128 results on '"Abdul Karim Khan"'
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2. Psychological distress and project success: The moderating role of employees’ resilience and mindfulness
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Namra Mubarak, Jabran Khan, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Management of Technology and Innovation ,Building and Construction ,Business and International Management - Published
- 2022
3. COVID-19-related job insecurity and employees’ behavioral outcomes: mediating role of emotional exhaustion and moderating role of symmetrical internal communication
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Abdul Karim Khan, Maria Khalid, Nida Abbas, and Shehryar Khalid
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Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management - Abstract
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19-related job insecurity on two types of employees’ behaviors: family undermining and withdrawal. This study also proposes emotional exhaustion as a mediator and symmetrical internal communication as a moderator in the relationship between COVID-19-related job insecurity and employees’ behaviors. Design/methodology/approach Using a time-lagged design, data were gathered from 193 employees working in Pakistan’s hospitality sector. Structural equation modeling in AMOS and PROCESS Macro were used to test the hypotheses. Findings The results show that COVID-19-related job insecurity is positively related to family undermining and withdrawal behaviors, and these associations are mediated by emotional exhaustion. Furthermore, symmetrical internal communication weakens the positive influence of COVID-19-related job insecurity on emotional exhaustion. Additionally, the indirect impact of COVID-19-related job insecurity on employees’ behavioral outcomes via emotional exhaustion is stronger for employees with low symmetrical internal communication than for those with high levels of symmetrical internal communication. Practical implications Hospitality management needs to focus on transparent and horizontal communication patterns to reduce the ensuing negative behaviors from COVID-19-related job insecurity. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine the impact of COVID-19-related job insecurity on two types of employees’ behaviors: family undermining and withdrawal. This study also offers new insights via mediating mechanisms and moderators associated with the relationship between COVID-19-related job insecurity and employees’ behavioral reactions.
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- 2022
4. How the supervisor's Machiavellianism results in abusive supervision: understanding the role of the supervisor's competitive worldviews and subordinate's performance
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Abdul Karim Khan, Imran Hameed, Samina Quratulain, Ghulam Ali Arain, and Alexander Newman
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Applied Psychology - Abstract
PurposeDrawing on the dual process model of ideology and prejudice, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether, how and when a supervisor's Machiavellianism leads to subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision. In doing so, the authors also explore the mediating role of the supervisor's competitive world views and the moderating role of subordinates' performance on this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical model was tested using three sources of data from supervisors, their subordinates and the organization. Hierarchical linear model analysis was run on supervisor and subordinate dyadic data for testing whether subordinates' performance moderated the mediated relationships or not.FindingsThe results suggest that the supervisors' competitive worldviews explain the positive link between their Machiavellianism and subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision. The results highlight that the mediation effect of supervisors' competitive worldviews on the link between their Machiavellianism and their subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision is more pronounced when subordinates' performance is low than when it is high.Research limitations/implicationsThis research contributes to the authors’ knowledge of the link between supervisors' Machiavellianism and abusive supervision, and how the toxic influence of their Machiavellianism is mediated by supervisors' competitive worldviews.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the literature on abusive supervision and personality by studying the role of personality as an antecedent of abusive supervision. Further, this study used subordinates' performance as a contextual variable for understanding abusive supervision.
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- 2022
5. Interpersonal justice and creativity: testing the underlying cognitive mechanisms
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Abdul Karim Khan, Chris M. Bell, and Samina Quratulain
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General Business, Management and Accounting - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the underlying cognitive mechanisms between interpersonal justice and creativity. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical model was tested through survey method in two distinct settings, i.e. student teams and organizational setting. Findings This study found evidence that interpersonal justice has an indirect relationship with creative behavior through two distinct paths of psychological meaningfulness and psychological availability in Study 1 and through psychological availability in Study 2. The results clarify and support the proposition in the justice literature that interpersonal fairness is relevant to creativity because of its relationship to risks associated with creativity, and that this affect holds when controlling for procedural, distributive and informational justice (Study 2). Research limitations/implications The results suggest that interpersonally fair supervision has a significant influence on employees’ creativity. Fair supervisory treatment adds value to the organization and contributes to the well-being of employees by directly influencing perceptions of psychological engagement factors of meaningfulness and availability of resources. Originality/value This study contributes to the justice, creativity and psychological engagement literatures by exploring the mechanisms linking organizational justice and creativity in a non-Western context.
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- 2022
6. Losing compassion for patients? The implications of COVID-19 on compassion fatigue and event-related post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses
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Wayne Hochwarter, Samantha Jordan, Christian Kiewitz, Patrick Liborius, Antonia Lampaki, Jennifer Franczak, Yufan Deng, Mayowa T. Babalola, and Abdul Karim Khan
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event system theory ,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Social Psychology ,pandemic ,compassion fatigue ,COVID-19 ,PTSD ,Management Science and Operations Research ,nurses ,Applied Psychology - Abstract
PurposeThe authors investigated a psychological process that links characteristics of events related to the coronavirus disease (2019) COVID-19 pandemic (i.e. perceived novelty, disruptiveness and criticality) to compassion fatigue [(CF), a form of caregiver burnout] and subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in nurses.Design/methodology/approachAdministering two online surveys (October and November 2020) resulted in matched data from 175 nurses responsible for patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsPerceived disruptiveness and criticality of COVID-19 events were positively associated with nurses' CF, which also mediated those characteristics' effects on PTSD instigated by COVID-19. Contrary to the authors' hypothesis, the perceived novelty of COVID-19 events was not significantly associated with CF nor was the indirect effect of perceived novelty on PTSD mediated by CF.Originality/valueThe authors extend event system theory by investigating the psychological processes linking event features and resultant outcomes while providing practical implications on preparations for future unexpected and potentially life-altering events.
