Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev.

Dharma Raju Bathini ¹, George Kandathil ²

Affiliations
1 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, IN
2 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, IN

Abstract

This paper examines the discourse on work from home in global and indian contexts. it shows a long-held excessive focus on employee benefits which deflected the attention away from employee costs. Even though there was discussion on costs in th recent past, it mainly focussed on employers' costs. However, a growing body of recent research shows that the framing of work from home as an employee benefit creates normative pressures on employees to intensify their work. the authors argue that current discourse, which portrays work from home as an employer cost and simultaneously an employee benefit, can steepen the normative pressures on employees, creating undesirable outcomes.

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Dharma Raju Bathini ¹

Affiliations
1 HRM Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, IN

Abstract

This study explores the nature of fast-food work in the Indian context using a qualitative case study approach. The production and service systems at an Indian fast-food chain outlet and employees' experiences of these systems are analyzed. Standardization and rout inization is not strictly enforced compared to multinational chains like Domino's or McDonald's. Workers from rural background with little education oppose these practices as they find it difficult to adapt them. Poor pay, hectic workload and limited potential for growth become acceptable to young and vulnerable workers due to lack of alternate job opportunities.

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Dharma Raju Bathini ¹

Affiliations
1 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, IN

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Work stress has dire consequences both for the employee and the organization. “Person-environment” (P-E) fit models capture the specific effects of the transaction between the individual and the environment. On the contrary, match models of stress are universal in nature, and describe the relationship between various job characteristics. “Demand induced strain compensation” (DISC) is one such match model, which describes a triple match between job demands, job resources and strain. This paper, reviews both P-E fit and DISC models, and then integrates both the models to develop a comprehensive work stress model.

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