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Abhigyan, the multidisciplinary journal promoted by the Foundation for Organizational Research and Education (FORE), is committed to fostering academic research. The 3rd issue of the 41st volume comprises four research papers from varied academic disciplines. We hope the articles will attract the attention of the readers. We look forward to the feedback of the readers. We are in discussion with one of the International publishers for the publication of Abhigyan from next year onward, which will help Abhigyan to be more conspicuous and will facilitate us to improve the quality of the journal to a significant extent.
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The growth of tourism affects not only the activities directly linked to tourism but also other sectors of the world economy, particularly in developing countries like Bangladesh. The study aims to identify the importance of the expanded tourism marketing mix. Both primary and secondary data were collected to develop the marketing strategy for the tourism business in Bangladesh. A multiple regression model was applied to identify the parameters of the tourism marketing mix, and the result shows place is the most influential marketing mix for choosing a tourist spot during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the expanded marketing mix, people and physical evidence are also highly important for tourists’ visits during the pandemic period. The study implies that the actors in this sector should focus on each service marketing mix. The study guides policymakers in the industry for the post-pandemic period.
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Micro and small enterprises are influenced a lot by the adoption of information technology in terms of performance. So, the prime aim of the study is the adoption of information technology and its effects on the operational performance of micro and small enterprises in rural areas. A sample of 500 respondent firms from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have been collected from the healthcare services and hospitality sector. To reach the target population, judgmental sampling technique has been used. Multiple regression technique has been applied to analyse the results. The study found that the independent variable investment in information technology has a positive impact on the operational performance. So, it is suggested that more and more investments in operational performance enhance entrepreneurial performance, help in survival, and generate profits.
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Abhigyan focuses on organisational sustainability and transformation, which directly impact society. It is devoted to disseminating findings from research and empirical work to explore original ideas concerning various aspects of functional areas of Management. The journal has been a platform for academicians, practitioners and researchers to communicate new ideas. Periodically, the best of Abhigyan has been published as anthologies, regarded as significant contributions to the world of knowledge.
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FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India |
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FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India |
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Prof. Carolyn Strong | Cardiff Business School, UK |
Prof. Amitendu Palit | NUS, Singapore |
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Dr. Manoj K Dhar | University of Jammu, J&K, India |
Dr Suresh George | Coventry University, Coventry, UK |
Prof. Arpan Kar | IIT Delhi, India |
Prof. S.K Bhardhwaj | SRM Univ, India |
Prof. Satyabhusan Dash | IIM Lucknow, India |
Prof. Sudhir Rana | Gulf Medical University, UAE |
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Chief Editor (Officiating)
Jitendra K. Das
B.Tech. (IIT-Delhi), M.Tech. (IIT-Delhi), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Founder Dean (Noida Campus), IIM Lucknow;
Director, FORE School of Management, New Delhi;
Ex-Officio Member Secretary, Foundation for
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Dr. Manoj Kumar Dhar |
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Shri Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra |
Shri Chris McDonagh |
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Definition of Research MisconductPotential research misconduct involves the following:
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5) Improper Authorship- All individuals who have contributed significantly towards the study should be listed as authors and co-authors. Other professional contributions (technical assistance, editing, general support, etc) made by individuals should be acknowledged under the “acknowledgement section”.
If the editorial team receives a complaint of potential research misconduct against a paper submitted to or published in the journal, they will launch an investigation. The editorial team will review the complaint for supporting evidence and consequently may request the corresponding author of the paper in question, for justification with relevant proof. If the paper is found eligible for research misconduct, it will be retracted if it has been published and if it’s under the review process, the author will be advised to make the necessary changes. The paper will be rejected in case of no response or if the explanation provided by the author is inadequate. The complainant will be informed of the outcome and thereby the case will be considered over.
The journal management team takes seriously any complaints against its staff, editorial board, publisher and/or peer reviewers. Complaints arising out of potential misconduct like behaviour of editors, staff and/or peer reviewers, confidentiality violations, hidden conflicts of interest, improper use of sensitive information, differences over important choices such as how to handle retractions and comments of concern or administrative misconducts, such as errors in editorial procedures or grievances about unresponsive journal personnel are addressed promptly, objectively and fairly. All complaints are addressed as soon as possible.
