Mohammad Fakhrul Islam
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Publications - 27
Halal tourism research in Indonesian context: a bibliometric analysis
Publication Name: Discover Sustainability
Publication Date: 2025-12-01
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Halal tourism is a growing sector of tourism that has attracted considerable attention in recent years due to its potential for economic growth and the need to meet the demands of Muslim travelers. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of halal tourism research in Indonesia through the utilization of bibliometric approach. The study utilizes Scopus database to analyze the publication trends, co-authorship, and thematic analysis, as well as the future research directions on this field in the context of Indonesia spanning the years 2017 to 2024. The findings indicate that there is a disparity in the involvement of authors and affiliations from Indonesia in terms of publications. The results show consistent growth in Indonesian publications, but emphasize the need for better quality and global dissemination. Moreover, the findings suggest that Indonesia plays a key role in the development of tourism in Indonesia due to its Muslim population and integration of Islamic principles in education and tourism. These findings highlight the importance of understanding Muslims tourists’ behavior, political economy influences, and service quality in different regions of Indonesia, thereby informing policy-making, industry practices, and future research agendas in this field.
Open Access: Yes
Innovative configurations for organizational resilience: Bridging the proactive and reactive capability in volatile environments
Publication Name: Sustainable Futures
Publication Date: 2025-12-01
Volume: 10
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
A growing concern among academics and professionals has placed organizational resilience (OR) at the leading edge of their studies' catalysts because of its peripheral vulnerability to turbulent environments in organizational settings. This research demonstrates the value of competitive advantage and the practices of resilient firms, thereby strengthening organizational resilience in a disruptive environment. Organizational resilience has been established as a process for gaining a competitive edge and enhancing firms' performance in a volatile environment where disruptions, such as epidemics, political turmoil, and economic instability, threaten the sustainability of their operations. Adopting the Dynamic Capability View (DCV), this study investigates proactive (PRO) and reactive (REA) capability configurations in relation to organizational resilience through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The study develops the measurement items for organizational resilience to test the proposed hypotheses using PLS-SEM and fsQCA. PLS-SEM finds that flexibility, collaboration, response, and recovery are positive drivers for organizational resilience, whereas fsQCA reveals that flexibility, response, and recovery are sufficient for the same outcome. The combined results indicate that flexibility, responsiveness, and recovery are key conditions for predicting high organizational resilience in a disruptive environment. The combined findings confirm that the measurement items of proactive and reactive performance significantly better align with organizational resilience and meet the "capability" and "resources" suitable criteria of DCV. The combined findings of this research make both theoretical and practical contributions to the foundation of pre-disruptive and post-disruptive resilience.
Open Access: Yes
Factors and Health Effects of Excessive Smartphone Use: The Impact of Bedtime Delay on Young Adults in Developing Countries
Publication Name: International Journal of Community Well Being
Publication Date: 2025-07-01
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Page Range: 383-416
Description:
This study investigates the factors that lead to smartphone addiction in young adults as well as the negative health effects of this addiction. This study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the data from 430 online questionnaires of young adults aged between 15 and 55. The findings show that the association between smartphone addiction and health hazards is significantly mediated by bedtime procrastination, which links excessive usage of the device to negative mental and physical effects. The findings show that impulsivity, depression, gaming addiction, cyber-loafing, and other behavioral and psychological characteristics all play a major role in smartphone addiction, which has an adverse impact on both mental and physical health. Among the participants, 80% were single and 61.1% were female; these groups had greater rates of addiction and related health issues. The results have significant implications for psychiatrists, psychologists, parents, and anyone concerned about smartphone addiction and its associated health risks. The study highlights the crucial role of bedtime procrastination as a mediator in this context. This material will be particularly beneficial for therapists specializing in treating smartphone addiction in both children and adults.
Open Access: Yes
Harnessing the Green Spirit: The Impact of Spiritual Leadership on Employee Creativity in Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises
Publication Name: Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Publication Date: 2025-06-05
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Page Range: 286-298
Description:
Background: Creativity, innovation, and learning behaviour are essential in accomplishing a competitive edge and the prerequisite of leadership in enhancing employee creativity and organisational growth. However, it is still unclear how team creativity and leadership are related. Objective: The research evaluates the effects spiritual leadership has on employee creativity, together with green human resource management (GHRM) practices within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The proposed framework explains the pathways through which spiritual leadership creates green workplaces that both engage employees and drive sustainable organisational expansion. Methodology: The study employed qualitative approach to attain its aim. The researchers collected data from 21 SME employees while the collected data were analysed using thematic analysis done with N-Vivo 14. Results: The outcomes of this research indicate that spiritual leadership encourages employee creativity and green HRM practices. This eventually enhances organisational performance and staff creativity, providing meaningful information to companies looking to elevate sustainability and overall performance. Conclusion: Leadership is an important requirement for effective management of small and medium scale enterprises. Unique Contribution: The outcomes present a new perspective on the relationship between spiritual leadership and employee results, escalating the value of creative strategies that help team members' personal and professional development. Key Recommendation: All organizational strategies and procedures must include environmental sustainability to create a unified HRM strategy. Leaders are important in advancing this integration by supporting eco-friendly projects and improving an environment that stimulates employee involvement and innovation.