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- 2022
7. A meta‐analysis of the nomological network of knowledge hiding in organizations
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Ghulam Ali Arain, Zeeshan Ahmed Bhatti, Imran Hameed, Abdul Karim Khan, and Cort W. Rudolph
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Applied Psychology - Published
- 2023
8. Psychological entitlement and knowledge-hiding behaviours: role of job stress and living a job calling
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Maria Khalid, Amir Gulzar, Abdul Karim Khan, and Nida Abbas
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Management of Technology and Innovation ,Library and Information Sciences ,Business and International Management ,Management Information Systems - Published
- 2021
9. Impact of employees’ perceived threat of market competition on unethical marketing and selling practices: Moral disengagement and ethical leadership
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Adnan Muhammad Shah, Rizwan Ullah, Abdul Karim Khan, Liaqat Ali, and Salim Khan
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Ethical leadership ,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Economics and Econometrics ,Philosophy ,Market competition ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Business and International Management ,Marketing ,Psychology ,Moral disengagement - Published
- 2021
10. Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Motivation as the Factors involved in English Learning in District Bannu
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Abdul Karim Khan
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Mathematics education ,Intrinsic motivation ,Psychology - Published
- 2021
11. EXPLORING SUPPRESSION AND CONFLICT IN THE DISCOURSES OF MOHSIN HAMID’S MOTH SMOKE
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Abdus Samad, Shah Nawaz Khan, Abdul Karim Khan, and Muhammad Ramzan
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050101 languages & linguistics ,General Arts and Humanities ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,General Social Sciences ,0506 political science ,Epistemology ,Power (social and political) ,Social group ,Critical discourse analysis ,Originality ,Argument ,050602 political science & public administration ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Social inequality ,Sociology ,Basic needs ,Theme (narrative) ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose of the Study: This paper explores suppression and conflicts projected through the linguistic choices used by the characters in Moth Smoke. The chief argument of the study is to analyze as to how the less powerful are suppressed through language and how far such discourses give rise to conflicts and cause an imbalance in society. Methodology: The study uses Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a methodological and theoretical framework. The role of CDA is to expose the evils constructed in a piece of literature. It provides the essential tools for analyzing social evils and injustices. As the novel is replete with social inequalities and injustices, CDA is proper for the critical investigation of the evils understudy. Principal Findings: Most of the time, the powerful strive to control the institutions while the powerless have no access to basic needs. The study explored the themes of suppression of the powerless strata of society. It also explored the theme of conflict due to the unequal distribution of wealth and privileges in society. Mohsin Hamid’s Moth Smoke (2000) depicts the Pakistani society constructing the distinction between the two classes described in the novel. Application of the Study: This research will help teachers and students who wish to analyze literary pieces objectively. This research is helpful to bring to light the suppression of the powerless by the powerful, power exercise, and conflict between the two social groups through the use of language. Novelty/Originality of the Study: Hamid’s Moth Smoke has been analyzed from many perspectives, but the current study explores suppression, conflict, and power abuse from the standpoint of CDA. The study is not descriptive but critical as well as explanatory, which makes it original and unique.
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- 2021
12. Post-modernist Elements in Javed Ihsas’s Poetic Collection ‘Ayina (The Mirror)’
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Shah Faisalullah, Muhammad Ramzan, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Literature ,Poetry ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Modernism ,Representation (arts) ,Art ,Social constructionism ,language.human_language ,Style (visual arts) ,Politics ,Critical theory ,language ,Pashto ,business ,media_common - Abstract
Javed Ihsas is a prominent contemporary Pashto poet, critic, and columnist. He writes poetry with the new spirit and style of the modern critical theories of literature and philosophy. In his verses, we can observe the elements of Modernism and Post-modernism as well. In this study, we explored the post-modernist elements in his poetry, especially in his Pashto poetic collection titled Ayina. The word 'Ayina' is a Pashto word that means 'The Mirror'. The very title of the collection gives a symbolic representation in the sense that it depicts a realistic picture of society. This study is an attempt to examine the Post-modernist elements in his poetry by using a post-modernist approach. The poet touches on the elements of post-modernism in his poetry such as the element of social construction; the notion that ideas, politics, and language are socially constructed, consumerism, postponement, etc. This study explores the post-modernist elements in Javed Ihsas’ poetry which are will prove a beacon light for the young poets.
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- 2021
13. Do self-monitors experience less emotional exhaustion? Testing the role of supervisor-rated performance and perceived competitive climate
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Aqsa Ejaz, Abdul Karim Khan, and Samina Quratulain
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Research design ,Strategy and Management ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Confirmatory factor analysis ,Antecedent (behavioral psychology) ,Moderated mediation ,0502 economics and business ,Self-monitoring ,Personality ,050211 marketing ,Optimal distinctiveness theory ,Emotional exhaustion ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,050203 business & management ,media_common - Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine frontline employees' self-monitoring personality as an antecedent of their emotional exhaustion and how supervisor-rated performance mediates this relationship. In addition, the authors explored the moderating role of perceived competitive climate on the indirect relationship between self-monitoring and emotional exhaustion.Design/methodology/approachTwo hundred and thirty-seven frontline employees and their immediate supervisors working in hospitality organizations responded to the survey using time lagged research design. Measurement model was tested using confirmatory factor analysis to assess the distinctiveness of study constructs, and proposed moderated mediation model was tested using Process macro.FindingsResults show that high self-monitoring leads to high supervisor-rated performance, and this relationship is stronger in highly competitive work climate. The supervisor-rated performance was negatively related to emotional exhaustion.Originality/valueThis study is the first to examine the interaction effects of self-monitoring and perceived competitive climate on frontline employees' performance and emotional exhaustion, particularly in the frontline jobs. Supervisor-rated performance has not been previously theorized or researched as an underlying mechanism of the effect of self-monitoring on emotional exhaustion.
