Vimal Kumar

Chaoyang University of Technology · Department of Information Management

Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper examines the background and commodification of Prakuam as a cultural heritage among Khmer ethnic communities in Surin Province, Thailand. The study was guided by a key informant, Lung Puan Jiewthong, a master silversmith selected from Chok Village in Khawao-Sinarin District, Surin Province, along with se...

This study presents a comprehensive synthesis of research trends and themes in SCM within higher education institutions. By analysing 492 research articles between 1992 and 2023, retrieved from the Web of Science, and analysed using the CATAR software, this bibliometric analysis provides an in-depth examination of SCM research trends. The study inv...

Background and Objective: This research investigates the impact of religiosity and religious activities on the happiness of the young generation (Ages 11-26) of Buddhists in Thailand. It aims to analyze the relationship between these religious aspects and the happiness levels among the young generation of Buddhists in Thailand. This study hypothesi...

Purpose The present study aims to investigate the factors of loan access that affect entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and operating efficiency of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Furthermore, the study intended to investigate the influence of ESE on the operating efficiency of Indian MSMEs and its mediating role. Design/metho...

This study investigates the synergistic effects of circular economy (CE) practices, Industry 4.0 technology, and green human resource management (HRM) practices on sustainability and performance in Indian companies. CE focuses on resource efficiency, waste minimization, and material recyclability. Industry 4.0 incorporates modern digital technologi...

Purpose This study explores the intricate relationship between social media communication, consumer attitude and purchase intention within the context of lifestyle category products. With the rapid proliferation of social media platforms, businesses have turned to these platforms to connect with consumers and influence their purchasing decisions. T...

Pandemic has compelled the entire world to change their way of life and work. To control the infection rate, academic institutes deliver education online similarly. At least one smartphone is available in every home, and students use their smartphones to attend class. The study investigates the link between smartphone usage (SU) and academic perfor...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how Industry 4.0 (I4.0) implementation might improve marketing performance (MP). Early adopters now have the chance to capitalize on the advantages of this successful implementation owing to the transition to I4.0. To improve MP, businesses must be able to identify and manage their effective implement...

Background: Stress is a pivotal aspect of organizational psychology. Although an individual's attitude and behaviour at work have received greater investigation, scant attention has been given to family-related dynamics and their impact on work. Objective: This study contributes to understanding work-family dynamics by investigating the connecti...

Purpose Employee engagement (EE) continues to be one of the most difficult challenges for organizations today. Numerous factors have been linked to EE, according to studies. However, the necessary human resource management (HRM) strategies and systems for enhancing EE have not yet been developed. It is questionable if all employees inside the compa...

Purpose Recent technological advancements, often linked to Industry 4.0, require organizations to be more agile and innovative. Blockchain technology (BT) holds immense potential in driving organizations to achieve efficiency and transparency in supply chains. However, there exist some insurmountable challenges associated with the adoption of BT in...

Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate and clarify how the triple helix actors can effectively implement the concepts of Kaizen to navigate and overcome the complex obstacles brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Through broad literature reviews, nine common parameters under triple helix actor have been r...

Purpose This study aims to identify and prioritize the key practices and strategies for effective global sourcing and supply chain management (SCM). Design/methodology/approach The study uses a combination of Pareto analysis and multi-objective optimization based on ratio analysis research methodology to analyze and establish the relationships amo...

Purpose This study aims to provide a causal framework for teacher burnout (BO) and work engagement (WE) by examining the factors that contribute to it and evaluating how progressive education (PE) affects teachers' performance in Higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach This study uses a multi-stage sampling technique with...

Purpose This study examined the factors impeding the implementation of micro-credentials and accepting it as a credible source of earning professional qualifications and certifications necessary for pursuing higher education or other career goals. Design/methodology/approach The factors were identified by reflecting on the recent literature and In...

The current situation calls for effective Human Resource (HR) operations. In order to perform well and remain competitive, especially in service organizations, HR strategies must be given more attention due to ongoing changes in banking, the workplace, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rules, and rising consumer wants and expectations. It has grown to be...

Purpose Though academic study on the subject is still in its early stages, there is growing interest in using blockchain technology for transforming the supply chain. The academic literature is divided and yet only includes studies evaluating how the supply chain has changed organizations. To comprehend the new phenomena, this study aims to investi...

