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{"title":"Dart Emotional Spiritual Quotient (DESQ) Impact on Employee Performance and Role of Training Module (TM-DESQ): A Public Enterprise Perspective for Islamic Republic of Pakistan","authors":"Zahid Ahmed, Muhammad Asim","doi":"10.52633/jemi.v5i4.336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52633/jemi.v5i4.336","url":null,"abstract":"This study is focused on the effect of emotional intelligence (EQ), spiritual intelligence (SQ), and dart accountability quotients training modules (TM-DESQ) on employees’ performance working in the public enterprise (and private sector) of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Research manifests that EQ and SQ positively and significantly affect employee performance, progress, and development. The importance of emotional intelligence has been widely emphasized in human resource studies, similarly, literature articulates that accountability is an essential factor for the good governance of the public sector enterprise performance. Worldwide studies have a few contradictory results concerning EQ and SQ, and their impact on performance. Training programs on SQ learning lack longitudinal studies. SQ training’s impact on individual learning, performance, and HRD training was a research gap bridged through this study. A sample of 42 public and private sector employees took their EQ, SQ, and Dart Accountability scores as pen-and-paper self-report measures whereas the performance of employees was reported by their supervisors or managers as the second source of data. Basic training on EQ, SQ, and Dart Accountability (DESQ) was designed and TM-DESQ Intervention was instructed to respondents through webinars amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. The results demonstrated a positive and significant impact of emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and dart accountability on employee performance. However, the insignificant effect of a few facets of some variables has opened other dimensions of research.","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135192312","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}

{"title":"Measuring the Level of Automation and its Impact on Organizational Performance and Employees’ Job Performance","authors":"Muhubullah Abbasi, Syed Abdul Sattar Shah, Farhan Zeb Khaskhelly","doi":"10.52633/jemi.v5i4.337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52633/jemi.v5i4.337","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to propose the methodology for the measurement of levels of automation with the help of a dynamo reference scale for dynamic levels of automation and to find its relationship with organizational performance and employee job performance while bifurcating the tasks performed by humans and machines. The present research is quantitative in nature and conducted to find out the hypothetical relationship between levels of automation and organizational performance, and employee’s job performance with the survey questionnaire. The data was collected from managers and employees working directly with machinery involved in production, particularly the Kotri textile mill in the industrial zone of Kotri, Pakistan. The hypotheses testing suggests that the proposed model achieved an acceptable fit with the data (i.e., out of 7 hypotheses, 6 hypotheses were significantly accepted). The study has limitations in generalization, in terms of the survey questionnaire, and the targeted audience (employees of the firms & managers of the concerned department) of textile mills of the Kotri industrial zone. The first research contributes to the methodology in business studies for measuring levels of automation by employing a dynamo reference scale for levels of automation from industrial engineering which is totally a new concept in business studies for measurement of automation and can easily bifurcate a number of tasks performed by humans and machines. The second contribution of the study provides insight into how organizations are performing at an optimal level with the help of machinery only with a minimal number of employees. Finally, future research strongly suggests implementing the methodology for measurement of automation coupled with business research methods in other industries to understand their level of automation and task performance by employees and machinery in this modern age where all tasks are performed by machines only part of supervision is performed by humans this may bring about interesting possible outcomes.","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135192299","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}

{"title":"Innovation and Digital Revolution: The Role of Fintech in Mitigating the Effects of Covid-19","authors":"Israr Ahmed Jatoi, Abdul Kabeer Kazi, Muhammad Raghib Zafar","doi":"10.52633/jemi.v5i2.221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52633/jemi.v5i2.221","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically transformed various aspects of daily life, and its impact on global economic activity has been severe. As a result, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have become increasingly important in improving the standard of living for the poor. This study aims to investigate the impact of fintech on the services provided by MFIs in the financial sector, specifically in the microfinance sector of Pakistan. Using fintech as an independent variable with four indicators, microfinance services as a dependent variable with four indicators, and COVID-19 as a moderator variable with one indicator, the study employs a quantitative research method with a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. A random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 300 employees from five out of 11 MFBs in Pakistan, with 276 responses considered appropriate for further analysis. The researchers used MS Excel and SmartPLS software to analyze the reliability and validity of the data, and PLS-SEM techniques were used to evaluate the relationship between fintech and MFIs, and the moderating effect of COVID-19. The study found a positive and significant impact of fintech on MFIs, and the moderator variable (COVID-19) enhanced the relationship between fintech and MFIs. These findings highlight the importance of integrating fintech into the services provided by MFIs to improve the overall economic activity of the microfinance sector, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135469251","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}