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- 2021
14. FORMULATION, EVALUATION, AND IN VIVO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-ARTHRITIC ACTIVITIES OF MORINGA GRANULES
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Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan, Roziahanim Mahmud, and Harith Jameel Mahdi Alsammarraie
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Moringa ,Chemistry ,medicine.drug_class ,In vivo ,medicine ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Pharmacology ,Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) ,Anti arthritic ,Anti-inflammatory - Abstract
Objective: Consumption of crude natural products like plants and herbs for mitigation or treatment of illnesses usually accompanied with inconsistent therapeutic effects because of poor solubility and low bioavailability of active phytochemical(s) in addition to product instability. To overcome all of above mentioned drawback ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera leaf was formulated as standardised solid dosage form. Methods: Different types of materials as an adsorbent, surfactant and other necessary excipients were tested to be use in formulation of Moringa granules utilising wet granulation method. The formulated Moringa granules was then evaluated for organoleptic properties and physical characteristics, in vitro dissolution test, compatibility, drug content, heavy metal tests and microbial limit tests. Additionally, the in vivo anti-inflammatory against Carrageenan-induced paw oedema and anti-arthritic activity against CFA-induced arthritis were also assessed. Results: 95% ethanol extract of M. oleifera leaves was successfully formulated as standardised granules for oral administration utilising simple and low-cost techniques. Dissolution rate for the marker compounds was increased by an average of 1.076 fold. Animal groups given the prepared Moringa granules showed an improvement in the anti-inflammatory activity and the anti-arthritic activity compared to animal groups given crude extract at the same dose level. Additionally, all the treatment groups showed a significant difference at P
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- 2021
15. Employee mindfulness, innovative work behaviour, and IT project success: the role of inclusive leadership
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Jabran Khan, Mastura Jaafar, Namra Mubarak, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Communication ,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) ,Information Systems - Published
- 2022
16. Impact of Techno Overload on Students’ Performance in Technology-Enhanced Learning: The Mitigating Role of Peer Support and ICT Personnel Support
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Imran Hameed, Abdul Karim Khan, Samina Quratulain, Nayla Munawar, and Khalid Muhammad
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Drawing on conservation of resource theory, this study proposes the relationship between university students' perceived techno-overload, burnout, and academic performance, while also hypothesizing the mitigating influence of peer support and ICT personnel support on the aforementioned relationships. Through multiple moderated regression analyses and conditional process analysis, our hypotheses were tested on a sample of 261 university students. Results indicate that techno-overload has a positive effect on students’ burnout which negatively affects their academic performance. Based on three-way moderated mediation analysis, the direct effect of techno-overload on burnout and indirect effect on academic performance are strongest in low peer and ICT personnel support conditions while the negative effect of techno-overload on students’ academic performance is weakened in the presence of high support (both peer and ICT personnel). This study highlights the importance of multiple sources of support for students’ academic performance considering the unavoidable nature of techno-overload that the majority of students are facing with the advent of the COVID pandemic.
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- 2022
17. Ahmed Indigenization of English Language in Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi
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Abdul Karim Khan, Muhammad Shakeel Ur Rehman, and Ihsan Ullah Khan
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Indigenization ,Polymers and Plastics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Western thought ,Linguistics ,language.human_language ,Indigenous ,Multiculturalism ,language ,Urdu ,Sociology ,Local language ,Indigenous language ,Decolonization ,General Environmental Science ,media_common - Abstract
The study employed the theoretical approach of indigenization by Kachru in Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi. Indigenization is one of the fundamental components of decolonization adopted by post-colonial linguists to familiarize a local language in a race against the dominant language of colonizers (Kilickaya, 2009). Through this tool of indigenization, post-colonial writers and more specifically, Ahmed Ali represented the native culture, flora, and fauna of the sub-continent in the selected work to bring about a reconciliatory approach between the languages of the colonizer (English) with the language of inhabitants of the sub-content (Urdu). Therefore, the novelist indigenized the English language by weaving and embedding indigenous figures of speech, local terminologies, idioms, proverbs, and translation of compacted concepts of English and Urdu languages into each other in an endeavor to combat with the western thought. Hence, the article delves into the novel to unfold the multicultural reconciliatory approach that is possible only at the time when the voices of the indigenous language and culture are accommodated by the dominant language and culture of the colonizers. Arguably, the portrayal of reconciliation of the two languages and cultures in the sub-continent during the rule of the British in the novel may introduce a more pluralistic approach to survive in the modern world of globalization. The findings may help reach a better understanding between an indigenous language and an international language in the same culture in which local culture and language get equal manifestation.
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- 2021
18. Stylistic Analysis of Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s Poem 'You are chained'
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Ihsan Ullah Khan, Abdul Karim Khan, and Muhammad Ramzan
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Parallelism (rhetoric) ,History ,Polymers and Plastics ,Poetry ,Aesthetics ,Foregrounding ,Pakistani literature ,Stylistics ,General Environmental Science ,Focus (linguistics) - Abstract
This paper aims at analyzing Shadad Zeest Hashmi’s poem ‘You are chained’ with a special focus on the foreground. The tools of foregrounding i.e. parallelism and deviation are surfaced that attract the attention of the reader for hidden messages related to the socio-political scenario of Pakistan, Kashmir, and India. Thus the miserable plight of the Kashmiris is encompassed through stylistic devices which are peculiar to Hashmi’s poetry. Foregrounding is the tool through which one can analyze a piece of literature having so many deviations and code-switching. The main aim of the study is to bring to the fore the local poets writing in English. The research is based on this intention to strike the attention of new researchers to criticize as well as to appreciate our local poets for their encouragement. On the other hand, research on Pakistani literature in English is an emerging area of investigation that is why, it is hoped, that this paper will prove to be an encouraging step ahead for future scholars.
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- 2021
19. Power and Gender Issues in Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride: A Critical Discourse Analysis
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Ihsan Ullah Khan, Shah Faisal Ullah, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Power (social and political) ,Critical discourse analysis ,Hegemony ,Social system ,Gender studies ,Abuse of power ,Sociology - Abstract
This critical discourse study explores power and gender issues discursively constructed in Bapsi Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride. The study aims to examine gender issues in the tribal patriarchal social system in Pakistan. The novel understudy critically explored the abuse of power in a patriarchal society. Lazar’s concept of Feminist critical discourse analysis and Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis has been chosen to examine the main issues faced by women in remote areas of Pakistan. Fairclough’s (1989) model has been adopted as a method for the analysis of the selected excerpts taken from the text of the novel. The analysis of the text has been made on the ground to explore women's marginalization, patriarchal hegemony, and power exercise in Pakistan’s remote areas.
