ParadigmsPub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.24312/PARADIGMS110110
Tasneem Fatima, A. Naz, S. Chughtai, K. Fiaz
{"title":"Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction: Moderating Role Of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Values","authors":"Tasneem Fatima, A. Naz, S. Chughtai, K. Fiaz","doi":"10.24312/PARADIGMS110110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/PARADIGMS110110","url":null,"abstract":"Workplace spirituality has gained attention of researchers in last two decades. Material investment is no more considered to be an enough ingredient towards getting desired outcomes from the employees. Work Values is also taken into consideration by the culture, anthropology, sociology and organizational behavior research arenas. The present work is collaborating the two constructs in a moderation relationship to check their interactive effect on the job satisfaction of employees. More specifically, this paper will contribute by incorporating the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Values as a moderator in relationship of workplace spirituality and job Satisfaction. The data for this purpose was obtained through self-administered questionnaires in a survey form public and private banks of Pakistan. Total 450 questionnaires were distributed resulting in 49.78% response rate and 224 questionnaires are checked for hypothesized relationships. The results of the study revealed that Workplace Spirituality is a strong predictor of Job Satisfaction. Intrinsic values have also found to moderate the relationship between workplace spirituality and Job satisfaction in such a way that this relation becomes stronger in presence of high intrinsic values employees. Extrinsic values have also moderated the Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction relationship but its impact was negative. Lastly implications for managers are discussed and future research directions are given.","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914897","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2014-12-15DOI: 10.24312/PARADIGMS080102
M. Bhatti, Abu Bakar Mirza
{"title":"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CAPM AND SEVEN FACTORS RISK ADJUSTED RETURN MODEL","authors":"M. Bhatti, Abu Bakar Mirza","doi":"10.24312/PARADIGMS080102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/PARADIGMS080102","url":null,"abstract":"This study is a comparison and contrast of the predictive powers of two asset pricing models: CAPM and seven factor risk-return adjusted model, to explain the cross section of stock rate of returns in the financial sector listed at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). To test the models daily returns from January 2013 to February 2014 have been taken and the excess returns of portfolios are regressed on explanatory variables. The results of the tested models indicate that the models are valid and applicable in the financial market of Pakistan during the period under study, as the intercepts are not significantly different from zero. It is consequently established from the findings that all the explanatory variables explain the stock returns in the financial sector of KSE. In addition, the results of this study show that addition of more explanatory variables to the single factor CAPM results in reasonably high values of R 2 . These results provide substantial support to fund managers,","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"8 1","pages":"13-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914455","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2014-12-01DOI: 10.24312/paradigms080103
Muhammad Azharikram Ahmad, Z. Ahmad, A. A. Khan
{"title":"Performance Analysis of Microfinance Institutions of India","authors":"Muhammad Azharikram Ahmad, Z. Ahmad, A. A. Khan","doi":"10.24312/paradigms080103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/paradigms080103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"8 1","pages":"01-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914469","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2014-12-01DOI: 10.24312/PARADIGMS080104
M. Asad, Hassan Qadeer
{"title":"COMPONENTS OF WORKING CAPITAL AND PROFITABILITY: A CASE OF FUEL AND ENERGY SECTOR OF PAKISTAN *","authors":"M. Asad, Hassan Qadeer","doi":"10.24312/PARADIGMS080104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/PARADIGMS080104","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzed the impact of components of working capital on the profitability of fuel and energy sector of Pakistan. Initially six variables have been taken, and panel data analysis has been applied to identify their significance. Results revealed that fixed effect model is an appropriate model based on Hausman test. Further, debt ratio, current ratio, and company size have significant impact on the profitability.","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"8 1","pages":"41-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914476","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2013-12-15DOI: 10.24312/PARADIGMS070103
I. Shahzad, M. Afzal
{"title":"IMPACT OF CURRENCY DEVALUATION ON THE EXPORTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH AND INDIA","authors":"I. Shahzad, M. Afzal","doi":"10.24312/PARADIGMS070103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/PARADIGMS070103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"7 1","pages":"20-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914428","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2013-12-01DOI: 10.24312/PARADIGMS070104
Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Mustafa
{"title":"IMPACT OF TRADE OPENNESS AND MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON GDP GROWTH OF PAKISTAN","authors":"Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Mustafa","doi":"10.24312/PARADIGMS070104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/PARADIGMS070104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"7 1","pages":"32-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914436","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2013-12-01DOI: 10.24312/PARADIGMS070102
A. Asad, Muhammad Naseem Hayat, S. Mehmood
{"title":"COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CELEBRITY AND NON-CELEBRITY ADVERTISEMENT","authors":"A. Asad, Muhammad Naseem Hayat, S. Mehmood","doi":"10.24312/PARADIGMS070102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24312/PARADIGMS070102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"7 1","pages":"09-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68914409","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}
ParadigmsPub Date : 2012-12-15DOI: 10.6277/TER.2013.412.1
Yan-Shu Lin
{"title":"TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN VERTICAL RELATED MARKETS","authors":"Yan-Shu Lin","doi":"10.6277/TER.2013.412.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6277/TER.2013.412.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies the effects of trade liberalization on the optimal environmental policy, domestic pollution, and welfare in the presence of an intermediate good market. In the import model, there is a monopoly in the domestic intermediate good market. One domestic downstream firm generates pollution during production and competes against one foreign firm in the domestic downstream market. When the domestic environmental tax is endogenous, the presence of the intermediate good market increases the reduction of the optimal environmental tax caused by trade liberalization. Moreover, trade liberalization increases the domestic pollution and may lower domestic welfare. No matter whether the intermediate good market is monopolistic or perfectly competitive, under the optimal environmental tax the effects of trade liberalization on domestic pollution and welfare stay the same. Compared to the import case, under the intra-industry trade (IIT) model the optimal environmental tax may increase after trade liberalization. Although trade liberalization may increase the pollution tax rate, it always increases the environmental damage.","PeriodicalId":30713,"journal":{"name":"Paradigms","volume":"41 1","pages":"113-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71318111","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}