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Examining the Impact of Leadership Competencies on the Performance of Projects: The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction
No full textPurpose: This research aimed to determine leadership competencies (emotional, managerial, and intellectual) on Punjab police project performance (Pakistan). In addition, the study attempted to see if job satisfaction had a mediation effect on the association between Leadership Competencies and project performance.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The study used quantitative approach Data was collected from 151 members of the Punjab Police Lahore Safe City in Pakistan using a questionnaire and structural equation modeling technique was used to validate the study model.
Findings: This research has a wide range of implications on a scholastic and managerial level. According to the findings, job satisfaction among team members is associated with leadership competency (managerial, emotional, and intellectual competency), as well as "personal growth and development, supervision-human ties, and advancement chances and compensation." The results also demonstrate that intellectual leadership competency can improve team member interactions and strengthen team leader-team member ties by improving interconnectivity.
Implications/Originality/Value: This study is the first to existing empirical evidence supporting the anticipation of considerable advantages from strengthening the competency of police project leaders. This paper adds significant value to the relevant body of knowledge by establishing a correlation between leadership skill, job satisfaction, and project performance
Islamic Finance: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development of Developed and Developing Countries
No full textPurpose: Islamic finance includes arranging financial transactions and financial instruments to satisfy traditional Islamic institutions that oppose interest and participation in gambling.
Design/Methodology: The study has included a sample for eight years (2011-2018) of 19 developed and developing countries. The study used the global Islamic finance country index and sustainable development index to compel the data concerning the main variables. The data for Economic development and financial development have been collected from the world development indicator database of the World Bank. To moderate the problem of endogeneity generalized method of movement has been used as diagnostic testing.
Findings: Results of GMM shows that two variables broad money and the Gross domestic product have a positive relationship with the Islamic Finance country index but the Stock traded turnover ratio, Sustainable development, and Market capitalization has a negative.
Research limitations/implications: The stock traded turnover ratio has significantly related to the dependent variable. Broad money has a positive significant relationship with the dependent variable in both countries developed and developing
Parents and Students’ Satisfaction on Existing Instructional Practices and Educational Provisions for Children with Vision Impairment in Government Special Education Institutions
No full textPurpose: This study is an effort to depict the level of satisfaction in children with vision impairment and their parents about instructional practices and educational provisions available at primary level in Government Special Education Institutions of Punjab, Pakistan.
Design/Methodology/Approach: It was a descriptive mixed method research. Multistage sampling technique was applied to collect the data from randomly selected 31 parents and 53 students with vision impairment studying in fifth grade. Three institutions were randomly selected from each zone to conduct the structured interviews from parents while four special education institutions were chosen randomly from each zone to fill the questionnaires by all available CWVI studying at primary level.
Findings: The study reported that the majority of parents are belonging to low socio economic status and they have minimum level of education and awareness and as do CWVI. Teachers usually have good attitude with parents. School management gave stipend, uniform and shoes in time. In addition CWVI praised the instructional practices of their teachers in reading, writing, mathematics, assigning & checking homework, regular class tests and provision of result cards to their parents. But they had reservations due to lack of training in orientation and mobility, absence of training in vocational skills and lack of in time availability of Braille books
Implications/Originality/Value: Study recommended that various programs and seminars should be arranged for parents to get better understanding of the standards of instructional practices and educational provisions. Braille books and Braille equipments should be provided to CWVI. Sufficient training about orientation and mobility, vocational subjects and use of assistive devices/IT should be provided to students in all special education institutions
Classification Modelling: A Case Study of Breast Cancer Patients of Islamabad
No full textPurpose: The rate of breast cancer in Pakistan is the highest among all other Asian countries and all other types of cancer. The foremost treatment for breast cancer patients of stage 2 and stage 3 is surgery. The main types of surgery in this era are Mastectomy and Breast Conservative surgery. The decision about the type of surgery depends on the demographic and clinical factors.
