Arhan Sthapit, PhDNepal Open University · Faculty of Management and Law
Arhan Sthapit, PhD
PhD (Strategic HRD), MBA (Int'l Mkt), IASP (Journalism/ Mass Communication)
-Professor and Dean, Faculty of Management & Law, Nepal Open University, Nepal
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Introduction
A PhD in Management I'm with Nepal Open University as Professor. Earlier I taught at Tribhuvan University for 8 yrs and worked at two foreign banks in Nepal (6.5 ys) and was Sr Associate Editor (journalist) of English national daily of Nepal Govt (15 yrs) and local expert at GTZ (11 months) that paid me work experience. With editorial of five peer-reviewed journals, I've passion in writing and research. Areas of interest: Strategic HR, International Business, global Marketing, and Strategic Mgmt
Additional affiliations
January 2015 - October 2017
March 2012 - November 2014
Position
- Professor
Description
- Roles: a) Visiting professor of Business Environment and Marketing Management, and b) Research supervisor, Masters level dissertation students
January 2012 - May 2019
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Teaching and Supervising Masters' Research Thesis works at the Masters level: MBA and MBS
Education
May 2009 - December 2014
December 1992 - December 1995
January 1990 - December 1991
RRL Campus, TU
Field of study
- Journalism & Mass Communication
Publications
Publications (118)
With the emergence of strategic management in modern organisations, role of human resource development (HRD) in executing organisation’s strategies has gained widespread importance. The HRD’s mainstream role lies in addressing what influences and hinders the organisation’s endeavour on successful implementation of its strategy. Drawing from the few...
The paper examines the status of ownership preference of HRD function and responsibility in Nepali banks to make it strategic. It investigates into the dilemma whether the top management, or HR and HRD managers should own the responsibility for formulating HRD policy, plans and strategies and then for implementing them. Based on a survey of manager...
The paper examines the impact of product-related factors (price, quality, and country of origin, product feature) and social factors (social influence and compatibility) on the purchase intention of smart-phone buyers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Based on the primary data survey method, questionnaires were administered on 340 graduate students o...
In view of a long-felt need to adopt the strategic factors of human resource development (HRD), this paper explores and evaluates the presence of strategic HRD factors instrumental to achieve theoretical HRD outcomes, and devise an SHRD model. An exploratory and analytical research approach was adopted to study all 25 non-state-owned commercial ban...
This paper adopts a strategic Human Resource Development (SHRD) perspective to emphasise the significance of continuous learning and upskilling (CLUS) in achieving organisational effectiveness (OE), as organisations initiating this process can reap economic benefits. The integration of CLUS into the strategic HRD system is crucial for organisationa...
It aims to intensify awareness, confidence, and effectiveness of various stakeholders in emerging countries to adapt to drastic conditions brought about by recent global events, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, to name a few. This Special Issue focuses on emerging countries that are considerably vulnerable to changes in th...
JABEM Special Issue Editorial
The year 2022 witnessed stronger indicators of tourism recovery as international tourist arrivals set to return to pre-pandemic levels around the world, more particularly in Europe and the Middle East. It also holds true with the inbound tourist arrivals in Nepal as the official data show. As the tourism is set to make gradual recovery, the need fo...
The culture of Newars, the aboriginal, indigenous nationality or ethnic group of the Nepal Mandal including the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, comprises the unique musical heritage being passed down from the primaeval times up to the modern age. It is the salient feature of Newar culture that various folk music and instruments mark varying occasions, s...
With supranational organisations and global think tanks predicting global recession in wake of the COVID-affected era and the Ukraine war, it has become a high time that organisation leaders and managers throw down their gauntlets to face the potential challenges of the recession to their businesses. As uncertainty has remained high and more econom...
The paper examined the socioeconomic contribution of eco-tourism at Ghanrdruk, one of the most leading tourism destinations on the popular tour and trekking routes of Nepal. The study sought to identify and assess the initiatives of ecotourism development and contributions of eco-tourism to socioeconomic development in Ghandruk of Kaski district (N...
