Research

Indian International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) – 2025

The 5th Indian International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM-2025) was jointly organized by VIT Business School and IEOM Society International (USA) during November 6-8, 2025. VIT Founder and Chancellor Dr. G Viswanathan presided over the function. Dr. Sandhya Pentareddy, Executive Director VIT, felicitated the scientists, professors and Read more…

By Dr. Sandhya, ago

The Franco-Indian Campus, ILIADE-Consortium M.Sc. Biotechnology Twinning Degree Award Ceremony

  The Franco-Indian Campus, ILIADE-Consortium M.Sc. Biotechnology Twinning Degree Award Ceremony was held earlier during the day. We are honored to welcome distinguished guests, Mr. Etienne ROLLAND-PIEGUE, Consul General, @franceinpondy, and Padmabhushan Prof. T. Ramasami, Former Secretary General, DST, Govt of India. The ceremony was presided over by VIT Vice-President Read more…

By Dr. Sandhya, ago

MoU between VIT and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Data Informatics and Innovation Division (DIID)

VIT has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Data Informatics and Innovation Division (DIID), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Govt. of India, to advance data science through a collaborative partnership. The agreement focuses on knowledge exchange and collaboration, organising workshops & hackathons, capacity building and Read more…

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employee commitment

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.

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Leadership Affective Commitment

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.

By Dr. Sandhya, ago