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- 2021
20. An Exploration of Classroom-related Sources of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety of Pakistani University Students
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Abdus Samad, Abdul Karim Khan, and Mansoor Ali
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Future studies ,Content analysis ,medicine ,Mathematics education ,Anxiety ,Qualitative property ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Fear of negative evaluation ,Language acquisition ,Foreign language speaking ,Foreign language anxiety - Abstract
Foreign language anxiety is a distinct variable particular to language learning and it has debilitative effects on the learning and production of language. The current study aims to explore the perspectives of Pakistani postgraduate non-major English language students specifically regarding classroom-related factors that may contribute to their speaking anxiety (SA). A questionnaire was administered to 170 students and aiming to find a more comprehensive explanation of their SA, 20 students were interviewed. Quantitative data were analyzed through SPSS while exploratory content analysis was followed to analyze the qualitative data. Findings highlight several classroom-related sources of SA namely; a formal classroom environment, oral tests, fear of negative evaluation, large classrooms, fear of being put on the spot, short time granted to formulate answers, and unfamiliarity among classmates. The last four sources of SA have not been mentioned earlier in the field of SA. Implications and recommendations are offered for language teachers and material designers. Finally, recommendations for future studies are given.
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- 2021
21. Developing Critical Thinking Among Inter-Level Students of Bannu Through Dialogic Pedagogy
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Abdul Hamid Khan, Abdul Karim Khan, and Ihsan Ullah Khan
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Critical thinking ,education ,Pedagogy ,Sociology ,Dialogic pedagogy ,humanities - Abstract
The aim of the study is to explore the role of dialogic teaching, based on Bakhtin's concept of 'Dialogism', in developing critical thinking among students of intermediate level in District Bannu. The experimental research design was used in the study. Data was collected from the pre and post-tests of an experimental study, which was carried out on the 12th grade class of a public sector college. For this purpose, a pretest-posttest control group design was selected. In this design, the control group and treatment group were administered pre and posttests, but treatment was provided to the treatment group only. The test was designed to assess the critical thinking of the treatment group. The data from an experimental study was analyzed through paired sample t-test. The mean value of the difference between post-test and pretest of the treatment group is 7.16129, which indicates that the performance of the treatment group improved significantly, proving the positive role of dialogic teaching.
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- 2020
22. Discursive Construction of Power Relations in Pashtun Society in Hamid Khan’s Short Story Badmash
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Muhammad Ramzan and Abdul Karim Khan
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Power (social and political) ,Critical discourse analysis ,Polymers and Plastics ,Media studies ,Power relations ,Commit ,Sociology ,Session (computer science) ,Club ,General Environmental Science ,Three dimensional model - Abstract
This paper deals with the critical exploration of Power in the Pashtun society depicted in Hamid Khan’s Badmash. The story was published in The Journal of the English Literary Club Department of English, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, and session 1982-1983. The story portrays the realistic picture of the Pashtun society where there is the rule of the powerful. Those who commit crimes and murders can grab every lucrative opportunity. They get very influential. This badly affects the younger generation as they are negatively influenced. Hamid Khan has a critical eye on the evils prevailed in the society. The researchers used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as the tool for critical investigation of the selected lines, passages, or excerpts which contain power exercise in every shape such as power through language, wealth, or through bodily strength. In this regard, Fairclough’s (1989) Three Dimensional Model (TDM) of CDA has been adopted for the analysis of the text.
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- 2020
23. The Projection of Societal Evil in the Poetry of Hamid Khan
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Abdul Karim Khan
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History ,Polymers and Plastics ,Poetry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Foregrounding ,Pakistani literature ,Empathy ,Human condition ,Aesthetics ,Sympathy ,Consciousness ,General Environmental Science ,Theme (narrative) ,media_common - Abstract
The concept of evil is foregrounded in most of the poems of Khan. This paper focuses on the theme of evil in its variant shapes that are foregrounded in Khan’s poetry. For this purpose, both the collections of Khan, “Velvet of Loss” and “Pale Leaf (Three Voices)” are used for the data under study. Only those poems are selected that bear the foregrounded theme of evil. The poems that foreground the evil are Octopus, I Won’t Talk, The Dawn, The City, In a Café, Labyrinth, Nostalgia, Nemesis, Eclipsed Moon, Space-Scape, and Inertia. The presence of evil that negatively shapes the human condition is indirectly projected for making the reader taking interest which, in turn, compels them to become conscious of their plight in the present and terrifying dangers in the future. This consciousness, ultimately, leads to the reformation of society. In this regard, Khan can be taken as a great reformer of the society who carries a sense of sympathy and empathy through his terse and stenographic style. Lastly, this paper will guide local researchers for furthering research in the area of Pakistani Literature in English. In this regard, local voices will be analyzed for local issues and problems.
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- 2020
24. The Efficacy of the Application of Mother Tongues Education in Pakistan
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Shah Nawaz Khan, Abdul Karim Khan, and Ihsan Ullah Khan
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Medium of instruction ,Medical education ,Second language ,First language ,education ,Subject (philosophy) ,Primary level ,Psychology ,Focus group - Abstract
No doubt, the importance of English cannot be denied, but at the same time, mother tongue has also due importance concerning one's culture and understanding basic concepts at schools at primary level. This paper is an attempt to prove the importance of mother tongue as a medium of instruction at the primary level in District Bannu. The data were collected from students’ focal groups of fifty classrooms from ten schools. Two questions were asked in each subject from the focus groups to check their concept of the subject. Similarly, among the teachers, thirty respondents were interviewed in the Parents-Teachers Meeting (PTM) to find out their views about the efficacy of mother tongue instructions at the primary level. In this connection, parents were also interviewed. The results showed that among the students whose concept was clear, eighty percent of students were those who were taught in their mother tongue whereas twenty percent of students were those who were taught in English. Again, among the thirty teachers, eighty-five percent felt comfortable with teaching in the mother tongue whereas fifteen percent of teachers showed positive inclination towards teaching in a second language. Lastly, parents also felt at ease with the mother tongue instructions as they conveyed that their children go to school with zeal. Thus, mother tongue instruction proved helpful at the primary level. This study will also prove helpful to other researchers in the future for conducting similar studies in other districts.
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- 2020
25. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Powerlessness in Mohsin Hamid’s Novel 'Moth Smoke'
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Muhammad Ramzan and Abdul Karim Khan
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Critical discourse analysis ,Working class ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Word choice ,Media studies ,Upper class ,Sociology ,Objectivity (science) ,Social issues ,media_common - Abstract
This paper is an attempt to explore powerlessness in the discourses of Mohsin Hamid’s novel Moth Smoke (2000)' from the perspective of Fairclough's Three Dimension Model (TDM). The main issue of the paper is to examine the communicative process as to how and why the powerless are made to feel inferior. It is a common practice in today's society that in social gatherings a man always wants to show higher which in most of the cases is exercised through language. As analyzing texts through CDA carries objectivity, so the text understudy yielded the theme of powerlessness projected through the word choice of the writer. Through the analysis of the selected discourse, two-class have been found i.e. the upper class and the lower class. They are represented as powerful and powerless respectively. The elites enjoy a luxurious life but the poor often turn to be criminals. Because of this scenario, Fairclough's approach to CDA is quite an appropriate perspective to explore such social issues enacted in the society.