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General Complaints
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The authors may raise a complaint against the editorial decision if they feel they feel that the decision to reject the manuscript was not in compliance with journal policy and procedures. The author may write to the editor of Abhigyan at ce@fsm.ac.in with a thorough response. The Editor will evaluate the submission's peer review procedure. The Editor's decision to reject is final if it was made in accordance with editorial standards.
Post Publication complaints
If the editorial team receives any complaints against a published article, in the form of feedback or critique by the reader or the author of the paper, it is reviewed on grounds of triviality, scientific soundness, supporting claims and libellous or defamatory remarks. The editorial team of Abhigyan peer reviews the critique and author’s response and after due diligence decides to whether accept/reject the critique. If the critique is accepted, steps (correction or retraction) are taken to make amendments to the published paper. The complainant will receive the outcome in writing over email from the editorial team of Abhigyan. The entire process is ensured to be completed as soon as possible or within 30 working days of receiving the complaint. Depending on the nature of the complaint, the availability of the members involved in the process, or any other unforeseen circumstances, the process may take longer.
Handling Appeal
Abhigyan has a transparent process for appeals raised against editorial decisions, post-publication decisions or decisions taken for any complaint raised against its staff, editorial board, publisher and/or peer reviewers.
An appeal can be raised by writing to the editorial team or chief editor of Abhigyan at abhigyan@fsm.ac.in and ce@fsm.ac.in respectively. All appeals will be addressed with an acknowledgement receipt within 7 days of receiving the appeal. Thereafter, an investigation will be carried out by the editorial team, in adherence to COPE guidelines, to evaluate and determine the merits of the appeal fairly and impartially. If required, the editorial team of Abhigyan may get in touch with the parties involved, in order to seek more information.
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• It is the responsibility of all authors to disclose in the manuscripts any conflicting interest viz. financial or any other interest (e.g. related to research funding, multiple affiliations, financial remuneration for delivering lecture in symposia etc.) with potential to influence the evaluation and/or interpretation of the manuscript. All source of funding/any form of financial support for the research project is imperative to be disclosed.
• The editors must report to the publisher any potential conflict of interest due to a possible connection with the author, institutions or topic of research associated with the paper. Such declarations may be published in the journal by the publisher. Further, in case the Chief Editor / Associate Editor submits any paper for publication consideration in the journal, s/he should ensure that s/he is not involved in any step of the review process and in no way connected to the publication decision of the paper of which s/he is the author.
• If any conflict of interest is visible due to the relationship of the reviewer(s) with the authors, institutions or topic of research, associated with the paper, the reviewer must report it to the editor and withdraw from reviewing the manuscript.
Peer Review Process:
• Abhigyan follows a double-blind peer-review process. The Chief Editor has to ensure that the peer review process is completed in a timely manner and is done fairly without bias of any kind.
• All manuscripts are initially screened by the editorial office to ensure suitability on technical grounds. The articles which don’t conform to the prescribed guidelines for submission are returned back to the author for correction and resubmit.
• The articles which are otherwise correct on technical grounds enter the review process.
• The Chief Editor assigns the papers to the associate editors. The associate editor conduct a desk review of the papers assigned to them and take a decision whether to qualify the paper to be sent to the reviewers for the peer review of the articles. The articles which are adjudged as not worth to send for peer review are desk rejected. The desk cleared articles are sent to two (or in some case more than two) expert reviewers for evaluation.
• The reviewers are selected on the basis of the suitability of his/her expertise in the relevant field of research.
• In case any of the reviewers disagrees to review the paper / fail to comply to the timeline for completing the review for whatsoever reasons, the associate editor(s) send the paper to the alternate reviewer.
• The identity of both author and reviewer is concealed from each other throughout the evaluation process.
• Due steps are taken to make editorial changes to the manuscript’s final draft to meet the journal’s requirements.
• The editor/associate editor shall review all disclosures of potential conflicts of interest and suggestions for self-citation made by the reviewer to avoid any potential bias.
Abhigyan follows the principles of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The following statement delineates the expected ethical behaviors / duties of all the stakeholders involved in the publication process of articles in Abhigyan. The stakeholders include the authors, the reviewers, the editors and the publisher.
