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EXAMINING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP READINESS AMONG OMANI STUDENTS USING THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Get PDFThe main objective of this study is to investigate the entrepreneurship intentions among the Omani students. For this purpose, we utilized the theory of planned behavior and its three components including attitude, social norms, and perceived behavioral control and checking their effects on entrepreneurship intentions among the students. Data is collected from UTAS-Nizwa final year students (n=85). Key findings of the study are that attitude towards entrepreneurship (β=.705, P<05) have positive and significant effects on entrepreneurship intentions among the students. Additionally, we compared the results based on four demographic factors namely gender, age, the field of study, and father’s profession. Our result shows that the influence of attitude, social norms, and perceived behavioral control on entrepreneurship intentions among the student is significantly different based on the field of study and the father’s profession. We concluded that the theory of planned behavior is a suitable tool for understanding entrepreneurship among the youngsters and attitude, social norms, and demographic factors are important predictors of entrepreneurship intentions among students
INTRINSIC CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND FIRM’S CASH HOLDINGS IN PAKISTAN
Get PDFThe study investigates the association of intrinsic corporate governance practices and cash holdings of manufacturing organizations, listed with the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Panel data extracted from the financial reports of the organizations provided on the website of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is applied for the purpose of analysis to study the relationship among variables. The organization\u27s cash holdings are considered the quantity of cash and liquid assets stated in the statement of financial position. Sample of 276 listed manufacturing organizations has been taken by applying census sampling technique. Penal data model, correlation, Random Effect (RE) and Fixed Effect (FE) models are applied for the examination of the association between intrinsic corporate governance practices and cash holdings of manufacturing organizations in Pakistan, listed with the PSX. According to random effect estimates, Board size, CEO duality and Board Independence have significant positive association with cash holdings. Furthermore, results show that the ownership structure has an insignificant association with cash holing. The findings of this study for Pakistani firms have a general resemblance to the findings of previous researchers in developing countries\u27 contexts. Hence, the researcher\u27s contribution is related to Pakistani firms that have different economic settings in comparison to the developed economies. The study has many theoretical implications regarding developing countries\u27 context and practical implications for managers, shareholders, suppliers and other stakeholders in the firms
DETERMINANTS OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGE
Get PDFThis study investigates various determinants of financial performance of a company by taking variables such as sales, financial leverage, fixed assets, equity, current ratio, total assets and age of a firm and their impact on growth of firms in Pakistan. In this research, secondary data is used from the listed companies in “Pakistan Stock Exchange” the listed companies on the Pakistan Stock Exchange from 2009-2019 as well as from individual websites of firm’s researcher have calculated age. To estimate the impact of various abovementioned factors on firm’s growth. By use of correlation matrix, descriptive analysis and regression analysis following results are obtained that profitability is positive correlated with growth. Financial leverage and fixed assets are a strong determinant of firm’s growth. The equity has moderate impact on firm’s growth, so it is also a determinant. While liquidity and age of a firm are weak determinant of firm’s growth. The results have also shown that sales and size in form of total assets do not impact growth of a firm. So, they are not determinants of financial performance of a company
INTIMATE CO-CREATION: AN EXPLANATION THROUGH THE LENS OF INTERPRETIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Get PDFThe current study is a qualitative research with an inductive approach of phenomenology to elaborate the concept of intimate co-creation. Intimate cocreation is a relatively recent concept that was earlier theorized conceptually and requires an empirical validation. The current study is the first empirical attempt to qualitatively examine this concept of intimate co-creation through the lens of interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). Using a semi-structured interview guideline, eight in-depth interviews were conducted from the employees working in the teamwork environment of different organizations for mutually assigned tasks that required active interpersonal collaboration. Transcribed data of interview cases was analyzed using QDA Miner Lite software. Five emerging themes were identified from the transcribed data and those five themes are proposed to be the potential predictors of intimate cocreation. Coding frequencies and thematic analysis has provided a three factor grouping / categorization of emerging themes. This study would prove to be a milestone for researchers aiming to empirically extend the research work on intimate co-creation
THE EXPRESSIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF WORKPLACE BOREDOM: A STUDY ON SOCIAL MEDIA LITERATURE: Warda Najeeb Jamal, Qurrat Ul Ain Najeeb Jamal, Aasmaan Anam Najeeb, Aliya Ahmad Shaikh
No full textThe study explores how people express and represent their workplace boredom on one of the major social media websites, Instagram. With regard to this, four popular hashtags, alluding to workplace boredom, were thoroughly searched for their content (e.g., 531 thousand plus posts), and eight themes were identified for the analysis based on the most common expressions and representations of workplace boredom by the people on Instagram. Thus, the study implies the power of social media used by the people to vigorously express and represent one of the ostensible adverse realities of their workplaces, boredom, which they may not be able to voice otherwise. Moreover, as the study has been conducted in the year 2021, it may be significant with regard to the pandemic which led millions of people to bring their work or offices at homes. Thus, such a change in the context of work (e.g., work-from-home) may have affected the people’s expressions and representations of workplace boredom. Similarly, the self expressions and self-representations of boredom at work by the people may attract the contemporary researchers to construct more prevalent definitions of workplace boredom in their future studie
GIG ECONOMY: A MEDIATING ROLE OF MOTIVATION BETWEEN WORKPLACE LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND CREATIVE PERFORMANCE: Arooj Fatima, Dr. Shoaib Imtiaz
