Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences (RAMSS) (E-Journal)
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Religiosity, Fashion Fanship and Fashion Consciousness among Fashion Consumers
Get PDFReligiosity and materialism act as significant forces in the lives of Muslims consumers, but their roles in fashion consumption are still unclear. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of religiosity in the relationship between fashion fanship and fashion consciousness among female fashion consumers in Pakistan. Questionnaire survey of 500 female fashion consumers, aged between 18 to 35 years, residing in five big cities of Pakistan was conducted to examine the key factors concerning fashion oriented behavior. The findings demonstrate that female consumers are auxiliary fashion conscious, engaged in fashion related activities and willing to pay premium price for their desired brand. The results also suggest a moderating role of religiosity with fashion fanship, whereas individual’s fashion consciousness shows mediating relationship with fashion orientation. The findings are limited to Muslim female consumers in Pakistan and may not be generalizable to other cultures. The findings of this paper should be of interest to marketers, manufacturers and retailers within Pakistan, as well as other countries with Muslim female consumers. This study fills a gap in the existing literature by examining the role of religiosity in fashion fanship and fashion consciousness in a large and distinct consumer segment, i.e., Muslims women
Analysis of Relationship between Character Strength and Religiosity of University and Madrassa Students
Get PDFThis study explores the religiosity and character strength amongst university and madrassa students in Punjab, Pakistan. Additionally, the study determined the relationship between character strength and religiosity of madrassa and university students. The convergent mixed-method research design was applied for the study. The survey sample consists of 896 respondents selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. This sample includes 640 students (320 from universities and 320 from madrassas) and 256 teachers/heads of institutions (128 from universities and 128 from madrassas). The researcher used two instruments to gather data from the participants. Two research questionnaires were developed that included sixty items in a survey format. At the same pattern, the semi-structured interview schedule contains 14 open-ended questions regarding character strength/religiosity was composed. The views of teachers and heads of departments/institutions were acquired through a semi-structured interview schedule to determine the role of these institutions in developing religiosity and promoting character strength among students. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical procedures i.e. Pearson correlation coefficient, regression analysis and mean scores. A significant and strong relationship between character strength and religiosity is reported, which leads to the fact that an increase in students’ religiosity may increase their character strength and vice versa. Religiosity was significantly associated with a large number of character strengths of students. The present study found a positive and statistically strong relationship between the character strength and religiosity of students. The study recommends extensive and comprehensive research covering public and private universities and madrassas
An Appraisal of Pakistani Fresh Kinnow (Mandarin) Exports in the Global Market: A Markov Chain Approach
Get PDFThis random variable study dealt with the export of fresh kinnow. The random variable study measure the probability of occurrence of something i.e. exports of fresh kinnow as stated by Dr. B. Swaminathan (2020). The study was intended to examine the retention and switching behaviors’ of the importing nations as well as growth in exports and consistency in exports of fresh kinnow growth. Therefore, in this study, we endeavor to examine the behavior of the big five importers (i.e., Afghanistan, Russia, UAE, Philippine and Indonesia), where Pakistani exports constitute more than 50 percent of its fresh kinnow. To complete these tasks, the techniques used are Markov chain analysis with transition probability matrix (TPM), compound annual growth rate (CAGR), the coefficient of variation (CV), and the Cuddy Della Valle instability index (CDVI).
The TPM results of fresh kinnow export in terms of quantity showed that all the importing nations showed no retention behavior for fresh kinnow export from Pakistan. According to the results of the CAGR in terms of quantity export, except for the Philippines and other countries, the remaining importing countries showed negative growth. The results of CDVI in terms of quantity showed inconsistent growth for all the importing nations for the exports of fresh kinnow from Pakistan. The TPM results of fresh kinnow export in terms of value Russia and Indonesia showed 41.40 percent and 29.54 percent retention behavior respectively for fresh kinnow export from Pakistan.
