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Pages: 31-37
Neeru Bala (Department of Sociology, Govt. Sr. Sec. School Chakkan, Sirsa)
Darpan Saluja (Junior Programmer, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana)

The contribution of agricultural mechanization has been well recognized in enhancing the production together with irrigation, biological and chemical inputs of high yielding seed varieties, fertilizers, pesticides and mechanical energy. Indian Green Revolution is regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. It has been adopted in India on a large scale benefiting both small, medium and large size farms.The study was conducted in rural agricultural Haryana following the criteria of advancement and backwardness of the agricultural area. For the purpose two districts were selected, one in which certain forces of changes and development were present and other where they were absent. A block was randomly selected from each district i.e. Asandh block from Karnal district and Bawani Khera block from Bhiwani district. From the selected cluster of -villages a list of all the farmers of the village was prepared and from that list 150 respondents were selected randomly keeping in proportion farmers to the total population of the villages identified in the cluster. So on the whole a total of 300 respondents were selected from the identified clusters. The study therefore, assumes that the technology and society are interdependent in the sense that former causes change in the latter which in turn affects the former.The study resulted that As the developments proceeds, the social values also under go a change. The attitude towards material progress tend to be more positive with technological improvement. Consequently, the things which were valued most in the past lose their importance with changes in technology
Pages: 31-37 Neeru Bala (Department of Sociology, Govt. Sr. Sec. School Chakkan, Sirsa) Darpan Saluja (Junior Programmer…
Pages: 23-30
V. K. Jain (Department of Commerce, GMN College, Ambala Cantt, Haryana)

Human resources are the most important means of production and a significant part of the entire organization. The performance of the physical resources depends largely on the skills and performance of its Human resources. The performance in turn is ruled by motivation. It has been observed that theemployers today pay attention to have their employees motivated and ready to work and make effort that their essential needs are met so that the goals of the organization are achieved. A number of theories have been developed in this regard which explain the various factors of motivation analyzing human needs in their own way and emphasize onthe need of different management techniques to satisfy these needs and motivate the employees to work effectively. As the motivation comes from such as thoughts, beliefs, ambitions, and goals, managers can influence their employees to self-motivate to produce the best possible results. Keeping these facts in mind, the present study 'Motivation at Work' has been undertaken. The study tries to bring out the possible factors of motivation in a large multi-national company. The data has been collected on the basis of questionnaire and administered on the employees of one of the plants of the company located in India. Efforts have also been made to study the correlation pattern among these factors.
Pages: 23-30 V. K. Jain (Department of Commerce, GMN College, Ambala Cantt, Haryana)
Pages: 18-22
Roya Yosefi (Department of Internal Business Management, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran)
Abolfazl Tajzadehnaminq (Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran)
Mohammad Jalili (Azad University, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran)

This study was to evaluate the relative importance of effective factors on quality of banking via mobile, and then prioritizing them. The survey area was Mellat bank customers of Qazvin province that were sampled in 2013. Identified factors were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis in SPSS and new variables were identified. After that, by using confirmatory factor analysis in LISREL software, we tried to investigate the validity of the obtained model and tool. In order to prioritize and obtain the relative importance of factors and sub-factors it was investigated by using AHP (analysis of hierarchical process) method. According to carried research, from experts' point of view it was specified that content of mobile banking is the most important factor in quality dimension of it. The usefulness and customer service were in following ranks and design was in last rank.
Pages: 18-22 Roya Yosefi (Department of Internal Business Management, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran) Abolfazl…
Pages: 12-17
Ravneet Chawla (Department of Human Development & Family Relations Government Home Science College, Chandigarh)
Smriti Seth (Counsellor, Carmel Convent School, Sector-9, Chandigarh)

