ABOUT THE BOOK :

The world of business is changing fast; sweeping globalization and rapidly changing technology have brought out a sea change in the way businesses are being conducted. The knowledge that was new yesterday literally becomes obsolete today. When such is the pace at which information obsolescence takes place, success in business now demands that we keep pace with the latest in managing business organizations successfully. In these scenarios, equipping ourselves with the latest information is the only insurance against failure and learning is the only way out here. Businesses have to keep themselves abreast of the best practices in the managing their organizations. There are many ways of generating knowledge and research is the one of the best ways of doing so, for it adopts a scientific method in its process. Best practices are routinely developed, overzealously implemented, become fast obsolete and finally sink in oblivion giving way to more refined ones-this cycle continues unabated. 

The present edited book entitled “Compendium of Management Research and Cases” is aptly an outcome of that cycle continuing unabatedly. It is a collection of research outcomes and cases on important management issues posing the contemporary business world over. We have been very selective in accepting the articles/cases and only those that are relevant to the times, pass the scrutiny of rigour in terms of methodologies and meeting the requirements of transparency in scientific communication of the materials have been included in this compendium.

We are confident the edited book-a compendium of research and cases- will be well received by the management scholars and practioners alike. All is well that ends well. The painstaking efforts in publishing this edited book will bear fruition only if the ideas and findings presented in the chapters are implemented by scholars and practitioners in real-life organizational situations. No work is perfect in to. Constructive suggestions for improvement of the edited book will be highly solicited so as to produce a better version of the book.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

Dr Prasant Kumar Behera: Dr Behera is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Central University of Odisha, Koraput. He is the founding Head of the Department of Economics and now Heading the Department of Business Management. Prior to joining CUO,  e was a Lecturer in Economics at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He did his Graduation and M.Phil. in Economics from Ravenshaw  University and M.A. and Ph.D. in Analytical and Applied Economics from Utkal University. He has qualified both UGC-NET & JRF in Economics. He has received the ICSSR Institutional Doctoral Fellowship from NCDS, Bhubaneswar. He has published 15 research papers in national and international journals of repute and 10 chapters in edited books. He has presented 25 research papers at various national and international seminars/conferences organised by different institutions/universities across India. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. He has successfully supervised master degree dissertations of 60 post graduate students in various areas of economics. He has received the best paper award at the National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues & Challenges in Finance and Taxation” organized by P.G. Department of Commerce, Berhampur University. His teaching and research interests include Development Economics, Tribal Economics, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Financial Economics, Economics of Social Sector, and Public Policy. He is currently the reviewer for Journal of Public Affairs published by Wiley, New Jersey, USA and Journal of Studies in Dynamics and Change (JSDC).

Dr Subash Chandra Pattnaik: Dr Pattnaik is currently working as Lecturer, Department of Business Management, Central University of Odisha, Koraput.  He is also holding the additional charge of Coordinator for MBA (Regular & Executive) Programmes of the Department. Dr Pattnaik is an MBA from Biju Patnaik University of Technology and PhD from the Department of Business Administration, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He has qualified UGC-NET in Management, UGC-NET in HRM/IR and AP-SET in Management. Apart from this, he is an alumnus of the prestigious Faculty Development Programme in Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2018 batch). He has almost 15 years of teaching experience at post-graduate level. His research interests include high performance human resource practices, organizational performance, turnover intentions, employee engagement and commitment, OCB, transformational leadership, etc.  He has published a number of research articles in journals of national and international repute published by Sage and Emerald and index by Scopus and Web of Science-indexed and ranked by ABDC. He has also presented research papers in seminars and conferences organized by premier institutes such as IIM Indore, IIM Sambalpur, etc.  He has reviewed for South Asian Journal of Business Studies, Management Research Review and Team Performance Management published by Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingly, United Kingdom. Apart from this, he is also currently the Review Editor for Organizational Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, USA. 

Dr Sitanath Raiguru: Dr Raiguru holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Berhampur University, Odisha. He has qualified UGC NET and JRF in Management. Dr. Raiguru has over five years of teaching experience in different academic institutions across Odisha such as Central University of Odisha, Berhampur University, ASBM University, Parala Maharaja Engineering College, and Academy of Business and Computer Studies. He has contributed research papers to a number of journals and seminars/conferences of national and international repute. He is currently the Assistant Editor of ASBM Journal of Management. His teaching and research interests include Consumer Decision Making Style, Buyers’ Behaviour and Intentions Model, Application of MCDM Techniques in Marketing, ICT and its Application in Sustainable Marketing, Consumer Psychology (Emotion, Perception, and Attitude).

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