COVID‐19 impediments and business start‐ups in Pakistan: Evidence from the second wave of the pandemic

Soomro, Bahadur Ali; Lakhan, Ghulam Rasool; Shah, Naimatullah

doi:10.1002/mde.3445

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“…According to Fairlie ( 2020 ), three times as many SMEs exited the market in 2020 versus during the Great Recession. Levels of confidence of many entrepreneurs were also strongly impacted during the crisis (Soomro et al, 2021 ). These difficulties have also impacted effective business creations (Vazirani & Bhattacharjee, 2021 ) and the intention to launch small businesses.…”

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Entrepreneurial intention and resilience: An experiment during the Covid‐19 lockdown

2022

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We study what profiles of individuals were the most likely to give up their entrepreneurial project at the beginning of the Covid‐19 crisis. To do so, we run an experiment during the first lockdown in the United Kingdom. Our results show that the first months of the crisis have a sharp screening effect: 63% of prospective entrepreneurs postpone or cancel their project in May 2020. Taste for risk or competition does not characterize those who stick to their project. Instead, low opportunity costs to continue and concern for one's own interest instead of cooperation are common among entrepreneurs who persist.

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“…At the same time, we conducted an online survey when the Pakistan government imposed movement restrictions and implemented a social distance policy. Remarkably, another reason to prefer an online survey is its good reputation and being a protagonist tool to assess human behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic (Soomro et al. , 2021).…”

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Personality traits and conflict management styles via job performance in higher education

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Ahmad

2022

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PurposeThis study aims to examine the direct and indirect relationships between Personality Traits (PTs) and Conflict Management Styles (CMSs) through Job Performance (JP) in Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachThis is a quantitative study that employed a survey questionnaire to collect cross-sectional data from academic leaders of Pakistan's Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The researchers derived this study's findings from 320 useable responses.FindingsThe authors used a Structural Equation Model (SEM) which shows a positive and significant effect of agreeableness on Integrating Styles (IS), Avoiding Styles (AS), Obliging Styles (OS), Compromising Styles (CS) and Dominating Styles (DS). Extraversion has a positive and significant effect on IS, OS, DS and CS. Emotional Stability (ES) is the positive and significant predictor of IS, AS, OS and CS. The conscientiousness trait has a positive and significant effect in predicting IS, OS, DS, CS and AS. Likewise, openness has a positive and significant effect on IS, OS, DS and CS. On the other hand, extraversion and openness have a negative and insignificant effect on AS. Finally, amongst HEIs' academic leaders ES is the negative and insignificant predictor of DS.Practical implicationsThis study's findings offer additional insights into understanding the direct and indirect connections between PTs and CMSs through JP. These support the development of effective policies and organizational arrangements to resolve and manage conflict and employee behaviours. Finally, through another contribution of empirical evidence, these findings further enrich the worth of the literature.Originality/valueThis study’s findings provide both, directly and indirectly, the original contributions of Pakistan’s HEIs’ academic leaders PTs and CMSs.

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“…We visited and conducted an online survey by considering Pakistan's social distance policy and movement restrictions. Remarkably, an online survey was the most used tool for exploring human behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic (Maheshwari et al, 2020;Sumaedi et al, 2020;Soomro et al, 2021). Moreover, an internet-mediated questionnaire is favoured when there are limited financial means and there are time constraints (Saunders et al, 2009).…”

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Personality traits, organizational cynicism and employee performance among academic leaders

Soomro

Saraih

Ahmad

2022

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PurposeThis study examines the effect of personality traits on organizational cynicism (OC). It explores, also, OC's predictive power on Employee Performance (EP) in Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachThis is a quantitative study in which the authors employed a survey questionnaire to collect cross-sectional data from the academic leaders of Pakistan's Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The authors utilized 325 usable cases to arrive at this study's findings.FindingsThe Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis shows a positive and significant effect of agreeableness, extraversion, Emotional Stability (ES), conscientiousness and openness to experience on Cognitive Cynicism (CC), Affective Cynicism (AC) and Behavioural Cynicism (BC). Moreover, CC, AC and BC have proven to be negative and insignificant predictors of EP.Practical implicationsThis study's findings offer additional insights to understanding the direct connection between personality traits, OC and EP. Therefore, the findings support the development of effective policies and organizational setups to manage OC through personality traits. The findings assist, also, in understanding OC and its adverse effects on EP. Finally, the findings further add to the depth of the literature through empirical confirmation by academic leaders.Originality/valueThis study's findings offer the original contribution of personality traits, OC and EP among HEIs' academic leaders in a developing country.

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COVID‐19 impediments and business start‐ups in Pakistan: Evidence from the second wave of the pandemic

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

Entrepreneurial intention and resilience: An experiment during the Covid‐19 lockdown

Entrepreneurial intention and resilience: An experiment during the Covid‐19 lockdown

Personality traits and conflict management styles via job performance in higher education

Personality traits, organizational cynicism and employee performance among academic leaders

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