Shikha Dixit
Biographic Data
| ID | 6591791 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shikha Dixit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shikha |
| FAMILY NAME | Dixit |
| SIGNATURE | DIXIT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5618-5268 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The discursive construction of gendered managerial identities
Purpose A significant gender gap persists in senior managerial positions, yet little is known about how managerial identities are discursively constructed and how gender becomes relevant in these contexts. This study addresses two key aims: first, to examine the interpretative repertoires employed by female and male managers when discussing managerial identity, and second, to explore how managers navigate, construct, and resist gendered expectati…
Once an Army man always an Army man’
Military institutionalization involves internalizing military values, norms and structured behaviours that differ significantly from civilian life, leading to culture shock during the transition. Career experiences in the military imprint behaviours and identities that shape subsequent roles and how retired officers transition to the civilian world. The present study explored how military culture and identity influence military‐to‐civilian transi…
Gender Stigma Consciousness, Imposter Phenomenon, and Self-Silencing
Increasing Choices or Decreasing Hope? Explaining the Rising Prevalence of Depression From a Decision-Making Perspective
In today's fast-moving society, we get a multitude of options available. However, choices once considered beneficial, are now being largely debated. In the face of rising prevalence of depression and being identified as the 'disease of modernity', this burden of increasing choices on the modern society needs to be re-evaluated. In this paper, we aim to elucidate the rising rate of depression in today's society with regard to the increasing number…
Perceived Stigma among Family Members of Persons Suffering from Mental Illness
In this paper, we report the findings of a qualitative study that, aims to understand the family members’ subjective experiences with perceived stigma of mental illness. The theoretical standpoint and the research method for the study employed are social constructivist theory and narrative inquiry respectively. We conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews with family members and others accompanying patients to an outpatient unit of a psyc…
An interdisciplinary framework for using archaeology, history and collective action to enhance India’s agricultural resilience and sustainability
South Asia has a deep history of agriculture that includes a range of past farming systems in different climatic zones. Many of these farming systems were resilient to changes in climate and sustainable over long periods of time. India’s present agricultural systems are facing serious challenges, as they have become increasingly reliant on the unsustainable extraction of groundwater for irrigation. This paper outlines an interdisciplinary framewo…
Investigation of anti-diabetic plants used among the ethnic communities of Kanpur division, India
Exploring Self-Silencing in Workplace Relationships
Self-silencing has been extensively studied in the context of the relational aspect of the female psyche. The previous research on self-silencing mostly emphasized on intimate partner relationships and not much is explored in the context of workplace relationships, that is, relationships with colleagues, team managers etc. The present study aims to explore the self-silencing phenomenon in workplace relationships among a sample of female software …
Gendered Processes and Women’s Stunted Career Growth
In the present qualitative study, we explored to what extent gender has been an integral part of workplace experience and career growth among female software engineers in Indian Information and Technology sector. Following a purposive sampling strategy, data were drawn from twenty-one female software engineers. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted. A hybrid of theoretical and inductive thematic analysis was done to answer the resea…
Self-silencing and women’s health
The connection between gender and health has intrigued health professionals in the last few decades. Silencing-the-self theory has brought a considerable clarity in this matter. After around three decades of the theory, the literature related to the theory has immensely flourished and has covered different branches of psychology. The aim of the present work is to provide a comprehensive picture of the qualitative and quantitative research finding…
Widowhood and HIV
Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology is a peer-reviewed international journal, which publishes original papers promoting theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in the discipline of socio-cultural anthropology
Cultural Adaptation of New Affective Well-Being Measure in Hindi-Speaking Youth
Explanatory models and psychiatric pluralism among family members of mentally Ill persons
Active involvement of families in mental health care in India is well documented. This study aimed to understand the explanatory models of the family members of persons suffering from common as well as severe mental illness. Narratives were collected through interviews from family members accompanying the patients at a psychiatric clinic. Data were also obtained from professionals at the clinic as well as folk healers. The Constant Comparative Me…
A Conceptual Model of Learning Agility and Authentic Leadership Development
The present article attempts to examine the relationship between learning agility and authentic leadership development. The recent rise in the cases of fraud involving leaders at various levels in the organizations, and the resulting distrust among the employees towards their leaders, points to the need to have authentic leaders, given the positive organizational outcomes associated with this leadership approach. Further, scholars have suggested …
Conceptualisation of Health and Illness
The present article attempts to understand the relationship between culture and health through an empirical investigation of health and illness conceptualisation among the members of Bondo tribe of Orissa in India. The investigation of socio-cultural definitions and meanings of health and illness was done using the social representations framework. The dynamic nature of health and illness conceptualisation was investigated among the three groups …
Meaning and Explanations of Mental Illness
The notion of mental illness may be closely related to the social values pertinent in any social context. The meaning of mental illness rooted in everyday social psychological processes may be different from scientific and clinical understanding. In order to examine the common meaning of mental illness, the relationship between individual knowledge and implicit social knowledge needs to be explored. This can be achieved by studying the social rep…
Gendered Processes and Women’s Stunted Career Growth
In the present qualitative study, we explored to what extent gender has been an integral part of workplace experience and career growth among female software engineers in Indian Information and Technology sector. Following a purposive sampling strategy, data were drawn from twenty-one female software engineers. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted. A hybrid of theoretical and inductive thematic analysis was done to answer the resea…
Explanatory models and psychiatric pluralism among family members of mentally Ill persons
