Ghulam Murtaza
Biographic Data
| ID | 1014712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ghulam Murtaza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ghulam |
| FAMILY NAME | Murtaza |
| SIGNATURE | MURTAZA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Government College University, Faisalabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4665-7801 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vanadium in Soil‐Plant Systems
Vanadium (V), a redox‐sensitive trace metal abundant in mineral and fossil fuel deposits, is vital for industrial applications but poses significant ecotoxicological risks at elevated concentrations in soil–plant systems. However, this review synthesizes the biogeochemical cycling of vanadium, focusing on its dominant redox species, V 4+ and V 5+ , and their environmental fate, which is influenced by soil pH, redox potential, organic matter, and …
Experienced Microaggressions at Work and Female Employees’ Antagonistic Work Behaviors–The Role of Psychological Ownership and Co-Rumination
The dark side of illegitimate tasks
Can illegitimate task assignments that go beyond what might be reasonably expected from employees lead to deviant silence in which employees withhold vital information to harm organizational functioning? Using stress-as-offense-to-self and retributive justice theories, our research explains how organizations produce employee silence and illuminates that employees’ revenge motives help explain the link between illegitimate tasks and deviant silenc…
Differential effects of corruption on export margins
Assessing Risk Perception about Covid-19 in Quetta City, Balochistan
The objective of this study was investigate the landscape of COVID-19 risk awareness, Risk Perception and preventive behaviors, regarding COVID-19 in Quetta. The way the general public perceives biological hazards significantly influences the manner in which health emergencies are addressed. It is a cross-sectional research with 323 sample size obtained through simple random sampling, data was collected through structured survey and analyzed in S…
Why and When can CSR toward Employees Lead to Cyberloafing? The Role of Workplace Boredom and Moral Disengagement
Investing in resources
OBJECTIVE: Management practice commonly assumes that the value of a work-goal dictates the nature of motivation processes. We investigate instead how individuals invest resources from the perspective of their own value system. Drawing from Conservation of Resources theory, we explore the valuation process by testing a reciprocal model between work-goal attainment, goal commitment, and personal resources, including self-efficacy, optimism, and sub…
Differential growth and biochemical responses induced by benevolent silver nanoparticles in germinating seeds and seedling of Phaseolus vulgaris L
When and how is abusive supervision enacted toward competent subordinates? The role of supervisors' power loss concern and downward envy
In general, supervisor abuse is directed toward low‐performing subordinates. Similarly, envy is typically felt by professionals in lower ranks toward those in higher positions. By contrast, this study investigates the counterintuitive relationship between the abusive behavior of envious leaders toward their competent subordinates. Specifically, we argue that supervisors become envious of competent employees when they are anxious about losing powe…
Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony as Counter Discourse of American Indians
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony (1977) offers a compelling counter-discourse in response to the Euro-American stereotyping of the Native Americans. Challenging historical injustices, Silko's narrative reclaims Indian identity. The objective of this research is to explore the ways in which Ceremony resists the prevalent white ideologies and discursive agencies that have propagated misleading stereotypes of the Indian culture and marginalized indige…
Gossip 2.0
This study investigates how negative workplace gossip (NWG) affects counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) through emotional exhaustion. We seek to advance a more nuanced view of negative gossip regarding CWB by exploring the contingency roles of social media (SM) and moral attentiveness (MA). With the use of multisource, time‐lagged data from 306 information technology (IT) professionals and their supervisors, we highlight the importance of SM a…
Unfairness and Stress—An Examination of Two Alternative Models
An extensive empirical research has found that unfairness at work can have deleterious effects on employees’ work outcomes. Our study seeks to advance this perspective by using two alternative approaches of unfairness at work–organizational (in)justice (OJ) and effort–reward imbalance (ERI) and its consequences on two separate samples of employees. A total of 583 Pakistani and 241 French employees participated in two samples, which provided cross…
Challenge–Hindrance Stressors, Helping Behavior and Job Performance
Establishment and evaluation of Pakistan's trauma registry
Background: The need for a trustworthy Trauma Registry (TR) to enhance patient care and direct trauma prevention strategies has been recognized for a very long time. Objectives: This research sought to establish, develop, and assess Pakistan's first Digital TR at SMBB Institute of Trauma. Methods: Using U.S. DIv5 TR model as starting point, locally adapted digital TR was developed, and several methodologies were used to analyze prevalence, charac…
The Socio-Economic Position of Afro-American Women in Gyasi's Homegoing
This article explores the socioeconomic place of Afro-American women from slavery to the present in Gyasi's Homegoing through bell hook's feminist lens. bell hooks is of the view that the stigma wrought upon the image of black women by the slave trade has crushed their social status in contemporary America. This research shows how Afro-Afro-American continues to live in contemporary white supremacist America where they cannot escape from the clut…
