Characters hold a significant place in the structure of a tale. Many of the characters in the verse romantic tales or ballads of the Siraiki language are real. These tales are not confined to the des ... Read More
Psychology plays a vital role in human personality. Islam itself is deeply interested in human psychology. The article discusses the connection of human psychology with slam. When we discuss psycholo ... Read More
This study explores the contributions of four factors altogether from (1) individual, (2) dispositional, (3) organizational, and (4) job characteristics in organizational politics. A sample of college ... Read More
Thriving at work is a positive psychological state in which individuals experience a sense of vitality and learning. This study is an attempt to analyze thriving at work with two important outcome var ... Read More
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of various psychological factors which affect investment decision of Pakistani investors. A study model has been developed to describe the impact of ri ... Read More
Employee-organization relationship has become a topic of prime concern for many firms across world, particularly in developing nations. However, little is known about its predictors in banking industr ... Read More
This study made a pioneering attempt to investigate volatility spillover from G5 countries stock markets to Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) considering weekly data from 5th January, 2004 to 30th December ... Read More
Trust among individuals of a society is an important dimension of social capital and may have different economic and development implications. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relati ... Read More
The study investigates the impact of brand equity on brand loyalty with the mediation of customer satisfaction in restaurant sector of Lahore, Pakistan. The study uses seven dimensions of brand equity ... Read More
This paper examines market efficiency and asymmetric cointegration among the South Asian stock markets using monthly data from January 1998 to December 2013. The structural breaks and wavelet based un ... Read More
The present study aimed to find out the Perceived Organizational Support as a moderator of relationship between occupational stress and affective well-being among teachers. A sample of (N=210) was dra ... Read More
Present work is an attempt to explore intersperse of fiscal decentralization and public investment in Pakistan. The study used a time series data from 1972 to 2013 and Johansen cointegration procedure ... Read More
The objective of the study is to explore the moderating effect of rational thought process to measuring the relationship between emotional attachment and brand trust. The theoretical model has been dr ... Read More
Most of the countries are now focusing on changing its exports structure, concentration and direction. Among many other factors, firm-size and exchange rate are the vital factors that influence the ex ... Read More
Population planning program of countries neighboring Pakistan for example, Iran, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh are started about the same time as that in Pakistan and there has been a considerable reduction i ... Read More
The study aims to extend the relationship of corporate entrepreneurship and agency cost to firm performance, in the presence of behavioral biases to address the behavioral finance approach and validat ... Read More
Management and organizational studies consider career success and organizational performance as imperative constructs. However, there has been dearth of literature with respect to its practice in heal ... Read More
Creation of connections and memory nodes between the brand and self can encourage consumers to engage in relationship sustaining behaviors with the brand. Literature documents the phenomena of interes ... Read More
Based on the emerging literature on positivity in behavioral and organizational sciences, this study conceptualizes the phenomenon of Vitality at Work (VAW). VAW is an integrative, multi-dimensional f ... Read More
In this study impact of injustice on work stress and counterproductive work behavior (CWB’s) was examined. The mediating role of work stress in the relationship of injustice and both active and passiv ... Read More
The purpose of the study is to examine the contributing factors (norms, beliefs and values) as a proxy of sustainable behavior. To achieve the research objective a survey method was adopted by using c ... Read More
The objective of this study is to investigate which of the two competing theoretic frameworks; pecking order theory (POT) or trade-off theory (TOT); better explains the corporate leverage behaviour in ... Read More
The purpose of this study is to study the impact of social capital on psycho-social health, psycho-social wellbeing and physical health of university students. The main focus is on the social correlat ... Read More
Substantial changes in price inflation rate have serious economic consequences on the welfare of consumers in an economy but the issue has not, thoroughly, been reckoned in Pakistan. The study aims at ... Read More
The leading intention of this research work is to determine the various factors that determine female employment status (engagement of females in different employment activities). The data have been c ... Read More
The current study aims to explain innovative workplace behavior, motivation level, and perceived stress among healthcare employees. The sample of one hundred (N =100) doctors from Sheikh Zaid Hospital ... Read More
In the current century, it is becoming more and more critical and important for every individual to have a global perspective in pursuing and shaping his/her future. Through studying abroad people can ... Read More
This particular study is regarded to the static trade off theory, pecking order theory, signaling theory and agency theory, life stage theory, transaction cost economics theory, market timing theory. ... Read More
Emerging research on positive psychological resources has identified Psychological Capital (PsyCap) as an important contributor towards a number of useful organizational outcomes. Literature on change ... Read More
According to standard finance, risk and return are positively correlated, but many studies conducted in the behavioral finance and prospect theory context have revealed that risk and return are not po ... Read More
