scholarly journals A Sociological Study On Construction Workers (With Special Reference to Chitradurga District)

India is a largest growing economies in the world. There are several sectors helps to the expansion of economic growth. Among these sectors construction industry is the main field which leads to the spread of economic activities. Eighteenth century witnessed industrial revolution in England. The term industrialization refers the process which assists to the expansion of economic condition of any Informal or unorganized sector. In India nearly 273 million workers engaged in construction Industry in which 92 % of them are working in unorganized sectors. Undoubtedly the process of industrialization helps every nation for the economic development, simultaneously creates various social problems. Considering the fact, the present study aims to find out the socio- economic condition of construction workers with a sociological point of view in Chitradurga district. Because the construction workers facing perilous condition and leading vulnerable life. Health hazards, economic instability, seasoned job are the main problems of these workers. Nonetheless, the present study tries to explain the difficulty of construction workers in a sociological background.

Author(s):  
Koji Takahashi ◽  
Yasuo Kasugai ◽  
Isao Fukuda

In case of ocean space utilization, the factors which have to be taken into consideration in order to form an international basic container route are geographical factors which are the position on a global scale, the economic scale of port hinterland, the ocean climatic condition for setting the route etc. as well as factors from the viewpoint of transport such as the volume of container cargo and both size of container ships and container terminals. It is important to consider these geographical factors not only in order to study the port placement from the global point of view but also to devise the port policy. Although there are many studies on factors from the viewpoint of transport, there is almost no study on these geographical factors. Then, the authors made a new simulation model and analyzed these geographical factors of the international container ports in all parts of the world. As a result of analysis, the authors got the conclusion that there were three port placement patterns. The first type is ‘the Continent Base Port Type’, which it is located in the continent and has the large economic hinterland. Typical ports of this type are Antwerp, LA, LB and Shanghai. The second type is ‘the Ocean Base Port Type’, which is located in the ocean space where geographical predominance is high. This type forms route hubs. Typical ports of this type are Singapore, Malta and Kaohsiung. The third type is ‘the Tight Hinterland Port Type’, which is located in an island and has the tight economic hinterland where the economic activities density is very high. This type has characteristics that the distance between the ports is short and there are a lot of numbers of ports, which is unique and special in the world. Japan’s ports are classified in the third type. Furthermore, Japan has a characteristic that there are many large-scale earthquakes and has to consider earthquake measures to reduce disaster risks. The authors will suggest the most suitable port placement theory in consideration of these characteristics in case of ocean space utilization.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Bobkov

Precarious employment is becoming more and more widespread in the world and inRussia. It is the destruction of the traditional standard model of employment, labour and social rights of workers to secure and sustainable employment. This is one of the problematic areas of modern social relations, exacerbated by the industrial revolution 4.0, globalization of global relations in all areas and their use in the interests of national and world capital. In the article, the author characterizes the essence of precarious employment and presents the results of a sociological study of precarious employment in a representative group. It allowed expanding the sociological tools of its study and the use of sociological indicators to identify groups of workers in relation to precarious employment. The author also studied the parameters of the specified representative group, clarified the indicators of precarious employment and their quantitative values that identify certain aspects. As a result, the author identified four profiles of contemporary employment inRussia, characterized by increasing signs of precarious employment and gave their comparative characteristics. Further, the author described the differences in socio-demographic, socio-labour and economic characteristics of workers belonging to different profiles of employment. On this basis, the author justified the need to transform labour, civil and other legislation, which would allow more fully using the advantages of standard and flexible employment for employees of various segments of the Russian labour market, ensuring, at the same time, compliance with their labour and social rights.


