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Contents Volume V Issue III (Summer-2020)

Diplomacy and Education: A Systematic Review of Literature
Abstract:	Preference is given to the recently published scholarship in prominent journals and publishers. Secondary sources of data related to educational exchanges and its role in diplomacy have been extensively studied. It was observed that whether it's a small country or a major player in the international politics, educational exchanges and bursaries play a vital role in promoting its soft image in addi ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Mussa Khan PhD Scholar, Department of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China 2-Riaz Ahmad Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. 3-Lloyd W. Fernald Professor, Department of Management, University of Central Florida & Dean of Graduate Studies, Orlando University, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Keywords:	Educational Exchanges, Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, Foreign Policy
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).01	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).01
Page Nos:	1-9
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Lived Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs Regarding Socio-Cultural Constraints in Entrepreneurship in Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Abstract:	The research paper investigates the socio-cultural constraints faced by women entrepreneurs during startup and expansion of their entrepreneurial ventures in Ahmedpur East of District Bahawalpur through documenting their lived experiences. The research is primarily a multi-sited ethnography and utilizes qualitative research methods such as in-depth semi-structured interviews and focused group disc ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Mehreen Raza M. Phil Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Inam Ullah Leghari Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Ahmedpur East, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Lived Experiences, Multi-Sited Ethnography, Socio-Cultural Challenges, Southern Punjab, Women Entrepreneur
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).02	Details Download
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Page Nos:	10-20
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Reconnoitering the Impact of Motivation on Teachers and Students to Use L1 in L2 Classroom
Abstract:	The purpose of the current study was to explore the impact of motivation on teachers and students to use L1 in the L2 classroom. To find out an obvious understanding of this subject matter, the study focused on the 156 teachers and the 577 students who were teaching and learning English at graduation level in different public sector colleges and universities of the Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Tw ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Ahsan Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Zahoor Hussain Lecturer, Department of English, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Layya Campus, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Muhammad Gulfraz Abbasi Associate Professor, Department of English, Government College Murree, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	First Language, Second Language, Motivation, BS, BA/BSc, B.Com
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).03	Details Download
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Page Nos:	21-31
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The Impact of Delegation of Authority on Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Organizational Growth at Higher Educational Institutions in Sindh
Abstract:	The present study is explanatory research that adopted a cross-sectional survey design to achieve the objectives of the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain data from the teachers. The data were collected from n=10 public and general private universities of Sindh. The data were analyzed using SPSS v.22 and AMOS v.22. The findings revealed that firstly, a delegation of auth ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Syed Gul Muhammad Shah PhD Scholar, Iqra University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. 2-Anjum Bano Kazmi Professor, Department of Speech and Language, Iqra University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Delegation of Authority, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, Organizational Growth, Higher Educational Institutions of Sindh
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).04	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).04
Page Nos:	32-45
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21st Century Leadership Skills Practiced by School Leaders in Pakistan During COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract:	21st-century leaders need strong leadership skills to effectively lead schools. They must use and implement 21st-century skills for long term change. The study aimed to identify the practices of secondary school leaders of Rawalpindi city about [recommended] 21st century 4 Cs leadership skills (Competence, Character, Compassion & Courage) during the pandemic of Covid-19. This was exploratory resea ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Mehr Bakht Visiting Faculty, Department of Education, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Salma Nazar Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Gerardo L Blanco Academic Director, Center for International Higher Education. Boston College, USA.
Keywords:	21st Century Leadership Skills, School Leaders, and Practices
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).05	Details Download
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Page Nos:	46-55
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Metadiscourse Markers in Political Discourse: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Hedges and Boosters in Benazir Bhutto's Speeches
Abstract:	Metadiscourse markers play an important role in academic, media, and political discourse. Political leaders use discourse markers to express their ideas and thoughts persuasively and compellingly. The paper identifies the interactive meta-discourse markers in Benazir Bhutto's speech and explains how the use of meta-discourse markers, such as boosters and hedges, can strengthen or weaken the imp ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Arshad Ali Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Athar Rashid Assistant Professor, Department of Governance & Public Policy, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Shahid Abbas Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Metadiscourse Markers, Political discourse, Benazir Bhutto, Corpus Assisted.
