SKSohail Imran Khan

Sohail Imran Khan

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  • Open Access

    Workplace Spirituality Among Chemists and Pharmacists from Erbil City as a Predictor of Their Workplace Attitudes

    by Humera Khan, Bryar Sami Abdulrahman, Arazoo Rasool Ahmed, Sohail Imran Khan

    Over the past 10 years, the removal of the psychological contract, significant layoffs, increased use of technology, and physical maltreatment of employees have all increased interest in corporate spirituality. At the same time, to combat the potential of burnout among working professionals, interest in spirituality is growing in the workplace. Therefore, this becomes an interesting topic for research especially post-COVID-19. This research is carried out to investigate the role of Workplace spirituality of Chemists and Pharmacists as a predictor of their workplace attitude. For the study Chemists and pharmacists were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. They were selected randomly from Erbil City in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Hence convenient methods of sampling were used. A workplace spirituality tool developed by Ashmos and Duchon comprising 23 items was used. The sample size is 78 with 91.76% of response rate. The results indicate that workplace spirituality positively predicts workplace attitudes. This result was confirmed by the test of hypothesis. Based on the results obtained it can be recommended that some flexibility in terms of Job crafting and working hours can be given to the employees to be more productive.

  • Open Access

    Green Purchase Behavior of Young Consumers in India

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Ronyaz Hayyas Mahmood, Arazoo Rasool Ahmed

    Consumers these days are paying more attention and are aware of green products. Youth these days are more worried and concerned about the environment. Looking at the multiple advantages of green products, especially to the environment, the existing investigation is undertaken to discover the connection betwixt environmental attitude along green purchase behavior. Factors like Environmental Knowledge, Skepticism, and Interpersonal Influence will also be studied. For this research work, 213 respondents took part and the technique to collect the sample was simply random. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) utilizing varimax rotation was applied to filter the number of items. The questionnaire method was used to collect the data. 4 hypotheses were framed and tested. The study revealed that factors like Environmental Knowledge, Skepticism, and Interpersonal Influence have a significant relationship with an environmental attitude that directly influences green purchase behavior. Results suggest that marketers encourage young consumers from India to go for green products as they have good awareness and knowledge about green products


  • Open Access

    Effective Time Management Practice And its Role in Organizational Survival:

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Bryar Sami Abdulrahman

    To get success and survive in this competitive world, today’s present progressively threatening and rapidly moving organizational environment, organizations need to keep an eye on time productively. Proper time management plays a significant role in increasing productivity and thus the survival of the companies. The current examination explores the effectiveness of time management practice upon organizational survival with special reference to IT park, Nagpur employees. For this research work, the sample size was 103 employees (from total employees of 105) from IT Park, Nagpur City. This sample size was calculated using Taro Yamane’s (1967) formula. The sampling technique used to select samples was simple random. The researcher used Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Percentage Method to analyze the data for hypothesis testing. The investigation exposed to have a noteworthy association between the management of time and employee effectiveness and organizational work performance. Hence, the researcher concluded that employees’ effectiveness and work performance largely depend upon the time management practice in the organization. Secondly, it was also found the presence of a positive effect of time management on the survival of the organization. The recommendations were also made for the decision-makers.

  • Implementation of cloud based IoT technology in manufacturing industry for smart control of manufacturing process

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Chamandeep Kaur, Mohammed Saleh Al Ansari, Iskandar Muda, Ricardo Fernando Cosio Borda, B. Kiran Bala


  • Open Access

    Transformational, Transactional & Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles: A Gender Analysis

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Nabaz Nawzad Abdullah, Rohat Sheik Esmaeel Zada

    Male leaders are bound to show different features of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership. The study investigates to discover experimental proof on whether female leadership styles contrast or like male administration styles. The study intends to distinguish female leaders from male leaders on groundbreaking, conditional and free enterprise administration styles. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, dependent on Full Range Leadership Development Theory, was utilized to decide authority styles. The results identify those female leaders have more groundbreaking characteristics (with an average mean of 2.87 as compared to 2.83 for males). However, it was also found that in transactional and laissez-faire styles of leadership, male leaders have an edge over female leader. The study highlights this characteristic supports them to overcome challenges when practicing their leadership styles. It’s also found to be important to fulfill women's gender gaps and fulfilling their needs to show their actual roles adjusted to their sexual orientation positions. It is recommended that women leaders should concentrate on different aspects and parameters of leadership style


  • Relationship between Leisure Satisfaction and Addiction to Social Media: Case Study on Sports Students of Lebanese French University

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Karzan Qader Hamad

    In this digital age, when every second person has access to the internet, one is more likely to spend too much time surfing. Recently, due to the Covid-19 virus, the general public faced a total lockdown for the first time. As a result, the Internet has become the only source of entertainment and communication. In this pandemic situation, along with other students, sports students spent a lot of time on social media because they had no choice but to sit at home and not go out and play. This study was conducted to find a relationship between leisure satisfaction and addiction to social media. The study population consisted of students engaged in any sports activity from the Lebanese French University, Erbil. The sample counted 224 (107 male and 117 female) students. Data was collected from the students with the help of a structured questionnaire. To reach a conclusion, T-Test and Anova were used. It was found out that the students’ gender and age affect their levels of leisure satisfaction. It turned out that the female students were more satisfied with their leisure time than their male counterparts. However, among university students, a significant negative relationship was found between leisure satisfaction and addiction to social media.

