Journal of Business Management and Economics

The purpose of this study is to describe the effect of perceived organizational support, organizational based self-esteem, and work engagement on individual work performance. The study uses a quantitative approach, the population of the Ministry of Transportation employees of the Republic of Indonesia with a total sampling technique so that all 228 respondents. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire and processed using SEM. The results of the study proved that there was a positive and significant effect on perceived organizational support, organizational based self-esteem, and work engagement on individual work performance. The findings of this study prove that the impact of corporate based self-esteem on individual work performance through work engagement has more role than the effect of perceived organizational support on individual work performance through work engagement. The next researcher hopes to be able to deepen other ministries regarding perceived organizational support for individual work performance through work engagement.

This paper investigated the effect of Public Distribution System (PDS) on the food security(proxied by the number of meals served to non-household members) and welfare (proxied by monthlyper capita expenditure) of Below Poverty Line (BPL)families in Karnataka. Data for the study was sourced from the 68^th Round of the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation-India. The ordinary least regression technique was the empirical estimation technique employed. The study found that, the possession of a PDS BPL ration card has a negative significant influence on food securityand welfare. It is therefore recommended that, the PDS programme should be strengthened in order to enhance food security and welfare among BPL families.