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{"title":"Relationship of Machiavellian Leadership to Counterproductive Work Behavior with Mediating Mechanism of Justice Perceptions: Evidence from Tanner Sector of Pakistan","authors":"Sohail Younus, R. Danish, S. Sair, Muhammad Ramzan, Labiba Sheikh","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031100","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between Machiavellian leadership and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in tanners sector of Pakistan. The study also investigated the mediating role of justice perceptions in these relationships. Data were collected from 353 respondents by using self-administered questionnaires from tanners sector of Pakistan. Data were analyzed through Structure equation modeling and test the hypothesized relationships. Quantitative results showed the existence of Machiavellian leadership that lead to CWB in tanners sector. Justice perceptions mediate the relationship between Machiavellian leadership and CWB. Tanneries should conduct different training sessions to reduce the effect of Machiavellian leadership behavior in workplace to reduce the counterproductive work behavior. Future studies may conduct on destructive leadership with horizontal violence and organizational politics.","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"172 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81280117","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 role of Unsolicited SMS Marketing in Driving Consumers’ Buying Behavior through Consumer Perception","authors":"Muahmmad Saleem, Muhammad Bilal Mustafa","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031084","url":null,"abstract":"In last few decades, increasing advancements in technology and extensive usage of smartphones has increased the trend of unsolicited SMS marketing. Hence, organizations consider this marketing technique as an opportunity to boost their marketing efforts and to influence customers to make purchases. However, still there is vague understanding in the contemporary literature that how such marketing activities lead consumers’ perception toward buying behavior or to make purchase and repurchase. The idea behind the study is to identify that how unsolicited SMS marketing create consumer perception to purchase certain products and how this perception affect consumer buying behavior. For that purpose, we distributed 500 questionnaire to a random sample of those consumers who make extensive usage of smartphones. Although we used PLS-SEM to analyze the relationship of independent and dependent variables. Our findings suggest that unsolicited SMS marketing is a fundamental technique and has positive and significant impact on consumer perception to make a purchase of certain goods. However, once a consumer perceive that he/she will make this purchase then it will ultimately lead the consumer to reflect buying behavior and to make that purchase. Additionally, our findings also reveal the puzzle that unsolicited SMS marketing also has indirect effect on consumer buying behavior through consumer perception.","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89511858","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":"Impact of Organizational Learning and Transformational Leadership on Knowledge Sharing: An Empirical Study in Banking Sector of Pakistan","authors":"R. Lashari, Syed Hasnain Nazir, Aiza Hussain Rana","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031056","url":null,"abstract":"The basic objective of the empirical study is to identify the influence of organizational learning (OL) and transformational leadership (TL) on knowledge sharing (KS) in banking sector of Pakistan. The above said sector is selected as population of the current research. By using the simple random sampling technique, different branches of private banks and public banks are selected as a sample. 150 questionnaires were distributed to top managers and middle managers. 110 questionnaires were filled by employees and used for analysis. The overall response rate was 73.33%. Different statistical techniques i.e. Pearson’s correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and reliability analysis are applied on collected data. The results of Pearson’s correlation analysis shows that there is positive relationship between organizational learning (OL), transformational leadership (TL) knowledge sharing (KS). Moreover, regression analysis’s results describe that organizational learning is solid forecaster of knowledge sharing as compare to transformational leadership. From the managerial point of view, the results give clear hint to Pakistan’s banking sector must understand the significance of organizational learning, transformational leadership for the purpose of knowledge sharing. In future researches, data may be collected to other sectors like textile industry, education zone and telecom industry etc. for more simplifying the outcomes and researches may also conducted on some other variables.","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81627425","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":"Factors Affecting Academic Stress and Adolescent Distress: The Experiences of 12th Grade Students of Lahore City","authors":"S. Taj, Warda Anum, Iqra Akram","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031070","url":null,"abstract":"In this era academic stress and distress is a major problem for adolescence with the advancement of technology and science everyone wants to reach the peak of success. As a result they experienced high level of stress which has drastically impact