Slave Trade and Dehumanization of Afro-American Women in Gyasiâ s Homegoing
In this article, bell books' ground-breaking black feminist approach is adopted to examine the lingering impact of slave trade of Afro-American women in contemporary America. Slavery in the past stigmatized the present lives of Afro-American women. Even though slavery was abolished, the terrible effects of the slave trade continue to demean, degrade, and caricature black women in the western world of today. hooks' radical black feminist ideas rev…
Ahmed's Journey into Islam
Islam in western literary and non-literary discourse has been represented stereo typically as a static, extremist, jihadist, fundamentalist religion of terrorism, a threat to western ideology. Akbar S. Ahmed's Journey into Islam critiques the distorted images of Muslims, Islam and its practices.This article attempts to highlight the stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims in media and academic representations. The theoretical framework …
Reciprocal relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence—The moderating role of moral attentiveness
In the present study, we examine the reciprocal relationship between employees' perceptions of workplace incivility and their deviant silence. We also explore the moderating role of moral attentiveness on the relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence. Utilizing three‐waves of longitudinal data from 297 full‐time employees working in different industrial sectors in the United States, we find support for the reciprocal model as …
Why Him Not ME? Inclusive/Exclusive Talent Identification in Academic Public Context
We investigated the relevance of introducing talent identification/classifications among Egyptian public business schools, as perceived by academics, and the expected outcomes of such proposed classification system. We employed thematic analysis of data collected from interviews with 49 academics from three large business schools. Our findings revealed the following themes: no clear systems for talent management; being talent means going the extr…
Impact of Psychological Resources on Employee Engagement
The main purpose of this research is to examine the role of psychological resources in predicting the engagement of night shift employees. Specifically, it tests how resources like supportive organizational climate, family support, and self-efficacy could help employees stay engaged during night shift work. Additionally, this study explores the mediating role of positive affect and ego-resilience. The cross-sectional data collected from night shi…
Socio-Cultural Trauma and Gender Objectification in Haider's How It Happened
The research aims to pinpoint the socio-cultural suppressive crisis faced by the Pakistani women and tends to evaluate the standards through which Pakistani women are (mis)recognized through Shazaf Fatima Haider's How It Happened (2012). It focuses upon the internalized social norms regarding women's conduct to achieve perfection and a state of acceptability which have terrifyingly placed a question mark upon women's existence. Zeba, being the pr…
Is Grit Hurting You? The Dark Side of Psychological Resources in Goal Pursuit
This article presents a study of the curvilinear role of psychological resources during goal striving through an interactive model linking work goal progress to a valued resource. Specifically, we explore the nonlinear relationship of grit with work goal progress. Additionally, we test the moderating role of perceived organizational support (POS) for this relationship. We hypothesized that an employee’s goal pursuit is not merely contingent on th…
Identity and Speech Maxims
The Caretaker by Harold Pinter is a representative play of the Theatre of the Absurd rich in communication gap and breakdown of language resulting from the failure of human relationships in the wake of post-World War II conditions. Pinteresque language is marked with the incessant flouting of communication principles, tautological repetition based on real speech pauses, silences. Non-observance of Gricean maxims is employed by Pinter's characters…
A Single Piece of Legislation on Consumer Protection in Pakistan is a Matter of Urgency
This study is based on doctrinal research and aims to convince the government that a single legislation on consumer protection is essential in the context of Pakistan. Legislation on consumer protection in Pakistan is fragmented. Each province has its own law and the federal capital Islamabad has its own law. In the absence of single consumer protection legislation in Pakistan, a citizen of Pakistan who travels from one place to another place and…
Revisiting Ideological Boundaries of Pakistani Nationalism
This study explores the shattered Pakistani nationalism in Nadeem Aslam's 'The Blind Man's Garden' (2013) in the context of the post-9/11 invading military globalism and reactionary social globalism. Focusing on Nadeem Aslam's hallmark work, 'The Blind Man's Garden' (2013), this article not only explores the current foundationless nationalism of Pakistan as the byproduct of undue chauvinism instead of being the outcome of its real ideology but al…
When and how is abusive supervision enacted toward competent subordinates? The role of supervisors' power loss concern and downward envy
In general, supervisor abuse is directed toward low‐performing subordinates. Similarly, envy is typically felt by professionals in lower ranks toward those in higher positions. By contrast, this study investigates the counterintuitive relationship between the abusive behavior of envious leaders toward their competent subordinates. Specifically, we argue that supervisors become envious of competent employees when they are anxious about losing powe…
