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Investigating critical obstacles to entrepreneurship in emerging economies: A comparative study between males and females in Qatar
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Allied Business Academies
, 2019 , Article)
Qatar's Entrepreneurship sector faces major obstacles that impede its growth prospects. While Qatar has started to focus more on improvement of the entrepreneurial environment through semi-governmental agencies and creation ...
Female audit committee members and their influence on audit fees
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Blackwell Publishing
, 2018 , Article)
We test the relationship between female representation on the audit committee and audit fees for 624 Australian companies in the year 2011. A positive relationship is found, leading to the conclusion that female presence ...
Always negotiate, sometimes cooperate: an agent-based model
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use agent-based modeling to simulate the negotiation and cooperation between agents working on tasks in an organization and to study the effects that gender differences might have ...
Board Diversity and Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence From The United Kingdom
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Emerald
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between board diversity and financial performance from a wide perspective, including multiple dimensions of board diversity.
Opportunities and constraints of women entrepreneurs in Jordan: an update of the 5Ms framework
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Emerald Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: Drawing on the “5Ms” gender cognizant framework, this study seeks to investigate how money, motherhood, management, the market and the macro/meso environment dimensions of the 5Ms may influence women's entrepreneurship ...
Women Leadership, Culture, and Islam: Female Voices from Jordan
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Article)
This paper aims to explore the experiences of female leaders considering the interplay of gender, religion, and culture. Drawing on an inductive-qualitative study, the paper examines perceptions regarding the role of ...
Implications of Religion, Culture, and Legislation for Gender Equality at Work: Qualitative Insights from Jordan
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Springer Nature
, 2018 , Article)
With a view to consolidating the existing theory development and stimulating new conceptual thinking, this paper explores the implications of culture, religion (Islam), and the legal framework on women’s employment and ...
How Gender Differences in Entitlement and Apprehension Manifest Themselves in Negotiation
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Springer Nature
, 2021 , Article)
The gender difference in the propensity to initiate negotiation has been theorized to be mediated by three constructs: recognition of opportunities, entitlement, and apprehension. This study seeks to investigate whether ...
Social cognitive theory and women’s career choices: an agent—based model simulation
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
An agent-based model is proposed and tested. This model aims to simulate agency as conceptualized in Bandura's (Am Psychol 37:122–147, 1982; Organ Behav Hum Decis Process 50:248–287; Annu Rev Psychol 52: 1–26) Social ...
Secondary school students and self-efficacy in mathematics: Gender and age differences
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IGI Global Publishing
, 2020 , Article)
Gender differences in academic performance has received considerable attention over the years. Studies have found that even when there are no gender differences in math performance, female students exhibit larger levels ...