{"title":"Post-Covid Prospects of Entrepreneurial Education in Pakistan","authors":"Imran Batada","doi":"10.52633/jemi.v5i2.262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52633/jemi.v5i2.262","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to look at the prospects of entrepreneurship education in Pakistan post-covid. New entrepreneurial education approaches are required to address the effects of COVID-19 globally. To achieve this, this study explicates the way new strategies for explaining how the COVID-19 pandemic might make entrepreneurial education research an evolutional field. The study found that several assumptions have transformed due to the COVID-19 impact, and entrepreneurship education is essential in combating the pandemic. Therefore, this study argues that further research on entrepreneurship education that integrates a COVID-19 setting is important in opening new views and changing the study agenda. An enhanced investigation of how mechanisms of response, such as change and recovery, are assumed to propel entrepreneurial stakeholders to adopt the perception that entrepreneurship education is an extensive process. As a result, the COVID-19 situation is viewed as a chance of highlighting the worth of entrepreneurial education for society.","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135469250","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}

{"title":"Managing Women Empowerment - An Analytical Study on Socioeconomic Conditions of Women Living in Karachi","authors":"Umair Khan, Nasreen Aslam Shah","doi":"10.52633/jemi.v5i1.252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52633/jemi.v5i1.252","url":null,"abstract":"In this research study, an investigation on the socio-economic conditions and historical background of women living in Orangi Town, Karachi, has been chosen, and the purpose of selecting this subject is to get factual information about the lives of women living in this town. The main objective was to scrutinize the actual position of women in socioeconomic contribution and examine their economic status in society. The researcher selected a quantitative research methodology. The research sample consisted of about two hundred (200) women. The researcher used a self-administrative questionnaire to collect data from the respondents. Paid (stitching, embroidery, beauticians, teachers, etc.) and unpaid (homemakers) women were selected as respondents to the research. The study results reveal a strong male-dominant social structure in Orangi town, and women cannot participate in any decision-making activities in public or private spheres of life. The standard education system, patriarchal society, religious misconceptions, the low participation level of women in decision-making, the low level of economic activities, and financial weakness are the main reasons for the decline in the socioeconomic status of women in Orangi town. The researchers suggested that public and private sectors should assist women in small-scale businesses; high-standard educational opportunities because these opportunities increase women's socioeconomic conditions in Orangi town, Karachi.","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135599776","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}