Author(s):  
Екатерина Шеина ◽  
Олим Астанакулов

В статье рассматривается историческая эволюция и сравнительные характеристики методов финансирования, которые классифицируются авторами как традиционные, переходные и инновационные. В процессе исследования применяются методы причинно-следственного и структурно- логического анализа, что позволяет перейти от теоретического обзора методов финансирования к изучению особенностей инновационных источников финансирования на основе крауд-платформ с точки зрения ресурсов, инвесторов и механизма реализации. Полученные результаты исследования подчеркивают значимость и необходимость внедрения новых финансовых технологий в рамках общей цифровизации в части краудфандинга, краудинвестинга и краудлен- динга в экономику России, что позволит обеспечить устойчивый экономический рост российским предприятиям. At all stages of the economy development and growth the issue of creating the system of financial sources, affordable and meeting the demands of the business entities financial activities, was one of the most acute. Fundamentally new sources and methods of the enterprises financing are being developed due to the world community entering the fourth industrial revolution. The traditional methods, such as bank lending, commercial lending, payables, leasing, factoring, venture financing and issuing securities can no longer be completely adequate to the occurring changes speed and mobility, including the financial sector and the field of capital formation. The authors of the article considered the features of the modern financial market, analyzed the methods of financing depending on the period of financing (short-term, medium-term, long-term), as well as on the extent of the company treatment (internal and external sources). Based on the systematization and generalization of the scientific and practical ground in this area, the authors developed and logically proved their own classification of financing methods, conventionally divided into groups according to the historical chronology - traditional, transitional, and innovative. The most challenging from the point of view of the internet technologies development and the general digitalization of the economy are such forms as crowdfunding, crowdinvesting and crowdlending. The authors provided the comparative analysis of the funding sources which are included into these groups and proved the necessity for developing and introducing the crowding technologies into the country's economy. To understand and implement the practical mechanism for introducing the Crowd technologies into the modern financial sector of the Russian Federation, the authors analyzed the applicable regulatory framework and demonstrated the essentiality of introducing an appropriate federal legislation that would legalize the basic concepts in this area and would reduce the risks of the crowd transactions participants. As an illustration, confirming the possibility of introducing these financial instruments, the authors considered such factors as the volume of transactions and the main indicators of crowdfunding in the world. The recommendations of the authors are aimed at simplifying and accelerating Russia's joining the world of financial innovations, which would ensure sustainable economic growth for Russian enterprises.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Nafisa Bello Issa ◽  
Angela Siew Hoong Lee

E-commerce is emerging and growing in all kinds of businesses and industries over the world especially in the construction industry. This research focuses on the adoption of business-to- business kind of e-commerce in construction industry. This research aims to identify the motivational and barrier factors of the construction workers in influencing the adoption of e- commerce specifically in the construction industry world. As part of the research, a multinational company, which produces tools for the construction industry, will be used as a case study to look into how the customers of this company are adopting e-commerce. This research uses the Diffusion of Innovation model as the based research framework to understand the factors that explain the rate of adoption and how these factors are influencing the adoption in the construction industry. Other internal and external factors of companies such as the organizational factor, technological factor digital readiness will also be looked into to understand their influence as well when it comes to adoption of e-commerce. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires to the related participants in the construction industry. Findings from this study provides insights on the factors of adoption by applying the diffusion of innovation model and recommendation of strategies for this industry to address the problem of low adoption of e-commerce among construction workers in the construction industry. This research showed that relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, Trialability, organizational readiness and trust are significant factors leading to the adoption of e-commerce systems. Culture as well as technological and digital readiness were found to be insignificant. Overall, the study’s findings enrich the discourse related to the adoption of e-commerce systems by construction companies in Asia and other parts of the world. The findings will be relevant for construction companies around the world planning to introduce or improve the e-commerce adoption of the customers. The study’s findings could also be relevant for future analysis of e-commerce adoption.


