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Singh, Harbhan
- Dynamics of Quality of Work Life: A Study of Life Insurance Sector
Authors
1 M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, IN
2 Government College, Ajmer, IN
3 Poornima Group of Colleges, Jaipur, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Management, Vol 5, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 312-317Abstract
An organization's success depends on its sustainability and development of its workforce. In present dynamic environment, every organization requires to adopt flexible policies to implement the same. For this an organizations needs to put those strategies into practice, which can be helpful in improvement of quality of work life of its employees which plays a significant role to measure the performance of employees. The purpose of this paper is to identify the dynamics of quality of work life of insurance personnel. In Indian context of life insurance, quality of work life gets affected from various factors like workplace, target pressure etc. An exploratory research design has been used for the research. The study provides evidence that quality of work life is a major part of insurance personnel and it should be in accordance with the life insurance companies.Keywords
Quality of Work Life, Sustainability, Target Pressure.References
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- Social Capital Formation and Growth of Micro Entrepreneurship through Microfinance:A Study of Women in Self Help Groups in Rajasthan
Authors
1 Department of Business Administration, Samrat Prithviraj Chouhan Government College, Ajmer (Rajasthan), IN
2 Department of Economics, Samrat Prithviraj Chouhan Government College, Ajmer (Rajasthan), IN
Source
Asian Journal of Management, Vol 6, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 91-100Abstract
Purpose: This paper is an attempt to explore and analyse the development of micro entrepreneurship at small level through microfinance and social capital building among the women of SHGs of Rajasthan State.
Design/methodology/approach: We have approached more than 500 microfinance clients but somehow only 435 clients of 53 SHGs responded properly in which 214 were women. We have surveyed them and asked about their demographics, financial and social dimensions through questionnaires.
Findings: We have applied various univariate and multivariate statistical techniques and found significant increase in sociability of microfinance clients with special reference to women across Rajasthan state. We also found more than 30% turn-up of women microfinance clients in to entrepreneurs.
Research Limitations: A major limitation of this research is that the tribal areas of Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Banswara and Pratapgarh are not included due to various reasons. Other limitation include multiple lending which is seems to be more crucial and defaulters are not included in the study.
Practical implications: The present study focuses upon the social and financial processes which are participated in the development of entrepreneurship of the microfinance beneficiaries (SHGs). The study is useful for the policymakers to find out the regions where and how microfinance is catering a platform for entrepreneurship.
Originality/value: It is expected that the study will definitely add significant knowledge in the area of social capital and intermediary processes between entrepreneurship and microfinance and it will be helpful for the scholars to find out enhanced and substantial measures of social capital.