Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences (RAMSS) (E-Journal)
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Perceptions about Job Recruitment and Job Placement of Teachers Having B. Ed (Hons) Qualification
Get PDFThe excellence in teaching and learning in academia depends on teachers’ abilities and process of recruitment. The current study planned to investigate teachers’ perceptions about job recruitment and job placement of B. Ed (hons) qualified teachers. The objectives were to explore teachers’ perceptions about job placement and job recruitment and to explore the distinction in male and female teachers’ opinions about the job placement and job recruitment. The sample comprised of 50 teachers who had B. Ed. (Hons) qualification and now working in education department. The self-developed instrument, Job Placement and Recruitment Survey was used. The data were analyzed using SPSS. Frequency analysis and t-test were applied. The results revealed that most teachers were willing and claimed that they sure that govt. has fair recruitment policy of teaching jobs. While 40% teachers denied that govt. has fair recruitment policy of teaching jobs. About 61% teachers told that they passed their recruitment test while preparing their exams through the courses they studied during training. 72% teachers perceived that subjects they studied during training helped them during recruitment exams. No difference was found between gender of teachers about their job recruitment and job placement
Demographic Factors and Herding Behaviour of Investors: Moderating Role of Islamic Religiosity
Get PDFInvestors indulge in biases while making investment decision because investment decision making in stock market is a difficult process. One of the factors that affect risk taking behaviour of individual investors is Demographic factor. However, little work has been done to investigate the effect of demographic factors on herding behaviour of individual investors of Pakistan stock exchange. Therefore, the ultimate aim of this study is to highlight the role of the effect of demographic factors on herding behavior of investors with moderating role of Islamic religiosity. Quantitative research method was employed and data collected was collected from 166 individual investors by using survey questionnaires. Convenience sampling method was used to collect the data. Partial Least Squares analysis was conducted to test the hypotheses. The findings of this study directed that Islamic religiosity moderate the relationship of demographic factors with herding behaviour. This study is contributed a new empirical insights on behaviour of Pakistan stock market’s investors, therefore the results of this study have implications for policy makers of Pakistan stock exchange (PSX) while they making the strategies related to investment
Empirical Evidence on Concept of Knowledge Perspective in Construction Firms in Pakistan
Get PDFDevelopment and growth demand proper infrastructure, roads and sustainability of management practices with the organization. In order to negate any errors that come our way, Knowledge-based perspective helps in the long run. It states that gathering information, its efficient distribution and ability to market that information in order to gain competitive advantage and gain customers as a monetary advantage is one of the main perks of being in the 21st century. Constantly removing mistakes/errors from construction practices by acquiring information through a lot of means, via internet in case of customers or feedback or most off all-knowing competitors, their advantages, discrepancies, managing your disadvantages and enabling your team to go above and beyond into negating it, so that firm could raise their competitive advantage. This visionary attitude is what keeps companies sustainable and being competitive in almost all aspects with competitors. Innovation grows; new and improved products are produced as a result. To establish the proof for the idea, in this research a total of 100 companies are taken as a sample from KPK region of Pakistan
Analyzing the Maturity wise Interest Rate Pass Through in Pakistan
Get PDFThis paper examines the degree of pass through and adjustment speed of maturity wise deposit rates in response to changes in the discount rate in Pakistan during the time period from 1978 to 2019. The study finds evidence of a long run relationship among maturity wise deposit rates and discount rate. However, the estimates of long run model proposed by Philips & Loretan (1990) and short run Error Correction Model indicate that pass through is incomplete and slow. This study confirms asymmetric adjustment of pass through and upward rigidity in deposit rates. Overall, the finding of less than complete and asymmetric pass through suggests limited efficiency of monetary policy in Pakistan
Developing a Scale for Measuring Non-Financial Service Performance of Islamic Banks in Pakistan
Get PDFThe intention of this research is to develop a measure by which non-financial service performance of Islamic banks can be analyzed. Research methodology comprises of qualitative and quantitative phase. Simple random sampling has been applied to select Islamic banks branches from Multan. In qualitative phase through purposive sampling 10 in depth interviewees were conducted from managerial employees with the help of interviewee guide and scale items were generated to explore non-financial service performance elements. A questionnaire was developed and self-administered questionnaire based survey was performed in quantitative phase. Out of 150 distributed questionnaire 111 complete responses were received and analyzed by applying exploratory and conformity factor analysis with the help of software Smart-PLS. Findings of the study suggests that key performance indicators of Islamic banks are non-financial in nature .Scale contained 40 items. Total 6 factors with Eigenvalues > 1 containing 40 items with factor loading >.7 were extracted and total variance explained was 80%. Variance explained by each factor is as follows 1.Marketin and Sharia board performance, (15items 29.9%)2 Training(7items12.78%), 3.Corporate social responsibility(5items 11.43%) 4.Operational performance(5 items 9.6% VA), 5.Management commitment(4 items and 9.0% VA)and 6.Employee commitment (4 items and 7.16% VA). This research in the form of the scale provides a detail, reliable measure by which non-financial performance of Islamic banking can be comparatively analyzed at bank and branch level. Future corners of improvements can be identified which will result in increasing customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and service quality improvements
