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The Professional Medical Journal
Objective: To determine the nature and frequency of psychosocial stressorsfaced by the patients o... more Objective: To determine the nature and frequency of psychosocial stressorsfaced by the patients on hemodialysis admitted in Renal Dialysis Unit of Nishtar Hospital, Multan.Study design: A descriptive study. Place & duration of study: The study was conducted in theRenal Dialysis Unit of Nishtar Hospital, Multan, from 1st May, 2014 to 31st May, 2014. Subjects& methods: The sample consisted of 170 (112 Male, 58 Females) consecutive inpatients onHemodialysis Treatment. They were interviewed and Hemodialysis Stressors Scale (HSS) wasadministrated to know the frequency of Hemodialysis Stressors. Results: Results showed thatall the patients reported Physiological and Psychosocial stressors. Most frequent physicalstressors included feeling tired (92%) and stiffening of joints (91%). In psychosocial stressorsrestriction of fluid (100%), dependence on dialysis machine and/ or equipment (95%), limitationof physical activity (93%), changes in family responsibilities (93%), dependency on nursesa...
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Purpose Servant leadership is a new follower-centric style of leadership. The purpose of this pap... more Purpose Servant leadership is a new follower-centric style of leadership. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the project leaders’ servant leadership style on project team effectiveness via team goal clarity and team process clarity within the project-based organizational context. Design/methodology/approach A total of 58 teams working in 3 project-based organizations participated in the survey study. Team members rated their project leaders’ servant leadership style, team goal clarity and team process clarity in the project, while leaders evaluated team effectiveness. Hypotheses were tested using multi-level structural equation modeling. Findings Results suggested that servant leadership had a positive and significant impact on project team effectiveness via team goal clarity and team process clarity. Originality/value The study examined the influence of servant leadership as a team leadership approach within a project context. As a multi-level design, the study a...
European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeThis study examines the serial mediation mechanism between paternalistic leadership and in... more PurposeThis study examines the serial mediation mechanism between paternalistic leadership and innovative work behavior through the leader–member exchange (LMX) and employee voice behavior. Particularly, this study utilized the social exchange theory to investigate the indirect effect of three distinct dimensions of paternalistic leadership style on innovative work behavior through LMX and employee voice behavior.Design/methodology/approachSelf-reported questionnaires were used to collect data from 397 employees in Pakistan. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe two dimensions of paternalistic leadership were significantly related to LMX. LMX had a significant effect on employee voice behavior that was further related to innovative work behavior. The findings also support the mediating role of LMX between authoritarian and moral leadership and employee voice. Further, LMX and employee voice boosted the indirect relationship between moral leaders...
European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeThe main purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism through voice behavior medi... more PurposeThe main purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism through voice behavior mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employees' creativity. This study also examines the moderating role of psychological empowerment and innovative climate between ethical leadership and employee creativity.Design/methodology/approachWe used a survey questionnaire to collect multi-wave data from 295 employees working in the IT sector to test the proposed hypotheses of this study.FindingsThe findings revealed that ethical leadership boosts employee creativity, and voice behavior mediates the positive relationship between ethical leadership and employee creativity. Moreover, the results confirm the significant moderating role of psychological empowerment on the relationship between ethical leadership and voice behavior. A positive moderation of innovative climate was also confirmed in the association between voice behavior and creativity. Employees with supportive inno...
European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeMillennial-generation employees need to stimulate their creativity to produce innovative i... more PurposeMillennial-generation employees need to stimulate their creativity to produce innovative ideas, services and products for organizations to flourish and succeed. The main purpose of this research was to discover the mechanism through which organization identification influences employees' creativity in the Chinese organizational context. Particularly, we proposed the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of work values in the relationship.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was utilized to collect the data from 281 employees working in China. Hierarchical regression was utilized to analyze the data.FindingsThe findings reveal that organizational identification significantly influences the creativity of millennial employees; work engagement plays a positive mediating role between organizational identification and employee creativity. Moreover, work values of millennial generation employees, specifically utilitarian orientation, intrinsic pr...
