Author: Khurana, I., Ghura, A.S., and Dutta, D.K.
The influence of religion on the humane orientation of entrepreneurs
Publisher: Journal of Small Business Management, 2021
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This study examines the impact of religion on the humane orientation of entrepreneurs. Embracing a holistic view of humane entrepreneurship (HumEnt), we conducted qualitative semistructured interviews with 16 entrepreneurs across four of India’s major religions: Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, and Sikhism. We examined to what extent HumEnt manifests among entrepreneurs across the four religious groups and whether a specific religion influences different dimensions of HumEnt. Our results indicate that HumEnt matters in entrepreneurial ventures, and across industries. We found deep connections between HumEnt and religion, with entrepreneurs indicating a pervasive influence of religion on all dimensions of the HumEnt construct. Yet, we also noticed significant differences across the four religious groups (Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, and Jains) as regards the impact of religion on different dimensions of HumEnt. While religion had the highest impact on the sustainability orientation (SO) dimension of HumEnt, its impact on the other two dimensions, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and humane resource orientation (HRO), were far more nuanced. Our study contributes to the emerging literature on HumEnt, especially at the intersection of religion, entrepreneurship, and strategic orientations.
This study examines the impact of religion on the humane orientation of entrepreneurs. Embracing a holistic view of humane entrepreneurship (HumEnt), we conducted qualitative semistructured interviews with 16 entrepreneurs across four of India’s major religions: Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, and Sikhism. We examined to what extent HumEnt manifests among entrepreneurs across the four religious groups and whether a specific religion influences different dimensions of HumEnt. Our results indicate that HumEnt matters in entrepreneurial ventures, and across industries. We found deep connections between HumEnt and religion, with entrepreneurs indicating a pervasive influence of religion on all dimensions of the HumEnt construct. Yet, we also noticed significant differences across the four religious groups (Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, and Jains) as regards the impact of religion on different dimensions of HumEnt. While religion had the highest impact on the sustainability orientation (SO) dimension of HumEnt, its impact on the other two dimensions, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and humane resource orientation (HRO), were far more nuanced. Our study contributes to the emerging literature on HumEnt, especially at the intersection of religion, entrepreneurship, and strategic orientations.
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Author: Shenoy, D., and Mahanty, B.
Measuring the readiness of a megaproject
Publisher: International Journal of managing projects in business, 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-05-2020-0154
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Author: Mahapatra, M., and Mahanty, B.
Effective public procurement of food grains: A case of India under differential charges
Publisher: Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021
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The procurement of food grains by the government agencies under the Indian food program has been an important policy towards the achievement of self-reliance in food grains production. However, the rising food subsidy, especially in the last deca...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107165
The procurement of food grains by the government agencies under the Indian food program has been an important policy towards the achievement of self-reliance in food grains production. However, the rising food subsidy, especially in the last deca...
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Author: Gandhi, P., Ravi., C., Pathak, P., Jalihal, S.
Museums and heritage sites- The missing link in smart city planning: A case study of Pune city
Publisher: Space & Culture India, 2021
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https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v8i4.1072
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Author: Varkkey, B., Korde, R.,
Implementation Gaps in Minimum Wages: Comparison of Eight Asian Countries
Publisher: Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021
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Author: Shah, N., and Kisana, R.
"Even if I die I won?t get a holiday": Daily indignities and vulnerabilities of women domestic workers in Pune, India
Publisher: Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 2021
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In the absence of proper legislative regulation, women domestic workers in India are vulnerable not just to low wages but are subject to a host of unfair social practices and disrespectful behavior. This is because domestic work is part of deeper and ingrained casteist and patriarchal mores and practices. As such, these workers have to deal with many indignities as part of their employment. This paper attempts to highlight the daily humiliation and physical and mental costs experienced by women domestic workers. By documenting their lived realities at work and their oral narratives, we examine everyday tales of mistreatment, humiliation, mounting social anxiety, and escalating health issues.
https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2021.1932114
In the absence of proper legislative regulation, women domestic workers in India are vulnerable not just to low wages but are subject to a host of unfair social practices and disrespectful behavior. This is because domestic work is part of deeper and ingrained casteist and patriarchal mores and practices. As such, these workers have to deal with many indignities as part of their employment. This paper attempts to highlight the daily humiliation and physical and mental costs experienced by women domestic workers. By documenting their lived realities at work and their oral narratives, we examine everyday tales of mistreatment, humiliation, mounting social anxiety, and escalating health issues.
