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Arvind Kaur Birdie ¹, Madhu Jain ²

Affiliations
1 IIMT School of Management (Vedatya), Gurgaon, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, IN

Abstract

Globalization and technology has revolutionized the workforce and as a result virtual work emerged as an option for upcoming service organizations. The increased use of virtual work has not been accompanied by concomitant research efforts to understand better the socio-psychological contributors to effective virtual work environment. The present paper tries to explore the relationship between perceived organizational climate and job involvement in virtual workers. The sample consisted of 100 virtual workers working in hospitality in India. A co-relational research design was employed. Data were collected through using questionnaire method. The results revealed that perceived organizational climate is not significantly related to job involvement and virtual work has revolutionized behavior within organizations.

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Deepika Sharma ¹, Madhu Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Today's youth has limitless, profound never ending energy, but the energy needs some direction to flow. If there is no direction, it is all confusion. Every man is in difficulty in so many ways. Out of so many human beings who are suffering; there are a few who are actually inquiring about their position. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. Just information is not education. It is culturing one's behavior, culturing one's attitude and the ability to perceive things better. Traditionally the emphasis in education has been placed on academic achievement, yet the true measure of success in life is health, happiness, enthusiasm, well-being and the ability to deal effectively with life's challenges. It's spirituality that is making the youngsters beam and helping them find happiness and contentment besides bringing balance to their lives. Many youngsters are going the spiritual way to develop a positive attitude in life; besides spirituality also helps become better human beings.Thus, the present paper aims to explore the relationship between the spiritual intelligence and psychological well-being among the college going students (50 females and 50 males) different colleges of the Jaipur district of Rajasthan. They were administered Spiritual intelligence scale developed by Hingar, Mathur and Bharadwaj (2008). Subjective Well-Being Scale by Hingar, Mathur and Bharadwaj (2008). The data were analyzed by the multiple correlation. The results indicate the positive relations among the variable under study, although no gender differences were found to be significant.

Keywords

Spiritual Intelligence and Subjective Well-Being.

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Arvind Kaur Birdie ¹, Madhu Jain ²

Affiliations
1 IIMT School of Management, Gurgaon, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, IN

Abstract

Growing number of organizations explored the virtual environment as a means to achieve increased responsiveness. Use of virtual teams appears to be on the rise. The present study explores the relationship between perceived organizational climate and interpersonal trust among virtual workers. The sample consisted of 100 virtual workers working in different organizations in Delhi-NCR. A correlation based research design was employed. The correlation between overall perceived organization climate and trust has been found insignificant among virtual workers. However, perceived organizational climate’s domains like performance standards, conflict resolution, reward system and identity problems are found positively correlated with trust in an organization.

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Arvind K. Birdie ¹, Madhu Jain ², Sarita Kulhari ³

Affiliations
1 IIMT School of Management (NowVedatya), Gurgaon,Haryana, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, IN
3 Rajasthan University, Jaipur, IN

Abstract

The present study aims to explore and compare the work stress, general well being and coping strategies in medico and non medico couples .For the purpose of study, a random sample of 50 couples out of which 25 medico and 25 non medicos were taken from the area of Jaipur city. Data were collected by using Cohen's Perceived work stress, PGI General Well Being by Santosh Verma and Anita Verma and Coping strategies Scale by Folkman and Lazarus. Mean, Standard deviation were employed for all variables and compared the different groups on the different variables. Results revealed that there was no significant relationship in medico and non medico couples , whereas medico couples were found to have poor general well being and non significant difference were found on coping strategies.

Keywords

Personality Type, Locus of Control, Optimism, Suicide Attempters.

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Pooja Sahu ¹, Urmila Rani Srivastav ², Madhu Jain ²

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1 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, IN

Abstract

Low birth weight has always been considered as the single most important factor of infant's future chances of survival, healthy growth and mortality. Women employees require special attention and protection during their pregnancy, because of pregnancy may decrease their capacity to cope withmany condition of working environment. Hence, the major objective of the present review was to examine the characteristics of working environment which are associated to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm delivery and low birth weight. Studies published since 1988 to 2014 were systematically reviewed, and analyzed. The specific risk factors which were the focus of this review were: occupational stress, occupational fatigue, long working hours, heavy lifting, prolonged standing and shift work during pregnancy. The review paper ended with implications, recommendations and concluding comments.

