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Modest seductiveness: Reconciling modesty and vanity by reverse assimilation and double resistance
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2012 , Article)
We study conflicting notions of modesty and vanity in the Arab Gulf region by focusing on contemporary female adornment practices and the tensions underlying them. The standard of modest traditional dress that women are ...
Sustainability metrics for a supply chain: The case of small and medium enterprises
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2012 , Article)
Using digraph and matrix method this research enunciates a simple method to quantify supply chain sustainability for small and medium enterprises. It proposes a numerical index which can be used to measure sustainability ...
Organizational Commitment: Status Quo in Qatar
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SCMS Cochin School of Business
, 2012 , Article)
Qatar is a fast growing economy which is largely dependent on expatriate labour. This
creates a unique situation that affects organizational commitment. This research focusses on
understanding the relationship between ...
Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational performance: The role of managerial traits
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Inderscience
, 2012 , Article)
This study addresses how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) mediates the relationships between four managerial traits – need for achievement, tolerance for ambiguity, conformity, and individualism – and organisational ...
A mediation model of task conflict in vertical dyads: Linking organizational culture, subordinate values, and subordinate outcomes
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2012 , Article)
Purpose: The current study seeks to provide predictions for task conflict in supervisor-subordinate dyads and to test empirically the mediation effects of task conflict between organizational culture/subordinate values and ...
Fostering the Performance of Banks through Total Quality Management (TQM) Practices: A Bank Branches Perspective
(2012 , Article)
This article is mainly based on reviewing the available relevant literature of TQM and its implementation in the service sector organizations in general and banking industry in particular. It has been emphasized that banks ...
Yemeni banking system: Critical issues and future recommended strategies
(2012 , Article)
In the current changing and challenging business environment, banks have been gaining an increasing importance in paving the way for the development processes in any country.Banks, however, bridge the gap between individuals ...
Modest seductiveness: Reconciling modesty and vanity by reverse assimilation and double resistance
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2012 , Article)
We study conflicting notions of modesty and vanity in the Arab Gulf region by focusing on contemporary female adornment practices and the tensions underlying them. The standard of modest traditional dress that women are ...
An analysis of methodologies utilised in e-government research: A user satisfaction perspective
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2012 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the research design, methodologies and approaches utilised in electronic government (e-government) research studies published in the last decade (2000-2012). Design/method ...