Scholarly work · Published research
Research and Publications
Selected published research by Dr. Salman Ahmed Khatani on Futures Literacy Labs, scenario planning, imagination and Futures Studies and Foresight.
Selected research in Futures Studies and Foresight
Published research · 2024
IMAGINE: Designing Futures Literacy Labs for Sustaining Climate Change
A published study on the design of Futures Literacy Labs and the exploration of climate-related futures.
Author publication page → · Publisher record →Published research · 2024
Evaluating the Role and Biases of Intuition in the Scenario Planning Process Through the III Approach
Research on the role of intuition and bias in the scenario planning process.
Author publication page → · DOI record →Published research · 2024
Imagining with imaginable: A Holistic Approach to Futures Thinking
Research examining imagination and the development of futures thinking.
Author publication page → · Publication PDF →Current research initiative
Study protocol · v0.1 · 2026
Pakistan AI & Futures Readiness Index (PAFRI) 2027
A developing higher-education benchmark that separates People Readiness from Institutional Readiness and connects AI literacy with responsible AI, learning agility, Futures Literacy and anticipatory strategy. The instrument is currently in development; no national results have been collected yet.
Read the public study protocol ↗ · Plain-text protocol ↗Book and educational toolkit
Book
AI Designing Tomorrow: A Guide to Futures Literacy, AI Wisdom, and Purposeful Living
Explore the book and the website's separately authored free introductory Futures Studies and Foresight exercise. This site does not claim that the complete book is openly accessible.
Author book page → · Book listing → · Companion worksheet →Complete peer-reviewed bibliography from the 2026 CV
The 21 journal articles below are transcribed from Dr. Khatani's 2026 CV. Where a DOI or public publisher record has been verified, it is linked. Entries without a link remain CV-recorded bibliography items and are not presented as independently re-verified here.
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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.
- 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 →
- 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 →
- Khatani, S. A. (2024). IMAGINE – Designing Futures Literacy Labs for Sustaining Climate Change. Journal of Education & Social Sciences, 12(1). Publisher record →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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
Practitioner publication · 2025
From Process Mining to GenAI-Driven Process Intelligence
Chartered Management Accountant Journal, 34(6), 86–87.
Author publication page → · DOI →
Conference paper · 2025
Demo: Cyber-Physical Immersive Learning Spaces with Sustainable Private Cloud Operation
IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), pp. 81–82.
Author publication page → · IEEE DOI →
Creative futures · 2025
Clima Utopyas and 366 News from 2050
The 2026 CV records Dr. Khatani as a co-author/contributor to these multi-author creative futures projects.
Research scope and verification
This page separates CV-recorded bibliography from independently linked publisher, DOI, journal-PDF or scholarly-index records. Where live metadata conflicts with the CV, the website does not silently substitute a different paper. Manuscripts under review, submitted articles and unpublished work are not represented as published research.
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