https://mdripublishing.com/index.php/AMSJ/issue/feed 2025-08-28T19:01:17-07:00 Open Journal Systems <p style="text-align: justify;">Administrative and Management SciencesJournal (AMSJ) aims at publishing high quality research article which significantly adds value to body of knowledge. AMSJis a bi-annual, blind peer-review, and open access journal. AMSJ publishes original articles, empirical studies, review and conceptual articles, short notes, communications aligned with its aims, scope and objectives. Administrative and management Sciences aims to advance and communicate knowledge concerning management theory and practice both in public administration and in profit organizations. In processing and publication of research work, the Journal currently follows the Higher Education Commision (HEC) criteria.</p> https://mdripublishing.com/index.php/AMSJ/article/view/158 2025-07-19T10:48:42-07:00 Awab Ahmad awabahmad91@gmail.com Professor.Dr. Mohd Zainal Munshid Bin Harun zainal@uts.edu.my Dr.Muhammad Farhan Jalil jmfarhan@unimas.my

<p>In today’s competitive and technology-driven business environment, fostering innovation has become a strategic imperative, particularly in fast-paced sectors such as telecommunications. This study investigates the influence of authentic leadership on employees’ innovation capability, with a specific focus on the mediating role of employee empowerment. Drawing on social exchange theory and self-determination theory, the research proposes a conceptual framework linking leadership behaviour to innovation outcomes through psychological empowerment. Data were collected from 379 executive-level employees working in major telecommunication companies in Pakistan. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using AMOS was employed to test the hypothesized relationships. The results indicate that authentic leadership has a significant positive impact on both employee empowerment and innovation capability. Furthermore, employee empowerment was found to partially mediate the relationship between authentic leadership and innovation, highlighting its critical role as a psychological enabler of innovative behaviour. These findings contribute to leadership and innovation literature by emphasizing the importance of empowering work environments, and they offer practical insights for telecom organizations aiming to enhance innovation through ethical and empowering leadership practices.</p>

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<p>This research investigates the role of green financing in determining corporate debt levels and their costs in pakistan. It focuses on green investment, green credit, and green securities, while also exploring sectoral variations across energy, cement, textile, pharma, and fertilizer. Firm-specific factors such as age, size, liquidity, and financial performance are also considered in corporate debt decisions. The study utilizes secondary data from bloomberg, refinitiv, and company sustainability reports, covering 120 listed firms from 2016 to 2023. Panel data models, including fixed effects, random effects, and pooled ordinary least squares, are applied. The results show that green credit significantly enhances both short-term and long-term debt across all sectors. Green investment is also positively associated with both short- and long-term debt, with stronger effects on long-term financing. Green securities; however, shows a significant impact only on short-term debt, while its effect on long-term debt remains insignificant, highlighting the limited maturity of green securities markets in Pakistan. Sector-specific analysis reveals that in industries such as textile, adopting green credit and green investment lowers the cost of debt financing, suggesting that green finance instruments reduce borrowing costs by signaling lower credit risk. Moreover, firm size and age significantly influence debt accessibility, with larger and older firms securing better financing terms, consistent with signaling theory (Chinonso &amp; Zhen, 2016). This study contributes to green finance literature by demonstrating how different instruments vary in effectiveness across financing horizons and sectors. Policymakers are advised to incentivize green credit and green investment adoption, particularly in highly polluting industries such as cement and energy, while strengthening regulatory frameworks for green securities to enhance their role in long-term financing.</p>

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