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This research critically investigated the intervening effect of psychological safety and the role of Leader member exchange (LmX) as a moderator on inclusive leadership and employee pro-social rule-breaking. The study analyzed the data gathered via survey questionnaires from 250 workers in the insurance and banking sectors in Peshawar. The validity and reliability of the scales were verified, and hypotheses were tested. The research comes to the conclusion that inclusive leadership has a positive effect on Pro-Social Rules breaking (PsRb). The research also found that psychological safety affects the relationship between Inclusive leadership (InCl) and employees’ pro-social rules breaking (PsRb). The researcher also noticed that the relationship between InCl and Psychological Safety (PsySafety) is moderated by LmX, which indicates that high LmX implies a high relationship between InCl and PsySafety and low LmX means a low relationship between the two. The study recommended that the insurance and banking sectors should adopt inclusive leadership characteristics to encourage employees to work for organizational benefits, customers and their colleagues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research study is designed to understand reporting traumatic incidents in Pakistani media and the individual level factors that influence a journalist's decision while covering a traumatic incident and his/her decision of selecting information to include in or exclude from news. This study uses a qualitative research design to analyze the research question. The researcher used in-depth interviews with journalists in Peshawar and Tribal Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Thirty journalists were recruited (news reporters, editors and photographers) working for media (print, broadcast and online), whose primary beat is 'crime' or "violent events" along with other beats. The participants of the study were selected by purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Thematic Analysis as a method was used to analyze the data, i.e., interviews with journalists. The data was examined through the lens of the Hierarchy of Influences Model (HOI), which is an extension of the Gatekeeping Theory. The findings show that education, training, experience, focus on crime and conflict, newsworthiness of the story, self-promotion, and Job security influence a journalist's decision while covering a traumatic incident in Pakistani media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study was conducted to examine the role of FM Radios in the dissemination of different type of news and information through various contents in their daily broadcasting. To achieve the objectives of the study, as quantitative methodology, the researchers used the survey technique for data collection. A questionnaire was distributed among 300 respondents in Peshawar city, while data was collected through the simple random sampling method. The findings of the study revealed that each of the eight FM Radio stations working in Peshawar, which cover most of KP, PATA, FR and FATA, have their own objectives of broadcasting, like education, information and entertainment. The study shows that the number of designed programs broadcasted for FM radio stations for news and information fulfil the needs of the audiences in Peshawar. This research has also shown the compatibility with the Uses and Gratification Theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]