The aim of this paper is to develop the framework of High Performance Work Systems (HPWSs) with Faculty Productivity in higher education sector by using VRIO-LDN approach of Resource Based View (RBV). Researchers have used qualitative methodology where interpretivistic philosophy is applied to explore various models and comparative studies for framework development. Researchers have searched Emerald and Wiley-Blackwell databases using multiple keywords to identify relevant articles. The findings of this paper includes the Ability enhancing, motivation enhancing and opportunity enhancing HPWSs that impact the faculty productivity through the moderator i.e. VRIO-LDN approach of RBV. The current research has addressed [...]

This study has examined the association of the brand factors with the primary concentration on brand love and its impact on word of mouth (WOM) communication. Brand love is used as a mediator. The questionnaire for the study was adapted from earlier established scales and measures which were based on five points Likert Scale. The study was concentrated on the mall-going customers in the city of Karachi. The study used a sample size of 387 and data was collected non-randomly. The response rate was 86% which showed that mall customers have a high interest on the brand. Smart PLS was [...]

Value creation has now transformed into customer-centric approach. Its focus has shifted towards the free will of customers and they are being engaged into value co-creation by means of different platforms. However within this research, experiential innovation and human experiences have received little attention and very few studies have empirically investigated resource integration. This study explains the value co-creation process within the travel industry by examining the impact of operand and operant resources on customer experiences. Data was collected from 215 customers who had previously used the services of travel agents. The results indicate that both operand and operant resources [...]

The relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) and occupational stress has gained substantial attention in recent years. The objective of this study is two folds: a) to analyze the impact of LMX on occupational stress; and b) to investigate whether job involvement mediates the positive relationship between LMX and occupational stress. A useable sample of 342 responses is drawn from a leading multinational engineering company of the energy sector in Pakistan. LMX is measured by four dimensions i.e. affect, loyalty, perceived contribution and professional respect, whereas three dimensions are used to measure occupational stress i.e. personal resources, personal strain [...]

The surgical industry of Pakistan is observing a decline in export performance. This alarming situation is advising the in-depth investigation of factors related to surgical firm exports. The study is going to investigate the potential factors of firm export performance (FEP) in the surgical industry of Pakistan. This study has used the questionnaire to collect two hundred and four (204) responses from the manufacturing firms of surgical industry through pick and drop method. The reliability and validity of constructs of export market orientation (EMO), entrepreneurial orientation (EO), business network (BN) and FEP were examined through SPSS-25 and SmartPLS-3.2.8 [...]

Existing literature on organizational commitment and training suggest that there is a positive relationship between the two variables. However, most of the studies, are conducted in the domain of affective commitment. This study is designed to test the effect of single HR practice training and development on two dimensions of commitment (affective and normative) simultaneously in the mediation of perceived organizational support. The study adopted quantitative approach and data, were collected from nursing staff of public sector hospitals of Southern Punjab through questionnaire. The results indicated that positive relationship of training and development and both dimensions affective and normative commitment [...]

Do emotional well-being and employee engagement positively predict life satisfaction in the presence of gender differences? We conducted a cross-sectional study in top five cities of Pakistan by inviting organizational employees from service sectors (n = 198; 65% females, age = 26years-30years). The key predictors were emotional well-being and engagement with life satisfaction as the outcome variable and gender as the key moderator. Emotional well-being and engagement are positive predictors of life satisfaction. Results, moreover, showed that the effect of engagement on life satisfaction is stronger for male employees than females; however, such moderation effect could not be confirmed in [...]

The purpose of this research is to study a new dimension in the research base of employee's intention to sabotage. Its purpose is to elaborate on the impact of abusive supervision and grapevine on employees' intention to sabotage with employee cynicism as the mediator. The review of the literature conducted explains and highlights the role of an employee's intention to sabotage. Study indicates that abusive supervision and grapevine has a positive relationship with the employee's intention to sabotage and that the employee cynicism creates full mediation between abusive supervision, grapevine, and intention to sabotage. The limitation of the study is [...]

The economic face of gender inequality is not new; it existed in extreme forms and manifestations in the past also. Over the years, gender inequality has been translated in several forms, which include invisibility, glass ceiling, pink ceiling, wage gap, hindrances in career growth and access to capacity building. The developed world is also struggling to address issues of gender inequality and sustainable economic growth. Countries that have overcome this, are on high growth trajectories. Pakistan poses a dismal picture, low female labor force and economic participation remains a major contributor to Pakistan's low GDP. The issue of economic gender [...]

In all those functions which require cognitive thought process, trainability is recently recognized as a major problem for managers. Despite considerable amount of investment in training and development, managers often remain unsuccessful to transfer the training contents to others in their organizations. This paper analyzes a) the impact of perceived professional learning, supervisor support, and peer support on job satisfaction and in turn, on the transfer of training; and b) whether job satisfaction mediates the relationship between three variables (perceived professional learning, supervisor support, and peer support), and transfer of training. A useable sample of 384 managers is drawn from [...]

Despite the academic value of factor analysis (FA) on Likert scale data, its statistical legality has been relentlessly questioned by professional statisticians. This article reviews relevant literature and proposes a statistically appropriate method of getting most out of FA on Likert scale. The review shows that a larger sample size is an important consideration in improving the appropriateness of FA on LS as it improves the solution in terms of normality, communalities and loadings. Further, a 7-9 point or greater scale to account for normality, an alpha level of 0.01 or 0.005, polychoric correlation instead of Pearson's are [...]

This study explored the most significant factors of the Employee Performance Management System (EPMS) of the Commercial Banks in Bangladesh. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 378 bankers of public and private commercial banks, and the structural equation modeling technique was used for statistical analysis. The study explored five dimensions of EPMS with 15 significant variables. Freedom to choose individual assignment was found to be the priority, followed by relationship development and active engagement issue of EPMS. Top management of the banks should empower millennial generation bankers to stay mentally energized and reframe their EPMS to engage the employees in [...]