Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology (SUIT), Peshawar: E-Journals
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FACTORS OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Get PDFSince both academia and practitioners believe that knowledge sharing has become one of the critical ingredients for any organization to have competitive edge, knowing it with its totality is highly imperative. The purpose of this paper is to provide a more inclusive insight about various factors of knowledge sharing that has so far been discussed and empirically tested. A theoretical ground is provided in the introduction to provide strong justification for certain important factors so that the reader can get better idea of the initial concepts. Then, detail literature is reviewed to get better understanding of knowledge sharing itself and the factors affecting knowledge sharing from theoretical and empirical studies. The study is conducted with the help of collecting data from search engines such as Google scholar, papers published in renowned journals, conference proceedings and books. The results show that knowledge sharing factors such as shared goals, social network, social trust, subjective norms, attitude of employees, knowledge of the situation and perception of employees regarding situation play vital role in enhancing knowledge sharing behavior of the employees in an organization. This study has implications for both the researchers and practitioners
An Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Unemployment in District Peshawar
Get PDFThis paper concentrates on exploring the causes and consequences of unemployment in district Peshawar. Primary data was collected for this purpose. The results show that out of 120 respondents, 32.5% were unemployed due to low education, 15.8% due to having no skills &55were unemployed due to no approach to the concerned authorities. Out of the total respondents65% were unskilled. 73.3% of the respondents had never joined a job and 18.3% left the job due to low salary. 7.5% were unemployed due to completion of business / projects. 100% of the respondents agreed that overpopulation is cause of unemployment. All of 120 respondents agreed with this the fact that unemployment causes suicides and crimes in the society. The causes of highrate of unemployment are lack of education, lack of capital, lack of proper skill, Poverty, and High rate of population growth in Pakistan. It is therefore, recommended on the basis of the study to prepare a proper plan for the provision of proper skills, provision of job opportunities, easy access to credit to motivate people for investment in employment generating activities and eradication of unemployment in the study area
A study of the motivational and Key Success factors of the selected organizations of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan
Get PDFThis study was carried out to find out the major factors that cause motivation among employees of the selected organizations at Peshawar. This study was undertaken under controlled environment and was mainly restricted to three organizations, two Public Sector organizations i.e. Accountant General Office, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar and one Private Sector Organization i.e. Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar. A simple research methodology was used and a total of 56 employees (including 11 Managers) were chosen from all the three organizations. The Questionnaire method was used for data collection. It was used on employees to find out what specific factors motivate them at work in their respective organizations. Data was collected, analyzed and tested through statistical tools. It was found thatmotivation is not only caused by internal factors alone but from the study it was found that motivation is also caused by both the internal and external factors. However, the internal factors were found more effective in causing the motivation in employees. Moreover, Training of employees, incentives and efficient Human Resource proved to be the most important success factors for success of the organization
Mobile Banking Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: An Application of Carter Model
Get PDFPurpose: Mobile banking is one of the modern means of handy banking services. Using the Carter model, this study aims to find the nexus between customer satisfaction and mobile banking service quality among Pakistani users. Design/methodology/approach: The structured questionnaire has been administered to 400 mobile banking users in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Wah Cantt. Simple random sampling was used to gather the respondents for data collection.Findings: The analysis shows that there exists a positive association between the dimensions of assurance, tangibility as well as responsiveness with customer satisfaction. However, there exists no relationship between empathy and reliability with customer satisfaction.Implications: This study fills up the gap in literature by providing insights from mobile banking sector of Pakistan. Furthermore, the model of the study can be extended in different contexts with other dimensions also. It will be better if banks develop their e banking services up to date by adapting to the latest changes in industry and technology.Originality/value: This particular study has a deep importance as it provides evidence from the developing nation of Pakistan. It has spread heading endeavour to explore the consumer loyalty in the keeping money industry of Pakistan by utilizing a vast example and progress measurable systems.Limitations/Future horizons: The study has been conducted in the area of Rawalpindi and Islamabad however future researchers may expand the premises as well as add more variables to the model to gain deeper insights
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR
Get PDFThis study investigates the association between earnings management and corporate governance characteristics in the Chinese context. Chinese corporate governance system is improved in past two decades after deciding to move away from planned economy to market-oriented one. The data is collected from the Chinese A-listed firms for the period of 2008 to 2016 to investigate the impact of Board characteristics on Earnings management. Additionally, this study demonstrates if earnings management is still an issue in the Non-SOE or not?. This study finds that board size mitigates the earnings management, and board independence is not playing there due role in monitoring the top management. The board meetings are not so effective and therefore not contributing to mitigating the earnings management. CEO duality is not a big issue just like in developed countries. Furthermore, When segrgating the sample on the basis of ownership type, we find that, a board meeting is affective in SOE as compare to Non-SOE.Furthermore, board size substitutes the weak external governance mechanism and constrains Earnings management. Board meeting plays a complementary effect when external governance mechanism is strong. The findings of this study are significant for all stakeholders to analyze and to improve the board effectiveness and the financial reporting quality before making any decision
