To look at the society within laden of business behaviour.To get social issues by sociological domain for addressing the problem faced by communities and give them solutions through practice of research and theory. More focus on methods of qualitative and quantitative concern.
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and measure the possible potential stressors am... more Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and measure the possible potential stressors among undergraduate medical students and explore the correlation of stress with gender and level of academic year. Methodology: This was a cross sectional, questionnaire-based study to identify and measure possible stressors in undergraduate medical students. This study was conducted from 1stAugust 2016 to 1st September 2016 at Independent Medical College, Faisalabad. A sample size of 243 was calculated using openepi; with a confidence level of 97%. The Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) was used in this study, which is a validated instrument to identify sources of stress. The items in MSSQ represent 20 possible sources of stress in medical students identified from the literature grouped into six main factors as Academic Related Stressor (ARS), Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Related Stressor (IRS), Teaching and Learning Related Stressor (TLRS), Social Related Stressor (SRS), Dr...
This paper has the objectives to explain the socio-economic culture of self-employment that are p... more This paper has the objectives to explain the socio-economic culture of self-employment that are prevailing in our society creating hindrances for entrepreneurship and sustainable development. No country becomes developed without providing employment opportunities to ordinary people and young generation. In recent times in Pakistan, everybody is seeking a job, people have become more dependent. Mostly people in our country are getting education for earning their livelihood. Therefore, after completion of education, our social and cultural values don’t support a young person to take business initiatives that encompass sustainable growth. Apparently, people don’t prove their creativeness; perhaps this is due to lack of self-determination, lack of self-sufficiency, and dependency which has made the nation dull and null. Some past studies revealed that in developed nations like, US, Japan, the common people prefer to do something at their own behalf, no dependency hinders these people. T...
Non-entrepreneur refers to a person who is non-actor and absent from entrepreneurial actions and ... more Non-entrepreneur refers to a person who is non-actor and absent from entrepreneurial actions and not making intention towards entrepreneurship. An exploratory case study method (Yin, 2014) was used to carry out the research. Unstructured interviews were conducted with four non-entrepreneurs and field notes were written down on the notebook with the pencil to save the data. Thematic analysis was applied to the text to reach the important themes deducted from views and perceptions of the participants. Finding of the study depicted that lack of personal intention and will, lack of knowledge and information about entrepreneurship, lack of understanding the entrepreneurship, no familial association with business, family involvement in the selection of career and education were major impediments. In the end, important implications were drawn i.e. seminars and conferences must be conducted to overcome the hurdles of lacking the understanding of entrepreneurship.
Kabir Hashim, Babak Mahmood, Shabbir Hussain Muhammad Furqan Ashraf National College of Business ... more Kabir Hashim, Babak Mahmood, Shabbir Hussain Muhammad Furqan Ashraf National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, kabirahmad77@yahoo.com GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, Babakmahmood@gmail.com Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan, shabbirkainth@gmail.com GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, furqanashrafsoc@gmail.com ARTICLEDETAILS ABSTRACT History Revised format: February 2021 Available Online: March 2021 Purpose: This study aims to explore the effects of international migration on human socio-economic development in district Bhimber, AJK. Methodology: Data were collected through a survey with the help of a well-structured questionnaire. Multiple stage sampling technique was used for selection of study respondents. At the first stage one tehsil (Ambala Barnala) out of three tehsils of district Bhimber was selected randomly. In second stage, five localities (Union Councils) viz; Barnala, ...
Performance of academicians negatively associated with job stress and many other factors most obv... more Performance of academicians negatively associated with job stress and many other factors most obvious are institutional and personal characteristics of academia. Academia performs assigned tasks within their position and expected roles at universities. Qualitative research study was conducted to assess the perception of academicians about organizational and personal aspects. A purposive sample of 60 participants as academia heads and academia (teachers) from eight public sector universities were targeted. Semi-structured face to face and telephonic interviews were conducted by using interview guide/checklist with open statements for getting different perception and working experience of academia heads as (Deans, Department Heads, InCharge), and of academia (teachers). Data were recorded in the form of mobile recorder and written notes. Transcripts were written and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data for important themes relevant to research objectives. Results of research...