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Author: Mahapatra, A.S., Soni, H.N., Mahapatra, M.S., Sarkar, B., and ?Majumder S.
A Continuous Review Production-Inventory System with a Variable Preparation Time in a Fuzzy Random Environment
Publisher: Mathematics, 2021
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With the increase in the varieties products and the increasing uncertainty about product demand, the production preparation time is a significant factor in addressing these issues. The trade-off between the reduction of the production preparation time and the associated cost remains a critical decision. With this backdrop, this study presents a continuous review production-inventory model with a variable production preparation time and a time-dependent setup cost. The demand during the preparation time is captured through a min-max distribution-free approach. In a stochastic framework, the order quantity, reorder point, and setup time are optimized by minimizing the expected cost considering the time-value effect. Further, a fuzzy model is formulated to tackle the imprecise nature of the production setup time and demand. Two algorithms are developed using an analytical approach to obtain the optimal solution. A numerical illustration is given to present the key insights of the model for effective inventory management. It is observed that order quantity and total cost are more sensitive at the lower side of the optimal setup time rather than at the higher side. The discount rate is also found to be a sensitive factor while minimizing the total expected cost.
With the increase in the varieties products and the increasing uncertainty about product demand, the production preparation time is a significant factor in addressing these issues. The trade-off between the reduction of the production preparation time and the associated cost remains a critical decision. With this backdrop, this study presents a continuous review production-inventory model with a variable production preparation time and a time-dependent setup cost. The demand during the preparation time is captured through a min-max distribution-free approach. In a stochastic framework, the order quantity, reorder point, and setup time are optimized by minimizing the expected cost considering the time-value effect. Further, a fuzzy model is formulated to tackle the imprecise nature of the production setup time and demand. Two algorithms are developed using an analytical approach to obtain the optimal solution. A numerical illustration is given to present the key insights of the model for effective inventory management. It is observed that order quantity and total cost are more sensitive at the lower side of the optimal setup time rather than at the higher side. The discount rate is also found to be a sensitive factor while minimizing the total expected cost.
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Author: Vadalkar, S., Chavan,?G, Chaudhuri, R., Vrontis, D.
A Critical Review of International Print Advertisements: Evolutionary analysis, assessment and elucidations, from 1965 to 2020
Publisher: International Marketing Review, 2021
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Author: Samanta, T
Aging, housing markets and social inclusion: Insights from India
Publisher: Journal of Aging Studies, 2021
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In this piece, I draw attention on how the booming real estate market in India is patterned around the axes of social inequality. Specifically, it argues that in a socio-economic context of depressed later life incomes with declining familial support, a singular focus on (upper) middle class niche senior living market is both exclusionary and misguided. The empirical basis for this argument comes from a range of press coverage on the inviting market for seniors as well as the recently released Government of India report (Model Guidelines for Development and Regulation of Retirement Homes, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 2019) on the regulatory framework for privately managed ‘retirement homes’ for the ‘urban upper and middle income elderly’. I ask if the Report with its orchestration of an upper middleclass lifestyle and aesthetic governmentality is a deliberate neglect of the economic precariousness of a vast majority of lower-income households that lie at the margins of the urban-focused neoliberal State. I reflect what this erasure holds for questions of equity and social justice under neoliberalism and conclude on the intellectual possibilities of environmental gerontology by privileging the anthropological dimensions of housing and property regimes.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100939
In this piece, I draw attention on how the booming real estate market in India is patterned around the axes of social inequality. Specifically, it argues that in a socio-economic context of depressed later life incomes with declining familial support, a singular focus on (upper) middle class niche senior living market is both exclusionary and misguided. The empirical basis for this argument comes from a range of press coverage on the inviting market for seniors as well as the recently released Government of India report (Model Guidelines for Development and Regulation of Retirement Homes, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 2019) on the regulatory framework for privately managed ‘retirement homes’ for the ‘urban upper and middle income elderly’. I ask if the Report with its orchestration of an upper middleclass lifestyle and aesthetic governmentality is a deliberate neglect of the economic precariousness of a vast majority of lower-income households that lie at the margins of the urban-focused neoliberal State. I reflect what this erasure holds for questions of equity and social justice under neoliberalism and conclude on the intellectual possibilities of environmental gerontology by privileging the anthropological dimensions of housing and property regimes.