{"title":"Overcoming the pitfalls in employee performance evaluation: An application of ratings mode of the Analytic Hierarchy Process","authors":"R. Islam, N. Periaiah","doi":"10.7341/20231924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7341/20231924","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE: Employee performance evaluation is a common exercise conducted in many organizations. Employees need to know the feedback on their performance from the management. Often the results of performance evaluation exercises are used for promotion, confirmation in service and awarding of bonuses for employees. However, the performance evaluation exercise often meets with criticism due to the presence of subjective factors and, specifically, the way in which these factors are handled. The purpose of the present paper is to show how the Ratings mode of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) can be applied to evaluate employee performance using objective as well as subjective criteria. METHODOLOGY: The whole AHP exercise for the present employee performance evaluation has been shown through a case study on CLSB, a company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Four senior managers and the Managing Director of the company were involved in all phases of the present evaluation exercise, including elicitation of the criteria, sub-criteria and assigning weights to them. The AHP data were analyzed using software called AHP Calc version 24.12.13 developed by Klaus D. Goepel and available online. In particular, the Ratings mode of AHP was used to evaluate employees’ performance at CLSB. FINDINGS: Five criteria, namely Services, Quality, Financial, Timing, and Teamwork, are found to be important for the evaluation of employee performance at CLSB. Each of these criteria has sub-criteria. Harmonious work, Skills, and Punctuality are found to be the three most important sub-criteria for the present evaluation exercise. The outcome of the evaluation exercise provides an ordered set of ranks of 20 employees working in the company. Apart from the application of AHP for performance evaluation, an ordered set of detailed rubrics for all the criteria have been developed. The rubrics provide precise guidelines to the evaluators at the time of evaluating employees’ performance. IMPLICATIONS: An evaluation scheme that is scientific and systematic, such as the present one, will minimize criticism levied against the performance evaluation exercise. Once the employees are aware of the criteria and sub-criteria set along with the associated weighting scheme and the evaluation process itself, they will be motivated to perform their tasks and discharge their duties accordingly. Hence, employee job satisfaction and productivity are expected to increase. This will bolster not only the employees’ morale but also the organization’s overall performance. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: In the literature, many schemes are available to evaluate employees’ performance. But often, these methods are criticized as they either take all the criteria of evaluation as equally important or they lack the capability to strike a balance between objective and subjective factors. The main contribution of the present work is to show how AHP can alleviate the above drawbacks of the existing methods. The present research","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76434589","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}

{"title":"Contemporary determinants of business performance: From the Editor","authors":"Piotr Łasak","doi":"10.7341/20231940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7341/20231940","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135448817","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}

{"title":"Entrepreneurship education for women through project-based flipped learning: The impact of innovativeness and risk-taking on course satisfaction","authors":"Seung-chul Yoo, Tu Anh Truong, Kwanghee Jung","doi":"10.7341/20231937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7341/20231937","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE: The primary aim of this research is to explore the correlation between learners’ characteristics and the perceived value and satisfaction associated with Project-Based Flipped Learning (PBFL) methodologies. A secondary objective involves investigating how these PBFL methodologies can be employed to enhance the quality of entrepreneurship education for women. METHODOLOGY: During the first semester of 2018, a total of 80 students enrolled in the Communication Society class were engaged in a longitudinal study, involving bi-weekly online surveys prior to the semester’s conclusion. The survey instruments utilized Likert-scale measurements, with a 5-point scoring system. The data acquired was subsequently analyzed using structural equation modeling, which facilitated the examination of both the pre- and post-change scores and the structural properties of their relationships with overall course satisfaction. In terms of statistical evaluation, the study employed Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA), a powerful component-based SEM technique, thus ensuring a robust and academically rigorous interpretation of the data. FINDINGS: Our research sought to understand the effects of learners’ characteristics, specifically innovativeness and risk-taking, on course satisfaction in Project-Based Flipped Learning (PBFL). We found that female learners’ innovativeness positively influenced their perception of the project’s entertainment and educational value, which in turn increased preference for PBFL and course satisfaction. Interestingly, risk-taking did not significantly influence perceived project value, which provides insights into the role of personality traits in learning outcomes. IMPLICATIONS: Our study invigorates entrepreneurship education theory by highlighting the key role of learner innovativeness in PBFL course satisfaction, urging a nuanced examination of personality traits in educational contexts. Further, we question the established importance of risk-taking, necessitating a critical reassessment in this domain. These pivotal theoretical contributions challenge prevailing assumptions, enrich scholarly discourse, and open new avenues for research. On the practical side, our findings emphasize the imperative of fostering innovativeness in women’s entrepreneurship education. These insights underscore the need for a strategically tailored, creative learning environment, with the potential to enhance learner engagement and satisfaction significantly. In sum, our research generates transformative theoretical insights and provides actionable strategies for improving the practice of entrepreneurship education. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: Our research presents a novel approach to fostering women entrepreneurs in the media sector through PBFL. This unique focus on the intersection of gender, media entrepreneurship, and PBFL distinguishes our study from existing literature. Furthermore, our findings offer educators invaluable guidance for enha","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135601009","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}