The study has its focus on influence of social factors on business performance with mediating rol... more The study has its focus on influence of social factors on business performance with mediating role of creativity skill of middle level managers, because enterprise does not compete itself without creativity and innovative skill. Therefore, social factors have important influence on individuals’ behavior and leave positive and negative effects on creativity of middle managers and performance of enterprise. To examine the aforementioned aims study used primary data and 120 respondents were interviewed through a self structured questionnaire and question statements are derived from past literature and developed hypothesis to check the association between independent variables (strict control, encouragement, professional attitude, interaction with top managers and colleagues) and dependent variable (creativity skill). The analysis was performed by using descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS (20). The results of the study showed positive relationship between independent and...
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies
Purpose: Changing community needs and disease patterns are the major stimulator for change in med... more Purpose: Changing community needs and disease patterns are the major stimulator for change in medical curriculum throughout the world. The process of change depends on many factors that come under the umbrella of organizational readiness for its successful implementation. Inappropriate planning and low levels of organizational readiness for change will result in failure of change process. Methodology: A quantitative study design was chosen for this study. Medical school’s organizational readiness questionnaire (MORC) was used to collect data. The questionnaire consists of 53 items further categorized into three scales and twelve subscales. The questionnaire was distributed among faculty members of four medical colleges of Punjab, collected data was coded and descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for analysis using SPSS. Analysis revealed that all four medical colleges were having good organizational readiness to adopt change. Findings: The results of descriptive analys...
Analyst attempts to best find the job of corporate governance (CG) on the evolvement/execution of... more Analyst attempts to best find the job of corporate governance (CG) on the evolvement/execution of the company just as on other budgetary choices. In this examination CG is estimated by utilizing five factors board size (S), executive gatherings, CEO duality, level of non-official directors (Dirs). also, the level of autonomous Dirs. ROA isnt influenced by the scale/size of the board and effect irrelevantly. Board size in the setting of Pakistan cant develop a reason to increment or diminish organization ROA. Non-official executives job doesnt validate the addition in the evolvement of the organization just as in ROA of organization. Organization evolvement and ROA are related adversely with the extent of executives who are not Dirs. The companys extension in size is enormous or little cat build the productivity of the organization in using the benefits for remittance, it generally relies upon the capacities of bosses as opposed to (S).
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies
This study has been conducted to explore the important social determinants of entrepreneurship su... more This study has been conducted to explore the important social determinants of entrepreneurship success. Families’ involvement is crucial for entrepreneurship success. The myth is prevailed in our society as successful life is to be opened as to secure a position in public or private sector. Social determinants are not discussed in detail before. To know what social determinants are important to equip success in business? Qualitative exploratory case study method (Yin. K, 2014) was used to explore social determinants in detail. Field notes were taken on note book with pencil and interviews were recorded personally by the researcher himself and these field notes and data were transcribed to document the important patterns and themes. Thematic analysis was applied to the data for analysis purpose. Findings of the study depicted that family business involve in entrepreneurial intention, role model provide supportive material, family financial help, prior business experience, entrepreneu...
This study documents the social impediments to the success of entrepreneurship or self-employment... more This study documents the social impediments to the success of entrepreneurship or self-employment. The failure cases of District Faisalabad, Punjab were the population of research. Exploratory case study method Yin, (2014) was used to furnish whole process. The experiences of failure entrepreneurs were acquired by putting open ended questions via personal interviews and field notes were taken for data saving. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data and to generate important themes. The findings of the study revealed that insufficient prior entrepreneurial experience, multiple business thinking and access to the market, lack of interaction with successful entrepreneurs, lack of proper planning and strategy to start the venture, lack of learning from fear of risk taking behavior after failure in prior business attempt were the themes of research. It was suggested that proper planning and strategy is needed to start the venture; for this purpose training programs must be launche...
