-
Corporate cash holdings and financial performance: moderating effect of corporate governance and family ownership South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Jameel Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir
Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of corporate cash holdings on financial performance. Additionally, it investigates the moderating effect of corporate governance and family ownership on the link between corporate cash holdings and financial performance. Design/methodology/approach This study uses secondary data regarding the sample of 81 firms listed in the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)
-
Modeling corporate social responsibility and organizational attractiveness: the underlying mechanism of organizational trust South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Md Sohel Chowdhury, H.M. Moniruzzaman, Nusrat Sharmin Lipy, Dae-seok Kang
Purpose Drawing on signaling and social identity theories, the main objective of this paper is to suggest and validate a research framework to investigate the association of corporate social responsibility (CSR) perceptions with organizational attractiveness by uncovering the underlying mechanism of organizational trust. Design/methodology/approach By conducting regression analysis, the study hypotheses
-
The effect of working capital investment on firm value and long-term investment: evidence from Indian manufacturing sector South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Roshan, Niti Nandini Chatnani
Purpose This study investigates the relationship between working capital investment (WCI) and firm value for Indian manufacturing firms using excess net working capital (NWC) and Tobin's Q as a measure of WCI and firm value, respectively. The study also examines whether firms use the cash released from excess investment in working capital to make long-term investments. Design/methodology/approach The
-
Investigating how consumer-perceived value and store image influence brand loyalty in emerging markets South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Shahidul Islam, Mashiat Zahin, Shahida Binte Rahim
Purpose This study examines the impact of consumer-perceived value (CPV) dimensions such as product quality, price fairness, brand prestige and brand positioning on brand attitude and loyalty for electronic home appliance brands in an emerging market. It also explores the moderating effect of perceived store image on the relationship between brand attitude and loyalty. Design/methodology/approach This
-
An examination of economic growth determined by foreign direct investment and the institutional environment: a subnational perspective South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Vandana Goswami, Lalit Goswami
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and economic growth with a special focus on the institutional environment at the state level. FDI-led economic growth and economic growth-led FDI have two dominant theoretical foundations, but empirical research supports contradictory findings. These perspectives largely ignore the institutional
-
National culture has an impact on antecedents of engagement. Or does it? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Vindhya Weeratunga, Deborah Blackman, Fiona Buick, Anthony Cotton
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the applicability of employee engagement theories in a South Asian country, Sri Lanka, and determine whether engagement theories are universally applicable beyond the Western countries in which they have been developed and tested. Design/methodology/approach A heterogeneous sample of 451 private-sector employees in Sri Lanka was used
-
COVID-adjusted HR practices and employees' stress across continents: testing a moderated mediation model South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Subhash C. Kundu, Purnima Chahar, Prerna Tuteja
Purpose The paper has intended to advance the research on the relationship between COVID-adjusted HR practices (CAHRP) and employees' stress (ES) by exploring the mediating role of employees' satisfaction from remote working (ESRW). Further, a consolidative moderated mediation model with HR pandemic readiness (HRPR) as moderator on the above-stated relationship has also been proposed. Design/methodology/approach
-
How does emotional intelligence influence self-efficacy among customer service representatives in Pakistan? Mediatory effects of emotional labour South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Mukaram Ali Khan, Rimsha Ashfaq Butt, Saba Nawab, Syed Sohaib Zubair
Purpose This study intends to explore the influence of emotional intelligence on employee self-efficacy in Pakistan's telecom industry. Besides, it explores the mediating effect of emotional labor (surface acting and deep acting) between them. This study also tests the relationship between emotional labor (surface acting and deep acting) and self-efficacy in the customer care of Pakistan's telecom
-
Knowledge management through information and communication technology investments: the story of Indian family firms South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Arindam Mondal, Amit Baran Chakrabarti
Purpose Information and communication technologies (ICT) are indispensable tools for Knowledge Management (KM) practices in today’s knowledge-intensive and globally interconnected marketplace. This paper seeks to investigate the impact of family ownership on ICT investments in an emerging economy (EE) context. Design/methodology/approach This empirical paper uses data from 300 large Indian listed firms
-
Responses of investors to earnings announcement: does the type of ownership holdings in banks matter? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Akila Anantha Krishnan, Angan Sengupta
Purpose This study examines the influence of the ownership structure of banks on investors' behavior by dissecting the investors' response to news regarding performance indicators in private and government-owned banks. Design/methodology/approach The event study methodology is used for the analysis. The data for 35 banks (out of 38), listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) for a duration of 230 months