Growing External Debt in Pakistan and its Implication for Poverty
Get PDFThis study investigates the effectiveness of external debt in determining socio-economic economic development in Pakistan during the period from 1973 to 2013 using time series data. For analysis, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Augmented EngelGranger (AEG) test is used. The results from AEG test show that there is co-integration and long run bond between external debt and poverty. The results provide strong evidences that poor economic performance have signiï¬cantly aggravated economic downturn and augmented poverty level. Growing external debt services have unfavorable impacts on poverty level and income inequality as less has been left to ï¬nance expenditures on social services and poverty reduction. Poverty level and income inequality can be useful indicators of the Pakistan\u27s initiatives on debt reduction goals and debt relief
A Comparative Analysis of the Business Models of Uber and Didi under Sharing Economy Background
Get PDFWith the development of ‘Internet +’, a new business model the Sharing Economy is booming，which as a revolutionary power to overthrow the business modes of traditional industries. The development of sharing economy has unique advantages and urgent reality in China. Therefore, based on the current situation of sharing economy, this paper analyzes and contrasts the business models of Uber and the Didi by using Johnson and Christensen\u27s ‘Four Elements’business model，concludes business model of sharing economy should have certain characteristics, such as advocated sharing concept, setting up the Internet platform, providing personalized service, establishing the trust mechanism, the supply and demand matching reshaped.Finally, this paper provides comprehensive suggestions for the better development of Chinese enterprises under the sharing economy: enterprises should know their own advantages, not blindly copying the world\u27s leading enterprises, and make effort to build a new model with Chinese characteristics to sharing economy; create "Internet platform + cooperation partner + customers†model and seek cross-border collaboration; In-depth understanding and analysis the macro and micro-environment of international market, seeking cooperation with foreign domestic enterprise, to speed up enterprises to "go out"
Leadership styles in Government High schools: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – KP
Get PDFLeadership is considered the prime source for development of a learning organization. School leadership is a critical issue for developing schools as learning organizations which in turn produce well-equipped human resources for the development of the knowledge economy. This study was carried out in the seven districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – KP- Government owned High Schools to investigate the leadership styles of school leaders and demographic impact on these styles. It was found that although school leaders are more transformational than transactional but not up to the desired level. Higher scores were reported for Idealized Influence, Inspirational motivation, and Contingent reward respectively. Laissez-faire leadership style is the least exercised style. Overall, male was found more transformational than female, but on individual (dimensions) styles they differed. The result showed an interesting relationship of age with styles that in early and late ages, school leaders preferred to exercise charismatic (idealized influence) but in the mid ages, they were inclined to use contingent reward. It is suggested that for the school leader’s degree or a diploma in Education Planning and Management (EPM) shall be included in their eligibility criteria, their department shall have successive planning, their appraisal shall take in to consideration their leadership behaviors, they shall be involved in incentivized research activities, and shall be given autonomy in school management. At the end limitations and future directions are also discussed. Â
AN APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO FOR STOCK MARKET INVESTORS: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN
Get PDFThe study is based on two main objectives. First, it aims to identify a portfolio of stocks as the most appropriate investment portfolio (AIP) for investors, specifically in the context of Pakistan. Second, this research intends to identify the characteristics of the portfolio which forms AIP. For this purpose, the researcher has formed sixteen time series portfolios, using Fama and French five factor model (2015). Beside marker factor, four risk factors have been constructed which include SMB, HML, RMW, and CMA. The results show that five portfolios which are BHRA, BLRA, BLRC, BHRC, and SHRA are appropriate investment portfolios for investors in Pakistan. Amongst these portfolios, BHRA earns highest monthly average returns of 1.17% having standard deviation of 9.13%, followed by BLRA with average monthly returns of 1.05% with standard deviation of 7.59%. The average return of BHRA is 11.4% higher than BLRA, whereas standard deviation of BHRA is almost 20% larger than the standard deviation of BLRA. Both, the average per month return and risk of BHRA are highest amongst all higher returns portfolios. Contrarily, the excess return of BLRA is not considerably low from BHRA but the incremental risk per unit return of BHRA is almost double of BLRA. Therefore, amongst all five appropriate portfolios, BLRA is justifiably the most appropriate investment portfolio which has the highest adjusted R-square of 77.106 %, the highest average returns of 1.053 % per month, and minimum risk of 7.5%. The results, therefore, suggests all investors to include big, low book/market, robust profitable, and aggressive investment stocks in their portfolios to earn above average returns with minimum risk
Participatory Agricultural Development in Baluchistan: A Critical Assessment
Get PDFThis study evaluates the performance of participatory agriculture sectorcomprising both crop and livestock sub-sectors. Using two different sample survey data, the paper tries to answer the important research questions how it is more efficient and why the intended beneï¬ts of projects reach in a greater amount, to the large farmers in the context of province, The study, under the objectives of efficiency and equity, found Positive diversiï¬cation towards high value crops indicating the rapid adoption of new technology. Livestock including diary farming produced more positive ï¬nancial beneï¬ts. The beneï¬ts achieved, however, were found more skewed towards large farmers and feudal class. The paper therefore, suggests more pro-poor and sustainable efforts to enhance the performance of farmers based agriculture development especially by balancing efficiency and equity. The lessons drawn from the experiences are importantand valid for designing and evaluating the future participatory program especially in the ï¬eld of farming and livestock sub-sectors