Open Access: Yes
Driving Social Entrepreneurship Among Students: Investigating Through PLS-SEM and fsQCA Approaches in Emerging Economies
Publication Name: Emerging Science Journal
Publication Date: 2025-06-01
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Page Range: 1591-1609
Description:
This study aims to identify the relationship between social self-efficacy, social innovation, resilience, and proactive personality concerning university students’ behavioral intention to engage in social entrepreneurship, particularly in emerging economies, like Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire was utilized to collect quantitative data from 540 students in various disciplines of study as part of the study's quantitative research methodology using partial least squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). The analysis reveals that proactive personality traits are associated with the social entrepreneurship intention (SEI) and that leadership orientation is also significant to SEI. The study also demonstrates that social entrepreneurial activities tend toward higher social self-efficacy and resilience, making it crucial to focus on such characteristics while facing social risk and bearing innovations. This study's novelty lies in its focus on the unique combination of psychological traits—social self-efficacy, social innovation, resilience, and proactive personality—and their impact on university students' intention to engage in social entrepreneurship in emerging economies. Additionally, the research emphasizes the importance of integrating leadership skills and social innovation into academic curricula and policy development to foster social entrepreneurship. Practical implications indicate that leadership skills and social innovation should be included in the curricula of educational institutions, and supportive policies should be developed to create available resources for prospective social entrepreneurs.
Open Access: Yes
The influence of hybrid leadership in sustainable women entrepreneurial performance
Publication Name: Sustainable Futures
Publication Date: 2025-06-01
Volume: 9
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
In the contemporary era, strategic leadership style plays significant role in entrepreneurial performance. The key purpose of this study is to examine the influence of hybrid (self, shared and opinion) leadership in women entrepreneurial performance towards sustainable growth. This mixed method study investigated data in two ways. First, the study analyzed the data and measured the hypotheses employing the partial least squares structured equation model (PLS-SEM) in SmartPLS software 4 packages. Second, fsQCA explores multiple causal relationships between the constructs. The fsQCA results claim that the multiple causal relationships among the shared, self and opinion leadership have strong significant impact on women entrepreneurial performance. In particular, it is addressed that different entrepreneurial performances are positively associated with the extent of self, shared and opinion leadership. Theoretically, this study contributes to the understanding of women leadership behavior in entrepreneurial performance with a mixed statistical analysis. The study has valuable insights for the women entrepreneurs and concerned
Open Access: Yes
Effect of ethical leadership on emotional labor: evidence from Nigerian fast-food restaurant sector
Publication Name: Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 24
Issue: 4
Page Range: 721-741
Description:
The enthronement of ethical leadership typology to enhance employee positive work behavior in the fast-food restaurant sector has generated serious debate amongst scholars and practitioners. To provide answers to the above, this research adopted a cross-sectional survey design with a population of one hundred and ninety-eight participants drawn from twenty selected fast-food restaurants sector, in south-eastern Nigeria. Social learning theory and social exchange theory were employed as the underpinning theories of the study. The study’s results demonstrated that ethical leadership dimensionalities predicted the measures of emotional labor. The research concludes that ethical leadership enhances employees’ positive emotional work behavior in the fast-food restaurant sector. One of the practical implications of this study is the prioritization of ethical leadership as an instrument to boost performance in the workplace through emotional labor by HR managers and the owners of fast-food businesses.
Open Access: Yes
Knowledge management and emotional labour in the Nigerian hospitality industry: moderating role of ethical leadership
Publication Name: International Journal of Learning and Change
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 17
Issue: 2
Page Range: 205-229
Description:
The study investigated the moderating role of ethical leadership on the relationship between knowledge management and emotional labour in the Nigerian hospitality industry. The theories that underlined the work are the knowledge-based theory and emotional regulation theory. A cross-sectional research design was used, and primary data was obtained for the study, which was purposively drawn from 250 workers across a unit of hospitality firms. The data were analysed with partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLSSEM) V4.1. The findings revealed that knowledge management correlated with emotional labour. However, it was also found that ethical leadership does not significantly moderate the relationship between the constructs. The study recommends that managers need to encourage the acquisition, sharing and application of knowledge to solving workplace problems.
