Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is necessary in today’s organizations because they must bal... more Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is necessary in today’s organizations because they must balance profitability with the development of a positive reputation through environmental and social responsibilities. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to discover how organizational culture (OC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) relate to job satisfaction (JS), as well as how CSR moderates their interaction. The research data were collected from 463 respondents of SME organizations in Saudi Arabia using an online survey questionnaire (and few by in-person survey) to determine the impact of hypothesized relations. The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS to test the study hypotheses. The results indicated that corporate social responsibility moderated the relationship between OC and JS and improved employee’s job satisfaction. Among the hypothesized relationships of the variables, OC indicated a mediocre effect on JS, while CSR was found to have low influence on JS....
International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies
It is important for management to make its employees fully satisfied at work by reducing emotiona... more It is important for management to make its employees fully satisfied at work by reducing emotional exhaustion and increasing their involvement. Today the majority of companies strive to improve their employees’ performance by providing them with all the facilities they need to maintain their physical and psychological well-being and thereby enhance their effectiveness. Therefore, the current study aims to examine whether job involvement mediates the relationship between emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction among financial sector employees. An analysis of 200 responses from financial sector employees was conducted using a survey. To gather information, a set of tools including emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, job involvement and biographical information from bank employees were used. A structural equation model was used to analyze the relationships. The results showed a positive correlation between emotional exhaustion and job involvement between emotional exhaustion and ...
This paper focuses to add an understanding of leadership styles of entrepreneurs in SMEs as well ... more This paper focuses to add an understanding of leadership styles of entrepreneurs in SMEs as well as their influence on thriving businesses for sustainability. This study points out the way leadership style can impact the development and accomplishment of entrepreneurship role in SME's in India. This study examines whether leadership styles can have an influence on the development and execution of medium and small-sized enterprises and their impact on company performance in Aligarh District. The outcome of the study reveals that completely different conceptions of leadership could affect the company's productivity. Transformational leadership has much more to do with business productivity than transactional leadership, which have a positive correlation with performance-focused on business creation and in help improving business productivity and sustainability.
Is Social Capital a Key Factor to enhance Firm’s Performance via Manager’s Intangible Capabilities?
IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyse the role of internal social capital and external ... more Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyse the role of internal social capital and external social capital in determining the financial and non-financial performance of the firm and the effect of manager’s intangible capabilities on internal social capital and external social capital of firm in the context of the manufacturing sector of India. Design/methodology/approach: The data for this study is collected from 417 managers of manufacturing firms through a structured questionnaire and is analysed through SPSS and AMOS by performing confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Findings: Findings reveal that a manager’s business experience, financial literacy and intellectual capital significantly enhance the firm’s internal and external social capital. Furthermore, it has been found that the internal social capital of the firm has the potential to enhance the performance of the firm in financial and non-financial terms. The external social capital also signi...
Technology adaption is not a choice for business especially in today’s world. In fact businesses ... more Technology adaption is not a choice for business especially in today’s world. In fact businesses have to be embedded in the technology in order to be competitive. This paper focuses on how Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) will come up with the customer engagement technology in leveraging competitive advantage and remain customer centric organization. Challenges and complexities have doubled. Social media and big data have been in fore front in cruising business direction and pathways. SMEs also face the dilemma of budget, digitalization, strategic plan, growth etc. How SME’s will harness customer engagement technology with limited resources and capacity constraints. Strategic foresight backed by dynamic of business model best suited has to be saddled and galloped. The question is do SME’s are facing the music of a disturbed or disruptive milieu. Also, SME’s need to be innovative and agile in their business operations. Off late, in a macro environment especially, technology has made...
Students have their own connotations related to satisfaction because their perception influences ... more Students have their own connotations related to satisfaction because their perception influences the performance which will provide opportunities to them to get the better quality of life in later stages. The present study planned to ascertain the relationships between infrastructure, campus life, admin./staff support and faculty with academic support among business students. The investigation was designed to identify predictor(s) of student satisfaction. A total of 147 students were included in the study which has been selected randomly from the business college of Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The student satisfaction scale was used to gather information. The data have been analyzed by means of both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the investigation revealed that (i) all the factors of student satisfaction had positive and significant relationships with each (ii) faculty, infrastructure and campus life were emerged as most potent predictors of students' satisfaction with academic support and (iii) majority of the students showed the moderate level of satisfaction. The significance and limitation of this investigation are also presented, which will shed the light of hope of other investigators to go ahead with similar kinds of investigation with different methodologies. Further, it is suggested in this investigation that contemporary changes in the higher education systems and varying levels of student satisfaction will surely attract the employer to employ the talented or competent students to enhance the profits of the institutions.
