About the Authors

Isbat Alam

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, China

Lu Shichang

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, China

Saqib Muneer

Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Economics and Finance, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

Khalid Mahsan Alshammary

Roles Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia

Muhammad Zia ur Rehman

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

mzrehman@ntu.edu.pk

Affiliation Faisalabad Business School, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.