COVID-19 pandemic has confined millions of people across the globe to their homes and has posed a very strange situation for workplaces. In these tumultuous times, when normal life has been disrupted, the internet, as always, has come to our rescue. A recent article published by Google titled “What is India Searching for? Insights for Brands” analyses the most …
Employee Moonlighting
INTRODUCTION: Moonlighting is nothing but doing one or more jobs besides the regular job. As work from home (WFH) concept got increased, escalated and extended during the pandemic, employees took it (moonlighting) as an extra source of earning and also for pursuing their passionate jobs. Some say it’s simply risking one’s career by deciding on making more money by working …
Unethical Leadership and Measures to Overcome It
‘Dieselgate’: The famous emissions scandal case of Volkswagen During 2010, the U.S. Environmental Pollution Agency (EPA) issued new guidelines for auto manufacturers to reduce emissions. Many companies complained about the increased costs but eventually met the new standards of EPA . In April 2016, the EPA discovered Volkswagen (VW) cheated the testing system and failed to meet the new standards. …
Counterproductive Work Behaviour: An Issue to Focus
There is no doubt that we are all working as a means of achieving something called a reward or appreciation for what we are doing. Depending on the situation, this reward can take the form of a good salary, a simple appreciation, or a reinforcement of behaviour. In simple words, productive behaviour which is advantageous to the organization is appreciated. …
Toxic Workplace Culture Can Be Injurious To Health
Does your boss randomly shout at you when something is not done? Do you feel your colleagues aren’t the people you can rely upon? Do you return from your HR office with “We will get back to you” but they never do? Does your office celebrate each festival but that doesn’t make you happy or love your workplace? I’m sorry …
Workplace safety and mental health
Employees and employers benefit from workplace safety. Healthier people come from safer environments. Employees who are in better health perform their jobs more effectively and are generally happier. Work can give you self-assurance, stability, and a sense of purpose. Mental health can be greatly improved by having a regular activity, working with others, and engaging in a skill or interest …
Is fetish behavior a result of disturbed mental state?
The world is a beautiful place. Everything we do has a purpose, meaning, and an intention behind it. However, things take a crazy turn when our actions are viewed as unconventional just because it contradicts the ordinary or the societal norms. The world and the various systems do not take long to categorize things as normal or abnormal. One can …
Fearlessness is the Key to Success: The Importance of Psychological Safety in Organization
Modern organizations operate in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. To stay competitive in the market organizations must be high-performing, innovative, experimental, engaged, learning continuously, and so on. This means that one of the important assets of an organization i.e. its employees should showcase these qualities for organizations to be competitive in the market. One of the important …
Bringing change… One step at a time
“Take risks’ , ‘explore yourself”, ‘ask questions’, ‘think outside the box’- every motivational video will have these one-liners that make us feel like going out of our way to do something new at work. Now, who does not want to be themselves but not everyone in their workplace ‘feels okay’ being these things. Ever wondered why? Abraham Maslow, in 1943, …
Violations Of Internet Privacy
In today’s digital age, we have information at our fingertips. Whether it is a quick question on our favourite search engine, a tweet, news blogs, and/ or scholarly articles. The consumption of knowledge is more significant than ever before, but what is the trade-off we are making in terms of our privacy? A major concern in our privacy on the …