The primary objective of the present study was to find out the hazardous factors and to see whether those factors are responsible for uplifting occupational stress in two industrial sectors of Bangladesh. And the secondary objective was to see how far the Bangladeshi industries implement the policies and rules set by Bangladesh Labor Code, 2006.…[Read more]

The objective of this research paper was to investigate the relationship between perceived Employee-Organization congruence (EOC) and Organizational Commitment (OC) in the Sri Lankan apparel sector. The present study, which was part of a comprehensive study Employee-Organization congruence (EOC) and attitudes, empirically evaluated seven perceived…[Read more]

Due to the fast growing of the pharmaceutical sector, the demand of medicine is mostly fulfilled by the local industry. In the local market, the medicines are distributed and marketed by the Medical Promotion Officers (MPOs). The main objective of the study is to find out the job satisfaction, motivation and…[Read more]

This research work has been conducted in the field of human resource management (HRM), more specifically on firm performance. The aim of the study is to show the relationship between HRM practices and firms performance of pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh. It is assumed that HRM practices could positively influence profitability and growth and…[Read more]

The objective of this study was to investigate the role of self- esteem and optimism in job satisfaction among teachers of private universities in Bangladesh. The measuring instruments used in this study were: 1. Self-Esteem Scale (SES) (Rosenberg’s, 1965) for measuring self-esteem. 2. Life Orientation Test (LOT) (Scheier& Carver, 1985) for m…[Read more]

This paper aims to see the levels of empowerment exist in the private hospital in Dhaka city, considering the case of doctors and nurses. A small sample of 40 respondents from the two private hospitals was chosen randomly. The theories of empowerment are discussed and the results are analyzed in respect to the theories which shows that doctors are…[Read more]

This article is concerned with the popular imaginaries associated with internships and
unpaid labour and their implications for emerging subjectivities and conceptualisations of
work. It draws on a comparative analysis of three prime-time television series about young
women’s experiences of their first entry in the world or work. By analysing t…[Read more]

As Kashmir faces new challenges, our forms of allyship must also evolve. Perhaps we can learn some lessons from its kitchens.

Disrupting Maize undertakes a critical interrogation of the symbol and the staple food of the Mexican nation. As the centre of origin and genetic diversification of maize, the Mexican territory is regarded today as being under threat of irreversible ‘contamination’ by genetically engineered maize, an imported biotechnological product. When the fir…[Read more]

In the first section I provide a historical overview of structural violence, science studies, and feminism in Mexico. Structural violence appears first as the immediate context in which some Mexican scientists and academics have recently intensified their struggles to articulate “science” with social justice. Yet I offer a deeper account of how…[Read more]

Las medidas de protección son aquellas actitudes y decisiones que toma en cuenta el Estado a través de sus diversas instituciones públicas, a fin de hacer efectivo el cuidado y protección de la víctima de la agresión, con respecto a la agresión misma y a su agresor; son mecanismos que buscan brindar apoyo y protección a las víctimas de las agre…[Read more]

The essay analyzes a contemporary Indian feminist performance, Thoda Dhyaan Se (A Little Carefully, 2013), by framing it in the spatial ecosystem of the city of Delhi and explores its engagement with the feminist movement and the national imaginary of India. It examines the workings of the cultural economy of the city to discuss the effect of its…[Read more]

As we begin to see the discussion of open publishing, open textbooks, and open educational resources break open on campus, it’s important that those of us who want to participate in open access are up to date on all of the resources, venues, and opportunities for publishing or otherwise disseminating our work. This workshop will re-familiarize p…[Read more]

As we begin to see the discussion of open publishing, open textbooks, and open educational resources break open on campus, it’s important that those of us who want to participate in open access are up to date on all of the resources, venues, and opportunities for publishing or otherwise disseminating our work. This workshop will re-familiarize p…[Read more]

Repair has visibly come to the fore in recent academic and policy debates, to the point that ‘repair studies’ is now emerging as a novel focus of research. Through the lens of repair, scholars with diverse backgrounds are coming together to rethink our relationships with the human-made matters, tools and objects that are the material mesh in whi…[Read more]

Part of Feminist Interventions in Participatory Media edited collection by Lauren Berliner and Ron Krabill.

Domestics Against Domestication. A study day to rethink practices and politics of the domestic.
Thursday, 30 May 2019, University of Roehampton.
Convened by Dr. Valeria Graziano (Coventry University) and Dr. Giulia Palladini (University of Roehampton).
The starting point for this study day is the idea that the set of activities associated…[Read more]

On the Crisis of Creation is a short comic about the comic artists’ equivalent of a writer’s block.

An expanded version of a talk presented at the Sub-conference of the Modern Language Association, “The Public and Its Privates,” Cheer-up Charlie’s, Austin, Texas, 7 January 2015, that ruminates both the difficulties of collective work as well as how various scholarly collectives create spaces of radical hospitality within which individual perso…[Read more]