Today, customers see businesses as more than just profit seekers, they see them as organizations that are concerned about the well-being of their societies. Therefore, businesses have made sustainability a primary focus by implementing green marketing tactics to encourage consumers to buy green goods. The intention to buy green products was examined in relation to factors such as eco-labelling, green packaging and branding, and green products, premium, and pricing. This study analyses a model that incorporates green marketing techniques based on the responses of 450 people to a survey. In addition, the paper investigates the moderating effect of green brand image and customer views on the environment on the link between green marketing and green purchase intentions. This study’s framework is confirmed by using structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings of this study show that green marketing methods significantly and positively affect customers’ intentions to make environmentally friendly purchases. When looking at the path coefficient between green marketing techniques and green purchase intents, we discovered that green brand image and customer environmental attitudes considerably moderated this relationship. This study provides regional and international enterprises and governments with information on how to enhance consumers’ intentions to make green purchases. Significant findings from this study support favourable social behaviour toward green marketing. Towards the examination of the consumers’ green purchasing intents, this research underlined the importance and function of green brand image and customer attitudes regarding the environment. The packing of the items should be eco-friendly and prevent excessive paper and plastic packaging. Companies should leverage the environmental features of their products for branding purposes.

The global need to preserve ecology has propelled the green movement across the globe. An emerging managerial challenge for all organizations is to protect natural resources by reducing their negative impact on the environment and increase sustainable performance. Greening is the need of the age to conserve natural resources. This study investigates the impact of green human resource management practice—i.e., green hiring—on the sustainable performance of public and private healthcare organizations. A quantitative research approach was used for data collection. Scale survey of 160 responses was gathered from public and private healthcare organizations. Partial least square–structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The study results suggest that green recruitment has a positive and significant impact on environmental performance, economic performance, and social performance. Path coefficients test also revealed that green performance management and compensation significantly mediate the relationship between green hiring and sustainable performance of public and private healthcare organizations. This study is helpful for organizations in adapting GHRM practices that will benefit the organizations in all ways. This study also provides a better understanding to policymakers on how to promote GHRM practices and increase sustainability in organizations.

The trend of using social media in the workplace is now becoming ubiquitous. Along witbenefits, social media also has negative consequences. Employees use social media for both work and social purposes. Therefore, using a quantitative approach, this study explores the impact of work-related social media usage and social-related social media usage on employees’ work performance. This study also investigates the mediating effect of extra-role behaviors on social media usage (professional and personal purpose) and work performance relationships. We examined survey data of 241 employees working in different organizations with the help of the partial least square (PLS) 3.0 version. Convenience sampling has been used to reach respondents. The outcomes of this study demonstrate that both professional and personal-related social media usage have a positive and significant impact on employees’ work performance. This study also highlighted that extra-role behavior positively and significantly mediates the relationship between social media usage (work and personal) and employees’ work performance. This study provides practical insights to managers, such as that, instead of banning social media usage in companies, there must be some limits and regulations for using social media that would facilitate firms to increase employees’ engagement and productivity.

Purpose: Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Quality 4.0 (Q4.0) are crucial for the survival of today’s industrial enterprises. In this context, this study reveals the impact of digital voice of the customer (DVoC) and product lifecycle management (PLM) on Q4.0. Furthermore, this study explores the moderating role of AI in enhancing the relationship between DVoC and PLM and Q4.0, which is an important gap in the literature specific to Asian countries and is based on limited empirical evidence. Design/methodology/approach: This study focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sectors of Asia (China, Pakistan and India). Within the scope of this study, data were obtained from 334 SMEs operating in the manufacturing sector in Asia. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Findings: According to the results, the direct impact of DVoC and PLM on Q4.0 is confirmed. The study also revealed that AI enhanced the impact of DVoC and PLM on Q4.0. Another important finding is that AI improves Q4.0-related processes. Originality/value: This study shows how AI moderates the link between DVoC, PLM and Q4.0. It also identifies important applications for using DVoC and reveals new possibilities for industries to adopt AI to enhance Q4.0 and PLM techniques. These findings have important implications for marketers, practitioners, the manufacturing sector and policymakers.

According to behavioral finance, people are not always rational in managing their finances. The financial stability of a person is directly linked with the spending style and pattern of the individual. This research investigates how mental budgeting influences financial behaviors and altogether financial stability, with a focus on the moderating effect of self-control. To explore this, we studied 294 people to see how mental budgeting affects their financial management and well-being, and how self-control plays a role in this process. A self-administered questionnaire was adapted to gather responses of the employees working in various organizations in Lahore. Smart PLS and SPSS were utilized to analyze and measure the responses collected from respondents. This study found that people are able to better manage their finances when they use mental budgeting. Similarly, there is clear evidence that mental budgeting has an association with financial well-being and financial behavior. The path coefficient uncovers the moderating impact of self-control on financial management behavior and financial wellness. These findings suggest that teaching people about mental budgeting and self-control in financial education programs might help them make better financial decisions. This study adds to our understanding by showing how these factors work together to influence financial behavior, highlighting the need for more tailored financial advice that considers both mental budgeting and self-control. This research helps clarify how people can better manage their finances through both mental strategies and behavioral control, contributing valuable insights into effective financial management practices.

Human industrial activities are bringing physiochemical changes to the land, air, and seas and leading towards more uncertain climate changes, like drought, thunderstorms, and heat waves. This has resulted in water scarcity because of overexploitation of water resources. It is therefore imperative to develop effective conservation programs that consider the factors that affect the decisions of people with regard to water conservation and sustainable activities. This study considered the perspective of a developing country and explored the impact of three psychosocial factors, i.e., subjective happiness, perceived stress, and personal well-being, on individuals’ current and future intentions to conserve water. A sample of 304 respondents was collected via a self-administered questionnaire containing measures of demographic characteristics, psychological factors, and current and future water conservation behavior. The data were collected online as well as through hard copies. Correlational analysis showed that the three psychosocial factors had significant associations with both current and future intentions to conserve water. Furthermore, the effect size (f²) demonstrated that personal well-being was a significant predictor of current and future water conservation behavior. Stress, however, did not serve as a significant predictor of either current or future water conservation behavior. In contrast, subjective happiness was a significant predictor of only future water conservation behavior.