SAJMS - South Asian Journal of Management Sciences

South Asian Journal of Management Sciences

How Does Pandemic Simultaneously Alleviate and Aggravate the Effects of Workplace Incivility?

Research Article

Workplace incivility encountered by service employees often aggravate negative outcomes, an assertion well advocated in extant literature. However, the unexpected nuance behaviors and stress responses of employees amid pandemic remain largely underexplored. Hence, by employing conservation of resource and individual adaptability theories, this study is among the few that uniquely illuminates both the adverse and beneficial effects of COVID-19 on [...]

By Bilal Ahmad 2025
Keywords: Workplace incivility, job stress, work-life imbalance, turnover intentions, COVID driven anxiety. Read more...

Multiple Mediation Analysis and Binary Mediators: A Methodological Brief

Research Article

The paper briefly reviews mediation analysis and provides a detailed review of newly available estimation techniques dealing with categorical variables. The focus of the paper is on dealing with binary mediators. It discusses some recent methods such as marginal mediation analysis in detail highlighting the theoretical underpinnings of these techniques. It also describes the strengths, weaknesses and step by step [...]

By Dr. Faiza Hassan, Dr. Hafsa Hina, Dr. Arshad Ali 2025
Keywords: Mediation Analysis; Binary Mediators; Marginal Mediation; Methodological brief. Read more...

Sustainability in Malaysian Sukuk Issuers: Financial vs. Non-financial Firms via Machine Learning

Research Article

Drawing upon Resource Dependency and Resource-Based theories, corporate social sustainability (CS) is understood as a method of stakeholder management critically influenced by a firm's resources. Firms possessing more long-term resources are positioned to exhibit better CS performance. These theories further suggest that differences in available resources lead to differentiated CS performance between financial institutions (FI) and non-financial institutions (NFI). Sukuk, [...]

By Awais Ur Rehman, Arsalan Haneef Malik, Abdul Khalique, Arsalan Qayyum, Aniqa Arslan 2025
Keywords: Resource dependency theory, resource-based view, corporate social sustainability, Mursala, Sukuk, Maslaha. Read more...

Meritocracy vs Tradition: AVPs' Perspectives on Promotion Practices and Organisational Justice in Karachi's Private Banks

Research Article

This qualitative study explores how Assistant Vice Presidents (AVPs) in Karachi’s private banking sector perceive promotion practices, weighing meritocratic ideals against traditional influences like nepotism and seniority. Fifteen AVPs from several diverse banks were purposively selected; data saturation occurred at interview 12 and was confirmed by three additional interviews. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between January and March 2025 and then [...]

By Zubair Ahmed Pirzada, Prof. Dr. Syed Muneer Ahmed Shah, Dr. Shoukat Ali Mahar 2025
Keywords: Meritocracy; Traditional Promotion Practices; Organizational Justice; Assistant Vice Presidents; Private Banks; Karachi; Nepotism; Favouritism; Semi-Structured Interviews; Thematic Analysis. Read more...