 
Analysis of Educational Facilities for Prisoners in Southern Punjab
Get PDFEducation plays an essential function in the political and socio-economic progress of a nation. Different studies show that education of the prisoners has great importance in society. Prisoners are those persons who are ignored in society. They want to get education. But they have not been properly treated regarding education. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the educational facilities in the prisons of Southern Punjab. The objectives of the study were to investigate the educational facilities provided to the prisoners in Southern Punjab and to find out problems related to prisoners’ education. The study was delimited to the male prisoners of Southern Punjab. Research methodology was descriptive. Data was collected through qualitative and quantitative survey. For this purpose, questionnaire and interview were developed after literature review. Data related to questionnaire survey was analyzed by applying different statistical techniques. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test of independent sample were applied to analyze the data. Qualitative analysis of interview data was made. Exact words of respondents were written for all questions. General themes from the respondents’ answers were identified. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, findings were made and results were drawn. It was concluded that prisons had lack of better computers, computer labs, libraries and equipment for vocational work. Arts and science teachers were not available. It may be suggested that government should allocate sufficient fund in order to provide educational facilities to prisoners. Government should provide computers, libraries and equipment for vocational work in prisons
Assessing the Role of Economic Growth in Achieving Environmental Sustainability: EKC in Developing Countries
Get PDFThe persistent increase in environmental degradation has become a challenge for the researchers and policy makers in all the countries of the world. Several studies have scrutinized the impact of economic activities and the use of energy as an input on environmental degradation but the results of these studies were not clear due to several reasons. The present study tries to verify the EKC through economic activities and environmental degradation in 81 developing countries. For analysis purposes PQR and FGLS estimations techniques have been used on the annual panel data for the period 1990-2020. The results of this study show the existence of inverted U shaped EKC between economic activities and environmental degradation. Furthermore, all the selected countries lie on the positive side of the EKC. The study concludes that the government of these countries should take effective steps for the provision of more resources to enhance economic activities without compromising the environmental quality
Military Expenditures, Income Inequality and Economic Growth Interlinkages: An Empirical Assessment for Developing Countries
Get PDFThe precise objective of the research is to empirically analyze the interdependence between military expenditure, income inequality and economic growth in 51 developing nations. For this purpose, study is used aggregate and disaggregate data analysis of developing countries on the basis of democracy. To tackle the endogeneity between the variables, three-stage least squares (3SLS) econometric technique is used for the current analysis by using dataset spanning over 2000-2020. Data for the variables used is obtained from different sources including World Bank, World Governance Indicator, International Country Risk Guide and World Income Inequality Database. The 3SLS result for the military expenditure shows that higher level of military expenditure reduces the income inequality and economic growth. The result for income inequality shows that it impedes the economic growth and also reduces the military expenditure in developing countries. The results of the third model of economic growth shows that increase in economic growth will negatively affects the income inequality and military expenditure. In this study, the disaggregate analysis is done on the basis of democracy level by splitting the countries into two groups namely democratic countries and authoritarian countries. The results of the democratic countries are same with the results of combine data analysis,while in the case of authoritarian countries results are same with aggregate data analysis except the economic growth which has insignificant impact
Does Governance Quality Enhance Stock Market Performance: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Get PDFThe current study examined the impact of governance on stock market performance in Pakistan. The study employed the ARDL model using Pakistani data with complete relevant data for the period spanning from 1996 to 2018. The study reveals that quality of governance as captured by voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the rule of law, and control of corruption positively affect stock market performance. The findings suggest countries with better developed political systems would favor stock markets with higher market capitalization, better turnover ratios, higher value in shares traded, and a greater number of listed companies
The Effect of Overthinking on Mental Health: A Case Study from University Students in Multan District
Get PDFOverthinking is most common in students nowadays after the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. The main reason behind this is due to lockdown or quarantine at home for a long time. The coronavirus infected many people some have died, and this may cause worry and ruminative thoughts that result in mental illness. This research is designed to study the significant exposure of overthinking in which we take five factors related to overthinking. For this purpose, we used a sample of 150 students from different universities in Multan via purposive and snowball sampling. The variables of the study are Rumination, Depression, Brooding, Worry, and the Mental health of the students. These were measured on the Likert scale through the questionnaire. The findings concluded that there is a positive correlation among all the variables of the study. From the correlation matrix, we see that mental health is strongly correlated with rumination and worry. Mental health is one of the causes of overthinking, it is used as a dependent variable in this study. Furthermore, a multiple linear regression model is used to check the effect of rumination, brooding, depression, and worry on mental health. Results show that rumination and worry were the significant exposures for making changes in mental health. The study concluded that as rumination and worry increase, mental health disturbs so which may result in overthinking in the students. This study will be helpful for worldwide students to overcome mental health problem and fight against overthinking during any pandemic
Comparative Advantage in International Trade: A Study Based on Meat Exports in Pakistan
Get PDFThis study examines the export performance and competitiveness in the meat sector of Pakistan. This study employs different indices of revealed comparative advantage such as RCA, RSCA, LnRCA, RCA#, RTA, RMA, RC and TBI to analyze the competitiveness and comparative advantage. The data have been taken from the International Trade Center (ITC) UNCOMTRADE statistics on meat exports and imports of Pakistan during 2004-2020. The findings of RCA, LnRCA, RCA# and RSCA indicate that Pakistan faced a comparative disadvantage in the meat export sector during 2004-2010, while a comparative advantage was observed from 2011-2020. Further, the index of revealed import advantage (RMA) depicts that Pakistan faced a competitive advantage in the import of these products during 2004-2020. RTA index depicts that Pakistan had a net-competitive advantage in this sector from 2004-2020. The results of TBI describe that Pakistan had a net- exporter in the concerned sector during the analysis. The positive values of revealed competitiveness (RC) illustrate that Pakistan had a revealed competitiveness in the meat export during the selected time span. This study will be helpful for the government to formulate a policy in consultation with the meat exporting and processing companies to encourage vertical integration in the value chain
Investigating the Role of Employer Branding on Employees Performance with the moderating effect of Talent Management
Get PDFThe goal of this study is to ascertain how employer branding affects employee performance. The second goal of this research is to look at how talent management affects the relationship between employer branding and employee performance. The study's primary data was gathered using structured and closed-ended questions. Likert scales with 5-point likert scale, ranging from 1 to 5, have been used to gauge the level of reaction. This study's statistical analysis is based on a random sampling approach that used a questionnaire to collect answers from 208 respondents. The partial least squares (PLS) technique of structural equation modelling (SEM) was utilised to assess the predicted relationships between the study variables. The researcher also examined the structural model's direct and indirect relationships between the variables. The research's findings demonstrate that employer branding considerably affects workers' performance. It is a strong predictor of higher levels of performance, and talent management significantly moderate the relationship