or hierarchical control. In such case the emerging technology peer to peer overlay network is the answerable one. The peer to peer networks will provide a good layer for creating a data sharing, content delivery and optimal routing in many applications. Structured peer to peer network has a fixed structure tha...
Volume 9
Do Women Use Annual Reports Differently Than Men? A Case of India
Meena Bhatia
This study uses gender in financial research. The purpose is to examine women investors' perceptions of the importance and understanding of sections of annual reports and problems that restrict utility. It also explores the perception towards the other announcements made by the corporates. Data was collected using a questionnaire sent to 700 individual investors. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were used to analyse the data received from 341 respondents (48.71% response rate). Results...
Volume 9
Does Anti-Poverty Intervention Impact School Absenteeism of Children? Evidence From India
Rahul Singh, Ashutosh Kumar
School absenteeism in India is associated with adverse socio-economic conditions for children belonging to vulnerable groups. Matching-based analysis of the current study shows that the world's most extensive poverty alleviation program, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), helps reduce school absenteeism. In this regard, poor children from the families participating in the program are less likely to be absent from school. In addition, the program has social implications, as ...
Volume 9
Examining Behavioural Aspects of Financial Decision Making: The Working Women Perspective
T V Raman et al.
In the challenging and volatile financial markets, an investor needs to change his financial objectives frequently, leading to a diversified portfolio of investments. The financial future of the individual investor depends on his rational decision making. This research aims to evaluate various determinants of financial decision-making concerning working women in the National Capital Region, India. It examines the association of financial literacy, personal finance planning, and risk behaviour with the fi...
Volume 9
Exploring Student Psychological Contract in the Hybrid Mode of Business Education: A Mixed-Method Study
Itilekha Dash, Jaya Gupta
This paper aims to explore the student psychological contract in the post-pandemic induced hybrid mode of the academic ecosystem in residential business schools of India. The study puts forth three facets of understanding student expectations for contract fulfilment: the business school, academic staff (faculty) and peers. Using a sequential mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative), data were gathered and analyzed in two phases. Perceptions of students regarding their expectations were captured t...