This study was aimed at examining the affordability and availability of rental housing in Thimphu Thromde. The quantitative research method was used for this study. The data were collected from a representative sample of 384 households and 60 landlords using random sampling techniques. There were two sets of questionnaires: Set 1 is for the tenants and Set II is for the landlords. Conventional method (i.e. the housing cost to income ratio and the residual income approaches) is used to measure...

This study was conducted to examine the influence and impact of parents’ educational level on students’ academic achievement at secondary level of education. Numerous researches have been conducted around the world on this aspect but not in Bhutan. Even the research that had been done worldwide focus the socio-economic status of the parents which includes income, education, and occupation to be the factors influencing children’s academic success. This study is different as it will only f...

This research tries to find out what are the factors responsible for alcohol addiction in Bhutanese society. The study was carried out among the recovering alcohol addicts associated with NGOs responsible for helping in recovery of substance and alcohol addiction. This study was done through intensive interview with recovering addicts of both genders. The face to face interview with six research participants gave the study analysis an insight into the case of alcohol addiction. The analysis f...

A study was carried out to ascertain the socio-economic determinants of fertility in Thimphu City. In particular, the purpose of the paper is to assess the impact of the availability of Baby Sitter on fertility measured as number of children in the family. The explanatory variables used in the study are: Age of the Respondent, Age at Marriage, Duration of Breastfeed in months, the factor of availability of Baby Sitter, Education Level, number of Work Hours, Duration of Separation from the Spo...

Many literatures surrounding gender (leadership) and corruption have specified that women (leaders) are relatively less corrupt than men (leaders) which could shift perspectives on how gender play an important role in leadership and corruption. This paper examined if women leaders in Bhutan are less corrupt in the Civil Service of Bhutan from the point of views of both the leaders and their subordinates. Although the clear linkage between gender leadership and corruption was not captured for ...

This research aims at studying if there are facilities for children with special physical needs between the ages of 0-18 years in Thimphu. The research tries to look into the perspective of three different groups: the general public, the workers of the two CSOs (Draktsho and ABS), and the children with special physical needs, on their respective perspectives of whether there are accessible facilities for children with special physical needs in Thimphu. The topic was inspired to be chosen...

This study examines to find out civil servants’ perception towards rewards and recognition practices.” The study also sought to investigate whether there is reward and recognition strategies used or practiced and whether these strategies influences employees’ motivation. The study was based on the assumption that more the employees are awarded rewards and recognitions, the more motivated they become. The study location was in Thimphu. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study an...

In this study I examined how household income affects the expenditure on food consumption. Specifically the study is about how income from different source affects consumption expenditure on dairy products. Building on existing research, we consider the different source of incomes in the household that affects consumption expenditure on dairy products. The data is collected from the secondary data i.e. Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS 2012) and analyzed through SPSS method using the linea...

The main objective of the paper was to find out the job satisfaction level among government school teachers in Thimphu Thromde with six core indicators: salary, supervision, promotion, benefits/rewards, nature of work and the communication. It also aimed to examine the extent of contribution by aforementioned indicators to job satisfaction level. The study were conducted using 24-Item Likert-type Scale Survey developed by Spector. The sample size of the study was 275 with confidence level of ...

This study explored citizens perceptions on G2C services delivered through community centers under Thimphu Dzongkhag. Over 53% of the respondents indicated they were highly satisfied with the services while the rest (47%) took the neutral perspective. In particular, citizens felt highly satisfied with the staff factor explaining about 65% of the overall satisfaction score using simple regression analysis. Meanwhile accessibility factor showed the lowest satisfaction score predicting not more ...

A majority of land holders in Bhutan are small peasants and majority of livestock owners is affluent herders. In an agricultural economy, critical farm resources are land, livestock and labour. Agricultural activities are the most important source of income for Bhutanese which actually is the product of land. Income had been one of the important determinants of vibrant economy in every country. Every government focuses on the diverse measures to improve the income status of its people through...

Poverty is associated with low income earnings and it presents a difficult financial situation for these who belong to low income households especially while pursuing education. Since in most part of the world, schooling is an expensive activity, therefore children who come from low income households are often unable to either attend schools or drop out of schools before completion. The irony here is that education is a basic right of the children all over the globe yet because of financial c...

Consumer is considered to be the king, the controller in the market; the whole idea of marketing is based on consumer, however, it is often misguided when it comes to protecting and exercising its rights. This paper explores about the awareness level of the Post Graduate Trainees on their rights as consumers based on the issues and challenges associated with the consumer put forward by both public as well as the private sector. The consumers are ignorant about the unfair trade practices becau...

Facebook is the one of the most popular Social Networking Site (SNS) after it was launched in 2004. A free membership gives users the advantage of joining and leaving the membership as and when they wishes to do. Facebook allows the users to build the bigger circle of networking with the people all around the world irrespective of time and space. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is an effect on the performance of the employees when they are allowed to surf their Faceboo...

To address the emerging unemployment issue, the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP) was introduced in June 2014. According to Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) (2014), Direct Employment Scheme (DES) was one of the strategic schemes implemented by the ministry under GEP to address shortage of human resources in the country through creation of pool of skilled and semi-skilled human resource and to address the social and economic problems associated with unemployment. This research...

This study examines the customer satisfaction of the city bus services in Thimphu city by using SERVQUAL model introduced by Parasuraman et al, (1988). The SERVQUAL method comprised five dimensions namely reliability, assurance, tangibility, empathy and responsiveness. The study is carried out based on the feedbacks from the clients who avails the city bus services. The 100 numbers of questionnaires were distributed to respondents selected randomly from city bus parking, RTC students, and the...

Despite the optimistic aims of the Civil Service Reforms, not every civil servant seems to be happy with the ongoing reforms. This issue in mind prompted me to explore more as to why this is happening. This study therefore assesses the general perceptions of civil servants on Civil Service Reforms undertaken by the RCSC with focus on ten ministries and four autonomous agencies under Thimphu Dzongkhag. Cross sectional survey was conducted using self-administered questionnaire to a sample of 20...