Journal of Public Affairs
SAGE Open
This study examined a moderated mediation model to explain how the indirect effect of transformat... more This study examined a moderated mediation model to explain how the indirect effect of transformational leadership (TL) on employees’ organizational commitment (OC) via procedural justice (PJ) is moderated by career growth opportunities (CGOs) in organizations. Data were gathered from 265 college faculty members. The results indicate that PJ serves as mediator between TL and OC, and this mediation process is affected by career growth. This research contributes to the leadership, human resource management, and organizational psychology literature by explaining how CGOs may affect the mediating process of PJ through which the relationship between TL and OC is determined. Organizational leaders can take insights from the findings of this study to increase their employees’ OC. Theoretical implications and future research directions have been discussed.
Lahore Journal of Business
This study investigates the combined effect of ingratiation and helping behavior on supervisor sa... more This study investigates the combined effect of ingratiation and helping behavior on supervisor satisfaction in the workplace. Based on a sample of 168 supervisors and 453 employees working in Pakistan’s hospitality sector, we find that the effect of ingratiation is insignificant at lower levels of helping behavior. However, the relationship between ingratiation and supervisor satisfaction becomes significant as helping behavior increases. This suggests that a combination of ingratiation and helping tactics is more effective in achieving supervisor satisfaction than relying on a single influence tactic.
European Journal of Training and Development
Purpose This paper aims to explore the lived experiences of Tunisian self-initiated expatriates (... more Purpose This paper aims to explore the lived experiences of Tunisian self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) for social and organizational support that they experienced during their international expatriation assignment in a host country. Design/methodology/approach This study is a qualitative research. The data were collected from Tunisian Expatriates through semi-structured interviews. Findings This study has revealed diverse some interesting insights about the lived experiences of Tunisian SIEs about the support which they received from their family members, social network and members of the host-country organization. This study has also introduced a scale that can be used for measuring the level of social and organizational support received by SIEs. Practical implications This study has offered some implications for the researchers and professionals to advance research and practice to regulate the lived experiences of SIEs. Originality/value This study has highlighted the lived experi...
ESIC MARKET Economic and Business Journal
Este estudio buscó examinar el efecto mediador de la satisfacción laboral en la relación entre la... more Este estudio buscó examinar el efecto mediador de la satisfacción laboral en la relación entre la coordinación relacional y las intenciones de rotación. Metodología/enfoque: Se ha utilizado el modelo de ecuaciones estructurales para analizar los datos de una encuesta de 262 empleados del sector bancario. La capacidad del modelo teórico de este estudio se demostró en una simulación de Monte Carlo que creó un conjunto de datos simulados donde se establecieron los verdaderos efectos. Resultados: Los resultados de este estudio sugieren que la coordinación relacional afecta negativamente las intenciones de rotación, y la satisfacción laboral media en esta relación. Los resultados de la simulación indican una fluctuación en los coeficientes para diferentes correlaciones y tamaños de muestra. Los valores de los coeficientes se suavizan para todos los niveles de correlaciones, a medida que aumenta el tamaño de la muestra. Limitaciones: Esta investigación ha utilizado un diseño transversal que limita su capacidad para determinar las verdaderas relaciones causales. La viabilidad externa de los resultados puede ser limitada debido a la selección de la muestra del sector bancario. Aunque los
ESIC MARKET Economic and Business Journal
Revista de Administração de Empresas
RESUMO Este estudo investigou o efeito da espiritualidade no local de trabalho dos profissionais ... more RESUMO Este estudo investigou o efeito da espiritualidade no local de trabalho dos profissionais de saúde sobre a convicção moral e quebra de regras pró-sociais. Os dados foram coletados de 315 profissionais de saúde dos três distritos principais de South Punjab, Paquistão. A validade das medidas foi determinada por meio de análise fatorial confirmatória. As relações hipotéticas foram investigadas usando modelagem de regressão estrutural (SEM). Os resultados demonstraram que o efeito da espiritualidade no local de trabalho na quebra de regras pró-sociais e na convicção moral foi significativo. No entanto, o efeito mediador da convicção moral entre espiritualidade no local de trabalho e quebra de regras pró-sociais não foi significativo. Os profissionais de saúde podem regulamentar a quebra de regras pró-sociais, classificando e promovendo os indivíduos com uma elevada espiritualidade no local de trabalho para as posições que exigem alto nível de quebra de regras pró-sociais, em vez ...