Purpose Managerial effectiveness is considered as an essential element for sustainable developmen... more Purpose Managerial effectiveness is considered as an essential element for sustainable development and competitive advantage for organisations, and its core conceptualisation revolves around the capability of management to manage self, subordinates and relationships. However, very few research addressed this important phenomenon; this study aims to fill this gap by investigating the mediating role of Islamic work ethics between leadership styles and managerial effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach Data collection was done through a structured questionnaire, and the hypothesized relationships were tested with the help of SmartPLS. Findings Results of the statistical analysis showed that transformational and transactional leadership styles are positively associated with managerial effectiveness. Also, Islamic work ethics mediated the association between transactional leadership and managerial effectiveness, and however, no mediation effect of Islamic work ethics was found in the ...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to collaborate with environmental engineering and management... more Purpose The purpose of this study is to collaborate with environmental engineering and management making an effort to provide evidence for the irresponsible behavior of small business set up in north India with special reference to Aligarh City. Corporates have huge accountability for sustainable development, and they cannot overlook the major responsibilities which are lying on their shoulders. CSR is related to the concept of “doing good” but, beyond “doing good” businesses have the responsibility for “avoiding bad” to avoid corporate social irresponsibility (CSI), such as damaging the environment by polluting land, water and air, cheating customers, violating human rights, or doing any unethical practices. Design/methodology/approach In this study, random groundwater samples were collected from “Aligarh Nagar Nigam” installed hand pumps from industrial influence areas of Aligarh during the month of October and November 2017. These samples were collected nearby small-scale metal p...
Corporate Social Responsibility: An Indian Perspective
CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, 2013
Today, we are living in the era in which companies, businesses and society are more connected and... more Today, we are living in the era in which companies, businesses and society are more connected and interactive than ever before in the past. Corporations are more aware of their role towards the society. They are responsible bodies that feel a sense duty towards commonwealth and the environment that comes with a growing realization that they, as an integral part of this society themselves, can contribute to its upliftment and empower of the entire country in turn. And consumers and citizens' campaigns can make all the difference. This is the foundation thought behind the golden handshake between tripartite— companies, society and nation; Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR. CSR is a crucial bridge between organizations and society and also a means to create awareness amongst corporates, NGOs, civic bodies and government of the value and importance of social responsibility to bridge the gap between the privileged and the disadvantaged of society. It facilitates and creates the environment for true good partnership between civil society and business. More and more companies and organizations are creating an interface to encourage industry commerce and globalization that can, in turn, improve the bottom line by social good. More importantly, CSR is the point of convergence of various initiatives aimed at ensuring socio-economic development of the community which would be livelihood oriented as a whole in a credible and sustainable manner. There does seem to be a glimmer of hope from the rapidly growing field of CSR and from the greater involvement of companies in providing private funds for relief. CSR issues are attracting a great deal of attention in the developed world, there is a need for more research into CSR in the developing world. This paper considers the CSR practices of a small sample of multinational corporations (MNCs) and local firms in India to better understand the perspectives and trends in India.
Employees’ decision to quit their present job or company is a turnover intention. The number of e... more Employees’ decision to quit their present job or company is a turnover intention. The number of employees joining and leaving an organization in a specific period is regarded as employee turnover. This study aims to examine the factors influencing faculty members’ intentions to leave universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The population includes academicians from various universities in Saudi Arabia. The primary data were gathered using random sampling methods; 140 responses investigating various demographics and other factors were obtained from academicians of various universities. The present study chose five constructs: job satisfaction, job stress, work engagement, organizational commitment, and turnover intention. The statistical tools were used to conduct statistics examinations. The mean, correlation, and regressions were used to analyze the data gathered. The results showed a significant association between work engagement, job stress, job satisfaction, organizational ...
Technology penetration, adoption and use of authentic source have been discussed by various resea... more Technology penetration, adoption and use of authentic source have been discussed by various researchers. The data science, data analytics, cyber psychology and other recent developments in the field of analyzing and predicting the human behavior while using digital platform is gaining importance in 21st century. To continue and contribute in this stream this article aims to explore the motives of adopting e-music in India and secondly identifying dominating personality traits of consumers listening music from online platform, and finally analyzing the impact of personality traits on motives of adopting digital music in India. For the purpose suitable principal factor analysis was applied to analyze the motives to adopt e-music. The results of study reveal that easiness to search, knowledge of platform, validity of required file, navigation or search-ability of application, effortless transmission and cost effective transactions influence the adoption of e-music in India. Further all...
This study analyses the comparative effects between E-WOM on online shopping platforms and social... more This study analyses the comparative effects between E-WOM on online shopping platforms and social networking platforms on consumers’ purchase intention of smartphones in India. The E-WOM effect on buying intention has become an important context for many researchers due to its increasing importance in today’s world of digitalization. This study aims to assess the influence of E-WOM factors on these two platforms, including E-WOM credibility, E-WOM attitude, E-WOM quantity, and E-WOM format, on purchase decisions of smartphones. The data were collected using a questionnaire from 361 respondents in Uttar Pradesh, India. Multiple regression has been applied to empirically measure the influence of independent factors (E-WOM credibility, E-WOM attitude, E-WOM quantity, and E-WOM format) on the dependent factor (consumers’ purchase intention). The result indicates that E-WOM credibility, E-WOM quantity, and E-WOM format on online shopping platforms have more impact than E-WOM on social me...
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