Shehla Amjad

• PhD
• Professor at COMSATS University Islamabad

The aim of the study is to empirically examine the applicability of Muncy & Vitell Scale in Pakistan and to identify its link with moral intensity and behavioural intention. A field survey research design targeting 410 general retail consumers of three major cities in Hazara region was adopted. Data analysis is carried out using descriptive statist...

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of moral intensity on self-conscious emotions and neutralization techniques in the context of ethical decision making among consumers. A sample of 388 shopping mall retail consumers was recruited through self-administered survey technique. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, correla...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firm’s liquidity and profitability; and to find out the effects of different components of liquidity on firms’ profitability.The relationship between liquidity and firms’ profitability is empirically examined by collecting the data of 50 listed firms of Karachi Stock Exchange, Pak...

The purpose of the study is to empirically examine moral ideology, ethical beliefs, and moral intensity in the context of Pakistan. Jones (Academy of Management Review, 16(2), 366–395, 1991) model and Muncy and Vitell (Journal of Business Research, 24, 297–311, 1992) have extensively been investigated and validated in west for examining ethical dec...

The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the importance of social media and theoretically link it with Knowledge Management (KM). A massive increase in social media usage around the world and its enhanced role in everyday life of employees offer enormous opportunities to businesses. One of the most important challenges that management faces in t...

A plethora of studies on ethical decision making in marketing literature focus on rational theories that consider human decision making a rational process of choices. The literature suggests that such theories fail to fully explain the aberrant human behavior. The discrepancy between individuals’ explicit ethical norms, intention and subsequent beh...

This survey investigated the relationship and gap between students' expectations and perceptions of perceived service quality of education, emphasizing the least effective service quality dimension. The study was based on primary data, which turned out to be most significant. Data were collected from 349 of 405 students through a questionnaire (86....

The present study quantified and evaluated the presence of water pollution and its impacts on the health of adjacent human community. Water sampling and household surveying was carried out using GIS approach using primary data. The quantification of health impacts was based on the scientific tools of environment, economic theory, econometrics and s...

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of moral philosophy and self-conscious emotions and the way they impact behavioral intention. The study investigates Forsyth’s Ethical Position Theory by theoretically linking it with self-conscious emotions. Behavioral intention is measured through the use of vignettes depicting ethical scen...

The aim of this research was to explore the impact and role of one of emerging techniques of customer relationship management in Pakistan. It was investigated that how the loyalty cards influence the loyalty of female consumers in the fashion retail-sector of Pakistan. Multi-item scales adopted from previous studies were used to measure affective a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is two folds: first, to analyze the long-run relationship between terrorism and key macroeconomic indicators (GDP growth, GDP per capita, inflation and unemployment) and second, to determine the direction of causality between these variables in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – The relationship between ter...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the determinants of terrorism in the context of Pakistan. The determinants of terrorism include various socio-economic variables like GDP per capita, unemployment, political rights, inflation, poverty, inequality and literacy level. A long-run relationship between the variables is analyzed by applying Johanse...

Purpose: The study aims to develop a theoretical model to highlight the role of social media in developing effective knowledge management processes for professional service firms (PSFs). Design/ Methodology / Approach: The paper takes into account the latest fad of Social Media and extends the bounds of SECI model proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi (1...

The study aims to investigate the acceptability of e-learning courses for professional qualification offered by the Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP). The study is empirical in nature and has utilized data by 172 respondents received through online survey method technique. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used to investigate the acceptance of...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the impact of FDI on the stock market development in Pakistan, both aggregate as well as sector wise, the reason being that no such work has been carried out in this context. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on secondary data for the period 1985‐2011. Johansen co‐integration approach is used...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the degree to which Islamic banks in Pakistan use risk management practices (RMPs) and techniques in dealing with different types of risk. Design/methodology/approach – A standardized questionnaire is used which covers six aspects: understanding risk and risk management (URM), risk assessment and a...

Tea is common beverage all over the world. It starts production in the fourth year of tea plantation. Its production increases for the first three to four years and reaches the maturity stage of maximum production in the ninth and tenth year. After reaching the maturity stage it is deeply pruned every fifth year to maintain it at desirable height,...

The purpose of the research was to investigate the cultural dimensions of the four provinces of Pakistan i.e. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan of Pakistan and their comparison with national culture. The research capitalizes upon the methodology devised by Hofstede et. al (2008) in order to investigate the cultural dimensions. A total...

The main purpose of this study is to determine the various benefits an organization can derive from the application of total quality management practices, or the relationship between total quality management and quality outcomes/benefits in services sector of telecom industry of Pakistan. The study is based on primary and secondary data. Eight most...

The purpose of the research was to investigate the cultural dimensions of the four provinces of Pakistan i.e. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan of Pakistan and their comparison with national culture. The research capitalizes upon the methodology devised by Hofstede et. al (2008) in order to investigate the cultural dimensions. A total...

In Pakistan the growing number of higher education institutions and the ever-increasing number of students, forces the institutions to build such an environment which completely satisfies these students" expectations. This paper uses a modified version of Keaveney and Young (1997) satisfaction model and tests on a sample of students of COMSATS Abbo...

Working Capital Management is one of the most severe problems faced by business organizations, more specifically small and medium size manufacturing enterprises (SMEs). The main objective of the paper is to determine the type of approach followed by small and medium size industrial companies in Pakistan for financing their current assets. Based on...

Medicine is a high risk profession. Infectious diseases, dealing with difficult patients, accidents on the job, and other hazards have shortened the careers of many practitioners. The extent to which they experience stress turns into poor performance in terms of quality of patient care. Personality traits are often thought to affect the stress that...

Increased personal control and comfort needs of employees triggered the concern among organizations to provide them with an environment and office design, which fulfills the employees' needs and helps to boost their productivity. The main objective of this study is to find out the relationship between office design and productivity. For this purpos...

Doctors especially house officers are under a great deal of stress related to a variety of occupational stressors. Occupational stressors contribute to organizational inefficiency, high staff turnover, absenteeism due to sickness, decreased quality, and quantity of practice, increased costs of health care, and decreased job satisfaction. One of the...

This paper presents an analysis of smallholders' access to rural credit and the cost of borrowing using survey data from Pakistan. Rural credit in Pakistan comes from formal and various informal sources. The tenure status, family labor, literacy status, off-farm income, value of non-fixed assets and infrastructure quality are found to be the most i...

The paper reviews the ICT adoption models and strategic management in small enterprises in developed countries. The review shows that developed world have yielded evidence of a significant effect on performance with ICT and strategic management. The case studies approach has been used to assess the ICT adoption and strategic management process in s...