-
Transformational leadership and career success: a moderated mediation model of proactive career behavior and role ambiguity South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Swati Agrawal, Sajeet Pradhan
Purpose This study examines the mediating and moderating role of proactive career behavior (PCB) and role ambiguity (RA) in the relationship between transformational leadership and subjective career success (SCS). Design/methodology/approach This study is a moderated mediation model with a sample size of 408 employees as respondents working in seven different organizations in the hospitality industry
-
Dynamic modeling of marginal expected shortfall under economic sensitivity: empirical evidence from Pakistan South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Hasan Hanif
Purpose Systemic risk is of concern for economic welfare as it can lower the credit supply to all the sectors within an economy. This study examines for the first time the complete hierarchy of variables that drive systemic risk during normal and crisis periods in Pakistan, a developing economy. Design/methodology/approach Secondary data of the bank, sector and country variables are used for the purpose
-
Are consumers willing to pay a premium for art-infused products? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Mansi Gupta
Purpose Art-infusion has become a common practice among brands across the globe. This is because marketers leverage the uniqueness and prestige of arts to earn superior profits. Hence, this research aims to understand and measure consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for art-infused products. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was designed based on conjoint analysis and was responded to by 470
-
Corporate governance and cost of equity: the moderating role of ownership concentration levels South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Muhammad Arsalan Hashmi, Urooj Istaqlal, Rayenda Khresna Brahmana
Purpose The study analyzes the influence of corporate governance and ownership concentration levels on the cost of equity. Further, the authors extend the literature by investigating the moderating effect of ownership concentration levels (i.e. at 5%, 10% and 20%) on the relationship between corporate governance and the cost of equity. Design/methodology/approach The study applies several robust panel
-
Developing the relationship between corporate cultural factors and employees' organizational commitment via self-efficacy South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Bahadur Ali Soomro, Abdul Wahid Zehri, Sadia Anwar, Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Naimatullah Shah
Purpose In this study, the researchers explored the predictive powers of corporate cultural factors and self-efficacy on Pakistan's public sector bank employees' organizational commitment. Design/methodology/approach The researchers designed a co-relational study based on cross-sectional data using a questionnaire to collect the data from the Pakistan public sector banks' managers, assistant managers
-
Exploring Customer Perceived Value towards non-deceptive counterfeiting: a grounded theory approach South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Kaushik Samaddar, Aradhana Gandhi
Purpose The study explores and builds theories in Customer Perceived Values (CPVs) that drive counterfeit buying intention, using a Grounded Theory Approach (GTA) in an emerging market, India. Design/methodology/approach Counterfeit studies have either resorted to a survey approach or modelling approach in investigating various aspects and dimensions. This study, among a few, attempted a GTA in building
-
Corporate derivatives use and firm value: conditional role of corporate governance South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Affaf Asghar Butt, Sayyid Salman Rizavi, Mian Sajid Nazir, Aamer Shahzad
Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of corporate derivatives use on firm value and how the corporate governance index modifies this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of 219 nonfinancial firms on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) from 2011 to 2019. The study used ordinary least square regression with year and industry dummies for estimations. Multiple estimation
-
Impact of organizational climate, culture, leadership and structure on competitive advantage: mediating effect of absorptive capacity South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Khawaja Khalid Mehmood, Mehreen Mushtaq, Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha
Purpose This research aimed to investigate absorptive capacity's (AC) mediating effect among four important organizational factors, namely transformational leadership (TL), innovative culture (IC), organizational structure (OS), organizational climate (OC)) and competitive advantage (CA). Design/methodology/approach A survey method was used for data collection and 107 valid responses were received
-
The volatility spillover effect of macroeconomic indicators and strategic commodities on inflation: evidence from India South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Shailesh Rastogi, Jagjeevan Kanoujiya
Purpose This study aims to analyze the volatility spillover effects of crude oil, gold price, interest rate (yield) and the exchange rate (USD (United States Dollar)/INR (Indian National Rupee)) on inflation volatility in India. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the multivariate Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models (Baba, Engle, Kraft and Kroner [BEKK]-GARCH
-
Using blockchain for global governance: past, present and future South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Chandan Kumar Tiwari, Abhinav Pal
Purpose This paper examines the current state of blockchain governance research. The study’s findings also propose a conceptual framework for the use of blockchain in governance and global governance and provide a global look at how public and private sectors alike are implementing new technologies. Design/methodology/approach The study is qualitative as well as quantitative in nature. The authors
