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hello every one, i am Farhan from Pakistan. I just completed my MBA in HR and would like to pursue for my phd in HR. Due to my special interest in psychology, Oragnizational Behavior and organizational development I was considering following topics for research
1. Contigency theory of leadership by Fieldler
2. impact of managerial apathy on employee motivation/ performance/ organizational efficiency/ employee development
3. work place spirituality ( pros and corns + religious conflicts)
please comment / suggest some topics related to Organizational development and behavior which are contemporary and still needs lot of research. I would like to conduct my research with special focus on sub continent and third world societies, because i think all the developed management theories need to be redefined and re-searched and re-modeled for this part of world.
Nice to see your enthusiasm!
I would like to say that you need to zero in one area as Psychology is very vast (there are many areas of specialization in Psychology). As I understand from your interest about OB & OD, you want to pick up something from Industrial Psychology. Still, it is huge!
There are 'n' number of studies on work place spirituality in India, but you see, such topic may shine in Academia but most probably would not be welcomed in industry. Again, your no.1 "Contingency Theory of Leadership" is no doubt, a good theory but you should link it to some other variables for research, otherwise, the theory remains a theory.
Yes, your point no.2 (impact of managerial apathy on employee motivation/ performance/ organizational efficiency/ employee development) sounds good. However as I suggested, you need to narrow down your area of exploitation. It will help you have a good grip on you subject of study. No point to deny that motivation, performance, efficiency, development etc.are not relevant. But they deserve some respect from students/researchers :-) ......meaning, e.g, when you say "Employee Development", question can be, from which angle you want to see it? from Learning & Development perspective? from Career Development? from Competency Development? from work-life? etc.
So, think through and we can continue discussing/debating on things here :-)
Good wishes & Regards,
Param
Nice to see your enthusiasm!
I would like to say that you need to zero in one ... See Paramananda's complete reply
Regards Mr Paramananada for such a elaborative response.
I got the point that i need to narrow down the topic for submission of research paper. That is what I wanted to ask in this forum. You are very right that some topics sound cool academically but may not be much practicable in industry.
I think that things like managerial apathy are very common in our part of world which leads to negative impact on lot of employee behavioral measures and factors. Once i choose for example the second topic, then can combine it with a single variable to make a reasearch thesis. That variable can be sort out by feedbacks from different soruces ( like this one) and experienced personals.
At this level it is not merely matter of my interest but viability too.
Looking forward to some more enlightening replies
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