Research
Being engaged: A study of faculty engagement in teaching, research and service
Faculty Engagement is crucial to the quality of teaching in higher educational institutions in both the developed and developing nations.
Parenting
At what age do kids develop self-control?
Does your toddler understand that he is not supposed to do something but does it anyway? Does that make you angry? Do you feel like shouting at your kid? We have all been in that situation but hold on. Show restraint. While your toddler, and even older kids for that Read more…
Women's Empowerment
A message to young women
“Equal Rights” shouldn’t have to be granted. They are not something that we should have to fight for, or something that one segment gets to bestow upon another. Equal Rights are fundamental to humans and should actually be assumed. However, the world has never been a fair place. Many women Read more…
Towards Eminence
The Big Picture
Let’s say your group is manufacturing a jigsaw puzzle and a few of the jigsaw pieces are your responsibility. If you focus only on your pieces, you may create perfect pieces. But if they don’t fit into the overall puzzle, the pieces become useless. We would be wise to keep Read more…
Language Bites
Desert vs. Dessert
This is about a common pronunciation error:“What’s for dessert today?”. Dessert in this sentence refers to cake, ice cream etc. which is usually something sweet served as the last course of a meal. This is different from ‘Desert’ as in ‘Sahara desert’. Desert should be pronounced as ‘dez-ert’ whereas Dessert Read more…
Towards Eminence
Make a Difference
Is it a task? Is it a duty? Is it a responsibility? It may be. But more importantly, it (work) is an OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. It is a chance to make an impact on your team, institution, students, research, industry, society and more. It is your moment to excel and to show Read more…
Language Bites
Work vs. Works
Incorrect:“I have many works to do today”.Correct:“I have much work to do today”. Normally, work is not countable into individual items. For such things that are not normally countable (water, understanding, information, wood etc.), we use singular and not plural for the noun form. If you want to say you Read more…
Dr. Sandhya in the News
VIT Chennai Celebrates The Graduating Class of 2022
Annual Convocation held at VIT Chennai on Saturday, 27 Aug 2022. VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan distributed degree certificates over 2000 students. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, member, NITI Aayog addressed the gathering with his envisioning words. Read More at : https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/youth-have-a-key-role-in-nations-progress-saraswat/article65818152.ece
Research
Road to employee commitment: The role of empowerment, leadership and culture
This exploratory research seeks to identify the relationships between the leadership, empowerment and commitment within the integrated model of competing values framework (CVF) of organisational culture. A conceptual model which relates the constructs to commitment is developed. The study attempts to use a social constructionist approach and scenario planning, which falls under the broader realm of qualitative analysis. Hypothetical cases are used to develop two scenarios.
Research
The role of job characteristics, leadership complexity and psychological empowerment in building affective commitment
Employees who are committed to their organizations take more initiative, engage in broader roles and contribute better. When employees have an emotional attachment to and identify with the organization, they are said to have affective commitment. It is the type of commitment that makes employees want to stay with an organization. Affective commitment has many benefits including work performance and retention. Therefore, it is very advantageous to understand how to elicit affective commitment.