SAGE Open
The recent movement of social-investment state encouraged national educational initiatives taken ... more The recent movement of social-investment state encouraged national educational initiatives taken by the policy makers of developed countries to enhance individual’s social inclusion for national economic gains. Benefiting from human capital theory, the author has reexamined the indirect effect of nation expenditure of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) on economic growth through social inclusion by isolating the effective key social inclusion dimensions (employment, earnings, and multidimensional poverty) from each other. A 15-year data set, ranging from 2000 to 2014, collected from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) database of 21 OECD member European countries was used for hypotheses testing. The statistical results obtained through the quadratic indirect effects demonstrate clear support for the entire hypotheses. However, the results demonstrate that the indirect effects decrease as the values of TVET expenditure increases, particul...
Industrial and Commercial Training
Sarhad Journal of Management Sciences
Industrial and Commercial Training
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying asymmetries in training evaluation... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying asymmetries in training evaluation practices of call centre (CC) firms based on their “in-house” and “subcontractor” ownership heterogeneity. Design/methodology/approach The data for this qualitative inquiry were collected from key informants of 13 different CCs in Pakistan through semi-structured interviews. Findings The findings revealed various asymmetries in training evaluation practices among in-house and subcontractor CCs based on five different dimensions of two renowned training evaluation frameworks. Practical implications Training evaluation professionals can benefit from training evaluation methods identified in this study for measuring training evaluation practice and advancing future research. Originality/value This study has theoretically contributed to the existing research on firm heterogeneity and human resource management by focussing on training evaluation practices in CCs.
South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management
South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 2017
The Professional Medical Journal
Objective: To determine the nature and frequency of psychosocial stressorsfaced by the patients o... more Objective: To determine the nature and frequency of psychosocial stressorsfaced by the patients on hemodialysis admitted in Renal Dialysis Unit of Nishtar Hospital, Multan.Study design: A descriptive study. Place & duration of study: The study was conducted in theRenal Dialysis Unit of Nishtar Hospital, Multan, from 1st May, 2014 to 31st May, 2014. Subjects& methods: The sample consisted of 170 (112 Male, 58 Females) consecutive inpatients onHemodialysis Treatment. They were interviewed and Hemodialysis Stressors Scale (HSS) wasadministrated to know the frequency of Hemodialysis Stressors. Results: Results showed thatall the patients reported Physiological and Psychosocial stressors. Most frequent physicalstressors included feeling tired (92%) and stiffening of joints (91%). In psychosocial stressorsrestriction of fluid (100%), dependence on dialysis machine and/ or equipment (95%), limitationof physical activity (93%), changes in family responsibilities (93%), dependency on nursesa...
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Purpose Servant leadership is a new follower-centric style of leadership. The purpose of this pap... more Purpose Servant leadership is a new follower-centric style of leadership. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the project leaders’ servant leadership style on project team effectiveness via team goal clarity and team process clarity within the project-based organizational context. Design/methodology/approach A total of 58 teams working in 3 project-based organizations participated in the survey study. Team members rated their project leaders’ servant leadership style, team goal clarity and team process clarity in the project, while leaders evaluated team effectiveness. Hypotheses were tested using multi-level structural equation modeling. Findings Results suggested that servant leadership had a positive and significant impact on project team effectiveness via team goal clarity and team process clarity. Originality/value The study examined the influence of servant leadership as a team leadership approach within a project context. As a multi-level design, the study a...
