Research shaped by questions about possible futures.

Selected research

Selected peer-reviewed work across foresight and futures thinking, organizations and leadership, entrepreneurship and sustainable development. The complete bibliography follows below.

Professional and practitioner publications

Selected evidence-based writing for professional audiences. These publications are presented separately from the peer-reviewed bibliography below.

Current research initiative

Book and educational toolkit

Complete peer-reviewed bibliography

21 peer-reviewed journal articles are recorded in the 2026 academic CV. DOI and publisher links are provided where independently verified; the Professional Record preserves the underlying evidence trail.

1. Khatani, S. A., Wasif, M. A., & Mahnoor. (2025). Linking workplace happiness to innovation outcomes: A behavioral mediation approach. Center for Management Science Research, 3(4), 419–430. Author publication page → · DOI →
2. Khatani, S. A., Rehan, S., Wasif, M. A., & Nadeem, A. (2025). Decoding leadership effectiveness in banking: The role of emotional transmission and pro-social behavior. Journal for Business Education and Management, 5(1), 41–66. DOI →
3. Khatani, S. A., Zafar, A., Wasif, M. A., Rehan, S., & Siddiqui, S. (2025). Empowered to commit: Unpacking the role of enabling control and employee empowerment. Policy Research Journal, 3(5), 476. Verification pending: no matching publisher/DOI record has yet been confirmed; a similarly titled 2025 paper found online has different authorship and journal metadata, so it is not linked here.
4. Khatani, S. A., Zafar, A., Wasif, M. A., Rehan, S., & Alam, W. (2025). Nurturing knowledge: The role of organizational environment and citizenship behavior. Center for Management Science Research, 3(3), 426–449. Publisher record →
5. Khatani, S. A., Zafar, A., Wasif, M. A., Rehan, S., & Qamar, S. (2025). Strategic HR and inclusive culture: Dual drivers of employee performance. International Journal of Social Sciences Bulletin, 3(5), 516–540. Publisher record →
6. Khatani, S. A., Hamid, S., & Anwer, S. (2024). IMAGINE – Designing Futures Literacy Labs for Sustaining Climate Change. Journal of Education & Social Sciences, 12(1), 33–54. Publisher record → · DOI →
7. Khatani, S. A. (2024). Unleashing Entrepreneurial Potential: Exploring the Key Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions Among University Students in Karachi. Suffa University Journal of Business Management, 2(2), 69–87. DOI →
8. Khatani, S. A., Anwer, S., & Amin, M. K. (2024). Driving performance excellence: The influence of transformational leadership, motivation, and organizational culture on female textile employees in Karachi megacity. International Journal of Social Science and Entrepreneurship, 4(3). DOI →
9. Hamid, S., Khatani, S. A., & Anwer, S. (2024). Imagining with imaginable: A holistic approach to futures thinking. International Journal of Social Science and Entrepreneurship, 4(3), 337–361. DOI →
10. Khatani, S. A., & Anwer, S. (2024). Catalysts of change: Female youth entrepreneurs shaping Karachi's future. Voyage Journal of Educational Studies, 4(3), 223–238. DOI →
11. Anwer, S., Khatani, S. A., & Ahmed, N. (2024). Antecedents of risk information sharing and processing mechanism in the supply chain: A social and technical perspective. International Journal of Social Science and Entrepreneurship, 4(3), 319–336. DOI →
12. Hamid, S., Khatani, S. A., & Anwer, S. (2024). Evaluating the role and biases of intuition in the scenario planning process through the III approach. Voyage Journal of Educational Studies, 4(3), 239–259. DOI →
13. Arif, U., Ahmed, I., Khatani, S. A., & Hassan, B. (2024). Exploring dynamic interrelationship and volatility spillover between oil prices and stock market returns of China and Pakistan. Journal of Research in Economics and Finance Management, 3(1), 73–95. DOI →
14. Anwer, S., Hyder, M., & Khatani, S. A. (2023). Innovative behavior of employee: A key indicator of decent workplace and economic progress. Journal for Business Education and Management, 3(2), 111–128. DOI →
15. Khatani, S. A., Anwer, S., & Gul, N. (2023). Unveiling the influence of aesthetic experience on hiring practices in Karachi's service sector. Global Journal for Management and Administrative Sciences, 4(1), 159–175. Publisher PDF →
16. Khatani, S. A., Iraqi, K. M., & Hamid, S. (2022). Analyzing the impact of youth entrepreneurial perspective on sustainable socio-economic growth to achieve SDGs in Karachi. South Asian Journal of Management Sciences, 16(2), 154–169. DOI →
17. Khatani, S. A., Iraqi, K. M., Hamid, S., & Iqbal, A. J. (2021). Investigating entrepreneurial intention among the youth of Karachi: Evidence from partial least square-structural equation modelling. International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences, 11(4), 56–70. DOI →
18. Khatani, S. A., & Hamid, S. (2021). Analyzing the impact of youth entrepreneurial perspective on sustainable socio-economic growth of Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 12(2), 83–96. Publisher record → · ResearchGate record →
19. Khatani, S. A., & Hamid, S. (2020). Managing service quality in higher education of Pakistan: A pragmatic model for students satisfaction. Global Journal for Management and Administrative Sciences, 1(1), 25–41. DOI →
20. Hyder, M., & Khatani, S. A. (2019). Twinkle, twinkle mega star: Megacity Karachi, future capital or not. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 10(3), 131–134. DOI →
21. Khatani, S. A., & Hummayun Akhtar, G. K. (2019). A review of women’s intellectual contribution under the bureaucracy in Pakistan. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 29(4), 138–141. Journal PDF → · PhilPapers record →

Additional publications and public scholarship

Research record

Publication records link to publisher, DOI, journal or scholarly-index sources where available. Current initiatives and named frameworks are presented separately from the peer-reviewed bibliography.