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The article focuses on the Job Insecurity and Innovative Performance, and Mediating the role of Knowledge Hiding in Organizations. Topics discussed include the emergence of the contemporary organization has brought about a myriad of changes in the work settings; and the Exit, Voice, Loyalty, Neglect, Cynicism model provides a comprehensive explanation as to what kind of general reactions people might exhibit to adverse behaviors like job insecurity, organizational injustice etc.

Using data from a sample (n=294) of school teachers from various public and private schools across Pakistan, this study examined an emergent construct knowledge hiding. Injustice was identified as an important predictor of knowledge hiding by teachers.We also tested for the conditional effects of self-monitoringand injusticeon knowledge hiding. Data was analyzed using stepwise regressions analysis. Results showed a positive relationship between injustice(procedural, distributive and interactional)and knowledge hiding.We also tested for the moderating effect of selfmonitoring and injustice (procedural, distributive and interactional) on knowledge hiding. Results confirmed that for high self-monitors the relationship between injustice and knowledge hiding was weak. In the end implications for practice have been discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cutaneous drug reactions are one of the most commonly encountered clinical presentations in dermatology clinics. But apart from the common and easily diagnosed cutaneous drug reactions, many may pose a diagnostic dilemma as they may masquerade as cutaneous manifestations of skin disease themselves like for example autoimmune blistering diseases, viral exanthems, psoriasis, collagen vascular diseases etc. or vice versa. Also, what makes it important to differentiate clinically the presence of a drug reaction from a skin disease, is the concurrent use of multiple medications by the same patient and the atypical presentation of many cutaneous drug reactions. Hence, we present a case series of 3 patients, each presenting with a cutaneous drug reaction, clinically mimicking different cutaneous skin disorders. The conclusion is that adverse drug reactions act as masqueraders clinically and sometimes histopathologically. The needless use of therapy for skin specific manifestations of drug intake can be avoided as the simple step of the culprit drug cessation can result in patient improvement and resolution of the dermatosis. It can be beneficial to have know-how of the replacement medications and the protocol of drug tapering as abrupt discontinuation might be otherwise detrimental. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The prime objective of the current study is to examine the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and FP of manufacturing firms listed in PSX. In addition to that, the mediating role of alliance formation orientation and total quality management in the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and FP of manufacturing firms listed in PSX is also examined. Using random sampling, the final sample appeared as 347. To answer the research questions, we have used PLS-SEM statistical technique. The reason behind using this technique primarily that the aim of current study is to check the weather there is any mediating effect on relations. The second foremost reason of using this technique is that there is no issue if the data is normally distributed or not. Mostly reaches of social science indicates the normality issue in data. So, for such studies PLS is the more appropriate technique, because it can easily handle the abnormal data. The response rate of present study is 63.2% which is significantly high. The survey results have supported the hypothesized results. This study is among the pioneer studies on the issue and will be beneficial for researchers and policy makers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research study examined the association between breach of psychological contract & job involvement of nurses working in public health care sector of Pakistan. Specifically, this study has introduced organizational cynicism as a mediator between breach of psychological contact and job involvement. By using self-administered survey, we collected data from 162 nurses employed in various public sector hospitals in Pakistan. Findings of this study highlighted that breach of psychological contract causes decrease in job involvement of nurses among public sector hospitals and this association is partially mediated through organizational cynicism. Implications for practice and future research directions are highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease involving mainly the lungs, mediastinal and peripheral lymph nodes, eyes and skin. Sarcoidosis is considered one of the 'great imitators' in dermatology due to its extremely variable cutaneous manifestation. One of the cutaneous forms of sarcoidosis includes the nodular and plaque type which can mimic many conditions including DLE (Discoid Lupus Erythematosus). The systemic involvement and progressive nature of sarcoidosis makes it important for us to differentiate sarcoidal lesions from DLE (Discoid Lupus Erythematosus), so as to avoid potential long term sequelae and provide proper treatment. Also, the concurrent existence of sarcoidosis and DLE (Discoid Lupus Erythematosus) is rarely documented in literature and needs further research and evaluation. Hence we present the case of a 37 year old female, a known case of sarcoidosis with skin lesions clinically and histologically similar to DLE (Discoid Lupus Erythematosus) so as to fill in some of the gaps in this area of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing from research on meaningfulness at work, contingent leadership, and ethicality, the authors investigate the relationship between servant leadership and meaningfulness at work, as well as how this relationship might be moderated by leader's ethical sensitivity. Data captured from 154 employees of companies from different sectors show that servant leadership enhances meaningfulness, especially at higher levels of leader's ethical decision making capability. These findings have significant implications for HRD research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]