Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences (RAMSS) (E-Journal)
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Psychological Effect of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome on Health Related Quality of Life among Young Women: Moderating Role of Proactive Coping Strategies
Get PDFPolycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOs) in young women is a major hormonal syndrome that not only effects their quality of life (QoL) but overall mental wellbeing is also effected. Worldwide, prevalence rate of PCOs among women is reported to be more than 70% which is increasing day by day. Therefore, the main objective of our study was to examine the effect of PCOs on HR-QoL among young women and to explore the moderating role of proactive coping strategies between PCOs and Health Related Quality of life. For this purpose, 200 outdoor diagnosed patients of PCOs were selected by using purposive sampling techniques, from different hospitals in Islamabad. They were requested to complete three sets of questionnaires, namely, PCOs symptom questionnaire, WHOQoL- BREF, for measuring Health Related Quality of Life and Proactive Coping Inventory. Percentage and Regression analyses was performed to assess effect of PCOs on health related quality of life and the moderating role of proactive coping strategies. Findings revealed that the mean age range of participants as 22.04. Majority of them have done matriculation (60%, n= 121) and were employed (79%, n=159). Following Regression Analysis, results showed that PCOs had a significant negative impact upon HR-QoL (p<.05). Findings also revealed that high score on PCOs symptom checklist negatively affects the Health Related Quality of Life (?= .030, p>.05). Furthermore, proactive coping strategies and reflective coping strategies had insignificant role in PCOs as p<.05 whereas Strategic Planning and Preventive Coping appeared to have a significant moderating role between PCOs and Health Related Quality of Life (p>.05). Overall, The presence of PCOs adversely impacts the HR-QoL of young adults. It predominantly affects psychological and social well-being rather than bodily working
Can Economic Globalization Cure Unemployment in Pakistan? An Empirical Investigation
Get PDFIn the current economic climate of boosted economic globalization culture that results in an ease in the movement of resources from one corner of the globe to the other, unemployment is still a bitter reality. Using annual data for Pakistan from 1986 to 2020, an attempt was made in this study to empirically evaluate the long-run and short-run link between the unemployment rate and FDI, economic growth, and trade. Using the multivariate co-integration technique, the data were examined. The long-term link between the unemployment rate and explanatory variables was validated by Johansen's co-integration method. The data series' stationarity was verified using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test (ADF test), which demonstrates that all of the relevant variables are first-difference stationary. Results suggested a contradiction between the unemployment rate and foreign direct investment. Also, extensive studies found a conflict between economic expansion and the unemployment rate. While there is a long-term positive correlation between trade and the unemployment rate. Using the Impulse Response Function, short-run relationships are evaluated.
 
Exploring the Influence of Urbanization, Trade, Human Capital, FDI and Money on Poverty in case of Selected Developing Countries
Get PDFThis study explores the influence of Urbanization, Trade, Human Capital, FDI, Money on Poverty of developing countries. To capture this effect, panel data of 20 developing countries has been collected through World Development Indicators (WDI) from 2006 to 2022. For the purpose of analysis, Im, Pesaran and Shin W test – unit root test has been applied to check the stationary and to choose the appropriate technique i.e. Panel ARDL technique. The unit root test observes the mixed order of integration about the selected variables. Moreover, the results of ARDL conclude that poverty in selected developing countries is reduced by Trade openness, Foreign Direct Investment, Households Consumption Expenditure, Domestic Investment and Human Capital Index. On the other side, poverty is increased by Urbanization and Money supply in the longrun. Convergence from shortrun to longrun has also been found which is evident from cointegrating term.
 
Genre Analysis of a Pakistani Footwear Brand Website: An Investigation of Content and Structure
Get PDFThe purpose of this research is to undertake a genre analysis of a Pakistani shoe brand website to evaluate the strategic arrangement of its structure and content. Since the advent of online shopping, content like product descriptions and webpage orientation have become increasingly important. The primary goal of this research is to evaluate the website's structure, content, and alignment to explain how it is made convenient for online buyers. Bhatia's moves analysis of the sales letter is employed to identify the strategic approach that drives buyers to shop online. In this study, the seven moves are as follows: establishing credentials, introducing the offer, giving incentives, referring to the enclosed document, requesting additional conversation, applying pressure tactics, and concluding politely. For this purpose, the qualitative interpretative technique is utilized to assess the website's content and structure. Screenshots of the website have been used to examine the contents and how it is organized on the page. Finally, it is deduced that the website appears to be managed logically; nonetheless, it is required to provide detailed descriptions of products to make it more user-friendly.