  • Open Access

    Recent management trends involved with the internet of things in Indian automotive components manufacturing industries

    by Raghavendra, Sohail Imran Khan, Vidhya Ranganathan, N. Jayashri, Mohd Aarif, Elizabeth Chacko

    The development of smart manufacturing systems is being driven by a variety of diverse needs for the dependability of equipment and the prediction of quality. In order to accomplish this objective through the use of machine learning, a wide range of approaches are being investigated. The management and protection of one’s company’s data presents yet another challenging aspect of doing business. In order to cope with fraudulent datasets, machine learning and internet of things technologies were utilised. These technologies were used to protect system transactions and manage a dataset. Because of this, we were able to find solutions to the problems that we had previously discussed. The gathered information was organised and examined with the help of big data techniques. The Internet of Things system was constructed using the Hyperledger Fabric platform, which is a private computer network. In addition, a hybrid prediction strategy was utilised for the defect diagnostic as well as the defect forecasting. The latest machine learning techniques were utilised in order to model the complexity of the environment and estimate the genuine positive ratio of the quality control system. The quality control of the system was evaluated using these pieces of data.

  • Open Access

    Application of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    by Anil Kumar Yaramala, Sohail Imran Khan, N Vasanthakumar, Kolli Koteswararao, D. Sridhar, Mohammed Saleh Al. Ansari

    In the current era, to upgrade the facilities and features of UAVs, the implementation of IoT and AI is mandatory. It helps the drone to provide accurate data after analysing a particular situation. Moreover, it also helps to access the drone from any device with the help of an android app. The application of AI and IoT has enhanced the popularity of drones worldwide. This study has analysed the application of IoT and AI in UAVs to make them more efficient. This research has evaluated IoT and AI's positive and negative impacts on UAVs. Moreover, it has determined solutions to mitigate them effectively.


  • Open Access

    EFFECT OF HEALTHY EATING HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADUATING STUDENTS

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Rohat Zada, Dhuha Saad Ismael

    INTRODUCTION This study was necessary as most graduating students were studying hard but, for some, academic achievement was not achieved as expected, leading to disappointment. When students move to undergraduate courses, their lifestyles changed. Diet, is relevant in that can help them achieve higher academic performance. OBJECTIVE The present research work was undertaken to examine the effect of a healthy diet on the overall academic performance of graduating students in India. METHODS For the study, 279 students from RTM Nagpur University were used as sample size and were selected randomly. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the responses from the participants. Student academic achievement was evaluated based on their semester grade point average scores. RESULTS Results obtained state a strong and positive association between a healthy diet and academic performance. Results confirmed the hypothesis that if students adopt the practice of having a daily healthy diet their academic performance will improve. CONCLUSION Many students at this university have habits of skipping breakfast or taking it a few times a week but not daily. Also, they are not generally good at eating healthy foods. This directly affects their performance in academic work. Therefore, parents are advised to keep a strict check on these habits.


  • Open Access

    The impact of staff training and development on teachers’ productivity

    by Sohail Imran Khan, Nabaz Nawzad Abdullah

    Training and Development has always been a driving force for enhancing the teachers’ productivity and performance. A training and development program provided by the employer is a sincere effort to provide opportunities to the employees to be acquainted with the variety of skills, information, attitude and conduct. With the ever-growing needs of modern education system, the education industry has to become more techno savvy, dynamic and updated. There is always requirement of skillful and talented manpower to take up this education industry to the heights of international standards. The primary objective of this research paper is to investigate the impact of staff training and development on their productivity and performance in classroom teaching and in their administrative work as well. It can also be viewed as on their overall productivity. The data collected was through structured questionnaire. 58 teachers were interviewed through the questionnaire. Statistical Software (SPSS Version 16) was used for analyzing the data. The study concludes that there exist positive and strong relations between training and development and productivity of the teachers of Kurdistan. The study further concluded stating positive correlation between productivity and other independent factors like Skills, Expertise, Morale, Enhancement, Potential, Job Knowledge and Proficiency. Technical/Technology training is the most suitable training program for the teachers of this region.