SAJMS - South Asian Journal of Management Sciences

South Asian Journal of Management Sciences

Identifying the Formative Factors which Shape Individual Intention to Prefer Imported Used or Locally Assembled Cars: A Survey on Pakistan

Research Article

The current study intended to examine the consumer intention while purchasing locally assembled and imported cars. Hence, the study proposed a model which is underpinned with social identity theory. The research model employed consumer ethnocentrism, self-congruity product characteristic, perceived relative price, brand personality and service quality. The current study identify research gap and found to the best knowledge of researchers [...]

By Talha Hussain, Muhammad Zeeshan Zafar, Areeba Toor, Hamayel Ajmal 2022
Keywords: Consumer ethnocentrism, self-congruity product characteristic, perceived relative price and service quality, brand personality and intention. Read more...

Competitive Conditions and Banking Stability in Pakistan: New Evidence from Market Power and Charter Value

Research Article

In this study, we invoke the theoretical notion of different competitive conditions in lending and deposit market power for the banking industry of Pakistan. We find highly monopolistic conditions in lending market whereby majority of the banks are enjoying high market power. On the other hand, the deposit market is found to be highly competitive. Subsequently, we find the effects [...]

By Abdur Rahman Aleemi, Imam Uddi, Muhammad Kashif 2022
Keywords: Competition, Market Power, Charter Value, Bank stability. Read more...

Millennials' Service Quality Preferences: Evidence from Large Retail Outlets in South Africa

Research Article

Service quality and customer perception vary across business sectors. The youth plays a vital role in determining the quality of service in large food retail outlets in South Africa in general and most notably in the Cape Metropolis. This study investigated the most critical factors of service quality that are significant in the Millennials perception, used to measure quality in [...]

By Shaheen Adam, Oyebanjo Ogunlela, Robertson Tengeh, Chris Cupido 2022
Keywords: Service Quality, Youth Perception, Millennials, Food Retail, Sustainability, Cape Metropolis Read more...

Applicant Attraction towards the Organization with the Moderation Effect of Gender: A Perception of Business Students

Research Article

Talent attraction is contemporarily subject to extensive research due to prevalent gaps which hold significance in the field of human resource management. This article describes how students graduating from a business school in Karachi, Pakistan perceive various organizational factors in terms of their impact on the attractiveness of the firm as a place to work. The framework used in the [...]

By Muhammad Masood Mir, Hina Amin, Mohammad Omar, Sahar Khan 2022
Keywords: Talent attraction, internal CSR, external CSR, extrinsic compensation. Read more...

The Mechanisms for Influencing Green Purchase Intention by Environmental Concern: The Roles of Self-Green Image Congruence and Green Brand Trust

Research Article

This study is the first to examine a serial mediation model that includes environmental concern, self-green image congruence, green brand trust, and green purchase intention. Based on data from a sample that included 349 Saudi individuals, the analyses supported most mechanisms flowing from environmental concern to self-image congruence and green brand trust in serial. The direct relationship of environmental concern [...]

By Fethi Klabi, Binzafrah F. 2022
Keywords: Self-image congruence, Environmental concern, green brand trust, green purchase intention, Saudi Arabia. Read more...

Factors Affecting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Accessibility to Institutional Finance in Pakistan: Moderating Role of Government Support

Research Article

The study aims to explore the factors influencing the accessibility of small and medium-sized enterprises to institutional finance and moderating role of government supports in the relationship between collateral security, interest rates, financial information, business ownership, and accessibility to finance facilities in Pakistan. The moderation multiple regression analysis was applied for analysis using SMART PLS3.0 software. A fully structured [...]

By Abubakar Khaliq, Muhammad Saif Ul Islam, Muhammad Akram, Aamir Hussain, Muhammad Usman 2022
Keywords: Access to finance, government support, collateral security, financial information, interest rates, business ownership. Read more...

Impact of Financial Decisions on Firm Performance: Path Analysis Approach

Research Article

This study intended to explore causal relationships between the corporate performance and financial decisions of the firms which are listed on the Pakistan stock exchange (PSX). This study has used Return on assets and Tobin's Q as the measures of accounting performance and market performance respectively. To effectively examine the causal structure of corporate financing, investment, dividend payout decisions, and [...]

By Asifa Maqbool, Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh 2022
Keywords: Corporate Investment, financing, dividend, corporate performance, path analysis. Read more...

The Fear of Covid-19 With Role of Avoidance Behavior and Self-Resilience

Research Article

Studies conducted in the field of resilience have proven the role of resilience in their clinical presentations, but few studies investigated the relationship between resilience and painrelated fear. However, there are limited studies to investigates the moderating role of self-resilience along with mediating role of avoidance behavior in fear of COVID-19. The survey questionnaire is used to collect responses from [...]

By Jawad Iqbal, Muhammad Imran 2022
Keywords: COVID-19 Fear; Avoidance Behavior; Self-Resilience; Hypervigilance; Helplessness; Worry & Panic Read more...