The Department of Social Work releases the first part of research summaries of the student theses of the Social Work Master's program of the 2012-2014 batch. Empirical research projects are an important part of the curriculum of the second-year MSW program. Tools such as Allen and Meyer's (1990) Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) to measure employee commitment and the Barnwell Country Performance Evaluation form (Government of South Carolina) were used to measure employee job performance.
The results show that employee engagement has a strong impact on employee performance - a moderate level of employee engagement (affective, permanent and normative), a higher level of employee engagement, a higher level of employee performance. Effective company policies and benefits, along with good employee relations, help a company retain employees and increase employee engagement levels, which is reflected in employee performance. In today's scenario, MNCs rarely focus on employee skill development based on previous appraisal feedback in their performance appraisal.
The objectives of the study are to know the effectiveness of the existing appraisal system and their level of satisfaction, also to know employees' awareness of 720 degree appraisal systems and their propensity to adapt 720 degree appraisal systems to their organization. Research design chosen for this study was descriptive design as it helps to properly understand the importance and desire for 720 degree evaluation system.
Workers in the Manufacturing Companies Dennis John and Bino Thomas
Employee turnover is increasing at an extraordinary rate; The BPO sector in India is growing and challenging HR professionals. Turnover is said to be one of the most important causes of declining productivity and morale in the public and private sectors and is one of the biggest problems facing the BPO sector today, and it has also proven to be a very expensive affair for any organization/. The aim of the study is to investigate the factors that lead to turnover among BPO employees.
The research design chosen for this study is descriptive research design as it helps in understanding the factors that lead to employee turnover. The sampling technique used here is snowball sampling and 50 employees having work experience in a BPO and currently working in a non-BPO sector were given a self-made questionnaire to complete. The result shows that lack of motivation, salary insufficient for a living, lack of award of bonus, lack of incentives, lack of adaptation in the organizational culture/environment and lack of good relationship with colleagues are a few factors behind employee turnover in a BPO sector.
Individuals
An extended lifespan makes demands, not only on the elderly individuals and medical profession, but also on the society, of which they are a part. Society must therefore be a caring society, which promotes the physical, social and economic autonomy of the individual. A study on the life satisfaction of elderly in nursing homes was conducted in four nursing homes in Bangalore with a sample of 50 elderly in nursing homes.
The research design adopted for the study is descriptive design and the sampling technique used to collect the data was multi-stage random sampling. The study has analyzed the life satisfaction levels, social relationships and environmental satisfaction of the elderly in the selected old age homes in Bangalore. The results of the study show that the level of life satisfaction of older people is significantly correlated with satisfaction with the environment and social relationships.
The results of the study will be useful to middle-aged people for successful aging and to improve the strategies of institutional care for the elderly. Even when the institutionalized care is provided to them, the value and worth of individuality could be the primary goal of the institutions. Placing emphasis on the individual satisfaction of the elderly is an important area for the practice of social work in aged care institutions.
This research therefore concentrates on the challenges faced by those parents who have autistic children over the age of 18. There are many challenges that the parents face but the researcher here studied 3 challenges namely stress, aging issues and financial issues faced. by parents of adult autistic individuals and thus the objectives of this study are to assess the socio-demographic details, to know the stress level of parents, financial burdens they face and also the aging issues. faced by them in their daily lives. The sample size of the study is 30, where the sample consists of either mother or father of adult autistic individuals.
The result of the study shows that the stress level of parents is high and parents face moderate problems of aging and financial insufficiency.
Siddapur Taluk from ‘Right to Participation’
A study of the awareness level of the caste system and the acceptance level of dalit children by non dalit children i.
Mysore
Workers in Tea Plantation of Dibrugarh District of Assam
Couples in the Organized Sector Devika Maitra and Hemalatha K
Students Drop Out in Tribal Education
Programmes Implemented by the Government of Kerala
Children’s exposure in Bangalore Geethanjali.S and Sushma G Murthy
So, it has become very important to identify the employee turnover intention as early as possible so that the HR planners can come up with an action plan. It is said that turnover is one of the leading causes of declining productivity and a drop in morale. The research focuses on the various factors of job satisfaction and how they influence employees' turnover intentions.
