International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences
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CAN COGNITIVE CRAFTING ENHANCE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE? THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEE AMBIDEXTERITY IN THE CONTEXT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Get PDFCognitive proactive ability to redesign tasks can influence the behaviour of employees to explore, execute and exploit opportunities that tend to enhance business performance. The present study aims to validate the proposed threedimension structure of employee ambidexterity in the context of small and medium enterprises. Moreover, the study examines the effect of cognitive abilities on the business performance of those employees who are involved in multitasking activities in small and medium enterprises. A total of 600 structured questionnaires were administered randomly to employees of service sector small and medium enterprises with a response rate of 98.3%. The results show validation of a three-dimensional construct of employee ambidexterity. Moreover, the findings reveal a partial mediation of the three dimensions of employee ambidexterious behaviour between the relationship of cognitive crafting and business performance. The findings implicate to realise the importance of the cognitive abilities of employees who redesign their tasks in a situation where they confront with multiple tasks that require collective accomplishment in small and medium businesses
EFFECT OF REWARD SYSTEM ON INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR THROUGH TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND PROFICIENCY: MODERATING ROLE OF MULTICULTURALISM
Get PDFInnovative work behaviour (IWB) of employees is considered substantial for the organizational development to achieve competitive edge. That is why organizations are continuously working to improve their mechanism of enhancing IWB of the employees. Previous studies are evident that a good reward system can play an effective role in achieving the desired results because when employees are rewarded, they become more committed and produce innovative ideas for the companies’ proficiency. Therefore, present study is aimed to find out the effect of reward system on IWB of the employees through temporary organizational commitment (TOC), temporary organizational proficiency (TOP). It further explores the moderating role of multiculturalism between TOC, TOP and IWB. Data is collected from 362 contractual employees of the multinational companies of Pakistan through questionnaire survey. The findings of the study depicted that TOC and TOP mediates the relationship between reward system and IWB. The moderating role of multiculturalism is well explained in the relationship of TOP and IWB. Multiculturalism decreases the positive effect of TOP on IWB. These results will be helpful for the organizations to achieve the project succes
DEVELOPING TEACHERS’ CAPABILITIES THROUGH FORMAL MODE OF TRAINING IN PUNJAB
Get PDFTeachers are nation builders and they can perform their duties up to the marks with the help of professional’s skills. Thus, teacher training through formal mode at M.Ed. level in Punjab has been focus of study for many educational researchers. It helps to know the aspects which may be intervened to increase the teacher’s professional capabilities towards teaching. Objectives of the study were to investigate the contribution of existing teacher training programs through formal education system in Punjab. Two questionnaires were developed for this purpose. Data was collected, organized, tabulated and interpreted. The population of the study included the students and teachers of M.Ed program of Sargodha University and Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. Total population of teacher student ratio was 18 and 99. By applying formula of Gay, R.L. (2000) the sample was taken as 16 and 80. Results showed that both the groups of respondents agreed that instructional material was easy to understand and curriculum fulfils the needs of concerning teaching of M. Ed. program. Teachers were regular, necessary guidance and counseling was provided to students. All the students were agreed that examination was conducted on time and examination centre’s were accessible to students. Teachers agreed that course contents were comprehensive and according to the national level. They also agreed that they used modern technology in teaching learning process. Teachers/ agreed that final examination fulfils the purpose and need of summative assessment
SALES COMPETITION AS A STRATEGY TO MOTIVATE INTENT TO PURSUE SALES CAREER
Get PDFThe continuous increase in demand of professionally trained sales force provoked marketing experts to find out the ways through which this demand can be met. This paper articulates and empirically validates through an experimental research design that sales competition at campus is one way to create interest among students for the pursuit of this demand driven profession. The controlled and experimental group are formed by using randomized trial method to remove researcher bias. The results highlight that sales competition has significant impact in changing students’ negative perception about sales profession. The research is useful for researchers, sales managers, academics, trainers, policy makers, educationists for rational decision making
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG JOB INSECURITY, INCIVILITY, INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS AND SOMATIC SYMPTOMS: A MODEL TOWARDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Get PDFOne of the major consequents of the stressful job is poor physical health, a neglecting area among the police workforce. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the associations among job insecurity, interpersonal conflicts, workplace incivility and somatic symptoms as these relate to job content and context of the Police workforce. The data for this study was collected from 343 low ranked police employees through a questionnaire-based survey between March-May 2019. Avoiding the issue of common method biases the data were collected at two times. The study used structural equation modeling technique to test the hypotheses. The results revealed interpersonal conflicts, workplace incivility and somatic symptoms as the consequence of perceptions of job insecurity. However, positive and negative emotions were noted to moderate the association between job insecurity and workplace incivility. Physical health is a worldwide issue among police, however, the data for this study was collected from a single province which may limit the generalizability to South Asian countries. The study has implications for the government and policymakers. This study is the first of its kind to examine the issues of police employee’s poor physical health with the help of social power theory and the broaden-and-build theory
