Publications by authors named "Waheed Ali Umrani"

Background: Creating and fostering innovation has long been a main concern of different organisational leaders, regardless of the size, nature, or structure of the organisation. Transformational leadership positively affects innovative work behaviour but understanding underlying mechanisms through which transformational leadership influences innovative work behaviour is critical.

Aims: The purpose of this research was to examine the mediating effect of trust in leader and the moderating effect of thriving on the relationship between transformational leadership and nurses' innovative work behaviour.

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Corporate environmental management attention is shifting from clean technologies and pollution prevention to green product development (GPD). As a result, firms consider GPD critical for their increased productivity, cost reduction, better use of input resources, mitigation of waste disposal and become environmentally friendly. This research measures the effects of the best practices of environmental management - pollution prevention technologies, innovation and early timing - on GPD; and to analyze whether the moderating role of organizational capital strengthens/weakens that relationship.

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