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Muddying the waters : coauthoring feminisms across scholarship and activism
\"In Muddying the Waters, Richa Nagar uses stories, encounters, and anecdotes as well as methodological reflections, to grapple with the complexity of working through solidarities, responsibility, and ethics while involved in politically engaged scholarship. Experiences that range from the streets of Dar es Salaaam to farms and development offices in North India inform discussion of the labor and politics of co-authorship, translation and genre blending in research and writing that cross multiple--and often difficult--borders, Nagar links the implicit assumptions, issues, and questions involved with scholarship and political action, and explores the epistemological risks and possibilities of creative research that brings these into intimate dialogue. Daringly self-conscious, Muddying the Waters reveals a politically engaged research and writer working to become \"radically vulnerable,\" and on the ways a focus on such radical vulnerability could allow a re-imagining of collaboration that opens new avenues to collective dreaming and laboring across sociopolitical, geographical, linguistic, and institutional borders\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Sleep Quality in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in West Bengal: A Cross-Sectional Study
BackgroundPatients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) have a poor quality of life because of various clinical effects. The sleep quality among these patients is affected and they encounter challenges to sleep and wakefulness due to physiological imbalance and co-morbid sleep pathologies. The present study was conducted to ascertain the sleep quality in type 2 DM patients attending a tertiary center in West Bengal.MethodologyIt was a hospital-based cross-sectional study that was conducted among old/follow-up patients who were suffering from DM. The eligible subjects were selected by systematic random sampling and were interviewed using a semi-structured and pre-tested questionnaire. Information pertaining to socio-demographic characteristics and sleep quality was ascertained. The sleep quality was assessed by using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and statistical association of different parameters was tested using Chi-Square test.ResultsA total of 192 subjects were selected for study. Maximum subjects were above 50 years. A total of 102 males and 90 females participated in the study. A total of 110 subjects were poor sleepers (i.e. PSQI score ≥5) while 82 were good sleepers(PSQI<5). Poor sleepers were maximum in the 20-35 years age group, more in females and unemployed individuals. Subjects with poor diabetes control, i.e. HbA1C more than 7gm/dl were poor sleepers.ConclusionsA higher proportion of patients with type 2 DM had poor quality of sleep. It is important on the part of the health personnel to attend to the sleep issues and impaired quality of life due to sleep inadequacy in DM patients.
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Hungry translations : relearning the world through radical vulnerability
About the struggles of thousands Dalit women, laborers and peasants of Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh under Sangatina; includes not only the words and reflections of many saathis of Sangtin, but also the everyday stories of their struggles, poems by Richa Nagar and a play.
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Scope of Algae as Third Generation Biofuels
An initiative has been taken to develop different solid, liquid, and gaseous biofuels as the alternative energy resources. The current research and technology based on the third generation biofuels derived from algal biomass have been considered as the best alternative bioresource that avoids the disadvantages of first and second generation biofuels. Algal biomass has been investigated for the implementation of economic conversion processes producing different biofuels such as biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, and other valuable co-products. In the present review, the recent findings and advance developments in algal biomass for improved biofuel production have been explored. This review discusses about the importance of the algal cell contents, various strategies for product formation through various conversion technologies, and its future scope as an energy security.
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Authentic leadership and meaningfulness at work
PurposeThis study aims to examine whether, how, and when authentic leadership shapes followers' perceptions of meaningfulness at work. Using authentic leadership theory, we posit that authentic leadership leads to more favorable perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which, in turn, results in enhanced experiences of meaningfulness at work. In addition to studying authentic leadership as a driver of CSR perceptions, and hence meaningfulness, we also examine if followers' attributions of self-centered motives to organizational engagement in CSR moderates the above relationship.Design/methodology/approachIn all, 368 employees from Indian IT industry participated in the survey. Data were analyzed using Process (Hayes 2013) in SPSS.FindingsResults supported the hypothesized moderated mediation model by revealing that attribution of self-centered motives undermines the positive impact of authentic leadership on CSR perceptions, and, subsequently, meaningfulness.Practical implicationsBy presenting CSR as a source of meaningfulness at work, this study establishes CSR as an important tool for fostering employee well-being. The internal corporate communication should emphasize how CSR activities of the organization represent core organizational values and organization’s genuine concern for the society.Originality/valueThe study adds to the leadership literature and integrates it with a divergent discipline of CSR by signifying the role of authentic leadership in the CSR process. By presenting a refined analysis of CSR in a developing country, this research expands the understanding of the expression of CSR in markets outside the developed core.
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Effects of green human resource management: testing a moderated mediation model
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine organizational attractiveness as a mechanism through which adoption of green human resource management (GHRM) practices affects potential employees’ intent to pursue career in an organization. Specifically, an integrative moderated mediation model with employees’ personal environmental orientation as moderator of the above-stated relationship was proposed.Design/methodology/approachThe sample comprised 172 final-year engineering students registered in a four-year undergraduate program in one of the top higher education institutes in India. SPSS 24 was used to test the moderated mediation model with the help of hierarchical regression procedures.FindingsResults provided support for the moderated mediation model in which the indirect effect of GHRM on job pursuit intention through organizational attractiveness was moderated by environmental orientation of prospective applicants.Practical implicationsResults highlight the potential of GHRM in turning the organizations into talent magnets. This knowledge will motivate practitioners to effectively integrate GHRM with human resource policies, practices and employee initiatives for attracting quality applicants.Originality/valueThis research by presenting the positive outcomes of GHRM for the organizations contributes to scant academic literature on sustainable human resource management which is deficient with regard to knowledge around its consequences.
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Factors influencing green purchase behavior of millennials in India
Purpose
Building on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the purpose of this paper is to understand the green buying behavior of educated millennials in India. The study also attempts to extend the TPB by including two additional variables, environmental concern (EC) and willingness to pay premium, in the framework.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 202 students from various departments of an institute of higher education in India. The proposed model was tested with the help of structural equation modeling using bootstrapping procedures in SPSS AMOS 24.
Findings
Except for the direct association between subjective norm (SN) and purchase intention (PI), the study provided support for the TPB framework. EC was found to exert an indirect influence on green PI through its effect on attitude, SN and perceived behavioral control. Willingness to pay premium moderated the relationship of PI with green buying behavior. PIs were found to successfully translate into purchase behavior (PB).
Practical implications
This research by promoting an understanding on the factors affecting the green buying behavior of educated millennials in India will assist green marketers to tap the tremendous potential inherent in this market segment by formulating customized market plans and strategies.
Originality/value
The study extends the existing literature by validating and extending the TPB framework in a unique cultural context and advancing the understanding of underlying psychological mechanisms and boundary conditions of the relationship between PIs and PBs.
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