Muhammad Ashfaq
Biographic Data
| ID | 236783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Ashfaq |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashfaq |
| SIGNATURE | ASHFAQ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT Vietnam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7602-0647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Effects of Green Entrepreneurial Leadership on Ambidextrous Green Innovation Through Green Autonomous Motivation, Creative Process Engagement, and Green Organizational Culture
Growing environmental concerns have drawn widespread attention to ambidextrous green innovation (AGI) practices. Nevertheless, the available literature has missed the influence of green entrepreneurial leadership (GEL) on AGI. Guided by the natural resource‐based view, this research aims to uncover how GEL drives AGI through the serial mediation of green autonomous motivation (GAM) and green creative process engagement (GCPE) and to examine the m…
A multidimensional review of nutrition, environment and socio-cultural acceptance of edible insects in Southeast Asia
Purpose This review critically evaluates the potential and significance of edible insects as alternative sources of protein and micronutrients compared to conventional meat within Southeast Asia, considering nutritional, environmental and socio-cultural perspectives. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review was conducted focusing on the nutritional composition and nutritional quality of edible insects, their environmental ben…
Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among breast cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study
Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment can be profoundly traumatic for women, often affecting psychological well-being, with many experiencing anxiety and depression especially in resource limited settings. This study examines the prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 96 female breast cancer survivors receiving treatment (October 2023 to May 2…
Digital Literacy and Women’s Entrepreneurial Success in Pakistan: A Study on Information, Computer and Media Skills
Digitalization has impacted both personal life and brought about substantial revolutionary developments in the entrepreneurial sphere. The business sector’s digital transformation has introduced a new idea known as digital entrepreneurship. This concept has not only altered the flow of action but also has digitalized all business activities. It is crucial to assess whether digital entrepreneurs possess the necessary skills and knowledge to capita…
Depressive mood and compulsive social media usage: The mediating roles of contingent self-esteem and social interaction fears
Purpose Given the limited literature on depression as a contributing factor to compulsive social media use, the present research examines the role of perceived depressive mood (PDM) in developing compulsive social media use behavior. The authors also identify and hypothesize channels such as contingent self-esteem (CSE), social interaction anxiety (SIA) and fear of negative evaluation (FNE), which may explain how PDM affects compulsive social med…
Pre- to post-adoption of blockchain technology in supply chain management: Influencing factors and the role of firm size
Is the future of the metaverse bleak or bright? Role of realism, facilitators, and inhibitors in metaverse adoption
The emergence of the metaverse has been considered a vital milestone in the digital world owing to its potential for relevant stakeholders. Nevertheless, it is struggling to proliferate at the introductory stage, yet it can be a contemporary avenue to influence consumer decisions. The existing body of knowledge offers limited insight regarding the metaverse , particularly from the lens of encouraging and discouraging reasons to adopt the metavers…
Influence by osmosis: Social media green communities and pro-environmental behavior
Forecasting impulsive consumers driven by macro-influencers posts: Intervention of followers' flow state and perceived informativeness
Does green transformational leadership lead to green innovation? The role of green thinking and creative process engagement
This study aims to provide an understanding of the role of green transformational leadership (GTL) and green innovation practices in organizations through cognitive processes: green thinking and creative process engagement (CPE). Using a survey questionnaire, we collected data from 342 respondents from high‐tech industries located in China. The data were examined through structural equation modeling (variance‐based) to analyze the hypotheses. The…
Student e-learning service quality, satisfaction, commitment and behaviour towards finance courses in Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose This research investigates the relationship between e-learning service quality dimensions, student e-learning satisfaction, commitment and behaviour towards finance courses in higher education institutes of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Due to specific study objectives, the authors gathered sample data of 359 university students who were enrolled in the traditional learning system and shifted to the e-learning environment. The stu…
Can a path to peace promote export growth? Evidence from Pakistan and its trading partners
This study has investigated the connection between peace and performance of Pakistan’s export sector. The interstates conflicts, terrorist activities and war elements disturb the industry supply chain, damage the means of transportation, and increase the security measures and regulations, which make trade more expensive. On the other hand, encouragement of the peace process lowers military conflicts, promotes diplomatic cooperation, and hence tra…
