The present paper aims at evaluating the performance of 26 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) operating in India by using one-stage performance evaluation model on the basis of Human Resource Deployment (HRD). Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is employed for computing the efficiency scores for individual...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to validate the short version of personal optimism and self-efficacy optimism scale developed by Gavrilov-Jerkovic et al. (2014) on a sample of 398 employees working in private and public sector organizations in India. Design/methodology/approach: The...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the cognitive construct of optimism (positive future outcome expectancies) and the age-gender differences in Indian sample. Design/methodology/approach: The sample consists of 363 older, middle-aged and younger male and female employees. The study...

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss a survey, carried out by the authors, of 256 employees employed in public and private manufacturing organizations in north India, to determine if emotional maturity factors have positive association with self-disclosure in the Indian context. Specifically,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of quality of work life (QWL) on organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of employees. Also, the paper examines the role of demographic variables, i.e. gender, position and type of organization as moderators of relationship between...