Ch. Akhtar

1. Qualitative Research
2. Research
3. Higher Education
4. Teaching
5. Lecturing
6. Statistics
7. Analysis
8. SPSS
9. Organizational Development
10. Data Analysis
11. Strategic Planning
12. Report Writing
13. Teamwork
14. University Teaching
15. Curriculum Design
16. Academic Writing
17. Curriculum Development
18. Quantitative Research
19. English
20. E-Learning
21. Courses
22. International Relations

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• Impact of Organizational Culture on Organizational Commitment: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Organizations

  • Research Journal of Recent Scieces (ISI Indexed)
  • May 2, 2013
  Authors: Ch. Akhtar, Zainab Naseer, Maqsood Haider, Sana Rafiq

  Organizational culture and organizational commitment are the most extensively researched about concepts in management studies, yet the two concepts still remain elusive as ever. Modern day organizations find themselves in doldrums of raising the commitment levels of members by adopting values and norms that are reflected in their cultures suiting to the environment in which they operate. However, the problem of commitment still persists and proves to be a daunting task for
  the management to overcome. The present study is an attempt to investigate the effect of culture on the commitment levels of the employees by taking into account the demographic variables. A survey of 371 respondents was carried out in the banking sector and the results indicate that one of the cultural types that is clan culture is most preferred by the employees. The result also shows that clan culture has the most significant relationship with all the three commitment dimensions as compared to other types of culture. Similarly, using the demographic variable of gender, it was found that females were more inclined towards affective commitment within their organization as compared to their male counterparts. There was no difference for the continuance commitment, whereas males were highly inclined towards normative commitment as compared to females.

• Investigating Stress and Employee Performance in Traffic Police

  • ICEBM Conference 2012
  • December 22, 2012
  Authors: Ch. Akhtar, Muhammad Hammad, Dr. Sajid Hussain Awan, Muhammad Imdadullah

  Stress is an important contributor in the overall performance of the employees, having both
  positive as well as negative effects. High stress creates low performance in the employees where as low to moderate stress enhances the performances. The law enforcement agencies are considered to be highly stressful organizations around the world. They are under tremendous pressure from the governments as well as from the general public to perform their best. The present study is conducted on the traffic police wardens. The results indicate that the presence of stress among the traffic wardens have a positive effect on their performance. When coping mechanisms acting as moderator is introduced the effects of stress reduces considerably. The study also suggests future directions as well as recommendations.

• Impact of Long Working Hours on Family Wellbeing of Corporate Family

  • World Applied Sciences Journal (ISI Indexed)
  • April 2012
  Authors: Ch. Akhtar, Ayesha kashif, Ahmed Arif, Mohd. Afzal Khan

  The present study is conducted to find out the effects of extended working hours on family wellbeing of dual earners. Pakistan being a developing country where traditionally males are the bread earners and females are considered to be the home makers, the trend is changing. Females are now considered equal partners in sustaining family livelihood. This change has brought in numerous problems especially of family wellbeing. The research was conducted in the banking sector and sample consisted of both partners working in the banking industry. Sample was selected through non-probability purposive sampling. The results of the study show that two of the dimensions of extended working hours namely work life balance and work stressors have significant impact on the wellbeing of the family where as the third dimension inflexible work schedule does not have significant impact. The results of the study are consistent with the past researches and show that Pakistani dual earners are no more different than their counterparts elsewhere in the world and face similar problems that are being faced by them.

• IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Of ACADEMIC RESEARCH
  • September 2011
  Authors: Ch. Akhtar, Ahmed Arif, Erum Rubi, Shaheryar naveed

  The education sector is the most important sector of any country as it is involved in the building of the future human capital. Education has achieved the status of an industry in Pakistan. The present study is conducted to investigate the impact of organizational learning on organizational performance of higher education institutes of Pakistan. Non-probability purposive sampling strategy was adopted, and a sample of size 150 was chosen amongst the employees. The response rate obtained was 66 percent. The data were collected by using DLOQ.
  Regression analysis was performed to estimate the impact of explanatory variable ‘organizational learning’ on the
  response variable ‘organizational performance’ with “Culture” as a moderator. The results revealed a significant positive impact of the organizational learning on organizational performance. Inquiry and dialogue, and systems connection were the two dimensions which were found to be highly significant; however, five of them (continuous learning, team work, embedded systems, empowerment and leadership) were insignificant in relation to the organizational performance.

• Privatization and Performance of Banking System in Pakistan

  • INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
  • August 2011
  Authors: Ch. Akhtar, Ahmed Arif, Nauman Waheed, Sadar Bashir

  This study analyses the impact of privatization on the performance of banking system in Pakistan. The private banks started their operations after 1990 in Pakistan. Most of the banks were state-owned before 1990. This study is aimed to investigate the impact of the privatization on performance of banking system. The study has employed three measures of performance of banking system i.e. ROA, ROE and NIM. The data for the period starting from 1990-1999 has been employed in this study. The technique of ratio analysis has been used to assess the impact of privatization on performance of banking system in Pakistan. Ratio analysis revealed that private banks are performing better than the state-owned banks. This also shows that customers have more confidence in private banks as compared to the state-owned banks.

• Impact of Impression Management on Performance Rating

  • INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
  • June 2011
  Authors: Ch. Akhtar, Ahmed Arif, Syed Hasan Muhammad Rizvi, Quaiser Abbas, Mohammad Imran

  Impression management has gained significant attention of researchers and practitioners all over the world. Different impression management tactics are used by the employees in the
  organizational setting to get a better performance rating. The impact of these impression management tactics has been analyzed in the current study. Researchers developed a hypothetical model on the basis of literature review. Banking and telecom sectors of Pakistan were chosen for this study. The data was gathered from 153 dyads of supervisor and subordinates. The frequency of different impression management techniques was measured with the help of an instrument and afterwards these employees were rated by their respective supervisors. The responses of supervisors and subordinates were matched and analysis was made. Different impression management techniques are viewed differently by the supervisors.Some of them are viewed positively like ingratiation and exemplification while intimidation,
  self-promotion and supplication have a negative impact on performance rating.

Groups and Associations:

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  Academy of Management (AOM)
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  British Journal of Management
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  JFK Learning Communities Subcontinent
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  Knowledge Management
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  Malaysia UTM Alumni Group
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  Organization Studies, SAGE Publications
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  Pakistani Academicians of Management
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  Systems Thinking World