Perceived Organizational Support, Workplace Loneliness, and Creativity: Mediating Role of Workplace Loneliness, and Moderating Role of Proactive Personality

Purpose: Workplace loneliness is not something we often hear in organizations. Being a pervasive issue and having adverse effects, little attention has been devoted to understanding its relationships. To address the gap, the present study was employed to investigate perceived organization support as antecedent and creativity as a consequence outcome of workplace loneliness among managerial level employees. Proactive personality was used as a moderator to test workplace loneliness relationships with antecedent and outcome for significance. Methodology: The research was conducted by adopting a cross-sectional design, where data was collected in dyads by using two separate questionnaires for manager-subordinate relationships. The sample population (N=348) were individuals in a dyadic relationship working at managerial and subordination levels from the banking, education, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical sectors. By using CFA measurement model was accessed and hierarchical regression analysis was adopted to test the curvilinear relationship between perceived organizational support and workplace loneliness. Hays process macros were used for testing moderating effects. Finding& Conclusion: Results revealed a negative (-) relationship of workplace loneliness with its antecedent and outcome. This study also indicated that high proactive individuals are less likely to exhibit workplace loneliness when support is high. It also indicated that highly proactive individuals in the presence of workplace loneliness represent creative behavior as compared to low proactive individuals.

Conceptualizing Employee Empowerment through Flexible Working

This paper analysis and reports the empowerment through flexible working options in organizations.  Paper examines the relationship between flexible working schedules and empowerment among employees, looks at how flexible working are source of empowerment. Empowering employees to participate in organizational decision making and their day to day activities can improve organizations performance, quality and quantity of work, team working, Job satisfaction and reduce turnover. Flexible working improves the life and well-being of employees as Flexible working provides opportunity to make their working schedules.  Any form of empowerment results in taking on workers more responsibilities and flexible working is one of the intentions of empowerment and encouragements. In many organizations managers and owners are trying to answer a question how to empower the employees. Flexible working is the most common and powerful tool through which managers can empower the employees within organizations.  This paper concludes how different flexible working options might have effect on employee empowerment. Access to flexible working is the key to empowerment, self-confident and dignity of the employees. Keywords: Flexible Working, Empowerment, Employee

Outcomes of Employees’ Reactions towards the Characteristics of Performance Appraisal System: A Case of a Commercial Bank in Pakistan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the four key characteristics (fairness perception, fulfillment of training and development needs, feedback and grievance mechanism) of the performance appraisal system and to know the relationship of these attributes with three outcome variables including overall performance appraisal satisfaction, work motivation and turnover intention. Respondents were the employees of a commercial bank in Pakistan and data was collected through questionnaire. Results of the stepwise multiple regression reveals that fairness perception and grievance mechanism are the most important predictors of overall performance appraisal satisfaction and turnover intention. Fulfillment of training and development needs and feedback were the important predictors of work motivation. The paper highlights the importance of an effective performance appraisal system and the outcomes associated with it. The findings may help the management in devising an effective performance appraisal system. Keywords: Bank employees, Performance Appraisal, Turnover intention, work motivation, Pakistan

Networking Ability and Subjective Career Success: Moderating Role of Career Insight

The aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of networking ability on employees’ subjective career success. Moderating role of career insight in the relationship between networking ability and subjective career success was also probed. Respondents of the study were the faculty members of the public sector universities in Pakistan (N= 335). The findings revealed that networking ability positively influences the subjective career success of the faculty members. Career insight proved to positively moderate the relationship between networking ability and subjective career success. Research implications, limitations of the study, and prospects for future research are discussed. Keywords: Networking ability, Subjective career success, Career insight, academia and Pakistan

Anterior Cervical Corpectomy with Cage Fixation for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Objective:  This study aimed to report the clinical outcome of anterior cervical corpectomy with cage fixation in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Material and Methods:  This observational retrospective study included 36 patients from the Neurosurgery department of Lady Ready Hospital MTI, Peshawar from 2014 January to 2015 December. After performing surgery, the patients were followed up for six months for neurological outcome and various post-operative complications such as infection, transient recurrent laryngeal palsy, screw displacement and improvements in paresthesias and gait ataxia. Results:  Most of the patients have no post-operative complications. Seventy-five percent (n = 27) of patients reported an immediate improvement in paresthesia and fine hand movements and gait. The major reported complications were implant failure (5.55%) and recurrent laryngeal nerve transient palsy in two patients (5.55%) each. Conclusion:  In patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy, with anterior compression, cervical corpectomy with cage fixation is less invasive and an effective procedure with acceptable outcomes

