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Applying Partial Least Squares Approach to investigate the Moderating effect of Peer Support on Employee Commitment 运用偏最小二乘法研究同伴支持对员工承诺的调节作用

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.2.07

Ashfaq Ahmad, Palwasha Bibi

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The Effect of Key Demographic Diversity Characteristics on Individual Action propensity in Determining Job Stress in Public Sector Hospitals of Lahore 拉合尔公立医院关键人口多样性特征对决定工作压力的个人行为倾向的影响

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.01

Basharat Raza, Alia Ahmed, Muhammad Ali

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Trade Credit and Stock Return Predictability: Evidence from Pakistan 贸易信贷和股票回报的可预测性:来自巴基斯坦的证据

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.09

Ammara Mubashar, Sumayya Chughtai, A. Raheman

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The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Banks' Productivity in Pakistan 巴基斯坦知识资本与银行生产率的关系

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.10

M. A. Afridi, Imran Khan, M. Laeeq Khan

{"title":"The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Banks' Productivity in Pakistan","authors":"M. A. Afridi, Imran Khan, M. Laeeq Khan","doi":"10.34091/ajss.14.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34091/ajss.14.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of banks has been widely researched using accounting ratios, Tobin�s Q and market returns and less emphasis has been given to productivity measures. The productivity growth of banks is captured through Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI). The study then investigates the impact of intellectual capital on the productivity of banks in Pakistan. Value-added The intellectual Coefficient (VAIC) approach is employed to examine the intellectual capital of banks. Data is obtained from annual reports of 20 banks listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange for 10 years (2007-2016). The panel corrected standard error approach is used for estimating the panel regression model. The findings provide evidence that the VAIC, human capital efficiency (HCE) and structural capital efficiency (SCE) has a positive impact on productivity growth (MPI). On the other hand, capital employed efficiency (CEE) has no significant impact on productivity growth. The VAIC approach may be useful for the banks and policymakers in a knowledge economy to integrate the intellectual capital in the decision-making process. Our results also suggest that banks in Pakistan shall increase spending on intellectual capital particularly on human capital and structural capital to elevate the intellectual capital of banks and subsequently get benefits in terms of increased productivity\u0000Keywords: Intellectual capital; Value added intellectual coefficient (VAIC); Malmquist productivity Index; Pakistan banking sector","PeriodicalId":114167,"journal":{"name":"Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114960707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Role of Incubation in Creative Problem Solving: Within a Collectivistic Cultural Context 孵化在创造性问题解决中的作用:在集体主义文化背景下

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.07

R. Anjum, Ivan Suneel

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Modeling Islamic Finance Adoption for SMEs: Do behavioral intentions and innovativeness matter? 中小企业采用伊斯兰金融的建模:行为意图和创新是否重要?

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.06

H. Asad, Memoona Shaheen, Muhammad Aftab

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Financial Fragility, Changing Face of Academia and Their Role in the Dissemination of Financial Literacy 金融脆弱性、学术界面貌的变化及其在传播金融知识中的作用

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.04

M. Akhtar, Syed Muhammad Ziyad Hameed, Rehan Aftab

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Volume 14 卷14

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1

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Towards Female Buying Behavior in Beauty and Grooming Industry of Pakistan: Modeling the mediating role of Purchase intentions 巴基斯坦女性美容美容业的购买行为:购买意向的中介作用模型

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.03

Waiza Rehman, Asif Khurshid Mian

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Impact of Financial Attitude, Financial Literacy and Parental Financial Socialization on Prudent Financial Management Practices: A Moderating Effect of Financial Well-Being among the Youth of Pakistan 理财态度、理财素养和父母理财社会化对审慎理财实践的影响:巴基斯坦青年理财幸福感的调节效应

Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.34091/ajss.14.1.02

Syed Hamza Farooq, S. Shah, Shahid Rasheed

{"title":"Impact of Financial Attitude, Financial Literacy and Parental Financial Socialization on Prudent Financial Management Practices: A Moderating Effect of Financial Well-Being among the Youth of Pakistan","authors":"Syed Hamza Farooq, S. Shah, Shahid Rasheed","doi":"10.34091/ajss.14.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34091/ajss.14.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"This study intends to explore the effect of Financial Attitude, Financial Literacy, and ParentalFinancial Socialization on the prudent financial management practices, amid the youth of Pakistan with moderating effect of Financial Well-Being. The population consist over the youth of Pakistan for which the data was collected through an online questionnaire. The study adopted the quantitative approach for which the data from 450 respondents was collected. Subsequently, the data was analyzed with the help of Smart PLS. The results indicated that Parental Financial Socialization, Financial Attitude, and Financial Literacy have a significant and positive relationship with Prudent Financial Management Practices. However, Financial Well-Being does not have significant moderating effect with Parental Financial Socialization, Financial Literacy, and FinancialAttitude. The results further highlighted serious concerns of the effectiveness of Financial Well-Being towards improving youth capabilities in managing their financial affairs in the marketprudently. It shows that challenges faced by the youth in the country market to strengthen thefinancial well-being of an individual by guiding them thoroughly, enhance the effectiveness, andencompass the right elements pertains to financial well-being to ensure today's young Pakistaniability to apply that in the real market place and have full financial freedom\u0000Keywords: Financial Attitude, Parental Financial Socialization, Financial Literacy, Prudent FinancialManagement Practices, Financial Well-Being","PeriodicalId":114167,"journal":{"name":"Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123999319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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