Linking Workplace Happiness to Innovation Outcomes: A Behavioral Mediation Approach
A 2025 peer-reviewed publication co-authored by Dr. Salman Ahmed Khatani on workplace happiness and innovation outcomes.
Research in context
The study surveyed 325 employees in Karachi's e-commerce sector using convenience sampling and PLS-SEM. Its abstract reports mediation through co-worker support and innovative work behavior, but not through job stress. These findings concern the surveyed sample; they do not establish causation or a national benchmark.
For HRM and human-centred leadership, the study raises a practical question: how can everyday support between colleagues help ideas become workplace innovations? Applying that question to AI adoption is a possible research extension, not a tested finding of this paper.
Publication evidence
Publisher article record · Publisher PDF
Publisher metadata checked 6 October 2026: three authors, publication date 23 July 2025, volume 3, issue 4, pages 419–430. The PDF supplies the Zenodo DOI. A repository DOI alone does not establish peer-review or indexing status.
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