Advancements and widespread use of internet technologies ushered in a major shift in marketing, resulting in the development of a new approach known as Digital Marketing. With the digital marketing tools becoming so popular among users, digital marketers increasingly find it easier to engage people in their marketing activities, as customers are al...
With agriculture being the backbone of the country development, agricultural sector extension services play an important role in disseminating knowledge, technical skills, and agricultural information, and in linking farmers with other actors of the economy. This paper aims at assessing the perception of vegetable farmers and extension workers towa...
The two newer changes have substantially affected performance management in organisations today. One, the world today has started navigating in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) that features emergence and advances in digitisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in the new millennium. Consequently, it has required hu...
The prolonged lockdowns and shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced organisations to move to a remote working system or work-from-home (WFH) system. Virtual teams have emerged as a way that can literally salvage us from the awkward ‘crisis of trust.’ The COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing crises changed the entire scenario; these developmen...
Nepal is now in the process of graduating from Least Developed Country (LDC) to Developing Country (DC), as Nepal reportedly met the thresholds for Human Assets Index (HAI), and Economic and Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), the two of the three criteria for graduation, although its performance on the GNI per capita has still fallen short of...
The proposition of ‘endemicisation’ of COVID-19 is being mooted so that the hospitality and tourism industry that has borne the brunt of the pandemic could be salvaged and compensate for the damage. There are arguments for and against the ‘endemicisation’ bid that is making rounds among the policy makers and stakeholders of this industry. The propo...
Objective of the Special Issue The goals of this Special Issue are to intensify awareness, confidence, and effectiveness of various stakeholders in emerging markets to adapt to drastic conditions brought about by recent global events that include COVID-19 pandemics and crisis in Ukraine, to name a few. The focus of this Special Issue is on emerging...
The paper aims at assessing the challenges and opportunities for Nepalese handicraft businesses of MSMEs and exploring the pathways to achieve sustainable growth of handicraft industry through revival and proactive measures. Based on secondary data (from industry authorities and national data) and an analysis of informal interactions with key stake...
In the pandemic-induced era, management leaders should be able to lead through complexity and volatility; and successfully convert the volatility, uncertainty, complexity,
and ambiguity (or, VUCA-1), into Vision, Understanding, Clarity and Agility, or VUCA-2 for which the leaders should possess and develop the essential competency to ‘lead through...
The paper examined the effect of varying intensities of comparative interaction level (CIL_L) and comparative ease of attending online classes (CE_L) (viz., high, and low) on comparative knowledge gained from online and face-to-face learning modes, and existence of differences on the effect across two intensities of the covariates. Based on complet...
In the pandemic-induced era, management leaders should be able to lead through complexity and volatility; and successfully convert the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (or, VUCA-1), into Vision, Understanding, Clarity and Agility, or VUCA-2 (Sthapit, 2020 June) for which the leaders should possess and develop the essential compete...
Work-family balance (WFB)— striking a happy balance between one’s work (professional) life and family/ personal life— has emerged as a critical issue facing organisations in industry after industry in recent decades. A sound WFB regime is essential for improving employee performance, satisfaction, and productivity, while failure to maintain it can...
In managing the rapidly changing environment context, human resources and talents are probably the only organisational resource that managers can resort to, in their pursuit of sustainably steering the organisation through the turbulent course, including the one of the COVID-19 pandemic now. Managers should push forward organisational manoeuvres to...
The chapter examines the current status of CSR practices in Nepal encompassing four critical issues: (1) awareness and perception of stakeholders (customers and employees) towards the CSR practices of firms; (2) corporate understanding and general CSR practices of Nepali firms; (3) the regulatory and government policy regime towards promoting respo...
The World Bank’s predictions of a strong rebound in the global economy, not seen in the last five decades, are mainly based on the assumption that the mass COVID-19 vaccinations and the government stimulus packages running into trillions of dollars in the rich countries will stimulate growth worldwide. Likewise, it is but natural that even a meagre...