COMBATING TOXIC WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH SPECIFIC HR PRACTICES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF WORKPLACE RELATIONS IN THE HOSPITALS OF PAKISTAN
Get PDFEmployees, their workplace gossips and workplace friendships are considered important in any organization structure. Infact, there is a universal understanding that almost in all the organizations particularly hospitals have such arrangements in which working class manifest the workplace gossips and the workplace friendships as the root cause of toxic work environment that leads to influence the employee productivity. Moreover, this research paper is an attempt to determine the moderation of specific HR Practices on the toxic work relation and employee productivity. In this paper, the data have been collected from 323 employees of different public and private hospitals of Pakistan. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) is used to ensure the validity (convergent and divergent) of factors. While, AMOS 22 is used to determine the assumed the relationships of selected variables as well as moderation effect. The findings of the study indicate that the employee’s workplace relations and gossips are critical constituents of working environment. Toxic work environment mediates workplace gossips, workplace friendships and employee productivity. Specific human resource practices are proved as remedial path for toxic workplace environment to uplift the level of employee’s productivit
PYRAMIDAL OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND CASH FLOW WEDGE: EVIDENCE FROM FAMILY BUSINESS GROUPS OF PAKISTAN
Get PDFThis study examines the ownership structure and cash flow wedge of ultimate controlling owners in firms affiliated with family business groups of Pakistan. The study uses unique handpicked data comprising a sample of 181 group affiliated, 112 stand-alone, 21 foreign, and 12 state owned non-financial firms listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange for a period of 2008-17. The study finds high degree of ownership concentration particularly in 53 family business groups. The study also finds that controlling shareholders own over 20 percent shareholdings in 60 percent of all sample firms and families own 50 percent or more shareholdings in 44 percent of group affiliated firms. The novel contribution of this study is to systematically identifying the ownership affiliation of all family business groups, developing the pyramidal ownership structure of prominent family businesses and finding the difference in voting and cash flow rights which creates significant wedge for controlling family owners. This has strong implications for regulators to ensure effective implementation of regulations as well as minority shareholders and dispersed investors for cognizant investment decision making
A QUALITATIVE INSIGHT INTO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
No full textObjectives: To identify the various features and problems of the health care system of Pakistan and reflect on the health issues of women. Study Design: Historical comparative study
Methodology: Qualitative methodology has been employed. The approach to reach findings in this research is historical interpretative. Primary documents such as government reports and reports of the international organization have been analyzed through the research technique of textual analysis.
Results: The health care system of Pakistan comprises of various tiers from the level of the village through Tehsil to District. Various policies about health have been formulated and introduced by the Government of Pakistan, from time to time but most of these policies didn’t meet conclusive and practical shape. Moreover, there are various problems with the health care system such as absence or shortcoming of adequate expert force, provision of quality medicine, and above all less spending on the health sector by the government. As far as the health issues of women are concerned, women are suffering from multiple diverse and sophisticated diseases. Issues related to reproduction and pregnancies are common. There are cultural constraints as well which impedes women’s access to primary and secondary health care.
Conclusions: The Healthcare system of Pakistan is devoid of the latest technology and expectations of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For the reform of the health sector in Pakistan, it is concluded that the health sector requires enhanced spending on a budgetary level of government. Special attention, on the part of government and society, is required for uplift of women’s health and elimination of health problems. In this regard awareness programs for the males of society need to be launched so that women should not have accessibility to health facilities issues anymor
IMPACT OF PROACTIVE PERSONALITY AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON JOB PERFORMANCE: MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
Get PDFThe study has been conducted to empirically test mediating role of organizational commitment between corporate social responsibility (CSR) & proactive personality and job performance. It is a quantitative study designed to evaluate multiple regression equations based on data collected from two major service sectors of Pakistan i.e. banking and telecom. Partial Least Squares (PLS) based Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) has been employed as technique of analysis. The results showed that CSR and proactive personality positively affect job performance and organizational commitment partially mediates the relationship between them. The study provides new valuable insights to management of service sector organizations. It provides insights that how implementing CSR and proactive managers improve performance of employee
GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS: THE IMPACTS OF LAND POLICY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHOLISTAN DESERT REGION, PAKISTAN
Get PDFThe Cholistan desert region has the potential of agro-pastoral husbandry development with limited natural resources. The Government guided this developmental process through land allotment policy which has different implementation modality each time. The land policy has diverse impacts on the arid and semi-arid regions of the Cholistan desert. The impacts of policy on the socioeconomic conditions of the regions are associated with geo-spatial techniques. The sample settlement is geo-coded, and their responses are combined into two regions i.e. Lesser and Greater Cholistan regions. The combined responses are associated through phi coefficient and Cramér\u27s V. The impacts of land policy in the Lesser Cholistan region are encouraging the developmental process while in Greater Cholistan, it discourages the development with poor socioeconomic conditions. The present study provide opportunity for understanding, mode of implementation and modification in land policy to achieve sustainable development