Yamini Chandra

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India | EDI · Department of Business Management

This research was conducted on women working professionals (such as entrepreneurs and managers/intrapreneurs), to understand the effects of organizational citizenship behaviour on the quality of their work life. A representative sample of 480 women working professionals was selected using a quasi-experimental sampling technique. The data were colle...

Purpose Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the government around the world has closed all the educational institutions to control the spread of disease, which is creating a direct impact on students, educators and institutions. The sudden shift from the physical classroom to virtual space is creating a disruption among students. The purpose of this study wa...

The present chapter focuses on creativity and its potential role in overcoming fear and tolerating ambiguity. Both fear and ambiguity are known to be deterrents of entrepreneurial decisions. In this chapter, entrepreneurial decision-making is discussed as a part of strategic and cognitive process, Creative Aerobics (CA) is introduced as a strategy...

Entrepreneurial exploration and exploitation have been considered recently as fundamental for the survival, growth, and renewal of any business. It has been largely observed that entrepreneurship and family owned business broadly share a means-end relationship. A typical observation of all family businesses is that entrepreneurial inclination is th...

Entrepreneurship through higher education has taken a paradigm shift from traditional classroom lecture series method to a modern approach, which lay emphasis on nurturing competencies, enhancing knowledge, skills, attitudes/abilities (KSA), which has positive impact on the development of core capabilities. The present paper was focused on the anal...

The sudden, rapid and ongoing outbreak of novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has forced social distancing and lockdowns. Many people have already started experiencing an elevated feeling of loneliness, emotional distress, anxious and depressive thoughts related to the concerns for the disrupted social, emotional, spiritual, professional and...

“Social Distancing” during the time of COVID-19 pandemic meant to safeguard the populace was a rarest of the rare experience. Social gatherings, meetings, classes etc. were prohibited and hence there was a surge in use of virtual platforms. Social media platforms witnessed unprecedented levels of traffic during this period. These platforms are faci...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has taken a wider perspective, captivating different forms depending upon the company, its employees, beneficiaries, and stakeholders. With CSR activities and volunteer programs, organizations are benefitting society along with creating their brand and trust.Globalization has openedimmense opportunities for bus...

Social Distancing" during the time of COVID-19 pandemic meant to safeguard the populace was a rarest of the rare experience. Social gatherings, meetings, classes etc. were prohibited and hence there was a surge in use of virtual platforms. Social media platforms witnessed unprecedented levels of traffic during this period. These platforms are facil...

COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed our lives. The education sector is observing a major disruption due to the closure of educational campuses. The mandatory and precautionary methods to stop the spread of the disease is social distancing and lockdown. But with the lockdown, students are already missing their classroom learning, working with p...

The present study was conducted as part of a project implemented by Namac (a Small Salt Producer Company located in Gujarat, India) to replace diesel pumps with solar pumps for salt production in the region of Adesar in Gujarat. The study highlights the impact of this intervention and identifies the shortcomings, benefits, feasibility and aceeptabi...

Entrepreneurship promotion is essential for economic growth and development. Entrepreneurship is a path which person chooses even if knowing that it leads to the toughest experiences, challenges, obstacles, pain which comes as its by-product. An entrepreneur's decision to reduce, expand/shutdown business has its effect on the stakeholders. Trial an...

Entrepreneurship education is considered as one of the most persuasive way which determines the strength of the economy. It’s a way in which flexibility in terms of molding one’s own self to face the hardship of the world of entrepreneurship is taught in a practically applicable way so as to align with the changing workforce demand. The paradigm sh...

Purpose – Intrapreneurship (or corporate entrepreneurship) is referred to as the “entrepreneurial orientation of an organization”. Today, it has become apparently important for organizations to create an environment which encourages their entrepreneurially minded and talented employees to explore, innovate, and quickly convert their innovations to...

Intrapreneurship as a concept has been linked to the entrepreneurial orientation of an organization. They are new venture creators, corporate entrepreneurs, and a driver channelizing their entrepreneurial ability towards the growth of their organization. Intrapreneurship has emerged as the best possible way to retain talented staff, promote creativ...

Found virtually in every sector of the world’s economies, family enterprises are the most common form of business entities in the world. Family firms are those in which multiple members of the same family are involved as owners/managers, either contemporaneously or over time. As opposite, the key position executives’ contribution engages primarily...

Out of the all broad sources of that organizational stress has established since development of occupational health psychology, work environment has its own significant role. Every employee has its own subjective interpretation of working conditions and it may affect performance, commitment and attitudinal variables which include downsizing, harass...

Entrepreneurship has played an important role in the economic prosperity and social stability.In many developed countries; there is a general agreement that the attitude towards the entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activity and its social function play a major role for the students to decide their entrepreneurial career. It measured perceptions an...

The scenario of ever rising number of urban married women entering formal workforce; increasing amount of work stress both at home and workplace and its impact on family and home environment has been reported as the major source of stress. Ever since women have started entering into the workforce, balancing work and family roles has become a key pe...

Women have started entering into specialized professions. With increased competition among workforce; they are likewise competing for limited job opportunities; work amidst challenges; getting fired, stagnant tedious job and delivering high level performance. The present research study examines the effect of Organizational Role Stress (ORS) on wome...

Organizational Role Stress (ORS) is experienced when the person feels stressed from the responsibilities in managing personal life with professional. The feeling of dissatisfaction occurs when the person experiences a mismatch between their expectations and job performance outcomes. In today’s scenario with increased intense competition among workf...