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Dr. Iftikhar Hussain
Dean, Faculty of Computing & Engineering, University of Kotli AJ&K

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Dr. Iftikhar Hussain is an Associate Professor. He has several publications in world leading journals in SMEs, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Knowledge Management and Small Businesses. He has supervised many PhD and Master's projects.

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Journal article
Published: 02 August 2021 in Sustainability
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This research was aimed to investigate the connection between the social networking sites and green entrepreneurship intentions through a mediated-moderated model. The study was based on the Shepero’s model of entrepreneurship intentions and Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior. The study design reflects that social networking sites and green entrepreneurship intentions are mediated by risk propensity and self-efficacy, while self-efficacy and green entrepreneurship intentions’ relationship is further moderated by subjective norms. A well-structured and self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 500 respondents. The data were analyzed, and hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM. The study findings confirmed that there exists a positive and significant link between social networking sites and green entrepreneurship intentions through the indirect effect of risk propensity and self-efficacy. However, the findings regarding moderating effect indicated that subjective norms have no significant impact between the self-efficacy and green entrepreneurship intentions. The study findings have significant academic and practical implications for government representatives, policymakers, and entrepreneurial educational institutes that can use these findings.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Mehrab Nazir; Saadia Hashmi; Assunta Di Vaio; Imrab Shaheen; Muhammad Waseem; Adeel Arshad. Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8627 .

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Iftikhar Hussain, Mehrab Nazir, Saadia Hashmi, Assunta Di Vaio, Imrab Shaheen, Muhammad Waseem, Adeel Arshad. Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8627.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Mehrab Nazir; Saadia Hashmi; Assunta Di Vaio; Imrab Shaheen; Muhammad Waseem; Adeel Arshad. 2021. "Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8627.

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Published: 23 June 2021 in Sustainability
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This study investigated the impact of the use of social networking sites on university graduate students’ green sustainable entrepreneurial intentions by developing a mediating effect. This study provided a research framework using Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior and Shapero’s model to illustrate the relationship between self-efficacy and risk propensity towards green and sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. This research model posited a relationship between the use of social networking sites and green and sustainable entrepreneurship intentions with a mediating role of risk propensity and self-efficacy. The structural questionnaire was adopted, validated, and disseminated to the 300 respondents of university students. This study’s findings confirmed that there was a significant positive effect of the use of social networking sites on green and sustainable entrepreneurship intentions with the indirect impact of risk propensity and self-efficacy. These substantial outcomes have essential practices and academic implications for representatives, policy makers, and entrepreneurial institutes, such as how to direct the use of such relative niche technologies for communication and the role of the internet to promote green and sustainable entrepreneurial practices among young people.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Mehrab Nazir; Saadia Hashmi; Imrab Shaheen; Sabahat Akram; Muhammad Waseem; Adeel Arshad. Linking Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions and Social Networking Sites; The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Risk Propensity. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7050 .

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Iftikhar Hussain, Mehrab Nazir, Saadia Hashmi, Imrab Shaheen, Sabahat Akram, Muhammad Waseem, Adeel Arshad. Linking Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions and Social Networking Sites; The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Risk Propensity. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7050.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Mehrab Nazir; Saadia Hashmi; Imrab Shaheen; Sabahat Akram; Muhammad Waseem; Adeel Arshad. 2021. "Linking Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions and Social Networking Sites; The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Risk Propensity." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7050.