Purpose Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation follows a structured approach called define-measure-analyze-improve-control (DMAIC). Earlier research about its application in emergency healthcare services shows that it requires organizational transformation, which many healthcare setups find difficult. The Kotter change management model facilitates org...

The present study extends family stress to the work domain and explains how family stressors impact job outcomes. The investigation examines the relationship between family incivility (FI), employee engagement (EE), and perceived supervisor support (PSS) in the context of government school teachers in the Indian subcontinent. The examination uses a...

Purpose Even the greatest developed countries have capitulated to the destructions imposed on the global supply systems, as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed. The purpose of this study is to explore human resource sourcing strategies for managing supply chain performance during the COVID-19 outbreak. There are six human resource sourcing strategie...

The inopportune organization of spice supply chains (SSCs) results in aided risks, resource wastages, and sustainability issues. Nevertheless, practitioners and academicians alike must investigate spice supply chain management (SSCM) in terms of long-term sustainability. This study draws on the available literature to compile a collection of charac...

Purpose This study aims to examine the implementation of agile practices in Industry 4.0 to assess the financial performance measurements of manufacturing firms. It also investigates the relationship between supply chain performance and financial performance. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on an experimental research design by coll...

Purpose Despite the current progress in realizing how Big Data Analytics can considerably enhance the Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chain (SMSC), there is a major gap in the storyline relating factors of Big Data operations in managing information and trust among several operations of SMSC. This study attempts to fill this gap by studying the ke...

Purpose–Thepresentstudyinvestigatesthe impactof digital entrepreneurial education and training and its impact on the digital entrepreneurial intention (EI) through the mediating character of entrepreneurial competence. Design/methodology/approach– A total of 391 survey responses were collected from employees using convenient and snowball sampling...

Manufacturing Supply Chain (MSC) becomes more complex not only from the business viewpoint but also for environmental care and sustainability. Despite the current progress in realizing how Big Data Analytics (BDA) can considerably enhance the Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chain (SMSC), there is a major research gap in the storyline relating to f...

Abstract Purpose- Quality 4.0 represents the integration of quality management principles with digital technologies to drive continuous improvement and innovation in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the essential Organizational Variables (OVs) for the successful implementation of Quality 4.0 in the Indian furniture industry. D...

Purpose The study aims to identify Green Lean Six Sigma (GLSS) barriers in the context of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and prioritize them for executing the GLSS approach. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review (SLR) was used to identify a total of 14 barriers, which were then verified for greater relevance by the profe...

Purpose New product development (NPD) is necessary for business sustenance and customer satisfaction. Six Sigma and Design for Lean Six Sigma (DLSS) efficiently employ the repetitive stages for NPD, leading to quality performance and profitability. This study aims to map the quality performance through NPD attributes through the Lean methodology....

Purpose-This paper attempts to investigate the approaches used for implementing Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and study its impact on ABC India Limited (Name changed), a tire manufacturing industry for realizing leadership in the Indian market. The other objectives are to explore the key issues faced by the company before TQM and study t...

The six-sigma methodology has been adopted by the industry as a business management tool to improve operational capabilities and reduce defects in any process. This study aims to present a case study on the implementation of the Six-Sigma DMAIC methodology with the purpose to reduce the rejection rate of rubber weather strips manufactured by XYZ Lt...

Purpose This study aims to set out to identify and evaluate potential obstacles to successfully implementing lean construction (LC) as a result. Design/methodology/approach Several indicators were recognized as major obstacles following an exhaustive assessment of the literature and a multicriteria decision analysis based on the analytic hierarchy...

This paper focuses on different Total Quality Management (TQM) practices implemented by Deming-awarded Indian industries and examines the impact of commonly used TQM practices on organisational performance. In this study, organisational performance is taken as a function of satisfaction and business performance. The hypotheses and conceptual TQM fr...

For firms devoted to growth and survival, the total quality management (TQM) strategy is both a practical working procedure and a quality mindset. TQM begins with the belief that concentrated management action may increase the quality of the organization’s service and goods at a very low cost, hence satisfying customer needs and growing market shar...

BACKGROUND: With greater uncertainties and economic divides in Indian formal and Informal economies; the lockdown in its unprecedented ways severely knocked the crucial vulnerabilities of majorly the informal sector of the economy. METHODS: The study was conducted across the Indian population who have suffered from the bad impact of COVID-19 and th...

Technology trajectory provides valuable information on technological development and its potential impact. This study takes E-Payment technology as an example by presenting the technological development trajectory, and by exploring the contribution of knowledge sources from different regions and various technical fields. In the process of technolog...

