INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY: A MEDIATING ROLE OF BANKS’ PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE BANKING SECTOR OF PAKISTAN

The study attempts to examine the impact of intellectual capital(IC) practices (i.e. human capital, structural capital and relationalcapital practices) on financial efficiency through mediating the roleof bank performance. We collected data for 518 banks’ professionalsthrough questionnaire and use the direct path way and multipleregression to examine the impact of IC practices on mediating variable(bank performance) and mediating variable on dependent variable(financial efficiency). The results reveal that the proposed hypothesesare statistically significant (p<0.01) and that banks’ performancepartially mediates the relationship between IC practices and banks’financial efficiency. This study provides valuable insights on theimpact of IC practices on financial efficiency of banks throughmediation of bank performance. The tested theoretical relationshipreveals that banks which are more involved in IC practices get betterresults than their competitors

When Knowledge Workers Suffer: How Affective Commitment and Sexual Harassment from Pupil on Educators Tie with Burnout

Knowledge workers are raising concerns about students harassing them with dirty jokes, provocative glances, and other forms of inappropriate behavior. Because of this, the current research analyzed how sexual harassment by students affects teachers' exhaustion. Using a sample of 269 female knowledge workers from an educational institutions located in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. According to the data, educators who are subjected to sexual harassment from their pupils are more likely to experience burnout and affective commitment negatively influence burnout. The research has some limitations, but it does contribute to theorizing in many important ways. It offers useful suggestions to university administration that can be used to curb sexually offensive student behavior and protect against teacher burnout and work withdrawal among those who have been the victims of such behavior