Cadmium Concentration in Vegetables Grown on Urban Soils Irrigated with Untreated Municipal Sewage
Formulation and characterization of modified release tablets containing ionizid using swellable polymers
The aim of this work was to develop swellable modified release (MR) isoniazid tablets using different combinations of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) and sodium-carboxymethylcellulose (Na-CMC). Granules were prepared by moist granulation technique and then compressed into tablets. In vitro release studies for 12 hr were carried out in dissolution media of varying pH i.e. pH 1.2, 4.5, 7.0 and 7.5. Tablets of all formulations were found to be of good phys…
A biochemical and histopathologic study showing protection and treatment of gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rabbits using vitamin c
Gentamicin and vitamin C have been proposed as nephrotoxic and antioxidant, respectively. This study involved biochemical and histopathologic investigation showing protection and treatment of gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rabbits using vitamin C for 26 days hypothesizing that whether vitamin C would inhibit or decrease the raised serum urea and creatinine levels. This study was conducted on 25 healthy male albino rabbits (average weight 1.…
A reviewof the pharmacologicalmechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the intervention of coronary heart disease and stroke
In recent years, several researches have showed that Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BHD) possesses multiple target points in the intervention of diseases, and has same treatment effects on cerebrovascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases. But, there was no full report about the mechanistic and material basis in Brain-Heart concurrent treatment. The objective of the present study was to examine the pharmacological mechanism of traditional Chinese me…
Screening of various botanical extracts for antioxidant activity using DPPH free radical method
Aiming at the exploration of herbal use by society, crude extracts of the seeds of some commonly used medicinal plants (Vitis vinifera, Tamarindus indica and Glycin max) were screened for their free radical scavenging properties using ascorbic acid as standard antioxidant. Free radical scavenging activity was evaluated using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical. The overall antioxidant activity of grape seeds (Vitis vinifera) was the…
Iron Deficiency Anaemia In Reproductive Age Women Attending Obstetrics And Gynecology Outpatient Of University Health Centre In Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder in the world. The aim of this questionnaire based survey study was to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in reproductive age women, and their relation to variables such as age, marital status, education with those attending obstetrics and gynecology outpatient of King Faisal University Health Centre in Al-Ahsa in eastern region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL…
Effective Chemical Constituent’s Identification Of Extracting Solution From Herbs – A Review
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article, was the definition, and targets of possible mechanisms of Yin lai Decoction by retrieving the herbals in the decoction and integrating information from multi-databases, which can be guidance for the followed experimental study. MATHERIALS AND METHODS: The information from multi-databases was integrated. RESULTS: In the study, we discovered 92 possible gene targets of Yin lai Decoction, 87% of whi…
Impact of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Knowledge-Sharing Behaviors
A study of medicinal plants used as ethnoveterinary
Identity and Speech Maxims
The Caretaker by Harold Pinter is a representative play of the Theatre of the Absurd rich in communication gap and breakdown of language resulting from the failure of human relationships in the wake of post-World War II conditions. Pinteresque language is marked with the incessant flouting of communication principles, tautological repetition based on real speech pauses, silences. Non-observance of Gricean maxims is employed by Pinter's characters…
A Single Piece of Legislation on Consumer Protection in Pakistan is a Matter of Urgency
This study is based on doctrinal research and aims to convince the government that a single legislation on consumer protection is essential in the context of Pakistan. Legislation on consumer protection in Pakistan is fragmented. Each province has its own law and the federal capital Islamabad has its own law. In the absence of single consumer protection legislation in Pakistan, a citizen of Pakistan who travels from one place to another place and…
Revisiting Ideological Boundaries of Pakistani Nationalism
This study explores the shattered Pakistani nationalism in Nadeem Aslam's 'The Blind Man's Garden' (2013) in the context of the post-9/11 invading military globalism and reactionary social globalism. Focusing on Nadeem Aslam's hallmark work, 'The Blind Man's Garden' (2013), this article not only explores the current foundationless nationalism of Pakistan as the byproduct of undue chauvinism instead of being the outcome of its real ideology but al…
Women, History And Faith
Sara Suleri is divided between her fascination for her father's strong character and her repulsion for the consequent effect on woman's space in family life, connoting a critique of Pakistani patriarchal society in which women, irrespective of their social status, suffer from marginalization. Although Suleri's Boys Will Be Boys is an elegy for her father, as she announces in the sub-title of the work, she manages her tilt toward her father despit…
Socio-Cultural Trauma and Gender Objectification in Haider's How It Happened
