Browsing Faculty Contributions by Publisher "Emerald Group Holdings Ltd."
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Food shopping, preparation and consumption practices in times of COVID-19: case of Lebanon
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: Right after announcing the first cases, several governments worldwide have implemented stringent measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. This disruption in individuals' daily routines transformed food consumption ... -
Foreigner service orientation: does the perception of other consumers matter?
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to develop and examine a model that links the foreigner service orientation, defined as indigenous consumers' preference for service environments popular among foreign versus local consumers, to ... -
Governance and long-term operating performance of family and non-family firms in Australia
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the long-term operating performance of family and non-family firms from the agency theoretic perspective. The analysis is focused on investigating ... -
Impact of product innovativeness on technology switching in global market
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2021 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between product innovativeness and the process of technology switching. This issue is important for two reasons: (1) in mature markets, the only way to ... -
Impact of skill on bi-dimensional trust within small-to-medium sized enterprises upstream relationships
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2021 , Article)Purpose: This paper examined the deterministic and moderating impacts of skill on the behavioural (benevolence) and cognitive (credibility) dimensions of trust within small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) upstream (i.e. ... -
Influence of category attitudes on the relationship between SERVQUAL and satisfaction in Islamic banks; the role of disruptive societal-level events
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to modify the service quality scale (SERVQUAL) for measuring the performance of Islamic banks after modifying and validating it to fit the Islamic banking context. Furthermore, it ... -
Participative decision-making and job satisfaction for teachers in the UAE
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - Knowledge of teachers' participative decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) is important, as teachers comprise most of a school's staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of teacher ... -
Perceptions of external auditors, preparers and users of financial statements about the adoption of IFRS 8
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose: Evidence from Jordan - The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of external auditors, preparers and users (investors and analysts) of financial statements in Jordan about this new segmental reporting ... -
PMBOK, IPMA and fuzzy-AHP based novel framework for leadership competencies development in megaprojects
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: Effective leaders have emerged as the cornerstone of project success. The major purpose of this paper is to propose a framework to categorize and prioritize leadership competencies for project managers in megaprojects. ... -
Prioritizing Green HRM practices from policymaker's perspective
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to identify and prioritize Green human resource management (GHRM) practices from the policymaker's perspective in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based manufacturing and service sectors to facilitate ... -
Providing project management knowledge and skills through scaffolding and project-based learning strategy
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2021 , Article)Purpose: Project management skills are important for today's engineers, as they get involved in various project-based employment roles. The purpose of this paper is to discuss a learning model to provide project management ... -
Stakeholder's perception of service quality: a case in Qatar
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report students' perception of service quality in a university by examining the perceptual context of service quality with respect to students' loyalty behavior, ... -
The entrepreneurship ecosystem in the ICT sector in Qatar: local advantages and constraints
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and dynamics of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the ICT sector in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology of this research is based on a ... -
The factors affecting e-commerce adoption by Jordanian SMEs
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - This paper aims to explore internal and external organizational factors affecting electronic commerce or e-commerce systems adoption by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. Design/methodology/approach ... -
The impact of ownership structure and the board of directors' composition on tax avoidance strategies: empirical evidence from Jordan
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Adopting agency theory, the purpose of this study is to explore the impact of ownership structure and board of directors' composition on the extent of tax avoidance strategies. Design/methodology/approach: The ... -
The infuence of religiosity on egyptian muslim youths' attitude towards fashion
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - The purposeof this paper is to measure the impact of the different religiosity dimensions on the attitude of Muslim youth towards fashion. Design/methodology/approach - To understand the relationship between ... -
The state of the knowledge-based economy in the Arab world: cases of Qatar and Lebanon
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of the knowledge-based economy in two distinctive case studies in the Arab World: Qatar and Lebanon. Based on five aspects of the knowledge-based economy ... -
Tone, readability and financial risk: the case of GCC banks
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2021 , Article)Purpose: The authors investigate the impact of disclosure tones and financial risk on the readability of annual reports in the banking sector. The authors also examine the moderating effect of banks' financial risk on the ... -
Toward accountable human-centered AI: rationale and promising directions
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article Review)Purpose: Along with the various beneficial uses of artificial intelligence (AI), there are various unsavory concomitants including the inscrutability of AI tools (and the opaqueness of their mechanisms), the fragility of ... -
Towards expediting the implementation of sustainable and successful lean paradigm for construction projects: a hybrid of DEMATEL and SNA approach
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: Proper identification of the key motivating factors (or key drivers) is needed to ensure successful adaption and implementation of the lean concept for construction projects. However, there lacks a study investigating ...