Open Access: Yes
Organization learning and business resilience in developing hospitality industry
Publication Name: Discover Sustainability
Publication Date: 2024-12-01
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
The study aims to investigate the effect of organizational learning on business resilience in developing the hospitality industry, specifically focusing on four-star hotels in the southeast region of Nigeria. One of the major reasons why this research was conducted is because of the vacuum that exists between organizational learning and business resilience in the hospitality industry. A cross-sectional survey design was employed because it supports using questionnaires to collect data from participants. A validated and reliable instrument was used to collect data from two hundred thirty one participants drawn from the selected hospitality industry in the southern part of Nigeria. The results demonstrate that organizational learning significantly positively affects business resilience. Organizational learning also affects crisis anticipation and recoverability which are crucial to be resilient in the industry. The results of this research supported prior empirical findings and supported both social learning theory and resilience theory. Regarding originality, the geographical scope and the industry where this research was conducted distinguish it from other prior empirical investigations. It was recommended that since the hospitality business is highly competitive, managers should utilize organizational learning as a strategy to overcome their competitors and remain sustainable in the industry. The findings of the research will contribute to the literature and hospitality industry in developing country contexts.
Open Access: Yes
Interplay of poverty, unemployment, education, and technology: Insights from Malaysia’s economic development strategies
Publication Name: Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Volume: 8
Issue: 10
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Malaysia’s economic development strategies have evolved significantly since independence, focusing on reducing poverty, enhancing education, and integrating technology to foster sustainable growth. Despite substantial progress, challenges persist in achieving inclusive development across rural and urban sectors. This study examines the effectiveness of Malaysia’s New Economic Model (NEM) in addressing poverty and unemployment through technological and educational advancements. Employing a qualitative approach, it reviews literature on technology’s impact on economic growth, poverty alleviation, and the role of tertiary education in national development. Analysis reveals that while NEM initiatives have attracted foreign investment and improved infrastructure, gaps remain in educational access and technological self-reliance. The findings underscore the need for targeted policies that enhance educational outcomes, promote inclusive technology adoption, and address structural inequalities to achieve sustainable economic development. Recommendations include bolstering vocational training, enhancing rural infrastructure, and fostering public-private partnerships in technology innovation to ensure equitable economic progress.
Open Access: Yes
PROMOTING ORGANISATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR THROUGH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Publication Name: Corporate Governance and Organizational Behavior Review
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Page Range: 103-112
Description:
Corporate governance is a major topic of debate among scholars from different parts of the world, but little has been empirically investigated on the impact of corporate governance on the discretionary work behaviour of employees in selected deposit money banks in Nigeria. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of corporate governance on the organizational citizenship behaviour of employees in deposit money banks. A cross-sectional survey design was used, which supports the use of questionnaire to collect data from the participants. Data were collected from 224 participants from 18 deposit money banks operating in south-east Nigeria. The study employed frequency distribution and linear regression to analyse respondents’ profiles and research hypotheses. Results of the study revealed that corporate governance dimensions predicted organisational citizenship behaviour indicators. The practical significance of this study lies in the possibility of improving organizational citizenship behaviour in organizations by integrating the main recommendations of this study into the corporate governance of organizations. This study concludes that corporate governance (measured in terms of leadership quality, accountability, board size, board effectiveness, and board independence) influences and improves organizational citizenship behaviour that is driven by altruism, integrity, sportsmanship, courtesy, and civic virtue.
Open Access: Yes
An Analysis of Consumer Decision-Making in Digital Mobile Payment Adoption: Exploring Influencing Factors
Publication Name: Decision Making Applications in Management and Engineering
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page Range: 651-675
Description:
Despite every one of the upsides of mobile payment services (MPs), they are unutilized by a sizable client base. This paper analyzes the central drivers of utilizing MPs for purchasing purposes from the consumers' point of view in Uzbekistan. Given the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the study built up a seven-figure model to uncover the determinants of customers' goals to utilize MPs. 300 respondents in Uzbekistan were selected, and 276 substantial responses were incorporated into the analysis. The structural equation model results applied that customers' goal to utilize MPs for purchasing purposes is impacted by trust, system usefulness, social influence, risk, hedonic motivation, and attitude. The factor, facilitating conditions was not significant interestingly which the most distinct finding of that study is. Considering the findings and discussion, the paper concludes with the notion that mobile payment as a digital innovative financial technology is influenced by most of the factors that mobile operators should look at closely.