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- 2020
26. Impact of Inclusive Leadership on Innovative Work Behavior: The Role of Creative Self‐Efficacy
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Sajid Bashir, Basharat Javed, Tasneem Fatima, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Self-efficacy ,Visual Arts and Performing Arts ,Work behavior ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Education - Published
- 2020
27. Fatigue and Syncope Caused by Right Ventricular Perforation by a Pacemaker Lead
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Jehanzeb A Khan and Shuja Abdul Karim Khan
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General Engineering - Published
- 2022
28. Parallelism of Words and their Socio-cultural Implications in Hamid Khan’s Velvet of Loss
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Abdul Karim Khan
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Parallelism, Hamid Khan, socio-cultural connotations, Velvet of Loss ,Space (punctuation) ,History ,Poetry ,biology ,Repetition (rhetorical device) ,Velvet ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Foregrounding ,Dusk ,biology.organism_classification ,Linguistics ,Parallelism (grammar) ,Dream ,lcsh:L ,lcsh:Education ,media_common - Abstract
This paper analyses the parallel words that occur in various poems of Hamid Khan in the collection, “Velvet of Loss”. These words are: night, bird, dream, dawn, life, mist, dusk, and hope. The analysis of the words is based on foregrounding that is subcategorized as deviation and parallelism. Here, for the sake of brevity and restrictions of the space, only parallelism is taken into consideration and that too is delimited to the frequency of the above mentioned words in various poems of the entire collection, “Velvet of Loss”. These words are tabulated with the page numbers of the book and frequency of repetition. Moreover, these words are also shown in the 3-D pi-chart so that their frequency could be highlighted in percentage as well. This is done in order to make it reader-friendly. In addition, the words are contextualized and taken into consideration with reference to the time frames of past, present and future. Lastly, the socio-cultural implications that are foregrounded are also mentioned. This article will lead other researchers to novel directions to probe into Pakistani poetry in English. This will add to their methods of objective analysis.
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- 2020
29. Loaded with knowledge, yet green with envy: leader–member exchange comparison and coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior
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Asfia Obaid, Abdul Karim Khan, Qingxiong Weng, Naukhez Sarwar, Hussain Tariq, Kashmala Latif, and Hirra Pervez Butt
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Social comparison theory ,Knowledge management ,business.industry ,Strategy and Management ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Public sector ,050109 social psychology ,Interpersonal communication ,Test (assessment) ,Feeling ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,0502 economics and business ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Knowledge hiding ,business ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,050203 business & management ,media_common - Abstract
PurposeThis study aims to explore an interpersonal predictor of coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior – the leader–member exchange social comparison (LMXSC). This study integrates leader–member exchange literature with social comparison theory to hypothesize that an individual’s upward LMXSC is positively correlated with coworkers-directed knowledge hiding and that an individual’s feelings of envy are mediated by the relationship between upward LMXSC and coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior. Also, this study proposes two-way and three-way interaction patterns of goal interdependence, which can influence LMXSC–envy relationships.Design/methodology/approachTwo independent studies are conducted to test the hypothesized relationships. In Study 1, the authors collected multi-wave data from a large public sector university in China (N = 1,131). The authors then replicated the Study 1 findings by collecting multi-source and multi-wave data from a telecom company based in China (n = 379).FindingsThe authors found support across both studies for the idea that upward LMXSC is a possible interpersonal predictor of coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior. More specifically, it was found that feelings of envy ensue from upward LMXSC, resulting in further coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior. Further, this study shows that the influence of upward LMXSC on knowledge hiding behavior via feelings of envy was weaker (stronger) when employees have high (low) cooperative goal interdependence with coworkers, respectively, and when employees have low (high) competitive goal interdependence with the coworkers, respectively.Originality/valueThis study extends current knowledge management literature by introducing LMXSC as an interpersonal predictor of coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior. This will help practitioners to curb such counterproductive behavior.
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- 2020
30. Consequences of Supervisor Knowledge Hiding in Organizations: A Multilevel Mediation Analysis
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Imran Hameed, Abdullah Zafar Sheikh, Abdul Karim Khan, Waheed Ali Umrani, and Ghulam Ali Arain
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Supervisor ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Multilevel model ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Knowledge hiding ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Applied Psychology ,Moral disengagement ,Multilevel mediation - Published
- 2020
31. Moringa oleifera Lam. leaf extracts reverse metabolic syndrome in Sprague Dawley rats fed high-fructose high fat diet for 60-days
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Mohd Zaini Asmawi, Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan, and Hafiz Muhammad Irfan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,business.industry ,Insulin ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Fructose ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Moringa ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Insulin resistance ,Blood pressure ,chemistry ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Hyperinsulinemia ,Metabolic syndrome ,business ,Lipoprotein - Abstract
Background: Moringa oleifera Lam. has been used traditionally for the treatment of different cardio-metabolic disorders. So, the aim was to assess its leaf extracts in metabolic syndrome rat model.Methods: Out of the total 36-rats, 6 rats were given normal matched diet (NMD) while the rest were provided high-fat diet and 20% fructose (HFD-20%F). Moringa oleifera leaf extracts were administered orally for 30 days. Body weight, blood glucose, BMI, blood pressure, lipids, insulin, insulin resistance, MCP-1, visceral fat and liver weight were evaluated.Results: Sixty-days feeding with HFD-20%F produced the metabolic syndrome features like hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, and increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL), visceral fat, and liver weight significantly (p
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32. Exploring Socio-cultural Issues through Code-Switching in the Poetry of Hamid Khan
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Zahir Jang and Abdul Karim Khan
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History ,Poetry ,deviation ,Section (typography) ,Foregrounding ,foregrounding ,Media studies ,Sorrow ,Cultural issues ,code-switching ,Code-switching ,stylistics ,Hamid Khan ,Style (sociolinguistics) ,Politics ,lcsh:L ,lcsh:Education - Abstract
This article focuses on the use of code-switched words in Hamid Khan’s collections of poetry, “Velvet of Loss” and “Pale Leaf” (Three Voices). The incorporated code-switching in Khan’s poetry relate to the socio-cultural issues. Hamid Khan sings the local problems and issues and indirectly tries to resolve the problems faced by his fellow beings. His style is not verbose, yet his poems compel one to ponder over the social and political problems of the day. He does so through the device of foregrounding. The data were collected on the basis of foregrounding. The words that appealed to and attracted the scholar’s attention deviated from normal use of English as they are foreign words. Moreover, the data are tabulated bearing the title of the respective poems and page numbers for ready reference. In addition, the code-switched words are discussed with reference to the issues and themes implied therein. These code-switched words are: Chowkidar, Burqa, Gibranic Sorrow, Deodasi, Abaseen, Swastika and Ku Klux Klan, and Babus. Lastly, the poems containing the foregrounded foreign words (code-switching) are given in the appendix section of the paper for ready reference.
