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G. Loganathan ¹, Nilanjan Sengupta ², Mousumi Sengupta ²

Affiliations
1 Union Bank of India, IN
2 SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, IN

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This is a study of a public sector bank in India. The case is based on a service branch of the bank located in Bangalore city.

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Mousumi Sengupta

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Welcome to the second issue of the seventh volume of SDMIMD Journal of Management. It is indeed a matter of pride that, our journal has been a constant source of reference to the academic fraternity, in India and abroad. The present issue of the journal is enriched with the research topics in various areas of management. There are total four articles, one case study and, one book review, which have been published in this volume. Among them, the first three articles are the revised and modified version of the papers, presented in the Fourth International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace, held at SDMIMD in December 2015. All the articles and the case, including the above, have been selected for publication, following the journal's guidelines, and there after undergoing a 'double blind' peer review process.

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Mousumi Sengupta

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Welcome to the present issue of SDMIMD Journal of Management. There are total nine articles, and one book review, which have been published in this volume. Among them, six articles are the revised and modified version of the papers, presented in the 5th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance, Accounting and Banking; and two papers are revised and modified version of the papers, presented in the 2nd International Conference on Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Development. All the articles and the book review, including the above, have been selected for publication following the journal’s guidelines, and after undergoing ‘double blind’ peer review process.

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Mousumi Sengupta

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Welcome to the second issue of the eighth volume of SDMIMD Journal of Management. The present issue of the journal has five articles, one case study and, one book review. Among the five articles, three articles are the revised and modified version of the papers, presented in the Fifth International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace, held at SDMIMD in December 2016 and the two are the revised and modified version of the papers, presented in the Second International Conference on Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Development, held at SDMIMD in November 2016. All the articles and the case, have been selected for publication following the journal’s guidelines, and, with modifications, based on the ‘double blind’ peer review process.

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Mousumi Sengupta

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Welcome to the first issue of the ninth volume of SDMIMD Journal of Management. The present issue of the journal has six articles, and, one book review. Among the six articles, five articles are the revised and modified version of the preliminary works, presented in the 6^th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance, Accounting and Banking, organized by SDMIMD, in August 2017, and, the other one, presented in 3^rd International Conference on “Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends” organized by SDMIMD, in November 2017. Final version of all the articles, have been selected for publication, following the journal’s guidelines, and with modifications, based on the ‘double blind’ peer review process.

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Mousumi Sengupta

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Welcome to the second issue of the ninth volume of SDMIMD Journal of Management. The present issue of the journal has five articles and, one book review. Varied issues and topics have been investigated in the articles.

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Nilanjan Sengupta ¹, Mousumi Sengupta ¹

Affiliations
1 SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Karnataka, IN

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Peer learning is a teaching pedagogy wherein students learn from each other by engaging and participating in activities together, without the presence of any implied authority body. This provides an excellent opportunity to the students to self-learn and transmit the available information among peer level. Therefore, it is only natural to welcome a shift in paradigm from the highly teacher-centred to learnercentred education (e.g. peer learning), especially in the field of management education wherein students are expected to take a greater initiative and responsibility to manage their own learning process at a workplace. For the purpose of the present study, the opinion of the post-graduate management students on the peer-learning pedagogy was collected, by administering a questionnaire. Data revealed that the opinion of the students on the benefits of peer learning could be explained by total four factors, such as, Learning in groups, Co-operative Learning, Learning responsiveness, and Enhanced performance. Students felt that peer learning was most beneficial for promoting the understanding of the subjects. Also, students felt that they were least benefitted by peer learning, in terms of the benefits they got from peers’ strength.

Keywords

Peer Learning, Learning in Groups, Co-Operative Learning, Learning Responsiveness, Enhanced Performance.

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Mousumi Sengupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore, IN

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Welcome to the first issue of the tenth volume of SDMIMD Journal of Management. The present issue of the journal has five articles, one case study and, one book review. All the articles and the case, have been selected for publication following the journal’s guidelines, and, with modifications, based on the ‘double blind’ peer review process.

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Mousumi Sengupta ¹, Nilanjan Sengupta ¹

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1 HRM, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Karnataka, IN

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Organizations have employed 360-degree feedback as a tool for performance assessment and employee development for almost a decade now, with reasonable success. However, as there are always two sides to everything, 360-degree as an assessment tool is not an exception. Due caution may have to be employed by organizations, before they use this tool for assessment. Authors attempted to investigate the perception of the middle-level managers, working in different sectors, in the cities of Bangalore and Mysore, on the 360-degree feedback process. Data revealed that the average importance level assigned to the issues of overall 360-degree feedback process, by the respondents, was significantly different. Also, there was significant sector-specific difference between average importance levels assigned to the issues of overall 360-degree feedback process. However, there was no gender-specific difference in the average importance level assigned to the issues. Based on the research findings, HR Departments may initiate in-depth employee opinion survey to investigate whether the managers forwarded socially acceptable responses. Also, HR Departments of the respective companies need to investigate the parameters of the respective company’s culture. Further cross-sectoral studies are also needed to substantial the present study findings.

