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Beyond the Paycheck: Conceptualizing Employer Brand Activism
No full textGone are the days when a business must be a certain way and their primary objective was to generate revenue and maximize stakeholder value. Today, the aspirations and expectations of different groups have become increasingly complex; they want to attach meaning to a brand when associating themselves with it. For example, consumers, investors and employees expect organizations to speak out or take a stand on social, political and environmental issues. At the same time, today׳s leaders want to be known beyond their role. They are increasingly vocal about what they stand for and where their personal views lie. While this evolving mindset overlaps well and has the potential to form that ideal triad for all, i.e., if the management, the customer, the investor and the employee align on a value, it will have a positive impact on the organization. However, it is far from ideal because if complexity is paramount, so are the looming uncertainties of ever-changing trends and priorities, i.e., the changing preferences of consumers and investors, the changing views, inclinations and preferences of employees, and the values of executives and management. Now, organizations must understand and manage the ever-changing trends and priorities. More importantly, they must explore and define their values and ensure that they are aligned from the inside out to create value. Therefore, this book chapter aims to explore the facets of activism within the organization (i.e., corporate activism, brand activism, leadership activism, and employee activism) to explain employer brand activism, which is the interplay between employees and the organization. In doing so, we focus on employer brand activism, its short-term benefits, access to long-term effects and how these ultimately relate to other activism. This is important because if this alignment is not achieved internally, external alignment remains fragile and fraught with uncertainty. We therefore hope to shed more light on the broad discussion of how activism and business can go hand in hand and how organizations can drive value from understanding, defining, and prioritizing their values with others, be it employees, leadership, brands, consumers, or investors
The weaponisation of the media under Xi Jinping
No full textUnder the leadership of Xi Jinping, there has been an increase in the level of control towards the Chinese media. With changes in a number of laws and policies, Xi has consistently increased the degree of control. However, the control over the Chinese media should not be perceived only from a domestic point of view. True, that the Party believes that the monitoring of the media is an effective way to maintain the peace and stability within the Chinese society. It also helps in curtailing criticism from gaining strength. But it also serves as a very important tool in foreign policy and global image projection
How the bulldozer became a symbol of Modi’s India
No full textBulldozers are ubiquitous on construction sites the world over. But in India, they are also something more. Bulldozers have become a symbol, a perpetrator of a divisive and violent brand of retributive justice that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has developed since Modi first came to power in 2014 and, despite growing political and judicial resistance, continues to propagate. Used to target Muslims under the guise of governance, the bulldozer reflects India’s current imbalance along religious lines
Possible sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity phenotypes and their association with diabetes: Evidence from LASI wave-1 (2017-18)
No full textAims
To assess the prevalence of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity phenotypes and investigate their association with self-reported diabetes among community-dwelling individuals aged 45 or above.
Methods
Utilizing data from 62,899 individuals in LASI wave-1 (2017-18), the assessment of possible sarcopenia was done on two critical parameters: muscle (handgrip) strength and physical performance (gait speed), following the 2019 guidelines from the Asian working group on sarcopenia (AWGS). BMI, WC, WHR, and WHtR defined sarcopenic obesity phenotypes. Binary logistic regression analysis explored the association of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity phenotypes with self-reported diabetes.
Results
The prevalence of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity defined by BMI was found to be 44.4 % and 10.6 %, respectively. Individuals with possible sarcopenia exhibited a 1.18 times higher likelihood of developing self-reported diabetes (p < 0.001), while those with sarcopenic obesity by BMI had significantly elevated odds (1.94, 95 % CI 1.81–2, p < 0.001) for self-reported diabetes.
Conclusions
Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity phenotypes may increase the risk of developing diabetes as we age. Therefore, it is imperative to formulate targeted preventive and therapeutic strategies to combat sarcopenia and diabetes among the aging population
The Ghost of Article 12 in the Indian Constitution: the Verticality v. Horizontality Conundrum
No full textThe chapter on fundamental rights in the Constitution of India, under article 12, identifies the “state” as the actor against whom fundamental rights can be enforced. Decades-long jurisprudence invoking article 12 has established the vertical enforcement of fundamental rights against state actors. However, a constitutional bench judgment in Kaushal Kishor (2023) alters this position, wherein the Supreme Court of India expanded the scope of fundamental rights against both state and non-state actors. This article analyzes the dictum in Kishor to argue that even when fundamental rights have been sporadically enforced against non-state actors, it has been by obligating the state to mitigate fundamental rights transgressions by non-state actors (doctrine of indirect horizontal application). The article raises constitutional concerns about the Court's reasoning in Kishor, positing that it ignores the constitutional mandate of article 12, disregards the judicial precedents supporting the vertical application of fundamental rights, and grants an unbounded sanction to enforce fundamental rights against virtually “anyone.
