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Pages: 23-30
Ishu Garg (Department of Economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurkshetra, Haryana)
Karnika Gupta (Department of Commerce, Kurukshetra University, Kurkshetra, Haryana)

Haryana, despite being an economically strong State of India, is suffering from the problem of inter-district disparities in health infrastructure. Among twenty one districts of the State, a few are endowed with better health facilities while others are lagging behind. Consequently, it becomes necessary to study the district wise availability of health infrastructure in terms of hospitals, health centres, beds in medical institutions, doctors, nurses et cetera in State of Haryana so that inequalities can be understood and remedies can be offered. Keeping in view this backdrop, the present study is attempted to examine the inter-district disparities in health infrastructure in Haryana. For this purpose, ten indicators of health infrastructure are selected and their Coefficient of Variation, Ratios and Deprivation and Development Indices are worked upon. At the outset, statistical values of Coefficient of Variation confirm the gaps in the availability of health facilities in various districts of Haryana and variations are found to be highest in case of the available beds in medical institutions followed by hospitals and dispensaries. Further, the findings highlights that in most of the districts, the ratios of health infrastructural indicators including doctor, nurse, bed, hospital, Primary health centre, Community health centre, dispensary to population are insignificant and exploring wide imbalances. Finally, the deprivation as well as development indices of health infrastructure reveal the discrepancies in districts with regard to health infrastructural development. On the basis of these indices it is found that the districts including Bhiwani and Hisar are developed while Rohtak, Sirsa, Karnal, Jind, Sonipat are experiencing moderate level of development in health facilities. Lastly, the third category of the districts are Palwal, Mewat, Panipat, Faridabad, Rewari, Fatehbad, Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Gurgaon, Mahendragarh, Kaithal, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Jhajjar which are underprivileged with regard to the development of health infrastructure and thus, looking for immediate attention with concrete plan of action from Government of Haryana.

Pages: 23-30Ishu Garg (Department of Economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurkshetra, Haryana)Karnika Gupta (Department of Commerce, Kurukshetra…

Pages: 18-22
Jagpreet Kaur and Ramanjeet Kaur (Department of Education and Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab )

The present study was undertaken to explore gender, locale-wise and stream-wise differences in career decision-making among adolescents. The investigation was conducted through descriptive method of study. Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP) Questionnaire developed by Gati (2011) was administered to a stratified random sample of 356 adolescents (F=182, M= 174). T-test was employed to study gender and locale-wise differences & ANOVA in order to study stream-wise differences in career decision-making among adolescents. Findings revealed that there were significant gender, locale-wise and stream-wise differences in various dimensions of career decision-making among adolescents.

Pages: 18-22Jagpreet Kaur and Ramanjeet Kaur (Department of Education and Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala…

Pages: 13-17
Shirish K. Shitole (Department of Psychology, Mahavir Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur, Maharashtra)

The aim of this research was to find out the relationship between Big Five Personality Factors (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism) and Motivated Learning Strategies used by students aspiring for careers through civil services' competitive examinations. To find out whether there existed any gender difference was also studied. Two scales namely, Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire developed by Pintrich, Smith, Garcia, and McKeachie (1991) and NEO-Five Factor Inventory: Short Form developed by Costa, Jr. and McCrae (1992), were used for this study. The total number of sample was 199 (135 Males and 64 Females) and was taken from civil services' competitive examination centers at Pune and Ichalkaranji. In case of male students, the motivational orientation was significantly correlated with conscientiousness (r=.2; p<.01) and extraversion (r=.2; p<.01) and non-significantly correlated with openness to experience (r=-.1), agreeableness (r=-.049) and neuroticism (r=.05). In case of female students, the motivational orientation was significantly correlated with conscientiousness (r=.39; p <.01) and extraversion (r=.2; p <.01) and non-significantly correlated with openness to experience (r=.014), agreeableness (r=-.09) and neuroticism (r=-.12). The relationship of learning strategies was non-significant with openness (r=-.13) and agreeableness (r=-.03) and was significant with conscientiousness (r=.5; p<.01), extraversion (r=.48; p<.01) and neuroticism (r=-.4; p<.01) in case of male students. In case of female students, the relationship of learning strategies was non-significant with openness (r=.04) but was found significant with conscientiousness (r=.62; p <.01) and extraversion (r=.37; p<.01), agreeableness (r=.43; p<.01) and neuroticism (r=-.46; p<.01). No significant difference was found among male and female students regarding motivational orientation (z=.59) towards civil services' competitive examinations but in case of learning strategies, a significant difference in favour of girls was found (z=2.16; p<.05). Regarding Big Five Factors, significant differences were found between males and females in case of conscientiousness (z=3.59; p<.01) and agreeableness (z=2.87; p<.01). For other factors, namely, openness (z=.57), extraversion (1.24) and neuroticism (.08), no significant gender differences between civil services' aspirants were found.