-
Factors influencing online luxury purchase intentions: the moderating role of bandwagon luxury consumption behavior South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Sheetal Jain
Purpose Despite the fact that online is predicted to become the major channel for luxury purchases by 2025, there is scant literature related to online luxury buying behavior, mainly in the context of Generation Y (Gen Y) consumers in emerging societies like India. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to empirically test the theoretical framework developed to assess the factors influencing
-
Intention to stay and happiness: a moderated mediation model of work engagement and hope South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-30 Neha Bellamkonda, Murugan Pattusamy
Purpose Drawing from the self-determination theory (SDT) model of work motivation (Gagné and Deci, 2005), the paper aims to examine the relationship between employee intention to stay and happiness through work engagement and analyses how hope acts as a boundary condition in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach In this study a survey was conducted among the individuals working in the Information
-
Managing employees’ performance in Indian public sector undertakings during COVID-19 pandemic-induced blended working South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Sanjeet Kumar Sameer
Purpose Acknowledging the significance of perceived organizational support (POS) for employees’ performance, this study aims to examine the underlying mechanism of task performance in a COVID-19 pandemic-induced blended working (TPBW) environment and the role of perceived usefulness of digitalization (PUDBW) in the process. Design/methodology/approach Survey data collected from 204 managers of Indian
-
Sustainable organizational performance management: deciphering the role of emotional capital in e-commerce industry South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Parul Gupta, Kanupriya Misra Bakhru, Amit Shankar
Purpose This study aims to understand role employee emotional capital in e-commerce organizations for implementing a sustainability-oriented approach. It explores two research questions: First, what role does emotional capital play in creating a sustainability-oriented functioning in an e-commerce organization? Second, how the emotional capital of employees and leaders can be molded and aligned to
-
The effect of bank reputation on loyalty – the moderating role of bank type South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-15 Rashmi Sharma, Richa Joshi
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of bank reputation (via its proposed dimensions) in influencing bank trust and its subsequent effect on the loyalty of the customer. The study has also explored the moderating role of bank type (public vs private bank) in the relationship between the dimensions of bank reputation and bank trust. Design/methodology/approach A total of 651 questionnaires
-
Workplace diversity and individual-level outcomes: the role of gender as moderator South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Itinpreet Kaur, Geeta Mishra, Rahela Farooqi
Purpose Although existing literature abounds with actual diversity research, there is scant work on perceived diversity. This research aims to investigate the impact of employees' perception of workplace diversity on job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Further, the research analyses the gender-moderating effect between the hypothesized connection. Design/methodology/approach Current research
-
Dimensions of mobile service adoption – a systematic literature review South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Vishal Kulshrestha, Kokil Jain, Tarun Dhingra
Purpose The goal of this paper is to identify the main factors influencing mobile service adoption and define a universally applicable holistic concept capable of explaining all types of mobile service adoption that will be useful to all stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach A systematic method was used to identify and select relevant articles for appraisal and analysis of their data, as well as
-
Expense shifting and revenue shifting in the income statement: substitutes or complements? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Manish Bansal
Purpose The study aims at examining the relationship between the forms of misclassification practices, namely expense shifting and revenue shifting. In particular, the study aims at identifying the form of shifting that has been preferred by firms to meet the industry average profitability. Design/methodology/approach Core earnings and operating revenue expectation models are used to measure expense
-
Entrepreneurial mothers' behaviours on their business and family life: a case study in Sri Lanka South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Thilakshi Kodagoda, Ramanie Samaratunge
Purpose This study examines women entrepreneurs' understanding of motherhood and entrepreneurial career and how they negotiate this combination with their gendered understandings and social norms in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using in-depth, semi-structured interviews from 20 entrepreneurial mothers in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. Sub-samples were taken to achieve
-
Information technology investment and working capital management efficiency: evidence from India survey data South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Amarjit Gill, Parminder Kang, Afshin Amiraslany
Purpose This study aims to test the relationship between information technology investment (IT_INVEST) and working capital management (WCM) efficiency. Design/methodology/approach This study utilized a survey research design to collect data from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) owners in India. Findings Empirical results show that perceived IT_INVEST plays a role in improving WCM efficiency
-
