The complex history of Lebanese Shi‘ites has traditionally been portrayed as rooted in religious and sectarian forces. The Abisaabs uncover a more nuanced account in which colonialism, the modern state, social class, and provincial politics profoundly shaped Shi‘i society. The authors trace the sociopolitical, economic, and intellectual transformation of the Shi‘ites of Lebanon from 1920 during the French colonial period until the late twentieth century. They shed light on the relationship of contemporary Islamic militancy with traditions of religious modernism and leftism in both Lebanon and Iraq. Analyzing the interaction between sacred and secular features of modern Shi‘ite society, the authors clearly follow the group’s turn toward religious revolution and away from secular activism. This book transforms our understanding of twentieth-century Lebanese history and demonstrates how the rise of Hizbullah was conditioned by Shi‘ites’ consistent marginalization and neglect by the Lebanese state.

This book focuses on the contribution of Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) in shaping the current and future global economic scenario, with a special focus on Asia, and taking into account the three broad macroeconomic dimensions — growth, sustainability and governance mechanisms. The last two decades have witnessed a structural shift in the world economy due to the tremendous growth in gross domestic product share for the service sector; in fact, service has emerged as the dominant sector and the main driver of GDP growth. This is mainly attributable to the spectacular success of the IT sector in the new knowledge economy. Tradability, technology and transportability – the three T’s – govern productivity growth in today’s services. Growing Asian economies such as India, China and Vietnam, using their demographic advantages, have been reaping the benefits of this boom. The book’s content focuses on recent debates and discussions concerning the issue of long-term sustainability and governance, especially in India, as these companies are facing continuous challenges in terms of international competition, salary inflation, health hazards, scarcity of talent, employee attrition, security concerns, global slowdown and many other technology-related issues. The book further highlights how the increased application of IT-based products and services is resulting in harsh inequalities concerning income distribution in many developing countries of Asia, mainly because of its labor shedding nature, and hence might be detrimental to sustainable development, if suitable policy measures are not implemented to counter these effects. The book provides a wealth of information for researchers, graduate students and political scientists alike, as well as thought-provoking insights for social scientists, policymakers and government officials. It also offers a valuable source of data for business and management professionals, and for members of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

This book focuses on a research work done for ITES executives on occupational stress. The objectives of the research includes understanding their sources of occupational stress, their personality characteristics and coping strategies and its impact on their physical health, mental health and job satisfaction. We are sure that this book will provide an insight into all those components in managing stress at the workplace.

The growth of IT/ITES sector is drastically influenced by the rate of employee turnover, as the availability of skilled and trained talent pool is imperative. Employee Turnover and Retention Strategies followed by the IT/ITES sector are designed to attract and retain the professionals and are formulated to meet the challenges and to increase productivity. Organization formulate strong HRD practices along with effective strategies to accomplish goals of creating a congenial environment. It is important to utilize human resources to the optimum extent and to retain them in the organization. Many researches has been conducted across a range of industries. There is no serious research to ascertain the various elements of employee turnover in IT/ITES sector in Chennai. The study generally encounters few research problems of determining predominant factors leading to employee turnover in IT/ITES sector and how effectively the management if IT/ITES sector take measures to retain their employees. The study aims at examining the dimensions of employee turnover and retention strategies and its respective outcome is select IT/ITES companies in Chennai.