Showing papers by "Limkokwing University of Creative Technology published in 2021"

Technology and Entrepreneurial Marketing Decisions During COVID-19

Abstract: The prime concern of this study is to explore how technology influences entrepreneurial marketing decisions during the world pandemic (COVID-19). The study uses a sample of 127 SMEs from Bangladesh. Data were collected by sending out questionnaires electronically and by mail. Smart PLS (SEM) 3.0 was used to analyse the data following the quantitative method. The study reveals positive and significant relationships between entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, opportunity development and opportunity exploitation with their entrepreneurial marketing decisions. It also claims that entrepreneurial passion mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and opportunity development with their entrepreneurial marketing decisions. However, entrepreneurial passion does not mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial opportunity exploitation and entrepreneurial marketing decisions. The study offers researchers a broader and more wide-ranging view of the importance of artificial intelligence in small firms. Researchers, educators and practitioners will benefit from the findings. The analyses are more complex and varied than the methodologies used in most of the limited previous research.

Three decades of research in the technology analysis & strategic management: a bibliometrics analysis

Abstract: This study portrays an overview of the Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (TASM) Journal over the last 31 years. The work examines a broad range of performance aspects of the journal, such ...

Impact of team knowledge management, problem solving competence, interpersonal conflicts, organizational trust on project performance, a mediating role of psychological capital

Abstract: There has been substantial research on megaprojects in project management literature. However, there is dearth of studies empirically investigating performance of new launched megaproject of Thailand that named as “Phuket sandbox”. The core purpose of this project is to normalize covid-19 situation and resuming tourism in Thailand. Therefore, the evaluation of project performance is essential to achieve the targeted goal for success. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect project performance (Phuket sandbox) in Thailand. This study used quantitative approach based on structured questionnaire and the data was collected from Phuket, Thailand. The survey conducted from team members which are tourism stake holders’ team, immigration team and public service teams including hospitals and hotels who were supposed for the management of Phuket tourism sandbox operations. The study got 222 valid responses only as the members were so busy and partial lockdowns in Thailand hindered the data collection process. The proposed hypothetical model tested by partial least square structural equation modelling. The results of the study found mix findings. The independent variables are team knowledge management, interpersonal conflict, organizational trust, and as significant and dependent variable as project performance through the mediation of psychological capital. The all relationships found to be significant except problem solving competence which have insignificant relationship with project performance as well as problem solving competence and organizational trust have insignificant relation with psychological capital.

Human systems management: A retrospective of 40 years

Abstract: BACKGROUND: For augmentation and sustainability of Human Systems Management (HSM), it is significant to analyse and reposition journals, which is very well done by bibliometric analysis. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to provide the retrospective of HSM between 1980–2019. METHOD: Scopus database has been employed to bibliographic indicators for the representation of available data for forty years. By utilising the VOSviewer software, bibliographic materials being drawn from keywords, graphical visuals, bibliographic coupling & co-citation analysis have been done. RESULTS: Results enabled to establish that the average number of publications remained almost the same throughout forty years, tinting the journal has been as vital in 2019 for researchers as it was in 1980. Citations originated drastic mounting with recently published documents in comparison with earlier production. CONCLUSIONS: Authors and researchers are suggested to cover knowledge and knowledge management related articles. This study suggests management to ensure the inculcation of more related areas in the scope by announcing special issues to broaden the journals’ scope as it remained the main reason for limiting HSM from gaining as much attention as it deserved.

Implementing Flexible Systems in Doctoral Viva Defense Through Virtual Mechanism

Abstract: Year 2020 has cultivated new arena in education. Covid-19 has not only reformed the world but also revived the process of operations. One among them is academics. Never in history of education was a lecture delivered without the physical presence of lecturers, in an academic environment. Even in present wildest innovative decade, the idea of eliminating the academia was not an option. However, after the pandemic encounter, it happened. These are not mere changes, but it is a transformation. While this phenomenon is getting acceptable gradually by takers, the mammoth turnaround is happening in Ph.D. final viva voce defenses too. Practice of online defense is approved by leading Universities so as to avoid stagnation of researchers in final stage. Question is, will it be appropriate to accept final defenses in online stream? and has the institutions developed rubrics to assess the researches which are presented online? Finally, if this is the only choice then how best we can use the technology to generalize it as a system? This research was executed through Delphi technique method from academia, research aspirants and policy-makers. Partial least square is used to quantify the data after interpreting qualitative data. Thirteen homogeneous University’s respondents were used as sample. Focus of this paper remains to substantiate the benefits of emerging technology and developing a scheme for virtual streaming, rather identifying reasons to avoid them.

Telecom microfinance banking versus commercial banking: a battle in the financial services sector

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to compare the growth rate of commercial banks with microfinance banks, under the shadow of financial exclusion, and to provide a way forward for commercial banks. As we are living in the age of transformation, businesses cannot survive without evolution and necessary transformation. The Telecom sector of Pakistan suffered at the hands of Over-The-Top services, so is happening with the commercial banking. Telecom companies have chosen microfinance banking as their alternative revenue stream which is affecting commercial banks. Microfinance banks, typically mobile phone banking, are showing more growth in deposits and loans than commercial banks. Along with the analysis of industry reports, commercial banks’ managers are also interviewed to perform an accurate analysis of the situation. It has been concluded that commercial banks are suffering due to financial exclusion and their deposits and lending rates are also decreasing due to microfinance banks. It is important for commercial banks to formulate their strategies and introduce new services according to the needs and preferences of their customers and they also need to increase banking awareness of their potential customers.