The research aims to pinpoint the socio-cultural suppressive crisis faced by the Pakistani women and tends to evaluate the standards through which Pakistani women are (mis)recognized through Shazaf Fatima Haider's How It Happened (2012). It focuses upon the internalized social norms regarding women's conduct to achieve perfection and a state of acceptability which have terrifyingly placed a question mark upon women's existence. Zeba, being the pr…
Is Grit Hurting You? The Dark Side of Psychological Resources in Goal Pursuit
This article presents a study of the curvilinear role of psychological resources during goal striving through an interactive model linking work goal progress to a valued resource. Specifically, we explore the nonlinear relationship of grit with work goal progress. Additionally, we test the moderating role of perceived organizational support (POS) for this relationship. We hypothesized that an employee’s goal pursuit is not merely contingent on th…
The Socio-Economic Position of Afro-American Women in Gyasi's Homegoing
This article explores the socioeconomic place of Afro-American women from slavery to the present in Gyasi's Homegoing through bell hook's feminist lens. bell hooks is of the view that the stigma wrought upon the image of black women by the slave trade has crushed their social status in contemporary America. This research shows how Afro-Afro-American continues to live in contemporary white supremacist America where they cannot escape from the clut…
Slave Trade and Dehumanization of Afro-American Women in Gyasiâ s Homegoing
In this article, bell books' ground-breaking black feminist approach is adopted to examine the lingering impact of slave trade of Afro-American women in contemporary America. Slavery in the past stigmatized the present lives of Afro-American women. Even though slavery was abolished, the terrible effects of the slave trade continue to demean, degrade, and caricature black women in the western world of today. hooks' radical black feminist ideas rev…
Ahmed's Journey into Islam
Islam in western literary and non-literary discourse has been represented stereo typically as a static, extremist, jihadist, fundamentalist religion of terrorism, a threat to western ideology. Akbar S. Ahmed's Journey into Islam critiques the distorted images of Muslims, Islam and its practices.This article attempts to highlight the stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims in media and academic representations. The theoretical framework …
Reciprocal relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence—The moderating role of moral attentiveness
In the present study, we examine the reciprocal relationship between employees' perceptions of workplace incivility and their deviant silence. We also explore the moderating role of moral attentiveness on the relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence. Utilizing three‐waves of longitudinal data from 297 full‐time employees working in different industrial sectors in the United States, we find support for the reciprocal model as …
Why Him Not ME? Inclusive/Exclusive Talent Identification in Academic Public Context
We investigated the relevance of introducing talent identification/classifications among Egyptian public business schools, as perceived by academics, and the expected outcomes of such proposed classification system. We employed thematic analysis of data collected from interviews with 49 academics from three large business schools. Our findings revealed the following themes: no clear systems for talent management; being talent means going the extr…
Impact of Psychological Resources on Employee Engagement
The main purpose of this research is to examine the role of psychological resources in predicting the engagement of night shift employees. Specifically, it tests how resources like supportive organizational climate, family support, and self-efficacy could help employees stay engaged during night shift work. Additionally, this study explores the mediating role of positive affect and ego-resilience. The cross-sectional data collected from night shi…
Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony as Counter Discourse of American Indians
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony (1977) offers a compelling counter-discourse in response to the Euro-American stereotyping of the Native Americans. Challenging historical injustices, Silko's narrative reclaims Indian identity. The objective of this research is to explore the ways in which Ceremony resists the prevalent white ideologies and discursive agencies that have propagated misleading stereotypes of the Indian culture and marginalized indige…
Gossip 2.0
This study investigates how negative workplace gossip (NWG) affects counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) through emotional exhaustion. We seek to advance a more nuanced view of negative gossip regarding CWB by exploring the contingency roles of social media (SM) and moral attentiveness (MA). With the use of multisource, time‐lagged data from 306 information technology (IT) professionals and their supervisors, we highlight the importance of SM a…
Unfairness and Stress—An Examination of Two Alternative Models
An extensive empirical research has found that unfairness at work can have deleterious effects on employees’ work outcomes. Our study seeks to advance this perspective by using two alternative approaches of unfairness at work–organizational (in)justice (OJ) and effort–reward imbalance (ERI) and its consequences on two separate samples of employees. A total of 583 Pakistani and 241 French employees participated in two samples, which provided cross…
Challenge–Hindrance Stressors, Helping Behavior and Job Performance
Political science (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Chemistry (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works)