Open Access: Yes
Building organizational resilience in emerging economies: Strategic insights from Bangladesh
Publication Name: Sustainable Futures
Publication Date: 2025-12-01
Volume: 10
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Organizational resilience is a key aspect for sustaining comparative benefit and performance amidst uncertainties such as pandemics, political volatility, and financial crises. Despite its significance, limited studies have explored the potential sufficient solutions to resilience-enabling constructs, especially in emerging economies. This research combines the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to propose a theoretical framework for understanding and predicting organizational resilience. Using survey data from 348 respondents serving corporate industries in Bangladesh, we employ Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify causal configurations to predict organizational resilience. The findings reveal five configurations that are sufficient for achieving high resilience and four configurations associated with low resilience, highlighting the nuanced interplay between resources, costs, and adaptability. Specifically, flexibility, response, recovery, benevolence, and commitment must need conditions for achieving organizational resilience in NCA analysis. In fsQCA analysis, flexibility and commitment are core conditions, whereas response and information sharing are peripheral conditions for achieving high organizational resilience. This study strengthens resilient strategies by demonstrating the supplementary contributions of RBV and TCE. This combination offers policymakers actionable insights to develop resilient strategies that enhance organizational adaptability and performance in turbulent times.
Open Access: Yes
Enhancing sustainable performance through green human resource management: Green competencies building and green passion playing as a joint moderation
Publication Name: Acta Psychologica
Publication Date: 2025-10-01
Volume: 260
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of green competencies building (GCB) and green passion (GP) on the relationship between green human resource management (GHRM) and sustainable performance (SP). Moreover, it aims to find out the joint moderating effect of GCB and GP on the relationship between GHRM and SP. An online survey was used to gather 410 samples from various manufacturing organizations in Bangladesh, and the data was analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The study found that GCB and GP separately and jointly moderate the relationship between GHRM and SP. This study uniquely explores how green competencies and green passion, both individually and jointly, moderate the relationship between GHRM and sustainable performance.
Open Access: Yes
Strategizing for Sustainability: Examining the Dynamic Interplay of the Circular Economy, Green Technology Innovation, and Green Performance
Publication Name: Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
Publication Date: 2025-12-01
Volume: 26
Issue: 4
Page Range: 935-961
Description:
Environmental challenges critically affect manufacturing firms which face numerous concerns regarding their sustainable operations. These operations aim to operationalize the dimensions of circular economy capabilities (CEC) and green technology innovation (GTI) to strengthen competitiveness in fragile environments. This research validates a holistic understanding of green performance by integrating theories and dimensions to identify effects that predict sustainable green performance. Drawing from the green dynamic capability view (GDCV), which is a contextual extension of the DCV and flexible systems management (FSM) paradigm, this study investigates how CEC and GTI predict green performance (GP). Survey data of 301 senior professionals from manufacturing firms acquired from a developing country, such as Bangladesh, were used. To assess the survey data, the study used a multimethodological approach using Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to investigate the suggested tie in the midst of the CEC and GTI on the GP. The findings reveal that all the antecedents of the circular economy are necessary conditions except absorptive capacity to predict green performance, as reported in the NCA. The fsQCA results show that combinations of CEC and GTI are sufficient conditions to predict high green performance. This research uses a unique combination of CEC and GTI to predict high GP via the supplementary method of fsQCA. Therefore, the findings should also motivate professionals of manufacturing firms to focus even more on the necessity effects of a single condition to predict GP and the asymmetric effects of combinations of CEC and GTI to produce multiple configurations to predict high green performance.
Open Access: Yes
Sustainability catalysts and green growth: Triangulating evidence from EU countries using panel data, MMQR, and CCEMG
Publication Name: Green Technologies and Sustainability
Publication Date: 2026-04-01
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Green Growth Strategies (GGS) are a win–win opportunity for not only the nation’s economy but also the environment. However, many countries are not concerned about reaping these benefits, and they continue to harm the environment for short-term gain, neglecting long-term sustainability. Southern European countries can utilize green growth policies to enhance their competitiveness, bypass older, more polluting technologies by directly adopting cleaner alternatives, and achieve economic and environmental progress. To address this concern, we analyzed 12 Southern European countries from 2010 to 2019, investigating how they can enhance their green growth performance by incorporating critical predictors. We employed panel data estimators, mean group (MG) to accommodate slope heterogeneity, and Common Correlated Effects Mean Group (CCEMG), which opens the opportunity to observe the influence of unobserved common factors and allows us to capture cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneous behavior better. We applied the Method of Moment Quantile Regression (MMQR) technique further as a robustness check to capture heterogeneous effects across the green growth distribution. The same methodology with ecological footprint data and implementation of the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) has eliminated the endogeneity concern. The findings highlighted that educational attainment, globalization, and renewable energy consumption have positive influences on green growth. In comparison, trade openness and natural resource rent exhibit negative effects when we shift the methodology from MG to CCEMG, giving us a total of four significant factors to be concerned with. The study emphasizes the crucial importance of tailored policy approaches and regional collaboration in addressing environmental challenges effectively, and offers actionable insights for achieving green growth in the region by providing empirically grounded and practical recommendations that account for diverse socioeconomic contexts and ecological vulnerabilities.