Author(s):  
I Black

Despite the publicity given nowadays to Britain's troubled economic condition, the roots of the demise of British manufacturing can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century, a time when Britain reached its peak of industrialization and market dominance. However, complacency, mistrust and a general lack of nerve by Victorian society led the workshop of the world down a path that would lead to ongoing industrial decay and stagnation, reflected in Britain's current poor position in the global market-place. During this decline in industrial status modern design processes emerged within a general approach to manufacturing that was incapable of meeting the market demands that were to grow as the twentieth century progressed. This paper, by taking a backward look at product design from the industrial revolution, will show that salutary lessons can be learned from examining past performance. British manufacturing must profit from that experience if it wants to take its place among the leading industrialized nations of the future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Valente ◽  
Abbas Sibai ◽  
Matteo Sambucci

Additive manufacturing is one of the main topics of the fourth industrial revolution; defined as Industry 4.0. This technology offers several advantages related to the construction and architectural sectors; such as economic; environmental; social; and engineering benefits. The usage of concrete in additive technologies allows the development of innovative applications and complexity design in the world of construction such as buildings; housing modules; bridges; and urban and domestic furniture elements. The aim of this review was to show in detail a general panoramic of extrusion-based additive processes in the construction sector; the main advantages of using additive manufacturing with the respect to traditional manufacturing; the fundamental requirements of 3D printable material (fresh and hardened properties), and state-of-the-art aesthetic and architectural projects with functional properties.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupal Hooda ◽  
Manju Mehta

A large number of workers are engaged in the construction sector. Out of them approximately 30% are women workers. Construction industry is the major source of employment for workers in the unorganized sector. In India, construction industry is the second largest employer when compared to agriculture and covers others allied field of activities in the civil, mechanical and electrical area also. The Indian construction labor force is 7.5% of the total world labor force and it contributes to 16.4% of fatal global occupational accidents. A study was conducted on 30 construction workers working on different sites of hisar city. A questionnaire was used for collecting general information and for specific information. Data reveals that 56.66% of the respondents were in 26-35 years of age group followed by 86% of the respondents were married. 63.33% of the respondents were living in village. 83.33% of the respondents’ family consists of more than 5 members followed by 73.33% of the respondents’ family has two earning members. Body discomfort level was also analyzed by using Relative Important Index. Conclusively, Construction sector falls under unorganized sector of an economy. They are working under unsecured environment or work culture. The scenario only can be changed with the government intervention, by implementing the policies strictly.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-150
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Suglobov ◽  
Yaroslav Voroncov

The uncertainty of the conditions of the market economy and its impact on the functioning of modern enterprises is characterized by instability and unpredictability of the external environment. The increase in the number of unprofitable enterprises, the severe impact of the crisis and pandemic, the threat of bankruptcy determine the importance of developing directions and measures that ensure the effectiveness of financial and economic activities, stable economic condition and economic security. In real time, the main aspects of economic security of various enterprises occupy an important place in the world economic science, which causes the interest and relevance of studying economic security issues from scientists from different countries.


Author(s):  
Yuliya S. Karavayeva ◽  
Anna A. Kosmovskaya

This article deals with the problem of countering occult practices in Russia in the 17th to the 21st centuries. At certain historical stages of development of the Russian state, the legislator offers various legal assessments of occult services. Thus, depending on the socio-political situation, these services were either recognised as criminal or received a neutral assessment. The results of a sociological study with the participation of the population of Perm and Perm Land, as well as an analysis of the relevant provisions of the monuments of Russian law and current legislation allow the authors to formulate their own position regarding the specifics of legal opposition to occult practices in the context of the current socio-economic situation. The authors state that the assignment of occult services to economic activities, their widespread distribution and conformity with the world outlook of the majority of the population impede the legal recognition of the crime of occult practices.


2022 ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Anish Gupta ◽  
Hayri Uygun ◽  
Rashmi Gujrati ◽  
Dhiraj Gupta

The business world is transforming into digitalization. To stay modest and appropriate, it has become necessary to adopt digitalization. The construction industry is entirely ready for the opportunity that will come through digitalization. Currently, we are in the finishing days of the industrial age. With this advanced revolution, the future will be reshaped in two trends: digitalization and urbanization. At the starting of the 19th century when the industrial revolution was in full bloom, a small amount of the population was living in the cities. As it has been for thousands of years, the world is still rural and agricultural.


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