Design thinking has been largely acknowledged as a technical advancement in business circles in terms of technology, innovation, creativity, and flexibility. Design techniques are becoming more and more popular among organizational executives as a cure-all for uncertainty and upheaval, so it is important to take environmental dynamism into account....

This study's goal is to investigate the connection between the results of remote work (RW) and how that affects firm performance (FP). Using an empirical study of 128 IT professionals in a representative sample. Information was acquired through organized questionnaire interviews with business management. RW and other workplace flexibility practices...

Managerial turnover is an important issue, yet research on employee turnover in the public sector needs to be more extensive. Thus, it reiterates the need to revisit the underlying cause for attrition in Indian public sector enterprises (PSEs). The study aims to identify the key drivers and their roles in public-sector enterprises. This investigati...

To utilize the concept of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and apply it appropriately to address design decisions concerning the quality of cellular phones, a simplified version of the House of Quality (HoQ) will be built. Real customer requirements (CRs) are easier to collect when QFD is employed because it puts the emphasis on the customer and t...

A citizen-centric approach was used to understand the effectiveness of e-government web portals in India. So, the study aims to find the factors of e-government (i.e., information clarity and appropriateness, relevance & usefulness, information accuracy & completeness, system security, users’ privacy, system stability, and interactive services) and...

Purpose Smart furniture is an essential part of research that has been designed to best complement easy and safe human interaction. The purpose of smart furniture is to save the space of the house and make the products unique, awesome and safe, functional, strong and also make it works better so the people can live better with it. This research aim...

Purpose-The study aims to identify organizational variables of quality 4.0 for an Indian manufacturing company in the case of digital transformation. Furthermore, the organization enhances its quality 4.0 performances to its success based on the degree of relevance of these variables, insight into these variables, and sub-factors to prioritize them...

The current exploratory study identifies the major challenges in the adoption of Industry 4.0 framework in the Indian construction industry and subsequently ranks the challenges on the basis of the severity. Based on the extant literature review and personal interaction with construction management, information technology (IT) professionals, and ac...

Purpose The study aims to add to the body of knowledge of open source tangible product management (also called open design). The objective is also to develop a guideline for efficient open source tangible product development and adoption. Design/methodology/approach The exploratory research design using secondary data (like newspapers, magazines,...

Purpose With increasing pressure from the government and private sectors to be more environmentally and socially responsible, sustainable supplier selection has gained enormous currency in recent times. Particularly, in the case of the construction industry, owing to a large amount of industrial wastage generated and extreme workplace conditions, i...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the critical success factors for TQM implementation from the real case analysis. Eisenhardt (1989) seminal article on "Building theories from Case Study Research" has motivated researchers from diverse areas to adopt case study methodology to build concepts and theories and case research on TQM implementation...

Purpose This study aims to identify the major factors influencing the consumers to prefer milk products and also to analyze the awareness level of the Indian consumers. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the data is obtained through a structured questionnaire from Indian consumers considering convenience sampling under the nonprobability s...

Purpose This study aims to identify key supply chain challenges and opportunities of the case of Hong Kong toy manufacturing company during the COVID-19 outbreak and develop a comprehensive structural relationship to rank them. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a toy model company in Hong Kong is considered to discuss about what challenge...

The studies highlightthat only one billion tons were obtained out of four billion tons of solid waste in the world and small value recovered out of it. In such a way, indeed, there is still a wide scope in collecting and converting the waste into value. In the industrial set-up because for various reasons, the production process is not optimum towa...

Purpose This study aims to present a study on the supply chain process of a Myanmar-based pharmaceutical company (named ABC Pvt. Ltd. in this study) that produces pharmaceutical products across Myanmar and aims of bringing quality medical products and best care for Myanmar people’s health. The study aims to identify the key supply chain challenges...

Purpose The study aims to investigate the association between Entrepreneurial Education (EE) and Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) and the multiple mediation model of Creativity and Entrepreneurial Motivation (EM). Design/methodology/approach The study employed a sample of 300 students who have studied entrepreneurial development courses (short-term...

Purpose- This study aims to identify how ICT appeared as an emergent business strategy and to investigate the impact of ICT adoption factors on the perceived benefits of MSMEs. Design/methodology/approach-A total of 393 responses from Indian SMEs was collected for the final analysis. The study presents the partial least-squares structural equation...