Open Access: Yes
Transforming Industry through E-Commerce: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication Name: Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change
Publication Date: 2025-11-25
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page Range: 1064-1074
Description:
The aim of this paper was to explore the 4.0 industrial revolution and globalization and their role in e-commerce as well as the current challenges facing e-commerce represented by the Coronavirus. The industry had gone through revolutions that contributed to its development, thus creating distinct and qualitative moves in it, and the matter had begun to shift from physical activity to mental creativity. Data for this study were obtained from existing literatures on industrial revolution of Coronavirus. The methodology heavily relied on existing previous literature on the subject being dealt with. The findings indicate that the economy has been affected and closely related to the results of the 4.0 industrial revolution, whether in a trade directly such as electronic commerce or by monitoring trade-related operations, analysing big data, and finding appropriate solutions. Moreover, the accomplishments achieved through them contributed significantly to increasing the benefit to people as the previous revolutions contributed at the time.
Open Access: Yes
Dynamic Capabilities and Technological Innovation for Firm Resilience: A Configurational Analysis
Publication Name: Emerging Science Journal
Publication Date: 2025-10-01
Volume: 9
Issue: 5
Page Range: 2292-2317
Description:
Firm resilience is essential to manage response and rapid recovery from disruptive events for a firm. Moreover, there is limited literature that investigates the combined effects of dynamic capability and technological innovation that are interrelated with firm resilience. This study used the dimensions of firm resilience, which were investigated with both necessary condition analysis (NCA) and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) methods using survey questionnaires from 308 respondents operating in Bangladeshi corporate industries that are currently facing uncertainties due to unforeseen crises. NCA results showed that visibility, market position, and digitalization achieved firm resilience as these antecedents reached the full percentile to achieve an optimal level of outcome. On the contrary, the influence of reserve capacity and big data analytics was not empirically significant for achieving firm resilience. Moreover, fsQCA results appreciated NCA results and showed four solutions that are sufficient for achieving a high level of firm resilience. The study reveals the configurational effects of dynamic capabilities and technological innovation to achieve firm resilience. The results show the necessary effects of configurational relationships that lead to outcomes. The configurational method is applied to identify the combined effects of antecedents that help managers predict high levels of firm resilience in a turbulent environment.
Open Access: Yes
Configuring Green Growth in the Age of Sustainability: Energy and Resource Use Trends in EU Economies
Publication Name: Sustainable Development
Publication Date: 2026-01-01
Volume: Unknown
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
In an era of intensifying global competition where nations aggressively pursue economic advancement, the imperative to balance progress with ecological preservation has become paramount. However, the race for advancement should not harm nature or future generations. Our study investigates the drivers that can lead to green growth, aligning with sustainable development principles that integrate economic growth, environmental stewardship, and social equity as per the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), across nine Western European countries from 2010 to 2019. By utilizing panel data from reputable sources, this research investigates the influence of globalization, natural resource rents, renewable energy consumption, trade openness, and total energy consumption on green growth. Employing contemporary panel diagnostic tests, cointegration analyses, and fixed- and random-effects models, the study also validates its findings through quantile regression, fully modified ordinary least squares, and dynamic ordinary least squares. Our study has fulfilled its destiny by finding the right drivers. According to various analyses, globalization and trade openness consistently and significantly promote green growth, confirming their potential as reliable mechanisms for achieving green growth. The complex impact of renewable energy consumption and natural resource rents opens a new door for exploration by revealing the transitional barriers, such as initial costs and policy lags, in contrast to maintaining the resource rent tendency. However, the beneficial impact of total energy consumption of carbon and fossil fuel underscores the urgency of effective resource utilization and a shift toward renewable sources to decouple growth from unsustainable consumption before running out.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1002/sd.70627
Is digitalization necessary for e-commerce adoption at small and medium-sized enterprises? The pandemic effects
Publication Name: Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
Publication Date: 2025-12-01
Volume: 13
Issue: 4
Page Range: 209-230
Description:
Objective: The study aimed to conduct a comparative analysis of e-commerce adoption in small and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Pakistan and Bangladesh in the period following the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to observe in detail the significance of e-commerce adoption for small and medium sized enterprises, their abilities to evolve consumer preferences and to dissect the challenges that hinder in the way of e-commerce adoption in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The key focus of this study was to find out how digitisation acts as a moderator to overcome challenges. Research Design & Methods: We based the study on a quantitative design using a structured questionnaire to collect data from 500 SMEs with 250 respondents from each country, Bangladesh and Pakistan. We collected the study sample through a stratified random sampling from key industrial cities in both countries. We analysed the data of the study with SmartPLS version 4.0 to explore the relationship between external factors, need-bead factors, organisational factors, technological factors and e-commerce adoption with digitisation as a moderator. Findings: This study has also examined that market related demands and the access to the technology has significant positive impact on digitisation in both countries. However, company’s resources and cultural factors that are related to the organisational factors have negative impact on digitisation in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The multi-group analysis composed to find the distinguishing factors among two countries, found the impact of all the factors on digitisation. Implications & Recommendations: We observed a crucial role of digitisation in different fields to adopt e-Commerce in SMEs of Pakistan and Bangladesh. This study has been conducted in the time of COVID-19 pandemic, suggests that it should be the top priority of the policymakers to focus more on digitisation to enrich the country’s economic and digital infrastructure. The partnership programs can help both countries improve digitisation on modern standards. Findings suggests combined strategies to boost economic stability of both countries. However, this study has some limitations and future suggestions to entertain the role of artificial intelligence (AI) to examine the adoption of e-Commerce in both countries. Contribution & Value Added: This study has provided a qualified analysis of the drivers of e-commerce adoption in SMEs of Pakistan and Bangladesh in the specific context of the post-COVID-19 pandemic, with digitisation as a moderator. It offers novel insight into the different types of challenges faced by SMEs in both countries and in the transformation of digitisation in the South Asian region.
Open Access: Yes
Business Incubation as a Catalyst: Examining the Impact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention in Emerging Contexts
Publication Name: Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Publication Date: 2026-01-05
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page Range: 202-217
Description:
Background: Entrepreneurial education (EE) and institutional support mechanisms such as Business Incubation Programmes (BIPs) play critical roles in shaping entrepreneurial intentions among university students. However, in Bangladesh, the relationship between EE, BIPs, and Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) remains underexplored, particularly from the perspective of resource-based and behavioural theories. Objective: Grounded in the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and drawing on the Resource-Based View (RBV), this study examines the role of BIPs in amplifying the impact of EE on EI among business students in Bangladeshi universities. Methodology: The study employed a quantitative research design, utilising a structured questionnaire administered to 388 business students from four leading universities in Dhaka. Data were analysed using SmartPLS 4.1.0.9 and SPSS 27 to test the proposed model and hypotheses. Results: The findings reveal that EE and BIP have a positive and significant influence on EI. Moreover, BIP substantially moderates the relationship between EE and EI, indicating that incubation programmes strengthen the effect of educational inputs on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. Conclusion: Integrating entrepreneurial education with institutional support mechanisms such as incubation programmes fosters a stronger entrepreneurial mindset and intention among students. Unique contribution: This study enriches entrepreneurship literature by integrating TPB and RBV perspectives to explain how cognitive and resource-based factors jointly shape entrepreneurial intention in an emerging South Asian economy. It also provides practical implications for educators, policymakers, and ecosystem stakeholders seeking to address graduate unemployment through entrepreneurship development. Key Recommendation: Universities should integrate business incubation Programmes with entrepreneurship education to provide practical support and enhance students’ entrepreneurial readiness.
Open Access: Yes
Invisible lives: understanding the food insecurity and food-seeking behaviour among Bangladeshi undocumented migrants amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Publication Name: BMC Public Health
Publication Date: 2026-12-01
Volume: 26
Issue: 1
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Background: Undocumented migrants often face significant socio-economic and health vulnerabilities, which are further intensified during global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these challenges, food insecurity emerges as a critical concern, particularly for migrants lacking legal status, social protection, and access to basic services. This study examines the prevalence of food insecurity and food-seeking behaviour-related coping mechanisms among Bangladeshi undocumented migrants living in Malaysia, Iraq, and Libya during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Twenty-seven undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were interviewed using a qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA). The author combined an integrated data-driven inductive technique to code and analyse the data. The data analysis followed the six-step process of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Results: The study reveals that COVID-19 has significantly impacted their food security, including food unavailability and inaccessibility, decreasing consumption, increasing reliance on cheaper and malnutrition food, as well as hunger and starvation. To cope, they adopted various food-seeking behaviors, such as receiving support from friends and relatives, taking loans, seeking food assistance from different sources, and selling personal belongings. Conclusion: The findings highlight the vulnerability of undocumented migrants during crises and suggest the need for targeted policy interventions to enhance food security for this marginalized group. The study offers critical insights for policymakers, aid organizations, and stakeholders to develop effective strategies and policies that mitigate food insecurity among undocumented migrants, thereby contributing to achieving sustainable development goals by 2030.