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and measure the possible potential stressors am... more Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and measure the possible potential stressors among undergraduate medical students and explore the correlation of stress with gender and level of academic year. Methodology: This was a cross sectional, questionnaire-based study to identify and measure possible stressors in undergraduate medical students. This study was conducted from 1stAugust 2016 to 1st September 2016 at Independent Medical College, Faisalabad. A sample size of 243 was calculated using openepi; with a confidence level of 97%. The Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) was used in this study, which is a validated instrument to identify sources of stress. The items in MSSQ represent 20 possible sources of stress in medical students identified from the literature grouped into six main factors as Academic Related Stressor (ARS), Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Related Stressor (IRS), Teaching and Learning Related Stressor (TLRS), Social Related Stressor (SRS), Dr...
This paper has the objectives to explain the socio-economic culture of self-employment that are p... more This paper has the objectives to explain the socio-economic culture of self-employment that are prevailing in our society creating hindrances for entrepreneurship and sustainable development. No country becomes developed without providing employment opportunities to ordinary people and young generation. In recent times in Pakistan, everybody is seeking a job, people have become more dependent. Mostly people in our country are getting education for earning their livelihood. Therefore, after completion of education, our social and cultural values don’t support a young person to take business initiatives that encompass sustainable growth. Apparently, people don’t prove their creativeness; perhaps this is due to lack of self-determination, lack of self-sufficiency, and dependency which has made the nation dull and null. Some past studies revealed that in developed nations like, US, Japan, the common people prefer to do something at their own behalf, no dependency hinders these people. T...
Non-entrepreneur refers to a person who is non-actor and absent from entrepreneurial actions and ... more Non-entrepreneur refers to a person who is non-actor and absent from entrepreneurial actions and not making intention towards entrepreneurship. An exploratory case study method (Yin, 2014) was used to carry out the research. Unstructured interviews were conducted with four non-entrepreneurs and field notes were written down on the notebook with the pencil to save the data. Thematic analysis was applied to the text to reach the important themes deducted from views and perceptions of the participants. Finding of the study depicted that lack of personal intention and will, lack of knowledge and information about entrepreneurship, lack of understanding the entrepreneurship, no familial association with business, family involvement in the selection of career and education were major impediments. In the end, important implications were drawn i.e. seminars and conferences must be conducted to overcome the hurdles of lacking the understanding of entrepreneurship.
Kabir Hashim, Babak Mahmood, Shabbir Hussain Muhammad Furqan Ashraf National College of Business ... more Kabir Hashim, Babak Mahmood, Shabbir Hussain Muhammad Furqan Ashraf National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, kabirahmad77@yahoo.com GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, Babakmahmood@gmail.com Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan, shabbirkainth@gmail.com GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, furqanashrafsoc@gmail.com ARTICLEDETAILS ABSTRACT History Revised format: February 2021 Available Online: March 2021 Purpose: This study aims to explore the effects of international migration on human socio-economic development in district Bhimber, AJK. Methodology: Data were collected through a survey with the help of a well-structured questionnaire. Multiple stage sampling technique was used for selection of study respondents. At the first stage one tehsil (Ambala Barnala) out of three tehsils of district Bhimber was selected randomly. In second stage, five localities (Union Councils) viz; Barnala, ...
Performance of academicians negatively associated with job stress and many other factors most obv... more Performance of academicians negatively associated with job stress and many other factors most obvious are institutional and personal characteristics of academia. Academia performs assigned tasks within their position and expected roles at universities. Qualitative research study was conducted to assess the perception of academicians about organizational and personal aspects. A purposive sample of 60 participants as academia heads and academia (teachers) from eight public sector universities were targeted. Semi-structured face to face and telephonic interviews were conducted by using interview guide/checklist with open statements for getting different perception and working experience of academia heads as (Deans, Department Heads, InCharge), and of academia (teachers). Data were recorded in the form of mobile recorder and written notes. Transcripts were written and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data for important themes relevant to research objectives. Results of research...
