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The purpose of this case study is to emphasize the effectiveness of coaching as an instrument to drive transfer of training of behavioral skills disseminated during training programs back at the workplace.

Insights were collected through qualitative semi-structured in-depth interviews with learners, followed by a thematic analysis of the interview transcripts.

The findings of this study revealed promising results with the use of coaching as a medium to facilitate workplace training transfer for learners. The learners also informed a positive experience on account of “personalized touch” experienced during the course of coaching sessions for posttraining application of skills and knowledge.

This study offers incisive information in the domain of training transfer through the effective use of workplace coaching in a posttraining environment.

Coaching as a training transfer tool has the ability to provide the necessary impetus to application of behavioral trainings across organizations and institutions, thus encouraging learners to implement what they learn during trainings.

This study is novel on account of its applicability in ensuring successful learning transfer through coaching. The insights from this study have replicability in diverse industries and have the potential to deliver superior results in organizational training transfer.

The purpose of this case study is to highlight the role of feedforward as a potential tool for managers in encouraging coworkers and subordinates to excel at their workplace performance.

Insights were captured through real-time observations made during three feedforward sessions conducted at regular intervals during the course of a six-month training intervention. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with participants to gather individual perspectives.

The findings of the study showed positive results in feedforward as a mechanism to strengthen employee performance at the workplace. Participants also reported deeper involvement in the feedforward process as compared to the conventional feedback method.

The study has wider practical implications in the corporate world, as it provides managers with a practical tool to mentor subordinates and coworkers toward on-the-job performance. Feedforward is easy to apply and forward-looking in its approach.

Feedforward has applications in corporate environments as well as families, associations, and academic institutions. It offers immense value by fostering a climate of social support and mutual co-operation.

The feedforward exercise mentioned in the study is relevant on account of its applicability in various organizations across industries. It provides managers with an opportunity to receive and share insightful suggestions with coworkers in an open and transparent environment.

The purpose of this case study is to highlight the efficacy of Augmented Reality (AR) as an effective tool to facilitate training transfer of behavioral skills and knowledge imparted during the training program, back on the job.

Insights were gathered through qualitative assessments in the form of post-training depth interviews with participants, with the objective of investigating the success of AR as an effective training transfer tool.

The findings of the study revealed encouraging results related to the application of AR towards training transfer at the workplace. The learners revealed positive impact of AR on training transfer and found the experience to be highly enriching.

The study offers insights in the domain of technology enabled tools such as AR to drive transfer of training through an immersive and engaging learning environment.

AR as a training transfer tool can bridge the gap between training delivery and training implementation in behavioral trainings for several key industries, thus eliminating geographic and language barriers for learners.

The study is first of its kind and promises further inquiry in the domain of organizational learning and development. Insights revealed in this case are gathered through personal experience and offer a new perspective towards training transfer at the workplace.

The purpose of this paper is to guide decision-makers in the learning and development space with effective and efficient training transfer tools and techniques to facilitate workplace implementation of skills and knowledge disseminated during training interventions.

Insights were drawn using a quantitative method study involving survey questionnaire responses from 300 respondents representing eight industry sectors.

Investigations revealed that the effectiveness and efficiency of training transfer tools are strongly correlated and enable workplace application of skills and knowledge.

Use of appropriate training transfer tools and techniques delivers superior returns on training investments and accomplishment of business results through desired behavior change in employees.

The study promises to be the first of its kind and provides a fresh perspective towards enabling practical workplace application of trained knowledge and skills using effective and efficient transfer strategies.

The purpose of this paper is to identify the strengths and areas of improvement for taking organizations one step ahead in terms of adopting digitalization, analytics and governance. Also, the paper aims to identify the organizational cultural traits that influence the adoption of digitization and technology, analytics and governance.

A quantitative analysis of survey questionnaire collected from working professionals of various manufacturing industries to find out the driving traits and the restraining traits and to propose which is dominating. Sector: manufacturing, sample: working professionals across functions and sample size: 80–100 people.

This research suggests the cultural traits that influence the adoption of digitization and technology, analytics and governance in any organization.

As organizations explore new ways of working, their organizational culture and employee perspective would play an important role in prioritizing the interventions. This research aims to suggest a strategy to strengthen the driving forces and/or weaken the restraining forces.

There are various papers available on the individual topics but the uniqueness of this paper is that it represents all three factors in a single research and their influencers.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the different dimensions of involvement and customer engagement (CE) and analyze the influence of CE on loyalty in an online retail context. The study also tests the mediation of CE between the facets of involvement and loyalty.

The study employed a survey for data collection from online retail website users and analyzed the data with partial least squares – structural equation modeling.