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Published: 09 December 2020 in Journal of Public Affairs
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This study investigates the direct impact of knowledge management on organizational innovation and indirect impact through organizational learning and organizational culture, using diffusion of innovation theory. Moreover, these relationships were also empirically tested in the presence of social media technologies as potential moderator. Simple random sampling was used to select 380 respondents from small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to measure the fitness of the proposed model via LISREL 8.8. Our results show that knowledge management positively influences organizational learning and organizational culture. Moreover, organizational culture and learning significantly influence organizational innovation. Similarly, knowledge management has a significant indirect impact on organizational innovation through organizational learning and culture. Furthermore, the moderating impact of social media technologies in the relationship between organizational learning and organizational innovation is also found significant. The present study offers novel and interesting insights by indicating that the management of SMEs realizing the importance of knowledge management and inspiring workers to practice organizational learning, organizational culture, and social media technologies can facilitate organizational innovation in SMEs.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Ghulam Mujtaba; Imrab Shaheen; Sabahat Akram; Adeel Arshad. An empirical investigation of knowledge management, organizational innovation, organizational learning, and organizational culture: Examining a moderated mediation model of social media technologies. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .

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Iftikhar Hussain, Ghulam Mujtaba, Imrab Shaheen, Sabahat Akram, Adeel Arshad. An empirical investigation of knowledge management, organizational innovation, organizational learning, and organizational culture: Examining a moderated mediation model of social media technologies. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Ghulam Mujtaba; Imrab Shaheen; Sabahat Akram; Adeel Arshad. 2020. "An empirical investigation of knowledge management, organizational innovation, organizational learning, and organizational culture: Examining a moderated mediation model of social media technologies." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.

Original research article
Published: 23 October 2020 in Frontiers in Psychology
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of online social networking site activities on brand choice for health-related businesses; the study also explored the mediating impact of brand perception on the connection of online social networking site activities and brand choice in health-related businesses. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection from 300 customers, randomly selected from health sector businesses in Pakistan. The findings indicate that online social networking site activities had a substantial influence on customers’ brand choice in health-related businesses and that brand perception mediates the connection between online social networking site activities and customers’ brand choice in health-related businesses. The research also recognized the increasing significance of online social networking sites in health-related businesses. The study offers insights for health-related companies and their managers on visualizing brand perception as well.

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Mehrab Nazir; Jian Tian; Iftikhar Hussain; Adeel Arshad; Muhammad Afzal Shad. Examining the Relationship of Online Social Networking Sites’ Activities, Customers’ Brand Choice, and Brand Perception in Health-Related Businesses. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 546087 .

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Mehrab Nazir, Jian Tian, Iftikhar Hussain, Adeel Arshad, Muhammad Afzal Shad. Examining the Relationship of Online Social Networking Sites’ Activities, Customers’ Brand Choice, and Brand Perception in Health-Related Businesses. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():546087.

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Mehrab Nazir; Jian Tian; Iftikhar Hussain; Adeel Arshad; Muhammad Afzal Shad. 2020. "Examining the Relationship of Online Social Networking Sites’ Activities, Customers’ Brand Choice, and Brand Perception in Health-Related Businesses." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 546087.

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Published: 03 September 2020 in Journal of Public Affairs
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Inclusive leadership (IL) can enhance performance and vigor at work. Through the perspective of affective events theory and social exchange theory, this research investigates the relationships between IL and adaptive performance (AP) with the mediating role of vigor at work (VW) and the moderating role of internal locus of control (ILC). Data were collected in three time lags from employees and their supervisors in the textile industry of Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine the distinctiveness of study variables. The results established that IL enhanced adaptive performance, while vigor at work mediated the relationship between IL and adaptive performance. This study contributes to the leadership literature since limited attention was paid to the role of IL as a predictor of adaptive performance indirectly through vigor at work and ILC at the workplace. Implications of the study are also discussed.

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Khan Qurrahtulain; Tayyaba Bashir; Iftikhar Hussain; Shakeel Ahmed; Aamir Nisar. Impact of inclusive leadership on adaptive performance with the mediation of vigor at work and moderation of internal locus of control. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .

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Khan Qurrahtulain, Tayyaba Bashir, Iftikhar Hussain, Shakeel Ahmed, Aamir Nisar. Impact of inclusive leadership on adaptive performance with the mediation of vigor at work and moderation of internal locus of control. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.

