Browsing by Author "Furrakh Abbas"

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    Code-mixing as a communicative strategy among the university level students in Pakistan
    (2011) Furrakh Abbas; Sahar Aslam; Rana Abdul Majid Khan
    This paper explores code-mixing as a communicative strategy among the students at the university level. A sample of sixty students from four universities was selected for the purpose of collecting spoken data. The instrument used to collect spoken corpus was a short interview, seeking information about their life. A questionnaire comprising 20 items was also distributed among 150 students of these institutes in order to analyze their perception of code-mixing as a communicative strategy. The transcription and analysis of the recorded data reveals that the university students employed code-mixing as an authentic communicative strategy. The results of the questionnaire also show that they conceived code-mixing as a strong communicative tool.There was not much difference in the perceptions of male and female with regard to code-mixing as a communicative strategy. Thus, the research concludes that the university students perceive code-mixing as a communicative strategy as well as use code-mixing to facilitate communication.
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    Communicative language teaching: a modified version
    (Language in India, 2011-04-04) Furrakh Abbas; Sahar Aslam; Rabia Yasmeen
    The study aims at providing solutions for implementing Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in accordance with local culture. CLT is the first comprehensive method of language learning and it has achieved enormous importance as it addresses all important issues regarding language learning. It has also been criticized by many researchers for paying insufficient attention to the context in which teaching and learning take place. It is considered unsuccessful in a sense that it conflicts with social, cultural and physical conditions of the recipient countries. Despite all the drawbacks in CLT, its importance can not be denied. With expansion of globalization and increased demand of English, adopting communicative language teaching is inevitable. Its prominence is well observed not only in East Asia but also in South Asia. The need of the hour is to particularize its theoretical notions and the most important aspect of teaching is peculiarity. This peculiarity can be achieved by introducing local culture in the framework of CLT. As it is the product of sociolinguists who believe in the relation of language with culture and society, so importance of culture cannot be left out of language teaching.
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    Developing a human resource-best practices scale for Pakistani general public sector universities
    (University of Management and Technology, 2012) Furrakh Abbas; Shehzad Ahmed
    The purpose of the study was to develop a scale for identifying the effectiveness of Human Resource Practices (HRPs) in general public sector universities in Pakistan. The development of the research instrument was done very carefully, keeping in view all the intricacies and specifications taken from literature review. The prevailing scenario of the higher educational institutes of Pakistan was always kept in mind during the research scale development process. The research scale encompassed the six categories of HRMPs namely recruitment and selection, orientation, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation and benefits, and working environment. The research instrument was validated through peer review and with the help of experts‟ opinions in the field. Finally, a poll of 34 statements was developed. Two hundred and fifty (250) faculty members from different faculties, gender, designation, qualification, teaching experience and age, filled the questionnaire. The overall Cronbach Alpha was found 0.937, whereas for each factor, alpha ranged from 0.598 to 0.927. The positive, strong and significant correlation was found among the six components of the HRBP‟s indicating the uni-dimensionality of the scale.
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    HRM practices in public and private universities of Pakistan: a comparative study
    (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2011-11) Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad; Irfan Arif, Muhammad; Furrakh Abbas
    The purpose of this study was to compare the HRM practices of public and private universities in Punjab province of Pakistan. The data for the study was collected through a questionnaire comprising 30 items mainly related to job definition, training and development, compensation, team work, employee’s participation and performance appraisal. The instrument was validated through pilot testing. The internal reliability of the instrument was found to be 0.85. The sample was comprised of 60 executives (directors/heads of departments) selected randomly from six universities. The collected data was analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistical techniques such as means and independent sample t-test. The results showed that there was a significant difference in HRM practices according to executives of public and private universities. HRM practices in the areas of job definition, training and development, compensation, team work and employees participation were better in the public universities than private universities. However, performance appraisal practices were found better in the private universities than public sector universities. At the end recommendations were made for the HRM executives of private and public universities to improve their HRM practices in favor of their employees.
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    Human resource management practices: Perceptions of academia
    (University of Management and Technology, 2012-03) Furrakh Abbas; Shehzad Ahmed
    The major purpose of this research study was to explore the perceptions of academia about human resource management practices at University of the Punjab, Lahore as well as to examine link among these practices. This study being descriptive in nature, utilized survey technique. A sample of 150 permanent faculty members was selected through simple random sampling technique. Data were collected by using the Human Resource-Best Practices Scale (HR-BPS) developed by Ahmed, Abass & Akhter (2011). Descriptive statistics and item loading were run for data analysis. Results showed that the satisfaction level of academia about the execution of human resource management practices is low, especially about the performance appraisal practice. It was also found that a significant positive relationship exists between various kinds of practices. This research study confirms the need for strengthening the human resource management practices at university.