Ambidextrous Leadership and Service Recovery Performance Under B2B Selling Context: An Examination Through Service Innovation Capability
In order to build consistent service quality, managers should encourage salespeople to deal with customers and improve service errors for their overall benefit. Our study seeks to understand the role of ambidextrous leadership in promoting service innovation capability and service recovery performance (SRP) under a business-to-business (B2B) selling environment. The study evaluates 286 responses from pharmaceutical salespeople by using structural…
New media and political protest: Framing analysis of news content on Twitter
This article examines the frames used by Pakistani news media while covering a political protest in 2019 on Twitter. The study deploys quantitative content analysis based on thematic framing, episodic framing, genre, types and subject matter of tweets. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the use of Twitter in political and protest communication. Twitter is a platform with the potential to manage and coordinate protest activitie…
Corruption and bank efficiency: Expanding the ‘sand or grease the wheel hypothesis’ for the Gulf Cooperation Council
We draw upon the broader theoretical framework of rent‐seeking to empirically analyze the impact of corruption on the efficiency of the banking industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council. We have used various databases, including Bankscope, World Bank, and Transparency International, to gather Bank‐specific and macro‐economic data for 77 banks covering the period 2005–2014. We perform ordinary least square (OLS) and generalised methods of moments r…
Framing of Armed Conflicts between the Two Nuclear States of South Asia
The current study investigates the framing process through the lens of the causal responsibility and the subject matter adopted by Pakistani print news media during the armed conflicts after the Pulwama assault in February 2019. With the help of the census approach, 282 opinions and editorials were collected from a population of 1,321 published items from six English newspapers. The findings show that Pakistani print media outlets extensively use…
I, Chatbot: Modeling the determinants of users’ satisfaction and continuance intention of AI-powered service agents
Developing a three-dimensional narrative to counter polio vaccine refusal in Charsadda
Impact of Qur’ān upon Aesthetics and its Evolution: A Religio-Cultural Discourse
This paper intends to know how Qur’ānic Scripture influenced prevailing values of art and aesthetics with an exclusive Islamic worldview and contribution. It is an important aspect of Islamic civilization which may be studied from the very beginning of Islamic history along with later developments examining critically various characteristics of Islamic aesthetics. Employing analytical method, we came to know Qur’ānic Scripture as a precursor of I…
Impact of climate smart agriculture (CSA) through sustainable irrigation management on Resource use efficiency: A sustainable production alternative for cotton
Customers' Expectation, Satisfaction, and Repurchase Intention of Used Products Online: Empirical Evidence From China
The trend to shop secondhand products (SHPs) is accelerating owing to a substantial interest of customers particularly toward online shopping of SHPs. Drawing on the expectation-confirmation model (ECM), this study aims to examine the relationships among customer expectation, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use (PEOU), satisfaction, and repurchase intention of online shopping of used products. Data were collected using a convenience sampli…
Farmers' perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: The case of Punjab province, Pakistan
Climate change is a global environmental threat to all economic sectors, particularly the agricultural sector. Pakistan is one of the countries negatively affected by climate change due to its high exposure to extreme events and low adaptive capacity. In Pakistan, farmers are the primary stakeholders in agriculture and are more at risk due to climate vulnerability. Based on farm household data from 450 households collected from three districts in…
Determinants of Information Technology Leadership Program
Information Technology (IT) is an important factor to the success of an organization as it will align and coordinating the organization to their right tracks to achieve the organizational goals. It is essential to maintaining our leadership and success. It is not surprising because IT offers enormous benefits for organizations to grow their leadership skills and societal development. In order to cope with the problems in managing people, it is im…
Damage Inflicted by the Indian Crested Porcupine, Hystrix indica, on Forestry and Agricultural systems in Punjab, Pakistan
In Pakistan, Hystrix indica is abundant and distributed all over the country. It has been identified as a serious pest of traditional as well as non-traditional crops, fruit orchards, vegetables, flowering plants and grasses of forage importance in rangelands. The most important porcupine damage, however, occurs in forestry and range areas. Damage estimates are 15.18 ± 1.79% to Dalbergia sissoo, 12.38 ± 1.86% to Morus alba, 15.16 ± 2.04% to Eucal…
Customers' Expectation, Satisfaction, and Repurchase Intention of Used Products Online: Empirical Evidence From China
The trend to shop secondhand products (SHPs) is accelerating owing to a substantial interest of customers particularly toward online shopping of SHPs. Drawing on the expectation-confirmation model (ECM), this study aims to examine the relationships among customer expectation, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use (PEOU), satisfaction, and repurchase intention of online shopping of used products. Data were collected using a convenience sampli…