 
Unraveling the Enigma; Exploring Factors Influencing the Regional Wage Disparity in Pakistan
Get PDFThis paper endeavors to study the hitherto obscured question of possible inter-divisional differences in the set of parameters of the earnings gap between urban and rural workers in South Punjab, Pakistan. Empirical estimates reveal that gender, human capital, work-related variables and family characteristics are significant determinants of earning differential by location. Decomposition results show that regional dummies are the largest and family characteristics are the smallest contributors to explain earning differential between workers of urban and rural area. The extent of discrimination in South Punjab is highly significant as 54.5657 percent discrimination exists by location. Comparative analysis of earning differential by location at disaggregate level shows that total log earning gap in Multan division is 0.2202 (8041.87 rupees), in Bahawalpur division is 0.20 (7088.71 rupees) and in DG Khan division is 0.1244 (4044.21 rupees). It is evident that policy markers cannot afford to ignore the dimension of the inter-regional differences in formulating policies to combat overall earning gaps in Pakistan. So, region specific policies should be targeted specifically to achieve the desired goals given the labor market conditions and cultural differences across rural and urban areas and across each division of Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Leadership during Crisis; Using Change Role Reversal Theory: A Study from Service Sector of Pakistan
Get PDFIn the volatile economic situation, there is a growing interest in Change Role Reversal, due to COVID-19 pandemic that would lead to successful leader-follower relationship. Change role reversal theory become so popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have opposed the systemic shock triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The key variables of change role reversal are digitalization, employee empowerment, a shift in responsibility, perceived organizational support taken as independent variables that would have a positive impact on the leader-follower relationship and firm performance mediate the relationship between change role reversal and leader-follower relationship. This study follows the quantitative research approach and the philosophy of research is positivism and the research approach is deductive in which hypothesis is generated from the existing theories. This method was used because data about the variables could be collected once at a given time and this research is explanatory. The study unit of analysis had been individual. The research was performed using a descriptive cross-sectional survey method. The data for this study are obtained from the Services industry of Pakistan and the sample is the managerial employees that have interaction with their leaders. Total 450 close-ended questionnaires were distributed to the organizations online and out of which only 290 questionnaires were adopted for analysis. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and SMART PLS3 are used to check the hypothesis. This study revealed that change role reversal having positive relationship with leader follower relationship and firm performance strongly mediate with the relationship between change role reversal and leader follower relationship. This study offers also limitation and future direction in order to contribute in literature in future
Factors Affecting Employee Performance: A Mediation Analysis
Get PDFThe research reported in this article was on “Factors affecting employee performance: A mediation analysis”. The study aims to examine the mediating role of job crafting in the Public universities. This research sheds light on the significance of job crafting with reference to negative emotions and diverse workforce and psychological aspects in regard to employee performance. The study aims to explore the determinants of employee performance of the workers in Public universities. Secondary data was collected with the help of prior research and literature from internet and libraries. This primary data was accumulated by distributing questionnaires and to analyzed data SPSS was used. This data was accumulated from 200 faculty members working in public universities of Lahore. In This current research it uses an empirical approach to test the hypotheses model and this research is quantitative and descriptive in nature. Data was collected thorough cross sectional design and questionnaire on variables. The SPSS 21 and Process Hayes is used for examine the data.