The study has its focus on influence of social factors on business performance with mediating rol... more The study has its focus on influence of social factors on business performance with mediating role of creativity skill of middle level managers, because enterprise does not compete itself without creativity and innovative skill. Therefore, social factors have important influence on individuals’ behavior and leave positive and negative effects on creativity of middle managers and performance of enterprise. To examine the aforementioned aims study used primary data and 120 respondents were interviewed through a self structured questionnaire and question statements are derived from past literature and developed hypothesis to check the association between independent variables (strict control, encouragement, professional attitude, interaction with top managers and colleagues) and dependent variable (creativity skill). The analysis was performed by using descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS (20). The results of the study showed positive relationship between independent and...
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies
Purpose: Changing community needs and disease patterns are the major stimulator for change in med... more Purpose: Changing community needs and disease patterns are the major stimulator for change in medical curriculum throughout the world. The process of change depends on many factors that come under the umbrella of organizational readiness for its successful implementation. Inappropriate planning and low levels of organizational readiness for change will result in failure of change process. Methodology: A quantitative study design was chosen for this study. Medical school’s organizational readiness questionnaire (MORC) was used to collect data. The questionnaire consists of 53 items further categorized into three scales and twelve subscales. The questionnaire was distributed among faculty members of four medical colleges of Punjab, collected data was coded and descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for analysis using SPSS. Analysis revealed that all four medical colleges were having good organizational readiness to adopt change. Findings: The results of descriptive analys...
Analyst attempts to best find the job of corporate governance (CG) on the evolvement/execution of... more Analyst attempts to best find the job of corporate governance (CG) on the evolvement/execution of the company just as on other budgetary choices. In this examination CG is estimated by utilizing five factors board size (S), executive gatherings, CEO duality, level of non-official directors (Dirs). also, the level of autonomous Dirs. ROA isnt influenced by the scale/size of the board and effect irrelevantly. Board size in the setting of Pakistan cant develop a reason to increment or diminish organization ROA. Non-official executives job doesnt validate the addition in the evolvement of the organization just as in ROA of organization. Organization evolvement and ROA are related adversely with the extent of executives who are not Dirs. The companys extension in size is enormous or little cat build the productivity of the organization in using the benefits for remittance, it generally relies upon the capacities of bosses as opposed to (S).
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies
This study has been conducted to explore the important social determinants of entrepreneurship su... more This study has been conducted to explore the important social determinants of entrepreneurship success. Families’ involvement is crucial for entrepreneurship success. The myth is prevailed in our society as successful life is to be opened as to secure a position in public or private sector. Social determinants are not discussed in detail before. To know what social determinants are important to equip success in business? Qualitative exploratory case study method (Yin. K, 2014) was used to explore social determinants in detail. Field notes were taken on note book with pencil and interviews were recorded personally by the researcher himself and these field notes and data were transcribed to document the important patterns and themes. Thematic analysis was applied to the data for analysis purpose. Findings of the study depicted that family business involve in entrepreneurial intention, role model provide supportive material, family financial help, prior business experience, entrepreneu...
This study documents the social impediments to the success of entrepreneurship or self-employment... more This study documents the social impediments to the success of entrepreneurship or self-employment. The failure cases of District Faisalabad, Punjab were the population of research. Exploratory case study method Yin, (2014) was used to furnish whole process. The experiences of failure entrepreneurs were acquired by putting open ended questions via personal interviews and field notes were taken for data saving. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data and to generate important themes. The findings of the study revealed that insufficient prior entrepreneurial experience, multiple business thinking and access to the market, lack of interaction with successful entrepreneurs, lack of proper planning and strategy to start the venture, lack of learning from fear of risk taking behavior after failure in prior business attempt were the themes of research. It was suggested that proper planning and strategy is needed to start the venture; for this purpose training programs must be launche...
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