European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeThis study examines the serial mediation mechanism between paternalistic leadership and in... more PurposeThis study examines the serial mediation mechanism between paternalistic leadership and innovative work behavior through the leader–member exchange (LMX) and employee voice behavior. Particularly, this study utilized the social exchange theory to investigate the indirect effect of three distinct dimensions of paternalistic leadership style on innovative work behavior through LMX and employee voice behavior.Design/methodology/approachSelf-reported questionnaires were used to collect data from 397 employees in Pakistan. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe two dimensions of paternalistic leadership were significantly related to LMX. LMX had a significant effect on employee voice behavior that was further related to innovative work behavior. The findings also support the mediating role of LMX between authoritarian and moral leadership and employee voice. Further, LMX and employee voice boosted the indirect relationship between moral leaders...
European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeThe main purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism through voice behavior medi... more PurposeThe main purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism through voice behavior mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employees' creativity. This study also examines the moderating role of psychological empowerment and innovative climate between ethical leadership and employee creativity.Design/methodology/approachWe used a survey questionnaire to collect multi-wave data from 295 employees working in the IT sector to test the proposed hypotheses of this study.FindingsThe findings revealed that ethical leadership boosts employee creativity, and voice behavior mediates the positive relationship between ethical leadership and employee creativity. Moreover, the results confirm the significant moderating role of psychological empowerment on the relationship between ethical leadership and voice behavior. A positive moderation of innovative climate was also confirmed in the association between voice behavior and creativity. Employees with supportive inno...
European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeMillennial-generation employees need to stimulate their creativity to produce innovative i... more PurposeMillennial-generation employees need to stimulate their creativity to produce innovative ideas, services and products for organizations to flourish and succeed. The main purpose of this research was to discover the mechanism through which organization identification influences employees' creativity in the Chinese organizational context. Particularly, we proposed the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of work values in the relationship.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was utilized to collect the data from 281 employees working in China. Hierarchical regression was utilized to analyze the data.FindingsThe findings reveal that organizational identification significantly influences the creativity of millennial employees; work engagement plays a positive mediating role between organizational identification and employee creativity. Moreover, work values of millennial generation employees, specifically utilitarian orientation, intrinsic pr...
Journal of Public Affairs
SAGE Open
This study examined a moderated mediation model to explain how the indirect effect of transformat... more This study examined a moderated mediation model to explain how the indirect effect of transformational leadership (TL) on employees’ organizational commitment (OC) via procedural justice (PJ) is moderated by career growth opportunities (CGOs) in organizations. Data were gathered from 265 college faculty members. The results indicate that PJ serves as mediator between TL and OC, and this mediation process is affected by career growth. This research contributes to the leadership, human resource management, and organizational psychology literature by explaining how CGOs may affect the mediating process of PJ through which the relationship between TL and OC is determined. Organizational leaders can take insights from the findings of this study to increase their employees’ OC. Theoretical implications and future research directions have been discussed.
Lahore Journal of Business
This study investigates the combined effect of ingratiation and helping behavior on supervisor sa... more This study investigates the combined effect of ingratiation and helping behavior on supervisor satisfaction in the workplace. Based on a sample of 168 supervisors and 453 employees working in Pakistan’s hospitality sector, we find that the effect of ingratiation is insignificant at lower levels of helping behavior. However, the relationship between ingratiation and supervisor satisfaction becomes significant as helping behavior increases. This suggests that a combination of ingratiation and helping tactics is more effective in achieving supervisor satisfaction than relying on a single influence tactic.
European Journal of Training and Development
Purpose This paper aims to explore the lived experiences of Tunisian self-initiated expatriates (... more Purpose This paper aims to explore the lived experiences of Tunisian self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) for social and organizational support that they experienced during their international expatriation assignment in a host country. Design/methodology/approach This study is a qualitative research. The data were collected from Tunisian Expatriates through semi-structured interviews. Findings This study has revealed diverse some interesting insights about the lived experiences of Tunisian SIEs about the support which they received from their family members, social network and members of the host-country organization. This study has also introduced a scale that can be used for measuring the level of social and organizational support received by SIEs. Practical implications This study has offered some implications for the researchers and professionals to advance research and practice to regulate the lived experiences of SIEs. Originality/value This study has highlighted the lived experi...
