Zain Rafique
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zain Rafique |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zain |
| FAMILY NAME | Rafique |
| SIGNATURE | RAFIQUE Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Modern Languages |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0949-9154 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fostering Sustainable Environmental Performance Through Green Entrepreneurial Innovation and Transformational Leadership: Applying Innovation Diffusion Theory
The growing importance of sustainable environmental performance in business economics calls for approaches that align environmental impact with economic development. This study examines how green entrepreneurial orientation mediates the relationships among green transformational leadership, green innovation performance, perceived social support, and green entrepreneurial performance in shaping sustainable environmental performance. Data collected…
Policy advisory systems and public policy making: Bibliometric analysis, knowledge mapping, operationalization, and future research agenda
This study offers a comprehensive overview of the literature on policy advisory systems (PAS), motivated by its significance, growing interest in the field among policy scholars, and the substantial body of recent research published recently. The study conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of 62 articles on PAS published between 1993 and 2022, using data extracted from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The analysis included perfor…
Legal, Political and Administrative Barriers to Citizen Participation in Local Governance: An Inquiry of Local Government Institutions
This paper was designed to explore the Legal, Political, and Administrative barriers to Citizen Participation in Local governance. The paper explored both the subjective factors that include the role of stakeholders (local administrators, local political representatives, Civil Society Organizations and Citizens) and objective factors such as legal and administrative basis of Citizen Participation. The paper presented evidence from an inquiry of t…
Citizen participation for the effectiveness of local governance system: A quantitative study of local health and sanitation sectors
The current study is designed to explore the level of Citizens' Participation (CP) in the local governance system of Pakistan. The paper presents evidence from a case study of the health and sanitation sectors of a district by employing a quantitative research method. The techniques involve a survey conducted with 367 citizens of Pakistan. The paper has examined the relationship between indicators of CP (transparency, empowerment, and accountabil…
Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study
This paper analyses the extent to which the civil society organizations ( CSO s) have influenced the decision‐making of the local government toward the needs and priorities of citizens. In development discourse, civil society organizations hold a significant importance as they are deemed to provide holistic and new ways to ensure participatory local governance. Therefore, their role against the backdrop of their involvement in mobilizing citizens…
Role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in promoting citizen participation: A survey study of local government institutions of Punjab, Pakistan
Purpose The current paper is an attempt to evaluate the role of CBOs in promoting citizen participation in the decision-making process of local government institutions of Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. Among the most used evaluation techniques of participatory citizenship, the researchers have used an outcome driven approach based on “social goals.” Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which CBOs have been effectual …
Empowering people: Role for political social work in South Asia
South Asian governments have initiated political reforms engaging in rhetoric that resonates with the paradigms of good governance and empowerment of people. This article, applying a political social work framework, analyses reform policy in Pakistan and India in South Asia. By doing so, the article investigates the politics of local governance reforms in Pakistan and India within the context of domestic politics, institutional power and dynamics…
Defense Spending and National Security of Pakistan: A Policy Perspective
Defense spending of Pakistan remains high in order to sustain a credible deterrence, significant geopolitical position in Afghan wars and combat terrorism. This article analyzes the defense spending in light of perceived and real threats to Pakistan's security proclaimed as military security element of national security and examines its linkages with economic growth. By developing a theoretical framework to explore the different dimensions of nat…
Policy advisory systems and public policy making: Bibliometric analysis, knowledge mapping, operationalization, and future research agenda
This study offers a comprehensive overview of the literature on policy advisory systems (PAS), motivated by its significance, growing interest in the field among policy scholars, and the substantial body of recent research published recently. The study conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of 62 articles on PAS published between 1993 and 2022, using data extracted from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The analysis included perfor…
Empowering people: Role for political social work in South Asia
South Asian governments have initiated political reforms engaging in rhetoric that resonates with the paradigms of good governance and empowerment of people. This article, applying a political social work framework, analyses reform policy in Pakistan and India in South Asia. By doing so, the article investigates the politics of local governance reforms in Pakistan and India within the context of domestic politics, institutional power and dynamics…
Defense Spending and National Security of Pakistan: A Policy Perspective
Defense spending of Pakistan remains high in order to sustain a credible deterrence, significant geopolitical position in Afghan wars and combat terrorism. This article analyzes the defense spending in light of perceived and real threats to Pakistan's security proclaimed as military security element of national security and examines its linkages with economic growth. By developing a theoretical framework to explore the different dimensions of nat…
Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study
This paper analyses the extent to which the civil society organizations ( CSO s) have influenced the decision‐making of the local government toward the needs and priorities of citizens. In development discourse, civil society organizations hold a significant importance as they are deemed to provide holistic and new ways to ensure participatory local governance. Therefore, their role against the backdrop of their involvement in mobilizing citizens…
Role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in promoting citizen participation: A survey study of local government institutions of Punjab, Pakistan
Purpose The current paper is an attempt to evaluate the role of CBOs in promoting citizen participation in the decision-making process of local government institutions of Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. Among the most used evaluation techniques of participatory citizenship, the researchers have used an outcome driven approach based on “social goals.” Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which CBOs have been effectual …
Empowering people: Role for political social work in South Asia
South Asian governments have initiated political reforms engaging in rhetoric that resonates with the paradigms of good governance and empowerment of people. This article, applying a political social work framework, analyses reform policy in Pakistan and India in South Asia. By doing so, the article investigates the politics of local governance reforms in Pakistan and India within the context of domestic politics, institutional power and dynamics…
Citizen participation for the effectiveness of local governance system: A quantitative study of local health and sanitation sectors
The current study is designed to explore the level of Citizens' Participation (CP) in the local governance system of Pakistan. The paper presents evidence from a case study of the health and sanitation sectors of a district by employing a quantitative research method. The techniques involve a survey conducted with 367 citizens of Pakistan. The paper has examined the relationship between indicators of CP (transparency, empowerment, and accountabil…
Legal, Political and Administrative Barriers to Citizen Participation in Local Governance: An Inquiry of Local Government Institutions
This paper was designed to explore the Legal, Political, and Administrative barriers to Citizen Participation in Local governance. The paper explored both the subjective factors that include the role of stakeholders (local administrators, local political representatives, Civil Society Organizations and Citizens) and objective factors such as legal and administrative basis of Citizen Participation. The paper presented evidence from an inquiry of t…
Policy advisory systems and public policy making: Bibliometric analysis, knowledge mapping, operationalization, and future research agenda
This study offers a comprehensive overview of the literature on policy advisory systems (PAS), motivated by its significance, growing interest in the field among policy scholars, and the substantial body of recent research published recently. The study conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of 62 articles on PAS published between 1993 and 2022, using data extracted from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The analysis included perfor…
Fostering Sustainable Environmental Performance Through Green Entrepreneurial Innovation and Transformational Leadership: Applying Innovation Diffusion Theory
The growing importance of sustainable environmental performance in business economics calls for approaches that align environmental impact with economic development. This study examines how green entrepreneurial orientation mediates the relationships among green transformational leadership, green innovation performance, perceived social support, and green entrepreneurial performance in shaping sustainable environmental performance. Data collected…
Political science (7 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Corporate governance (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works)