Successful organizations need their employees to perform more than their usual job responsibilities and this can be possible if the environment at workplace is supportive and conducive for them. The present study is focused on organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and its most influencing antecedent “organizational climate”. The sample consisted of 509 respondents working in a large-scale food processing industry of Punjab. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire and were analyzed using Pearson product–moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study indicated a strong positive correlation between organizational climate and OCB. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that 67.6 per cent of the variance in OCB is explained by the dimensions of organizational climate. Further, organizational climate dimensions such as supervisory support, performance feedback, clarity of organizational climate, autonomy, pressure to produce, welfare and participation are found to have a significant impact on OCB. The research provides the implications for managers to engross themselves into the activities that improve organizational climate to ensure that the desired extra-role behavioural outcomes can be met.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of employee engagement and work–life balance in perceived supervisor support and turnover intentions relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe perception of teachers on the constructs considered has been assessed by a survey using a structured questionnaire. Data were collected from the teachers of private schools of Punjab, India, and 375 were valid number of responses. Parallel multiple mediated regression was used to estimate the direct and indirect effects of perceived supervisor support on turnover intentions mediated through employee engagement and work–life balance.FindingsThe results reveal that the effect of perceived supervisor support on turnover intentions is indirect rather than direct. On the comparison of specific indirect effects, the results demonstrate that employee engagement and two dimensions of work–life balance (work interference with personal life and work–personal life enhancement) act as mediators in the perceived supervisor support and turnover intentions relationship.Practical implicationsSchool principals need to draft teacher-friendly policies for enhancing work–life balance and employee engagement so that teachers can feel satisfied with their work and can handle work and family demands. In this way, positive perceptions associated with high engagement and work–family balance can take place, which in turn can curtail the turnover intentions of teachers.Originality/valueThe use of employee engagement and work-life balance in the relationship of perceived supervisor support and turnover intentions is unprecedented. The study also considered three different dimensions of work–life balance and tested the model in an integrative manner. Since the study is based on an Indian sample, it also adds to growing literature on turnover intentions in nonwestern countries. The results are of great value to school managements, HR managers and policymakers who are seeking to develop practices that reduce employee turnover at workplaces.

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Polymers (CR-39, SR-86 and Makrofol-KG) and glasses (soda lime and barium phosphate) were irradiated using 12 C 5+ ions from the 15UD Pelletron at the NSC, New Delhi. The beam energy was fixed at 60 MeV and the fluence was varied in the range 10 11 -10 14 ions cm −2 . Irradiation effects were studied using UV-visible and IR spectroscopic techniques. For all the polymer targets there was an increase in absorption due to irradiation mainly in the shorter wavelength region. The change in chemical behaviour of bulk samples is studied by the etching technique. Annealing effects are observed in Makrofol-KG after 75 min heating at 120 • C. There is no appreciable change in the optical properties of glasses studied with ion doses in the range 10 11 -10 14 . The morphology of heavy-ion latent tracks in insulators is revealed by atomic force microscopy. The applications of ion-track filters produced by swift heavy ions in thin polymer films are also discussed.

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