Work Life Balance has become the buzz word in contemporary economic world as employees in industries are facing lot of pressure from work organisation and pressure from new social structure. Though the issues and problems are different in nature and influencing the life in different degree but, all industrial employees are facing the problem since liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of economy. Hotel industry is distinguished from others in respect to provision of services round the clock. Due to the seasonal nature of hotel business and high attrition rate in the industry, it suffers from acute manpower shortage. Sometimes employees are compelled to take up the extra load by working for long hours .Such work environment may impact on the WLB of the employees since they do not get sufficient time for their personal and social commitments. This paper examines the key factors associated with work-life balance (WLB) and the employees perception towards it in Odisha, India. The study was conducted by selecting 100 professionals randomly from different Hotels in Bhubaneswar with the help of a structured questionnaire. Analysing the data, it was found that pressure of multiple roles, quality of health and ever changing and abnormal working schedules are the major factors contributing to poor Work Life Balance in hotel industry in Odisha.

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Odisha is the soul of incredible India having numerous tourist attractions both natural and manmade. The rich heritage and culture of this land is a unique feature in the global arena. The tourism and hospitality in the state of Odihsa is still in the developing stage. Tourism is a highly labour intensive sector and has the potential to generate high employment growth through a mix of activities. It is the hospitality accommodation industry which binds together a lot of other employment generating sectors through backward and forward linkages and the maximum tourist satisfaction can be achieved by means of competent human resource. However, good human resource practices can be an alternative strategy for the growth of this sector. Hence, accommodation sector being highly shared by private entrepreneurs, low pay, low career opportunity and poor employment conditions, low job security, the labour management is more in this sector. An effort has been made in this paper to bring forward the key factors associated with turnover of employee in the Accommodation Sector of Odisha which had not been explored quite significantly. So, the study has attempted to discover aspects as perceived by the employees and employers as important for them to retain employment in the Accommodation Sector. The study has adopted descriptive survey research design.

Internet of things (IoT) has become a pervasive technology with ubiquitous presence in the modern digital ecosystem. Several types of IoT are available in the recent years based on their features and applications. Narrowband IoT (NBIoT) is one of the 3GPP standardized solutions for massive machine type communications (mMTC). It is designed for the large scale mMTC to provide coverage over a large area. Therefore, NBIoT is one of the most attractive low power wide area (LPWA) technologies. It is preferred for the large scale deployments in the large projects such as smart farming, healthcare, smart cities and smart grids. However, it is also suitable for low power domestic applications such as smart home and pets' tracking. The LPWA features of NBIoT make it the primary choice for several emerging applications such as healthcare, agriculture, utility management, tracking of objects, smart city monitoring, retail management, smart grid monitoring, and industry applications. In this article we provide the principles and applications of NBIoT for the large scale deployments.

Organizational justice appears to be a key component that leads to attaining organizational goals and, as a result, increases organizational performance. Employees who feel fairness in today’s highly competitive workplace are more inclined to contribute more to their organization. Employees who feel their organization performs fairly are more likely to display citizenship behavior. The current study sought to ascertain the level of faculty members’ justice perception and extra-role behavior in higher education institutions. To investigate the impact of organizational justice on organizational citizenship behavior among faculty members of higher educational institutions, various research questions are developed: first, how much influence does faculty members’ Organizational Justice (OJ) have on their Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) towards the institution? Second are there any important connections between the OJ and OCB constructs? Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used in the study. Cronbach’s alpha, descriptive analysis and multiple regression analysis were applied in the study. According to the findings, OJ has a significant influence on the dimensions of OCB. It represents that the employees should exhibit selflessness and always thinks for the welfare of others, act in positive ways, never complain, and participate in the organization's political process.