Active involvement of families in mental health care in India is well documented. This study aimed to understand the explanatory models of the family members of persons suffering from common as well as severe mental illness. Narratives were collected through interviews from family members accompanying the patients at a psychiatric clinic. Data were also obtained from professionals at the clinic as well as folk healers. The Constant Comparative Me…
A Conceptual Model of Learning Agility and Authentic Leadership Development
The present article attempts to examine the relationship between learning agility and authentic leadership development. The recent rise in the cases of fraud involving leaders at various levels in the organizations, and the resulting distrust among the employees towards their leaders, points to the need to have authentic leaders, given the positive organizational outcomes associated with this leadership approach. Further, scholars have suggested …
Meaning and Explanations of Mental Illness
The notion of mental illness may be closely related to the social values pertinent in any social context. The meaning of mental illness rooted in everyday social psychological processes may be different from scientific and clinical understanding. In order to examine the common meaning of mental illness, the relationship between individual knowledge and implicit social knowledge needs to be explored. This can be achieved by studying the social rep…
Conceptualisation of Health and Illness
The present article attempts to understand the relationship between culture and health through an empirical investigation of health and illness conceptualisation among the members of Bondo tribe of Orissa in India. The investigation of socio-cultural definitions and meanings of health and illness was done using the social representations framework. The dynamic nature of health and illness conceptualisation was investigated among the three groups …
Widowhood and HIV
Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology is a peer-reviewed international journal, which publishes original papers promoting theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in the discipline of socio-cultural anthropology
Cultural Adaptation of New Affective Well-Being Measure in Hindi-Speaking Youth
Explanatory models and psychiatric pluralism among family members of mentally Ill persons
Active involvement of families in mental health care in India is well documented. This study aimed to understand the explanatory models of the family members of persons suffering from common as well as severe mental illness. Narratives were collected through interviews from family members accompanying the patients at a psychiatric clinic. Data were also obtained from professionals at the clinic as well as folk healers. The Constant Comparative Me…
A Conceptual Model of Learning Agility and Authentic Leadership Development
The present article attempts to examine the relationship between learning agility and authentic leadership development. The recent rise in the cases of fraud involving leaders at various levels in the organizations, and the resulting distrust among the employees towards their leaders, points to the need to have authentic leaders, given the positive organizational outcomes associated with this leadership approach. Further, scholars have suggested …
Self-silencing and women’s health
The connection between gender and health has intrigued health professionals in the last few decades. Silencing-the-self theory has brought a considerable clarity in this matter. After around three decades of the theory, the literature related to the theory has immensely flourished and has covered different branches of psychology. The aim of the present work is to provide a comprehensive picture of the qualitative and quantitative research finding…
An interdisciplinary framework for using archaeology, history and collective action to enhance India’s agricultural resilience and sustainability
South Asia has a deep history of agriculture that includes a range of past farming systems in different climatic zones. Many of these farming systems were resilient to changes in climate and sustainable over long periods of time. India’s present agricultural systems are facing serious challenges, as they have become increasingly reliant on the unsustainable extraction of groundwater for irrigation. This paper outlines an interdisciplinary framewo…
Investigation of anti-diabetic plants used among the ethnic communities of Kanpur division, India
Exploring Self-Silencing in Workplace Relationships
Self-silencing has been extensively studied in the context of the relational aspect of the female psyche. The previous research on self-silencing mostly emphasized on intimate partner relationships and not much is explored in the context of workplace relationships, that is, relationships with colleagues, team managers etc. The present study aims to explore the self-silencing phenomenon in workplace relationships among a sample of female software …
Gendered Processes and Women’s Stunted Career Growth
In the present qualitative study, we explored to what extent gender has been an integral part of workplace experience and career growth among female software engineers in Indian Information and Technology sector. Following a purposive sampling strategy, data were drawn from twenty-one female software engineers. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted. A hybrid of theoretical and inductive thematic analysis was done to answer the resea…
Increasing Choices or Decreasing Hope? Explaining the Rising Prevalence of Depression From a Decision-Making Perspective
In today's fast-moving society, we get a multitude of options available. However, choices once considered beneficial, are now being largely debated. In the face of rising prevalence of depression and being identified as the 'disease of modernity', this burden of increasing choices on the modern society needs to be re-evaluated. In this paper, we aim to elucidate the rising rate of depression in today's society with regard to the increasing number…
Perceived Stigma among Family Members of Persons Suffering from Mental Illness
In this paper, we report the findings of a qualitative study that, aims to understand the family members’ subjective experiences with perceived stigma of mental illness. The theoretical standpoint and the research method for the study employed are social constructivist theory and narrative inquiry respectively. We conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews with family members and others accompanying patients to an outpatient unit of a psyc…
Gender Stigma Consciousness, Imposter Phenomenon, and Self-Silencing
Once an Army man always an Army man’
Military institutionalization involves internalizing military values, norms and structured behaviours that differ significantly from civilian life, leading to culture shock during the transition. Career experiences in the military imprint behaviours and identities that shape subsequent roles and how retired officers transition to the civilian world. The present study explored how military culture and identity influence military‐to‐civilian transi…
The discursive construction of gendered managerial identities
Purpose A significant gender gap persists in senior managerial positions, yet little is known about how managerial identities are discursively constructed and how gender becomes relevant in these contexts. This study addresses two key aims: first, to examine the interpretative repertoires employed by female and male managers when discussing managerial identity, and second, to explore how managers navigate, construct, and resist gendered expectati…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social science (5 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)