Browsing by Author "Amna Irfan"

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    Challenges, Opportunities and HR Competencies for Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions
    (University of Management and Technolog, 2017) Amna Irfan
    Over the period of last two decades, internationalization has become a vital factor for the growth of the higher education institutions. Swift improvements in a program running, information technology and development of knowledge economy have pushed higher educational institutions to go for internationalization. Pakistanhas become a part of this trend as many universities have introduced such curriculums that include internationalization. The current study is focusing on challenges which higher education institutions encounter during the internationalization process and the opportunities that are there for this process. In addition to this, current study identifies the HR competencies required for the staff of internationalization. The objective of present study is to highlight the individual, institutional and national level challenges & opportunities for internationalization of higher education institutions.The study also focuses on the importance of HR for internationalization of higher education institutions of Pakistan. For the present study, Case study method was used as a methodology and qualitative data were collected from three universities of Pakistan. Data was collected from the Head of internationalization, Director of internationalization and those students who have experienced internationalization through student exchange programs. Data was collected through ninein-depth interviews and strategy documents for internationalization of the three universities were also used for the analysis of the current study. Data analysis was done through NVivo 11 software for coding data, developingproject maps and mind map. The results includechallenges, opportunities and HR competencies for internationalization of higher education institutions in Pakistan
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    Fear of contamination, health anxiety, and somatic symptoms in nurses
    (UMT.Lahore, 2023) Amna Irfan; Mubeen Anjum
    The current study aimed to predict the relationship between fear of contamination, health anxiety and somatic symptoms in nurses. According to first hypothesis, there is likely to be a correlation between fear of contamination, health anxiety, and somatic symptoms and fear of contamination and health anxiety is likely to predict somatic symptoms. Purposive sampling technique used to collect data from 150 nurses including both genders. The measures included The Contamination Self-Efficacy Scale, The Health Anxiety Inventory, and The Somatic Symptoms Scale. The result showed that there is a positive relationship between the study variables whereas negative relationship found between health anxiety and somatic symptoms with regard to age and number of children. The findings will be beneficial for the nurses working in health sector in order to reduce anxiety of the nurses