Approach: In this study, the seven characteristics have been considered. A purposive sample of 365 breast cancer patients were collected from the two main hospitals in Islamabad. The foremost objective of this study was to classify each breast cancer patient regarding surgery type based on significant explanatory characteristics. The binary logistics regression and discriminant analysis techniques were used and the significance of each parameter was tested.
Findings: The main effects i.e., age, tumor size, Estrogen Receptor, and Progesterone Receptor were found to be significant with some diverse probabilities and all two-factor interactions were found to be non-significant. The sensitivity of logistic regression and discriminant analysis is almost the same i.e., 93.1% and 92.8% respectively whereas the specificity of these two techniques is also almost the same i.e., 70.8% and 71.9% respectively. The overall actual correct classify rate and Apparent error rate of both these techniques are found to be 87.7% and 12.3% respectively.
Implications: In brief, it was deducted that the Tumor size stage is the most imperative characteristic among other significant characteristics in discriminating between two types of surger
Influence of Pakistanis and Chinese Cultural differences on different Projects of CPEC
No full textPurpose: To identify the problems and barriers which are become due to cultural differences between Chinese and Pakistani cultures. This study helps to find out problems that create hurdles for the completion of projects which are happening due to CPEC.
Design/ Methodology/ Approach: Qualitative and quantitative research designs were employed and a non-probability purposive technique was recruited from the concerning region. A semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted with 10 businessmen directly concerned with the CPEC project. Here using thematic analysis 10 themes emerged required purposive methods that are directly involved with CPEC or its relevant projects. A total of 500 respondents were chosen and 10 thematic emerged with different categories of vendors and businessmen.
Findings: 76.4%) was said they like to do other cultural festivals and activities while 118(23.6%) said they don’t like any cultural activity. 2nd largest city of Pakistan Lahore in 4 markets Lahore those are the hub of business where out of 500 respondents 42.6% replied yes ethnic groups are also getting the same benefits in Pakistan while 46.4% said no they don’t are doing the same type of business as majority of the people are getting benefits.
Implications /Value/Originality: CPEC is the developmental approach for the welfare of society. Businessmen’s thinking level and approach should maintain proper special training which can suitable for both states’ cultures. Both side leadership should control and monitor every type of terms and condition that multinational companies will sign
Estimation and Validation of Adapted Household Food Insecurity Access Scale in Lahore – Pakistan
No full textPurpose: Food insecurity is not only the problem of all developing countries but developed countries are also facing this issue especially after COVID-19. Food security is the combination of food availability, accessibility and utilization. However, the food accessibility is associated with household income and wealth. Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) developed by USAID is a tool for measuring prevalence of food insecurity. HFIAS treats food insecurity as a condition that can be identified and measured by experiences and behavioral responses that appear to be common for low income households. Current study is meant for the estimation and validation of HFIAS in the context of Pakistan, and to look for the relationship between food insecurity and socio-economic characteristics of the community.
Methodology: A dedicated survey was conducted in Peri-urban areas of Lahore district from January to February, 2021. Responses from 316 households were recorded on a structured questionnaire which was adapted from HFIAS due to cultural context and socio economic conditions.
Findings: Results showed that 30.2% of the households were food secure whereas 22.3% were mildly food insecure, 40.2% were moderately food insecure and 7.3% were severely food insecure. HFIAS was found to have good internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.684).
Policy Implication: HFIAS is a valid and reliable tool to measure the food accessibility at the household level in Pakistan
Effects of Digital Customer Experience on Malaysian Millennials E-Loyalty: Examining the Premium Fashion Brands Online Stores
No full textObjective: Worldwide, millennials are taking over the online shopping since the first lockdown and the endemic has made changes in customer experience (CX) in the fashion retail industry. Based on the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) approach developed by Mehrabian and Russel (1974), the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of experiential state (e.g., cognitive experiential state, affective experiential state) through attitudinal state (e.g., e-trust, e-satisfaction) to behavioural state (e.g., e-loyalty).
