Foresight: Volume 26 Issue 5

Guest editorial: Foresight: a trinity to comprehend digital transformation, resilience, and sustainability beyond COVID

Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Mansoor Soomro

Resilient higher educational institutions in a world of digital transformation

Maryam Gull, Shazia Parveen, Ahmad Rizki Sridadi

Resilient higher education institutions can endure, develop and compete in the face of ambiguous, challenging and pandemic situations. In a world of digital transformation…

A predictive model for collaborative leadership in digital transformation: Does it make a difference in Oman’s e-government performance?

Nasser Masaaod Al-Khayari, Midya Yousefi, Osaro Aigbogun

This paper aims to investigate the role of collaborative leadership in government digital transformation in the Sultanate of Oman. To analyze collaborative leadership, the…

Effect of enterprise risk management on firms’ outcomes with the moderating effect of knowledge management

Parvaneh Saeidi, Sayyedeh Parisa Saeidi, Sayedeh Parastoo Saeidi, Mercedes Galarraga Carvajal, Hugo Villacrés Endara, Lorenzo Armijos

This study aims to test the effects of enterprise risk management (ERM) on firms’ outcomes and the moderating role of knowledge management (KM) on ERM–firms’ outcomes relationship.

Antecedents of big data analytics (BDA) adoption in private firms: a sequential explanatory approach

Javaria Waqar, Osman Sadiq Paracha

This study aims to examine the key antecedents influencing the private firm’s intention to adopt big data analytics (BDA) in developing economies. To do so, the study follows the…

Women on board and business performance

Rabia Najaf, Alice Chin, Agnes Chin, Khakan Najaf, Jeyanthi Thuraisingham

This study aims to examine the association between women on board and business performance. It also aims to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and…

Examining sustainable consumption patterns through green purchase behavior and digital media engagement: a case of Pakistan’s postmillennials

Mehreen Fatima, Qazi Mohammed Ahmed, Osman Paracha

The main objective of this study is to identify the variables influencing consumers' perceptions of sustainable purchasing intentions and the effects such perceptions have on…

Ethical leadership, employees’ job satisfaction and job stress in the restaurant industry

Muhammad Yasir, Asim Javed

This paper aims to investigate how employees’ perception of the ethical conduct of their leaders affects their level of job stress and job satisfaction in the restaurant industry…

Unlocking sustainability: the dynamic nexus of organizational support, identification, and green HRM practices in cultivating pro-environmental excellence

Junaid Saeed, Nasir Mehmood, Saima Aftab, Sobia Irum, Ashfaq Muhammad

There is a growing need to promote and practice sustainable HRM to foster greener organizations with trained employees who have an attitude and behavior to preserve depleting…

Impacts of cultural practices on consumers’ buying behavior in sales promotional activities in the settings of COVID-19

Fazal ur Rehman, Farwida Javed, Sadia Ejaz Shiekh, Viktor Prokop

This study aims to explore the impact of cultural practices on consumers’ buying behavior in sales promotional activities toward the fashion clothing brands based on the Theory of…

Unlocking the influence of psychosocial safety climate on work engagement and job satisfaction: exploring the mediating role of job demands

Kia Hui Gan, Daisy Mui Hung Kee

This study aims to investigate the influence of psychosocial safety climate (PSC) on work engagement, job satisfaction and the mediating role of job demands among young academics…

Foresight of environmental communication literatures: bibliometric versus ChatGPT

Abdul Rahim Norhayati Rafida, Ab Wahab Norailis

Environmental communication has been a profession and a subject of study for decades. Communication currently revolves around the anthropogenic ecological catastrophe, which makes…

Telepresence, social presence and involvement in consumer’s intention to buy apparels through an interplay of consumer brand engagement

Muhammad Nauman Zahid, Muhammad Kamran, Michał Szostak, Tahir Mumtaz Awan

The aim of this paper is to explore the effect of telepresence, social presence and consumer involvement on intention to purchase, with an intervening impact of three dimensions…