Papers by Dr. Sujit Roy
International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), 2025
Organisation is a social entity with different forms having basic elements with an authority stru... more Organisation is a social entity with different forms having basic elements with an authority structure to fulfil the purpose for which it exists through the collective efforts of organisational members. The paper attempts to enquire critically different characteristics of an organisation from different dimensions like personhood, identity, culture, image etc. Organisational Identity is like a biological identity of a person. But unlike a biological entity, an organisation is a social entity whose identity has to be developed by the stakeholders of the organisation. Then arises the issue of conditionalities of organisational identity. Here the conditionalities have been structured in a pyramidal model. Thus organisation with its characteristics has been critically analysed.
Organisation is a social entity with different forms having basic elements with an authority stru... more Organisation is a social entity with different forms having basic elements with an authority structure to fulfil the purpose for which it exists through the collective efforts of organisational members. The paper attempts to enquire critically different characteristics of an organisation from different dimensions like personhood, identity, culture, image etc. Organisational Identity is like a biological identity of a person. But unlike a biological entity, an organisation is a social entity whose identity has to be developed by the stakeholders of the organisation. Then arises the issue of conditionalities of organisational identity. Here the conditionalities have been structured in a pyramidal model. Thus organisation with its characteristics has been critically analysed.
Mukt Shabd Journal , 2025
Governance is a process of governing which applies to all organisations. Government is the most f... more Governance is a process of governing which applies to all organisations. Government is the most formal entity of governance with respect to its citizens. Social balancing also is a process through which a community strives for consistency and understanding within it. The paper is a critical study of the role of government in maintaining social balance in the context of Indian nation-state. There are so many conditionalities of social balancing in a pyramidal structure from the perspective of good governance. Since independence the government authorities at the different levels have been striving to maintain social balance through different citizen-centric policies and programmes. In the 21 st century, particularly in the last decade India has achieved phenomenal socioeconomic growth and development through citizens' participation will the help of e-governance.
IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 2016
The paper attempts to explore and narrate the emerging relationship between mothering and managin... more The paper attempts to explore and narrate the emerging relationship between mothering and managing from the perspective of mothers who are professional managers working in private and public sector. The paper has tried to fathom in the intricate relationship between the processes of mothering and managing; to reveal power relationship structures of mothering and managing; and to correlate the issues of work outside home, domestic work-sharing, and family-size with the management process from the organisational point of view. The unit of study has been women in management position. The universe of study has comprised women managers and administrators who have been mothers from few private and public sector business organisations in Kolkata, India. The study has revealed the stressful and straining conditions of mothers in professional life due to dual roles of mothering as well as managing both in private and public life. Mothering being one of the most innate qualities of a woman seems to encompass the roles of managing so naturally. Mother-managers have been trying to make the most out of their professional life to strike a balance between private mother-life and public managerial-life.
Hermeneutics of 'Matritva': A Study on Motherhood in Indic culture
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Motherhood in English is what can be transliterated as ‘Matritva’ in Sanskrit and vice versa. Eac... more Motherhood in English is what can be transliterated as ‘Matritva’ in Sanskrit and vice versa. Each and every culture provides its own way of understanding and interpretations of reality which connotes to a unique contextual meaning of the social world to its members. Matritva in Indic culture is merely not a concept, but it has been a reality with multi-ramifications in Indian society from time immemorial. Hermeneutics in general refers to analysis, interpretations and understanding of texts, especially religious texts. Modern hermeneutics focus not only on texts but also both on verbal and nonverbal communication as well as semiotics, presuppositions and preunderstandings. ‘Bhashya’ in Sanskrit may be what is meant by hermeneutics in English. Indic culture here refers to the way of life of the people of the Indian subcontinent from the pre-historic time, which has been continuing in a sublime subtle way through the ages. Matritva has been one of the defining characteristics of the Indic culture. Then, the study on motherhood in Indic culture should be particularistic in nature with the emphasis on the feelings of Indian mothers in different social locations and their worldviews entwined with the quest for identity as mothers. The present study has been an attempt to sketch out motherhood in Indic culture from the perspective of hermeneutical circle in respect of the word Matritva with the reciprocity between text and context, which shifts the focus from ‘interpretation’ to ‘existential understanding’ by ‘way of being’ as a mother in the world than merely as ‘a way of knowing’ motherhood.
Man and Life - A Journal of ISRAA, ISSN 0972-4109, 2021
Care has now become a distinct feature in the present postindustrial service society. Care is bei... more Care has now become a distinct feature in the present postindustrial service society. Care is being institutionalised as a formal system to cater different types of care apart from the most fundamental maternal and parental cares. Thus the process of care has now assumed an important social dimension pertaining to moral, ethical and legal issues. As care is being formalized, care is becoming a commodity as a paid service. National governments all over the world are so much concerned about emerging issues of caregiving processes to ensure human health care to the citizens.
