13 research outputs found
Identifying the Factors Influencing Organizational Health: A Study of Pakistani Medical Colleges
No full textOrganizational health, particularly, organizational health of educational institutions, is an under-researched area in Pakistan. Despite of compelling evidence that organizational health has serious, positive consequences on the wellbeing, development, and performance of the employees, as well as the organization, very little research has been conducted on this construct. Using a descriptive and quantitative research approach, the present study intends to determine the key factors that influence the organizational health of Pakistani medical colleges (OHPMC). A questionnaire for determining the factors influencing OHPMC has been specifically designed keeping in view the contextual requirements. Two hundred faculty members from four medical colleges in Rawalpindi are selected as the sample subjects. Statistical tool and techniques such as, descriptive analysis, scale reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis are conducted on the collected data. The results achieved through all these analysis will help the academicians and practitioners to recognize the factors that influence the OHPMC and take necessary measures to enhance them
Examining the Role of Knowledge Sharing in Promoting Innovation in the Service Sector of Pakistan
No full textThe present research paper aims to conduct an in-depth investigation to determine how knowledge sharing influences experimental innovation, exploitative innovation, and also their concurrent form, i.e. ambidextrous innovation. To achieve this aim successfully, the principles of causal research positivist paradigm is followed. Data is gathered from 192 lower and middle managers in different private organizations in the service sector of Pakistan and is analyzed through the techniques of inferential statistics, such as, regression, correlation and factor analysis. The main findings of the present study reveal that there is a significant positive influence of knowledge gathering on exploitative, experimental and ambidextrous innovation. While, there is a significant positive impact of knowledge contribution from inside the department on the ambidextrous and exploitative innovation. In contrast, there is no statistically significant impact of knowledge contribution from outside the department on any of the three strategies of innovation. The study hopes to draw the attention of the academicians and practitioners towards the significant role of knowledge sharing on the dimensions of innovation. Keywords: knowledge, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, exploitative innovation, experimental innovation, ambidexterity innovatio
Contributing Factors and Consequences of Corporate Governance in Small Pakistani Listed Companies
No full textIn this research, the contributing factors of corporate governance practices and their consequences are examined in the context of small Pakistani companies traded on Karachi Stock Exchange before the year 2006. The researcher develops an entirely new database in order to facilitate the construction of an index to determine the corporate governance practices of all 312 companies included in the sample and to evaluate their performances. The study notes that a number of organizational characteristics, such as the nature of auditor, market value of equity, leverage, ownership structure of the company, and composition and size of the boards, are closely associated with effective corporate governance practices. Furthermore, the study provides substantiation that effectual adherence to corporate governance regulations not only enhances the organizational performance, but also improves the quality of reported earnings. In the light of the achieved findings, the study concludes that despite the fact that abidance of governance regulations and practices is likely to enhance the organizational performance, small companies that have constrained resources may choose not to follow or implement them. Therefore, the shareholders and management of these companies are required to take more notice of the pluses and minuses of abiding by the governance systems Keywords: Corporate governance, small Pakistani listed companies, accruals quality, Karachi Stock Exchange, company performance, Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan
Employee Silence as a Determinant of Organizational Commitment: Evidence from the Higher Education Sector of Pakistan
No full textThe constructs of employee silence and organizational commitment have been researched very well individually, however very few studies examine how they both are related with each other. The purpose of this research is to empirically determine how the silence of an employee impacts his/her commitment to the organization. To achieve this purpose, data is collected from one-twenty-four people working in the higher education institutions of the capital region of Pakistan. Data is then subjected to various kinds of statistical tests to ensure the achievement of reliable results. The results revealed that employee silence is negatively associated with and a statistically significant predictor of organizational commitment. Keywords: Employee silence, organizational commitment, acquiescent silence, quiescent silence, pro-social silenc
Role of work-family conflict in job burnout: support from the banking sector of Pakistan
No full textThe main aim of this study is to determine the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and job burnout experienced by an employee. This study follows a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. Self-administered, ordinal scale based questionnaires are used as an instrument to collect the responses from 200 respondents, working in the head offices of two private banks in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kendall tau-b rank correlation coefficient, linear regression and one-way ANOVA are employed for testing conceptual and mathematical model. The results of statistical analysis shows that both the domains of work-family conflict i.e. family interference with work and work interference with family, significantly and positively influence the job burnout of employees. Organizations must take an initiative to resolve the work-family conflict so that the employees devote their full capacity to work and also be able to meet their family requirements easily
Knowledge Creation and Firm Performance: Is Innovation the Missing Link?