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Author: Bhasin, N and Jain, P.
Anuradha and Anupama: Gender Issues through Nussbaum?s Capabilities Approach
Publisher: Visual Anthropology, 2021
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According to Immanuel Kant?s second categorical imperative, every individual should be treated as an end and never as a means. The individual should be treated with dignity, equality, and not just
https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2021.1908151
According to Immanuel Kant?s second categorical imperative, every individual should be treated as an end and never as a means. The individual should be treated with dignity, equality, and not just
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Author: Agrawal, A., Kumar, P. and Tyagi, A.
Country-level comparisons of Industry 4.0 in Germany, South Korea and the United States: Policy implications for India
Publisher: Emerald Publishing, 2021
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Industrial Revolution 4.0 is upon us, with disruptive technology rapidly changing our personal and professional lives. In this climate it is not clear how organization reorganization will take place and there is haziness over the strategic HRM required to attract, develop, and retain talent. This book shines a light on the rapidly changing work landscape by bringing together international expert contributors, who address issues such as the long-term effects of artificial intelligence and block chain technologies on the firm and on human resources, and deliberate on the effects Industrial Revolution 4.0 is likely to have on both emerging economies and developed countries. A number of fundamental questions are asked: Will HR managers perceive IT as a supporting adjunct or a core operational department? Will man and machine co-exist, or will artificial intelligence have more ominous implications for humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? In other words, is HRM 4.0 an opportunity, a transient phase, or an impending threat? Human and Technological Resource Management is a must read for students and scholars of HRM, as well as anyone interested in the future of technology in the workplace
ISBN: 9781838672249
Industrial Revolution 4.0 is upon us, with disruptive technology rapidly changing our personal and professional lives. In this climate it is not clear how organization reorganization will take place and there is haziness over the strategic HRM required to attract, develop, and retain talent. This book shines a light on the rapidly changing work landscape by bringing together international expert contributors, who address issues such as the long-term effects of artificial intelligence and block chain technologies on the firm and on human resources, and deliberate on the effects Industrial Revolution 4.0 is likely to have on both emerging economies and developed countries. A number of fundamental questions are asked: Will HR managers perceive IT as a supporting adjunct or a core operational department? Will man and machine co-exist, or will artificial intelligence have more ominous implications for humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? In other words, is HRM 4.0 an opportunity, a transient phase, or an impending threat? Human and Technological Resource Management is a must read for students and scholars of HRM, as well as anyone interested in the future of technology in the workplace
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Author: Korde, R., Agarwal, P., Adimulam, D., & Gandhi, M.
Cross-Country Study on the Gig Economy: 2020-2021. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation. India, FLAME University.
Publisher: WageIndicator Foundation. India, FLAME University., 2021
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While the platform economy is growing rapidly in the Netherlands and abroad, knowledge about income and legal positions of platform workers lags behind, both among policymakers and platform workers themselves. Systematically gathered knowledge is needed ...
https://wageindicator.org/Wageindicatorfoundation/publications/2021/korde-r-agarwal-p-adimulam-d-gandhi-m-2021-cross-country-study-on-the-gig-economy-2020-2021-amsterdam-wageindicator-foundation-india-flame-university
While the platform economy is growing rapidly in the Netherlands and abroad, knowledge about income and legal positions of platform workers lags behind, both among policymakers and platform workers themselves. Systematically gathered knowledge is needed ...
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Author: Abdulazeez Y.H. Saif-Alyousfi, Saha, A.
Determinants of banks? risk-taking behavior, stability and profitability: evidence from GCC countries
Publisher: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 2021
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This paper aims to examine the effect of bank-specific, financial structure and macroeconomic factors on the risk-taking behavior, stability and profitability of banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies during 1998-2017.
This paper aims to examine the effect of bank-specific, financial structure and macroeconomic factors on the risk-taking behavior, stability and profitability of banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies during 1998-2017.
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Author: Mohite, R.I.
Modern Writers, Transnational Literatures: Rabindranath Tagore and W. B. Yeats
Publisher: Clemson University Press in association with Liverpool University Press, 2021
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/modern-writers-transnational-literatures-9781949979060?cc=us&lang=en&
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Author: Bal, D.P, Chhetri, A., Thakur, B., and Debnath, K.
