The PhD thesis work aims at examining the presence of strategic human resource development (HRD) characteristics instrumental to achieve theoretical HRD outcomes, in view of a long-felt need to manage the strategic factors of HRD. An exploratory and analytical research approach was adopted to...

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing crises are not only huge and unpredictable, but also multifaceted and far-reaching. To steer their organisations through the most turbulent time of human history, managers should develop their human resources strategically. However, the...

The paper aimed at examining the perceived difference between knowledge gained from online and face-to-face learning modes as a result of the intensities (viz., high and low) of comparative interaction level and ease of attending the classes, in the context of management courses in Nepal. Based...

In view of a long-felt need to adopt the strategic factors of human resource development (HRD), this paper explores and evaluates the presence of strategic HRD factors instrumental to achieve theoretical HRD outcomes, and devise an SHRD model. An exploratory and analytical research approach was...

The study examines the association between HRM practices and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in Nepalese commercial banks. Quantitative in nature, the study is based on a questionnaire survey method administered on 360 employees sampled from 9 commercial banks: both private and...

Encompassing the eight factors of price, quality, availability, product variety, packaging, brand awareness, brand name/value and health consciousness that would influence buyer preference for consumer product brands as per the past literature, the present study primarily aims at examining the...

Nepal has been all set to embark upon a decade of tourism development with a national target to bring in 2 million tourists, branding Nepal as “Naturally Nepal, Once is not Enough.” The campaign carries requisite creditability and impact, because “heaven is a myth, Nepal is real,” as...

In managing the rapidly changing environment context, human resources and talents are probably the only organisational resource that managers can resort to, in their pursuit of sustainably steering the organisation through the turbulent course, including the one of the COVID-19 pandemic now....

With supranational organisations and global think tanks predicting global recession in wake of the COVID-affected era and the Ukraine war, it has become a high time that organisation leaders and managers throw down their gauntlets to face the potential challenges of the recession to their...

The prolonged lockdowns and shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced organisations to move to a remote working system or work-from-home (WFH) system. Virtual teams have emerged as a way that can literally salvage us from the awkward ‘crisis of trust.’ The COVID-19 pandemic and its...