on their emotional and cognitive state. The focus of the study to investigate the factors affecting academic stress and adolescent distress: the experiences of 12th grade students of Lahore city. In this study quantitative method was used and data was collected through survey. In the survey the problem was assessed with the use of scales that measured factors of educational stress, depression and anxiety for adolescent. The population of the study was comprised of 193 private and government colleges of Lahore city. Convenient sampling was used and the sample was consisted of 10 colleges of Lahore city in out of were 6 government and 4 were private colleges. The study was conducted 335 12th grade students. The data was analyzed by independent t-test, one way ANOVA and Pearson r. These results showed that workload, worry about grades, and perception towards examination system and self-aspiration are the main factors of academic stress and also found that significance mean difference of depression and anxiety of female and male students. It also concluded that there is an effect of program on 12th grade students’ study pressure and shows that pre-medical and pre-engineering students have high study pressure than commerce students and also found a relationship between factors of academic stress and depression as well as anxiety. \u0000  \u0000Key words:  Academic Stress, Adolescent Distress, Anxiety, Depression","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89462608","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":"Comparative Advantage and The Product Mapping of Exporting Sector of Minerals in Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Shahid Maqbool, M. A. Ur Rehman, A. Ditta","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031210","url":null,"abstract":"The economic policy of import and export has its both advantages and disadvantages on the economy of every state . In Pakistan, however, this policy of import and export economy often led to an unsymmetrical export portfolio resulting in the trade balance deficit. This study aims at measuring the export competitiveness of minerals in Pakistan, and the data were obtained from international trade center (ITC). Hence, a set of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) indices were employed to examine the comparative and competitive advantage of mineral sector of Pakistan for the peiod2003-2018. The results show that Pakistan had a comparative advantage in the minerals exporting sector during 2004 to 2018, while comparative disadvantage in 2003. Further, the net export index illustrates that Pakistan was a net-importer of this sector from 2003-04, whereas net-exporter during 2005-18. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"28 8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84306316","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":"Exploring Novel Approach in Determining Stock Performance","authors":"Umer Ilyas, Mattiullah Butt, M. Gulzar","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031117","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the impact of exports, foreign direct investment, foreign exchange reserves, inflation and interest rate with the aid of Panel ARDL model with co-integration upon not only overall on all 35 sectors of Pakistan stock exchange but also on all firms of all sectors as well to overcome the deficiencies of conventional index base studies. To achieve this objective monthly data for the period of 2005-2020 were used and results indicates that current study has superiority over past studies as overall sector and firms from same sectors shows differing response to changes in value of macro-economic variables and this will lead to better decision making to all stake holders.","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85941177","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":"Impact of Data Science in Digital Journalism","authors":"Noreen Aleem, A. Qureshi, Fazli Hussain","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031230","url":null,"abstract":"Social media is a robust platform and it has a lot of beneficial implications. In an era of technological advancements, mankind is surrounded by electronic means of communication, and networking or communication has become easier than ever. It is very easy for a person sitting in an Asian city to interact with someone in Northern America. Likewise, people are now more informed about daily events and news taking place all over the world. These social networks have become a substantial tool for unstructured data from different domains which include business, government organizations, and individuals. Many data analytical firms are extracting this data in a systemic pattern which refers to the term “Data Science”. However, the purpose o this aligned data is to target defined and scattered audience to control/change their mindsets or picture in the head. The prime focus of this study would be to summarize the impact of data sciences in Digital Journalism as well as how alarming this can be in terms of authenticity, reliability, or being stated as a word of mouth. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81012580","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 Analysis of Production Emission (Industrial EKC) and consumption emission: An Empirical investigation of STIRPAT model In Case of Pakistan.","authors":"Amna Kausar, H. Rehman, Haseena Mureed, Nadia K. Raza","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031124","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates a long-term and short term association among climatic change due to industrialization in Pakistan by using ARDL technique for the time spanof 1990 to 2019. The Present study uses Industrial value added in its place of economic growth for EKC in case of Pakistan as the industrial sector is considered the key cause of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. Besides that study used Population density, Nuclear energy, Households Final consumption expenditure and trade openness as independent variables. Empirical findings come out with U shaped EKC instead of Inverted U shape EKC in incident of Pakistan in short and in long run. This is because of consumption of modern technology and Nuclear energy consumption in Industrialization, i.e evident with negative association of Nuclear energy with carbon emission in short and in long run in Pakistan. Households Final consumption expenditure also shows significant and negative association, as income increases people use more advanced home appliances so carbon emission decreased. Being the most densed populated country of the world Population density is the significant contributor of carbon emission in case of Pakistan. Policy Implication for Pakistan is to control Population Pressure and to use of Nuclear power in Industrialization may reduce carbon emission.","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81482976","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":"Adoption of Islamic Banking: A Comparative Analysis of the Moderating Effect of Religiosity and Islamicity of Product in the Base of Pyramid Markets of Pakistan","authors":"M. Hassan, Safia Nosheen, Tahir Alam","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031081","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research study is to examine the comparative explanative power of religiosity and Islamicity of product as moderators in the Base of Pyramid markets of Pakistan to predict the adoption Islamic financial inclusions of Islamic banking. Quantitative research approach using the technology acceptance model drawn from the theory of reasoned action as theoretical framework has been used for this research. The direct effect of the perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness with comparative moderations of Islamicity of the product and religiosity on the adoption of Islamic banking using the SEM approach. Measures of the study were collected from a sample of 300 Islamic bank customers on a structured questionnaire adopted from the earlier studies. The results of the study revealed that the perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness directly proportionate to the adoption of Islamic banking base of pyramid market of Pakistan. The comparative moderating statistical computation analysis attested significant moderation of Islamicity of the product than the religiosity. The respondents of this research study were selected who have at least used the Islamic Banking once, thus, the response of the customers may be based on the one key element, association, social influence and or perceptions. The study is cross-sectional in the BOP market of Islamic financial system; therefore, results, interpretations and conclusion may not be generalized in other financial systems and settings. Islamicity of product and religiosity were found to have a significant influence in moderating the adoption of Islamic financial inclusions in the BOP. The highest r2 value of Islamicity of product in strengthening the adoption of Islamic Bank-Customers should be focused. The potential customers must be explained about the just-based features of Islamic Banks with comparative analysis of line of differences with that of the conventional banks. The marketing strategies of the Islamic banks should increase the outreach of these financial inclusions by adding relevant information consistent with the customer perceptions, influence of the religiosity and Islamicity of product in the adoption of Islamic banking among the customers in the low-income market of Pakistan. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77399922","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 oppressor oppressing the oppressed: Rising feminist voices against patriarchy in Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres","authors":"H. Zubair, M. Khan, S. Taj","doi":"10.54692/ajss.2020.04031031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2020.04031031","url":null,"abstract":"This research focuses on Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres, which depicts the bitter and tragic reality of an American Midwestern family. Along with the unpleasant female situation, it also declares for the growing consciousness in women in the decades after the mid-twentieth century. This research explores the psychological and physical exploitation of women by challenging male superiority. To accomplish the goal of the research, the feminist perspective of analysis plays a significant role. Feminist literary theory problematizes the whole human history as male history. The works and ideas of the feminist critics and theorists like Virginia Woolf, Simon de Beauvoir, Kate Millet, Mary Ellman, Elaine Showalter, Mary Wollstonecraft, and others are included in the theoretical modality. Whatever the different feminists argue, in common, they are concerned with the issues of gender, equality, and freedom of women. Feminism tries to dismantle the long-established patriarchal system that subordinates and suppresses women.","PeriodicalId":7068,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS )","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89271166","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}