Analysing National Innovation System of Pakistan

This paper evaluates the national innovation system of Pakistan. Our analytical framework develops upon the OECD framework to analyze the national innovation systems. The broader frame of analysis includes the dimensions of institutional pattern, institutional functions, and institutional interactions. We discuss the system of innovation in Pakistan under the yardsticks of policy formulation, research and development activities, research and development funding, development of human resource, transfer of technology, and technology entrepreneurship, research and development collaboration among institutions, and technological adoption. It has been found that the Pakistan’s system of innovation is yet at the initial stages of its development as compared to many developing countries. Efforts are being made on many fronts to improve the efficiency of the system it is recommended that policy formulation process should include all the stakeholders. More efforts are needed for technological diffusion. Key words: National Innovation system, technological entrepreneurship, technology diffusion, Pakista

Radiological findings in peri-partum neurological emergencies: experience from a tertiary care hospital

Acute neurological diseases requiring hospitalization are unusual in young women. Some of these diseases are unique to pregnancy and the post-partum period including pre-ecclampsia. Others such as cerebral venous thrombosis, ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, etc. are indirectly related to pregnancy and seen less frequently. To explore the causes of neurological emergencies in this specific patient population, we performed a radiological audit of young women in pregnancy and postpartum period presenting with neurological emergencies. Material and methods: This was a retrospective study carried in the Department of Radiology, Liaquat National Hospital over one year from January 2013 till January 2014, after approval by ethical review committee of the hospital. Patients presenting with neurological signs and symptoms during pregnancy or in postpartum period (up to 6 weeks) requiring medical referral were included in the study. Result: A total of 18 patients presented with acute neurological emergencies during postpartum period. Imaging was done in all those patients including CT and MRI while MRV was done in selective patients. Age range was between 20-33 years. The commonest radiological diagnosis was PRES in 9 patients. Other patients had cerebral venous thrombosis (4 patients), intra-cerebral hemorrhage (2 patients), infarction (1 patient), ADEMS (1 patient) and arterio-venous malformation (1 patient). Conclusion: Young women in pregnancy and post-partum period can present with a variety of acute neurological emergencies. In our series, PRES was the commonest diagnosis

Can extended anticoagulation prophylaxis after discharge prevent thromboembolism?

A meta-analysis confirmed the benefit of thromboprophylaxis with a direct oral anticoagulant for high-risk nonsurgical patients after hospital discharge.Muhammad Nadeem Anwar, MD; Usman Ahmad Khan, MD; Laura Elizabeth Morris, MD, MSPH (Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia). Deputy editor: Anne Mounsey, MD (Department of Family, Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)Includes bibliographical reference

Frequency and Pattern of Early Complications after Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Obstructive Hydrocephalus

Objective:  To determine the frequency, pattern and outcome of early complications after endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in Obstructive hydrocephalus. Material and Methods:  The study included 160 patients from Neurosurgery department, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar and private clinics over a period of twelve months. After performing ETV under general anesthesia by a single expert neurosurgeon, the patients were followed up for seven days post operatively for the CSF leak, wound infection, meningitis, seizures, bleeding and in hospital death. Results:  Eighty five percent of the patients had no untoward complications, while 15% showed complications including CSF leak (5%), wound infection (3%), meningitis (2%), seizures (2%), bleeding (2%) and in hospital death (1%). Conclusion:  Due to the less invasive nature, endoscopic third ventriculostomy is favored for treating obstructive hydrocephalus in select patient population as it is safe and have better outcomes

PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN MURDER (MOOD, UNDERSTAND, RECALL, DIGEST, EXPAND REVIEW) DALAM PENGUASAAN KOSAKATA BAHASA MANDARIN SISWA KELAS X SMA ISLAM ATHIRAH MAKASSAR

Noviana Salis, 2020. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui penerapan model pembelajaran MURDER dalam penguasaan kosakata bahasa Mandarin siswa Kelas X SMA Islam Athirah 1 Makassar. Jenis penelitian adalah penelitan eksperimen yang terdiri dari kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol. Data hasil penelitian ini diperoleh dengan memberikan pre-test dan post-test dengan materi “ Anggota Tubuh”. Hasil perhitungan uji-t pada taraf signifikan 0.05 diperoleh nilai thitung = 0,242 dimana lebih kecil dari ttabel 2,120 Kata Kunci: Model Pembelajaran, MURDER, Kosakata Bahasa Mandari