ISSUE

Volume-V

, Issue-II

(SPRING 2020)



01 - The Reflection of River Warfare in Pakistani and Indian Press: Dispute, Manageme

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).01
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).01      Published : Jun 2020

    This study provides an overview of Pak-India River warfare over the sharing of water and management failure which led to serious water crises and disaster especially in Pakistan. Water resources are diminishing day by day water is become a scarce commodity in the world with every passing day. It is rapidly emerging a source of tension and dispute between two nations (Pakistan and India), which is ... Details
    Pak-India River Warfare, Role of Newspapers, Management.
    (1) Tanveer Hussain
    Assistant professor, School of Media and Communication Studies, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Naeem Javed
    Assistant professor, School of Media and Communication Studies, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Deeba Shahwar
    Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, The Women University Multan, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.

02 - Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Se

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).02
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).02      Published : Jun 2020

    The prime goal of the study is to explore the 'Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: a comparative analysis at secondary school Level'. The study also determines comparison in views of male/female and urban/rural teacher about their thinking styles and teacher effectiveness. The study is descriptive. Two valid and reliable research tools were used, which were structured by the resear... Details
    Teaching Effectiveness, Thinking Styles, Secondary School
    (1) Ijaz Muhammad
    PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Shah
    Professor, Department of Education, Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Malik Amer Atta
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan.

03 - COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications of Public Health Emergency on Migration and Repa

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).03
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).03      Published : Jun 2020

    The study sheds light on the current global; situation posed by a pandemic; COVID 19 and the impact it has brought to a country like Pakistan in terms of repatriation of its migrants. The data gathered for the study were qualitative with an exploratory research design. Content analysis has been used as the primary method and tool for analysis of data that has been gathered from the latest news, up... Details
    COVID-19, Migration, Repatriation, Developing World, Pakistan, Returnee Migrants, Pandemics.
    (1) Mahwish Zeeshan
    Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
    (2) Aneela Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Sohima Anzak
    Senior Lecturer, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

04 - Transformational Leadership Incorporating Employee Change Acceptance in the Bank

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).04
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).04      Published : Jun 2020

    In this era, organizational change is a challenging task, especially to convince employees to accept the change. This study investigates the relationship of employee's acceptance to change with the impact of transformational leadership(TL) and analyses the mediating role of workplace spirituality(WS). Most of the studies in workplace spirituality literature consider transformational leader as an i... Details
    Workplace Spirituality, Transformational Leadership, Acceptance to Change
    (1) Shuja Ul Islam
    Assistant Professor, FAST School of Management, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Haider Ali Malik
    Assistant Professor, FAST School of Management, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghazala Haider
    Assistant Professor, GIFT University, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.

05 - The Journey of PSL Brand (PSL's Marketing Case Study)

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).05
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).05      Published : Jun 2020

    Back in 2014, Najam Sethi was pondering over the dilapidated situation of International cricket in Pakistan. He felt dismayed at the prospects of inviting international players after the country's track record of security and terrorism. Feeling nostalgic about the cricket in Pakistan, Sethi went through the PCB's documents and shockingly discovered that PCB is generating no revenue like it used to... Details
    PSL, Cricket, Teams,
    (1) Haider Ali Malik
    FAST School of Management, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Haroon Khan
    FAST School of Management, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghazala Haider
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences, Gift University, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.

06 - Social Impediments of Personal Hygiene Practices Among Females in Rural Faisalab

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).06
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).06      Published : Jun 2020

    Good quality personal hygiene is imperative for both health as well as social reasons. It involves keeping your hands, head and body clean so as to prevent the illness and spread of germs. The present study attempts to find out various social impediments which influence personal hygiene practices of women. The respondent of the study was women from rural Faisalabad. The survey research design was ... Details
    Social Impediments, Women, Hygiene, Public Health, Practices, Cleanliness
    (1) Paris Zaka Ullah
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Zahira Batool
    Professor, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Shabbir
    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

07 - Contribution of Social Support, Social Cultural, and Social Interference Factors

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).07
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).07      Published : Jun 2020

    The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the social and cultural factors which provide support to female athletes as well as to explore the interferences in their sports participation. Total 43 female student-athletes of secondary schools participated in six focus group interviews. Interviews of these focus groups were recorded and prepared notes from them. The findings revealed that pa... Details
    Social Support, Culture, Interference, Female Athletes, Sports Participation, Pakistan
    (1) Abida Naseer
    Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Saeed Javed
    Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Husna Batool
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.