Impact of climate smart agriculture (CSA) through sustainable irrigation management on Resource use efficiency: A sustainable production alternative for cotton
Determinants of Information Technology Leadership Program
Information Technology (IT) is an important factor to the success of an organization as it will align and coordinating the organization to their right tracks to achieve the organizational goals. It is essential to maintaining our leadership and success. It is not surprising because IT offers enormous benefits for organizations to grow their leadership skills and societal development. In order to cope with the problems in managing people, it is im…
Damage Inflicted by the Indian Crested Porcupine, Hystrix indica, on Forestry and Agricultural systems in Punjab, Pakistan
In Pakistan, Hystrix indica is abundant and distributed all over the country. It has been identified as a serious pest of traditional as well as non-traditional crops, fruit orchards, vegetables, flowering plants and grasses of forage importance in rangelands. The most important porcupine damage, however, occurs in forestry and range areas. Damage estimates are 15.18 ± 1.79% to Dalbergia sissoo, 12.38 ± 1.86% to Morus alba, 15.16 ± 2.04% to Eucal…
Determinants of Information Technology Leadership Program
Information Technology (IT) is an important factor to the success of an organization as it will align and coordinating the organization to their right tracks to achieve the organizational goals. It is essential to maintaining our leadership and success. It is not surprising because IT offers enormous benefits for organizations to grow their leadership skills and societal development. In order to cope with the problems in managing people, it is im…
Farmers' perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: The case of Punjab province, Pakistan
Climate change is a global environmental threat to all economic sectors, particularly the agricultural sector. Pakistan is one of the countries negatively affected by climate change due to its high exposure to extreme events and low adaptive capacity. In Pakistan, farmers are the primary stakeholders in agriculture and are more at risk due to climate vulnerability. Based on farm household data from 450 households collected from three districts in…
Impact of climate smart agriculture (CSA) through sustainable irrigation management on Resource use efficiency: A sustainable production alternative for cotton
Customers' Expectation, Satisfaction, and Repurchase Intention of Used Products Online: Empirical Evidence From China
The trend to shop secondhand products (SHPs) is accelerating owing to a substantial interest of customers particularly toward online shopping of SHPs. Drawing on the expectation-confirmation model (ECM), this study aims to examine the relationships among customer expectation, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use (PEOU), satisfaction, and repurchase intention of online shopping of used products. Data were collected using a convenience sampli…
I, Chatbot: Modeling the determinants of users’ satisfaction and continuance intention of AI-powered service agents
Developing a three-dimensional narrative to counter polio vaccine refusal in Charsadda
Impact of Qur’ān upon Aesthetics and its Evolution: A Religio-Cultural Discourse
This paper intends to know how Qur’ānic Scripture influenced prevailing values of art and aesthetics with an exclusive Islamic worldview and contribution. It is an important aspect of Islamic civilization which may be studied from the very beginning of Islamic history along with later developments examining critically various characteristics of Islamic aesthetics. Employing analytical method, we came to know Qur’ānic Scripture as a precursor of I…
New media and political protest: Framing analysis of news content on Twitter
This article examines the frames used by Pakistani news media while covering a political protest in 2019 on Twitter. The study deploys quantitative content analysis based on thematic framing, episodic framing, genre, types and subject matter of tweets. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the use of Twitter in political and protest communication. Twitter is a platform with the potential to manage and coordinate protest activitie…
Corruption and bank efficiency: Expanding the ‘sand or grease the wheel hypothesis’ for the Gulf Cooperation Council
We draw upon the broader theoretical framework of rent‐seeking to empirically analyze the impact of corruption on the efficiency of the banking industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council. We have used various databases, including Bankscope, World Bank, and Transparency International, to gather Bank‐specific and macro‐economic data for 77 banks covering the period 2005–2014. We perform ordinary least square (OLS) and generalised methods of moments r…
Framing of Armed Conflicts between the Two Nuclear States of South Asia
The current study investigates the framing process through the lens of the causal responsibility and the subject matter adopted by Pakistani print news media during the armed conflicts after the Pulwama assault in February 2019. With the help of the census approach, 282 opinions and editorials were collected from a population of 1,321 published items from six English newspapers. The findings show that Pakistani print media outlets extensively use…
Does green transformational leadership lead to green innovation? The role of green thinking and creative process engagement
This study aims to provide an understanding of the role of green transformational leadership (GTL) and green innovation practices in organizations through cognitive processes: green thinking and creative process engagement (CPE). Using a survey questionnaire, we collected data from 342 respondents from high‐tech industries located in China. The data were examined through structural equation modeling (variance‐based) to analyze the hypotheses. The…