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).06	Details Download
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Page Nos:	56-63
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Exploring the Presence of Balanced Growth: Empirical Evidence from Denmark
Abstract:	The aim of present study was to explore existence of long-run association between consumption, income and investment implied by Balanced Growth proposition of Neo-classical-growth-model of the Solow and Swan (1956). Using quarterly data on consumption, income and investment from 1995q1 through 2018q4. The study have tested the balanced growth hypothesis for the Denmark. Using standard Vector-Auto- ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Ghulam Yahya Khan Assistant Professor, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Masood Anwar PhD Scholar, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. 3-Aftab Anwar Assistant Professor, University of Education Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Balanced Growth, Consumption, Investment, Output, cointegration, Time Series, Impulse Response, Variance Decomposition
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).07	Details Download
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Page Nos:	64-74
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Spatial Justice and Gender Socialization in Jamil Ahmad�s The Wandering Falcon
Abstract:	'With Justin Williams' 'spatial justice' and Pierre Bordieu's 'role of gender', this article explores how gender socialization is the outcome of spatial correspondences and how the biological concerns regarding gender, specifically in third world countries like Pakistan, are the catalysts in this process of gender socialization. In this regard, this article delimits Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Fal ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Amna Ijaz Butt Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Kanza Umer Khan Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Nafees Parvez MPhil, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Gender, Pakistani Literature, Space, Spatial Justice, Tribalism.
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).08	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).08
Page Nos:	75-81
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Glocal Game of Chess in South Asia: A Tridimensional Study of Rahman�s In the Light of What We Know
Abstract:	With Dirk C. Van Raemdonck's theory of 'tridimensional game of chess in South Asia', this study explores how the Great Game of chess has encompassed the board of Afghanistan into the strategic and economical range of global as well as local nations. In this regard, this study delimits Zia Haider Rahman's 'In the Light of What We Know' to examine the role of great (US, India), little (Pakistan, ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Atta -ul- Mustafa PhD Scholar, Department of English, Govt. College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Ali Usman Saleem Assistant Professor, Department of English, Govt. College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Qasim Shafiq PhD Scholar, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Globalization, Glocalization, Great Game, South Asia, War on Terror
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).09	Details Download
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Page Nos:	82-90
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Towards Harmonizing the Mythic and The Modern in Erdrichs Tracks: A Magical Realist Perspective
Abstract:	This article is an endeavor to provide an insight into Native American novelist Louise Erdrich's use of the magical-realist technique in an attempt to harmonize the mythic and modern conceptions of reality represented by the Native American and Euro American subjects, respectively. The article demonstrates that in an attempt to seek a way possible to intertwine the two cultures, to wed the Native ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Mumtaz Ahmad Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Asma Haseeb Qazi Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Sahar Javaid Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Magical Realism, Myth, Native American Woman, Oral Tradition, Storytelling
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).10	Details Download
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Page Nos:	91-98
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Gender Perception in Multi-cultural Classroom Discourse
Abstract:	Societies shape people in and outwards look with different connotations such as gender, attitude and behavior. Humans are the product of society, and each society is different in terms of the environment created by the dwellers. There are societal taboos that are common and similar in most societies of the world, but such cultural affinities are due to the geographical association and the impac ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Samiullah Khan Lasbela University of Agriculture Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan. 2-Sanam Wagma Khattak Lecturer, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. 3-Sarfaraz Ahmed Shaikh Director, Indus Center for Sustainable Development, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Multicultural, Discourse, Gender, Society, Behavior, Respondent
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).11	Details Download
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Page Nos:	99-108
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Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan
Abstract:	Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is the basic right of every human being which directly influence health and social outcomes. Without adopting a project to its cultural settings, the project has very little or no chance for success or to be sustainable. The objective of the present study was to examine the socio-cultural barriers towards safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices ...Read More
Author/s:	1-Hasan Ghaffoor PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Farooq Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Sadaf Mahmood Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Socio-Cultural, Cultural Norms, Social Mobilization, Southern Punjab, Pakistan
DOI Number:	10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).12	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).12
Page Nos:	109-117
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