Rajagiri Management Journal http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj <p><strong>Rajagiri Management Journal&nbsp;(ISSN 0972-9968</strong>)<strong>&nbsp;</strong>which was launched in February 2000 as a double-blind peer-reviewed bi-annual journal by the Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies,Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi The focus of the journal has been to encourage and disseminate research on management issues done by management experts, business practitioners, and academicians.</p> <p><strong>The journal&nbsp; is indexed in: <em>EBSCO Business Source Complete and Full Text Available in Ebsco Business Source Ultimate database</em></strong></p> en-US editor-rmj@rajagiri.edu (Dr. Minimol M C) Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 OJS 3.1.0.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Editorial Board http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/542 <p>Editorial Board</p> Editor RJSD ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/542 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:19:28 +0000 Towards a Supply Chain 4.0 on the post-COVID-19 pandemic: a conceptual and strategic discussion for more resilient supply chains http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/543 <p>This paper aims to present a grounded and strategic discussion regarding Supply Chain 4.0 as a<br>management system orientation for the post-COVID-19 period as well as propose some research directions<br>thereof.</p> Guilherme F. Frederico ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/543 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:23:48 +0000 Can the concept of “lean management” be applied to academic recruitment? – a quasi-theoretical discourse http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/544 <p>This paper seeks to emphasise the need to re-evaluate university teacher recruitment processes.<br>The implementation of lean processes helps to improve organisational practices; in the case of university<br>recruitment, however, organisational processes have remained unchanged for decades. Although there is a<br>traditional justification for having academic recruitment as a rigorous and complex process (as a practiced<br>method by which to identify the most suitable applicants), the increase of competition across the sector, and<br>the internet revolution, has rendered these older methods partially ineffective. The author argues that<br>recruitment systems and practices need reviewing to overhaul inefficacious elements.</p> Vic Benuyenah ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/544 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:36:00 +0000 Life dissatisfaction among students: exploring the role of intrapersonal conflict, insufficient efforts and academic stress http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/545 <p>The study focuses on academic stress among the students due to insufficient efforts and<br>intrapersonal conflicts amid the COVID-19 situation. The purpose of this study is to measure the mediating<br>role of academic stress between life dissatisfaction and adequate steps and intrapersonal conflicts.</p> Anju Amandeep, B.K. Punia, Vandana Punia ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/545 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:58:37 +0000 After-sales services, brand equity and purchasing intention to buy second-hand product http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/546 <p>This study aims to examine the concept of brand equity and willingness to buy second-hand<br>products in the automobile context. The customer-based brand equity model is used as a theoretical lens to<br>examine after-sales services, brand credibility and brand loyalty as drivers of brand equity and willingness to<br>buy the second-hand product.</p> Muhammad Danish Habib, Muhammad Arslan Sarwar ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://112.133.195.182/index.php/rmj/article/view/546 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:07:57 +0000