No full textThis research analyzes the interrelationship among knowledge creation, innovation and firm performance using 350 surveys distributed to middle managers of three Pakistani telecommunication companies. The statistical results confirm the direct association between both knowledge creation and firm performance, and innovation and firm performance. Furthermore, results highlight a potential mechanism for the impact of knowledge creation on firm performance: the partial mediating role of innovation. Results not only present insights to address the question of what drives firm performance, but also contribute to integrate the literature on knowledge management and innovation management. The study advises practitioners to focus on learning-conducive cultures, flexible structures and learning-supportive leadership as strategies to effectively leverage organizational innovation and knowledge creation capacity
Knowledge creation and firm performance: Is innovation the missing link?
No full textThis research analyzes the interrelationship among knowledge creation, innovation and firm performance using 350 surveys distributed to middle managers of three Pakistani telecommunication companies. The statistical results confirm the direct association between both knowledge creation and firm performance, and innovation and firm performance. Furthermore, results highlight a potential mechanism for the impact of knowledge creation on firm performance: the partial mediating role of innovation. Results not only present insights to address the question of what drives firm performance, but also contribute to integrate the literature on knowledge management and innovation management. The study advises practitioners to focus on learning-conducive cultures, flexible structures and learning-supportive leadership as strategies to effectively leverage organizational innovation and knowledge creation capacity
Violence breeds violence: burnout as a mediator between patient violence and nurse violence
No full textThe present study examines whether patient-perpetrated violence triggers anger, hatred and other negative emotions that, under certain circumstances, might motivate nurses to behave violently with patients. In doing so, this study considers burnout as a mediator in the patient violence–nurse violence relationship. To test the causal paths, data were collected from 182 nurses working in two government-sector teaching hospitals of Pakistan's Punjab province. Results confirm that patient violence toward nurses leads to nurse violence toward patients through the mediating effect of burnout. The study advises hospitals to provide wellness and stress management programs to nurses who regularly experience events involving patient violence. Hospitals may consider allowing nurses to take short breaks after an encounter with violently behaving patients. In addition, hospitals should conduct empathy-promoting training, emotional intelligence training and ‘lens of the patient’ training programs to sensitize their nursing staff
Psychological mechanisms linking sibling abuse and school delinquency: An experiential sampling study based on conservation of resources theory
No full textWhy does sibling abuse affect some adolescents more severely than others? When and how does its experience at home influence the psychosocial behavior of adolescents at school? Guided by the Conservation of Resources Theory (CoRT), the authors established a moderated-mediation model to find answers to these under-researched questions. Specifically, they analyzed the effects of sibling abuse on victimized adolescents’ in-school delinquency through psychological distress and psychological disengagement. Victim’s neurotic personality, which may intensify the spillover process, was examined as well. Forty-seven Pakistani middle adolescents from a private secondary school provided a survey-based time-lagged data over five consecutive school-days. Results revealed that the next day after experiencing sibling abuse, victims first felt psychologically distressed and then psychologically disengaged from school, and ultimately carried out delinquent activities on campus. Furthermore, neuroticism did not significantly change the effect of sibling abuse on outcome variables. This study contributes toward a more comprehensive understanding of the abuse–delinquency chain as a complex psychological process underpinned by CoRT
The integrative determinants of innovation performance: The role of learning organization and knowledge creation
No full textThis study looks into the mediating effects of knowledge creation in the relationship between learning organization (LO) practices and innovation performance. It was performed with a sample of employees from Pakistani telecommunication companies. Findings from structural equation modeling suggest strong correlations between LO practices and knowledge creation, with both of them being critical drivers of innovation performance of firms. The findings further emphasize that knowledge creation plays a partial mediating role in linking the LO practices to innovation performance. The study suggests that providing training to management for both, effective implementation of LO practices and increasing intra and inter-departmental interaction for knowledge creation, could be useful strategic options to improve and boost innovation performance