Get PDFWith the advent of the gig economy, learning is seen as an important issue to consider. Due to online work, the working environment is rapidly changing. Gig workers, known as online workers, provide services through online labour platforms. The success of a gig worker is dependent on an accurate portrayal of his work\u27s creative performance. The primary objective of the current study is to investigate the impact of workplace learning activities on the creative performance of gig workers with the mediating effect of motivation. In this regard, survey data was collected from 200 gig workers working online, representing two online labour platforms. The study uses the partial least squared structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique as a statistical tool. The findings provide empirical evidence to show that workplace learning activities have an impact on creative performance. Moreover, a gig worker’s motivation significantly mediates the relationship between workplace learning activities and creative performance. As a result, the current study is useful for gig workers who want to improve their overall performance through workplace learning
THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ZIMBABWE IN FOSTERING PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF EMAIL IN ZIMBABWE’S CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Get PDFManagement of emerging technologies such as business electronic mail (email) has been a perennial challenge in many developing countries. Amongst challenges to effective management of email are lapses in legal, policy and procedural frameworks, skills and information and communication technology infrastructural deficiencies. The national archival authority in Zimbabwe, the National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ), has received a lot of criticism for failing to give direction and help public institutions in managing email in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of the NAZ Act (1986) which gives the NAZ a superintending role in the management of records in any format in the country. This paper traces the current interventionist role that the NAZ is playing with regards to the management of email. The article focuses on Zimbabwe’s central government where head offices of 12 out of 22 government ministries participated in the study. This mixed methods research sought to tackle the research question from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. A total of 240 records officers, administration officers and information technology officers completed questionnaires while seven NAZ archivists, the NAZ director, one Administration Director and one Information Technology Director from central government participated as interviewees. The study revealed that NAZ had of recent begun to play a more proactive role in helping central government manage email properly and professionally although the assistance was not vibrantly felt across the length and breadth of the entire public service
IMPACT OF TAX-BURDEN ON MUTUAL FUNDS PERFORMANCE
Get PDFThis study investigated association between tax-burden and mutual funds performance from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. The results of this study show that the performance of Pakistani mutual open ended funds is related to their tax burden. And also tax-efficient funds have better performance due to favorable investment style, lower trading costs, and better selection of stocks. This study analyzed the data of 211 Pakistani open ended mutual funds from 2014 to 2017. The results provide current mutual funds performance analysis, which is useful for individual investors, institutional investors and asset management companies. The fund managers can also get help from this research while watching investors as well as funds own interests
ETHICAL CLIMATES AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: A CASE OF NGOs OPERATING IN PAKISTAN
Get PDFThe study is focused on finding the relationship between different dimensions of ethical climate and organizational commitment of the employees working in NGOs operating in Pakistan. To test the hypotheses of the study, the primary data of 317 respondents was collected through an adopted questionnaire for which representatives of the researchers personally visited the employees working in different NGOs. SPSS was used for data analyses and hypotheses were tested through stepwise multiple hierarchical regression analysis. Based on data analysis, study found that principle and benevolent ethical climates have a significant and positive relationship with organizational commitment while egoistic ethical climate indicated an insignificant relationship with organizational commitment. Thus, by establishing principle and benevolent type of ethical climate, it emerged organizational commitment of employees working in NGOs can be enhanced. The study has some limitations including the cross-sectional design and geographical coverage. The cross – sectional design limited the results to a specific time, while data was collected from Lahore and Islamabad only as a result of geographical limitation compromising the generalizability of the results
RISKS SOURCES AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN POULTRY (EGG) PRODUCTION IN THE AGRARIAN COMMUNITIES OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFPoultry farming provides rich source of animal protein and contributes significantly to food security among Nigeria households. However, the poultry sector is largely vulnerable to risk conditions, ranging from natural events, climate disturbances, and human lapses resulting in tumultuous performances of the poultry enterprise. This study was carried out in the agrarian suburb of Lagos State, Nigeria to determine the dominant risk sources in the poultry egg sector, and the determinants of mitigation strategy adoption among egg farmers. Primary data were obtained in a crosssectional survey of 125 poultry egg farmers drawn by multi-stage random sampling across major communities in the study area, and were analysed by both descriptive and quantitative techniques. A risk behavioural model (RBM) was used to estimate the determinants of farmers’ adoption of specific mitigation strategies. From the findings, 62% of the respondents were male, married (64%), formally educated (74%), and of mean age and household size 40 ± 15 years and 4 ± 2 persons, respectively. Average farmer’s flock size was 524 ± 327 layers, 6 ± 5 average years of farming experience, and average gross income of N1,490,000/production cycle. The identified risk factors (response scores and survival propensities in parentheses) were; disease epidemic shocks (1.82, 44.67%); egg glut shocks (1.85, 39%); adverse weather shocks (2.01, 53%); and input price instability shocks (2.21, 60%). Identified lead risk mitigation strategies were strict adherence to routine vaccination regime; advance egg sales arrangement; proper timing/frequency of bird stocking, and advance/wholesale inputs purchase arrangements. Findings from the study established that medically disenfranchised (2.974; p<0.01) and non-remotely located farms (1.682 p><0.1) had higher propensity for routine vaccination/drugs administration to mitigate disease outbreak. Likewise, experienced farmers (2.780; p><0.01) operating farms with less capital-based assets (2.655; p><0.01) would more likely adopt advance sales arrangement to mitigate egg glut shock. With better human skills development (2.173; p><0.05), poultry farmers would likely engage proper timing for birds stocking to mitigate the effect of adverse weather condition on their farms. To enhance farmers’ timely access to major inputs (feeds, drugs and stocks) for a sustainable poultry egg industry in the study area, localisation of farms within policy-regulated areas and proximity to input supply firms were recommended.