• The study conducted by the author should be presented accurately. A discussion on the significance of the study is expected to be incorporated in the article(s). The discussion on the significance of study should be clear and to be objective in nature.
• An accurate representation of the data is imperative for the author. The author should retain the data at least till the publication of the paper. The editors may ask the author to submit the research data for review if/as required.
• An article should have enough details and references so that it is possible for others to carry out future work or to replicate the work if/as required.
• Any deliberate misrepresentation or fudging of data or information is unethical and must be avoided.
Originality of Work and Prevention of Plagiarism• It is the duty of the author(s) to ensure that the work is original and authentic. Proper citations must be given wherever someone else’s work/words are quoted.
• Permission should be sought for the use of copyrighted material. A Plagiarism check is conducted for all submitted manuscripts. In case of issues of plagiarism and/or copyright infringement, Abhigyan reserves the right to reject the manuscript or take up the matter with the author’s institution and/or competent academic bodies.
• Abhigyan reserves the right to withdraw the manuscript at a later stage as well if found any academic/publishing misconduct/malpractices/duplicate submission or publication/ data fabrication/data falsification.
• Manuscripts submitted to Abhigyan should not be published or under review by any other journal, in part, or whole.
Multiple, Duplicate, Redundant or Concurrent Submission/Publication• Any act of publishing the same manuscript or the same research in multiple journals is unethical and unacceptable.
• Any act of submitting the same manuscript or same research concurrently in multiple journals for publication consideration/peer review is considered as unethical behavior and is unacceptable. Any such act must be avoided by the author.
Acknowledgement• Proper acknowledgement is to be given to all contributors who have provided their help or support of any kind, even if they don't match the requirements for authorship.
• Information received through private conversations, messages, or discussions with third parties is not to be used or reported without the source's written consent.
Confidentiality of Information• Confidential information (e.g. refereeing manuscripts or grant applications) provided by the authors must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author(s).
Authorship of the Paper• Only those who contributed significantly to the study should be listed as authors and co-authors.
• Other professional contributions (technical assistance, editing, general support, etc) made by individuals should be recognized in the “acknowledgement section”.
• The corresponding author is responsible for all communication with the journal for the publication process. The corresponding author must ensure that all details given in the manuscript have been approved by all co-authors before its submission for publication.
• After the manuscript submission, no change in the order of the authors will be accepted except for extraordinary circumstances.
• The Editors will only consider (at their discretion) any request pertaining to the addition, deletion, of the authors under extraordinary circumstances. . Any such addition, deletion, or rearrangement shall be subject to the approval of all authors with rationale justification.
Acknowledgement of the Funding SourcesIn case the work is funded by any source, the same to be duly acknowledged in the paper.
Declaration of Conflicting InterestIt is the responsibility of all authors to disclose in the manuscripts any conflicting interest viz. financial or any other interest with potential to influence the evaluation and/or interpretation of the manuscript. All source of funding/any form of financial support for the project is imperative to be disclosed.
Hazards and Human or Animal SubjectsIn case the study involves the use of hazardous materials (like chemicals etc.), procedure or equipment, the author(s) must clearly identify the same appropriately in the manuscript.
In case the author(s) discover any significant error in the published work, it is the duty of the author to promptly notify the error/inaccuracy to the Chief Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Manager and cooperate with the editors to withdraw or correct the paper.
• The Chief Editor / Associate Editors of Abhigyan are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal will be published. The decision regarding publication of submitted articles will be based upon the recommendation of the reviewers of the paper. The decision favouring publication of papers to be taken after the completion of the peer review process and will be based upon the recommendation of the reviewers of the paper. In deciding the publication of articles the editors may be further guided by the legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism if/as applicable.
• The Editors will not have any authority to influence the reviewers in any way regarding recommendation for publication of articles.
Peer Review• Abhigyan follows a double-blind peer-review process. The Chief Editor has to ensure that the peer review process is completed in a timely manner and is done fairly without bias of any kind.
• All manuscripts are initially screened by the editorial office to ensure suitability on technical grounds. The articles which don’t conform to the prescribed guidelines for submission are returned back to the author for correction and resubmit.