Methodology: A self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) survey (e.g., e-questionnaire) is conducted using convenience sampling. This descriptive study includes the Malaysian millennials (i.e., age between 25 to 40 years old) who are residing in Klang Valley area and have at least one-time online shopping experience via the premium fashion brands’ mobile application (e.g., Zalora, Uniqlo, H&M, Adidas, Charles & Keith, Monki, etc). The structural equation modeling sampling formula are used to determine sample size and 250 e-questionnaires are collected. To data analysis and test the research hypotheses, SPSS 22.0 and Smart PLS 2.0 software are used.
Findings: The findings in this study offer guidelines on how to utilize digitalization to leverage CX and the relevant suggestions are provided.
Implications: This study contributes to academia and the industry, discussing both theoretical contributions and managerial implications
A Conceptual Framework of Continuance Intention of e-Wallet Usage by Rural Youth in Malaysia
No full textObjective: The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework of continuance intention of e-wallet by rural youth in Malaysia.
Methodology: On the basis of knowledge induced from literature, a conceptual framework for continuance intention of e-wallet usage by rural youth in Malaysia has been developed. The proposed framework is demonstrated using an integrated Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT).
Results: The framework provided detailed guidance for the development of a continuance intention of e-wallet usage by rural youth in Malaysia. Findings of this study suggest that social influence, perceived trust, and perceived security have significant impact on continuance intention of e- wallet usage among rural youths. Gender acts as a capable moderating role in the relationship between social influence, perceived trust, and perceived security, and continuance intention of e-wallet usage among rural youths.
Implication: This framework describes the significance of social influence, perceived trust, and perceived security with gender act as moderating variable towards the continuance intention of e-wallet usage among rural youth. The study is particularly useful for practitioners by identifying advantages from suitable factors that can enhance the continuance intention among rural youths to use e-wallet and lead to a success of cashless society in Malaysia
Coronavirus and Cognitive Dissonance, Behavior of Pakistanis During Pandemic Peak: A Study of Educated and Uneducated Citizens of Lahore
No full textPurpose: This research aims to investigate the behavior of the citizenry residing in Provincial Capital of Pakistan’s largest populated province of Punjab.
Methodology: Based on quantitative approach, a questionnaire with closed ended questions was distributed between two divisions of society – educated and uneducated – to measure their behavior towards the pandemic. The researchers have made an attempt to measure the cognitive dissonance of the society towards COVID with this hypothetical assumption that uneducated people would bother least as compared to the educated class.
Findings: The research concluded the educated class had adopted more precautionary measures as compared to the uneducated class. However, there was a slight negation in awareness level of the educated and uneducated class regarding the pandemic. More precisely, the findings also surfaced cognitive dissonance theory in relation to the education, implying that regardless of the COVID-19 awareness and the spread, uneducated people are more likely in the state of cognitive dissonance that the educated people.
Implications: Pakistani government as well as masses need to follow the response strategies of the government and awareness methods adopted by the people of China
Does Social Media Provoked to Cyber Deception? An Illustrative Based Study of Youth
No full textPurpose: The present study was conducted with the sole aim to explore the role of social media in promotion of cyber deception among youth which further lead to deviance among the existing societal order.
Methodology: sample size of 354 respondents (youth) were randomly selected for taking primary data through structured questionnaire technique. Further, the primary data was coded into SPSS for further analysis in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics
Findings: Based on the study results, the study explored that cyber deception caused by the excessive usage of social media which further lead to psychological and physical problems among youth. Moreover, virtual social world and social games are the stakeholders of cyber deception; online shopping of various companies intentionally did cyber deception; content communities and social networking users are the major deception; youth are sharing fake picture from their profile for deception. Likewise, the study also explored that manipulation of sender identity information. Female are more indulged in deceptive behavior than male, usually girl’s misuse of social media sites to influence and cash wealthy and loved ones and kidnaping is done through cyber deception
Implications: Thus keeping in view the above results, the government should make such polices to overcome on the premises of the study in an urgent basis with corroboration to busy the future generation in more positive ground on sustainable development projects were the order of the day, along with parents must focus on their youth in terms of proper check and balance on weekly basis with corroboration of proper socialization will subjugate the tumbling factor in today world i.e., cyber deceptio