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Khan Qurrahtulain; Tayyaba Bashir; Iftikhar Hussain; Shakeel Ahmed; Aamir Nisar. 2020. "Impact of inclusive leadership on adaptive performance with the mediation of vigor at work and moderation of internal locus of control." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.

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Published: 26 May 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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COVID-19 is appearing as one of the most fetal disease of the world’s history and has caused a global health emergency. Therefore, this study was designed with the aim to address the issue of public response against COVID-19. The literature lacks studies on social aspects of COVID-19. Therefore, the current study is an attempt to investigate its social aspects and suggest a theoretical structural equation model to examine the associations between social media exposure, awareness, and information exchange and preventive behavior and to determine the indirect as well as direct impact of social media exposure on preventive behavior from the viewpoints of awareness and information exchange. The current empirical investigation was held in Pakistan, and the collected survey data from 500 respondents through social media tools were utilized to examine the associations between studied variables as stated in the anticipated study model. The findings of the study indicate that social media exposure has no significant and direct effect on preventive behavior. Social media exposure influences preventive behavior indirectly through awareness and information exchange. In addition, awareness and information exchange have significant and direct effects on preventive behavior. Findings are valuable for health administrators, governments, policymakers, and social scientists, specifically for individuals whose situations are like those in Pakistan. This research validates how social media exposure indirectly effects preventive behavior concerning COVID-19 and explains the paths of effect through awareness or information exchange. To the best of our knowledge, there is no work at present that covers this gap, for this reason the authors propose a new model. The conceptual model offers valuable information for policymakers and practitioners to enhance preventive behavior through the adoption of appropriate awareness strategies and information exchange and social media strategies.

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Mehrab Nazir; Iftikhar Hussain; Jian Tian; Sabahat Akram; Sidney Mangenda Tshiaba; Shahrukh Mushtaq; Muhammad Afzal Shad. A Multidimensional Model of Public Health Approaches Against COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 3780 .

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Mehrab Nazir, Iftikhar Hussain, Jian Tian, Sabahat Akram, Sidney Mangenda Tshiaba, Shahrukh Mushtaq, Muhammad Afzal Shad. A Multidimensional Model of Public Health Approaches Against COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (11):3780.

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Mehrab Nazir; Iftikhar Hussain; Jian Tian; Sabahat Akram; Sidney Mangenda Tshiaba; Shahrukh Mushtaq; Muhammad Afzal Shad. 2020. "A Multidimensional Model of Public Health Approaches Against COVID-19." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 3780.

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Published: 24 April 2020 in Sustainability
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This current study is one of the few investigations to conduct a focalized examination of the relationship between CEO duality and firm performance; however, this relationship seems to be imprecise due to the impact of the invention mechanism. This study explores the effect of CEO duality to achieve firm performance through the mediating effects of capital structure and market competition, which is an innovative model. The study incorporated the generalized method of moments (GMM) model to examine the proposed association of the CEO duality and firm performance, and the findings specified a negative relationship between CEO duality and firm performance. The results indicated that capital structure partially mediated the association between CEO duality and firm performance. The results also showed that market competition fully mediated this linkage between CEO duality and firm performance, which in turn specified a significant positive relationship with market competition, which mediated a positive relationship. By incorporating these mediators, the results determined that CEO duality reduces firm performance through the capital structure; however, it enhances firm performance by stimulating market competition.

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Riaqa Mubeen; Dongping Han; Jaffar Abbas; Iftikhar Hussain. The Effects of Market Competition, Capital Structure, and CEO Duality on Firm Performance: A Mediation Analysis by Incorporating the GMM Model Technique. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3480 .

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Riaqa Mubeen, Dongping Han, Jaffar Abbas, Iftikhar Hussain. The Effects of Market Competition, Capital Structure, and CEO Duality on Firm Performance: A Mediation Analysis by Incorporating the GMM Model Technique. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3480.

