Browsing by Author "Kertechian, Kevin Sevag"
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Item A between-subject design to evaluate students' employability in the Lebanese labor market(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2022-07-15) Kertechian, Kevin Sevag; Karkoulian, Silva; Ismail, Hussein N.; Aad Makhoul, Samar SamirPurpose: This study aims to examine the effect of experience abroad, academic success and university reputation on students' employability in the Lebanese labor market. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a between-subject design to identify whether academic success, university reputation and experience abroad have an impact on how potential recruiters (i.e. employers) are perceiving student employability. The study uses 16 fictitious applications of business graduates, which differed in grade-point average, university reputation and experience abroad, rated by 784 Lebanese professionals. Findings: The results suggest that high-performing students with experience abroad and high-performing students from a reputable university are perceived to be more employable. For low-performing students, having completed an experience abroad results in a lower reward in terms of employability. Research limitations/implications: The present study offers an analysis of students' employability through employers' lens; it offers insights for students on how to be perceived as more employable in a context where competition among future workers is fierce. Practical implications: The results of this research provide a roadmap for graduates for enhancing their employability in Lebanese markets and offer actionable insights to employers. Originality/value: The most original contribution of this study is the analysis of university reputation impact on the likelihood of receiving positive feedback during the evaluation process. The impact of two Lebanese universities, one ranked in the QS ranking and one not, was investigated. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.Item Does the association between workload and work engagement depend on being workaholic? A cross-cultural study on Italian and Canadian employees(University of Salento, 2020) Presti, Alessandro Lo; Kertechian, Kevin Sevag; Landolf, AlfonsoWork intensification implies increased workload which, in turn, can impact on work engagement, and workaholism; however, their mutual relations have not received adequate scholarly attention up to now. This cross-cultural study, grounded on the Job Demands-Resources model, examined the association between workload and work engagement and verified if workaholism acted as a moderator. Moreover, we examined if cultural differences affected these associations. To this purpose, 416 Canadian and 412 Italian employees filled a cross-sectional questionnaire. The association between workload and work engagement varied significantly between countries, and was moderated by workaholism. Results discussed in view of the theoretical framework provide insights for both scholars and managers in terms of human resource management and job design. © 2020. This work is copyrighted by Università del Salento, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 3.0 Italia License.Item Employee voice as a mediator between leader-member exchange and creative performance: empirical evidence from the Middle East(Inderscience Publishers, 2023) Karkoulian, Silva; Kertechian, Kevin Sevag; Balozian, Puzant; Nahed, Matthieu BoulosItem Green HRM and nongreen outcomes: the mediating role of visionary leadership in Asia(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2022-07-19) Ismail, Hussein; El Irani, Miriam; Kertechian, Kevin SevagPurpose: The main purpose of this study was to test whether green human resource management (GHRM) practices affect employee nongreen outcomes through the mediation of perceived visionary leadership. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 144 Lebanese employees from the construction industry took part in this study. Multiple regression and bootstrapping methods were employed in the analysis of the data. Findings: GHRM was found to influence organizational pride and organizational citizenship behavior positively via visionary leadership. The results highlight the importance of implementing GHRM as a strategy to achieve environmental sustainability and enhance employee behaviors. Originality/value: This is one of the first studies to explore the impact of GHRM on nongreen work outcomes in Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, in addition to exploring the mediating role of visionary leadership in the relationship between GHRM and nongreen work outcomes. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.