Iftikhar Hussain

Dr. Iftikhar Hussain

Dean, Faculty of Computing & Engineering, University of Kotli AJ&K

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 March 2020 in Sustainability
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JAJaffar Abbas
Jaffar Abbas
QZQingyu Zhang
Qingyu Zhang
Iftikhar HussainIftikhar Hussain
Iftikhar Hussain
SASabahat Akram
Sabahat Akram
AAAneeqa Afaq
Aneeqa Afaq
MSMuhammad Afzal Shad
Muhammad Afzal Shad
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.

24 April 2020 in Sustainability
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RMRIAQA MUBEEN
RIAQA MUBEEN
DHDongping Han
Dongping Han
JAJaffar Abbas
Jaffar Abbas
Iftikhar HussainIftikhar Hussain
Iftikhar Hussain
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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26 July 2019 in Sustainability
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JAJaffar Abbas
Jaffar Abbas
Iftikhar HussainIftikhar Hussain
Iftikhar Hussain
SHSafdar Hussain
Safdar Hussain
SASabahat Akram
Sabahat Akram
ISImrab Shaheen
Imrab Shaheen
Ben NiuBen Niu
Ben Niu
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.

23 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Iftikhar HussainIftikhar Hussain
Iftikhar Hussain
MNMehrab Nazir
Mehrab Nazir
SHSaadia Bano Hashmi
Saadia Bano Hashmi
ISImrab Shaheen
Imrab Shaheen
SASabahat Akram
Sabahat Akram
AAAdeel Arshad
Adeel Arshad
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.

2 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Iftikhar HussainIftikhar Hussain
Iftikhar Hussain
MNMehrab Nazir
Mehrab Nazir
SHSaadia Bano Hashmi
Saadia Bano Hashmi
ASSUNTA DI VAIOASSUNTA DI VAIO
ASSUNTA DI VAIO
ISImrab Shaheen
Imrab Shaheen
AAAdeel Arshad
Adeel Arshad
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.

3 September 2020 in Journal of Public Affairs
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KQKhan Qurrahtulain
Khan Qurrahtulain
TBTayyaba Bashir
Tayyaba Bashir
Iftikhar HussainIftikhar Hussain
Iftikhar Hussain
SAShakeel Ahmed
Shakeel Ahmed
ANAamir Nisar
Aamir Nisar