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- ItemWork From Home Improves Or Impairs The Work-Life Balance- A Study Conducted Among Teachers(Society of Business and management, 2021)In recent years, there has been increasing focus about how to adjust work and life responsibilities in both scholastic and political discussions. Work from home is one activity that has been advanced as a method of improving the work–life balance. Considering this evidence this paper examines the work-life balance experiences of teachers who are working from home during the outbreak of Covid-19. Using the data from 72 teachers selected randomly from different educational institutions of Kerala, it explores the question of whether working (or not) from home improves or impairs teacher‘s capacity to balance their work and life commitments. A Snowball sampling method is adopted for identifying respondents and Chi-square test is used for finding out the variable relationships. The outcomes of the study specify that working from home has a constructive impact on teacher‘s work life Balance. In addition, the result also confirms that working from home certainly increases enthusiasm and satisfaction as teachers are getting more time to spend with their family. It is also found that the use of Information Technology tools in managing the life chores has a significant relationship with Work Life Balance.
- ItemWomen Workers in the Seafood Processing Sector of Kerala, India - Structural Changes Due to Migration(2016)Till about early 2000, the women labour on the floor level of the factories were entirely from Kerala. The shift in labour profile began to be observed from after this period. Younger women from the fishing households of Kerala are reluctant to take this job as they were under the impression that it has a low social status. Even though the work is carried out in factories, the work is still referred to as ‘peeling‘. The composition of labour has been witnessing a drastic change with migrant workers now occupying the spaces that local women from Kerala once did. The study attempts to understand the composition of labour in this industry and their socio-economic status, especially migrant women labour
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- ItemWorkspace of women in the small-scale ornamental fish value chain in Kerala(2016)Aquarium fish keeping is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. The growing demand of aquarium fish has evolved into a USD 8 billion industry globally. It has the potential to become an important source of employment and income, especially for empowering women financially, as it can be taken as a leisure time activity and allows balance between productive and reproductive roles. The present study was conducted in Panangad and Kotatt regions which belong to Ernakulam and Thrissur districts respectively in Kerala, India. The study attempted to identify the gender activity profile in ornamental fish culture and compare the attitude of the women in undertaking the activity in two selected survey sites, one a rural area (Kotatt) and one a semi-urban area (Panangad). The attitudes of the women in both areas were marked against a 5 point Semantic scale. It was found that the attitude of women in Panangad towards ornamental fish farming was negative with scores more towards the negative adjectives describing the culture. They felt that the culture was a loss making activity, having no impact on their economic status. The families in Kotatt region had a more positive attitude towards the culture. They felt the farming was stimulating and fetched them profits and better economic opportunities.
- ItemNACA/USAID Thematic Studies on Gender in Aquaculture in Combodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam(Asian Fisheries Society, 2016)