The fundamental purpose of this research is to critically analyse the impact of managerial level
turnover on organisational growth. This research also emphasises on different aspects and its
correlations that contribute in the retention and turnover of the employees. The nature of this research is
quantitative. The data that has been obtained for this research is collected through primary methods
using survey questionnaire that comprises of 20 question, while analysis has been performed using
Smart-PLS. The findings of this research concludes that turnover has a significant impact on
organizational growth. Furthermore, the relationship between these two variables have been discussed
under the light of various elements, such as affective commitment and opportunities on the turnover
intentions of the employees. The research is limited to the sample size of 100 individuals because of the
time and cost constraints. The research implies that turnover of employees at managerial level impact
organisational growth. However, the impact can be negative. Therefore, it is required by the management
to ensure that productive and skilled managers are retained for betterment of the organisation.
This paper has examined the effect of recruitment & selection on task performance along with the
mediating role of nepotism in the relationship between recruitment & selection and task performance in
the public sector hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. The study is explanatory for which the deductive
approach was adopted for testing hypotheses. First-hand information from 384 respondents was collected
through a questionnaire survey. The gathered data was analyzed through statistical tools using SPSS
and AMOS. Analysis of the data indicates that ‘recruitment & selection’ has a direct effect on task
performance and it is positively linked to nepotism, which in turn leads to better task performance among
employees working in public sector hospitals. The study is considered quite helpful for the management
of the healthcare sector to evaluate the effect of existing recruitment & selection practices and develop
strategies to further improve the same. The study is also useful for academia and other service sector
organizations.
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world has shaken the economic and social
sectors of life. The pandemic has not only affected these sectors but also endorsed intolerable
psychological pressure on the public including the students. In this study, data was collected from
university students of Karachi, Pakistan through cluster sampling using a convenience sampling
technique. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) with 7 items along with inquiry about basic
information was used to assess the anxiety level of students. A total of 299 valid questionnaires were
received. The results showed that 33.70% of the participants experienced mild anxiety, 19.53%
experienced moderate and 18.36% experienced severe anxiety. Results of ordinal logistics regression
analysis showed that students living in the district east and students staying with parents were considered
protected against anxiety. Fear of COVID-19 was considered as a risk factor to enhance anxiety. Pearson
correlation analysis results indicated that economic effects and their influence on daily life and delay in
academic activities are positively associated with anxiety levels. On the other hand, social support was
negatively associated with anxiety levels. The COVID-19 pandemic has adverse effects on the mental
health of the students. This study provides implications to the policymakers that the student’s mental
health needs to be given priority through effective and comprehensive psychological therapy and multiple
anxieties coping and solution-seeking campaigns.
This study has observed the purchase intention of mobile phones of SME’s owners in Pakistan.
The theoretical framework of this examine is grounded on the theory of planned behavior model (TPB)
with an addition of country of origin (COO), price sensitivity (PS) and customer involvement (CI) as
moderator. Data was collected from 370 mobile phone SME’s owners in Pakistan. A sample size of 370
SME’s was selected by following simple random sampling technique with replacement from a population
list of 10,794 SME’s. The quantitative data was analyzed by applying PLS- SEM technique using a longfamiliar research analysis software Smart PLS 3.0. The findings suggested that attitude and perceived
behavioral control (PBC) has a substantial relationship along with purchase intention (PI) except
subjective norm (SN). Moreover, COO, PS and CI moderate the relationship between purchase intention
and its most of the antecedents used in the present study. However, moderation of PS was not proved
between the relationships of (1) PBC and PI, and (2) attitude and PI. Similarly, moderation of CI was
found insignificant between the relationship of perceived behavioral control and purchase intention.
Moreover, present study is the first to instigate the country of origin, price sensitivity and customer
involvement relationships with different variables to enhance the purchase intention of mobile phone
brands from the point of view of SME’s owners of Pakistan.
Profitability, which is estimated by the company’s gross profits to assets i.e. Revenue (R)
less cost of good-sold (COGS) has approximately the same power as a book to market (B/M) in
forecasting the stock’s average return in ‘cross-section’. Profitable companies engender
significantly greater average returns as compared to unprofitable companies, even with the
greater valuation ratios of the company. Thus, this study endeavors to explore either the gross
profitability anomaly exists in the ‘Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)’ and examined through famous
asset pricing models i.e. CAPM, FF (three-factor & five-factor) model in the (PSX). Data set of
listed-delisted companies are gathered from the period (2000-2018) through “Thomson Reuters
Data Stream” and (PSX). Decile portfolios of the companies are constructed for analysis of timeseries techniques. Equally (EW) and value-weighted (VW) gross profitability based portfolios are
developed to examine the robustness of the sorted portfolio. Generalized method of moments
(GMM) and Wald Test are utilized. The empirical time series analysis depicts the findings with
significant evidence that gross profitability anomaly exists and yields higher returns in (PSX).
