Browsing by Author "Acharya, Raju"

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    Contextual factors, individual psychological attributes and entrepreneurial intentions among the management students of Nepalese Universities
    (Department of Management, 2023) Acharya, Raju
    The dissertation entitled "Contextual Factors, Individual psychological Attributes and Entrepreneurial intentions among the Management Students of Nepalese universities" aimed to analyses the influence of contextual factors and individual psychological attributes variables on entrepreneurial intentions among the management students of Nepalese universities. It presents a structural model that has been developed from a set of management student perceptions. The study utilized a combination of critical literature analysis and statistical research. To conduct the research, a causal quantitative methodology called structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied using the SMART-PLS 4 program. Additionally, factor analysis was used as a descriptive methodology. Research conducted on a sample of over 300 Nepalese students has shown that all individual psychological attribute factors are statistically significant in assessing the entrepreneurial intentions of management students of Nepalese universities. As the results show, contextual factors positively influence students' psychological attributes. The individual psychological attributes positively influence entrepreneurial intentions among the management students of Nepalese universities. The results suppose both theoretical and practical implications for encouraging university students to become entrepreneurs, whether in or outside of an academic setting. To promote entrepreneurship among students, universities should prioritize cultivating a positive mind set towards entrepreneurship and emphasize that despite the challenges involved in starting a business, entrepreneurship can be a worthwhile and appealing option. Entrepreneurship programs offered by universities should thus focus on shaping the attitudes of potential entrepreneurs. In the study, the personal and contextual factors influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of students were taken into account. The causal model generated on a sample of 300 management students of Nepalese universities shows the importance of individual factors on entrepreneurial intentions and the impact of contextual constructs on individual psychological attributes. Contextual factors vis-à-vis education, public policy, and business environment were found to have a positive impact on individual psychological attributes vis-à-vis attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms as well as entrepreneurial intentions.
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    Ideology and Class Consciousnessin Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
    (Department of English, 2008) Acharya, Raju
    Exploitation, class conflict and poverty were continuously frozen in Russian society. Dostoevsky'sCrime and Punishmentunfolds socioeconomic situation of Tsarist Russia. The work depicts the pathetic condition of oppressed class in Russia. It also reflects the tussle between upper and lower class people and their attempts to raise their socioeconomic status. Raskolnikov, the protagonist, and other proletarian characters are captured in the claws of bourgeois system that makes their life deplorable. In reaction, Raskolnikov murders pawnbroker woman. His crime is a resistance to bourgeois system. Soniais engaged in prostitution because of poverty that is caused by exploitation. Social formation makes her continue her work for survival. Dounia is a victim of bourgeois ideology. She works in Svidrigailov's house for existence in the society. She is readyto marry Luzhin because of economic problems. Seen from the idea of Lukacsian Marxist ideology, the novel portray sthe proletarian class consciousness determined by socio-economic status. Raskolnikov resists existence of socio-economic reality.Bourgeoisand proletariat characters are hostile to each other due to their own ideologies. Pawnbroker woman exploits poor city people taking high interest. Svidrigailov and Luzhin treat the villagers badly. They exploit Sonia and Dounia. Proletariats try to establish their own ideologies so that they can rebel against the bourgeois society.
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    Primitiveness and Evolution in R.L. Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    (Department of English, 2011) Acharya, Raju
    This research on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tries to illuminate the primal instinct that is inherent in the human psyche, which is responsible for the escalation of disorder, crime and immorality in the ordered society. The barbaric attributes of primitivism and the mild personality of the society are both mixed in order to show how the psychological evolution undergoes within the human mind. It is evident that Dr Jekyll is compelled to transform into Mr. Hyde so that he can do abnormal things that are scandalous for a normal polite society. This research aims to expose the fact that all human beings as we meet them are commingled out of goods and evils. Dr Jekyll is transformed into a cruel and despicable Mr. Hyde after he takes an elixir created by himself in his laboratory. Behind the split personality disorder or schizophrenia, there is disturbing psychology. Stevenson represents the dual personality of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a conflict between the good and evil sides of the human psychology. The implication being that we all suffer from similar conflict, but this case was heightened and amplified by Dr Jekyll imbibing a drug potion.