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33. Openness to Experience, Ethical Leadership, and Innovative Work Behavior
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Surendra Arjoon, Basharat Javed, Abdul Karim Khan, Adnan ul Haque, and Maria Mashkoor
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Visual Arts and Performing Arts ,Work behavior ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Creativity ,Work environment ,Education ,Ethical leadership ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Openness to experience ,Leadership style ,Big Five personality traits ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,media_common - Published
- 2020
34. The grapes are sour: An envier's attributional perspective of coworker impression management
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Abdul Karim Khan, Sundas Azeem, and Mueen Aizaz Zafar
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Impression management ,0502 economics and business ,05 social sciences ,Perspective (graphical) ,050109 social psychology ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Business and International Management ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Arguing that it would serve scholars and practitioners better to view impression management (IM) from a coworker's perspective than from that of an actor's outcomes, this study demonstrates that IM by a coworker triggers a self-serving attributional process. The authors reason that denial of another's relative advantage leads the observing coworker to attribute this behavior to the actor's incompetence, consequently leading to counterproductive behavior toward them in efforts to reduce their own relative disadvantage. Data were collected at T1 and T2 from 142 service sector employees. Our results were consistent with our hypotheses. However, the moderated-mediation models for conditional effects of hostile attributional style were not supported. This study offers an integrated view of previously isolated domains of IM and attribution, suggesting future literature considers a similar perspective for more meaningful investigations.
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35. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Application for Quantitative Characterization of Edible Grains
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Saba Iqbal, Salman Khurshid, Hafiza Mehwish Iqbal, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Akbar, Aqeel Ahmed Siddique, Saqib Arif, Shahid Yousaf, Masooma Munir, Abdul Karim Khan, Shazia Arif, Abdul Ahad, and Muhammad Arif
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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Published
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36. Paradoxical Leader Behaviors: Leader Personality and Follower Outcomes
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Erum Ishaq, Sajid Bashir, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Personality ,Big Five personality traits ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Applied Psychology ,media_common - Published
- 2019
37. Preformulation, stress stability studies and HPLC-UV method development and validation for 95 % ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. Leaves
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Mohd Zaini Asmawi, Roziahanim Mahmud, Vikneswaran Murugaiyah, Harith Jameel Mahdi Alsammarraie, and Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan
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Moringa ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Ethanol ,Chemistry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Organoleptic ,Natural source ,Heavy metals ,Food science ,Solubility ,Method development ,Cosmetics ,media_common - Abstract
Introduction: There is a continuous expansion in number of botanical medicinal products and increase in consumers who often use it. One of such natural source products with versatile traditional uses as treatment for variety of diseases is Moringa oleifera Lam. Objectives: After the pharmacological activity of a new drug candidate is approved, the subsequent development of this product requires substantial information about its physical and chemical properties before designing its dosage form. Methods: Organoleptic properties, physicochemical characteristics, solubility profile, swelling index, partition coefficient, analyses of thermal behaviour, stress stability, heavy metals and microbial limit tests were performed in preformulation studies of 95 % ethanol extract of M. oleifera leaves. Results: The results of preformulation studies illustrated several characteristic properties that should be consider during formulation of Moringa extract. In addition to that, a HPLC-UV method for simultaneous detection and quantification of three reference markers was developed and validated. Conclusion: The 95 % ethanol extract of Moringa leaf is relevant to the development of phytomedicines, dietary supplements or cosmetics. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first preformulation study which aimed to determine the physicochemical properties of 95 % ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera leaf.
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38. Supervisory Abuse of High Performers: A Social Comparison Perspective
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Qingxiong Weng, Remus Ilies, Hussain Tariq, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Social comparison theory ,INSTRUMENTALITY CONSIDERATIONS ,MEDIATION ,CONSEQUENCES ,PERCEPTIONS ,Social comparison orientation ,ABUSIVE SUPERVISION ,Abusive supervision ,Perspective (graphical) ,ENVY ,SELF ,ANTECEDENTS ,MODEL ,ABUSIVE SUPERVISION, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR, WORKPLACE DEVIANCE, INSTRUMENTALITY CONSIDERATIONS, CONSEQUENCES, ENVY ,MODEL, MEDIATION, SELF, ANTECEDENTS, PERCEPTIONS, LEADERSHIP ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR ,WORKPLACE DEVIANCE ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,LEADERSHIP ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Applied Psychology - Published
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39. Inclusive Leadership and Innovative Work Behavior: Examination of LMX Perspective in Small Capitalized Textile Firms
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Basharat Javed, Abdul Karim Khan, and Samina Quratulain
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40. Formulation and In Vivo Evaluation of a Solid Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System Using Oily Liquid Tocotrienols as Model Active Substance
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Eng Kwong Seow, Kah Hay Yuen, Sheau Chin Lim, You Zhuan Lee, and Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan
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Drug ,Chromatography ,Chemistry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,in vivo oral bioavailability ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Poloxamer ,Dosage form ,Article ,Bioavailability ,solid dosage forms ,RS1-441 ,Pharmacy and materia medica ,self-emulsifying drug delivery system ,Pharmacokinetics ,Pulmonary surfactant ,Emulsion ,Drug delivery ,pharmacokinetic ,poorly water-soluble drugs ,tocotrienols ,media_common - Abstract
Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) can improve the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs. Solid self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (s-SEDDS) offer several advantages including improved drug stability, ease of administration, and production. Most compounds employed in developing s-SEDDS are solid in nature, with a high amount of surfactants added. The aim of this study was to develop an s-SEDDS using a tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) as the model liquid active substance via a simple adsorption method. The solid formulation was developed using magnesium aluminosilicate as the carrier with 70% TRF and 30% surfactants (poloxamer and Labrasol®). The formulation showed good self-emulsification efficiency with stable emulsion formed, excellent powder flowability, and small emulsion droplet size of 210–277 nm. The s-SEDDS with combined surfactants (poloxamer and Labrasol®) showed a faster absorption rate compared to preparations with only a single surfactant and enhanced oral bioavailability (3.4–3.8 times higher) compared to the non-self-emulsifying oily preparation when administered at a fasted state in rats. In conclusion, an s-SEDDS containing a high amount of TRF was successfully developed. It may serve as a useful alternative to a liquid product with enhanced oral bioavailability and the added advantage of being a solid dosage form.
