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Abstract : Effect of Diversified Model of Organizational Politics on Diversified Emotional Intelligence
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Abstract: Purpose behind the study is to explore the influence of organizational politics of bankers on the ability based emotional intelligence and their diversified interplay. The sample of 292 bankers was used for testing organizational politics’ effect on emotional intelligence as well as individual and collective effect of facets of organizational politics (general political behavior, going along to get ahead, and pay and promotions policies) on dimensions of emotional intelligence (self and others’ emotional appraisal, use and regulation of emotions). The results witnessed that organizational politics significantly affects emotional intelligence, whereas organizational politics’ dimensions significantly predict each emotional intelligence dimension collectively. It is also noted that general political behavior and going along to get ahead have a negative effect on the dimensions of emotional intelligence. But pay and promotion policies positively influences emotional intelligence dimensions. The study can be helpful for the managers, who can identify the patterns of political behaviors and the persons who use it by openly discussing it with the employees through training. Limitations and future suggestions are presented in later part. Keywords: Emotional intelligence, organizational politics, banking sector, dimensions of emotional intelligence, dimensions of organizational politics. |
Abstract : Growth of Magnesium Oxide Thin Films Using Molecular Beam Epitaxy
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Abstract: Ultra thin MgO films (1-2 nm) are grown on Si/SiO2 substrates using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Different growth conditions such as substrate temperatures, annealing conditions and growth rates are tested in order to achieve optimum parameters for the smooth and uniform growth. The films were characterized ex-situ using atomic force microscopy and x ray diffractio. Our results demonstrate MBE growth of MgO films with an rms roughness better than 0.5 nm on Si/SiO2 substrates. These results are important for the applications of MgO films as tunnel barriers in spintronic devices. Keywords: Ultra thin films, MgO, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD). |
Abstract : Impact of Project Complexity and Environmental Factors on Project Success: A Case of Oil and Gas Sector of Pakistan
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Abstract: Oil and gas industry significantly contribute for economic development of countries enriched with petroleum resources. Mega projects of oil and gas sector usually face many challenges due to environmental issues, high level of risks, huge investments, tight schedules and interdependencies between project activities. Therefore keeping in view, the issues faced by oil and gas sector this study was made to analyze the impact of project complexity and environmental factors on success of oil and gas projects of Pakistan. Based upon hypothetical framework developed for this study, data collection was made from an oil and gas company of Pakistan. After which, data analysis was carried out by using a statistical technique known as structural equation modeling. Project complexity, environmental factors and project success were taken as constructs for model evaluation on AMOS. Analysis of data has concluded that project complexity has negative impact on project success whereas better control over environmental factors enhance the project success rate. Keywords: Oil and gas projects, Project complexity, Environmental factors, Structural equation modeling. |
Abstract : Evaluation of M2 Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Mutants for Yield and its Contributing Traits
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Abstract: The present research was conducted to evaluate the M2 wheat mutant population for yield and its contributing traits. The experiment was conducted at Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, during rabi season 2015-2016, in split plot design with three replications. Two wheat varieties (T. D-1 and ESW-9525) were treated with different levels of gamma rays (150Gy, 200Gy, 250Gy, 300Gy and control) from NIMRA (Nuclear Institute of Medicine and Radiotherapy), Jamshoro. The mutated plants were evaluated along with parental lines (control) for yield and its contributing traits under field conditions. Genetic parameters viz., mean performance, were calculated such as days to 75 % heading, days to 75 % maturity, plant height (cm), spikelets spike-1 and spike length (cm). Mean square showed that there were significant differences between wheat varieties for days to 75% heading, days to 75% maturity, plant height (cm), spikelets spike-1 and spike length (cm) treatments of gamma radiation caused significant variation in all the traits studied. The interaction between treatments × varieties showed highly significant differences for the entire traits indicating that varieties responded differently for radiation treatments. Mean performance for spike length indicated that the longer spike (11.52 cm) was observed in T.D-1 at treatment four (T4=250 Gy) and treatment two (150 Gy) in ESW-9525 . Whereas, the shortest spike (10. 83 cm) was observed in the variety T.D-1 under control. The results regarding maximum mean performance of spikelets spike-1 (24. 74) were recorded in ESW-9525 under treatment five at 300 Gy whereas the minimum value for spikelets spike-1 (18.76) were observed in T.D-1 under T1 (18.76) at 0 Gy and T4 at 250 Gy. Keywords: Wheat, Mutation, Mutant, Population, Yield. |