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Riaqa Mubeen; Dongping Han; Jaffar Abbas; Iftikhar Hussain. 2020. "The Effects of Market Competition, Capital Structure, and CEO Duality on Firm Performance: A Mediation Analysis by Incorporating the GMM Model Technique." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3480.

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Published: 19 March 2020 in Sustainability
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This current study is among the very few investigations, which seeks the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation in garment business firms. This investigation focused on examining how organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research establishes that knowledge management and organizational innovation procedures are integral parts of the progress and survival of the organizations. The received data of this population reports on the garment firms, operating their businesses in Lahore and Gujranwala. The study applied a stratified random sampling method for data collection and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the hypothesized relationships. The results specify that knowledge management shows a significant positive association with organizational learning, which in turn reveals a positive linkage to sustainable organizational innovation in SMEs of the garment industry. The study results also specify that organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research survey identifies the significance of knowledge management and organizational learning in executing the process of organizational innovation, and it helps business managers to understand organizational learning as a mediator, which in turn indicates the benefits of knowledge management in achieving sustainable organizational innovation. This review provides an empirical indication of original data to investigate the linkage between knowledge management, sustainable innovation process, and organizational learning culture in the Pakistani garment sector. The generalizability of the study fallouts is restricted to the garment industry, and it offers valuable insights for imminent researchers.

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Jaffar Abbas; Qingyu Zhang; Iftikhar Hussain; Sabahat Akram; Aneeqa Afaq; Muhammad Afzal Shad. Sustainable Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises: The Impact of Knowledge Management on Organizational Innovation through a Mediation Analysis by Using SEM Approach. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2407 .

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Jaffar Abbas, Qingyu Zhang, Iftikhar Hussain, Sabahat Akram, Aneeqa Afaq, Muhammad Afzal Shad. Sustainable Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises: The Impact of Knowledge Management on Organizational Innovation through a Mediation Analysis by Using SEM Approach. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (6):2407.

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Jaffar Abbas; Qingyu Zhang; Iftikhar Hussain; Sabahat Akram; Aneeqa Afaq; Muhammad Afzal Shad. 2020. "Sustainable Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises: The Impact of Knowledge Management on Organizational Innovation through a Mediation Analysis by Using SEM Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2407.

Journal article
Published: 26 July 2019 in Sustainability
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This research is among the very few studies seeking a focalized examination on the relationship between knowledge sharing within a firm and organizational innovation. This specific study establishes that the knowledge sharing and innovation processes in Islamic banks are integral parts of the survival and progress of business organizations. Knowledge sharing and creativity are essential elements in the development of innovative strategies, but few studies have sought to investigate this relationship. This study proposes a framework with five hypotheses, which predicts the influences of knowledge sharing and organizational innovation on the Pakistani banking sector. This survey scrutinizes the impacts of knowledge sharing and innovation, and its primary objective is to determine how learning in Islamic banks mediates the relationship, and enhances the performance, of Pakistani Islamic banks. The authors distributed a self-administered survey, and randomly selected 554 employees from Mirpur AJ&K, Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. We screened and tested the data received using SPSS version 25 for analysis purposes to measure the strength of the relationships which exist among the studied variables. The findings indicate that all of the proposed hypotheses have significant positive relationships, proving that knowledge sharing and organizational innovation have mediating impacts upon organizational learning. The findings can also be used to propose a systematic and holistic framework for attaining an improved performance in Islamic banks through the mediating role of organizational learning. This study offers empirical evidence and original data to examine the connection between knowledge sharing, innovation processes and learning culture in Islamic Banks. The generalizability of these findings is restricted to Islamic banks, and the study delivers valuable insights and suggestions for imminent research studies.

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Jaffar Abbas; Iftikhar Hussain; Safdar Hussain; Sabahat Akram; Imrab Shaheen; Ben Niu. The Impact of Knowledge Sharing and Innovation upon Sustainable Performance in Islamic Banks: A Mediation Analysis through an SEM Approach. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4049 .

