Saif Ur Rehman

University of Management and Technology (Pakistan) | UMT · School of Professional Advancement (SPA)

Implementing sustainable sourcing practices (SSP) relies strongly on organizational decisions and the motives behind these decisions. However, little is known about how SSP are influenced by organizational motives (OM). To address this gap, we developed a multifaceted framework based on stakeholder theory (ST) that enables enhanced knowledge of OM,...

Organizational decisions and their motivations are crucial for successfully implementing sustainable sourcing practices (SSP). Still, there is scant research on how SSPs are impacted by corporate motives (CM). To fill this research gap, we formed a three-tiered stakeholder theory (ST) based paradigm that accounts for the moderating impact of regula...

Recent advancements in green and innovative technologies have resulted in a number of innovations in manufacturing operations to accelerate sustainable development (SD). Despite several benefits of green innovation adoption (GIA), the adoption rate of these initiatives is still abysmal in manufacturing organisations. To fill this gap, we have devel...

Due to growing consciousness and pressure from concerned stakeholders, organizations have started to prioritize green management practices (GMP); however, little is known about the critical role of organizational motives (OM) for achieving GMP. Following the stakeholder theory, this study intends to examine the relationship between stakeholders’ pr...

Power generation has a central role in the economic growth of every country specifically, in developing countries like Pakistan where, there is scarcity of electricity. Efficient and cheap generation of electricity can assure continuous country's economic growth and development. Therefore, the objective of current study is to investigate the effici...

In intercontinental trade and economics goods are bought from a global supplier. On occasion, the expected lot may include a fraction of defective items. These imperfect items still have worth and can be sold to customers after repair. It is cost-effective and sustainable to rework such items in nearby repair workshops rather than return them. The...

Considering the growing awareness and increased pressure from various stakeholders about sustainable development, organizations placed green initiatives among their top priority; however, in doing so, they are neglecting the role of knowledge resources. Taking the lead from the stakeholder theory, this research seeks to investigate the relations be...

Purpose-Enhancing green innovation for corporate sustainability is one of the recent issues globally. Knowledge management has been determined as a core factor that hamstrings green innovation. The existing literature was limited to expose the importance of the knowledge management process for corporate sustainable performance. Thus, this paper aim...

Purpose Justice is an important element in any organization. Innovative work behavior and Human Resource Management practices (HRMPs) are affected by organizational justice(Distributive, Procedural, Interpersonal & informational). For this paper distributive justice is selected as an independent variable. The purpose of this paper is to examine the...

Psychosocial hazards present in workplaces are being actively investigated by researchers from multiple domains. More research and resources are required to investigate the debilitating consequences of these hazards in the developing and underdeveloped countries where this issue remains one of grave concern. This study aims at investigating the psy...

Purpose: Aim of this research is to investigate people issues in project management that fail projects in obtaining desired results, in doing so the author investigated the impact of different leadership behaviors of project managers on driving job attitudes and job outcomes of project employees. Design/methodology approach: Data was obtained from...

This study data have been taken from World Bank side during the time span from 1989 to 2016. This study explores the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The EGARCH model is used to check the inflation uncertainty among four countries. The asymmetric behavior of inflation uncertaint...

Although extensive studies have focused on the impact of different corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities on environmental sustainability, few studies investigated the effects of CSR activities on environmentally sustainable development and green innovation. Yet, as a determinant of environmental strategies, green innovation haven’t recei...

Innovative work behavior and Human Resource Management practices (HRMPs) are affected by organizational justice. These play a very important role in the hotel industry. The paper seeks to explore the moderating and mediating effects of Human Resource Management practices (HRMPs) in organizational justice on innovative work behavior among the hotel...

Considering the growing awareness about sustainable development among various stakeholders, the present study aims to examine the impact of employees’ knowledge absorptive capacity (KAC) on firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices for accomplishing corporate sustainability performance (CSP) goals by following the absorptive capacity a...

Employee's voice has a significant effect on the wellbeing of employees and it is a valuable factor in an organization's functions. The main intention of current research is to explore the connection of employee voice with organizational justice and its ultimately impact on organizational performance. Banking sector of Lahore (Pakistan) has been co...

