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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING AGILITY TO SURVIVE IN THE VUCA ENVIRONMENT OF INDUSTRY 4.0
(ICSSR - Proceedings of the National Seminar on Sustainable Business Approaches and Models for Industry 4.0, 2019-10) M., Reshma; B., Sripirabaa
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to efficiently appraise the emotions of one as well as others’, and regulate them. It determines the emotional quotient of a person and helps the individual to handle the emotions in a way that will help the individual to stay motivated and exhibit superior performance. It also enables an employee to cope with the demands and uncertainties in working environment by enhancing his/her learning agility. Known to be an important trait of high performers, learning agility enables a person to learn something from every experience and apply it in new situations. An individual with good learning agility is flexible and is able to adjust and readjust to new situations and projects as they evolve. This trait enables an employee to navigate through challenges especially in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) environment like Industry 4.0. The fourth Industrial revolution though mainly concerns the automization of manufacturing processes, will also have implications on the human resources of an organization. While industry 4.0 is anticipated to disrupt the working environment within organizations, the pressure to perform will be more than ever and learning agility of an employee will positively predict his/her performance levels during these challenging times. This article dwells on the relationship between emotional intelligence and learning agility of an individual and how enhancing the learning agility of the employees could be significant in ensuring the sustainability of an organization during Industry 4.0.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND RESILIENCE TO EMBRACE CHANGE DURING INDUSTRY 4.0
(Asian Journal of Multi-dimensional Research/8/ Spl Issue 1, 2019-05) M., Reshma; B., Sripirabaa
Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution as it is commonly called is an era of automation and digitization but most importantly an age of turbulence, volatility and uncertainty. Every time industry embraces new technology or automation, there is always reluctance and resistance from people for fear of change. While change is inevitable, our preparedness for it is what matters. Only organizations that are able to predict future changes and prepare well in advance grow with time and survive. Though the impact of industry 4.0 will be felt in every department of an organization, its effect on the human resources will be the strongest. So, what will be required of the employees in an organization in the age of machines? What are the competencies that employees will be required to possess in order to adapt to changing times? Up skilling and continuous search for knowledge will be the norm if one has to sustain among the hyper intelligent machines, but what competencies in a person will facilitate such adaptive behavior? This paper tries to conceptualize a model that proposes that emotional intelligence and resilience of an individual can facilitate himto effectively adapt and manage changes like the fourth industrial revolution.
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES A PREDICTOR OF FIRM PERFORMANCE AMONG THE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF COIMBATORE CITY
(International Journal of Research & Analytical Reviews (IJRAR)/6/2, 2019) M., Reshma; B., Sripirabaa
Entrepreneurship can be defined as the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit. As easy as that may sound, it is very difficult to accomplish in reality. Unlike organizations where work is delegated among a number of individuals, an entrepreneurial venture has all its crucial work shouldered by a single individual-The Entrepreneur (Prajapathi and Rathod, 2014). Thus the skills, capabilities, traits also called the competencies, influence the success of an entrepreneurial venture. This is based on the idea put forth by Chandler and Hanks, (1994) that a start up is basically an extension of its founder. This is truer in case of women entrepreneurs, given the very little support and motivation they receive from the society and the humungous task of balancing work and family that quite naturally falls on them. This probably is the reason why a woman entrepreneur differs from her male counterparts. The present study tries to analyze the role of entrepreneurial competencies in predicting the firm performance of women entrepreneurs. Data from 150 women entrepreneurs who have been running a registered firm for at least 3 years has been collected and analyzed using SPSS 21. Results reveal that the entrepreneurial competencies are positively related to the firm performance of these women entrepreneurs.
THE IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN LED FIRMS
(Book of Abstracts/ Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, 2021-03) M., Reshma; B., Sripirabaa
Purpose: The objective of the study has been to analyze empirically the impact of Entrepreneurial Competencies and Emotional Intelligence on the firm performance of women entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach: A structured questionnaire was used to collect responses from 299 female business creators across Tamilnadu. A 3 point Likert scale was employed to measure self reported entrepreneurial competencies, Emotional Intelligence and Satisfaction with Firm performance. Findings: The entrepreneurial Competencies and Emotional Intelligence jointly emerged as a significant predictors of Firm performance. Originality/value: Though earlier studies have reported significant relationship between the competencies and firm success, there are still questions regarding the significance of the relationship in the case of microenterprises and the role of emotional intelligence in the whole context. The outcome of the study intends to provide valuable insights for Governments and educational institutions with the aim of promoting women entrepreneurship in the country.
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF OPPORTUNITY COMPETENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN AIDING THE FIRM PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
(Sambhodhi Research Journal/43/04, 2020-12) M., Reshma; B., Sripirabaa
The boom in Entrepreneurship and the subsequent rise in the number of start-ups is a good sign for the Indian economy, but there is also a growing concern about the less number of women involved in entrepreneurship. Several Government schemes have been formulated in order to promote the same. Studies indicate that the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs are different compared to their male counterparts. In order to gain a deeper understanding about women entrepreneurship and answer the basic question of what is required to actually succeed as an entrepreneur, the current study aims to investigate the Role of Opportunity Competence and Emotional Intelligence in aiding the Firm Performance among firms run by Women Entrepreneurs. The present article discusses the results of the study conducted among 150 women entrepreneurs in Coimbatore District.