08 - Identification of the Remedial Strategies to Improve Low Academic Achievements o

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).08
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).08      Published : Jun 2020

    The present qualitative study was aimed to identify and develop strategies to improve students' low academic achievements at the higher secondary level. For this interviewee, were selected purposively. Individually semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty interviewees and were audio-recorded. Thematic analysis was applied, and the following themes based on teachers' suggestions were i... Details
    Suggestions, Remedial Strategies, Low Academic Achievement, Students, Higher Secondary

09 - Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).09      Published : Jun 2020

    The Thal is a desert in the west of Punjab province of Pakistan having an area of five million-acre. It had been a barren piece of land for centuries. West Pakistan Government not only provided canal water to almost 2.1 million acres of the region but also developed the area from 1949 to 1969. The agricultural development of the Thal region carried out by the Thal Development Authority is a histor... Details
    Agricultural Development, New Villages, Mandi towns, Thal, Thal Canal, Thal Development Authority.

10 - Association Between Teacher-Student Interaction and Students Interpersonal Skill

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).10
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).10      Published : Jun 2020

    This study aimed to find out the association between secondary school teachers' ways of interaction with students and students' interpersonal skills, self-management skills, and academic behavior. A sample of 2764 students, peers, and teachers was taken from Punjab province. The survey method was used to collect data and analyzed through percentage, mean, and Pearson correlation. Results indicate ... Details
    Teacher-Student Interaction, Secondary School Students, Peers and Teachers, Interpersonal Skills, Self- Management Skills, Academic Behavior.

11 - Metamorphosis of a Despondent Indian Woman: A Feminist Evaluation of Girish Karn

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).11
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).11      Published : Jun 2020

    The article engages with the feminist approach in Girish Karnad's Naga-Mandala (1988) in the framework of postcolonial gender analysis. Naga-Mandala (1988) addresses the continued uneven power relations between female and male gender. Karnad's female character, Rani, in Naga-Mandala, is primarily pitiable, downgraded and most importantly an object of patriarchal social and political dominance and ... Details
    Feminism, Gender discourse, Girish Karnad, Male-dominance, Oppression, Patriarchy

12 - The Effects of Shyness and Lack of Confidence as Psychological Barriers on EFL L

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).12
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).12      Published : Jun 2020

    This work investigated the effects of shyness and lack of confidence as psychological barriers on EFL learner' speaking skill, particularly at the public sector colleges, universities and the sub-campuses of these universities located in the South Punjab, Pakistan. This project was scheduled to use a mixed-method type. Majority of the students indicated that there is an insignificant and negative ... Details
    Shyness, Lack of Confidence, Psychological Barriers, EFL Learners

13 - Evaluation of M.Sc Physical Education Program in Public Sector Institutions; Stu

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).13
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).13      Published : Jun 2020

    The present study aimed at evaluation of M.Sc physical education program in public sector institutions in the context of teacher educators. The objectives of the study were (a) to evaluate the M.Sc Physical Education Program in public sector universities and colleges on the basis of CIPP, (b) to explore the strengths and weaknesses of M.Sc Physical Education Program in Pakistan and (c) to suggest ... Details
    Evaluation, Physical Education Program, Public Sector Institutions, Students, Teachers.

14 - Breast Cancer Awareness Media Campaigns in Pakistan: Knowledge, Attitude and Pra

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).14
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).14      Published : Jun 2020

    The core objective of the study was to find out the knowledge, attitude and practices of women in the general population and also to investigate the significant role of media awareness campaigns in each aspect of KAP among women. A total number of n=375 women of three renowned universities of southern Punjab were selected through simple random sampling technique. Data was collected through a self-... Details
    Attitude, Breast Cancer, Knowledge, Practices, Media Campaigns, Women

15 - Identities at the Borders of Balochistan: An Ethnolinguistic Study of Saraiki Sp

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).15      Published : Jun 2020

    Balochistan shares a border with Punjab and Sindh, which makes Balochistan a linguistically diverse province. Within ethnic groups residing in Balochistan, there is a huge variety of languages spoken. This scenario raises the question of the ethno-linguistic identity of people residing at the borders of Balochistan. The present study focuses on the ethnic and linguistic identity of Baloch tribes t... Details
    Linguistic Identity, Ethnic Identity, Culture and Language.

16 - Subversion and Exclusive Identity in Palestinian Fiction by Women

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).16
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).16      Published : Jun 2020

    Palestinian fiction by women subverts and challenges the existing gender paradigms and traditional patriarchal norms in the Arab culture. This paper explores Huzama Habayeb's novel Velvet with the theoretical backing of Julia Kristeva's concept of abjection, thus maintaining that a critical focus on the nexus between distinctive performativity and exclusive identities offers an alternative stance ... Details
    Abjection, Exclusive Identity, Distinctive Performativity, Gender, Palestinian Faction

17 - Unveiling Aural/Oral Skills in Grade VIII English Textbook

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).17
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).17      Published : Jun 2020

    The present study aims to examine the incorporation of aural/oral skills in the Grade VIII English textbook prescribed by the Punjab textbook board (PTBB). The study was conducted in the light of a checklist based on the competencies and students' learning outcomes given in the National Curriculum for English (2006), Pakistan. The competencies intended to enable learners to become fluent in their ... Details
    Oral/Aural Skills, Pronunciation, National English Curriculum, Competency, Student learning Outcomes and grade VIII and English textbook.