Pages: 13-17Shirish K. Shitole (Department of Psychology, Mahavir Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur, Maharashtra)

Pages: 8-12
Elizabeth Semp and Rejoyson Thangal (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry)

Differences between High Achievers and Low Achievers on cognitive, motivational, emotional and environmental variables were examined. The sample comprised of eighty school students (N=80) drawn from a Kendriya Vidyalaya School located in Puducherry. Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), Study Involvement Inventory (SII), Reynold's Adolescent Adjustment Inventory (RAASI) and Parent Involvement Scale (PIS) were the instruments administered. The two groups differed on emotional attributes. Notably, differences were observed between the High Achievers and Low Achievers on the dimensions of aggression, abasement, antisocial behaviour and anger control problem. The findings underscore the role of emotional adjustment in academic achievement and allude to the complex interplay of emotion and cognition in learning. Identification of specific noncognitive factors has implications in developing effective guidance and counselling programs, targeted intervention designs and in the planning of teacher education, training and development of educational modules and policies.

Pages: 8-12Elizabeth Semp and Rejoyson Thangal (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry)

Pages: 1-7
Joseph M. Shila and Aleli V. Sevilla (The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines)

Today there is much attention given to effective leadership, that without which organizations will find it difficult to survive. To be effective, leaders not only need technical skills but also people skills that can motivate the followers with understanding, sensitivity and prudence. There are very few studies done in India regarding these aspects from the educational perspective. There for the objective of this study is to determine the influence of leadership styles of the principals as perceived by the teachers on their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The study made use of Linear Regression to identify the impact of administrators' leadership styles on teachers' job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The collected data shows a significant impact of transformational leadership on teachers' job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

Pages: 1-7Joseph M. Shila and Aleli V. Sevilla (The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas…

Pages: 378-382
Kavita Sharma (Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Hansi, Hisar, Haryana)
Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar, Haryana)

This is a study of Organizational Stress in relation to Job Satisfaction and General Health of Professional Women. In the present study an attempt was made to find out what is the effect of organizational stress, job satisfaction and general mental health on professional women's life. In the present investigation, women professionals were the field of study. As per sample for this work, 400 women police personnals from police organization of Haryana state were taken up on the basis of stratified random sampling techniques. In this research three test were administrated individually on professional Women , In this research questionnaire including The Organizational Stress questionnaire developed by Shailendra Singh, The Job Satisfaction scale is developed by O.S. Rathore and The GHQ-12 is developed by David Goldberg. The data of 400 women professionals was analysed by calculating 'coefficient of correlation (r), and 't' test besides the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). In order to find out the relationship between organizational stress, job satisfaction and general health , coefficient of correlation was applied. Independent sample 't' test was used to find the significance of difference between the mean scores of between organizational stress, job satisfaction and general health. We have seen the result for interaction to each other independent variables on organizational stress, job satisfaction and general health ,so we can say that most of interaction have significant relationship between organizational stress, job satisfaction and general health. Acc. To findings, the professional women who have high job satisfaction, and low organizational stress they have good general health, and they are less prone to the mental health problems.

Pages: 378-382Kavita Sharma (Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Hansi, Hisar, Haryana)Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social…

Pages: 373-377
Anju Kapoor (Vice-Principal, Mithibai College, Mumbai University, Mumbai)

In the present study, the researcher has explored the characteristics of 21st century spiritual and political leaders through a review of literature and case study approach with an attempt to unlock its relevance in the context of the present psychosocial make-up of society. The leadership ideologies of the Political and spiritual leaders were compared and contrasted on the basis ofinterpretations by columnist, editors, writers or readers. From the review of literature on leadership, a primary question that arose was how effective is leadership in the political and spiritual context in the present times? If leadership is a process of giving purpose to collective goals and expending efforts to achieve these goals (Jacobs &Jacques 1990), then does the present day leadership work towards this purpose? The major thrust of the present discussion was to draw the attention of the reader towards the connectivity between John Knights transpersonal leadership model and approaches taken by spiritual leaders and their explanation of how political leadership could be shaped that way. The conclusions and summarizations emphasize on development of empathy and emotional intelligence as key factors so that awareness and insights that emerge from all leaders, would then finally facilitate the transformation process in their followers.