Open Access: Yes
Drivers of E-Tourism Adoption in Bangladesh: An Extended UTAUT Model Integrating Digital Literacy and Vacation Packages
Publication Name: Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Publication Date: 2026-01-05
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page Range: 814-829
Description:
Background: The adoption of technology in the tourism industry has become a worldwide trend aimed at enhancing effectiveness and efficiency in this sector. Objectives: This study investigates the drivers influencing e-tourism adoption in Bangladesh by extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model with the addition of digital literacy and vacation packages. Methodology: This research proposes and tests a conceptual model grounded in complexity and configuration theory. We employ a mixed-method analytical approach, integrating Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) as a complementary tool to Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Empirical validation was conducted using data from 297 online tourists. Results: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) revealed that e-tourism adoption intention was significantly influenced by vacation packages, effort expectancy, performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, and digital literacy, whereas social influence did not show a significant effect. Furthermore, Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) identified five sufficient configurations of these causal conditions that lead to high levels of e-tourism adoption. Conclusion: The findings confirm the primary drivers of e-tourism adoption in Bangladesh and identify five specific, high-adoption pathways. Practically, these results enable e-tourism service providers and policymakers to strategically allocate resources, optimise platform design, and implement targeted digital literacy initiatives to accelerate e-tourism adoption rates in the region. Unique Contribution: This research provides a significant methodological advancement by integrating SEM and fsQCA to move beyond testing net effects and establish a detailed, configurational understanding of e-tourism adoption. Theoretically, it extends the UTAUT model by identifying new context-specific causal conditions relevant to travellers in Bangladesh. Key Recommendation: It is suggested that online travel service providers, marketers, and digital platform executives utilise the detailed findings of this study. Specifically, they should consider developing and implementing strategies that focus on optimising the five sufficient causal configurations identified by fsQCA and prioritise investments in the factors (e.g., performance expectancy, digital literacy) that significantly influence e-tourism adoption among Bangladeshi travellers.
Open Access: Yes
Regulation, Taxation, and Resources: Unpacking Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers Across G7 Economies
Publication Name: Thunderbird International Business Review
Publication Date: 2026-01-01
Volume: Unknown
Issue: Unknown
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Advanced economies are under growing pressure to downscale greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without undermining growth, yet G7 (Group of Seven) nations, representing almost 10% of the world's population, still generate one quarter of global GHGs. We have investigated the G7's GHG emission problem from 2000 to 2020, by integrating macroeconomic and environmental panel data to determine how stricter environmental policies, higher green tax revenue, resource dependency, trade openness, and globalization can reduce the G7's emission problem. We applied second-generation panel estimators alongside a state-of-the-art quantile-based robust model, called the method of moment quantile regression (MMQR), and employed a two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) to address the endogeneity concern. In doing so, we found the following three findings. First, tougher regulations and higher environmental tax yields are consistently associated with reducing the GHG emissions, with the effect intensifying in all regimes. Second, resource dependence remains a stubborn emission amplifier across the entire distribution. Third, the role of trade and globalization is minimal, sometimes insignificant, referring to the fact that the policy and structural factors dominate trade and integration effects. Policy pathways for the G7 thus focus on (i) synchronizing environmental policy stringency targets to strict carbon-pricing floors, (ii) recycling environmental tax revenue and implementing green globalization with cross-border trade to accelerate clean-tech diffusion, and (iii) deploying resource diversification to neutralize resource rent-driven lock-ins. Our policy mix can help wealthy, integrated economies translate fiscal and regulatory leverage into a rapid and equitable solution to reduce GHG emissions.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1002/tie.70095
Innovation Pathways to Carbon Efficiency: Disentangling the Effects of AI, R&D, and Clean Energy Blessings on U.S. Environmental Sustainability
Publication Name: Business Strategy and the Environment
Publication Date: 2026-01-01
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The United States (U.S.) faces challenges in achieving its ambitious net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050, with current emissions having fallen by less than 1% in 2024. Despite an investment of $500 billion in low-carbon resources while holding the second-largest green technology patent portfolio globally, it is further imperative to investigate ongoing innovations for suboptimal resource allocation and policy misalignment between investment strategies and environmental effectiveness. In this study, we examine the comparative impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, research and development (R&D) investment, government intervention, natural resource rents, and renewable energy consumption on U.S. environmental sustainability (ECOI) spanning 1990–2022. We bridge the gap in prior literature with respect to understanding which pathways of innovation lead to the highest carbon