Student e-learning service quality, satisfaction, commitment and behaviour towards finance courses in Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose This research investigates the relationship between e-learning service quality dimensions, student e-learning satisfaction, commitment and behaviour towards finance courses in higher education institutes of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Due to specific study objectives, the authors gathered sample data of 359 university students who were enrolled in the traditional learning system and shifted to the e-learning environment. The stu…
Can a path to peace promote export growth? Evidence from Pakistan and its trading partners
This study has investigated the connection between peace and performance of Pakistan’s export sector. The interstates conflicts, terrorist activities and war elements disturb the industry supply chain, damage the means of transportation, and increase the security measures and regulations, which make trade more expensive. On the other hand, encouragement of the peace process lowers military conflicts, promotes diplomatic cooperation, and hence tra…
Ambidextrous Leadership and Service Recovery Performance Under B2B Selling Context: An Examination Through Service Innovation Capability
In order to build consistent service quality, managers should encourage salespeople to deal with customers and improve service errors for their overall benefit. Our study seeks to understand the role of ambidextrous leadership in promoting service innovation capability and service recovery performance (SRP) under a business-to-business (B2B) selling environment. The study evaluates 286 responses from pharmaceutical salespeople by using structural…
Influence by osmosis: Social media green communities and pro-environmental behavior
Forecasting impulsive consumers driven by macro-influencers posts: Intervention of followers' flow state and perceived informativeness
Depressive mood and compulsive social media usage: The mediating roles of contingent self-esteem and social interaction fears
Purpose Given the limited literature on depression as a contributing factor to compulsive social media use, the present research examines the role of perceived depressive mood (PDM) in developing compulsive social media use behavior. The authors also identify and hypothesize channels such as contingent self-esteem (CSE), social interaction anxiety (SIA) and fear of negative evaluation (FNE), which may explain how PDM affects compulsive social med…
Pre- to post-adoption of blockchain technology in supply chain management: Influencing factors and the role of firm size
Is the future of the metaverse bleak or bright? Role of realism, facilitators, and inhibitors in metaverse adoption
The emergence of the metaverse has been considered a vital milestone in the digital world owing to its potential for relevant stakeholders. Nevertheless, it is struggling to proliferate at the introductory stage, yet it can be a contemporary avenue to influence consumer decisions. The existing body of knowledge offers limited insight regarding the metaverse , particularly from the lens of encouraging and discouraging reasons to adopt the metavers…
Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among breast cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study
Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment can be profoundly traumatic for women, often affecting psychological well-being, with many experiencing anxiety and depression especially in resource limited settings. This study examines the prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 96 female breast cancer survivors receiving treatment (October 2023 to May 2…
Digital Literacy and Women’s Entrepreneurial Success in Pakistan: A Study on Information, Computer and Media Skills
Digitalization has impacted both personal life and brought about substantial revolutionary developments in the entrepreneurial sphere. The business sector’s digital transformation has introduced a new idea known as digital entrepreneurship. This concept has not only altered the flow of action but also has digitalized all business activities. It is crucial to assess whether digital entrepreneurs possess the necessary skills and knowledge to capita…
Effects of Green Entrepreneurial Leadership on Ambidextrous Green Innovation Through Green Autonomous Motivation, Creative Process Engagement, and Green Organizational Culture
Growing environmental concerns have drawn widespread attention to ambidextrous green innovation (AGI) practices. Nevertheless, the available literature has missed the influence of green entrepreneurial leadership (GEL) on AGI. Guided by the natural resource‐based view, this research aims to uncover how GEL drives AGI through the serial mediation of green autonomous motivation (GAM) and green creative process engagement (GCPE) and to examine the m…
A multidimensional review of nutrition, environment and socio-cultural acceptance of edible insects in Southeast Asia
Purpose This review critically evaluates the potential and significance of edible insects as alternative sources of protein and micronutrients compared to conventional meat within Southeast Asia, considering nutritional, environmental and socio-cultural perspectives. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review was conducted focusing on the nutritional composition and nutritional quality of edible insects, their environmental ben…
Business (12 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (7 works) · Knowledge management (6 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Structural equation modeling (6 works) · Economics (5 works)