Inflation and Growth Nexus in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis
Get PDFThis study is related to recognize the effect of inflation on economic growth in the case of Pakistan. Inflation is a state when the general price level moves to increase. A large number of people say that if unnecessary money pursues meager goods this state is called inflation. This analysis is comprised of data from 1981 to 2014. Selected variables are Gross Domestic Product growth rate, Inflation, Child labor force, Unemployment, and Gross fixed capital formation. The inflation will work only if the rising price process prevails in the country and increases in wages, devaluation of the currency, an increase in oil prices, and an increase in indirect taxes. This finding fails to provide credibility in the direction of observation that developing countries are confronting a persistent decline in the gross domestic product due to the devaluation of the currency. ARDL technique and unit root test are used to find stationary. There is no single solution to the conflict. So, the Government should accept those measures such as monetary and non-monetary to fight it. These measures can be classified as under monetary measures, Fiscal measures and General measures. Credit rationing put to get a better gross domestic product. Policy commands that Pakistan should adopt an energetic plan for encouraging gross domestic product utilizing exceeding channels
Impact of Poverty and Population Increase on Environmental Degradation: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and India
Get PDFThis study is devoted to elucidating the impact of poverty and population increase on air pollution (CO2-emission) in the two most populous countries of South Asia i.e. Pakistan and India. Annual time series data for the period of 1990-2018 are used to examine the said impact. To estimate the desired impact Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) technique is used. It is observed that CO2 emission is significantly determined by population increase and poverty in case of India. In the case of Pakistan population increase significantly affect CO2 emission in both the short run and long run, while poverty don not contributed significantly in the long run. Industrial production if found positive and statistically significant in both the runs. Stability of the model and other diagnostic tests are also employed not serious econometric problems are repowered. It is suggested on the bases of results that serious steps should be taken to reduce environmental pollution by reducing population increase and poverty. Industrial production also contributed to air pollution therefore industrial policies are also needed to be employed to reduce Air pollution
The Nonlinear Relationship between Trade Balance and Income for Selected Asian Economies
Get PDFThis research study is an attempt to explore the nonlinear relationship between domestic and foreign income and deficit in the trade balance for a sample of 13 high deficit Asian countries from 1990 to 2019. Furthermore, the study also moderates the role of financial development and carbon emissions with trade balance. The study results validated the existence of a nonlinear relationship between trade balance and domestic and foreign income. For this purpose, three different types of model are formulated. The first model was of the benchmark type, which contains only the domestic and foreign income effect, while in the other two models, the role of financial development and carbon emissions is also included. The estimated results evinced the existence of U shape relationship for domestic income and inverted U shape curve for World income. The results revealed that it would be very suitable for selected countries to boost up domestic income. Because of it, the deficit in trade balance will start to decline. The financial development and carbon emissions are found to be a significant contributor to reduce the deficit in the trade balance
The An Empirical Approach to Study Smartphones’ Usage in Academic Performance of University Students
No full textThe purpose of this study was to find out the advantages and disadvantages of smartphone usage in the academic life of Social Work students at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. The quantitative research methodology was adopted in this study. The survey of Social Work students from the university was done by employing purposive sampling technique. Students having smartphones were part of this study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from 203 Social Work students of the University of the Punjab. The SPSS was used to analyze the data among the smartphone users. The Social Work students used smartphones not primarily for academic purposes but for social activities. It also operated as a learning aid, which was absolutely essential to students which made them capable to find quick information and got their time saved. Smartphones were also seen more as a distraction in the classroom rather than learning aid as smartphone produce distraction in the classroom and this distraction diverted students’ attention in the class. Students multitasking and non-academic usage of smartphone produced negative impact on students’ learning and resultantly lower their academic performance. Smartphone usage seemed great if smartphone is capitalized to achieve the benefits associated with its use; resultantly the Social Work students can possibly enhance their academic learning that may lead them to success in their academic life
Environmental Quality and Economic Status of Households in Pakistan: A Case Study of Multan District
Get PDFThe present study is aiming to identify the effect of Environmental Quality on the Economic Status of Households (Income, Expenditure and Assets) in Multan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. The results of OLS demonstrates that Age, Education, Formal Employment, Green Belt & Trees, Health Facilities, Irrigation Facility, Clean Drinking Water, Sui Gas Availability and Housing Condition are reported as the basis of Higher Income/ Expenditure of Households while Rural Area, Female to Male ratio and credit availability are reducing Income/ Expenditure of Households. On the other side, Age, Education, Rural Location, Formal Employment, Credit Availability, Green Belt & Trees, Health Facilities, Irrigation Facility, Clean Drinking Water, Sui Gas Availability and Housing Condition are the origin of increasing Assets of Households while Female to male ratio is reducing Assets