A systematic scoping review on exploring effective interventions for narcissistic personality disorder
No full textNarcissistic personality disorder presents significant therapeutic challenges due to the maladaptive coping strategies employed by individuals, including pervasive negativity, blame-shifting, and manipulative behaviors. The review follows 5 stages of Arksey and O’Malley’s framework of a scoping review. Databases like PsychINFO, PubMed, ProQuest, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched for the articles. Of those retrieved, 12 met the criteria. The review highlights the effectiveness of various interventions, including expressive and integrated approaches, psychotropic medications, cognitive-behavioral therapies, systemic therapeutic strategies, and insight-oriented methods, in managing narcissistic personality disorder. These findings emphasize the importance of a tailored, multifaceted approach to treatment. The findings suggest that while these therapies are promising, further research is essential to optimize their efficacy and integration, ensuring they meet the complex and individualized needs of those with narcissistic personality disorder
Multiplying multi-plants: A new and consequential phenomenon
No full textNearly all the literature using the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) data in India has overlooked or not seriously incorporated the phenomenon of multi-plants, whereby a firm sets up multiple production facilities within a state. We show that multi-plants have grown dramatically over time, now accounting for 36 percent of employment in large firms (greater than 200 workers). The multi-plant phenomenon is important because it changes our understanding of the evolution of the size of large firms: contrary to recent research we find that accounting for multi-plants shows that large plants have not grown in size (and may even have shrunk) despite increasing recourse to contract labour. More broadly, any literature that focusses on firm size distribution without accounting for the multi-plant phenomenon is prone to measurement error
Jurisprudential reimagination on rights to education and healthcare in India: In pursuit of a coherent theory
No full textThe Indian Constitution, as a grand document, promised rights and interests. The members of the Constituent Assembly were divided on situating socio-economic rights such as education and healthcare as judicially enforceable rights due to budgetary constraints. Therefore, the Indian Constitution, entrenched these interests as part of Directive Principles of State Policy – the guiding principle but judicially non-enforceable. In the aftermath of Second World War, and declaration of International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966), many jurisdictions experimented by making Socio-Economic interests as judicial enforceable rights within the framework of their Constitutions. South Africa, and Colombia, stand tall in that order of nations. Notwithstanding their declaration as judicially enforceable, most of these nations including South Africa and Colombia have struggled in developing a coherent jurisprudence on the enforcement of these rights and penumbral claims emanating from them. In this paper, we traverse the jurisprudential journey of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa, and Colombia, and juxtapose them with the Indian experience, to sum up the jurisprudential underpinnings constituting the rationale behind the enforcement of these claims or otherwise
Research on leadership potential: Where are we and where should we be heading?
No full textPurpose
The purpose of this study is to clarify the definitional inconsistencies around the concept of “leadership potential” and differentiate it from related constructs, provide a comprehensive review of the literature and propose a research agenda to guide future studies.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors adopt a systematic literature review method to achieve this purpose. Adhering to the established guidelines, they analyzed 81 empirical articles published in 27 leading journals from 2011 to 2024.
Findings
Despite its prominence in discussions of leadership emergence, development, effectiveness and promotability, the literature lacks consensus on operationalizing leadership potential. In response, the authors propose a novel operationalization based on Pinder’s (1988) three dimensions of motivation, namely – direction, intensity and persistence of behavior. The analysis of this paper structured through the theory-context-characteristics-method (TCCM) framework identifies several critical gaps: One-third of the reviewed studies lack a theoretical foundation, while the remaining predominantly rely on trait and cognition-based approaches; most research emphasizes individual-level predictors and outcomes, with limited exploration of contextual factors; and quantitative approaches dominate the field leaving room for alternative methodological approaches. Based on these observations, a future research agenda using TCCM has been proposed.
Originality/value
This study contributes uniquely to the leadership literature by clarifying the distinctions between “leadership potential” and related constructs, introducing an operationalization grounded in Pinder’s motivational framework and presenting a holistic view of the literature on leadership potential. Further, this study advances the field by proposing a future research agenda, an aspect previously unexplored. Additionally, the authors use the TCCM framework, a guided framework for systematic literature review that has not been adopted in the leadership literature
Paris AI summit: India’s lead role in defining sovereignty and cooperation in digital era
Get PDFAs artificial intelligence is shaping a new era of political and technological competition, influencing global power structures and redefining territoriality, its governance becomes a critical issue; nations must balance technological sovereignty with international cooperation to ensure equitable, ethical, and secure AI developmen