 
Investigation of Blind Spatial Cognition and Understanding of Spaces to Navigate without Vision
Get PDFThis study is aimed to report the perspective of people with V.I about their use of spatial representation(cognitive maps) for determining the support level and applicability of cognitive maps while traveling on real routes. This research utilized the methodology of qualitative research in the form of semi structured interviews in order to obtain insights of persons having visual impairment about their navigation in different environments. The interviews were conducted with 20 persons having visual impairment working in different fields of life. The data analysis was done through thematic analysis approach. The participants were intended to answer the questions about the representation and understanding of space, the support level of these representations while traveling, and the role of other senses for successful navigation. The results showed that persons having visual impairment do have spatial representation and the creation of spatial representations does not require visual experience. The study suggested the strong need to assess the way in which persons having visual impairments develop cognitive maps of their environment because it is extremely significant both theoretically and practically and throws light on the role of sensory modalities in the development of mental mapping skills which can in turn recommend how spatial developments might be nourished
Muhammad Iqbal and Grman Idealism: A Comparative Review
Get PDFThe phrase Idealism is not new for the students and readers of Philosophy, however, when the prefix German is added before it, it acquires a different meaning, mood, taste and inclination. German Idealism is distinguished from all other forms of European Idealisms. It concentrated on mind as an active and self-conscious entity. German Idealists suppressed the traditional ontologies based on substances and their accidents. The most prominent German Idealists include I - Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), II- Johann Gottelib Fichte (1762-1814), III-Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Von Schelling (1775-1854) and IV- George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).
Kant, though an empirical rationalist, could not deny the supremacy of mind over matter and of human beings over the external world. For him space, time and causality were the categories of mind, which it imposed on the outer world. However, he did believe in the dichotomy of mind and matter though he combined rationalism and empiricism in his Transcendental Idealism, which is an unconscious move towards unity despite the belief in noumena and phenomena. Later thinkers, however, gradually moved closer and closer to the Idealism and especially Monism.
Some salient features of German Idealism which give it a distinct identity separate from the rest of Western Philosophy include: i- Idea of the Absolute, ii- Beginning of the world in the Absolute, iii- Stages and phases of Self- consciousness, iv- Unity of the Subject and Object, v-First traces of Philosophical Anthropology (What man is in itself beyond all physical things and the universe?), vi- Intellectual intuition as a source of knowledge and a tendency towards esotericism, vii – Enthusiastic interest in Dialectics, viii- Freedom and Determinism, ix- Self as an entity free of external and causal determinants , x- Ideas of Ego and Spirit, xi- World Spirit and xii- Existence as a whole or a Unity.
These eternal, perennial, deep, highbrow, captivating, serious, scholarly, cherished, enthralling and fascinating ideas were presented and discussed at length by Muhammad Iqbal too in his Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam. Only one glance at the salient features of German Idealism brings into mind the familiar philosophical topics on which Muhammad Iqbal has written extensively. Besides his Urdu and Persian poetry, his political ideas bear profound stamps of these ideas. Therefore, this comparative study is academically justified, intellectually stimulating and scholastically enriching
Technology Innovation-institutional Quality on Environmental Pollution Nexus From E-7 Nations: Evidence From Panel Ardl Cointegration Approach
Get PDFThis groundbreaking study looked at the issue of pollution of the environment in the E7 countries from 2002 and 2022. We implemented ARDL to investigate how GDP, institutional quality, trade openness, and technological innovation affect CO2 emissions, CH4 emissions, and N2O emissions, which are regarded as indicators of environmental pollution. The findings show that the variables have a lasting, substantial association and all the factors e.g institutional quality, technology innovation, economic growth and trade openness are important factors to effect environmental pollution, except institutional all other factors cause increase in environmental damage because these variables bring increase in CO? emission whereas institutional quality plays a supportive role in environment. In contrast to institutional quality, which has a negative and statistically significant relationship with CO?, trade openness, economic growth, and innovation in technology all have positive and statistically significant relation with carbon dioxide emission. On the other hand, IQ, TOP, and GDP has significant and positive association with Nitrous oxide (N20). Trade openness and Methane (CH4) have a negative relationship which means trade helps to reduce methane emission in the examined countries, although GDP and CH4 have a positive relationship. These E-7 countries should follow an environmentally friendly path to achieve their desired level of GDP. These countries should check the quality of their institutions law and order situations, accountability and control of corruption to improve the condition of environment in the case of N?O