The hospitality and tourism industry is now at a juncture, lately, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it has scrupulously and painstakingly set the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in perspective. There are two SDG indicators from the Global Indicator Framework: SDG Indicator 8.9.1 is Tourism Direct Gross Domestic; while SDG Indicato...
Purpose: The paper aims at examining the impact of work-family balance (WFB) practices on HR performance in Nepalese commercial banks – private and foreign joint venture banks.
Methodology: The study was based on a survey administered from April to June of 2019 on 252 supervisory bank employees selected through a simple random sampling technique f...
With the novel coronavirus outbreak adversely affecting economies all over the world and putting the humankind in probably the most difficult time in modern history, an imperative need to understand, analyse and dissect the very economics of pandemic—or the ‘Pandenomics’ of COVID-19— has been felt. In our human lives and politico-economic spheres,...
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing crises are not only huge and unpredictable, but also multifaceted and far-reaching. To steer their organisations through the most turbulent time of human history, managers should develop their human resources strategically. However, the human resource literatures aligning human resource deve...
One the most important sector for providing the direct and indirect employment is construction sector. The construction sector has the largest number of unorganised labourers in India next only to agricultural sector and provides employment to about 33 million people. Gender discrimination in our social structure continues to favor males over femal...
Today, the world has already been blanketed by the unprecedented scathes of the coronavirus pandemic. Since the globalisation waves— that have undoubtedly offered so many advantages to the humankind and eased international travels and trade, inter alia— also helped spur the spread of corona virus to the populations across the globe as the ‘killer d...
The paper aimed at examining the perceived difference between knowledge gained from online and face-to-face learning modes as a result of the intensities (viz., high and low) of comparative interaction level and ease of attending the classes, in the context of management courses in Nepal. Based on the survey (complete enumeration) of all management...
The paper aims at examining the impact of work-family balance (WFB) practices on HR performance in Nepalese commercial banks-private and foreign joint venture banks. A survey was administered in the period between April and June, 2019 on 252 supervisory bank employees selected through a simple random sampling technique from 5 commercial banks, and...
The paper aimed at examining the perceived difference between knowledge gained from online and face-to-face learning modes as a result of the intensities (viz., high and low) of comparative interaction level and ease of attending the classes, in the context of management courses in Nepal. Based on the survey (complete enumeration) of all management...
Nepal has been all set to embark upon a decade of tourism development with a national target to bring in 2 million tourists, branding Nepal as “Naturally Nepal, Once is not Enough.” The campaign carries requisite creditability and impact, because “heaven is a myth, Nepal is real,” as they say. Nepal’s flora and fauna, cultural and heritage products...
The topic of employer branding and employee retention is attracting great attention of management researchers and practitioners. Employer branding is one way that increases value of organisations, which integrates two significant organisational fields of branding and human resources, and together they give an adjusted view on the most proficient wa...
The study is conducted to explore various factors that determine the level of customer satisfaction among online shoppers. On-line shopping is a recent phenomenon in the field of E-Business and is definitely going to be the future of shopping in the world. Most of the companies are running their on-line portals to sell their products/services on-li...
The topic of employer branding and employee retention is attracting great attention of management researchers and practitioners. Employer branding is one way that increases value of organisations, which integrates two significant organisational fields of branding and human resources, and together they give an adjusted view on the most proficient wa...
The study examines the association between HRM practices and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in Nepalese commercial banks. Quantitative in nature, the study is based on a questionnaire survey method administered on 360 employees sampled from 9 commercial banks: both private and foreign joint venture banks. The OCB level— measured by dime...
An employee has an important role in the industrial production of the company. The personnel management really concern with the management of the people at work management is an art of getting work done by the people. Therefore, it is very necessary to seek the cooperation of the employees force to increase the production and to earn higher profits...
The main aim of this study is to identify the stress management among employees working in selected Auto components manufacturing Industries in Chennai. The study was conducted to identify the causes of stress, the symptoms experience by the employees, and how the organization is effectively in handling the stress of the employees in the day to day...
