·         Table of Contents (Volume #1, Issue #3)

·         Cover Page (Volume #1, Issue #2)

·         Editorial (Volume #1, Issue #3)

Paper #1

Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Performance of Organization and Commitment of the Employee: A Case of the Banking Sector of Pakistan

Erum Shaikh

Abstract: Research on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not new but relatively very few researches have been focused on the influence of CSR on the organizational performance (OP), employee commitment (EC) and on the mediating role of EC with the CSR and OP. The current study was conducted on the sample size of 806 employees working in two reputable banks of Pakistan. The current study uses the PLS-SEM 3.0 version to test the proposed hypotheses. The results of current research study revealed the significantly positive link between the CSR with the performance of the organization, CSR with EC and the study also found the positive results of mediating role of EC between the CSR and OP. The study also suggests some significant future implication regarding the importance of CSR actions and its uses that can increase the commitment level of the employees, they feel proud to become part of that organizational who is socially responsible and the performance of the organization will also be enhanced.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Organizational performance; Employee commitment; Social identity theory.

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Paper #2

Support at Work and its Relationship with Employee Performance: Critical Insights for Early Scholars

Hussain Ahmed Mughal

Abstract: The current papers aimed to drive the attention of employee performance. The study has critically analysed past literature of prominent scholars` work who investigated on the significance of employee performance for businesses. The paper has highlighted towards a very crucial component pertaining to the role of organizational support in fostering performance. The study has reviewed studies from notable databases to suggest that enterprises aiming to enhance employees` performance need to provide and enhance their support features. Therein, such organizations should work on their employees to harness support prospects ranging from colleagues, supervisors and management. In a nutshell, the study has underlined that employees who perceive higher organizational support, they tend to perform better. Since there is a cooperation and support from the organization towards individual employees which this leads towards individuals perceiving enhanced performance.

Keywords: Employee performance; organizational support; business; supervisor support.

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Paper #3

Does E-recruitment Matter for Service Sector? An Empirical Study of Hyderabad, Pakistan

Ikramuddin Junejo, Arslan Khawaja and Kanwal Gul

Abstract: Recruitment is an essential tool to hire candidates. Over the years, the mediums for recruitment have been drastically changed. It principally started with the word of mouth and now is just a click away due to internet and technological advancements. With an increase in use of online platforms, electronic recruitment helps to attract and hire the best candidates to obtain people-based competitive advantage. This study has adopted a quantitative research approach to identify influence of attractiveness, job fit, time, and cost in E-recruitment. Primary data has been collected through questionnaire from a sample of 200 employees of a service sector businesses of Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan. The findings reveal that large and desirable pool of candidates as well as placing the right candidates to right job has a direct relationship with electronic recruitment. The time and cost of recruitment has inverse relationship with the e-recruitment performed as perceived by employees in the selected service sector organizations of Hyderabad. Based on the findings, the study implies policy makers to apply newly developed concept of e-recruitment for future hiring.

Keywords: E-recruitment; Job fit; Time; Cost; Service sector.

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Paper #4

Understanding Post-Training Factors and Job Performance Relationship: Review of Literature for Transfer of Training Enthusiasts

Soleman Mozammel

Abstract: In the era of competitive industrial time and globalization, enterprises need to have a competent, technologically "up to date," motivated and engaged workforce to maximize productivity. Therefore, in the current socio-economic industrial culture, enterprises are encouraged to be motivated to invest in employee training and development. Scholarly research in the business world have already emphasized on the robust association between learning opportunities for employees leading to their performance improvements. According to studies, businesses that have survived, understood, and learned the prospects of training and its long-term implications for business productivity. But even when the issues of providing training were resolved, that also brought the question of application of the training at the workplace by the employees that may be defined as the term "training transfer." Training transfer by employees is essential for the investment return that was aimed to have higher productivity and profit for organizations. If there is a failure of training transfer through proper implementation of the newly acquired knowledge and learnings, not only the performance stays in the pre-training level, but also there is no investment return for the organization. Many organizations are suffering losses due to failing to implement training transfer adequately in the organization. Therefore, it is essential to ensure proper application of transfer training to secure investment resulting in higher job performance and productivity. That requires a good quality of supervisory support, perceived utility, and higher education. The study discusses both theoretical and practical implications for the organizational stakeholders for better job performances.

Keywords: Training; Training transfer; Job performance; Industrialization; Review.

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Paper #5

Influencing Youth Involvement in Entrepreneurship: Implications for Policy Makers in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Umair Ahmed

Abstract: Entrepreneurship plays a critical role in developing and fostering a robust socio-economic culture in any economy. Robust entrepreneurial initiatives are considered as the source of fresh blood for any economy. Healthy entrepreneurial activities result in creating more employment opportunities, better working prospects and societal development. Today, economies that are striving to become highly developed and economically stable are striving to enable their employees to become more entrepreneurial. Importantly, studies have outlined that there is a dire need for nations to understand the vital role youth can play in this regard. Since young individuals are more eager to grow, willing to take the risk and go for the high mark to become their own bosses, there are higher chances that they can become more successful entrepreneurs. Notably, youth entrepreneurship is of utmost importance for both national as well as international economic wellbeing. Keeping these arguments beforehand, this paper has attempted to critically underline factors that could help policy makers to boost youth involvement in entrepreneurial activities in Bahrain.

Keywords: Youth entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Policy insights; Bahra.

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