IOSR-JHSS   Volume-16 ~ Issue-1 ~ Sep-Oct-2013

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Duality in Urban Development: Marginalisation of City Tribes
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Dr. Purobi Sharma
	:	10.9790/0837-1610109

Abstract: The Paper, Duality in Urban Development: Marginalization of city tribes is an analytical assessment of the contextual specific in an urban situation. In the context of a rapidly growing city in the North East India there is a constant unfolding of a society towards urban way of life due to ever expanding migration process in a backward economy. In this process though there is steady growth of economy and high literacy rate in the city, the original inhabitants lag behind the process of urban development .Traditionally they were the land lords and possessed vast amount of land in and around the present city. The expansion of the city meant shedding off their land rights to the migrated people being deprived of substantial monetary benefit. Their status has been studied as a marginal group despite being the land lords .Land has gradually become a major issue of their survival in the city. The study finds that their original traits remain strong. It is an investigation of lack of belongingness in the emerging urban situation and is a modest attempt to focus attention on the intricate problems and facets of development process of cities.

Key words: apathy, deprivation, isolation, land status, new vitality, urban tribes.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Job Stressors towards Organizational Change: A Study of Textile Industries of Northern India
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Dr. Anis Ahmad, PhD
	:	10.9790/0837-1611019

Abstract: Changes are inevitable even in the organization and as a result of this most of the industrial organization not only in India but throughout the glob have brought up some changes especially technological changes to compete in the consumer market. Textile industries in Northern India are one of them. Hence, the present study was aimed at studying the job stress towards organizational change with special reference to textile industries where thousands of blue-collars are engaged in performing their job activity. For the present study the information on such problem collected through Indian based standardized questionnaire schedules were randomly administered on all individual employees working in textile industries in different districts of Northern India namely, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Mau, and Meerut etc., these districts are in U.P. – a state of Northern India. Having colleted the information on the items of schedules from blue-collar employees (N= 450) of textile industries, obtained data were tabulated according to procedures and analyzed by standard multiple regression analysis using SSP. The results revealed that "responsibility for persons", "intrinsic impoverishment" , "low status", "unprofitability" - the dimensions of job stress and some biographical variables, namely, "age" and "experience in the present position" have been found as real predictors of organizational change, although, all blue- collar employees have shown greater acceptance to change. Findings of the present study have been discussed in detail by highlighting the probable reasons in the exigency of situations prevailing now in India.

Key words: Job Stress, Organizational Change.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Comparative analyses of Human Resource AccountingDisclosure Practices in Nigerian Financial Service and Manufacturingcompanies.
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Oyewo Babajide Michael
	:	10.9790/0837-1612026

Abstract: With rapid changes in the business environment, organizations are now looking at intellectual assets such as human resources as unique assets that bring about competitive advantage. In spite of the strategic position that human assets occupy, sufficient attention has not been given to standardizing reporting practices. It is against this backdrop that the research examines human resource accounting practices of financial service and manufacturing firms in Nigeria. By content-analysing the financials of 12-selected companies, human resource accounting disclosure indices were derived. Study variables were subjected to statistical procedures such as ANOVA, T-test and Correlation. The study found out that though human resource accounting disclosure practice index of banks is higher in comparison to manufacturing companies, the difference is not statistically significant. Also, there is a strong positive relationship between human resource accounting disclosure and company size. It was the findings of this research that there is a positive connection between the volume of financials and human resource reporting. To enhance the credibility of financial reports, firms may consider valuing and incorporating human assets in their financial statements. Relevant authorities should look into drawing-up specific financial reporting standard on human resource activities to address problems of arbitrariness in human resource accounting disclosure.

Keywords: Financial Reporting, Human Resource Accounting, Intellectual asset, Nigeria, Strategic Management Accounting.

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