Impact of Psychological Employee Empowerment on Employee Satisfaction in the Banking sector in West Bengal

Abstract Employee empowerment is giving employees a certain degree of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making regarding their specific organizational tasks. Psychological employee empowerment, structural empowerment, critical social empowerment and social empowerment are some of the common perspectives of empowerment. The aim of the study has been to ascertain individually the factors affecting psychological employee empowerment Read More …

A Regulatory Policy Design Map: A case of Electricity Pricing Policy

Abstract The Electricity sector is on the cusp of big business and government. Pricing policies are strategic as they determine the business model of a company. This paper proposes a regulatory policy design map that explores the decision-making criteria and contexts used in selecting appropriate pricing mechanisms. This map is based on a literature survey Read More …

Financial Literacy: A Brief Systematic Literature Review

Abstract Financial literacy implies the ability of individuals to understand, manage, and plan their personal finances. By gaining financial literacy, people are likely to develop critical thinking, judgment, and other skills for making informed personal finance decisions. The current study has attempted to review the financial literacy research papers in a systematic manner incorporating the Read More …

Mandatory 30% Dividend Payout to Government of India by Central Public Sector Units: is it Justified?

Abstract Dividends are an important financial measure for signalling the prevailing health of a company to shareholders, investors, lenders and for the market to gauge the conservatism/ aggression and soundness of a company with respect to future growth. The dilemma that decision-makers are perennially confronted with is the quantum of dividend disbursement and the ‘Now Read More …

Emerging Structural Response of the Corporate Sector – Early evidence on Mandatory Commitment

Abstract Sustainability is expected to be the essence of antecedents, process and the outcomes of any business. It is a marked change since the oft-quoted statement that social responsibility of business is to increase its profits (Friedman 1970). In line with the globally sweeping attitudinal transformation, the Indian corporate sector too witnessed a major structural Read More …

Sustaining Earth: Bringing Law, Society and Sustainable Development Together

Abstract The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of sustaining life and the earth. There is the need to have a balance between sustainability and governance, and between traditional patterns of ‘conflict’ and contemporary need for ‘cooperation’ in international affairs. It is graver than what is generally understood. Contemporary ‘urgency’ to cope with the issues Read More …