Umer Zaman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1289269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Umer Zaman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Umer |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaman |
| SIGNATURE | ZAMAN U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Woosong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3729-3543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Breaking the stigma and cultural tightness
The intersection of health communication and digital media is a growing research area. Yet, there remains a significant gap in understanding how digital health information influences behavior, particularly concerning genetic disorders in culturally tight societies. This study addresses the urgent need for improved public access to accurate health information, focusing on pre-marital genetic screening (hereafter PMGS) in Pakistan, where coverage o…
Can Smart Mobile Applications Attract Travellers? Exploring Catenation Between Digital Tourism Entrepreneurs’ Use of Artificial Intelligence Generative Chatbots for Interactive Marketing Communication…
Tourism entrepreneurs are keen on embracing digital media marketing and utilising information technology opportunities, such as generative AI chatbots and virtual reality, on their digital platforms (e.g., mobile applications). The impact of artificial intelligence–generated marketing communication activities coupled with virtual reality and their applications within digital tourism platforms remains unknown. Hence, this study seeks to understand…
Catenation between mHealth application advertisements and cardiovascular diseases
The utilization of digital media to promote emerging elements like the AI-enabled Internet of Things in health consulting to counter noncommunicable diseases, e.g., cardiovascular disease, has not yet been thoroughly explored. Consequently, the effectiveness of these communication features promotion among middle-aged adults remains largely uncharted. This research examines how middle-aged adults respond to advertisements showcasing the AI-enabled…
Sustainable consumer-brand relationship
From leadership to innovation
Eco-consciousness in tourism
A question for sustainable development goal 10
Several variables influence income distributions both for developed and developing countries. Based on the submissions of extant evaluations, policymakers have implemented several policy guidelines to curtail widening income gaps. Unfortunately, the wave of income disparity , particularly in developing countries, remained untamed. Surprisingly, scholars have rarely considered the perspective of innovation patenting receipts (IPRs) in income distr…
Demystifying tourists’ intentional readiness for net zero transformation through environmental knowledge, conspicuous altruism, and greenwashing perceptions
Global nations strategically aim to embrace net-zero transformations that warrant active involvement from tourists to drive radical change (i.e. readiness for net-zero tourism) at host destinations. The present study aimed to clarify tourists' intentional readiness for net-zero tourism by using the costly-signaling theory and the knowledge-attitude-behavior model. The findings based on a representative sample (N = 430) of tourists in Turkiye demo…
Governance, financial development, and environmental degradation
Unraveling the intricate relationship between unemployment, population, and poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa
The study aims to address poverty eradication efforts globally and promote sustainable development goals (viz., SDGs 1 and 8), specifically focusing on improving quality of life, population optimization, job creation, and economic growth. The research investigates the increasing poverty rates in Sub‐Saharan Africa and analyses the role of population, unemployment, and quality of life in 18 selected countries from 2002 to 2019. The study employs t…
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation
Asymmetric impact of information and communication technologies on environmental quality
An Experimental Evidence on Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food through Advertisement Framing on Health and Environmental Benefits, Objective Knowledge, and Risk Reduction
Owing to the emerging challenges on global food security and the decade of controversies over genetically modified food (hereafter GMF), the present study aims to explore the effects of advertisement framing on health and environmental benefits, sources of perceived risk reduction, and domain-specific knowledge on the acceptance of GMF. The study conducted a quasi-experimental factorial 2 (advertisement message framing: health vs. environmental b…
An Experimental Evidence on Eco-Friendly Advertisement Appeals and Intention to Use Bio-Nanomaterial Plastics
Plastic waste management has become a serious environmental and health concern owing to large amounts of plastic deposits globally. Recently, innovative and sustainable solutions have been introduced (e.g., bio-nanomaterial plastics) to overcome the growing environmental threats. Hence, green marketers need to develop effective advertising campaigns to enhance the usage of bio-nanomaterial plastics. Past literature has suggested that cultural val…
Green Paradox in Emerging Tourism Supply Chains
Globally, green consumption behavior has radically changed green product lifecycles as well as green product branding to eliminate the environmental impact of global tourism. The purpose of the current study is to examine green consumption intention in the hospitality and tourism industry as an outcome of green supply chain management and strategic green marketing orientation. It also aims to investigate the green brand image and green social res…