Care and caring are primarily based on human bonding. Whatever be the form of care, caring is a p... more Care and caring are primarily based on human bonding. Whatever be the form of care, caring is a process to be analysed, contextualised and managed from different perspectives. Social relations centering care become very specialized in form and content in that the caregiver(s) and care-receiver(s) interact continuously both ways. From the very basic maternal care to parental care to family care and various societal insitutionalised care system operating in human society, care and caring issue have taken a central paradigmatic dimension in the present post-industrial service society.
The paper attempts to explore and narrate the emerging relationship between mothering and managin... more The paper attempts to explore and narrate the emerging relationship between mothering and managing from the perspective of mothers who are professional managers working in private and public sector. The paper has tried to fathom in the intricate relationship between the processes of mothering and managing; to reveal power relationship structures of mothering and managing; and to correlate the issues of work outside home, domestic work-sharing, and family-size with the management process from the organisational point of view. The unit of study has been women in management position. The universe of study has comprised women managers and administrators who have been mothers from few private and public sector business organisations in Kolkata, India. The study has revealed the stressful and straining conditions of mothers in professional life due to dual roles of mothering as well as managing both in private and public life. Mothering being one of the most innate qualities of a woman seems to encompass the roles of managing so naturally. Mother-managers have been trying to make the most out of their professional life to strike a balance between private mother-life and public managerial-life.
Women entrepreneurship is a recent phenomenon in India. This study has been conducted to explore ... more Women entrepreneurship is a recent phenomenon in India. This study has been conducted to explore the issues of identity and women entrepreneurship from the perspectives of thriving, evolving and prospering small urban India in this millennium beyond the peripherals of metropolis. The study has been to explore the levels of perceptions of identity of women entrepreneurs as businesswomen as well as to ascertain the relationship between perceptions of identity and socio-demographic and family relational factors. The study also tries to find the causal relationship between the business-organizational factors and perceptions of identity level of women entrepreneurs as also the cumulative effects of all factors on the levels of perceptions of identity of women entrepreneurs. The methodology of the study was based on the primary data collected through direct interviews with women entrepreneurs by using an interview schedule with structured questionnaire and an attitude scale. The result points to a poor level of perceptions of identity and poor self-images of women entrepreneurs. The item analysis shows that women entrepreneurs have been very vocal regarding the lack of opportunities vis-à-vis their male counterparts to be successful in their business endeavour. The study also shows that educational level, training status, business-phase, income level and financial management level have caused significant influences on the levels of perception of identity of women entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship is very old, but women entrepreneurship is a recent phenomenon, particularly in ... more Entrepreneurship is very old, but women entrepreneurship is a recent phenomenon, particularly in India. This study has been conducted to explore the issues on organizational dynamics for women entrepreneurship from different dimensions of women entrepreneurial life. It has been an intensive micro-level field study of women entrepreneurs from the perspectives of thriving, evolving and prospering small urban India in this millennium beyond the peripherals of metropolis. The result shows that educational level and training status have been the most influencing factors for organizational management of their firms. The decisional level-in-family of women entrepreneurs has come out as an influencing factor for success in business networking. Firm-size and scale of business have shown positive correlations with institutional interactional level. But, years in business and business phases have been negatively correlated with levels of financial management by women entrepreneurs. The study shows interactive dimensionalities of women entrepreneurship.
People make for the real bottom line in business. In an organizational context, empowerment is a ... more People make for the real bottom line in business. In an organizational context, empowerment is a process of assigning decision-making authority to executives and employees. The present study has attempted to understand the issues of culture of empowerment from the perspectives of individual attitudes, aspirations and perception of empowerment of employees in a public sector insurance corporation through an intensive micro-level field study. The methodology of the study was based on the primary data collected through structured questionnaire. The findings point to an overall poor level of empowerment of employees. The item-wise analysis of empowerment data has revealed a conflicting picture-a gap between belief and practice in the organization in respect of empowerment processes and practices, thus pointing to a 'revealing' organizational reality. The cadre-wise item-analysis has shown that the managerial personnel have only perceived moderate level of empowerment status. Empowerment, thus, is negligible and it is still in the primitive stage in the organization.
Conference Presentations by Dr. Sujit Roy
AISC, ISS, 2022
Human beings are born with the capacity and motivation to engage in caregiving behaviours aimed a... more Human beings are born with the capacity and motivation to engage in caregiving behaviours aimed at providing protection and support to close others. Thus, caring refers to act of care in personal relationships. But in the post-industrial service society, care becomes a formal form of care work in that care-givers become care workers. Now the service society is fast becoming a market society where the processes of commodification and marketization of each and every societal service indicate an economic shift. This economic shift acts as market forces for the development of care work.
Care is primarily a work which may be both formal and informal in nature. In both formal and informal forms care work may remain unpaid. The present paper is attempting to analyze unpaid care work and unpaid care workers both from a social and an institutional perspective.
Keywords: Care work, caregiving behaviours, unpaid care workers.
