Journal of Economics, Management & Business Administration

Leadership, Financial Well-Being, and Workforce Performance in Public Sector

2026-05-12T07:24:36+00:00

Leadership is a crucial factor that influences the outcome of an organization more so in the institutions within the public sector whereby the performance of the employees is key in service delivery and in governance. Monetary welfare has become an important determinant of workforce motivation, job satisfaction and general performance. This paper discusses the relationship between leadership styles, financial well-being and performance of the workforce in the Pakistani public sector. Based on the idea of Transformational and Servant Leadership theories, the theory of Conservation of Resources (COR), the research hypothesis states that successful leadership has a positive effect on the financial welfare of employees that subsequently leads to their improved performance at work. The quantitative research design will be applied in collecting the data on the employees of various organizations in the public sector. The results are meant to expand the literature by explaining how leadership affects employee performance in a developing country setting and offer effective suggestions that the policymakers and managers would apply to promote financial as well as performance-related productivity in the government workers.

Impact of Green Fiscal Policies, Renewable Energy Technologies, and Sustainable Investments on Environmental Degradation: Evidence from SAARC Countries

2026-05-21T08:36:38+00:00

This study examines the effect of "green fiscal policies" (GFP), "renewable energy technologies" (RET) and "sustainable investments" (SI) on environmental degradation in the SAARC member countries from 2002–2024. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita are used as a proxy for environmental degradation. The independent variables include green fiscal policy (in terms of environmental tax revenue as a percentage of GDP), renewable energy technology adoption (RE share of total final energy consumption) and sustainable investment (Gross fixed capital formation as a percentage of GDP). Two theoretically-informed control variables, trade openness and urbanization, are included to capture structural economic and demographic dimensions that drive emissions trends. The empirical method uses rigorous second generation panel econometric procedures such as the cross sectional dependence diagnostics, CIPS and CADF panel unit root tests, Westerlund panel cointegration test, Cross Sectionally Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model for short and long run dynamics, and Augmented Mean Group (AMG) and Common Correlated Effects Mean Group (CCEMG) estimators for long run coefficient robustness. The analysis is always consistent and shows that the take up of clean energy technology and investments in sustainability have a strong negative impact on CO2 emissions, and that green fiscal policy has a strong negative moderating effect on environmental degradation. Urbanization has heterogenous effects over the panel, whereas trade openness has a positive correlation with emissions. The results offer policy recommendations to the SAARC governments that are working towards sustainable development under the framework of the Paris Agreement.

Determinants of Government Support for Enterprises Based on Random Forest Analysis: A Case Study of Western Guangdong Province

2026-05-28T06:43:08+00:00

This paper studies the local enterprises that have received subsidies from Chinese local governments. Based on the 397 enterprises in the western part of Guangdong Province, data from three rounds of applications were collected between 2020 and 2024 for this analysis. The contents of the data set are as follows: type of industry, distribution area, revenue level, number of employees and innovation performance. According to the above indicators, a random forest model was employed in the study to examine the reasons for government subsidy distribution. The Model has an accuracy of 61.72%. Based on the above data, the conditions for support by local governments in China have moved away from mainly focusing on enterprise income to giving more weight to per capital innovation results. Characteristics of the industry and the level of enterprise income are also supporting factors for the evaluation.

Effect of Green Investment, Renewable Energy Consumption, and Carbon Tax Policies on Ecological Sustainability: Evidence from ASEAN Countries

2026-06-18T10:32:19+00:00

In this study, the implications of green investment, renewable energy consumption, and carbon tax policies on ecological sustainability in ASEAN countries for the period 2001-2024 are examined. The ecological footprint per person is the main indicator for environmental burden. The independent variables include carbon pricing (proxied by GDP deflator), renewable energy consumption and green investment proxied by domestic lending to the private sector as a percentage of GDP . The control variables used are digitalization (% of the population utilizing the internet) and foreign direct investment (FDI/GDP). We employ panel unit root tests (CIPS and CADF) to test for stationarity and the Westerlund cointegration test to test for the long-term relationship. The long run coefficients are estimated via Augmented Mean Group Estimator (AMG) and the Common Correlated Effects Mean Group Estimator (CCEMG) that take into account cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneous slopes. The results reveal that renewable energy use and green investment are significantly associated with environmental footprints, while carbon price moderates environmental degradation. Digitalization has a good influence on sustainability while FDI has a varying impact on sustainability depending on the absorptive capability of the host country. The findings have important policy implications for ASEAN officials engaged in the green transition process under the Paris Agreement and the regional sustainability agenda.

Digital Leadership in Aviation Perception of Leaders Driving Technology Adaptation

2026-06-22T08:51:34+00:00

The aviation sector is examples of such an industry operating on a road towards digital transformation with the latest innovations of AI and Cloud and Biometric system. Leadership has been an important component of change that can help drive an organization to success with technology adaptation in such an environment. This paper emphasizes on the role digital leadership plays on technology adoption in aviation sector and how it forms a bridge of mediation between leader's perceptions. Quantitative research methodology was followed with the help of a structured questionnaire in order to gather information about the professionals, who worked in the aviation industry. The results show that the technology adaptation is influenced by digital leadership with a positive and strong influence. Results also show that the digital leadership is significant towards the leader perception of the emerging technologies. Furthermore, a positive perception of the leader was another factor that positively influenced the adaptation of the technology. The mediation analysis provided that leader perception mediates the correlation between digital leadership and technology adaptation partially, which suggests that the digital leadership has a direct and indirect impact on technology adaptation through perception of the leader. These findings highlight the importance not only of the technological infrastructure in technological transformation but also of the leadership competences and of cognitive perceptions. The results of these findings can be very beneficial for the aviation industry managers, policymakers and other stakeholders who are interested in better understanding about the technology adoption and organizations' performance.