As we move towards the third decade of the New Millennium, organisations face a heightened need to ready themselves for the new challenges that could unfold in the face of rapidly changing external environments. With the onslaught of artificial intelligence, digitisation, internet of things (IoT), and ICT advances that are there to remain strong, o...
The returns-volume relationship depends on the rate of information flow and its diffusion to the market. Trading volume is viewed as the critical piece of information, which signals where returns will go next, which stock returns, per se, may not convey to investors. Relying on the predicting power of volume, this paper examines the contemporaneous...
The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change, says Heraclitus. This quote not only inspires a lot of thoughts; but, more importantly, it should inspire a lot of actions. Many humans love change; and are leaders for change. It is, however, well documented that many other humans are resistant to change.
This paper aims to examine the association between the perception of business school students and their adoption of e-banking services. This study integrates Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and perceived risk to explain the adoption of e-banking. The study measures customer perception towards the adoption of e-banking services in terms of a) perc...
The paper aims at examining the impact of WLB practices on HR performance in Nepalese commercial banks-private and foreign joint venture banks. Further, it also sought to identify the influence of gender, marital status, place of birth, and level of education on HR performance. Based on primary data gathered through a survey on 240 employees select...
Is HRD in modern day organisations limited to the typically identified components of employee training and development only? Or, are there more realms of HRD than just traditionally recognised constituents or components of employee training and development? These are the key issues the paper probes into on the basis of the relevant literature works...
This paper aims to examine the association between the perception of business school students and their adoption of e-banking services. This study integrates Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and perceived risk to explain the adoption of e-banking. The study measures customer perception towards the adoption of e-banking services in terms of a) perc...
This paper aims to examine the association between the perception of business school students and their adoption of e-banking services. This study integrates Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and perceived risk to explain the adoption of e-banking. The study measures customer perception towards the adoption of e-banking services in terms of a) perc...
The paper aims to examine the impact of training and development (T&D) programmes on employee performance by adopting a case approach to the organisation of Agriculture Development Bank Ltd (ADBL) of Nepal. Based on the survey method, the study collected the data through a structured questionnaire administered from July to September of 2018 on a sa...
Applying an analytical and causal approach to research, the study has investigated into the effect of workplace harassments on job satisfaction of employees of 13 commercial banks for which a questionnaire survey was successfully administered from June to September of 2018 on 426 respondents sampled randomly [vis-à-vis the sample size 374 determine...
In view of indispensability of quality human resources (HR) and talents and their retention in the organisations, it is imperative and relevant to investigate into the HR retention practices. Hence, the present study seeks to examine the influence of human resource management practices on employee retention and the moderating effect of level, age g...
The Sankalpa: International Journal of Management Decisions, ISSN: 2454-7425
Call for Papers for Special Issue: December 2018
Theme: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development:
Issues and New Management Perspectives
The paper examines the issue of human resource (HR) surplus in modern organisations and explores different perspectives on managing the surplus employees. Based on an analysis of insights, observations and practices in contemporary management world, the paper has explored the strategic manoeuvres synthesising them into two broad categories that an...
This paper examines the effect of macroeconomic factors such as interest rate, stock market index and remittance on the market share of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Nepal between 1993/94-2015/16. The factors such as stock market index and remittance have more significant relationship with the IPOs, whereas the interest rate had less significa...
Encompassing the eight factors of price, quality, availability, product variety, packaging, brand awareness, brand name/value and health consciousness that would influence buyer preference for consumer product brands as per the past literature, the present study primarily aims at examining the influence of these factors on buyers' preference for Pa...
Editorial: Much has changed in the world of management and management education in the last two decades. More so has been observed in last five years after the People’s Journal of Management had first been published in 2012.
The paper aims to examine the impact of training and development (T&D) programmes on perceived employee performance by adopting a case approach to the study of Agriculture Development Bank Ltd of Nepal. Based on the survey method, the study collected the data through a structured questionnaire administered from February to March of 2018 on a sample...