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Jaffar Abbas, Iftikhar Hussain, Safdar Hussain, Sabahat Akram, Imrab Shaheen, Ben Niu. The Impact of Knowledge Sharing and Innovation upon Sustainable Performance in Islamic Banks: A Mediation Analysis through an SEM Approach. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4049.

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Jaffar Abbas; Iftikhar Hussain; Safdar Hussain; Sabahat Akram; Imrab Shaheen; Ben Niu. 2019. "The Impact of Knowledge Sharing and Innovation upon Sustainable Performance in Islamic Banks: A Mediation Analysis through an SEM Approach." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4049.

Journal article
Published: 07 January 2019 in Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research
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In this empirical study, we have examined the impact of knowledge management on organizational innovation capacity. Ultimate objective of existing research was to explore the role of knowledge management in encouraging innovation capacity in SMEs. Furthermore, this study also described role of knowledge management process to enhance knowledge repositories of SMEs. In order to understand knowledge management-innovation relationship, we collected data from SMEs across Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It was found that knowledge identification/creation, knowledge collection, knowledge organizing, knowledge dissemination, and knowledge application have positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of the SMEs in AJ&K. Implications of the study were also discussed.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Amber Qurashi; Ghulam Mujtaba; Muhammad Arfaq Waseem; Zafar Iqbal. Knowledge management: a roadmap for innovation in SMEs’ sector of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 2019, 9, 9 .

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Iftikhar Hussain, Amber Qurashi, Ghulam Mujtaba, Muhammad Arfaq Waseem, Zafar Iqbal. Knowledge management: a roadmap for innovation in SMEs’ sector of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research. 2019; 9 (1):9.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Amber Qurashi; Ghulam Mujtaba; Muhammad Arfaq Waseem; Zafar Iqbal. 2019. "Knowledge management: a roadmap for innovation in SMEs’ sector of Azad Jammu & Kashmir." Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 9, no. 1: 9.

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Published: 30 September 2015 in Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
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To investigate the critical role that knowledge sharing enablers play in putting into practice knowledge management within schools' and impacting schools' performance. The field of knowledge management aims at enhancing performance through knowledge sharing enablers. However, not all knowledge sharing enablers have same effects. This study attempted at categorizing enablers among knowledge management users/teachers and examine whether performance changes due to these enablers. Existing literature was reviewed to shape the study design. Present research is quantitative in nature and was conducted through personal interviews to explore the proposed relationships. An instrument was adopted which was tested for validity and reliability. The research instrument was administered to respondents and 110 responses were acquired. Convenience sampling is used to select the respondents. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis were used to analyse data. The current research found that among the knowledge sharing enablers' cultural characteristics, rewards and incentives, management support, and organisation structure have significant positive relationship with schools' performance and these results supported the previous studies. The findings also indicate that growth in job and task achievement is also positively related with schools' performance. The result also revealed that knowledge sharing enablers (cultural characteristics, rewards and incentives, management support, organisation structure) are becoming important to increase teachers' motivation. The findings also reflect that among the knowledge sharing enabler's; organisation structure has more influence on employees' performance. The present research results not only confirmed theory with practice; but also presented a reference for the knowledge practitioners as well as the teachers and business professionals. The present study has revealed that setting up knowledge sharing enablers are important for implementing knowledge management and is an important mean for improving organisational performance. Knowledge sharing does not only help in managing knowledge, but instead it plays the role of enhancing organisational performance by taking on the duty of assisting and coordinating different departments in their sharing of information and knowledge.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Anum Khan; Amber Qurashi; Qurat- Ul- Ain; Asma Shabbir. The Impact of Knowledge Sharing Enablers on Employees' Performance: An Empirical Study on READ Foundation in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 2015, 14, 1550020 .