Pages: 373-377Anju Kapoor (Vice-Principal, Mithibai College, Mumbai University, Mumbai)

Pages: 366-369
Veerika Sukhija and Prabha Rani (R. B. D. M. M. College, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh)
Deepika Sukhija (Nutritionist, IDHS Central, New Delhi)

The present article deals with the vision of traditional & modern values in education in India. Indian tradition is a very complex thing and not an articulated or self-consistent or unitary concept, and so are the values incorporated in it. The ideal of education has been very grand, noble and high in ancient India. Its aim, according to Herbert Spencer is the 'training for completeness of life' and the molding of character of men & women for the battle of life. In modern Indian Education thought “Simple living and high thinking” is becoming an outdated nation. Increase in one's needs and desires and the efforts to fulfill them all has become the philosophy of life and education in the modern world. Because of the wave called 'Modernization' many changes occurred in education process. These changes in education process are inevitable. But also it is necessary to consistently comply with the respective culture and tradition and make a substantial connection between what is traditional and what is modern. One should not avoid changes because of tradition & also should not neglect tradition because of modernization. Essential connections should be made in both what is called tradition and what is called modern.

Pages: 366-369Veerika Sukhija and Prabha Rani (R. B. D. M. M. College, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh)Deepika…

Pages: 362-365
Rekha Singh (N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

Internet banking allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by the institution. With the rapid and significant growth in electronic commerce, it is obvious that Internet banking and payments are likely to advance. However, it has raised many public policy issues before the banking regulators and government agencies. Interestingly, reliable and systematic information on the scope of Internet banking in Indian context is still not sufficient, particularly what it means to the consumers and the bankers. There is a need to understand the perception of the consumers towards the adoption of internet banking. But the research in the perception of internet banking is scarce and partial. This paper attempts to accumulate literature in order to understand the effect of perception of the consumers on adoption of internet banking. The literature reviewed provides underlying patterns of relationship between internet banking and its influencing factors. Such understanding is relevant for academicians and researchers for furthering the work in this field. The insight into the previous studies, considered for this paper is discussed.

Pages: 362-365Rekha Singh (N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

Pages: 357-361
Ratnesh Chopra (Department of Psychology, Allahabad University, Allahabad)
Soumya Sharma (DRDO, Timarpur, Delhi)

The current study is a comparative analysis across three types of schooling- all girls', all boys' and co-educational, with 8 participants in each group. The data was collected using open ended interview, analysed through content and thematic analysis. The study examines the differences in the attitude towards the opposite gender, general confidence level and overall preference for the type of schooling.

Pages: 357-361Ratnesh Chopra (Department of Psychology, Allahabad University, Allahabad)Soumya Sharma (DRDO, Timarpur, Delhi)

Pages: 353-356
Chinky Upadhyaya (Department of Psychology, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pardesh)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is an excellent model for understanding human motivation the current paper throws light on the relevancy of the hierarchy of needs theory in business organizations today, the review explores the relevance of the theory on organizational culture, human resource management and employee's performance and its application towards achieving results in the attainment of organizational goals and objectives.

Pages: 353-356Chinky Upadhyaya (Department of Psychology, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pardesh)

Pages: 349-352
Soma Bhattacharya (Department of BBA (Travel & Tourism), St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, Goa)
Kshipra Vora (Department of Psychology, St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, Goa)

The current study articulates the understanding of the recruitment industry in Goa and the learning at a HR consultancy firm in Goa. The study involved observations and focused group discussions with the employees, targeting a time sample from the period October 2011- February 2012. The findings highlight the strengths and challenges of the firm in consideration and outlines intervention strategies that will help look at other business aspects, during a low season in recruitment and create awareness which will benefit and keep the business consistent.

Pages: 349-352Soma Bhattacharya (Department of BBA (Travel & Tourism), St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, Goa)Kshipra Vora…
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