• The articles which are otherwise correct on technical grounds enter the review process.
• The Chief Editor assigns the papers to the associate editors. The associate editor conduct a desk review of the papers assigned to them and take a decision whether to qualify the paper to be sent to the reviewers for the peer review of the articles. The articles which are adjudged as not worth to send for peer review are desk rejected. The desk cleared articles are sent to two (or in some case more than two) expert reviewers for evaluation.
• The reviewers are selected on the basis of the suitability of his/her expertise in the relevant field of research.
• In case any of the reviewers disagrees to review the paper / fail to comply to the timeline for completing the review for whatsoever reasons, the associate editor(s) send the paper to the alternate reviewer.
• The identity of both author and reviewer is concealed from each other throughout the evaluation process.
• Due steps are taken to make editorial changes to the manuscript’s final draft to meet the journal’s requirements.
• The editor/associate editor shall review all disclosures of potential conflicts of interest and suggestions for self-citation made by the reviewer to avoid any potential bias.
Fairness• Manuscripts are evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy or any other factor creating bias.
Confidentiality• The editors protects the confidentiality of all material submitted to the journal.
• The editor cannot use any information or ideas obtained through peer-review or unpublished manuscripts for personal gain. The editor must protect the identity of the author and reviewer and should disclose only in case of extraordinary circumstances after due diligence.
Disclosures and Conflict of Interest• The editors must report to the publisher any potential conflict of interest due to a possible connection with the author, institutions or topic of research associated with the paper. Such declarations may be published in the journal by the publisher.
• If the Chief Editor / Associate Editor submits any paper for publication consideration in the journal, s/he should ensure that s/he is not involved in the review process and no way connected to the publication decision of the paper of which s/he is the author.
• The reviewers facilitate editorial decisions of the Editors. Further, through constructive peer review, the reviewers help to improve the standard of the papers.
• In case, a reviewer feels that the paper assigned to him/her for review is beyond his/her knowledge or competence, s/he needs to notify the same to the editor promptly to avoid the delay in the review process.
• In case, a reviewer is constrained by other commitments and feels that s/he can’t complete the review in a timely manner s/he needs to notify the same to the editor promptly to avoid the delay in the review process.
Confidentiality• Manuscripts received for per review are confidential documents. They must not be shown to, or discussed with, others except as authorized by the Chief Editor.
Promptness• The reviewer needs to ensure that the review gets completed and submitted to the journal within the prescribed time limit (3-4 weeks for the 1st level review).
• If the editor feels that he is constrained by other commitments and can’t complete the review in a timely manner s/he should notify the same to the Chief Editor/ Associate Editor with a request to excuse himself/herself from the peer review process.
Alertness to ethical issues and malpractice• If a reviewer identifies any potential issues or trace of malpractice (like substantial similarity of the paper with any other published paper or with any other paper he received from other journal for peer review) s/he needs to bring the same to the attention to the Chief Editor / Associate Editor immediately to facilitate necessary action in that regard.
• If a review identifies that there are statements, observations, findings reported in the paper from other sources without appropriate citation, the reviewer needs to bring the same to the attention of the Chief Editor / Associate Editor.
Objectivity• Reviews should be objective in nature and free from any bias.
• Reviewers should not be engaged in any personal criticism of the authors. Reviewers’ comments should aim at the improving the intellectual standard of the article and to be supported by appropriate arguments as applicable.
Conflict of interest• If any conflict of interest is visible due to the relationship of the reviewer(s) with the authors, institutions or topic of research, associated with the paper, the reviewer must report it to the editor and withdraw from reviewing the manuscript.
• The publisher must provide technical and procedural support to the editors and ensure that ethical practices are followed in its publication.
• The publisher must ensure that no content is dissipated without the proper permission of the editors. The publisher, along with the editors must identify and prevent any fraudulent publications or scientific misconduct.
• The publisher is responsible for providing accessibility to the journal’s content and should maintain its own digital and print repository. The publisher should make sure that editorial choices are not influenced by the opportunity for advertising, reprints, or other commercial money.
For any discretion/dispute/conflict/complaint/discussion Chief Editor, Abhigyan should be the first point of contact.
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