Anxiety is a common phenomenon of everyday life. The pressure of performing better and scoring high is increasing. Cases of suicides and extreme behaviors are also noted in present day scenario. In order to improve study habits, increase confidence, and reduce the academic anxiety levels of school going adolescents under ever-changing modern trends of society, a study on the variables of academic anxiety, and study habits and attitudes was conducted to know the impact of these on their achievement. The sample included 360 students from class ninth, both males and females, high and low achievers from the selected Government schools of Chandigarh located in urban, rural and slum areas. Academic Anxiety Scale for Children (AASC) by Singh and Sen Gupta (1984), and Test of Study Habits and Attitudes by Mathur (1983) were used. The findings of the present study revealed that overall academic anxiety among the high and the low achievers was average; no significant difference was found. The study habits of high achievers were satisfactory whereas poor study habits were found in low achievers. Further, low achievers scored higher in the corresponding areas which indicated that help is required. The males and females had average academic anxiety. No gender difference was found in academic anxiety; both reflected poor study habits (males were better in correct study habits; females reported higher in areas of help required. There was found average academic anxiety, and poor study habits in all the three locales. The slum area students reflected to be more in need of help in the areas related to study habits and attitudes.
Pages: 12-17 Ravneet Chawla (Department of Human Development & Family Relations Government Home Science College, Chandigarh) Smriti…
Pages: 1-11
Rupali Joshi (Counselor, I.I.M.T., Haldwani)

Adolescence is the most important period of human life, a period of growing to maturity. Late adolescence, a period from eighteen to about twenty-two years is a period when transition from school to college takes place and thus is a highly stressful transitional phase. Stress represents any disruption or difficulty in the smooth course of life and occurs when demands on an individual exceed his or her Psychological effects of stress may manifest in forms of uncontrolled aggression, anxiety and depression. In context to the student population the most common psychological manifestation of stress are observed in the form of anxiety and depression. Diaphragmatic breathing has been reported to have beneficial consequences like increased oxygen supply to the brain and muscles, stimulation of parasympathetic nervous system, which promotes a state of calmness and quiescence, reduced anxiety and worry, improved concentration, release stress and tension. The study was conducted in three phases. In Phase-1, the pre-intervention phase, data was collected on 201first year students resided in hostel (Male, Female). Interview schedule, College Student stress scale developed by the researcher including five areas - academic, environmental, financial, family and hostel; Free-floating anxiety subscale of State, Trait and Free-floating anxiety Scale (Tripathi and Rastogi, 1986; Beck Depression Inventory (Hindi Version by Arora &Prashant, 1988) were administered on 201 subjects. After explaining the purpose of the study and instructions for each test the data was collected in the class room. The Phase-2 of the study was intervention phase for which high stress subjects were selected out of the 201 scored high on all the measures of stress, anxiety, depression These high stress subjects were divided in two groups, Intervention (28 boys & 28 girls) and non intervention group (30 boys & 28 girls). Ss in the intervention group were taught breathing exercise regularly for five weeks. No intervention was done for the non-intervention group. In the Phase-3, the post-intervention phase, Ss of both these groups were again assessed on measures of stress and strain after the 5 week. Data from pre-intervention and Post-intervention phases of these 114 Ss served as the basis for analysis for the second part of the study. Reduction in mean scores on measures of both stress and strain within the intervention group but not in the non-intervention group indicated the effectiveness of practicing diaphragmatic breathing for reducing stress and its positive effects among both boys and girls.
Pages: 1-11 Rupali Joshi (Counselor, I.I.M.T., Haldwani)
Pages: 551-554
Surender (Independent Scholar, Psychology, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana)

Transitional adjustment to university has been the focus of a considerable amount of research interest, and much is now known about risk and protective factors during the transition to university. However, a number of issues merit further exploration. Specifically, research that generates more population-specific data and more fully explicates the role of emotional intelligence will contribute to a more complete understanding of the transition process and facilitate the development of more appropriate and theoretically-driven interventions. The present paper reviews factors affecting adjustment among university students.
Pages: 551-554 Surender (Independent Scholar, Psychology, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana)
Pages: 547-550
Virender (Research Scholar, Singhania University, Rajasthan)