Decoding the sustainable consumer: what yoga psychology tells us about self-control and impulsive buying? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Shiva Kakkar, Anurag Dugar, Rajneesh Gupta
Purpose The study approaches the social problem of overconsumption by examining how dispositional characteristics (Trigunas) affect self-control capacity and buying impulsiveness. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 181 Indian students was conducted to collect data on Trigunas, self-control and impulse buying tendency (IBT). Partial least squares-based structure equation modeling package ADANCO
-
How COVID-19 impacts consumer purchase intention towards health and hygiene products in India? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Pooja Kumari, Bhumika Bhateja
Purpose The surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in India raises the need to study the variables that affect product and category choices, consumer buying preferences and consumrs' future spending. The purpose of the research is to analyse the purchasing behaviour of Indian consumers with regard to health and hygiene products, taking into consideration the impact of the current pandemic crisis
-
Resolving stress of university teacher: exploring role of workplace spirituality and constructive workplace deviance South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Naval Garg, Sarika Kumari, B.K. Punia
Purpose The study explores the relationship between workplace spirituality and work stress among university teachers. It also investigates the mediating effect of constructive deviance amid the association between workplace spirituality and stress among Indian university teachers. Design/methodology/approach The association between spirituality and stress is studied using correlation and multiple regression
-
Will she stay or will she quit: determinants of career persistence and non-persistence amongst women workers of India's IT sector South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-21 Swati Alok, Sudatta Banerjee, Navya Kumar
Purpose This study aims to identify demographic characteristics, personal attributes and attitudes and social support factors that adversely or favourably affect the likelihood of career persistence amongst women workers of the Indian IT sector. Design/methodology/approach The research, grounded in the social cognitive career theory, analyses primary data collected from 850 women working in IT via
-
“Goldilocks” gender mix for maximal innovation likelihood at Indian firms South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Navya Kumar, Swati Alok, Sudatta Banerjee
Purpose Gender diversity is known to trigger creative and relationship conflicts alike, the former a boon for innovation and the latter a bane. This study aims to explore the possibility of a gender mix that is “just right” for balancing the intensities of varied forms of conflict to boost innovation in firms in India. Specifically, this paper investigated the presence of an optimal level of women
-
Improving firm performance using market orientation and capabilities: a case study approach South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-14 Sandeep Narula, Sudhir Rana, Shakul Srivastava, Manjeet Kharub
Purpose This study explores the relationship between market orientation (MO), marketing capabilities, competitive advantage and firm performance with a focus on productivity and growth. This study answers on how MO and capabilities can enhance the performance of a firm. The following research points have been looked into: (1) business development in uncertain times, (2) strategies that complement both
-
The impact of entrepreneurs' full-time versus hybrid employment and social connections on new venture survival: a USA–India comparison South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-13 Xi Zhang, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, Raja Roy, Cesar Bandera
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the entrepreneurs' social connections and types of employment differentially affect the survival of startup firms in the USA and India. Further, the authors analyze the differences during both the early stage and the later stages of new ventures. Design/methodology/approach The authors use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) database
-
Does exchange rate volatility influence import commodities of India-US? Evidence from ARDL approach South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-26 Mohini Gupta, Sakshi Varshney
Purpose The aim the study is to explore the impact of real exchange rate volatility and other macroeconomic variable such as price of import, industrial production and real exchange rate on 45 import commodities, considering global financial crisis period on India's import from the US. The empirical analysis at disaggregate level of import indicates the existence of both short-run and long-run effect
-
Social capital in e-commerce era: toward a deeper knowledge of its conceptualization and empirical measurement in agribusiness South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-22 Le Dang Lang
Purpose E-commerce, with technology as its backbone, is an indispensable business trend associated with the wave of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Recently, its intensifying role has also been noticed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, technology adoption to pursue an e-commerce model for agribusinessmen is not easy, while the COVID-19 has made them lose customers and led them to crises. In
-
Deconstructing ahimsa at the workplace: its relevance and significance South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Ayatakshee Sarkar
Purpose This paper aims to conceptualize ahimsa at the workplace as an alternate coping response to negative workplace behaviours. The response strategy aims to impede conflict escalation and transform a hostile situation into a collaborative one. Design/methodology/approach The conceptualization of the indigenous construct bases upon Bhawuk's methodological suggestion on building psychological models
-
A turnaround fuelled by transformational leadership South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Mayuree Sengupta