{"title":"Team members’ direct participation in decision-making processes and the quality of decisions","authors":"Ryszard Rutka, Piotr Wróbel, Ewa Wycinka","doi":"10.7341/20231935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7341/20231935","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE: Do teams manage to reach better decisions than those made by individuals? Numerous studies have delivered inconclusive results. Meanwhile, participation in decision-making can take various forms and is not limited to consensus group decisions, and the influence of the various forms of participation on the quality of decisions has been less frequently examined. The aim of the research was to determine the effect on decision quality of changing the form of direct participation in the decision-making process in the case of complex, multi-stage problems. METHODOLOGY: The article presents the results of a long-term experiment in which 598 teams of 2,673 people took part. The participants were asked to solve a decision problem using three decision-making styles: autocratic, consultative, and group. The participants played the role of members of a newly established project team that must plan its own work. The task concerned a problem that requires the analysis of a number of dependencies between sub-problems, in contrast to eureka-type problems. The decision problem was new to the participants, making it impossible to apply known solutions; a creative approach was therefore required. The decision was then compared with the optimal solution established by experts. Decision quality was based on the deviation of the proposed solution from the optimal solution. FINDINGS: The results of the experiment confirm the significant synergistic potential of increasing direct participation in decision-making for complex, multi-stage problems. A significant proportion of teams made better decisions as a result of increasing direct participation – replacing autocratic decisions with consultative and group decisions. The quality of consultative decisions was roughly in the middle of autocratic and group decisions. By using group decision-making, teams made better decisions than the average individual decision and came closer to the decision quality achieved by the best team members. This effect was universal, observed both in the strongest and weakest teams. It should be remembered that, while group decision-making has the potential for synergy, it is not always achieved. Group decision-making markedly reduced the risk of making highly misguided decisions, and it can be reasoned that direct participation protects against serious mistakes more than it guarantees the best possible results. IMPLICATIONS: Team leaders should be familiar with different decision-making styles, their advantages and disadvantages, and the scope of their application. This research suggests that increasing team members’ participation to a consultative role and even better, a full participatory role, increases the quality of the decision. With the growing complexity of organizations that have to deal with accelerating change, technology development and increased competition, creating structures that can flexibly respond to the challenges of the environment requires the participation of t","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135601260","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}

{"title":"The linkage between economic literacy and students’ intention of starting business: The mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness","authors":"A. Wibowo, B. Narmaditya, R. Widhiastuti, Ari Saptono","doi":"10.7341/20231916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7341/20231916","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE: Enhancing the number of entrepreneurs is a major study to combat economic and social problems. Psychological factors considered as effective stimulants for entrepreneurial behavior have attracted many researchers in the last decade. The purpose of this research attempts to examine how the influence of economic literacy can promote the intention of starting a new business among students and explore the role of entrepreneurial alertness in mediating this relationship. METHODOLOGY: The research adopted a quantitative approach in which hypotheses were statistically estimated using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) based on survey data using a self-administered questionnaire (n=450) from several universities in Indonesia. FINDINGS: The analysis indicates that economic literacy has a significant effect on students’ entrepreneurial alertness and intention to start a new business. Indeed, entrepreneurial alertness can mediate the relationship between economic literacy and the intention of starting a new business. However, among entrepreneurial alertness dimensions, scanning and search failed in determining the students’ intention of starting a new business. IMPLICATIONS: The result of this research can provide insight into the literature on the entrepreneurship theme and policymakers concerned with delivering new business creation. Besides, educational institutions can consider the matter of economic literacy to be part of their curricula in order to foster the students’ intention of starting a business. In addition, economic literacy also needs to be associated with examples relevant to entrepreneurial activities, especially in production, distribution, and online marketing. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: The interesting findings of this paper serve as a reminder that entrepreneurial alertness is one of the predictor variables and mediators for raising the students’ intention. This implies that entrepreneurial alertness can be enhanced by economic literacy, as well as how they need to be used to improve course curriculum and the teaching pedagogy. Furthermore, educational institutions could provide business internship programs and entrepreneurship incubators to raise the students’ intention of starting business.","PeriodicalId":44596,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81260089","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}