Applicability of the High Performance Organization Framework in the Middle...
AbstractPurpose - Interest in creating high performance organizations (HPOs) has been growing in the Middle East and Middle Eastern managers have been looking into practices that will help them elevate...
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AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this study is to develop a validated model for measuring the knowledge productivity in knowledge- based organizations.Design/methodology/approach - A list of affecting...
View ArticleWorking towards Total Quality Management in Saudi Arabia
AbstractPurpose - There is an old adage that has some resonance with "the TQM journey": a traveller asked for directions to their destination and got the reply, "Well, if I were you I wouldn’t start...
View ArticleTowards Understanding Women Entrepreneurship in Middle East North Africa...
AbstractPurpose - Over the past 30 years there has been an increase in the number of women turning into self-employment and business ownership. Middle Eastern women were no exception and increasingly...
View ArticlePopulation Projection of Oman: Implications for Future Development
AbstractPurpose - Knowledge about current size and structure of a country’s population is needed for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs in almost all sectors of public life....
View ArticleGender–Role Stereotypes: Perception and Practice of Leadership in the Middle...
AbstractPurpose - The extant literature on leadership in the Arab world reflects the traditional bias of leadership being a male domain. Arising out of a patriarchal social structure, men assume...
View ArticleGeneration Y Workforce Expectations: Implications for the UAE
AbstractPurpose - The United Arab Emirates demographics show the entry of a large Generation Y (Gen Y) segment into the workforce. Companies need talented human resources hence this trend has...
View ArticleEffects of Television Advertising on Children in the Middle East
AbstractPurpose - The exploratory work described in this paper investigates the negative effects of television commercials on children in the Middle East.Design/methodology/approach - The extant...
View ArticleThe Role of ICTs in Conflict Transformation in Egypt
AbstractPurpose - Purpose: In this article, we hypothesize that the adoption of modern digital technologies has created a mechanism for these protests to achieve their ends through relatively peaceful...
View ArticleUNDERSTANDING CONSUMER BUYER BEHAVIOR IN THE EFL MARKET: A CASE STUDY OF A...
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims at understanding the consumer behaviour when choosing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course in the Syrian market. Based on the student choice model, the study...
View ArticleClimate Change in Oman: Current Knowledge and Way Forward
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to give professionals working in Sultanate of Oman and the Gulf region to better understand the work done on climate change issues with more specific to...
View ArticleGeneration Y workforce expectations: implications for the UAE
AbstractPurpose – The United Arab Emirates' demographics show the entry of a large Generation Y (Gen Y) segment into the workforce. Companies need talented human resources hence this trend has...
View ArticleEffects of television advertising on children in the Middle East
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe exploratory work which investigated the negative effects of television commercials on children in the Middle East. Design/methodology/approach...
View ArticleThe role of ICTs in conflict transformation in Egypt
AbstractPurpose – The world is now in an era of condensed space and time in which cultural dynamics, including cultural conflict, are increasingly mediated by powerful technologies that hold the...
View ArticleUnderstanding consumer buyer behaviour in the EFL market: A case study of a...
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the consumer behaviour when choosing an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course in the Syrian market. Based on the student choice model,...
View ArticleClimate change in Oman: current knowledge and way forward
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to give professionals, researchers and policy makers in Oman and the region understanding of the climate change implications for better planning. The...
View ArticleJob insecurity: a whirlpool of chronic powerlessness
AbstractPurpose– Organizational downsizing, right sizing, layoffs, and restructuring that attempt to reduce labour cost and increase competitiveness, have generated considerable feelings of job...
View ArticleMulti-culture consumer behaviour in the Abu Dhabi markets
AbstractPurpose– Globalization has brought apparent transformations to the UAE market. Shift in market trends due to a growing multicultural population induces marketers to update their marketing...
View ArticleCritiquing of higher education policy in Saudi Arabia: towards a new...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the impact of 9/11 on education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The authors take a historical approach in order to speak more broadly...
View ArticleHuman resource diversity in the United Arab Emirates: empirical study
AbstractPurpose– The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the few countries where nationals make up less than 20 percent of the total population and less than 2 percent of the workforce. Hence...
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