Estimation of price and income elasticity of water: a case study of Darjeeling town, West Bengal, India
Publisher: None, 2021
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studies of bibliographic data suggest a strong correlation between the growth of citation networks and their corresponding co-authorship networks. We explore the interdependence between evolving citation and co-authorship networks focused on the publication.
https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/120/05/0800.pdf
studies of bibliographic data suggest a strong correlation between the growth of citation networks and their corresponding co-authorship networks. We explore the interdependence between evolving citation and co-authorship networks focused on the publication.
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Author: Radda, I.A., Kumar, B.M., and Pathak, P.
Land degradation in Bihar: An assessment using rain-use efficiency and residual trend analysis
Publisher: Agricultural Research, 2021
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Land degradation, a major environmental problem, poses threats to agricultural, social and economic stability of many regions of the world. In India, ~ 37% of the total land area is estimated to be degraded. Although assessment of land degradation in arid and semiarid regions of India has advanced through remote sensing time-series analysis such as rain-use efficiency (RUE) and residual trend analysis (RESTREND), the sub-humid and other regions mostly remain unexplored in this respect. In this study, land degradation in Bihar, a sub-humid state, was quantitatively assessed through RUE and RESTREND from 1995 to 2011. RUE is the ratio of aboveground net primary productivity to precipitation and has been widely used as a measure of land degradation. RESTREND, on the other hand, examines the trend of NDVI residuals, which is the difference between observed NDVI and predicted NDVI from rainfall data. Results indicate that RESTREND effectively estimated the extent of human-induced land degradation in Bihar as 4.73 M ha. Agro-climatic zone IIIB, the driest zone, has the highest percentage of degraded lands (33%), while Zone IIIA has the lowest percent of degraded lands (17%). Zones I and II each account for 25% of the degraded lands, most of which are affected by waterlogging and salinity. Although other land degradation databases have also indicated a rapid increase in land degradation across Bihar, it needs more ground-based data collection to substantiate it. The problem, however, may further aggravate with global warming, which calls for policy interventions such as adopting agroforestry, practicing sustainable agriculture and making shifts in cropping patterns.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-020-00514-y
Land degradation, a major environmental problem, poses threats to agricultural, social and economic stability of many regions of the world. In India, ~ 37% of the total land area is estimated to be degraded. Although assessment of land degradation in arid and semiarid regions of India has advanced through remote sensing time-series analysis such as rain-use efficiency (RUE) and residual trend analysis (RESTREND), the sub-humid and other regions mostly remain unexplored in this respect. In this study, land degradation in Bihar, a sub-humid state, was quantitatively assessed through RUE and RESTREND from 1995 to 2011. RUE is the ratio of aboveground net primary productivity to precipitation and has been widely used as a measure of land degradation. RESTREND, on the other hand, examines the trend of NDVI residuals, which is the difference between observed NDVI and predicted NDVI from rainfall data. Results indicate that RESTREND effectively estimated the extent of human-induced land degradation in Bihar as 4.73 M ha. Agro-climatic zone IIIB, the driest zone, has the highest percentage of degraded lands (33%), while Zone IIIA has the lowest percent of degraded lands (17%). Zones I and II each account for 25% of the degraded lands, most of which are affected by waterlogging and salinity. Although other land degradation databases have also indicated a rapid increase in land degradation across Bihar, it needs more ground-based data collection to substantiate it. The problem, however, may further aggravate with global warming, which calls for policy interventions such as adopting agroforestry, practicing sustainable agriculture and making shifts in cropping patterns.
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Author: Kisana, R. and Shah, N.
No one understands what we go through?: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher: Gender & Development, 2021
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This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health risks and needs. We document their internal negotiation of health risks, and their narratives pertaining to chronic health issues and deteriorating mental health arising from COVID-19-related uncertainty. We also probe on how their family roles and obligations intersect with their de-prioritisation of self-care. The investigation reveals narratives of lack of agency at work, invisibilised and endemic mental wellness issues, and neglect of personal well-being at the cost of centring the needs of the family.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2021.1885217
This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health risks and needs. We document their internal negotiation of health risks, and their narratives pertaining to chronic health issues and deteriorating mental health arising from COVID-19-related uncertainty. We also probe on how their family roles and obligations intersect with their de-prioritisation of self-care. The investigation reveals narratives of lack of agency at work, invisibilised and endemic mental wellness issues, and neglect of personal well-being at the cost of centring the needs of the family.