efficiency returns per dollar invested, moving beyond aggregate investment analysis toward identifying the optimal policy sequencing and resource allocation strategies. We implemented a comprehensive time series econometric framework, including autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing, the vector error correction model, and Granger causality analysis on 33 years of national-level data. Our findings suggest that R&D investment results in the greatest improvement in long-term carbon intensity, followed by AI patents and renewable energy usage. Government intervention has significant negative long-term effects despite positive short-term impacts, which may indicate potential crowding-out effects. Natural resource dependency has positive long-term benefits with negative short-term impacts, suggesting opportunities for strategic extraction. The error correction mechanism implies a moderate adjustment speed toward equilibrium, whereas impulse response functions (IRFs) reveal that AI innovations establish rapid environmental benefits peaking in the second period. These results provide crucial evidence for federal climate investment prioritization by suggesting that taking funds away from direct government spending and putting them into AI-integrated R&D initiatives could maximize carbon reduction outcomes and accelerate progress toward net-zero targets.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1002/bse.70748
The Silent Signal: A Mirror Leadership and Intercultural Communication Beyond Strategic Boundaries
Publication Name: Journal of Intercultural Communication
Publication Date: 2026-01-01
Volume: 26
Issue: 1
Page Range: 115-130
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The post-pandemic work environment has intensified emotional strain, hybrid-work fatigue, and cognitive disengagement, making it increasingly difficult for leaders to sustain trust and authentic engagement in diverse, digitally disrupted teams. Existing leadership models emphasize cognition and behavior but overlook the real-time emotional, relational, and physiological processes that shape contemporary managerial dynamics. This study introduces Mirror Leadership, a novel theoretical framework grounded in Emotional Appraisal Theory (EAT) and Polyvagal Theory (PVT) to explain how leaders influence team well-being through emotional co-regulation, reflective attunement, and embodied presence. Using a conceptual research design and narrative synthesis across neuroscience, psychology, and leadership studies, the paper advances six propositions that describe how Mirror Leaders cultivate psychological safety, resilience, relational repair, and trust in hybrid and multicultural contexts. The model offers a distinct theoretical contribution by integrating cognitive appraisal mechanisms with neurophysiological processes of safety and connection, thereby reframing leadership as a symbolized, neuro-emotional, and intercultural process rather than a solely cognitive or strategic function. Findings suggest that emotionally attuned and synchronized leaders foster biologically grounded trust, intercultural cohesion, and affective stability during uncertainty. The study further outlines implications for research, including the need for empirical validation using physiological and behavioral measures, and implications for practice, such as enhancing leadership development, cross-cultural training, and emotionally intelligent management in hybrid workplaces. Mirror Leadership thus provides a foundational and globally relevant framework for understanding emotionally intelligent and culturally competent leadership in the new world of work.
Open Access: Yes
Trends and insights from bibliometric analysis for mapping artificial intelligence and machine learning in sustainable development
Publication Name: Discover Sustainability
Publication Date: 2026-12-01
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
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Rapid population growth, environmental degradation and persistent urgency of climate change have intensified the global search for sustainable development solutions. Governments, researchers and institutions alike face the challenge of balancing economic progress with social equity and environmental protection. In response, recent scholarships have increasingly turned to digital technologies as potential enablers of sustainable transformation. This study addresses the need to understand how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being incorporated into sustainable development strategies, with a particular focus on mapping knowledge trends and research patterns. Using bibliometric analysis of SCOPUS data spanning 2015 to 2024, the study uncovers the evolution of research topics, highlights influential authors and institutions, and traces the diffusion of ideas across disciplines. The findings reveal that AI and ML are emerging as key drivers of sustainability, with strong applications in energy and emission management, environmental monitoring, climate change mitigation, precision agriculture and water resource management. Research in this area has grown rapidly over the past decade, shifting from theory to real applications. It also highlights that China's and the United States dual dominance in both publication volume and citation impact, while also recognizing the contributions of other countries like India, the United Kingdom and Australia in shaping global research landscapes. Three main implications arise from these results. For policymakers, the evidence underscores the urgency of designing inclusive policies, investing in digital infrastructure, and fostering global cooperation to ensure the equitable distribution of technological benefits. For the research community, the study points to opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations that link technological innovation with real-world sustainability challenges. From a broader societal perspective, the findings emphasize the importance of knowledge sharing and technology transfer, enabling both developed and developing countries to advance collectively toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Open Access: Yes