Marginality and social exclusion are the pertinent concepts that researchers have tried to link directly or indirectly with the universal issues of poverty and resource constraints. This research trie ... Read More
Most of the countries are now focusing on changing its exports structure, concentration and direction. Among many other factors, firm-size and exchange rate are the vital factors that influence the ex ... Read More
Project success has remained the center of project management since long time. Continuous efforts are being indulged by various academicians and practitioners to find out the factors that contribute s ... Read More
The research intended to explore relationship between organizational cynicism, work related quality of life and organization commitment in employees. The literature on organizational cynicism and orga ... Read More
Study aims to check the impact of financial crisis on the dividend payout policy by using the life cycle variables. To check this relationship, logit model is used to predict the probability to pay th ... Read More
Several researches have studied the proposed relationships between the perception of organizational politics (POP), job insecurity, job embeddedness and turnover intentions. However, this study invest ... Read More
This research is intended to make few important contributions in the field of Ethics and Knowledge Management, firstly by investigating the contribution of Interpersonal Trust in Knowledge Sharing and ... Read More
The current research aims to investigate the influence of board effectiveness and firm performance on CEO compensation within the context of developing economy of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The stu ... Read More
This study contributes to the literature by exploring the impact of energy consumption, trade and financial development on growth in five South Asian countries over 1980-2010. The panel co-integration ... Read More
This research paper examined gendered perspective of informal economy of Pakistan and has tried to highlight the gender discriminatory practices which home based women workers are facing. The paper ma ... Read More
Maintaining a higher level of organizational performance would always remain an active research focus. Increased complexity in business environment requires organizations to continuously revisit their ... Read More
The impact of terrorism on capital market of Pakistan has been examined in this research by using the ten biggest attacks of the last decade (with different targets and venue) out of a total of 941 at ... Read More
This study is conducted to assess the impact of Human Capital Variables i.e. acquisition of knowledge, skills & expertise of the employees on the satisfaction of the employees and then on the effectiv ... Read More
Number of studies conducted to investigate relationships between corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility and corporate performance. This research has examined the impact of CSR activ ... Read More
This study aimed to analyze the assessment process of distance education. The study involved academicians working under distance education system as the faculty of education. It used a questionnaire d ... Read More
It is unavoidable fact that our country is blessed with immeasurable natural resources but only there is dire need of proper utilization of those resources. It is a matter of great grievance that our ... Read More
The specific purpose of the research was to construct an achievement test in the area of philosophy of education for master level students in universities of Punjab (Bahauddin Zakariya University Mult ... Read More
Total quality management (TQM) is often considered a vital antecedent of a firm’s performance. However, not much is known about the mechanism through which TQM helps organizations to create this perfo ... Read More
Now a day’s employees spend a large portion of their lives at workplace. Accordingly, friendships among employees are often formed at work place. The objective of this study was to determine the impac ... Read More
Objective of this research is to study the effect of Perceived Organizational support at retention of employees with mediation of psychological empowerment in higher educational Institutions of Pakist ... Read More
This paper examines the policy initiatives, taken since the 1970s, that have shaped the development of education in Pakistan, and other primary issues related to it. The paper reviews governmental pol ... Read More
he purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of board attributes and insider ownership on cash holdings of non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Pakistan during 2008-2012 ... Read More
The main focus of the current study was to investigate 33 major stock indices on a weekly basis to fill the void concerning fresh information in the context of co-movement of markets as a result of th ... Read More
The main objective of this research is to highlight the impact of extroversion and narcissism on in-role & extra role performance. In addition, the study also aimed to investigate whether impression m ... Read More
Globalization and its social consequences have engendered newer trends that include increasing preferences of women to become economically active. Economic role of women has become a widely discussed ... Read More
The current study was conducted to investigate the impact of Leader Member Exchange (LMX), Organizational Justice (OJ) and Empowering Leadership (EL) on Job Performance (JP), Organizational Citizenshi ... Read More
The rural urban food consumption patterns are estimated and compared in Pakistan in the present study. The Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIEs), 1998-99 data published by the Federal Bureau of ... Read More
Generally, Intellectual capital (IC) is recognized as a strategic asset of a company and used for value creation to sustain the competitive advantage. Value can be created by intangibles that are not ... Read More
Shari’a compliant stocks are a recent development under Islamic finance, whereby stocks are screened through Shari’a compliance filters. This study is conducted to understand and document the importan ... Read More
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