Browsing College of Business & Economics by Type "Journal Article"
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A century of strategic management and corporate sustainability: How may bank-owned projects avoid bankruptcies
(Inderscience, 1/16/2020)This study analysed sustainable corporate projects as a means of lifting consequences of financial and economic crises on affected societies, with applications pertaining to rural societies that have suffered the most in ... -
A Century of Strategic Management Corporate Sustainability
(2018)This study analysed sustainable corporate projects as a means of lifting consequences of financial and economic crises on affected societies, with applications pertaining to rural societies that have suffered the most in ... -
A Symbolic Inter actionist Framework for Critical Ethnographic Research in Management Accounting
(2014)This paper describes and illustrates a symbolic interactionist approach to critical ethnographic research in organizations. Aneclectic approach to interpretive sociology for management accounting researchers is developed ... -
Accounting for False Objectivity
Corporate scandals and misleading financial statement reporting have raised serious concerns surrounding standards in all forms of governance and have given one an opportunity to discredit capitalism as an economic system. ... -
Accounting Legislation, Corporate Governance Code and Disclosure in Jordan: A Review
(2017)Purpose The main aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the most influential economic changes and accounting legislation affecting financial reporting and disclosure practices in Jordan. It also provides an overview ... -
An exploratory examination of the influence of national culture on cross national diffusion: A case study on the MENA region.
(AUK, 2021-11-22)The purpose of this paper is to determine whether country-specific variables can explain differences in diffusion patterns observed across countries from the MENA region. Specifically, we examine the relationship of several ... -
Asian Real Exchange Rates and Real Oil Prices: A Cointegration Analysis Under Structural Breaks
(2014)We examine the long-run relationship between Asian real exchange rates and oil prices in the presence of structural breaks. The relevance of considering breaks is demonstrated by utilizing the Johansen et al. procedure ... -
Can Job Satisfaction be predicted by Organizational Commitment, Gender, Age, Experience, and Position? An empirical Investigation in a Private Financial Institution in Bahrain
(2015)Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not job satisfaction can be predicted by organizational commitment, gender, age, experience, and position in a private financial institution in Bahrain. One ... -
Comparative predictability of Failure of Financial Institutions Using Multiple Models
(2012)The impact of failure of financial institutions is beyond just the failure of a public corporation. The failure of financial institutions in the USA, is a clear evidence that the greater macro impact is beyond just the ... -
Corporate Debt and Equity: Another Look at their Determinants
(2013)Capital structure plays a significant role in the determination of the value of the firm. The literature is replete with studies that relate to mature capitalist economies in the western world. When the models are applied ... -
Customers Awareness and satisfaction of Islamic Banking Products and Services
(2013)The objective of this study is to explore the levels of customer awareness and satisfaction with Islamic financial products and services offered by the Kuwait Finance House (KFH). The attempt is also made to identify ... -
Does the degree of influence of individual and situational factors affecting one’s ethical beliefs and decision making vary among certain demographics key variables?
(2011)An exploratory study was conducting in a private hospital in Kuwait to examine whether or not there is avariation in the degree of influence of individual and situational factors affecting one’s ethical beliefs and ... -
E-business curricula and cybercrime: A continuing error of omission?
(2013)The growth of e-business has been accompanied by even faster increases in losses from security breaches, legal problems, and cybercrime. These unnecessary costs inhibit the growth and efficiency of e-business worldwide. ... -
Employee sexual harassment policies and Kuwait transnational higher education
(2014)Transnational higher education providers based in the West are increasingly partnering with newer institutions in the Middle East. The present study investigates the extent to which workplace sexual harassment prevention policies ... -
Enabling a motivated workforce: exploring the sources of motivation
(2012)This paper recognizes self determination theory (SDT) as a model to successfully motivate an organization's workforce and recommends SDT as a more encompassing theory of motivation. Consequently, motivation assumes a ... -
Enterprising instructional initiative: Development of a human resource management major in the Middle East
(2014)Enterprising higher education management with a focus on instructional innovation may help teaching universities as they confront the dynamism of the transnational higher education market. The present study is documentation ... -
Enterprising university put to the test: Transnational education in the Middle East
(2014)Educational leaders are increasingly required to become effective change agents as schools and universities are faced with pressures to cut costs and adapt to stakeholder demands. This case details the administrative ... -
Enterprising versus traditional change management in a for-profit university
(2013)Universities for decades have used bureaucratic organizational structures as they relied on government funding and operated in stable environments. Educational innovations and market developments have prompted the enterprising ...