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Iftikhar Hussain, Anum Khan, Amber Qurashi, Qurat- Ul- Ain, Asma Shabbir. The Impact of Knowledge Sharing Enablers on Employees' Performance: An Empirical Study on READ Foundation in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management. 2015; 14 (3):1550020.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Anum Khan; Amber Qurashi; Qurat- Ul- Ain; Asma Shabbir. 2015. "The Impact of Knowledge Sharing Enablers on Employees' Performance: An Empirical Study on READ Foundation in Azad Jammu & Kashmir." Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 14, no. 3: 1550020.

Journal article
Published: 24 October 2014 in International Journal of Human Resource Studies
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Pakistan is one of those developing countries, whose literacy rate is very low. It is in a dire need of providing high quality educational facilities to the university students. In today’s competitive world, highly educated and technical human resources are required to manage and operate developmental infrastructure. It is only possible through universities having high educational standards and faculty members with strong organizational commitment. The aim of the current study is to find out that, is there a significant relationship between HRM practices implemented and the ranking of universities and to compare HRM practices namely, job definition, training and development, compensation, team work, employee participation, performance appraisal and Promotion Practices in AJKU and MIU of Azad Kashmir. The data were collected through questionnaire comprising of 38 items namely job definition, training, compensation, team work, employee participation, promotion practices and performance appraisal. Overall sample was 44, Overall sample was comprised of 44 executives (Directors/Heads of Departments) selected randomly from AJKU and MIU of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Collected data were analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistical techniques.

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Shagufta Ashraf; Iftikhar Hussain; Masood Ahmed Malik. Making the Best of It? Human Resource Management Practices in Universities of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. International Journal of Human Resource Studies 2014, 4, 48 -60.

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Shagufta Ashraf, Iftikhar Hussain, Masood Ahmed Malik. Making the Best of It? Human Resource Management Practices in Universities of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. International Journal of Human Resource Studies. 2014; 4 (4):48-60.

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Shagufta Ashraf; Iftikhar Hussain; Masood Ahmed Malik. 2014. "Making the Best of It? Human Resource Management Practices in Universities of Azad Jammu & Kashmir." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 4, no. 4: 48-60.

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Published: 30 September 2011 in African Journal of Business Management
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To date, organizational knowledge capabilities for implementing knowledge management in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have not been analytically examined. Previous studies have observed such capabilities from large businesses’ standpoint and have not measured the organizational knowledge capabilities’ requirements of SMEs. Secondly, there is lack of such studies in developing economies. The present study aims to bridge this gap and investigate the organizational knowledge capabilities required for implementing KMS successfully in SMEs’ sectors, specifically in developing economies. A set of 7 organizational knowledge management capabilities was developed, which is thought to be prerequisite for KMS success in SMEs. The theoretical significance of these capabilities was discussed and the hypotheses were also empirically tested. Generally, the results obtained from the empirical evaluation were positive, indicating the significance of the proposed set of organizational knowledge management capabilities. The study is a value addition in the field of knowledge management in Pakistan’s context. Key words: Knowledge management success (KMS), knowledge, small and medium enterprises (SME), capabilities.

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Hussain Iftikhar; Yu Xiaoyu; Wang Steven Si Lixia; Ahmed Shakeel; Iftikhar Hussain; Lixia Wang Steven Si; Shakeel Ahmed. Organizational knowledge management capabilities and knowledge management success (KMS) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). African Journal of Business Management 2011, 5, 8971 -8979.

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Hussain Iftikhar, Yu Xiaoyu, Wang Steven Si Lixia, Ahmed Shakeel, Iftikhar Hussain, Lixia Wang Steven Si, Shakeel Ahmed. Organizational knowledge management capabilities and knowledge management success (KMS) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). African Journal of Business Management. 2011; 5 (22):8971-8979.

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Hussain Iftikhar; Yu Xiaoyu; Wang Steven Si Lixia; Ahmed Shakeel; Iftikhar Hussain; Lixia Wang Steven Si; Shakeel Ahmed. 2011. "Organizational knowledge management capabilities and knowledge management success (KMS) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs)." African Journal of Business Management 5, no. 22: 8971-8979.