A Serial-Mediation Model to Link Entrepreneurship Education and Green Entrepreneurial Behavior
Eco-conscious behaviors have become a global imperative for entrepreneurs, as the consumer demand for products and services has become increasingly green. Hence, the purpose of this study is to identify the role of entrepreneurship education in environmental sustainability as measured by the launch of green ventures. This study also aims at extending the literature of resource-based view and flow theory by highlighting their application into the …
Examining destinations’ personality and brand equity through the lens of expats
The role of expat’s community has emerged as a cornerstone for branding tourism destinations. This study focused on 307 expats (across Korea and Turkey) and investigated the effects of perceived destination personality (DP) on destination brand equity (DBE), under the moderating influence of expat’s cultural intelligence (ECI). The findings empirically confirmed the significant positive effect of DP on DBE, however, the cross-country differences …
Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry
The present study aims to investigate how commercialisation and knowledge transfer between the SMEs of the tourism sector and the higher education institutions (HEIs) are made, as well as to find out whether the SMEs of the tourism sector are part of tourism networks, and what their motivations are. We used a qualitative methodology, applying the triangulation method to eight SMEs and one HEI. The results indicate that the commercialisation and k…
Impact of Organizational and Individual Factors on Knowledge Sharing Behavior
This study aims to develop, examine, and test organizational and individual predictors of knowledge sharing behavior of teachers in the higher education sector in Pakistan. The study examined the direct and indirect effects of organizational factors on knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) through individual factors. The social capital theory has been utilized to explain the premise of this research. This study uses a survey design. Data has been coll…
Examining the effect of inclusive climate on public health official's creative performance
The value of creative differentiation reduces the risk of operational inefficiencies and service breakdowns. The core purpose of the research is to identify antecedents, which are impacting and enhancing creative performance of public healthcare officials in Pakistan. The exigent urgency to ensure creative performance of healthcare officials is complicated due to the government's neglected attention and reduced spending toward public healthcare. …
Examining the effect of high‐performance human resource practices on team performance in development sector projects
This study aims to analyze the effect of ability, motivation, and opportunity‐enhancing high‐performance human resource practices (HPHRP's) on team performance in development sector projects, and to explore whether trust mediates this relationship. Using structured‐questionnaire, 192 survey responses were collected from both managerial and nonmanagerial positions from national and international NPOs operating in Pakistan. Results showed a positiv…
The effect of knowledge management practices on organizational innovation
Drawing on the resource‐based and knowledge‐based view, this study attempts to empirically test the relationship between knowledge management practices (KMP) and organizational innovation (OI) in the context of a developing country. The study also investigates the moderating effect of management support (MS) in facilitating the way for KMP to lead OI. Six practices of KM including creation, capture storage, organization, dissemination and applica…
Bankers' knowledge sharing behavior
Based on five‐factor model (FFM) of personality, this study attempted to empirically test the direct role of the five factors (i.e., extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience) and moderating role of perceived organizational incentives (POI) in influencing an individual's knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). Quantitative survey design was employed to collect data from 181 bankers through an adopted questio…
Corporate Entrepreneurship and Business Performance
The present study examined corporate entrepreneurship (CE) influence upon business performance following the mediation of employee engagement. In all, 201 middle managers from big 5 banks in Pakistan were sampled for the present study. Through applying structural equation modeling to test statistical relationship, the results revealed significant positive relationship between CE and business performance. Accordingly, the results also indicated me…
Eco-consciousness in tourism
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation
Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry
The present study aims to investigate how commercialisation and knowledge transfer between the SMEs of the tourism sector and the higher education institutions (HEIs) are made, as well as to find out whether the SMEs of the tourism sector are part of tourism networks, and what their motivations are. We used a qualitative methodology, applying the triangulation method to eight SMEs and one HEI. The results indicate that the commercialisation and k…
From leadership to innovation
Demystifying tourists’ intentional readiness for net zero transformation through environmental knowledge, conspicuous altruism, and greenwashing perceptions
Global nations strategically aim to embrace net-zero transformations that warrant active involvement from tourists to drive radical change (i.e. readiness for net-zero tourism) at host destinations. The present study aimed to clarify tourists' intentional readiness for net-zero tourism by using the costly-signaling theory and the knowledge-attitude-behavior model. The findings based on a representative sample (N = 430) of tourists in Turkiye demo…