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the National Research Development Corporation, India, Hanumanthu Purushotham had facilitated a turnaround of the organization and ensured profitability during his tenure there. This is one of the series of interview-based studies that focuses on a South Asian CEO, with the goal of ascertaining his leadership
-
Volatility integration of gold and crude oil prices with the interest rates in India South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-06 Shailesh Rastogi, Adesh Doifode, Jagjeevan Kanoujiya, Satyendra Pratap Singh
Purpose Crude oil, gold and interest rates are some of the key indicators of the health of domestic as well as global economy. The purpose of the study is to find the shock volatility and price volatility effects of gold and crude oil market on interest rates in India. Design/methodology/approach This study finds the mutual and directional association of the volatility of gold, crude oil and interest
-
The relationship between performance appraisal system and employees' voice behavior through the mediation-moderation mechanism South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-28 Khalid Rasheed Memon, Bilqees Ghani
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate and articulate the performance appraisal process as a tool, used for the development of voice behavior through the fostering of trustworthiness and empowering culture in the organization. Design/methodology/approach Data has been collected through survey instruments, filled by employees and their coworkers. The study proposes and tests a new model
-
The relation of workplace spirituality with employee creativity among Indian software professionals: mediating role of psychological empowerment South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-16 Tapas Bantha, Umakanta Nayak
Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between workplace spirituality and employee creativity and check the mediating role of psychological empowerment on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach An online survey developed with SurveyMonkeyTM has been shared via LinkedIn to 750 software professionals working in Indian origin. For data analysis, partial least squares-structural equation
-
Fostering sustainable relationships in Pakistani cellular service industry through CSR and brand love South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-08-31 Ammar Javed, Zia Khan
Purpose This study investigates the mediating role of brand love in two important relationships: first, corporate social responsibility (CSR)–word-of-mouth (WoM) intentions and second, corporate ability (CA)–WoM relationships. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected with a sample of 359 respondents, and partial least squares-based structural equation modeling was utilized for data analysis
-
How well does government microcredit serve the investment needs of small and medium enterprises? An impact analysis on handloom weavers in Bangladesh South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-08-30 Mst Tania Parvin, Regina Birner, Ashrafun Nahar
Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically estimate the impact of a government microcredit program on the handloom weavers to promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from 311 handloom weavers from the Sirajganj District of Bangladesh from July to December 2015 using a multistage sampling technique. The analysis was conducted
-
Influence of high-performance work practices on organizational citizenship behaviour: the mediating role of affective commitment South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-30 Subash Chandra Pattnaik, Rashmita Sahoo
Purpose This study examines how high-performance work practices (HPWPs) influence organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and the mediating role of employee affective commitment (AC) in this relationship in a non-Western context such as India. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a survey research design. Taking a sample of 503 employees of a large manufacturing organization in India, the
-
Impact of upward and downward earnings management on stock returns South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-29 Asgar Ali, Manish Bansal
Purpose The current study aims at examining the impact of upward and downward earnings management on the cross-sections of stock return. The study also examines the moderating role of cross-sectional effects on the association between earnings management and stock returns. Design/methodology/approach The study employed univariate and bivariate-sorted portfolio-level analysis to investigate the issue
-
Tax avoidance as earning game player in emerging economies: evidence from Pakistan South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-29 Jahanzeb Marwat, Suresh Kumar Oad Rajput, Sarfraz Ahmed Dakhan, Sonia Kumari, Muhammad Ilyas
Purpose The current study aims to achieve two targets. First, examine empirically that whether corporate managers use tax avoidance to influence short-term profitability? Second, investigate the impact of tax avoidance on the value of firms. The tax accounts provide the opportunity to influence temporary/permanent profitability but empirical studies overlooking this matter, particularly in emerging
-
Does financial development matter for domestic investment? Empirical evidence from India South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Niharika Sinha, Swati Shastri
Purpose This paper empirically examines the impact of financial development on domestic investment in India for the period 1989–2017. Design/methodology/approach This study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to co-integration to test the long-run relationship between financial development and domestic investment. To test the direction of causality, Toda–Yamamoto
-
An empirical analysis among foreign direct investment, trade openness and economic growth: evidence from the Indian economy South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-22 Reenu Kumari, Malik Shahzad Shabbir, Sharjeel Saleem, Ghulam Yahya Khan, Bilal Ahmed Abbasi, Lydia Bares Lopez
