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Sustaining Standard of Living Amidst Volatile Oil Prices – Lessons from the Gulf Countries
(2016)Improving living standards amidst falling oil prices among countries relying heavily on an ample supply of oil presents numerous challenges. Therefore, the relationship associated with oil price changes with identifiable ... -
Sustaining Standard of Living Amidst Volatile Oil Prices – Lessons from the Gulf Countries
(2016)Improving living standards amidst falling oil prices among countries relying heavily on an ample supply of oil presents numerous challenges. Therefore, the relationship associated with oil price changes with identifiable ... -
Technical and Non-technical Aspects of World e-Business Education
(2013)Technical and non-technical course content was investigated for 153 e-business degree program curricula based in different parts of the world. Data were collected from university web pages for bachelor’s and master’s degree ... -
Technology and Business Aspects of e-Business Education
(2014)The present study investigated the extent to which future e-business professionals are being prepared for the technical as well as non-technical aspects of this form of commerce. University technological and non-technological ... -
Testing Conditional Convergence of Growth Under Mankiw-Romer-Weil's Test of Neoclassical Growth Model
(2014)Solow’s neoclassical growth model predicts that countries with low capital stock tend to converge to their steady-state at a faster rate. This study attempts to test conditional convergence of GCC economies. The study ... -
Thailand vs. Egypt: reflections on the concept of electoral dictatorship
(2014)Thailand and Egypt have seen some striking parallels in the past few years, culminating in military overthrows of elected governments. This paper examines middle class thinking behind opposition to the governments, and ... -
The 3R'sApp: Managing and Planning University Resources
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The Determinants of Capital Structure in a Tax Free Environment: An Extreme Bounds Analysis
(2012)Extreme bounds analysis is used to identify the determinants of capital structure in a tax-free environment, using data from Oman. The results show some evidence for the importance of liquidity, tangibility, growth ... -
The Effect of 'Other Information' On Equity Valuation: Kuwait Evidence
(2011)Previous studies on the value relevance of accounting information adopt Ohlson’s linear information dynamics which, if ‘other information’ is ignored, leads to a theoretical valuation model solely involving earnings, book ... -
The Effects of Organizational Structure on Selling Behaviors
(2015)A national random sample of industrial salespeople was surveyed to assess the effects of centralization and formalization on selling behaviors. The responses from 241 salespeople were analyzed using ordinary least squares ... -
The identity of Motivation in Self-Determination Theory: From Principal-Agent Theory to Practice
An underlying assumption associated with motivation is that people have the capacity for responsible actions, that they have a natural desire to learn and understand things, and that they have the desire to do good at work ... -
The Impact of FDI Inflows on Real GDP in Estonia: Evidence from a Cointegration Approach and Causality Test
(2015)Theoretically, it is believed that FDI is a principal factor supporting and accelerating economic enhancement of an economy over the years. FDI boosts the productivity of host countries and promotes economic development, ... -
The Impact of Gender, Age, Years of Experience, Education Level, and Position Type on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: An Exploratory Study in the Kingdom of Bahrain
(2013)The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the demographics key variables including gender, age, years of experience, education level, and position type on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. This ... -
The Impact of Individual Factors on Unethical Behaviors' Egoism in the Workplace: A Predictive Model Development
(2017)The purpose of this study was 1) to examine the relationship between unethical behaviors—egoism and individual factors, 2) to examine whether or not, unethical behaviors—egoism can be predicted by certain individual factors. ... -
The Impact of Organizational Leadership Ethical Conduct on Hospital Employees’ Job Satisfaction: A Correlational Study in Kuwait
(2012)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between organizational leadership unethical/ethicalconduct and job satisfaction of employees in a private hospital in Kuwait. Data was obtained from a privatehospital ...