The purpose of the research is to map the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intentions among employees of a renowned American company. The sampling technique used was convenient sampling and 50 samples were taken from different departments of the organization. A standardized tool was used to measure job satisfaction and a self-built tool to measure turnover intention among employees.
Inclusion in Workplace in Bangalore Justin Joseph Philip and Bino Thomas
Performance
India has a large population of urban poor that contributes to the existence of informal jobs in the sector, of which waste picking is considered to be the most neglected sector. With the growing population and increased waste production, there is also an increase in the number of waste pickers. Being in the informal sector, these waste pickers are denied various welfare schemes or services provided by the government.
The current study looks at the extent to which this waste picking can be made more organized and brought out as a formal sector. It highlights the nature of the work, problems faced by waste pickers and their expectations of an organized sector. The study includes 50 participants living in the slums of Hyderabad who were selected using a two-stage random sampling method.
82% of them often suffer from health problems and none of them have an identity card nor are they registered in any social security scheme. The study also evaluated the factors that can contribute to making an organized sector of waste collection and they show that there is a need to organize this group of individuals for a better environment of their work.
Constables in New Delhi Neetu Jayan and Sushma G Murthy
Life constantly presents us with circumstances that can affect our physical/psychosocial well-being. The central role of coping in adapting to disability is widely recognized, but coping research is far from describing a “Magic Bullet” coping strategy that can immediately solve all problems and restore emotional balance. The study was therefore conducted among 50 participants, 25 men and 25 women with disabilities currently living and studying in various colleges in Bangalore.
The aim of the study is to assess the coping mechanisms of students with disabilities and also to see if gender has a significant relationship with the coping style adopted. The Rao's coping checklist was used to assess the coping style of the students with disabilities. Results indicate that there is no significant difference in the coping strategies adopted by male and female students with disabilities.
Making in Farm Management Pratima Meher and Mathew C. P
Eating among Young Female Adults
Urban Slums
Students
Mentally Challenged Adolescent Girl Child Tina Chung and Sheeja Remani B. Karalam
Act 2009 in an Urban Slum Tony George and Bharathi
North East in Unorganized Sectors of Bangalore Urbashi Subba and Hemalatha K
Bangalore
Self-esteem refers to the belief in an individual as a valuable person, which is balanced and permanent, and which enables a person to remain positive in the face of the situation they face and take responsibility for their life. Therefore, the researcher felt the need to study the self-esteem of bullying victims. The aim of the study was to identify the victims of bullying and then to examine their level of self-esteem.
The research design used was descriptive study. The sample consists of 200 children aged 12-16 who belong to grades 7-10. The results of the study showed that bullying has an impact on high school students' self-esteem, as the victims' level of self-esteem was found to be low. This research assesses the quality of life of women aged 18-60 living in Ambedkarnagar slum and Ragigudda slum in Bangalore. The sample size of the study is 50 and the sampling technique used was Cluster Sampling. The tool used for data collection was the WHO QOL scale and descriptive research design was used.
Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the correlation between the domains, mean and standard deviation were used to calculate the mean of each domain. A significant correlation was also seen between Physical health and Mental health, Physical health and environment, Psychological health and environment and Physical health and social relationship. Furthermore, the results show that the physical health domain, the psychological health domain and the social relations domain indicated that the quality of life for women in each of the domains is medium, while the quality of life is low in the environmental domain.
A misconception prevails that Transgenders cannot be Spiritual or religious, that they rarely practice Spiritual and Religious ways to attain salvation. The purpose of this study was to study about the spiritual and religious practices of transgender. The study was conducted among transgenders associated with an institution for sexual minorities in Bangalore.
The studio has also been able to learn how they practice their faith.
