The present study attempted to understand how financial performance can be enhanced in the financial sector. Therein, the study worked to find out how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and organizational engagement can be used to predict financial performance. In addition, the study also tested the moderating role of organizational engagement on the relationship between CSR and financial performance. Managerial level employees from seven retail banks in Bahrain were sampled for the present study. The results of the structural equation modelling reported significant impact of CSR on financial performance. Accordingly, the study also reported significant relationship between organizational engagement and financial performance. Notably, the study also reported significant moderation of organizational engagement on the CSR and financial performance relationship. The study forwards notable implications for theory and practice followed by scope for future studies.

To compete with the market challenges, organizations including the banking organizations are concerned to enhance their organizational performance. Considering this phenomenon, this study proposes the conceptual framework representing the organizational factors namely, strategic orientation, organizational culture and organizational commitment influencing the organizational performance. Overall, five research propositions have been framed grounded on the relevant review of the pertinent literature and focused on the vision and current situation of the banking sector of Pakistan. This study also attempted to highlight the crucial role of strategic orientation and organizational culture that work as important organizational factors in implementing the organizational strategies and influence the organizational commitment, ultimately enhances the organizational performance. The proposed framework is underpinned by the resource-based view and social exchange theory. In addition, this study provides a better understanding of the underlying concepts and offer very useful insights for further research in

Article HistoryThe present study attempted to examine the role of work discretion and job clarity towards business performance followed by the moderation of employee engagement. Affected by business performance issues, three major banks in Pakistan were sampled for the present study. a total of 300 questionnaires were distributed amongst the employees of these banks in the metropolitan city of Karachi through using convenience sampling. Results from the structural equation modeling using Smart PLS 2.0 concluded significant positive relationship between work discretion and business performance. In parallel, the study also reported similar resulted pertaining to job clarity and business performance relationship. Notably, the study found significant moderation of employee engagement on the relationship between job clarity and business performance hence, partially supporting out moderation hypotheses. The present study forwards credible theoretical and practical implications. Contribution/ Originality:This study is one of the very few studies that have investigated the moderation of employee engagement. The study has empirically tested and outlined the significance of individual psychological work wellbeing towards fostering business performance in the financial sector.

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The engineering of agrochemicals and inorganic fertilizers indirectly facilitates the emissions of NO2 and CO2. The extensive use of pesticides and inorganic chemical fertilizers has drawn the world’s attention to green practices. Grounded on the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) theory, we investigated the effect of green human resource management (GHRM) practices on employees’ green behavior with the mediating role of psychological ownership. We applied the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique to 279 responses acquired from the fertilizer manufacturing firm employees. The results show that GHRM practices (green competence building, green motivation enhancing, and green employee involvement practices) significantly improve employee green behavior. Additionally, GHRM practices enhance the sense of ownership of nature among employees due to which they involve themselves proactively in eco-friendly activities and behavior.