Browsing by Author "Rohit Kumar Verma"

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Attitude and Alertness in Personality Traits: A Pathway to Building Entrepreneurial Intentions Among University Students
(Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2021) Abhijeet Biswas; Rohit Kumar Verma
The entrepreneurial intentions of individuals play a phenomenal role in establishment of new ventures, which in turn facilitates economic development. The study aims to identify the various dimensions of personality traits along with several other precursors of entrepreneurial intentions and investigates impact of the identified factors on entrepreneurial intentions of top five university students in India. The data for research were collected through a structured questionnaire employing a 7-point Likert scale based on purposive sampling technique. The identified constructs considered to be determinants of entrepreneurial intentions were need for achievement, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, innovativeness, self-efficacy, proactiveness, perseverance, entrepreneurial alertness and entrepreneurial attitude. The findings of the study reveal that ‘need for achievement’ was the most significant precursor of entrepreneurial intentions; whereas, ‘entrepreneurial alertness’ and ‘entrepreneurial attitude’ dimensions of personality traits were also found to have a positive correlation with entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Moreover, entrepreneurial alertness partially mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and proactiveness on the one hand and entrepreneurial intentions on the other. © 2021 SAGE Publications.
Augmenting service quality dimensions: mediation of image in the Indian restaurant industry
(Routledge, 2023) Abhijeet Biswas; Rohit Kumar Verma
Providing top-notch services is imperative for the success of any organization in this era of globalization and competitiveness. This study aims to identify the dimensions of perceived service quality, food quality, perceived value, and restaurant image in the Indian restaurant industry and examine the impact of the identified dimensions on customer satisfaction. The data was collected from 520 customers of the top 10 restaurants in New Delhi and Bengaluru each by employing a structured questionnaire. The results reveal that the food quality, tangibility, and assurance dimensions were the most important determinants of customer satisfaction. Moreover, the restaurant image partially mediates the association between food quality and customer satisfaction, while no mediation was observed between the perceived value and customer satisfaction in the study. The results exhibit the influential drivers of customer satisfaction, restaurant image, and customer loyalty that may stimulate restaurant managers to hold on to their customer base and ameliorate profitability. There are scant studies on restaurant image, food quality, and perceived value in Indian settings. Therefore, the study enriches literature by assimilating the aforementioned constructs together based on a methodical conceptual model. It is distinctive as it unravels the mediating role of restaurant image in clarifying the relationship amongst the underlying constructs. © 2022 Taylor & Francis.
Biochar Enhancing Soil Resilience: A Dual Strategy for Mitigating Heavy Metal Contamination and Drought Stress
(AMG Transcend Association, 2024) Sneha Lohar; Poonam Kumari; Anuj Sharma; Vanisha Godara; Varad Nagar; Monika Kumari Prajapati; Ashrut Singhal; Vaibhav Sharma; Rohit Kumar Verma; Mahipal Singh Sankhla
Drought and heavy metals are abiotic stressors that affect soil fertility and plant growth excessively and have significant toxic consequences, threatening agricultural sustainability. Plants ' accumulation of heavy metals in soil uptake leads to disrupting physiochemical and biochemical metabolisms. Biochar has attracted major attention for potential and sustainable soil amendment. Biochar is a complex carbon-rich organic substance whose properties vary depending on the manufacturing process and feedstock. Application of biochar reduces drought stress by increasing the water holding capacity through modification of soil properties, helps in the retention of moisture, absorbs heavy metals, inhibits harmful bacteria, improves soil pH, and also significantly modifies the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) scavenging enzymes and provide an efficient electron transferring mechanism to reduce the toxic effects in plants. The review focuses on the effects of drought and heavy metals on soil fertility and plant growth, biochar counteracting the drought and as a soil improver, and the various direct and indirect interaction mechanisms of biochar with the soil. This article also focuses on the potential role of biochar in ameliorating drought and heavy metal stress. © 2024 by the authors.
Engine of entrepreneurial intentions: revisiting personality traits with entrepreneurial education
(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2022) Abhijeet Biswas; Rohit Kumar Verma
Purpose: The intent to start an entrepreneurial venture is predisposed by certain personality traits. The study aims to analyze the impact of various identified personality traits and entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions of management students. Design/methodology/approach: The data for the study were gathered from 440 students of top 5 management institutes in India. The study used a cross-sectional design and structured questionnaire based on seven-point Likert scale and was administered employing a purposive sampling method. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to validate posited hypotheses in the study. Findings: The study discerns that apart from agreeableness dimension of personality traits, all remaining identified dimensions along with entrepreneurial education had a significant influence on entrepreneurial intentions of management students with need for achievement emerging as the most important enabler. Conscientiousness was the major dimension among big five personality traits bearing a positive influence, while neuroticism registered a negative impact on entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, results bespeak that entrepreneurial education partially mediates the effect of need for achievement, locus of control and innovativeness on entrepreneurial intentions. Research limitations/implications: The compendious model proffered in the study might be helpful for students, educators, consultants, financial institutions and policymakers in appreciating the gravity of underlying personality traits. Originality/value: There is a dearth of research on big five personality traits and entrepreneurial education as enablers of entrepreneurial intentions. The study attempts to integrate big five personality traits model with dimensions of need for achievement, locus of control, innovativeness and entrepreneurial education for management students in India. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Springs of digital disruption: mediation of blockchain technology adoption in retail supply chain management
(Inderscience Publishers, 2024) Rohit Kumar Verma; Rajeev Kumar
Supply chain management practices are vital for success and survival in today’s competitive Indian retail market. The advent of COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a digital disruption in retail supply chain management centred on efficient technology like blockchain in order to enhance supply chain performance. The present research aims to decipher the nature of associations between supply chain management practices, blockchain technology adoption and supply chain performance in retail firms. The research is based on primary survey of specific food and grocery retailers operating on a supermarket format stores in two Indian cities. The findings pointed towards the presence of significant and positive association of all the constructs with each other. Moreover, the mediating role of blockchain technology adoption was also revealed, i.e., it partially mediates the effects of supply chain management practices on supply chain performance. Copyright © 2024 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.