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Critical Analysis of Engineering Management Challenges with Respect to Chinese Companies Working in Pakistan
(Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Awan, Hamza Mumtaz; Tahir, Zain
The studies on project management generally indicate a concern for assessing factors that cause issues in implementing a successful project. One of the significant factors which affects any organization is the failure of a project to achieve the required goals or quality product/services. In the present era of rapidly changing market environments, managers of projects need external organizations for quality management practices implementation. This study focuses on the relationship between people-related quality management practices and project performance with the moderating role of communication between team members. These practices include top management support, participant involvement, customer focus, and quality training. Data were collected by surveying a usable sample of 253 employees involved in quality-related activities working in the context of projectbased firms in Pakistan. Data was analyzed by using Spss 21 and Hayee PROCESS macro to check correlation, regression and moderation. Results indicate that participant involvement and quality training is positively related to project performance. Further developments also confirm the moderating role of communication only in quality training and only people associated with it. Such findings have practical implications for maintaining high standards of quality management practices and improving communication within the organization by making clear and straightforward policies that employees can follow.
Unpacking the Missing Links of Job Insecurity and Affective Commitment through Perceived Organizational Politics and Role of Job Control
(Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Tahir, Zain; Nauman, Shazia
Organizations have been restructuring, downsizing, and merging in recent times. In such circumstances, job insecurity has become high in the employees working in a competitive environment. Moreover, the current pandemic has urged organizations to implement uncertain changes to neutralize economic challenges. These changes have led to a heightened sense of job insecurity worldwide with various adverse outcomes. Employing the lens of social exchange theory, the present study investigates the effect of job insecurity on employees' affective commitment through perceived organizational politics. Further, we identified job control as a boundary condition that weakens the relationship between perceived organizational politics and affective commitment. The data was cross-sectional in nature and was collected from 189 employees from the education sector of Pakistan via Google form. SPSS 21 was used to analyze correlation and regression, while Hayes PROCESS macro (model 14) was used to check mediation and moderation. Results show that the negative relationship between job insecurity and affective commitment is mediated by perceived organizational politics. Further, our moderation results reject the proposed hypothesis and depict that high-level job control exerted a significant moderating effect on perceived organizational politics and affective commitment relationship such that at high level of perceived organizational politics, employees' affective commitment decreases. Therefore, we posit that job insecurity and perceived organizational politics are the core reasons for reducing employees' affective commitment in the education sector. Employers should take various steps to minimize job insecurity and perceived organizational politics to enhance employees' affective commitment. Motivation tools like high wages, social support, and job security can be handy to minimize the adverse outcomes of job insecurity and perceived organizational politics in employees.