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E-learning is an emerging form of organizational learning to train and educate employees in knowledge-based organizations. Whereas, the motivation to transfer those learned skills is of colossal prominence in training and operative knowledge management. This study is, therefore, intended to discover the structural connotation of operative aspects (internal value, sense of psychological happiness, learning environment, e-learner achievement) and skill transfer of e-learner. The online survey was performed for a collection of 213 employed e-learners of Virtual University, who were registered in three different courses of management sciences. Data was evaluated by using AMOS and SPSS. SEM results established that the structural connotation among e-learner's sense of psychological happiness & motivation for skill transfer, internal value & e-learner's achievement, is considerably confirmative. Nevertheless, the study instituted a feeble structural association between the learning environment and the e-learner's motivation for skill transfer. Moreover, the mediation of the e-learner's achievement was also investigated. Some schemes were prepared to amplify the e-learner's learning outcomes by taking into account a few other propositions. In the end, the study endowed with some practical implications for the integrated interpretation of an e-learner's operative aspects of motivation for skill transfer in knowledge-based organizations.

Diamer Basha Dam is an under-construction, 272-meter-high, roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam on the Indus River in Pakistan. Once constructed, it will be the world's highest RCC gravity dam with a 105-kilometer-long reservoir. Most of the reservoir lies in unstable moraine deposits with steep slopes. Events like saturation during reservoir filling, alternate wetting, drawdown during reservoir operation, or a seismic event could trigger a large mass movement of these slopes into the reservoir to disrupt the dam functionality. This work identified the 15 most vulnerable slide areas using digital slope maps, elevation maps, and satellite imagery. Deterministic slope stability analysis was carried out on the identified sections under various stages of reservoir operation for static and seismic loading, using pseudo-static and dynamic analysis approaches. Probabilistic analysis was then performed using Monte Carlo simulation. The findings showed that most moraine deposits would collapse under reservoir filling, rapid drawdown, or seismic activity. Following the assessments, landslide susceptibility maps were generated, and an assessment of potential impacts, including the generation of dynamic waves, reservoir blockage, increased sediment loads, and reduced reservoir storage capacity, was also performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Geocellular modeling has become extremely important, linking all petroleum disciplines, and being widely used in simulation and production forecasting in complex basin studies. In this study, we focused on the Minwal–Joyamair Fields in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB), Pakistan, which contains Cambrian to Eocene reservoir formations. Changes in sedimentary environments and structural activities within the UIB have resulted in reservoir heterogeneity, which has adversely affected reservoir performance, and it is still not fully understood. Geocellular modeling was used in this study to better understand the structural framework of the Cambrian to Eocene formations in the UIB. The 2D seismic and well log data from the Minwal–Joyamair Fields are the primary data for building the geocellular model for the Eocene (Chorgali, Sakesar) and Paleocene (Lockhart) reservoirs. The developed structural model is then populated with petrophysical properties such as porosity. The upscaled porosity for the Eocene carbonate rock units ranges 1–3%. On the other hand, the Cambrian and Permian (Tobra & Khewra) clastic reservoirs bear porosity of 3–10%. The upscaled porosity can be utilized to predict the lateral and vertical distribution in these reservoirs. Furthermore, the evaluated upscaled correlation for Eocene reservoirs (80–90%), whereas for Permian (Tobra) and Cambrian (Khewra) reservoirs, it lies between 60 and 70 %. Apart from data availability, a complete geocellular model of the field was produced, encompassing the petrophysical and facies model. The geocellular models created a high-resolution 3D reservoir model of this complex geology that can be applied to similar geology worldwide to identify prospective zones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study presents a framework for semi-empirical slope stability ana- lysis of Mohmand dam, an important ongoing mega concrete-faced rockfill dam hydropower project in Pakistan. The project comprises of 213-m-high hybrid dam that will produce 800 megawatt of clean hydropower energy in addition to an effective flood mitigation. Also, it will supply water for both irrigation and drinking to the provincial capital city, Peshawar. In this study, finite element and limit equili- brium methods (LEM) have been used for slope stability analysis and factors of safety have been computed for all anticipated loading conditions including earth- quake loading. The rockfill samples of main dam were obtained from the con- struction material site of Mohmand dam and the input parameters for slope stability analysis were obtained both empirically and through laboratory testing. Results of both limit equilibrium and finite element analyses have been compared, and it was observed that the latter is more conservative than the former giving 11%–19% lower FOS as compared to the FOS obtained through LEM, except for earthquake loading. The implications of current findings have been demonstrated using an important case study of an independent dam site that would boost the confidence of practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ethical leadership is one of the most recent and unexplored area in the education sector of Pakistan. Every organization has their ethical code of conduct which must be followed. The aim of this study is to find the impact of ethical leadership on employee’s job behavior. This study also finds the moderating role of Conscientiousness on the relationship between ethical leadership and employee’s job behavior. Convenient sampling technique with (n=511) was used. A time lag research design was used in this study. The results of the study revealed that ethical leadership has positive and significant effect on employee’s work behavior (organizational citizenship behavior at organizational level, organizational citizenship behavior at individual level and in-role performance). Moreover, results also shows that conscientiousness has significant mediating role between ethical leadership and employee’s work behavior. This study will open new avenue for scholar and as well for practitioner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]