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Published: 01 December 2010 in Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
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Knowledge management success is a hot issue in SMEs. It is obvious that several important factors must be considered for successful implementation, but most small and medium firms have no idea what factors should be considered most heavily. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to expand the base of knowledge in that area, and empirically test the relationship between personal capabilities within SMEs and knowledge management system success. Six factors related to personal capabilities were measured: ambition, skills, behaviour, tools and techniques, time management and personal knowledge. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant relationship between these factors and knowledge management system success.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Shakeel Ahmed; Steven Si. Personal Knowledge Abilities and Knowledge Management Success. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 2010, 9, 319 -327.

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Iftikhar Hussain, Shakeel Ahmed, Steven Si. Personal Knowledge Abilities and Knowledge Management Success. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management. 2010; 9 (4):319-327.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Shakeel Ahmed; Steven Si. 2010. "Personal Knowledge Abilities and Knowledge Management Success." Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 9, no. 4: 319-327.

Review
Published: 15 October 2010 in International Journal of Economics and Finance
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Lixia Wang; Iftikhar Hussain. Managing Financial Crisis; a Critical Review of China’s Policy. International Journal of Economics and Finance 2010, 2, 1 .

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Lixia Wang, Iftikhar Hussain. Managing Financial Crisis; a Critical Review of China’s Policy. International Journal of Economics and Finance. 2010; 2 (4):1.

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Lixia Wang; Iftikhar Hussain. 2010. "Managing Financial Crisis; a Critical Review of China’s Policy." International Journal of Economics and Finance 2, no. 4: 1.

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Published: 17 June 2010 in Asian Social Science
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The gold exchange traded fund is a burgeoning product to invest in gold. It has very positive significance as foreign exchange, financial safety and avoiding inflation to a country. At the same time, it is convenient to invest in gold exchange traded funds for small and medium-sized investors and extremely welcomed by market. However, most of the investors don’t understand gold exchange traded funds. This study was designed to clarify this understanding with the help of literature and analyze the developments of gold exchange traded funds and future prospects, specifically in China.

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Lixia Wang; Iftikhar Hussain; Adnan Ahmed. Gold Exchange Traded Funds: Current Developments and Future Prospects in China. Asian Social Science 2010, 6, p119 .

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Lixia Wang, Iftikhar Hussain, Adnan Ahmed. Gold Exchange Traded Funds: Current Developments and Future Prospects in China. Asian Social Science. 2010; 6 (7):p119.

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Lixia Wang; Iftikhar Hussain; Adnan Ahmed. 2010. "Gold Exchange Traded Funds: Current Developments and Future Prospects in China." Asian Social Science 6, no. 7: p119.

Original articles
Published: 01 January 2010 in Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship
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The failure rate of small business is alazmingly high in Pakistan. Researchers and policy makers are searching the ways and means to minimize it. The aim of this study is to examine the factors causing the failure of SMEs by collecting primary data from 119 respondents working in SME sector in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) Pakistan through a questionnaire. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to present the empirical data. Despite its pazamount significance, there are few studies on this issue in Pakistan. This study attempts to fill this gap. Most of the studies on critical failure factors (CFFs) have discussed all CFFs jointly. However, in this study, CFFs are divided in two categories internal and external CFFs and their impact on SMEs failure were checked. The study also proposed solutions to overcome these failure factors.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Steven Si; X.M. Xie; Lixia Wang. Comparative Study on Impact of Internal and External CFFs on SMEs. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 2010, 23, 637 -648.

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Iftikhar Hussain, Steven Si, X.M. Xie, Lixia Wang. Comparative Study on Impact of Internal and External CFFs on SMEs. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. 2010; 23 (4):637-648.

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Iftikhar Hussain; Steven Si; X.M. Xie; Lixia Wang. 2010. "Comparative Study on Impact of Internal and External CFFs on SMEs." Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 23, no. 4: 637-648.