18 - Cultural and Historical Progression: The Psychology of Literary Allusions in The

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).18
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).18      Published : Jun 2020

    The psychology of allusion is often multi-faceted as a reference to an artefact, which could be a character from a literary piece, the quoted words of a character, a place in the country or an event from history. The reference item should be familiar to the readers. The current research identifies literary allusion in The Financer (1912) and the characters referred to Ouida's Tricotrin (1869), Cha... Details
    Allusion, Multi-Facet, Culture, History, Intended Meaning

20 - Lacking Interest of Students in Study: A Sociological Analysis of the University

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).20
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).20      Published : Jun 2020

    Education institutions are grappled with the issue of lacking interest of students in the study. Thus, this study was conducted to find out reasons for the lacking interest of students in the study. This was a quantitative research approach. The purposive sampling method was used as a judgement of the researcher to seek only low academic results students in order to furnish the research objectives... Details
    Lacking Interest, Teaching Method, Intrinsic Commitment, and Extrinsic Motivation

21 - The Effectiveness of using EyeRIS to Improve English Communication Skills of Pri

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).21
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).21      Published : Jun 2020

    The arrival of technology has opened doors to different opportunities. A number of institutions have integrated technology effectively in their learning environments to improve teamwork as well as to reform education as a whole. The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of EyeRIS to improve English Communication skills at the Primary School level at one of the elite private schools in... Details
    Communicative Competence, Instructional Strategies, EyeRIS, Sensor Technology, English Language Teaching

22 - Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Job Satisfaction of Female Teacher

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).22
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).22      Published : Jun 2020

    The present correlation study was aimed to examine the relationship between work-family conflict and job satisfaction among female teachers in the universities of Lahore. The population of the study was female teachers of public and private universities in Lahore City. The total number of female university teachers was one thousand four hundred and ninetyseven. Four hundred and fifty female univer... Details
    Work-Family Conflict, Job Satisfaction, Female University Teacheers

23 - The Interplay of Rhetoric and Voting Behavior in Pakistan: The Perspective of Yo

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).23
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).23      Published : Jun 2020

    Political communication is one of the major aspects of any political system. The speeches of politicians, especially the political party leaders, are an important source of political awareness regarding pertinent issues facing any country. However, politicians often rely on political rhetoric to appeal to the emotions of prospective voters. This paper explored the use of political rhetoric in poli... Details
    Political Communication, Rhetoric, Post-Truth Politics, Voting Behavior

24 - Islamic Scholars' Research Intends and Trends at University Level

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).24
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).24      Published : Jun 2020

    In this era, research is considered a source of success and development in developed countries. The objectives of the study were to sort out the intends of research scholars in universities and to check the research trends in universities; to investigate the role of research facilities and research culture in promoting research attitude among university students; and to explore the relationship am... Details
    Islamic Scholars, Research intends, Trends, Universities

25 - Impact of International Trade of Higher Education on Universities' Performance

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).25
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).25      Published : Jun 2020

    The central theme of the research work was to examine the impact of International Trade of Higher Education (IToHE) on universities' performance. The nature of the article was descriptive; as a consequence, the data of the study was assembled by means of survey and interview. The targeted population was comprised of all BS, MS, PhD students, faculty and administration from all general public unive... Details
    Mobility of Teacher/Students, Internationalization of Higher Education, GATS, Brain Drain, Global Trade, Global Citizen, University Ranking, Quality Teaching

26 - Research Attitude of Prospective Teachers: An Analysis of Universities of Rawalp

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).26
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).26      Published : Jun 2020

    The attitude of prospective teachers regarding educational research is one of the challenges that is linked with education.It's not commonly known that why teachers do not use research to solve instructional problems, but probably it is in connection with the attitude of teachers regarding educational research. A group of prospective teachers was administered by the updated scale. In the final sca... Details
    Research, Research Attitude, Prospective Teachers

27 - Performance Evaluation of Pakistan's Mutual Fund Industry: Validating Fama Fren

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).27
10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).27      Published : Jun 2020

    In order to evaluate the performance of the mutual fund industry in various financial markets, a wide variety of researches have been conducted, which lead to different results. As the Pakistani mutual fund industry is much younger as compared to the US and UK fund industries and thus limited work has been done to evaluate the Pakistani mutual fund industry.Over the past few years, the industry ha... Details
    Mutual Funds, Performance Evaluation, Fama French 3- Factor Model, Fama French 5- Factor Model
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