Unraveling the intricate relationship between unemployment, population, and poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa
The study aims to address poverty eradication efforts globally and promote sustainable development goals (viz., SDGs 1 and 8), specifically focusing on improving quality of life, population optimization, job creation, and economic growth. The research investigates the increasing poverty rates in Sub‐Saharan Africa and analyses the role of population, unemployment, and quality of life in 18 selected countries from 2002 to 2019. The study employs t…
Examining destinations’ personality and brand equity through the lens of expats
The role of expat’s community has emerged as a cornerstone for branding tourism destinations. This study focused on 307 expats (across Korea and Turkey) and investigated the effects of perceived destination personality (DP) on destination brand equity (DBE), under the moderating influence of expat’s cultural intelligence (ECI). The findings empirically confirmed the significant positive effect of DP on DBE, however, the cross-country differences …
Examining the effect of inclusive climate on public health official's creative performance
The value of creative differentiation reduces the risk of operational inefficiencies and service breakdowns. The core purpose of the research is to identify antecedents, which are impacting and enhancing creative performance of public healthcare officials in Pakistan. The exigent urgency to ensure creative performance of healthcare officials is complicated due to the government's neglected attention and reduced spending toward public healthcare. …
Examining the effect of high‐performance human resource practices on team performance in development sector projects
This study aims to analyze the effect of ability, motivation, and opportunity‐enhancing high‐performance human resource practices (HPHRP's) on team performance in development sector projects, and to explore whether trust mediates this relationship. Using structured‐questionnaire, 192 survey responses were collected from both managerial and nonmanagerial positions from national and international NPOs operating in Pakistan. Results showed a positiv…
The effect of knowledge management practices on organizational innovation
Drawing on the resource‐based and knowledge‐based view, this study attempts to empirically test the relationship between knowledge management practices (KMP) and organizational innovation (OI) in the context of a developing country. The study also investigates the moderating effect of management support (MS) in facilitating the way for KMP to lead OI. Six practices of KM including creation, capture storage, organization, dissemination and applica…
Bankers' knowledge sharing behavior
Based on five‐factor model (FFM) of personality, this study attempted to empirically test the direct role of the five factors (i.e., extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience) and moderating role of perceived organizational incentives (POI) in influencing an individual's knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). Quantitative survey design was employed to collect data from 181 bankers through an adopted questio…
Corporate Entrepreneurship and Business Performance
The present study examined corporate entrepreneurship (CE) influence upon business performance following the mediation of employee engagement. In all, 201 middle managers from big 5 banks in Pakistan were sampled for the present study. Through applying structural equation modeling to test statistical relationship, the results revealed significant positive relationship between CE and business performance. Accordingly, the results also indicated me…
An Experimental Evidence on Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food through Advertisement Framing on Health and Environmental Benefits, Objective Knowledge, and Risk Reduction
Owing to the emerging challenges on global food security and the decade of controversies over genetically modified food (hereafter GMF), the present study aims to explore the effects of advertisement framing on health and environmental benefits, sources of perceived risk reduction, and domain-specific knowledge on the acceptance of GMF. The study conducted a quasi-experimental factorial 2 (advertisement message framing: health vs. environmental b…
An Experimental Evidence on Eco-Friendly Advertisement Appeals and Intention to Use Bio-Nanomaterial Plastics
Plastic waste management has become a serious environmental and health concern owing to large amounts of plastic deposits globally. Recently, innovative and sustainable solutions have been introduced (e.g., bio-nanomaterial plastics) to overcome the growing environmental threats. Hence, green marketers need to develop effective advertising campaigns to enhance the usage of bio-nanomaterial plastics. Past literature has suggested that cultural val…
Green Paradox in Emerging Tourism Supply Chains
Globally, green consumption behavior has radically changed green product lifecycles as well as green product branding to eliminate the environmental impact of global tourism. The purpose of the current study is to examine green consumption intention in the hospitality and tourism industry as an outcome of green supply chain management and strategic green marketing orientation. It also aims to investigate the green brand image and green social res…
A Serial-Mediation Model to Link Entrepreneurship Education and Green Entrepreneurial Behavior