The present study examines the succession planning practices for the supervisory positions in banking and financial institutions (BFIs) of the Chitwan area, the main financial hub of Nepal after the capital Valley of Kathmandu (Nepal), while it also sought to assess the factors influencing the implementation of succession planning and to assess the...
The paper examines the preferability and effectiveness of HRD component-cum-intervention programmes in Nepali banks based on the supervisors’ perception for which the five main HRD component-cum-intervention programmes, viz., training, development and management development, career development, performance development and organisation development w...
The paper examines the preferability and effectiveness of Human
Resources Development (HRD) component-cum-intervention programs
in Nepali banks based on the supervisors’ perception for which the five
main HRD componentcum-intervention programs, viz., training and
development, management development, career development, performance
development and o...
Management of work-life balance in the service sector has captured considerable interest of both academic researchers and managers around the globe. It has gained more relevance in the airline sector that requires employees to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Therefore, this paper assesses the impact of work-family conflict,...
The paper performs a probe into the coverage of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a module in university syllabi in Nepal by exploring the existing CSR contents and pedagogy in the business school curricula as well as academia-industry linkages to promote CSR education in the country. Since the issue of CSR and business ethics has the direct...
The paper examines the emergence of the role of a Chief Learning Officer that contributes to build a learning organisation by influencing and facilitating people in promoting an effective learning and development system to build and sustain competitive advantage in the market. It further discusses the measures to manage the CLO’s role in the learni...
The paper aims at examining the current practices concerning the education of business ethics (BE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the university curricula in Nepal. Since the issue of business ethics and CSR has the direct bearing on business and management domain, the paper has explored the syllabi of management and business schools....
The paper examines the status of social media marketing activities in Nepal in the context of that of travel intermediaries in the Kathmandu Valley, and specifically probes into three key areas: use of social media in travel intermediary business, influence of social media on customers and customers’ response to social media sites (SMSs). Adopting...
The paper examines the status of social media marketing activities in Nepal in the context of that of travel intermediaries in the Kathmandu Valley, and specifically probes into three key areas: use of social media in travel intermediary business, influence of social media on customers and customers’ response to social media sites (SMSs). Adopting...
Research works in management should play a central and vital role in building a knowledge-based global society by promoting innovations and ameliorating the functions of wealth production and distribution functions. Since General Management (GM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) permeate into all functional areas and levels of management, researc...
The paper offers a rigorous investigation into the inclusion and status of current university syllabi in Nepal and expected changes in these modules in compliance with the international practices. The paper aims at creating the groundwork to initiate discussions on future courses that universities’ BBA and MBA programmes should take on.
Human resources are the key to effective functioning of the civil service, as it helps improve delivery of services and public goods in the country. Yet, from past accounts and experiences, it may be inferred that not much attention has been paid to effectively manage human resources in Nepal’s bureaucracy and its outcome today in this rapidly chan...
This paper describes Nepal’s national livestock policies and considers how they can be improved to help meet the pressing national challenges of economic development, equity, poverty alleviation, gender mainstreaming, inclusion of marginalized and underprivileged communities, and climate vulnerability. Nepal is in the process of transforming its go...
From proclamation of the Republic to now, various passing ways among educational levels were executed. Passing via exams from primary schools to secondary schools shows differentiation according to many variations and Ministry of National Education (MoNE) searches new models for passing from primary schools to secondary schools. In this research, c...
The paper has aimed at examining Nepali national banks’ approaches to delivery of emotional intelligence-based HRD programmes that range between in-house and outsourced ones by comparing the banks’ current practices with their employees’ preference for these different approaches. Applying exploratory and descriptive research designs, the study was...
Joining commercial banks after graduation in management is a big dream for many job-seekers who find the banking jobs more financially rewarding and glamorous. Now the burning issue is whether the new BBA graduates get plenty of vacancies and really meet the job requirements. Dealing with the current job-market scenario, the article assesses and di...
Purpose: The paper aimed at taking stock of the bankers’ preference for in-house and outsourced training and development (T&D) delivery modes vis-à-vis the banks’ current practices in Nepal.
