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Stress Management of Members in Local-Self Government Institutions

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  • Author   :    K.S. Sreekutty, B.V. Pillai
    Year of Publication   :   2024
    ISBN   :   9789393934802
    Language   :   English
    Binding   :   Hard Bound
    Pages   :   340
    Size   :   23 cms
    Categories   :   2024, Management, New Books, Public Administration
    Price  :  1000
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    The Book

    In India, Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGIs) plays a predominant role in the development of the all the States. Various policies and programs are implemented by the State Governments at the grass root level of the society through the members of local government institutions. The duties levied on them have an impact on the well-being of public, infrastructure developments and functioning of different sectors. However, the enormous number of duties and responsibilities makes the work of a member of local government institutions very challenging. All the elected members may not have sufficient political or public experience.

    The State of Kerala is a best role model in this respect. The members experience problems like balancing of family with work. With the assistance of any political party, the majority of those elected as members come from relatively modest socio-economic backgrounds, with basic educational qualifications and skills. But, the duties entitled to the members have serious impact on the society. Because of the heavy workload, they need to work without any time schedule. They are expected to reach every corner of the society for public needs. The expectation of the public from the members is very high. The honorarium given to the members is insufficient to meet their needs. In this modern era of technological advancement, a lot of members of local government institutions struggle to handle it. They have to deal with information overload about various procedures, policies and programs in order to bring the right one to the deserved. Along with these, lack of guidelines for duties, role conflicts, insufficient training, conflicting demand from public, public criticism, difficulty to prove efficiency, public scrutiny on duties, interference of the political party and political pressures makes their work life stressful. Majority of the members are experience stress and struggling with its various mental and physical consequences. Most of the members are unable to efficiently handle stress. It is against this background, the authors have made an attempt to investigate into stress management of members of Local Self Government Institutions in India with special reference to Kerala.

    The book comprises nine chapters including an introduction and summing up. It is hoped that the book will be useful to members of Local Self Government Institutions, policy makers, academicians and researchers in social science subjects and other stakeholders.

    The Authors

    Dr. K.S. Sreekutty, M.Com., M.Phil., Ph.D. is presently serving as Government Guest Faculty in the Post Graduate and Research Department of Commerce, Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala State. She has secured the degrees of M.Com. and M.Phil. in Commerce from the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. She has completed her research work in the area of Stress Management of Members of Local Government Institutions in Kerala and awarded Ph.D. Degree in the faculty of Commerce and Management Studies by the University of Calicut in 2023. She has qualified the NET examination and published four research papers in reputed journals and presented six papers in National and International Seminars/ Webinars. Her fields of special interests are Stress Management, Human Resource Management and Finance.

    Prof. (Dr.) B. Vijayachandran Pillai, M.Com., MBA., PGDTM., Ph.D. is presently serving as the Principal and Director, Ahalia School of Management, Palakkad, Kerala and formerly Professor and Head, Department of Commerce & Management Studies, University of Calicut, Kerala State. He has over 40 years of teaching experience and 34 years of research experience. Besides the Academic assignments, he served in different administrative posts like Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2016-18); Director, Directorate of Self-Financing Courses, University of Calicut (2017-19) and Coordinator, School of Management Studies, Palakkad, University of Calicut (2013-2020). He has successfully guided twenty five M.Phil. Students and twenty four research scholars have secured their Ph.Ds. in Commerce & Management Studies under his guidance. He has successfully completed three UGC funded projects. He has authored and edited 24 text books. He published 259 papers/ articles in reputed journals and chapters in edited Books. He has presented 170 papers in National & International level Seminars/Webinars. He is a member of various Professional and academic bodies.