Lijo. K. J’s scientific contributions

Psychological contract pinpoints the underlying processes regarding expectation within the employee and employer relationship to ensure a healthy and progressive relationship of both parties. Human resource professionals in Start-up have a bigger role than those working in large organization. The researcher aims to find out whether there is a relationship between Psychological contract and Job Satisfaction among HR professionals. The objective of the study to find the relationship between psychological contract and job satisfaction among HR professionals in start-up organization. The tools used for the study are the Job Satisfaction scale by (Singh & Sharma, 2004) and Psychological Contract Inventory (Rousseau, 1989). The sample of the study consists of 40 HR professionals. Pearson product moment correlation and step-wise multiple regression is used for analyzing the data. The findings show that the dimensions of psychological contract inventory i.e. employee obligation, employer obligation and psychological contract fulfillment have a significant correlation with job satisfaction of HR professionals in Start-up service sectors.

The objective of the present study is to understand the relationship between self-consciousness and depression among HIV-affected children. Self-consciousness and depression among 70 HIV-affected children are assessed by using Self-conscious scale Revised and Depression self-evaluation scale for children respectively. Statistical analysis conducted by using Spearman’s Rank correlation show that at that place are significant positive correlation between Age, self-awareness and depression among HIV-affected children. The multiple regression analysis shows that both self-awareness and age predicts depression among HIV-affected children.