http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15354 2026-09-15T03:12:31Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/20586 Knowledge Hiding and Organizational Innovation: Examining the Role of Workplace Competition Vol 13, Issue 2, 2026 Muhammad Farman ur Rehman; Ghulam Muhammad This study investigates the relationship between competitive psychological atmosphere and knowledge-hiding behavior. It examines how organizational justice influences the link between knowledge hiding and psychological climate. Guided by the conservation of resources theory, this study explores how a competitive environment affects employees’ knowledge-sharing tendencies and how perceptions of justice can reduce this behavior. A survey of 271 employees from fashion retail organizations in Karachi, Pakistan, was conducted, and data were analyzed using SPSS and SmartPLS. Results show that a competitive psychological climate significantly increases knowledge hiding, while organizational justice partially mediates this relationship. The study extends organizational behavior literature by contextualizing international findings within Pakistan’s fashion retail sector and emphasizing the role of fairness in curbing counterproductive behaviors. As the first study to address knowledge hiding in this industry and region, it provides valuable insights into managing knowledge behavior in competitive settings. PP. 32 ill; 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/20585 How Do Firms Achieve Their Capital Structure? A Configurational Analysis Using fsQCA Vol 13, Issue 2, 2026 Veera Salman; Farah Naz This research explains the contemporaneous role of credit ratings and financial characteristics for capital structure decisions. It offers a comparative analysis of financial and nonfinancial firms for 2019–2023. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was employed. Size, age, leverage, total debt, total equity, and their respective changes were found to be necessary for capital structure adjustments for financial firms. In contrast, only total debt was found to be necessary in non-financial firms. Contrary to credit rating-capital structure theory, the results shift the perspective. Ratings were neither necessary nor sufficient for either sector’s capital structure decisions, indicating they are not central but contextual factors with limited explanatory power. The configurational analysis showed that the core and the peripheral also vary across the firms. It can be implied that firms’ internal characteristics matter more than external credit ratings for changes in capital structure decisions. Regulators should focus on multi-dimensional supervision in the financial sector, while managers would benefit from optimal leverage, efficient debt servicing, and liquidity management in the non-financial sector. Researchers and practitioners are recommended to employ fsQCA as an auxiliary diagnostic method to identify additional causal factors. The study contributes by comparing Pakistan’s financial and non-financial firms through a configurational lens. PP. 38 ill; 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/20584 Diversity-Enabled Employee Competitiveness: Creativity, Productivity, and Resilience Vol 13, Issue 2, 2026 Muhammad Mujtaba; Ambreen Ahmed This research aims to examine the effect of diverse workplace environment (inclusion and equity) practices on employee competitiveness. It investigates the role of work group inclusion (WGI) and diversity-oriented leadership (DOL) in this relationship. The purposive sampling technique was used to conduct a primary survey of 542 employees of the hospitality industry through a closed-ended questionnaire. The partial least squares structural equation modeling technique was employed to analyze the data. The findings of this research indicate that in a diverse environment, inclusion and equity practices play a constructive role in employee creativity, allowing the development of novel ideas and innovative products. They build employees’ resilience skills to deal with unprecedented situations (e.g., COVID-19). The findings also suggest that WGI plays a positive mediating role by enabling the exchange of ideas within teams in diverse workplace environments, which leads to employee competitiveness. Results also suggest that DOL has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between diversity and employee competitiveness, but an insignificant effect on the relationship between diversity and WGI. This research opens new avenues for scholars to conduct separate studies on the three validated competencies (creativity, productivity, and resilience). Finally, it informs practitioners about the development of inclusive and equitable practices to build employee competitiveness. PP. 34 ill; 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/20583 Trends, Themes, and Collaborations in Digital Branding Research: A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Study Vol 13, Issue 2, 2026 Waqi Athar Malik; Sabra Munir; Fouzia Hadi Ali This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of digital branding-related articles published between 2015 and 2025 using data from the Scopus database. A total of 349 journal articles were analyzed to identify key bibliometric indicators, such as publication trends, top authors, most productive countries, collaboration networks, and the key thematic clusters of digital branding. The Scopus Analysis function was used to generate publication trends and top author graphs, and VOSviewer (version 1.6.20) was employed to visualize co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrences, and their relationships. The findings revealed a continuous increase in digital branding-related publications over the past decade. Findings also showed that developed economies contributed significantly to the field, while developing countries showed growing contributions. Keyword co-occurrence analysis identified six major thematic clusters that highlighted the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of digital branding research. This study identifies important research gaps in existing literature, including a lack of international collaboration, digital branding frameworks for developing economies, and integration of authenticity and technology. The findings contribute to a clearer understanding of the knowledge structure and thematic development of digital branding literature. They also provide future research directions based on these gaps. PP. 32 ill; 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z