Eco-conscious behaviors have become a global imperative for entrepreneurs, as the consumer demand for products and services has become increasingly green. Hence, the purpose of this study is to identify the role of entrepreneurship education in environmental sustainability as measured by the launch of green ventures. This study also aims at extending the literature of resource-based view and flow theory by highlighting their application into the …
Examining destinations’ personality and brand equity through the lens of expats
The role of expat’s community has emerged as a cornerstone for branding tourism destinations. This study focused on 307 expats (across Korea and Turkey) and investigated the effects of perceived destination personality (DP) on destination brand equity (DBE), under the moderating influence of expat’s cultural intelligence (ECI). The findings empirically confirmed the significant positive effect of DP on DBE, however, the cross-country differences …
Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry
The present study aims to investigate how commercialisation and knowledge transfer between the SMEs of the tourism sector and the higher education institutions (HEIs) are made, as well as to find out whether the SMEs of the tourism sector are part of tourism networks, and what their motivations are. We used a qualitative methodology, applying the triangulation method to eight SMEs and one HEI. The results indicate that the commercialisation and k…
Impact of Organizational and Individual Factors on Knowledge Sharing Behavior
This study aims to develop, examine, and test organizational and individual predictors of knowledge sharing behavior of teachers in the higher education sector in Pakistan. The study examined the direct and indirect effects of organizational factors on knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) through individual factors. The social capital theory has been utilized to explain the premise of this research. This study uses a survey design. Data has been coll…
Asymmetric impact of information and communication technologies on environmental quality
Governance, financial development, and environmental degradation
Unraveling the intricate relationship between unemployment, population, and poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa
The study aims to address poverty eradication efforts globally and promote sustainable development goals (viz., SDGs 1 and 8), specifically focusing on improving quality of life, population optimization, job creation, and economic growth. The research investigates the increasing poverty rates in Sub‐Saharan Africa and analyses the role of population, unemployment, and quality of life in 18 selected countries from 2002 to 2019. The study employs t…
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation
A question for sustainable development goal 10
Several variables influence income distributions both for developed and developing countries. Based on the submissions of extant evaluations, policymakers have implemented several policy guidelines to curtail widening income gaps. Unfortunately, the wave of income disparity , particularly in developing countries, remained untamed. Surprisingly, scholars have rarely considered the perspective of innovation patenting receipts (IPRs) in income distr…
Demystifying tourists’ intentional readiness for net zero transformation through environmental knowledge, conspicuous altruism, and greenwashing perceptions
Global nations strategically aim to embrace net-zero transformations that warrant active involvement from tourists to drive radical change (i.e. readiness for net-zero tourism) at host destinations. The present study aimed to clarify tourists' intentional readiness for net-zero tourism by using the costly-signaling theory and the knowledge-attitude-behavior model. The findings based on a representative sample (N = 430) of tourists in Turkiye demo…
Breaking the stigma and cultural tightness
The intersection of health communication and digital media is a growing research area. Yet, there remains a significant gap in understanding how digital health information influences behavior, particularly concerning genetic disorders in culturally tight societies. This study addresses the urgent need for improved public access to accurate health information, focusing on pre-marital genetic screening (hereafter PMGS) in Pakistan, where coverage o…
Can Smart Mobile Applications Attract Travellers? Exploring Catenation Between Digital Tourism Entrepreneurs’ Use of Artificial Intelligence Generative Chatbots for Interactive Marketing Communication…
Tourism entrepreneurs are keen on embracing digital media marketing and utilising information technology opportunities, such as generative AI chatbots and virtual reality, on their digital platforms (e.g., mobile applications). The impact of artificial intelligence–generated marketing communication activities coupled with virtual reality and their applications within digital tourism platforms remains unknown. Hence, this study seeks to understand…
Catenation between mHealth application advertisements and cardiovascular diseases
The utilization of digital media to promote emerging elements like the AI-enabled Internet of Things in health consulting to counter noncommunicable diseases, e.g., cardiovascular disease, has not yet been thoroughly explored. Consequently, the effectiveness of these communication features promotion among middle-aged adults remains largely uncharted. This research examines how middle-aged adults respond to advertisements showcasing the AI-enabled…
Sustainable consumer-brand relationship
From leadership to innovation
Eco-consciousness in tourism
Business (16 works) · Marketing (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Advertising (7 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Structural equation modeling (7 works)