...Wazir Arif Hussain; Basit Gulzar Propose The study investigates the effect of ethical leadership on administrative corruption, focusing on the mediating role of job satisfaction in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Survey data was collected from 402 public employees in the local government...

... Organization (WHO) issued policy guidelines, such as NPIs, and the government of Pakistan released its own policy document that included social distancing (SD) as a containment measure. This study explores the policy actors and their role in implementing SD as an NPI in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic...

...Aisha Rizwan; Shabana Naveed; Yaamina Salman Purpose Based on the service eco-systems perspective, this paper evaluates the strategies and actions adopted by the Government of Pakistan to handle the COVID-19 crisis with the involvement of multiple actors including public, private, third-sector...

...Nida Hussain; Baoming Li; Habib Elahi Sahibzada Purpose Under the unique context of COVID-19, this paper aims to analyze how the Government of Pakistan (GoP) provides financial and non-financial support to women entrepreneurs in Pakistan. Drawing on the resource-based theory of entrepreneurship...

...Sana Rauf Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence and integration of red tape and how its negative effects on public sector organizations' performance have weakened the economies of developing countries such as Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A structured...