Vijai N. Giri

Indian Information Technology (IT) market is going through a dynamic state of existence with employment uncertainties, but simultaneously creating promising opportunities. Amidst such unpredictability and possibilities, Indian IT professionals have been striving hard to build a career identity, demonstrating their capabilities to withstand unforese...

Previous studies have documented links between sub-clinical narcissism and the active pursuit of short-term mating strategies (e.g., unrestricted sociosexuality, marital infidelity, mate poaching). Nearly all of these investigations have relied solely on samples from Western cultures. In the current study, responses from a cross-cultural survey of...

The present paper explored the mediation effect of job satisfaction (JS) on the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB), affective organizational commitment (AOC), employee performance (PRFM), and turnover intention (Tl). Data were collected from 457 employees working in various automotive industries across India. Structural equation model...

Cultures have been found to predict the organizational effectiveness (OE). This article explores how a strong or weak organizational culture (OCL), irrespective of its taxonomy, affects OE in Indian technical education. It also examines the mediating role of organizational communication (OCM). Data were collected from 167 heads of engineering and m...

This study provides a new conceptualization of educational leadership with a multilevel and integrative approach. It examines the impact of multilevel leadership (MLL) on the effectiveness of technical educational institutes through the mediating effects of organizational communication, bases of power and organizational culture. Data were collected...

It is important for any organization to have favorable Human Resource Development Climate (HRDC) at the workplace. Because of changing global business scenario, organizations are facing tough competition. To remain economically viable in such business environment, there is a need for positive HRDC. The present study examines the impact of HRDC, aff...

The standard of educational institutions depends mainly on such teachers who are willing to exert significant efforts beyond their formal job requirements. The present study examined the impact of teachers' participation in decision making and commitment on organizational citizenship behaviour. Data were collected from 655 teachers working in priva...

The study examines the relationship between different forms of commitment and organizational citizenship behavior in engineering institutions. Data were collected from 655 teachers working in private engineering colleges, affiliated to JNT University. The study is based on the concept that job involvement mediates between group commitment and organ...

The present paper analyses the impact of organizational communication on job satisfaction and job performance. Data were collected from 380 employees working at different managerial levels in various organizations in India by using Organizational Communication Scale (Roberts & O’Reilly, 1974), Job Satisfaction Survey scale (Spector, 1985), and Job...

This article investigates the relationship between organizational communication and job satisfaction. Data were collected from 380 employees at junior, middle and top level management from various telecom and banking sectors. Results reveal that there is a significant correlation between organizational communication and job satisfaction. It was obs...

Communication in today's organization plays an important role in overall organizational effectiveness. Advancements in technological capability have led to a need to reconsider and reconceptualize the nature of work in organizations. Face-to-face communication is undoubtedly the richest medium of communication, but it is very difficult to arrange f...

The present paper analyses the association of leadership styles, Face-to-Face communication (FtF) and organizational effectiveness. Data were collected from 324 employees from various organizations in India. It was found that leadership styles predicted significantly the organizational effectiveness. The transformational leadership and transactiona...

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The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is a self-report measure designed to assess the high-order personality traits of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness. As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, the BFI was translated from English into 28 languages and administered to 17,837 individuals from 56 nati...

The present paper analyses the relationship between job performance and organizational commitment of employees in the organization. Organizational climate has been used as a mediating variable. Data were collected from 380 employees from various organizations across India. It was observed that job performance has a significant effect on organizatio...

Research on managerial issues in India in the post-liberalization period has identified several factors that have a significant impact on individual and organizational efficacy. In this connection, one factor that has been identified as critical is the human resource management function of the firm. In this quasi-experimental field study, we examin...

This article reports two worldwide studies of stereotypes about liars. These studies are carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages. In Study 1, participants respond to the open-ended question “How can you tell when people are lying?” In Study 2, participants complete a questionnaire about lying. These two studies reveal a dom...

This article reports two worldwide studies of stereotypes about liars. These studies are carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages. In Study 1, participants respond to the open-ended question “How can you tell when people are lying?” In Study 2, participants complete a questionnaire about lying. These two studies reveal a dom...

As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completedthe RelationshipQuestionnaire(RQ), a self-reportmeasure of adult romanticattachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically va...

Gender differences in the dismissing form of adult romantic attachment were investigated as part of the International Sexuality Description Project-a survey study of 17,804 people from 62 cultural regions. Contrary to research findings previously reported in Western cultures, we found that men were not significantly more dismissing than women acros...

The study investigated the relation of scores on self-esteem and communication style using the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and Communications Style Profile for 282 men and 133 women. Analysis showed the group with high self-esteem scores preferred a direct, straightforward, result-oriented, dominating, and assertive communication style, whereas tho...

The present paper assesses the relationship of alexithymia and managerial styles. It has been examined whether alexithymia predicts managerial styles, and high and low alexithymia groups differ on managerial styles in Indian organizations. To measure alexithymia and managerial styles, Toronto Alexithymia Scale – 20 (T AS-20) (Bagby, Parker , & Tayl...