Keywords

Working Women, Pregnancy, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Delivery.

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Rahul Kumar Singh ¹, Madhu Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Occupational stress is one of the major health hazards of the modem work place. Similarly stressful working condition have been linked to low efficacy, absenteeism and increased rates of accidents on and off the job. Therefore, present study was designed to see the efficacy of self-management techniques as intervention in reducing the level of perceived stress among nursing staff sample comprised of 40 high stress nursing staff (20 male & 20 female) with the mean age 23.6 from S.M.S. hospital of Jaipur city of Rajasthan. Psychosocial stress questionnaire by Srivastava and Singh (1991) and occupational stress index by Srivastava and Singh (1994) were administered. Pre and post-test design was employed to find out the significant differences between the mean score on perceived stress after introducing intervention program. Results revealed that main effects of groups, gender and treatment have turned out to be significant. Further joint effect of groups and treatment have yielded significant there by depicting the remarkable improvement of experimental groups from pre and post-test over control group in terms of stress reduction due to introducing Self-management techniques as intervention program.

Keywords

Self-Management Techniques, Occupational Stress, Nursing Staff.

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Chirmi Acharya ¹, Madhu Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

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The aim of the present study was to compare the psychological well being and self esteem between the Indian classical dancers and non dancers. 40 Indian classical dancers and non dancers were selected using purposive sampling technique from various dance institutes. Ryff's psychological well being scale(1989) and Rosenberg's self esteem scale (1965) was used as tools for the study. The results reveal that the domains environmental mastery, personal growth, personal relations and self acceptance and autonomy of psychological well being are comparatively better in the Indian classical dancers than in the non dancers. Not only this, the Indian classical dancers showed higher level of self esteem than the non dancers. The findings of the present study can help to spread awareness of the positive impact of Indian classical dances on body as well as mind and to be more attuned to oneself.

Keywords

Indian Classical Dancers, Non-Dancers, Psychological Well Being and Self Esteem.

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Yogesh Kumar Jindal ¹, Madhu Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

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Present study was designed to find out the comparison between father and mother of differently abled children on hope and Happiness among the parents of differently abled children sample consisted of 40 parents (23 fathers & 17 mothers) within the age range of 30-45 years adopting purposing sampling method from milestone special school of Jaipur city of Rajasthan state (India). For this purpose, Adult Hope scale developed by Snyder (1991) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire developed by Argyle and Hills (2000) were administered, t-test was applied to analyze the data. The findings revealed that statistically no significant difference was found between fathers and mothers on both hope and Happiness.

Keywords

Happiness, Hope, Differently Abled Children.

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Sanchita Bana ¹, Madhu Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

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This study was carried out to explore the relationship between decision-making styles and subjective well-being among officers of Rajasthan Administrative Services. Administrative officers encounter various stressors within their work environment, which involves navigating complex situations related to public welfare, consequently presenting them with opportunities to exhibit their decision-making styles. The sample consisted of 30 RAS officers (15 males & 15 females) in the age range 30-45 years (mean age 38.6) with a minimum work experience of 5 years selected from the Jaipur district. Data were collected by using General Decision making style Questionnaire (Scott & Bruce, 1995) and Subjective Well-being Scale by Sell and Nagpal. The results revealed that rational style had a significant positive correlation with subjective well-being among male RAS officers, whereas in female RAS officers, both rational and intuitive styles had a significant positive relationship. Avoidant style was significantly negatively related to subjective well-being in male officers. In contrast, dependent and spontaneous style in decision-making had a non-significant relationship with subjective well-being among both male and female officers.

Keywords

decision making styles, subjective well-being, administrative officers.

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