South Asian Journal of Business Studies

Impact of remittances from the Afghan diaspora: a case study on the effects in the Samangan province

Ahmad Walid Barlas, Maria Elo, Masud Chand

The study examines the relationship between international remittances and income inequality in Afghanistan by analysing how remittances affect income inequality in the Samangan…

Inflationary pressures on India’s domestic food prices: unravelling the impact of global macroeconomic factors

Priyanka Nayak, Pratap Kumar Jena

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the rising domestic food price inflation in India is influenced by global macroeconomic factors like crude oil, exchange rate…

Attaining sustainable employment within organizations: uncovering the impact of job crafting amid contextual and individual influences

Manpreet Kaur Kohli, Pushpendra Priyadarshi

This study aims to elucidate a framework to attain sustainable employment driven by contextual and dispositional determinants mediated by job crafting. The factors under…

Workplace mistreatments by the management toward employees and its behavioral consequences

Qurat-ul-Ain Burhan

This study aims to investigate the impact of organizational mistreatments, such as workplace bullying and ostracism, on task performance. Additionally, it explores the mediating…

Does the stock market react to the sustainability index reconstitutions? Evidence from the S&P BSE 100 ESG index

Priyanka Goyal, Pooja Soni

Amid the growing investors’ interest in environment, social and governance (ESG) investing, the present study aims to examine the investors’ reactions to the reconstitutions of…

Bank market power drivers: comparative insights from India and Bangladesh

Suman Das, Ambika Prasad Pati

The study aims to make a comparative assessment of the degree of market power for listed commercial banks operating in India and Bangladesh and identify various bank-specific…

Linking workplace spirituality, workplace incivility and employee silence: moderating role of dark triad

Vikram Singh Chouhan

This study aimed to observe the effect of workplace spirituality (WPS) on employee silence. In addition, the study investigated the mediating role of workplace incivility on the…

Unlocking IPO success in Pakistan: the power of institutional quality, sponsor ownership and smart pricing

Waqas Mehmood, Rasidah Mohd-Rashid, Abd Halim Ahmad, Atia Hussain

This study investigates the variables that impact initial public offerings (IPO) initial returns witnessed in Pakistan from 1996 to 2019 using pre-listing information variables…

The impact of organizational culture on knowledge sharing and absorptive capacity: a study of the microfinance institutions in Pakistan

Salman Iqbal, Sami Ullah, Amina Rizwan, Naima Nazeer, Mamoona Rasheed, Ahmed Faisal Imtiaz Siddiqi

Microfinance institutions (MFI) must adapt to rapidly changing market conditions, including stringent regulations and diverse customer demands, necessitating a high absorptive…

Fostering sustainable employability: the nexus of social support and career competencies in healthcare

Qudsia Jabeen, Muhammadi Sabra Nadeem, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, John Lewis Rice

This study examines the impact of career competencies (CC) (in the form of personal resources) on sustainable employability (SE) under the tenets of the Conservation of Resources…

Financial awareness, investment strategies and investor satisfaction: a multilayered empirical model testing in the Indian context

Shallu Saini, Tejinder Sharma, Satyanarayana Parayitam

This research explores the relationships between financial awareness and investor satisfaction about retirement planning, particularly in the Indian context. We developed a…

Analytical modeling of perceived authenticity in AI assistants: application of PLS-predict algorithm and importance-performance map analysis

Palima Pandey, Alok Kumar Rai

The present study aimed to explore the consequences of perceived authenticity in artificial intelligence (AI) assistants and develop a serial-mediation architecture specifying…