Twenty-five years of the Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ): Intellectual structure mapping and bibliometric review

Abstract: In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), this study presents a general overview on the publication structure of the journal from 1996 to 2019. The study identifies the most productive authors, universities, and countries mainly using the Scopus database. It also enlists the most cited documents of the journal. Besides, the study graphically maps the intellectual structure based on co-citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-occurrence of authors’ keywords. The findings show the prominent Asian profile of the journal where most of the contributions come from the Asian countries and the universities. Specifically, authors from Malaysia and India remain the most frequent contributors. These findings provide readers of AAMJ with an objective overview of the trends of the journal. The study may be useful for future contributors as it provides inputs for the future research agenda.

Do HR practices facilitate innovative work behaviour? Empirical evidence from higher education institutes

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies,” Lawrence Bossily. OBJECTIVE: Drawing on the above quote, this study investigates the role of High-performance work practices (HPWP) in fostering innovative work behaviour (IWB) of service sector employees. METHODOLOGY: Data collected by structured questionnaires were analysed through the structural equation modelling technique. RESULTS: Findings showed that selection and training & development play a significant role in fostering innovative work behaviour. Moreover, self-efficacy proved to be a significant mediator in the mechanism of HPWP-IWB. CONCLUSION: The finding of the study underpins the reciprocity perspective of the social exchange theory (SET). Additionally, the study also endorses that human resources are not a thing companies do. It is the thing that runs businesses.

Effect of training on employee commitment: mediating role of job satisfaction

Abstract: Training and relevant capacity is a prerequisite and vital condition for employees’ commitment in job. The current research paper primarily focuses to examine the impact of training on employee commitment and to analyze the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the association of these two variables. The objectives of the study are to find out the effect of training on job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Besides, the study also aims at assessing the mediating effect of job satisfaction between employee training and organizational commitment. The present research study applied a cross sectional and the data was collected from HR, production, procurement, marketing and finance departments of the different companies of Hayatabad Industrial estates. Those companies were listed and having 900 employees from lower, middle and top management. Data was collected through questionnaire from 200 respondents while the selection of respondents was made randomly. The overall response rate of the respondents was 76%. Smart PLS 3.3.2 version was used to test the mediation analysis. The finding revealed that training had a positive association with organizational commitment and job satisfaction while, job satisfaction partly mediated the association of training organizational commitment. It was recommended that a need based training program, associated with strategic plan should be adopted by the organizations.

Impact of destructive leadership styles on the psychological contract breach with the moderating effect of proactive personality

Abstract: This research has an aim to investigate the impact of toxic and exploitative leadership and subordinate psychological contract breach, the moderation role of proactive personality within the proposed framework between the toxic leadership with psychological contract breach and exploitative leadership with psychological contract breach. Data was gathered utilizing a cross-sectional research technique. The sample of the study constituted 386 frontline nurses from public sector hospitals of Pakistan. Structural equation modelling was utilized for analyzing the collected data. Toxic and exploitative leadership had a significant positive impact on psychological contract breach. However, moderation of proactive personality was found to be insignificant between both relations.

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) In Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia

Abstract: This research is a case study which examines the level of implementation of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices in Malaysia. The fact that Green Supply Chain Management has become more popular in Malaysia, there are still plenty of companies that are implementing traditional and conventional supply chain. ISO 14001 is one of the indicators that a company is environmentally conscious, but literature has proven that it is just a framework for internal practices only. The purpose of this research is to identify the level of Green Supply Chain Management practices that an ISO 14001 company is implementing in their practices. This is a quantitative research, and the data was collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was adopted from a previous study, and purposive sampling was used to select the respondents. The results were graded based on an Agreement Level of Mean Measurement to identify the level of implementation. The results of the research showed that the ISO 14001 Company that participated showed a medium implementation level of Green Supply Chain Management practices. The research also indicated that the company showed promising signs of competency and desire to increase the company’s implementation level of Green Supply Chain Management practices. The findings are able to help policy makers come up with better policies in the future to help increase the awareness of GSCM. It also helps in adding to the existing literature on GSCM practices in Malaysia

COVID-19 and online behaviors in higher education: A comparative study of an Iranian, Omani and Malaysian Universities

Abstract: The outbreak of the COVID-19 in early 2020 caused most of higher learning institutions to close the campuses and forced them to initiate online teaching and learning. Since, regular classrooms are temporarily empty, this paper focuses on the online education experiences of three Asian universities during the COID-19 pandemic. For the purpose of the current study from each case, Up to Six (6) specific instructional strategies are presented in each case. The strategies summarized current online teaching experiences which can be used by other faculty members in similar circumstances.