ESIC MARKET Economic and Business Journal
Este estudio buscó examinar el efecto mediador de la satisfacción laboral en la relación entre la... more Este estudio buscó examinar el efecto mediador de la satisfacción laboral en la relación entre la coordinación relacional y las intenciones de rotación. Metodología/enfoque: Se ha utilizado el modelo de ecuaciones estructurales para analizar los datos de una encuesta de 262 empleados del sector bancario. La capacidad del modelo teórico de este estudio se demostró en una simulación de Monte Carlo que creó un conjunto de datos simulados donde se establecieron los verdaderos efectos. Resultados: Los resultados de este estudio sugieren que la coordinación relacional afecta negativamente las intenciones de rotación, y la satisfacción laboral media en esta relación. Los resultados de la simulación indican una fluctuación en los coeficientes para diferentes correlaciones y tamaños de muestra. Los valores de los coeficientes se suavizan para todos los niveles de correlaciones, a medida que aumenta el tamaño de la muestra. Limitaciones: Esta investigación ha utilizado un diseño transversal que limita su capacidad para determinar las verdaderas relaciones causales. La viabilidad externa de los resultados puede ser limitada debido a la selección de la muestra del sector bancario. Aunque los
ESIC MARKET Economic and Business Journal
Revista de Administração de Empresas
RESUMO Este estudo investigou o efeito da espiritualidade no local de trabalho dos profissionais ... more RESUMO Este estudo investigou o efeito da espiritualidade no local de trabalho dos profissionais de saúde sobre a convicção moral e quebra de regras pró-sociais. Os dados foram coletados de 315 profissionais de saúde dos três distritos principais de South Punjab, Paquistão. A validade das medidas foi determinada por meio de análise fatorial confirmatória. As relações hipotéticas foram investigadas usando modelagem de regressão estrutural (SEM). Os resultados demonstraram que o efeito da espiritualidade no local de trabalho na quebra de regras pró-sociais e na convicção moral foi significativo. No entanto, o efeito mediador da convicção moral entre espiritualidade no local de trabalho e quebra de regras pró-sociais não foi significativo. Os profissionais de saúde podem regulamentar a quebra de regras pró-sociais, classificando e promovendo os indivíduos com uma elevada espiritualidade no local de trabalho para as posições que exigem alto nível de quebra de regras pró-sociais, em vez ...
SAGE Open
The recent movement of social-investment state encouraged national educational initiatives taken ... more The recent movement of social-investment state encouraged national educational initiatives taken by the policy makers of developed countries to enhance individual’s social inclusion for national economic gains. Benefiting from human capital theory, the author has reexamined the indirect effect of nation expenditure of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) on economic growth through social inclusion by isolating the effective key social inclusion dimensions (employment, earnings, and multidimensional poverty) from each other. A 15-year data set, ranging from 2000 to 2014, collected from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) database of 21 OECD member European countries was used for hypotheses testing. The statistical results obtained through the quadratic indirect effects demonstrate clear support for the entire hypotheses. However, the results demonstrate that the indirect effects decrease as the values of TVET expenditure increases, particul...
Industrial and Commercial Training
Sarhad Journal of Management Sciences
Industrial and Commercial Training
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying asymmetries in training evaluation... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying asymmetries in training evaluation practices of call centre (CC) firms based on their “in-house” and “subcontractor” ownership heterogeneity. Design/methodology/approach The data for this qualitative inquiry were collected from key informants of 13 different CCs in Pakistan through semi-structured interviews. Findings The findings revealed various asymmetries in training evaluation practices among in-house and subcontractor CCs based on five different dimensions of two renowned training evaluation frameworks. Practical implications Training evaluation professionals can benefit from training evaluation methods identified in this study for measuring training evaluation practice and advancing future research. Originality/value This study has theoretically contributed to the existing research on firm heterogeneity and human resource management by focussing on training evaluation practices in CCs.
South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management
South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 2017