India's 2005 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act creates a justiciable 'right to work' by promising up to 100 days of wage employment per year to all rural households whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Work is provided in public works projects at the stipulated minimum wage. This study asks: Are the conditions stipulated by the Act met in practice? How much impact on poverty do the earnings from the scheme have? Why might that impact fall short of its potential?...

Technological breakthroughs obliterate established methods and change entire industries. Disruptive technologies are seen as drivers of various business processes, and one area that these technologies have had a profound impact on is human resource management (HRM). The applications of disruptive technology in the field of HRM represent an ever-intriguing domain for researchers and professionals. These technologies have altered the processes of acquitting, hiring, training, and managing em...