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Author: Sasi Kiran
Handbook of Ageing, Health and Public Policy
Publisher: Of Cold Baths, Tender Coconuts and Lethal Injections, 2021
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Author: Samanta, T
Hymen interrupted: Negotiating body, markets, and consumerist modernity in India
Publisher: Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021
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In this commentary, I contend that in a context marked by a slow but steady rise in sexual liberalism around the ideals of female sexuality and desire, the pressure to remain virginal is manifested through a potent nexus of markets and moral economies associated with gender and intimacy. Drawing on qualitative interviews with surgeons specialising in female genital aesthetic surgeries, particularly hymenoplasty, in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore, I show how restorative cosmetic surgeries on healthy bodies are proffered through the language of duty, autonomous choice, and the (neoliberal) market. Further, building on the sociological concepts of "moral consumption" and "progress through pleasure", I show how consumerism-led modernity makes pleasure a 'biopolitical burden', and the cosmetic industry, a regulatory vehicle, disciplining female sexuality to conform with male honour codes. I question what this holds for the sexual and reproductive health politics of young people in India, in a context marked by pervasive asymmetries of socialisation, gender relations, and sexual experience. I conclude with a call to unsettle the social-moral ideals around female sexuality and to rethink the medical-legal frameworks around the cosmetic industry so that young people are not unwittingly co-opted into its production of ideal, patriarchal subjects
https://doi.org/10.20529/ijme.2021.001
In this commentary, I contend that in a context marked by a slow but steady rise in sexual liberalism around the ideals of female sexuality and desire, the pressure to remain virginal is manifested through a potent nexus of markets and moral economies associated with gender and intimacy. Drawing on qualitative interviews with surgeons specialising in female genital aesthetic surgeries, particularly hymenoplasty, in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore, I show how restorative cosmetic surgeries on healthy bodies are proffered through the language of duty, autonomous choice, and the (neoliberal) market. Further, building on the sociological concepts of "moral consumption" and "progress through pleasure", I show how consumerism-led modernity makes pleasure a 'biopolitical burden', and the cosmetic industry, a regulatory vehicle, disciplining female sexuality to conform with male honour codes. I question what this holds for the sexual and reproductive health politics of young people in India, in a context marked by pervasive asymmetries of socialisation, gender relations, and sexual experience. I conclude with a call to unsettle the social-moral ideals around female sexuality and to rethink the medical-legal frameworks around the cosmetic industry so that young people are not unwittingly co-opted into its production of ideal, patriarchal subjects
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Author: Strenio, J. and Chowdhury, J.R.
Remote Work, Sexual Harassment, and Worker Well-Being: A Study of the United States and India
Publisher: In: Wheatley, D., Hardill, I., and Buglass, S. (Eds), Handbook of Research on Remote Work and Worker Well-Being in the Post-COVID-19 Era, 2021
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Workplace sexual harassment is a serious occupational hazard, adversely affecting workers' employment trajectories, economic well-being, and mental and physical health. Prior to COVID-19, it was widespread and primarily perpetrated by men against women, both in the physical workplace and physical and virtual public spaces associated with work. This chapter examines how the transition to remote work has effected changes in the prevalence and types of sexual harassment, paying attention to its gendered nature. Remote work holds both promise and peril. While exposure to physical harassment has fallen, information and communications technology has increased the risk of sexual harassment in virtual spaces. The cases of the United States and India are explored in more detail to compare worker experiences across the Global North and Global South, in countries with vastly different socioeconomic structures. This chapter contributes to the understanding of the benefits and challenges of remote work in combatting sexual harassment.
Workplace sexual harassment is a serious occupational hazard, adversely affecting workers' employment trajectories, economic well-being, and mental and physical health. Prior to COVID-19, it was widespread and primarily perpetrated by men against women, both in the physical workplace and physical and virtual public spaces associated with work. This chapter examines how the transition to remote work has effected changes in the prevalence and types of sexual harassment, paying attention to its gendered nature. Remote work holds both promise and peril. While exposure to physical harassment has fallen, information and communications technology has increased the risk of sexual harassment in virtual spaces. The cases of the United States and India are explored in more detail to compare worker experiences across the Global North and Global South, in countries with vastly different socioeconomic structures. This chapter contributes to the understanding of the benefits and challenges of remote work in combatting sexual harassment.
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