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41. Formulation of oily tocotrienols as a solid self-emulsifying dosage form for improved oral bioavailability in human subjects
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You Zhuan Lee, Eng Kwong Seow, Sheau Chin Lim, Kah Hay Yuen, and Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan
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Pharmaceutical Science - Published
- 2022
42. How and when does leader knowledge hiding trickle down the organisational hierarchy in the tourism context? A team-level analysis
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Ghulam Ali Arain, Imran Hameed, Abdul Karim Khan, Juan Luis Nicolau, and Amandeep Dhir
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Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 [VDP] ,Strategy and Management ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 ,Transportation ,Development - Abstract
This research aims to extend the literature on knowledge hiding and tourism by integrating the theoretical frameworks of social exchange and social learning. Employee knowledge hiding has scarcely been examined in the tourism literature while leader knowledge hiding has not been analysed at all. Recognising that knowledge hiding can seriously undermine the ability of employees to offer innovative customer service and that leaders’ knowledge hiding may trigger knowledge hiding chain reactions among tourism employees, this study attempts to fill this gap. Utilising multi-source, multi-timed and multi-level data, we hypothesise a multi-level mediation wherein leader knowledge hiding trickles down to employee knowledge hiding, which, in turn, negatively affects team organisational citizenship behaviour and positively affects team interpersonal deviance. The “trickle-down” effect of leader knowledge hiding to employee knowledge hiding is then positively moderated by perceived organisational politics, which amplifies this relationship. Relevant theoretical and managerial implications are presented.
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43. Effects of vitamin E on stroke: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
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Yuen Kah Hay, Chin Yik Ooi, Kai Wei Lee, Renly Lim, Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan, Hong Chuan Loh, Deik Roy Chuan, Irene Looi, Loh, Hong Chuan, Lim, Renly, Lee, Kai Wei, Ooi, Chin Yik, Chuan, Deik Roy, Looi, Irene, Kah Hay, Yuen, and Abdul Karim Khan, Nurzalina
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Effects ,medicine.medical_treatment ,MEDLINE ,Subgroup analysis ,vitamin E ,Review ,Placebo ,Brain Ischemia ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Trial Sequential Analysis ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Vitamin E ,030212 general & internal medicine ,RC346-429 ,Stroke ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,stroke ,Sample size determination ,Meta-analysis ,Relative risk ,Neurology (clinical) ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,Systematic Review ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Meta-Analysis - Abstract
There are several previous studies on the association of vitamin E with prevention of stroke but the findings remain controversial. We have conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis together with trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials to evaluate the effect of vitamin E supplementation versus placebo/no vitamin E on the risk reduction of total, fatal, non-fatal, haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke. Relevant studies were identified by searching online databases through Medline, PubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. A total of 18 studies with 148 016 participants were included in the analysis. There was no significant difference in the prevention of total stroke (RR (relative risk)=0.98, 95% CI 0.92–1.04, p=0.57), fatal stroke (RR=0.96, 95% CI 0.77–1.20, p=0.73) and non-fatal stroke (RR=0.96, 95% CI 0.88–1.05, p=0.35). Subgroup analyses were performed under each category (total stroke, fatal stroke and non-fatal stroke) and included the following subgroups (types of prevention, source and dosage of vitamin E and vitamin E alone vs control). The findings in all subgroup analyses were statistically insignificant. In stroke subtypes analysis, vitamin E showed significant risk reduction in ischaemic stroke (RR=0.92, 95% CI 0.85–0.99, p=0.04) but not in haemorrhagic stroke (RR=1.17, 95% CI 0.98–1.39, p=0.08). However, the trial sequential analysis demonstrated that more studies were needed to control random errors. Limitations of this study include the following: trials design may not have provided sufficient power to detect a change in stroke outcomes, participants may have had different lifestyles or health issues, there were a limited number of studies available for subgroup analysis, studies were mostly done in developed countries, and the total sample size for all included studies was insufficient to obtain a meaningful result from metaanalysis. In conclusion, there is still a lack of statistically significant evidence of the effects of vitamin E on the risk reduction of stroke. Nevertheless, vitamin E may offer some benefits in the prevention of ischaemic stroke and additional well-designed randomised controlled trials are needed to arrive at a definitive finding. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020167827.
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44. A Critical DiscourseAnalysis of Paternalistic Authority in Hamid Khan's Short Story 'Broken Image'
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Abdul Karim Khan, Muhammad Ramzan, Ahmad Naeem, Shah Nawaz Khan
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CDA, Discourse, Discourse and Society, Hamid Khan, Paternalistic Authority - Abstract
‘Broken Image’ is a story by Hamid Khan about an orphan Zahid, a young student who is very poor and sensitive at the same time. This paper shows as to how the story constructs paternalistic authority in the shape of a step-mother in variousdiscourses. Through the story, the text (discourse) producer exposes the two extremes of our society – those who can easily fulfill their desires and those who cannot.The main objective of the study is to explore as to how a stepmother exercises her authority having constructed by the author in the text/discourse. Moreover, the paperuses Fairclough’s (2001) Model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) for analyzing the data. CDA is a suitable method for analyzing social, economical as well as political issues in the society depicted in a literary text. The paper adds to the already available information on such themes. It will help the budding researchers to use it as a guiding force for analyzinglocal voices embodied in Pakistani literature in English.