All India Sociological Conference-2021, 2021
Care as a concept has so many dimensions, entailing also care in research. Now care in research p... more Care as a concept has so many dimensions, entailing also care in research. Now care in research pertains to care of both research as well as subjects/respondents by a researcher(s). From the very beginning of the research questions a researcher should take care of the whole process of the research to be undertaken. Whatever be the nature of subjects- be it inanimate or animate or human beings, a researcher should be careful enough to carry out the research to meet different types of issues and challenges in an ethical way. The issues of ethical way of conducting research are very important which are to be taken care of. In physical and chemical science researches the environmental issues have to be carefully handled by a researcher taking into consideration the environmental degradation and related issues. In biological research care of animals must be ensured by a researcher relating to issues of cruelty. Care of research-subjects in social and behavioural researches is very crucial in that many important issues like identity, unintentional answers etc. of the respondents should be taken care of. Finally, the research outcome should be written and published in a very careful manner so that it follows standard ethical codes.
Keywords: Care in research, respondents, ethical codes.
Governance is simply the action or manner of governing a state, organisation etc. Thus governance... more Governance is simply the action or manner of governing a state, organisation etc. Thus governance refers to a process of governing. From the smallest social organisation of a family to the largest socio-political organisation of a state, the issue of governance is all about right decision-making in a right manner. The most formal entity of governance is a government, which is a body having sole responsibility and authority to make binding decisions in a given geo-political system. Thus the issues and challenges of good governance are of paramount importance for the citizens of a state. Then the institution of governance must be so rooted in the dynamics of the Indian society so that all the stakeholders of governance get involved and interact, and make decisions regarding collective issues and create or reinforce social norms and institutions through public participation.
Keywords: Governance, decision-making, state, social contextualisation
Motherhood in English is what can be transliterated as‘Matritva’ in Sanskrit and vice versa. Each... more Motherhood in English is what can be transliterated as‘Matritva’ in Sanskrit and vice versa. Each and every culture provides its own way of understanding and interpretations of reality which connotes to a unique contextual meaning of the social world to its members. Matritva in Indic culture is merely not a concept, but it has been a reality with multi-ramifications in Indian society from time immemorial. Hermeneutics in general refers to analysis, interpretations and understanding of texts, especially religious texts. Modern hermeneutics focus not only on texts but also both on verbal and nonverbal communication as well as semiotics, presuppositions and preunderstandings. ‘Bhashya’ in Sanskrit may be what is meant by hermeneutics in English. Indic culture here refers to the way of life of the people of the Indian subcontinent from the pre-historic time, which has been continuing in a sublime subtle way through the ages. Matritva has been one of the defining characteristics of the Indic culture. Then, the study on motherhood in Indic culture should be particularistic in nature with the emphasis on the feelings of Indian mothers in different social locations and their worldviews entwined with the quest for identity as mothers. The present study has been an attempt to sketch out motherhood in Indic culture from the perspective of hermeneutical circle in respect of the word Matritva with the reciprocity between text and context, which shifts the focus from ‘interpretation’ to ‘existential understanding’ by ‘way of being’ as a mother in the world than merely as ‘a way of knowing’ motherhood.
Keywords: Hermeneutics, Matritva, Motherhood, Indic culture.
Motherhood is so simple but a vexed complex concept. Motherhood is a social reality which is to b... more Motherhood is so simple but a vexed complex concept. Motherhood is a social reality which is to be visualized, conceptualized and analyzed from different perspectives of social paradigm. The study of motherhood needs to be contextualized. The contextualization of study of motherhood needs the approach of methodological pluralism and various issues therein. Methodological pluralism or epistemological pluralism refers to different ways of knowing things, different methodologies i.e. multi-methodologies for attaining a full description of a particular field. It expresses the view that no social phenomena can be explained by a single theory or fully investigated using a single approach. So, theorizing sociology of motherhood and conceptualizing different concepts of motherhood necessitates multi-methodological approaches to know what motherhood is and motherhood’s multi-ramifications in different societal cultural contexts. The particularistic approach to study motherhood requires specific historical contexts within which mothering takes place, and influenced by different social locations. On the other hand, the universalist approach to motherhood study aims at identifying what mothers do, rather than how they feel. It emphasizes on maternal practices. So, studying and theorizing sociology of motherhood demands methodological pluralism.
Keywords: Motherhood, methodological pluralism, particularistic approach.
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Papers by Dr. Sujit Roy
Conference Presentations by Dr. Sujit Roy
Care is primarily a work which may be both formal and informal in nature. In both formal and informal forms care work may remain unpaid. The present paper is attempting to analyze unpaid care work and unpaid care workers both from a social and an institutional perspective.
Keywords: Care work, caregiving behaviours, unpaid care workers.
Keywords: Care in research, respondents, ethical codes.
Keywords: Governance, decision-making, state, social contextualisation
Keywords: Hermeneutics, Matritva, Motherhood, Indic culture.
Keywords: Motherhood, methodological pluralism, particularistic approach.