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Amirul Hasan Ansari ¹, Vimal Babu ²

Affiliations
1 Centre for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, IN
2 NIILM-Centre for Management Studies, Greater Noida, IN

Abstract

Leadership as an area of research has taken a lot of curves in the past. Over the past around 90 years, leadership phenomenon evolved in different dimensions and that its interpretation has gone a sea-change. The present paper is an endeavour to understand the different phases of leadership wherein prominent leadership theories have been identified and also strives to understand the effectiveness of such research conducted in the past. Prominent theories like transformational, charismatic and leader-member exchange theories have been discussed in detail to unveil the potential of such existing body of knowledge. The paper also shed some light on the future trends of leadership research thereby suggesting the benefit out of the whole process of development.

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Amirul Hasan Ansari ¹, Amogh Talan ¹

Affiliations
1 Center for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

This study focuses on the role of subjective well-being of consumers as measured by their satisfaction with life, levels of stress and healthy lifestyle to explain the preference for organic food. Healthy lifestyle was found to mediate the relation between higher well-being and preference for organic food on one hand and lower levels of stress and preference for organic food on the other. A sample of 220 was collected from students of University of Delhi for the analysis, which was conducted using Smart PLS 2.0.M3 in order to understand the mediating relations between the variables. Well-being was found to be most significant predictor of both healthy lifestyle and preference for organic food. Lower levels of stress were also found to be significantly affecting the attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle and preference for organic food. Marketing, managerial and personal implications of the results have been discussed.

Keywords

Preference For Organic Food, Well-Being, Stress, Healthy Lifestyle.

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