Methodology: Applying exploratory and descriptive research designs, data on bankers’ preference for different T&D delivery modes were collected through a struc...
Purpose: The paper aims at taking stock of the bankers’ preference for in-house and outsourced HRD modes vis-à-vis the banks’ current practices in Nepal.
Design/methodology/approach: The data on bankers’ preference for different HRD modes were collected during three months’ period (January-March, 2013) from a sample of 363 managers drawn through a...
The paper aimed at examining the trend of inter-bank employee switch and the main drivers for the voluntary HR turnover in Nepali banks. Based on descriptive and analytical design, the study collected data on HR turnover in three months’ period (January-March, 2013) from a sample of 363 managers drawn through a proportionate stratified random sampl...
Purpose: The paper aimed at examining the trend of inter-bank employee switch and the main drivers for the voluntary HR turnover and intra-banking employee mobility in Nepal.
Design/methodology: The data on HR turnover were collected during three months’ period (January-March, 2013) from a sample of managers drawn through a stratified random sampli...
The present study aims to reveal the relationship between liquidity and profitability of NABIL
and SCBN while in conducting day to day operations. Comparing those two earliest private
commercial banks in Nepal, this paper examines the effects of liquidity on profitability. To
address the objective, the article has taken NABIL and SCBN for the perio...
The paper investigates the strategic HRD factors affecting the evaluation of induction training effectiveness in Nepali banks. Based on the recent survey (February-March, 2012) on 104 low and middle-level managers of Nepali development banks established from June 2001 to June 2010, the study found induction training as most effective in terms of ‘l...
Induction training is important to apprise the new entrants about the organisation and to orientate and socialise them with its philosophy, goals, work culture, procedures, systems, compensation (salary, leaves, facilities, etc.) and expected employee-behaviours. The article is based on the author’s recent survey (November-December, 2011) as to how...
The paper examines the current scenario of applying Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Emotional Maturity (EM) components and techniques in induction training programmes in Nepal with a view to improving the trainees’ job behaviour in Nepalese banks. Based on the recent survey (March-April, 2012) on 104 low and middle-level managers of Nepali developm...
The paper examines key evolving dimensions and approaches to the emergent human resource management. In the Nepalese context, it has elucidated ten key approaches, viz., overall HR effectiveness and contribution, ROI in building HRs as strategic partners, strategic dimension of HRD, cross-functional integration of management functions, creating tot...
In view of the complex human resource behaviours at workplaces, workplace harassment (WPH) incidents have come high to pose bigger challenges to the management. Therefore, the paper inquired into the existing practices of managers in handling the WPHs in financial cooperatives (FCs) in the Kathmandu Metropolis. The management of such cooperatives s...
The paper analyses the capital budgeting (CB) techniques and other related practices of Nepali manufacturing companies. Based on the survey conducted in the month of September 2010 in the Kathmandu Valley through a structured questionnaire, the study assessed different aspects of the capital budgeting practices of 40 Nepali manufacturing companies....
The paper inquired into the existing practices of managers in handling workplace harassment (WPHs) in financial cooperatives in the Kathmandu Metropolis. Amid the realisation of managing organisational changes, the management of such cooperatives relied largely on reconciliatory/HRD-based measures for managing WPHs while punitive and transfer measu...
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One of my students has planned a PhD research on 'Role of Entrepreneurial Marketing and Effectuation Dimensions in Performance of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in transitional economies like Nepal or China. Could you please suggest good papers/ articles and advise? Your support will be highly appreciated. Eagerly waiting for scholarly cooperation !
With the escalated use and disposal of face-masks in the COVID-era, marketers have experienced an emerging challenge to go green. What should be the marketers' approach if they were to go green in marketing facemasks? And, how would the consumers perceive the disposal of face-masks in the COVID-era.
Dear scholars,
One of my research students has been working to investigate if the service-failure recovery would impact the customer satisfaction level and enhance customer loyalty in banks. Can you please share papers or pieces of scholarly advice with us? Your support is highly appreciated.
