Transitioning to the Top: Learnings from Success Stories of Indian Women Leaders in Academia

Women leaders in Indian organizations experience several challenges and obstacles that affect their career progression as well as performance. The study was premised on the under-representation of women in leadership positions across organizations. The challenges and barriers faced by Indian women leaders have been well documented, but very little research has been conducted on the experiences of women who aspired and achieved the top positions. The study intended to explore and develop a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of women leaders so as to define pathways for future leaders to come. The study through the prism of intersectionality theory presented constructs of successful leadership of seven women in Indian higher education. We used semi-structured interviews to record their experiences of organizational context, gender, and socio-cultural factors in enabling their leadership success. Our analysis revealed various enablers and few deterrents experienced by them. The women leaders encountered unprecedented challenges in earning respect from their male colleagues and superiors and in proving their leadership competency. Familial support and upbringing acted as the most important enablers. Successful implementation of various strategies to overcome barriers and challenges such as training, mentorship, keeping their self-confidence high, and believing in themselves helped them to reach the desired leadership positions. The study provided valuable insights into the factors and strategies contributing to the professional advancement of women leaders in Indian academia and established a discourse of intersectional identities associated with leadership experiences

The impact of female obesity on the outcome of fertility treatment

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Conjoined Twins with a Single Heart

A case of abdomino-thoracopagus twins with single heart is described. The male twins were delivered in the 15th week of gestation following the desire of the parents to terminate pregnancy. This case is of particular interest because of the rarity of the abdomino-thoracopagus twins with a single heart, in the literature, that too, of male conjoined twins

Vicious Circle of Incivility in Hybrid Workplaces: Undermining or Underpinning it

Remote working is a common practice adopted by Industries post covid . Hybrid working is predicted as future of work. A body which is growing continuously pertaining to the research areas explored the incivility, which is basically defined as the aspect of low intensity deviant workplace behaviors along with intent for harming colleagues. Close to the past two decades, some of the theoretical and conceptual introduction about workplace instability has always been constructive and all the research in this domain has taken off in various directions. Much research has been carried out for workplace incivility however in this paper discussion is directed towards incivility in remote working environments. In this particular paper, researchers analyze its respective components, the relationship with the aspect of both incivility and outcomes negatively in terms of well-being. In this paper, researchers also analyze how workplace incivility affects the professional and personal life of each individual. Some of the social and organizational factors are also examined which are responsible for promoting workplace incivility in virtual office spaces.As known through existing literature that increase in amount of collaboration at the workplace, incivility can be very critical because these kinds of actions can negatively impact the aspect of teamwork and even can destroy teams already working together for a longer period of time. The study is done based on secondary research methodology as the literature already in existence will be considered with the help of internet and keywords and relevant, accurate and available information will be reviewed and mentioned in this particular paper. Scopus, Google Scholar, Emerald e journal databases with others have been used to search for existing literature in this topic. Content analysis method was used for finding out this kind of information Keywords: workplace incivility, remote working, negative behaviors, Hybrid workspace etc.</jats:p

Succession Planning Practices and Challenges: Study of Indian Organisations

AbstractSuccession planning is a key in the current scenario of tight talent markets and competitive times. Strengthening talent has a direct impact on bottom line results and contributes to organizational growth. Hence development at talent level is a must for overall organizational development.The present study focuses on current practices and approach of succession planning followed by the industry. The study is based primary data collected as a feedback on on parameters related to succession planning practices in the across various industry organisations. In the study group, all companies had some or the other activity in bracket of succession planning. It hence becomes necessary that these positions are filled as soon as they become empty so that business doesn’t suffer any loss.This enabled us to compare, hence benchmarking against certain criteria was done. Benchmarking succession planning based on various factors like HIPO (high potential) identification, Scope of planning, talent pool creation, automation, and linkage. GAP analysis was done to identify the various GAPS in the process. Based on all the observations, business recommendations were provided