Browsing Faculty Contributions by Publisher "Emerald Publishing Limited"
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The authenticity of place-making: space and character of the regenerated historic district in Msheireb, Downtown Doha (State of Qatar)
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2019 , Article)Purpose – Urban theorists argue that in the post-Second World War period cities faced the increasing development of homogeneous and soullessness urban spaces. This led to the formulation of urban design’s theories for ... -
Development of Gulf Cooperation Council human resources: an evidence-based review of workforce nationalization
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Article)Purpose: This study aimed to contribute to the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) by providing a critical review of existing scholarly research and a thematic analysis of the workforce nationalization domain in the ... -
Does the UK Companies Act of 2006 matter for the private companies? Evidence from real and accruals earnings management practices
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine both accruals and real earnings management in a large sample of private companies in the UK using data from 2002 to 2009 following the implementation of the UK Act of 2006. ... -
Editorial: Between antiquity and modernity in sustainability management research: reflections from MSAR board members
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Despite the seemingly diverse Arab countries, there are elements of commonality and homogeneity in culture and tradition and, hence, using deductive reasoning, we can objectively claim that there is what we can call an ... -
Education and employment reforms toward developing human capital: the case of Qatar
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Article)This study aims to build on the human capital development theory that focuses on the education and development of individuals considering their spillover impact on the organization’s and community’s improvement. Through ... -
Enhancing the export activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to examine a conceptual integrated framework for small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance that comprises all potential export determinants and inhibitors. This study also ... -
Exploring local job seekers perception toward employment in the private and public sectors in Qatar: implications for workforce nationalization policies
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Article)Purpose: The influx of expatriates to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has led to labor imbalance inducing these countries to initiate workforce nationalization policies. However, despite the policies' emphasis ... -
Exploring the integration of ChatGPT in education: adapting for the future
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Article)Purpose: This article aims to explore the advantages of integrating a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology in education. It investigates the use of ChatGPT in personalized learning, assessment and content ... -
Family and state ownership, internationalization and corporate board-gender diversity Evidence from China and India
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2017 , Article)Purpose - In times of vivid debates on the inclusion of women on boards, the purpose of this paper is to shed a new light on the composition of boardrooms in emerging market firms by investigating how family and state ... -
How to program autonomous vehicle (AV) crash algorithms: an Islamic ethical perspective
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Fully autonomous self-driving cars not only hold the potential for significant economic and environmental advantages but also introduce complex ethical dilemmas. One of the highly debated issues, known as the ... -
Impact of food safety training on the knowledge, practice, and attitudes of food handlers working in fast-food restaurants
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2019 , Article)Purpose In many developing countries, the main source of food related illness is the fast foods restaurants. Health inspections of fast-food restaurants may not be sufficient to ensure and enforce the food safety regulations. ... -
Individual entrepreneurial orientation, self-efficacy, and managerial skills for project performance: an integrated structural approach and analysis
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and entrepreneurial managerial skills (EMS) on project performance at both the ... -
Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ... -
The predictive ability of stock market factors
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to ask whether a range of stock market factors contain information that is useful to investors by generating a trading rule based on one-step-ahead forecasts from rolling and recursive regressions. ... -
Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among adolescents attending independent schools in Qatar
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among adolescents attending independent schools in Qatar. Design/methodology/approaches: A school-based cross-sectional ... -
Readability, governance and performance: a test of the obfuscation hypothesis in Qatari listed firms
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relationship between the readability of annual reports and corporate performance in Qatari listed firms while controlling for a firm’s competitive position, governance structure and ... -
To switch or not to switch: the role of tourists’ psychological engagement in the context of Airbnb Malaysia
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2020 , Article)Purpose: The demand for Airbnb is at a peak in Malaysia with 137% of yearly growth. As such, it is indeed important to understand what makes tourists to switch to Airbnb. However, little has been known about this issue in ... -
Transit-Oriented Development in West Bay, Business District of Doha, State of Qatar: A Strategy for Enhancing Liveability and Sense of Place
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2019 , Article)Purpose – West Bay, the Business District of Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, is facing an urban regeneration phase due to the construction of the West Bay Central Train Station, a four-storey underground building ... -
The use of performance information in strategic decision making in public organizations
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2015 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the importance of different components of strategic performance measurement systems (SPMS) and their deployment influence the use of performance information from ...