Therefore, it can be concluded from the results that all three asset pricing (CAPM, FF- three &
five-factor) models are misspecified models in (PSX) and there are other factors such as gross
profitability for the prediction of the stocks.
The primary purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between information
transparency and stock liquidity in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). We also examine other aspects of
stock liquidity by considering the impact of extreme market events on stock liquidity and liquidity
commonality, and their respective association with transparency and firm value. Data analysis for the
study is performed on sample of 40 non-financial firms listed on KSE-100 for the time period of 2010-18.
Estimations are carried out using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Generalized Least Squares (GLS)
models. The results reveal significant negative relationship between transparency and stock liquidity in
PSX. In addition, the results also highlight that variability of the liquidity and extreme market events both
decrease the firm value. The findings of the study hold important academic and regulatory implications
about financial and regulatory environment, investor behavior and information environment of PSX.
In today’s digital age, HR departments have assumed the role of business partners, necessitating
the need for integration of technology with HR functions. Consequently, use of manual systems to
perform HR functions of recruitment, compensation, performance appraisal, etc. can adversely affect the
productivity of organizations. A large number of organizations have adopted Human Resource
Information System (HRIS) to enhance the efficiency of HR departments. Recognizing the expanding role
of HRIS and exponential growth in education sector of Pakistan, this research focuses on exploring
motivators behind implementation of HRIS in higher education institutions, role of HRIS in improving
productivity of higher education institutions, and the challenges attached to HRIS. This qualitative
research examines user experiences of HR professionals from seven Pakistani higher education
institutions, out of which three are completely automated, one is partially automated, and three are
operating on manual HR systems. The research concludes that HRIS is perceived as an invaluable
technology for improving the efficiency of higher education institutions in general and their HR
departments in particular. Higher education institutions that are currently using HRIS consider it a vital
technology, while institutions that are not using HRIS maintain a positive attitude towards it and want to
implement it.
The study aimed to identify the impact of workplace stress and employee behavior impairs the
work-life balance of faculty members of Higher Education Institutes in Karachi, Pakistan's. This study has
included mono-method quantitative survey research design. The study has collected 386 sample
responses from faculty members using purposive sampling technique. The results of comparison
parametric test showed that there is a statistically significant and positive difference of opinion between
the faculty members of private and public sector higher education institutes in regards to the effect of
employee behavior on work-life balance. However, the comparison results showed no difference of
opinion between the faculty members of private and public sector higher education institutes in regards to
the effect of workplace stress on work-life balance. Work-life balance rates today as one of the most
important attributes of the workforce second only to wages, and workers who believe they have a better
work-life balance tend to work more than staff that are overworked. These are some of the many ways by
which managers can encourage work-life balance without jeopardizing productivity or efficiency at work.
The present study is an attempt to explore and analyze the entrepreneurial intentions of Gen-Z.
Since technological advancement and emergence of new business model has enabled individuals to be
their own boss. Youth are considered backbone of a country and play a vigorous role in the development
of a country. Unlike other countries, Pakistani youth comprises more than half of the country’s population.
Therefore, current study intended to determine the effect of particular entrepreneurial traits on behavioral
intention of youth or Generation Z of Pakistan towards entrepreneurship. To achieve these objectives,
positivism research paradigm with deductive reasoning were applied. For the purpose of data collection
self-administered questionnaires were distributed by using Non-probabilistic sampling technique. Initially
400 questionnaires were distributed among University Students and after careful scrutiny only 300 were
considered as a sample of the study. Several statistical tests were applied by using SPSS and SmartPLS. Results revealed that attitude and perceived behavioral control are significantly associated with
entrepreneurial intentions of youth while social norms exhibit insignificant impact. However self-efficacy
reveals a significant mediating effect on relationship between entrepreneurial opportunity and
entrepreneurial intentions. Further, theoretical, and practical implications are presented to understand the
relationship.