The results reveal that the dimensions of involvement drive engagement differently. The risk importance and risk probability do not influence CE whereas the sign, interest, and pleasure are positively associated with CE. Furthermore, CE mediates the link between sign, interest, and pleasure dimensions of involvement and loyalty.

This study provides insights for the managers that the perception of value from a brand starts at its product category level and values like sign, interest, and pleasure can be provided to the customers by not only brand consumption but also by engaging them with the brand.

This is among the first studies to have empirically tested the effect of dimensions of involvement on CE and explain the role of engagement as a means for the customers to achieve expected values. It also contributes to the extant CE literature by testing its mediating role between involvement dimensions and loyalty, thus augmenting the studies, which have explored the antecedents and consequences of CE.

The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated conceptual trust building model for supply chain partners’ relationships. It is based on the literature on trust building models from various disciplines.

Various trust building concepts and models were reviewed and five widely referred trust building models were selected from the literature to analyze and integrate the views to develop an integrated conceptual model from supply chain partners’ relationships point of view.

The conceptual frame work suggests that trust is a sum of risk‐worthy characteristics, risk‐worthy rationale and risk‐worthy institutional systems of supply chain members. Though the model represents the trust building process at dyadic level, the concept can simply be extended to any number of levels and perspectives.

The model has considered the trust building perspectives from supply chain partners’ relationships point of view. The discussions of the model lead to empirically testable issues.

The study results suggest that the supply chain members should strive to reduce the risk levels to build trust rather than striving to build trust to reduce the risk. As long as members’ risk levels are within their bearable limits trust can be considered as a risk coping mechanism and when the risk levels exceed their bearable limits the subject of trust turns into risk management/security management.

The trust building concepts developed through this model can be used by both practitioners and researchers on the subject of trust. However the model's application is not limited to supply chain management; it can be easily adapted to any discipline of management.

The purpose of this study is to collaborate with environmental engineering and management making an effort to provide evidence for the irresponsible behavior of small business set up in north India with special reference to Aligarh City. Corporates have huge accountability for sustainable development, and they cannot overlook the major responsibilities which are lying on their shoulders. CSR is related to the concept of “doing good” but, beyond “doing good” businesses have the responsibility for “avoiding bad” to avoid corporate social irresponsibility (CSI), such as damaging the environment by polluting land, water and air, cheating customers, violating human rights, or doing any unethical practices.

In this study, random groundwater samples were collected from “Aligarh Nagar Nigam” installed hand pumps from industrial influence areas of Aligarh during the month of October and November 2017. These samples were collected nearby small-scale metal plating industries plants. The samples analyzed by the Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) Perkin Elmer PinAAcle 900 F, for Fe, Mn, Pb, Zn, Cu and Cr (Jahromi et al., 2007; Chen and Teo, 2001; Bidari et al., 2007; Land and Hoops, 1973; de Oliveira et al., 2016; Akoto et al., 2016). In addition, some other parameters also taken in this study and the results obtained are compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS).

These results of the study revealed that the penetration of heavy metals like Cr, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn into the soil is found much higher than the permissible limit stated by the government. The concentrations of metals in groundwater found to be within limits, but some metals are exceeding the standard limits in few samples. Concentrations of these heavy metals Cr>Cu>Pb>Fe>Mn are exceeding standard limits, Zn found within permissible limits as per WHO and BIS standard. This result proves to be a means to an end for an irresponsible behavior toward the society and environment which leads to serious health and environmental hazards.

The results are beneficial for data generation on various quality parameters of groundwater. The results of this study help in proper decision-making by concerned authorities to prevent, reduce toxic levels and begin to take steps for making water fit for drinking and other purposes. The research is limited in Aligarh City and other cities are like Kanpur, Noida and Ghaziabad are also tested by taking samples of water, as these cities are extensively captured by SME’s and large scale industries.

The results of this study have several implications for both governmental and non-governmental practice and policy development. As society expects positive attitudes of the businesses toward CSR activities and concern about the environment, businesses, institutions and governments should pay more attention to promote the initiative of environment safety to intensify their public concern. The small business unit must know about the serious health hazards of discharging the waste water in the open and therefore regular checking of heavy metal contamination in the groundwater in these areas is needed and use of contaminated water must be prevented to lessen the health risk caused by using the metal contaminated groundwater. The small-scale industries should follow the guidelines for proper disposal of wastewater discharge. The water treatment technology should involve and take possible steps to remove heavy metals contamination.

This study provides real data to municipality and other government offices which can be used as a benchmark to plan strict policy to prohibit the open discharge of wastewater by industries.