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- The Effect of Demographic Factors on Occupational Stress: A Study of Insurance Sector
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1 Lovely Professional University, Punjab, IN
1 Lovely Professional University, Punjab, IN
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OPUS: HR Journal, Vol 4, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 60-82Abstract
The purpose of the study is to identify the difference in the perceptions of insurance employees according to their demographic profile such as age, income, length of service and hierarchical level. Structured schedules were used to gather data from 374 employees working in 19 companies of life insurance sector of Jalandhar city of Punjab (India) based on census method. The effect of demographic factors, viz., age, income, length of service and hierarchical level on various dimensions of occupational stressors and health effects of stress was examined through ANOVA. Out of 374 insurance employees of all grades included in this study, 300 were male and 53% were below the age of 29 years. The respondents belonging to the age group of above 29 years experienced more stress than other age groups and the respondents who earned monthly income above 50,000 experienced more stress compared to others. Further, the respondents with more than 5 years length of service and higher hierarchical level predicted high level of stress as compared to other groups. The study also highlights the practical implications based on the results.Keywords
Occupational Stress, Life Insurance Employees, Census Method, Structured Schedule.
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- Antecedents and Consequences of Occupational Stress in the Life Insurance Sector
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Sakshi Sharma
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Rajvir Kaur
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1 Lovely Professional University, IN
1 Lovely Professional University, IN
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Journal of Organization and Human Behaviour, Vol 2, No 4 (2013), Pagination: 28-35Abstract
This study aims at examining the antecedents and consequences of occupational stress among the employees of life insurance companies. A sample of 374 life insurance employees was surveyed through a structured interview schedule using census method. Factor analysis was carried out to identify the perceived sources and consequences of occupational stress. The findings reveal that ‘ineffective leadership style’ is the major source of stress, apart from ‘lack of control at work’, ‘poor relationship with supervisor’ and ‘lack of advancement opportunities’. The study also shows that occupational stress has high negative impact on psychological health but have no impact on physical health of life insurance employees. The practical implications for managing occupational stress in insurance sector are discussed at the end of the paper along with the limitations and opportunities for further research.Keywords
Occupational Stressors, Physical lll-Heath, Psychological lll-Health, Life Insurance Employees- Existence of Glass Ceiling for Women: A Barrier in Effective Leadership
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Sakshi Sharma
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Rajvir Kaur
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1 MM Institute of Management, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana-Haryana, IN
2 School of Business Administration, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, IN
1 MM Institute of Management, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana-Haryana, IN
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International Journal on Leadership, Vol 2, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 35-44Abstract
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- Iris Recognition using Optimization Technique
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1 Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, IN
1 Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, IN
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Research Cell: An International Journal of Engineering Sciences, Vol 22 (2016), Pagination: 648-661Abstract
Iris biometrics research is an exciting, broad, and rapidly expanding field. At the same time there are successful practical applications that illustrate the power of iris biometrics, there are also many fundamental research issues to be solved on the way to larger scale and more complex applications.
In this research work, iris recognition has been done using Hough Man Circular Transform (HCT), Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) method. Hough Man Circular Transform (HCT) localize the retina, Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) extract the features of the iris templates and then in the end Genetic Algorithm (GA) reduce the obtained features. The whole simulation is being implement in MATLAB 2010 environment. The performance of the system is evaluated by using with False Acceptance Rate (FAR), False Rejection Rate (FRR) and Recall Rate (RR) parameters.
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Iris Recognition, Security, Biometrics, Scale Invariant Feature (SIFT), Hough man Circular Transform (HCT).Full Text
- Tri-Wideband Inverted U-Slot Patch Antenna for Wireless Communication Applications
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1 Chandigarh University, Mohali – 140413, Punjab, IN
1 Chandigarh University, Mohali – 140413, Punjab, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 10, No 16 (2017), Pagination:Abstract
Objectives: In this paper a tri-band U-Slot Patch Antenna for Wireless Communication Applications is presented Methods/ Statistical Analysis: The four inverted U-slots are introduced to achieve tri-band performance. These slots introduce notches in the band coverage. The innermost U-slot rejects frequency bands that are greater than 6 GHz. The next slot rejects frequency bands between 4 and 5 GHz. The third slot rejects frequency bands between 3 and 3.2 GHz and the outermost U-slot rejects frequency bands that are less than 2 GHz. Findings: The antenna with compact structure and wideband characteristics offers a suitable radiation pattern, bandwidth of 3.94 GHz and gain of 4.77 dB. Applications: The proposed antenna can be used in devices working on WLAN&WiMAX frequencies.Keywords
Patch Antenna, Tri-Band, U-Slot, Wideband.Full Text