Browsing by Author "Dr. Ahmad Qamar"

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HRM Practices and Employee Engagement: Role of Organizational Politics.
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Wajahat Hussain; FA17-RBA-008; Dr. Ahmad Qamar; LHR TP 5679
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of organizational politics between the relationship of HRM practices (job security, training and development and employee participation in decision making) and employee engagement in education sector among teaching and management faculty in public and private colleges in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach. The survey includes data from 160 employees among public and private colleges. Six hypothesis were tested on base on the constructed model. SPSS and Warp PLS software was used to analyze the hypothesis and to run different statistical tests. Findings. This study finds that HRM practices such as training and development and employee Participation in decision making are the significant predictors of employee engagement. Results also identifies that job security is not a significant predictor of employee engagement. And organizational politics does not play the role of moderator.
Impact of Corruption and Favoritism on Employee Stress: Moderating Role of Positive Organizational Climate.
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Syed Ahsan Ali; FA16-RMS-007; Dr. Ahmad Qamar; LHR TP 5689
This study aims to explore the relationship of favouritism and corruption with job stress along with the moderating effect of organizational climate such as positive organizational climate reduces job stress and negative organizational climates increase job stress. For this study, data was collected from public sector (Cooperative department Lahore, Govt. of Punjab) through survey questionnaire.The descriptive statistics was calculated using SPSS. The confirmatory factor analysis was run in the AMOS. The scale items that meet the minimum criteria was used for calculating the reliability of the scales. The structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test CFA for factor analysis. This research is contribute to the field of study by posing the setback in the system and suggesting practical ideas to overcome them.
Impact of Customer Abuse and Job boredom on Job Burnout: Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Hummara Abbas; FA16-RMS-005; Dr. Ahmad Qamar; LHR TP 5688
The purpose of this research is to observe the relationship between customer abuse and job boredom with the dependent variable job burnout. Here self-efficacy is used as moderator variable. For this research data is collected from call centres. Reason is that these four variables strongly lie in call centres organization. Where employees face abusive language from customers side which create stress and pressure for employees .and after this due to call center environment and customers behavior reduces the confidence level of employees which leads to job burnout. Where employees expectation are totally opposite to the job requirements. They feel helpless in the organization. At the same time it becomes some difficult to follow the rules of organization and treated with customer in a good way. So here the moderator self-efficacy is used to overcome this issue. Where employees use their inner skills and capabilities to deal the customers. For data analysis Lahore city is selected with the sample of 291 employees. and data has been gathered through close ended questionnaire. In data analysis SPSS and confirmatory analysis through SEM are used to test hypothesis. This software is used to test the relationships of variables.
Impact of supportive work Environment on Employee Retention: Moderation Effect of Perceived Organizational Politics
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Saba Munir; FA16-RMS-008; Dr. Ahmad Qamar; LHR TP 5690
The purpose of this research is to study the impact of Supportive Work Environment on Employee Retention. Supportive Work Environment is presented through three of its components; Perceived Organizational support, Supervisory Support and Perceived Climate. Furthermore, the effect is tested through moderation of Perceived Organizational Politics in banks, specifically in Lahore. This study is based on quantitate data approach. Survey questionnaires were used to collect data from 250 banks in Lahore. Using SPSS and PLS, this research elaborated the relationship between Supportive Work Environment and Employee Retention. Cronbach's alpha was used to test the reliability of the questionnaire. The current study makes a valuable addition by examining the moderating effects of organizational politics in a relationship between supportive work environment and employee retention. The results show that there is positive relationshiopo between some variables i.e. relationship of Perceived Climate anad Supervisory Relationship with Retention. The results also revealed that moderation exists between Perceived Organizational Support and Retention. The findings of this study have theoretical implications of Supportive Work environment in relation with Employee Retention as it covers the scope of different retention factors. It is supposed that this research will contribute towards literature positively, extending scope to banking sector, and will provide ways for further studies on this topic. Thus, findings of this research will be helpful for the organizations and policy makers.