Social Sciences and Humanities

The sustainer of ancient vedic philosophical principles; pramukh swami: the inspirer of the swaminarayan bhāṢya

This paper aims to illuminate the contribution of Pramukh Swami Maharaj in sustaining the Vedic philosophical principles propagated by Bhagavān Swaminarayan two centuries back. However, the period of two hundred years is enough to change the phenomenon of historical, social, religious and moral aspects. Consequently, these changes can also be perceived in the various philosophical principles which stand at two different and vast time zones.

E-governance and improved healthcare management system in sub-saharan africa (ssa): lessons from the estonian success in the management of covid-19 pandemic

Many commentators did not give Africa, particularly Sub-Saharan Africans, a chance of survival at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, based on the existing weak healthcare system and the prevalence of other numerous underlying diseases and susceptibilities; there were shortfalls in hospital beds, physicians, and hospitals, making it difficult to manage sicknesses during the pandemic.

Impact of toxic work environment on employee turnover intention in pharmaceutical industry, Klang Valley, Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the impact of toxic work environment and employee turnover intention from pharmaceutical industry in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Employee turnover is getting higher in recent years. It becomes a concern of the organization whereby the employees are decided to leave voluntary or involuntary. One of the reasons contributed to this high turnover would be toxic work environment.

Corporate governance, firm characteristics and voluntary information disclosure in quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria

This paper examined the effect of corporate governance, firm characteristics and voluntary information disclosure in quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The corporate governance was Proxied by gender diversity, audit committee size, audit committee meeting frequency and risk management committees; firm characteristics was equally proxy by leverage, firm size, audit firm type, and profitability while voluntary information disclosure was proxied by disclosure checklist.

School child protection measures against neglect for children with disabilities in special education schools

This paper examined the The purpose was to to explore, how protected are children with disabilities from neglect in selected special education schools. Interpretive paradigm with Qualitative intrinsic case study design was employed. The sample size comprised of 38 participants who included head teachers, teachers, learners and parents who were selected by purposive In-depth-structured interview guide and focus group discussions guide (FGD) were used to collect data and data were analysed by thematic analysis.

Introducing Covid shield rider in UFIC medical insurance

The Covid Pandemic created an adverse effect on society and posed a threat to day to day living of all. It was a necessity to continue the daily activities under these challenging circumstances. One of the biggest challenges faced was increased expenses on health care. Due to their job losses, sudden increase in product prices and the requirement for extra medical support, the common man was struggling to meet the two ends.

Recent advancements in rehabilitation of parkinson disorder in geriatric population

Objective: To investigate the recent advancements in availability of a number of interventions/treatment strategies and their efficacy in treatment of Parkinson disorder. Data Sources: Searches were made until April 2020 from the electronic databases such as MEDLINE, PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL, PEDRO, COCHRANE, CINAHL. Study Selection: RCT’s, Systematic Reviews, Meta Analysis, Clinical Trials were studied and compared with standard care, Parkinson disorder patients were included, majorly focussed on adult and older adult population, articles had to be available in English.

The influence of good corporate governance, organizational flexibility, and strategic change management on organizational performance in vocational higher education in air transportation mediated by knowledge management

The purpose of this research is for the development and interest of the Air Transport Vocational Higher Education Ministry of Transportation and the Public Service Agency Financial management pattern, a financial management pattern that provides flexibility in the form of discretion to establish sound business practices to improve service to the community in order to promote general welfare and educate the nation's life, as regulated in this Government Regulation, as an exception to the provisions of state financial management in general.

Managerial effectiveness and its relationship with age, gender, education and experience in telecommunication industry of West Bengal

This study made an attempt to find out the relationship between managerial effectiveness with the age, gender, education and experience of managers of telecommunication industry of West Bengal. The sample consists of 260 mangers from telecommunication industry(Reliance Jio = 65, Bharti Airtel Limited = 65, Vodafone Idea Limited = 65 and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) = 65)of West Bengal. Research tool include Managerial Effectiveness test developed by Prof. S. Gupta (1996) was used to measure the managerial effectiveness of the managers.