This study aims to examine the economic determinants affecting terrorism and its impact on Pakistan. The time series data over the time span from 1986 to 2015 has been utilized. The impact is measured methodically under the factors like inflation, growth of economy, unemployment, openness of trade, using an autoregressive distributed lag model. The...

Innovative work behavior and Human Resource Management practices (HRMPs) are affected by organizational justice. These play a very important role in the hotel industry. The paper seeks to explore the moderating and mediating effects of Human Resource Management practices (HRMPs) in organizational justice on innovative work behavior among the hotel...

Purpose Developing on the base of theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between perceived social support (SS) from one’s social network and entrepreneurial intention (EI). Moreover, mediating effect of other constructs of TPB, i.e., attitude towards entrepreneurship (ATE), subjective norms (...

Although the subject of project evaluation is currently drawing enormous research attention, the related techniques of measurement are a matter of debate within existing social science conventions. With the rapid digitization of processes and advances in collection, storage, and analysis of semistructured and unstructured data (in the form of big d...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to develop a model for presenting level of trust and analyzing the contribution of various trust-building measures undertaken by an organization. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual framework for the model is based on previous research and the concept of trust and its implications in business environment. Th...

The term Brexit refers to withdrawal of United Kingdom from the European Union. In 2015, the UK Parliament initiated the legal basis for the Brexit Referendum in accordance with the European Union Referendum Act and election manifesto of the Conservative Party. It was announced by Prime Minister of UK, David Cameron that in case of re-election of C...

This paper provides practical insights into the challenges faced by projects of big data. A total of 34 interviews were conducted with the project stakeholders including project staff, clients, suppliers of technology and support working on implementation of big data initiatives in the organizations. Findings of the study revealed that there are va...

Pakistan is an agriculture country and irrigation plays an important role for better agriculture practices, about 90% of total agriculture is dependent on irrigation. Advanced irrigation technologies are a way to use limited water more efficiently. The main purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate the adoption hindrances of advanced irri...

Business and Industry leaders as well as research associates have a great enthusiasm from the onset of big data technology and its usage in relevant technologies, research and business. There is a stream of big data techniques, tools and technologies developed in recent years. Application of big data into diverse fields has provided a mandate to ex...

Abstract: Ground water has been a source of irrigation from ancient times; new technologies are being adopted to make the extraction process more efficient and cost-effective. Solar power is a sustained source of energy which has developed into a reliable mean to replace fossil fuels due to scarcity, environmental impact and rising costs. Solar pow...

Ground water has been a source of irrigation from ancient times; new technologies are being adopted to make the extraction process more efficient and cost-effective. Solar power is a sustained source of energy which has developed into a reliable mean to replace fossil fuels due to scarcity, environmental impact and rising costs. Solar power, being...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact and interrelation between positive psychological capital and occupational burnout among faculty associates of technical and professional training institutions. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 282 faculty members from 17 technical institutions were selected from the province of Pun...

This article studies the background and impact of the recent demonetization initiative taken by the Indian Government. Upon the advice of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Government of India demonetized all old bank notes of ₹1000 and ₹500 denominations and replaced them with new bank notes of ₹2,000 and 500 denominations. As per various statements by...

The electric vehicle charging infrastructure is in the initial development period in China, where there is an imbalanced supply and demand structure, an increasingly mature institutional environment, and an imperfect support system. The infrastructure is important for supplying energy to electric vehicles, and it needs to be provided in a reasonabl...

This paper is analysis of an organization's Knowledge Management Practices， during the research four key capabilities gained from Knowledge Management (Operation Readiness, Operation Effectiveness, Value Addition and Sustainability) were pointed out and data was gathered from questionnaire and lickert's scale. To find out effect of these capabiliti...

Subsequent to its growth and exceptional achievements, Total Quality Management (TQM) needs to be implemented out of the Manufacturing industry to service organizations, like Private Banks. This Study explores prospects of using Soft TQM and Hard TQM in service oriented organizations and investigates how helpful it can be for growth and development...

Purpose –The main objective of doing this research is to study the rise in satisfaction level of people of Punjab due to E-governance initiatives of the government of Punjab. Design/methodology/approach – E-governance was introduced in the province with the help of various Information Systems. We identified various aspects of these e-systems affect...