Browsing by Author "Dr. Fahmeed Idrees"

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Can the culture in Pakistan’s construction industry intrinsically motivate project leadership to make green decisions? The managerial approach to improve construction projects environmental sustainability performance in Pakistan
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) Muhammad Ali; FA21-RPM-006; Dr. Fahmeed Idrees; LHR TP 8576
Land is one of the prime natural resources required by both the construction industry and agriculture sector. Unfortunately, the recent growth of construction industry in Punjab, Pakistan has been on green agricultural land instead of brown land; resulting in resource conflict with agriculture sector which may lead to food insecurity in the future. Although the growth of construction industry is beneficial to address Pakistan’s economy woes, it should not come at the cost of agriculture sector which is equally important for future sustainability. With an aim to look into a managerial approach to resolving this conflict; this study will examine how decision making in construction projects can be influenced to become green so that project performance is improved to be environmentally sustainable. Organization culture has been hypothesized in this study to be a fundamental contextual factor that can intrinsically motivate project leadership to make green decisions which will lead to environmental sustainability performance. This is the first study of its kind focusing leadership initiated environment and natural resource conservation in a developing country like Pakistan. The hypothesized framework based on self-determination theory has been confirmed using a cross-sectional quantitative analysis that includes leadership in construction projects as a unit of analysis. The findings not only fill the literature gap related to relationships between organizational culture, intrinsic motivation, green decision making and environmental sustainability performance but also broaden horizon on sustainable development in Pakistan. Future research can focus on how to change culture in Pakistan’s construction industry from profit maximization to the culture inhibiting values for green sustainable development.
Discovering the Impact of Employee Envy on Career Success in Pakistan's IT Sector: The Role of Employee Engagement and Servant Leadership
(Library Information Services COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus, 2023-02-09) Hafiz Junaid Khalil; FA21-RBA-008; Dr. Fahmeed Idrees; LHR TP 8741
Literature dominantly studies the relationship of positive emotions with positive behaviors and positive work-related outcomes and largely ignores how negative emotions influence individual and organizational outcomes. More specifically, this study examines how negative emotions such as employee envy influence individual career success directly and indirectly. This study explores the complex relationships between employee envy, employee engagement, career success, and servant leadership. Based on affective event theory, this study examines whether employee envy (malicious and benign) positively affects career success (career commitment and career satisfaction) using employee engagement as a mediator and servant leadership as a moderator. Based on the affective event theory, this study employs structural equation modeling techniques to explore relationships between employee envy (benign and malicious), employee engagement at work, and career success. We further extend this study by examining the moderating effects of servant leadership on employee envy (benign and malicious) on career success mediated by employee engagement at work. A cross-sectional research design with a survey approach is adapted to collect data from information technology (IT) professionals from the software development companies. This study employs structural equation modeling techniques to analyze the complex relationships between employee envy (benign and malicious) and career success, where servant leadership is a moderating variable. Results of this study show that employee engagement mediates employee envy (benign and malicious) positively and negatively with career success (career satisfaction and career commitment). Further, servant leadership strengthens the relationships between employee envy (benign) and employee engagement while it dampens the negative relationships between malicious envy and employee x engagement. This study benefits organizations and human resources professionals in devising policies and practices to address emerging issues of employee envy to retain the best talent and maintain their performance at optimal levels that contribute towards employee career success and organizational growth.
Factors Influencing Motivation and Work Engagement of Health Care Professionals
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2024) Sikandar Mustafa; CIIT/ FA23-RBA-029/LHR; Dr. Fahmeed Idrees; LHR TP 9618
Healthcare workers should be motivated and engaged at work for quality care and maintaining effectiveness of healthcare systems. The current study examines factors affecting these constructs, specifically the impact of environmental factors, including work-life balance and cultural recognition and policies; organizational factors, such as leadership and workplace culture, professional development opportunities and individual factors, such as emotional intelligence, flexibility and intrinsic motivation. Problems such as stress, overwork and the lack of resources often weaken motivation and engagement. This study focuses on strategies for solving these problems, including such tactics as innovative management, a good work environment and flexible building initiatives. Through the implementation of these practices, healthcare organizations can assure long-term sustainability in a stressful healthcare environment, enhance quality patient outcomes and also foster workforce well-being.
Relationship between Organizational Culture, Flexible Time and Job Satisfaction in the Health Sector
(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) Rabbia Saeed; FA21-RBA-012; Dr. Fahmeed Idrees
Every organization has unique culture, values, norms and the healthcare industry is a very dynamic and complicated in this regard, organizational culture is crucial to ensuring that health care providers have the best possible outcomes with regard to their job satisfaction. The relationship between Organizational Culture, Flexible Time and Job Satisfaction analyzed in this project. In Totality, 114 responses were collected from healthcare providers of different hospitals of Pakistan using mixed method approach. Correlation and regression analysis were used for statistical analysis. The results show that organizational culture has significant but minor correlation with job satisfaction while flexible time has moderate correlation with job satisfaction. In conclusion, if hospitals can provide great culture and flexible time to their healthcare providers, this may enhance their overall job satisfaction