Impact of Co-working Couples on their Job Performance

V.A. Santhosh and K.V. Krishnan Kutty
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V.A. Santhosh: Santhosh V.A., Associate Professor, TKM Institute of Management Kollam is an MBA (Specialized in HRM), MS in Counselling and Psychotherapy & Post Graduate Diploma Holder in Marketing Management. A Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, he is a Member Trainee of International Transactional Analysis Association of California. He has completed his PhD from the University of Kerala. He has industrial experience in various capacities in HRM.
K.V. Krishnan Kutty: K.V. Krishnan Kutty, Professor of Operations and Systems in the Department of Business Administration, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, has 40 years of experience in various capacities from lecture to Professor, and also in the State Planning Board and industries. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering in the year 1965, had his M.Tech in Industrial Engineering in 1974 and Ph.D in Materials Management in 1983, both from IIT Madras. He was also the Chairman, Board of Studies in Engineering & Technology, and member, Faculty of Business Studies in University of Kerala. He has guided several researches for the award of doctorate in Engineering and Management.

Management and Labour Studies, 2012, vol. 37, issue 2, 125-141

Abstract: The changing lifestyles, education level and cultural innovations have made much difference in workplace. One major change, which this phenomenon has brought in, is the involvement of increased number of working couples in families followed by the trend to be in the same work place to earn their bread. The study tries to bring out the difference in performance, if any, that married couples working together can bring in an organization comparing with those working separately. The study explores the same quantitatively, by validating the performance score with the independent variables chosen. The study could help the manager of an organization to make an appropriate decision on whether to show a welcome sign to a husband and a wife to work together when such request comes in front.

Keywords: Co-working couples; Performance; Gender; Age; Type of organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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