Keywords

360-Degree Feedback, Process Ownership, Confidentiality, Anonymity, Rater.

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Mousumi Sengupta ¹

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1 Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore, IN

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We are happy to come up with the second issue of the tenth volume of SDMIMD Journal of Management. The present issue of the journal has five articles, one case study and, one book review. Among them, two articles and the case study are the revised and modified version of the papers, presented in the 7^th International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace, held at SDMIMD in December 2018; one article is the revised and modified version of the paper presented in the 7^th International Finance Conference - Emerging Trends in Finance, Accounting and Banking, held at SDMIMD in September 2018, and rest two are the revised and modified version of the papers, presented in 4^th International Conference on “Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends” organised by SDMIMD in November, 2018. All the articles and the case study, have been selected for publication following the journal’s guidelines, and with modifications, based on the ‘double blind’ peer review process.

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Mousumi Sengupta ¹

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1 Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore, IN

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L. Gandhi ¹, Mousumi Sengupta ², Nilanjan Sengupta ²

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1 Assisstant Professor (OB&HRM), Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore – 570011, Karnataka, IN
2 Professor (OB&HRM) Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore – 570011, Karnataka, IN

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The major objectives of this paper were to understand the impact of Line Managers’ Emotional Intelligence on their employee motivation and to understand the importance of Emotional Intelligence in the professional life of employees of SMEs. In this paper, Daniel Goleman’s emotional intelligence model was introduced and same has been comprehensively used in the questionnaire. Over 30 studies were reviewed to support the research gap identified. Relevant primary data were obtained by using questionnaire and secondary data were collected from books, journals, magazines, and other published sources. The analysis revealed that respondents overall perceived the emotional intelligence of their respective leaders in all the parameters above average. Their perceived behaviour in sharing information and assigning value to their respective leaders was the highest, on the contrary it was the lowest while recognizing the situations that trigger their own emotions and expression of feelings. This might be due to the leaders’ contextual behaviour at workplace. One of the interesting findings revealed that there was no significant difference between the average importance level to the variable, as suggested by the respondents, for all the emotional intelligence components. This can be due to the gender difference in the communication pattern at workplace since this research was carried out for SME’s where the gender biasness is more prevalent. There is good scope in conducting further research on the topic by identifying different sectors and zones. *

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence (EI), EI in SMEs, EI among managers of SMEs

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Mousumi Sengupta ¹, Nilanjan Sengupta ²

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1 Professor, HRM & OB, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Karnataka, IN
2 SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Karnataka, IN

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Fashion industry has been confronted with several sustainability challenges such as usage of raw materials, natural and synthetic fibres, excess consumption of water and energy, products of chemicals, harmful by-products, and employment of child labour and so on. Today’s consumers are more aware of such sustainability challenges, which are faces by the fashion industry, resulting into an increasingly changing habits and lifestyle, in terms of consuming fashion by them. The present paper makes an attempt to investigate the opinion of Indian consumers from four cities in India regarding some issues of sustainable fashion. A questionnaire that captured the opinion of the residents of four different cities in India with respect to sustainable fashion was constructed. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data which was statistically analysed. The questionnaire was sent to total 575 people as an online Google Form. Total 314 responses were received, which were analysed by using techniques such as KMO test and Kruskal–Wallis test. Respondents agreed the most that ethical and fair-trade practices and minimised logistics/good supply chain practice are key features of sustainable fashion. However, their agreement level differed significantly on issues related to sustainable fashion in general and on issues related to pricing and key features of sustainable fashion in particular. Respondents from different age group differed significantly in the agreement level for extending individual support to sustainable fashion. Also, there is a significant difference in the average agreement level of the respondents having different levels of education for choosing sustainable fashion products over the normal fashion if the prices of both types of products are close. Finally, the four cities, from where the data was collected, seemed to have no significant difference in accessing sustainable fashion. Overall, the findings of the present study are useful for companies from the fashion industry in analysing the significance of sustainability of their product. Also, the present study may encourage researchers to further investigate relevant issues in the Indian context.

Keywords

Sustainability, Fashion, Stakeholder, Sustainable Fashion.

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Mousumi Sengupta ¹, M. V. Sunil ²

Affiliations
1 Professor, HRM and OB, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore – 570011, Karnataka, IN
2 Head, Academic Administration and Assistant Professor, General Management, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore – 570011, Karnataka, IN

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This paper attempts to study ‘Emotional Intelligence’ (EI) to understand the library professionals in the post-covid scenario which has seen technology adoption in library and information services. This study investigates EI among librarians in India by employing the ability model, and administering SSEIT as a research tool. The present study revealed that, in general, the respondents perceive themselves as more or less capable of dealing with situations with EI. However, analysis indicates that respondents differed in perceiving the difficulty and their ability level to tackle a workplace situation with emotional abilities. Data analysis also revealed that respondents with different education level differed significantly in their overall EI scores.

Keywords

Behavioral Study, Emotional Awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Librarians, Library Professionals, Karnataka, Performance.

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