Purpose This study examines the long-term and causal relationship among foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, trade openness and economic growth from India. Design/methodology/approach This study has used annual time series data from the period 1985–2018 and applied the Johansen cointegration and vector autoregression (VAR) model. Findings The results of Johansen's cointegration confirm no long-term
-
Impact of menstruation-related stigma and behavior on female employee performance in Bangladesh: mediating role of non-work related stress South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-18 Raisa Tasneem Zaman, Md. Fazla Mohiuddin
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how menstruation specific stigma and behavior impacts female employee performance in Bangladesh. Besides, it aims to investigate if nonwork-related stress has any mediating role in the menstruation-related stigma–employee performance and menstruation-related behavior–employee performance relationship. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model
-
Manifestations of workplace ostracism: an insight into academics' psychological well-being South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-02 Tehreem Fatima, Ahmad Raza Bilal, Muhammad Kashif Imran, Ambreen Sarwar
Purpose Ostracism is a subjective and relative concept that renders itself to multiple manifestations and context-specific outcomes. Therefore, this study identified specific behaviours that are perceived as workplace ostracism by teaching faculty of Pakistani Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). Building on belongingness theory, the ramifications of ostracism on psychological well-being are outlined
-
Do entrepreneurship ecosystem and managerial skills contribute to startup development? South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-04 Raza Ali Zaidi, Muhammad Majid Khan, Rao Aamir Khan, Bahaudin G. Mujtaba
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting startup development and the entrepreneurship ecosystem's contribution to it. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative methodology is used for data collection from different startup owners working across Pakistan. It is a cross-sectional descriptive study, which investigates the causal effect of variables at a definite point in
-
Antecedents and consequences of online buying behavior: a mediation study South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-03 Suhail Ahmad Bhat, Sheikh Basharul Islam, Umer Mushtaq Lone
Purpose The study is aimed to identify the determinants of online buying behavior and their associations with the consequences of online buying behavior. The study adopted an e-loyalty framework and investigated causal links among functionality, usability, trust, commitment and loyalty. In addition, the study also attempted to investigate the mediating role of trust and commitment between online buying
-
Impact of carbon emission on financial performance: empirical evidence from India South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-29 Rajesh Desai, Avani Raval, Narayan Baser, Jay Desai
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of carbon emission on accounting and market-based financial performance of Indian companies. Design/methodology/approach Firms reporting emission data on Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) are considered for empirical analysis and the data have been collected for the period from 2013 to 2019. The study adopts Heckman's regression model to control
-
IPO initial return in Pakistan: influence of country-level institutional quality South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-29 Waqas Mehmood, Rasidah Mohd-Rashid, Abd Halim Ahmad, Ahmad Hakimi Tajuddin
Purpose The present study investigated the influence of country-level institutional quality on IPO initial return using World Bank Governance indices. Design/methodology/approach This study analysed 84 IPOs listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange between 2000 and 2017 using cross-sectional data. The impact of country-level institutional quality on IPO initial returns was examined using ordinary least square
-
Does debt heterogeneity impact firm value? Evidence from an emerging context South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-29 Amit Tripathy, Shigufta Hena Uzma
Purpose The present paper attempts to explain the impact of debt diversification and various debt financing sources on firm value. The paper also aims to address the long-run causality of various factors affecting firm value. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a dynamic panel data model for a sample of 233 listed firms from 2010 to 2019. Two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) is devised
-
Long-term orientation of South Asian leadership and organizational competitiveness and survival of Sasken Technologies Limited South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-13 Ramya T. Venkateswaran, Selvaraj Vadivelu, Swaminathan Krishnan
Purpose The objective of this paper is to understand the perspectives of the chief executive officer (CEO), chairman and managing director of Sasken Technologies Limited, Shri. Rajiv C. Mody who co-founded this high-technology firm, which has survived three decades of turbulence in technology and the market. This is an interview-based study focused on South Asian CEOs, with the goal of better understanding
-
Shiftwork, mental health and performance among Indian nurses: the role of social support South Asian Journal of Business Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-29 Saif Ud Din, Vishwanath V. Baba
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of mental health on the job performance among nurses, how shiftwork affects the impact and how social support alters it. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 683 Indian nurses working in multiple hospitals in two major cities in Northern India. Descriptive statistics, correlations and hierarchical