The importance of advertising is constantly growing in today‟s world. The media of social message have its great impact all around, similarly advertising, which use media as its tools, is a persuasive and powerful force that is shaping behavior and attitude in society. Social advertisements are continuously trying to convince people for social cause such as leaving the drug, quit smoking or stop violence etc. Every person in the world is consumer of social campaigns. The present paper reviews what is advertisement, what are its objectives, how it works, and their impact on consumer behaviors.
Pages: 547-550 Virender (Research Scholar, Singhania University, Rajasthan)
Pages: 544-546
Narender (Independent Scholar, Physical Education, Hisar, Haryana)

The present study examined speed ability and strength ability of physical fitness among volleyball and basketball game players of Hisar, Haryana. The study was comprised of 50 sports persons of District Hisar, who had participated at least District Level Tournaments of Volleyball and Basketball games. The subjects were in the age group of 15-19 years. Out of total sample of 50 players, 25 were volleyball and 25 were of basketball game. T-test was used to analyze the results. The findings indicated that there was a significant difference in speed and strength in volleyball and basketball players.
Pages: 544-546 Narender (Independent Scholar, Physical Education, Hisar, Haryana)
Pages: 538-543
Kavita Suri (Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu, J&K)

Jammu and Kashmir, one of the border states of India, is considered an educationally backward state. The literacy rate of Jammu and Kashmir is 68.74% as per Census 2011 which is low in comparison to the national literacy rate. The state has implemented Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), a comprehensive and integrated flagship programme of Government of India to attain Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) covering the entire country in a mission mode, since the year 2002-2003. The scheme which targets all children in the age-group 6-14 years lays emphasis on bridging all gender and social category gaps at elementary education level with time bound objectives. The present paper aims to study of SSA in Jammu and Kashmir and understand its contribution to elementary education in J&K. The paper would also explore the efforts made for univeralization of elementary education by the Jammu and Kashmir government under SSA besides suggesting a few strategies to improve elementary education in the state.
Pages: 538-543 Kavita Suri (Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu, J&K)
Pages: 535-537
Narender (Independent Scholar, Physical Education, Hisar, Haryana)

The present study attempts to examine gender difference in personality of of physical education students of Kurukshetra university students. The sample was comprised of 164 students (119 male and 45 female students) from Kurukshsetra University, Haryana. The NEO Personality Questionnaire (NEO) developed by Costa, and McCrae (1985) was used to measure the personality differences among physical education students. T-test was used to see the gender difference. The obtained results indicated that there was significant gender difference in type of personality of physical education students of Kuruksehtra University. The results are discussed with previous studies.
Pages: 535-537 Narender (Independent Scholar, Physical Education, Hisar, Haryana)
Pages: 529-534
Harpreet Kanwal Chhabra and Sakshita Anand (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

With the rising popularity of internet as a device of communication among young adults, the internet has become an important social context for their growth. The use of the internet in college campuses has increased noticeably in the recent years. Given the impact of excessive internet usage on the students' mental health and subsequent functioning in society, the present study examined the role of rejection sensitivity, cognitive flexibility, self esteem, locus of control and depression in relation to internet addiction. Participants included 100 males and 100 females drawn from various colleges of Chandigarh. The age range of the subjects was from 18-24 years. The results provided important insights about the role of the above variables with reference to internet addiction. Correlations and t-ratios were used for analyses.
Pages: 529-534 Harpreet Kanwal Chhabra and Sakshita Anand (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)
Pages: 524-528
Rajneesh Ahlawat (Department of Bus. Admn., Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana)

While circulation numbers continue to grow across all editions of newspapers, this is more evident in the regional editions, which seem to have a very strong brand following. While the 'instant news' era of 24 hour news channels on television has had its impact on the circulation numbers of newspapers, it is evident that India still 'wakes-up' with a cup of tea and the newspaper. The highest circulated daily in India still remains a regional language newspaper. At the national level, the English language dailies rule. A trend that is picking-up is that of the digital edition of newspapers.
Pages: 524-528 Rajneesh Ahlawat (Department of Bus. Admn., Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana)
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