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45. Effect of Self-Efficacy and Instrumentality Beliefs on Training Implementation Behaviors: Testing the Moderating Effect of Organizational Climate
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Meghna Sabharwal, Abdul Karim Khan, Samina Quratulain, and Basharat Javed
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Self-efficacy ,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Public Administration ,05 social sciences ,Applied psychology ,Affect (psychology) ,Organisation climate ,Training (civil) ,0506 political science ,Transfer of training ,0502 economics and business ,050602 political science & public administration ,Psychology ,050203 business & management - Abstract
This study examines the individual and work-related factors that can affect the transfer of training processes. Specifically, our study focuses on organizational, individual, and training-related factors that can affect learning transfer in public service organizations. Based on a survey of public sector employees, our findings indicate that instrumentality/utility and self-efficacy beliefs are significant predictors of training implementation behaviors. Furthermore, organizational flexibility and feedback dimensions of organizational climate interact with trainees’ cognitions (instrumentality and self-efficacy) and positively affect training implementation behaviors. Our findings provide important insights that pave the way to extend our current understanding of training transfer processes in public organizations. This study adds to the literature by unpacking instrumentality—an understudied but key element of Vroom’s valence–instrumentality–expectancy framework—as an important predictor of training implementation behaviors among public sector employees.
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46. Epistemic curiosity and perceived workload: a moderated mediation model of achievement striving and overwork climate
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Erum Ishaq, Abdul Karim Khan, Sajid Bashir, Muhammad Hassan, and Ramsha Zakariya
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,Strategy and Management ,Overwork ,Context (language use) ,Workload ,Business environment ,Moderated mediation ,Epistemic curiosity ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,Industrial relations ,Business and International Management ,Psychology ,Social psychology - Abstract
In today’s increasingly complex and highly competitive business environment, hiring individuals who can cope with challenging job demands is considered critical. In this context, epistemic ...
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47. Discursive Representation of Male Dominance in the Character of Heathcliff in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
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Abdul Karim Khan
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Character (mathematics) ,Dominance (ethology) ,History ,Representation (systemics) ,Linguistics - Published
- 2019
48. Spillover of Workplace Bullying Into Family Incivility: Testing a Mediated Moderation Model in a Time-Lagged Study
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Aisha Sarwar, Sajid Bashir, and Abdul Karim Khan
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Workplace bullying ,Incivility ,Field data ,Emotions ,050901 criminology ,05 social sciences ,Bullying ,Sample (statistics) ,Clinical Psychology ,Moderated mediation ,Spillover effect ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,0509 other social sciences ,Workplace ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Applied Psychology ,050104 developmental & child psychology - Abstract
Utilizing temporally segregated field data from a sample of nurses ( n = 251), the present study examined the relationship between workplace bullying and family incivility. We drew on spillover theory and the emotions literature to answer our research questions. We hypothesized that emotions would serve as an explanatory mechanism for the relationship between workplace bullying and family incivility. We further tested the moderating role of neuroticism on the relationship between emotions and family incivility. Our results indicated that workplace bullying triggered negative emotions, which in turn caused family incivility. Moreover, neuroticism moderated the positive relationship between emotions and family incivility.
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49. The malevolent side of organizational identification: unraveling the impact of psychological entitlement and manipulative personality on unethical work behaviors
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Fauzia Syed, Abdul Karim Khan, Shadab Qazi, Dave Bouckenooghe, and Saima Naseer
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Research design ,Organizational identification ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,050109 social psychology ,Entitlement ,General Business, Management and Accounting ,Work (electrical) ,Feeling ,0502 economics and business ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Industrial and organizational psychology ,Business and International Management ,Behavioral ethics ,Psychology ,business ,Social psychology ,Tertiary sector of the economy ,050203 business & management ,General Psychology ,Applied Psychology ,media_common - Abstract
This study expands the behavioral ethics literature by unraveling how and when the malevolent side of organizational identification promotes unethical work behaviors (i.e., pro-organizational and self-interested). Specifically, we examine whether employees’ engagement in unethical pro-organizational behaviors may be caused by overidentifying with their organization, which yields a sense of psychological entitlement that fosters careerist orientation and counterproductive work behaviors. We also hypothesize that psychological entitlement has an indirect effect contingent on employees’ manipulative personality. We used a multi-wave, two-source research design and collected data from 306 employees and their peers in Pakistan’s service sector. The data support the mediated effect between organizational identification and unethical pro-organizational behaviors through enhanced feelings of psychological entitlement. We also found that the impact of organizational identification on psychological entitlement was more pronounced among employees with higher manipulative personality scores.
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50. Sometimes enough is enough: Nurses’ nonlinear levels of passion and the influence of politics
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Wayne Hochwarter, Samantha Jordan, Ilias Kapoutsis, Jennifer Franczak, Mayowa Babalola, Abdul Karim Khan, and Yingge Li
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job performance ,work effort ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,Strategy and Management ,healthcare ,General Social Sciences ,organizational citizenship behavior ,perceptions of organizational politics ,work passion - Abstract
Does work politics get in the way of nurses’ passions even when mired in a global pandemic? To address this question, we examined the nonlinear associations of general work passion with job outcomes for practicing nurses and investigated whether these relationships were consistent across levels of perceived work politics. Results from multi-source, time-separated data indicated that passion possessed nonlinear associations with job satisfaction (inverted U-shape), work effort (U-shape), organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) (U-shape), and work performance (U-shape). Furthermore, passion demonstrated nonlinear relationships with job satisfaction and work effort when perceptions of organizational politics (POPs) were high (inverted U-shape) and low (U-shape). A nonlinear relationship emerged when POPs were high (inverted U-shape) when examining work passion associations with OCBs and job performance. Conversely, nonlinear associations were nonsignificant when POPs were low. These findings question the often-held assumption of linearity in the organizational sciences, in general, and support the speculation of more complex passion – outcome forms, specifically. We discuss implications of these results for nursing practice and scholarship, strengths, limitations, and avenues for future research.
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