Pareena Lawrence

Pareena G. Lawrence, "Neohumility and Business Leadership: Do they belong together?", Journal of Business and Leadership , vol 3, (pp forthcoming): Fort Hays State University, 2006

Abstract: This article looks at commonly accepted and newly emerging ideas of effective leadership in the literature. One such quality that has recently emerged in the discourse on leadership is "humility." Humility has traditionally been associated with weakness and even seen as antithetical to the leader persona. This article suggests a new view of humility, "neohumility," humility without weakness and transformed to fit the business world. It operationalizes the definition of neohumility and includes characteristics such as self-awareness, valuing others' opinions, willing to learn and change, sharing power, having the ability to hear the truth and admit mistakes, and working to create a culture of openness where dissent is encouraged in an environment of mutual trust and respect.   

Link: http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~lawrenpg/leadership.pdf

P.G. Lawrence, "Book Review, Liberating Economics:   Feminist Perspectives on Families, Work and Globalization, by Drucilla Barker and Susan Feiner,"   Feminist Economics, Vol 12, Num 4, (pp 678-682) (Routledge, 2006)

Abstract: The primary objective of Liberating Economics by Drucilla Barker and Susan Feiner is to introduce the reader to a feminist approach to the study of economics. It applies this methodology to explain how gender ideologies play a central role in structuring economic systems that create and reinforce the male breadwinner-female caregiver model of the family and its resulting inequalities. This book provides an excellent introduction to feminist contributions to the history of economic thought.

P.G. Lawrence and S. Castro 2006, "Government Intervention in the Urban Informal Sector: A case study of Guayaquil, Ecuador," en Problemas del Desarrollo , Vol. 37, No. 144, pp.145-170, Enero-Marzo, México, iie c- unam.

Abstract: In the past three decades, development economists have not only acknowledged the existence of what has been named the "urban informal sector", but have emphasized its impact on rural to urban migration, GDP growth rate and urban poverty.   Important questions that economists have about this sector are: how should governments in developing countries approach a growing informal sector? Does affirmative government intervention raise the incomes of participants in this sector who directly "benefit" from such intervention? Does helping this sector lead to an increase in rural to urban migration? We examine some of these issues by profiling the participants in this sector and analyzing the impact of government policies to organize street vendors in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Seventy-six vendors in the City Council markets were surveyed for this purpose. Our survey analysis reveals some surprising results and confirms some stylized facts about vendors in the informal sector in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Link: http://www.ejournal.unam.mx/problemas_des/pde144/PDE14406.pdf

Sonia Dalmia and Pareena G. Lawrence and Sandra Castro, "The Institution of Dowry in India."   In Journal of Developing Areas, Volume 38, Number 2: pp 71-93.

Government Intervention in Street Vending Activities in Guayaquil, Equador: A Case Study of Vendors in the Municipal Markets. (Tennessee State University, 2005)

Abstract: The practice of dowry in India has been theoretically linked to a number of factors including the nature of residence and inheritance system, women's role in production, kinship organizations, relative availability of potential spouses, and social stratification in society. This article empirically examines dowries in India and provides an institutional and economic rationale for the existence and continued prevalence of the system. Using data on marriage transactions and on the personal and family traits of marital partners the article demonstrates that payments of dowry serve to equalize the measurable differences in individual characteristics of the bride's and groom's and their respective households. Thus, dowry qualifies as the "price" paid for a "good match" in the marriage market. Results also reveal that the form of inheritance system, the residence of the bride after marriage, and the gender ratio of marriageable women to men have no effect on the incidence and size of dowry.

Link:   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_developing_areas/v038/38.2dalmia.html