College of Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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Developing and validating a multidisciplinary scale of E-retailing website elements
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)The purpose of this article is to theoretically identify the salient elements of e-retailing websites and empirically verify them through a rigorous scale development process. A mixed method approach was followed to achieve ... -
The effect of service failure severity on brand forgiveness: the moderating role of interpersonal attachment styles and thinking styles
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of service failure severity on brand forgiveness and to investigate the moderating effects of interpersonal attachment styles and thinking styles on the service ... -
Can CSR foster brand defense? A moderated-mediation model of the role of brand passion
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2023 , Article)This paper seeks to understand whether and how perceived retailers’ CSR can reinforce brand defense behavior by customers. Building on signaling theory, the paper proposes that CSR programs signal brands’ good nature, ... -
The effects of hotels’ environmental sustainability communication strategies on social Media engagement and brand advocacy: The roles of communication characteristics and customers’ personality traits
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2024 , Article)Prior research has overlooked the significance of two distinct communication strategies used by hotels over social media platforms to foster environmental sustainability (ES), namely informative communication strategy (ICS) ... -
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 ... -
From ‘publish or perish’ to ‘publish for purpose’
( Wiley , 2023 , Other)Pressures to publish prolifically have led to an abundance of research on trivial matters rather than on issues of significance. This trend is particularly pronounced in developing countries, where limited access to paid ... -
Innovation and Smart Cities Research: A Review and Future Directions
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Book chapter)This chapter aims to review existing evidence and map research on innovation in smart cities. Based on data from 822 articles and chapters, bibliometric analyses were performed to capture descriptive statistics and key ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Enhancing a bank’s competitive advantage through the integration of TQM practices, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and organizational culture.
(2011 , Article)In the current changing business environment, banks, among other organizations, are required not only to create their competitive advantage to lead the trend, but also to be able to sustain and upgrade the created competitive ... -
The determinants of student effort at learning ERP: A cultural perspective
( Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals , 2015 , Article)This paper develops a research model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) and Hofstede's cultural dimensions to explore factors that influence student effort at learning Enterprise ... -
On the relation between internal corporate governance and bank risk-taking: evidence from gulf cooperative council countries
( Taiwan Institute of Business Administration , 2014 , Article)This study investigates the relationship between ownership structure, board composition and risk-taking of listed banking companies in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries during 2004-2010. Building on limited ... -
Determinants of Tunisia's exports: A gravity model framework
( International Economic Society Ltd , 2013 , Article)This paper applies the gravity trade model to explain Tunisia's exports pattern with non-traditional partner's countries and to determine the main factors explaining Tunisia's exports with these countries. We estimate our ... -
A mediation model of task conflict in vertical dyads: Linking organizational culture, subordinate values, and subordinate outcomes
( 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 ... -
The Moderating Effect of Role Ambiguity on the Relationship of Job Satisfaction, Training and Leadership with Employee Performance
( Sciedu Press , 2015 , Article)People performance in any organization is the key factor of succeeding the organization with regardless of nature business. The higher education sector of any country is considered one of the sectors which really pay ... -
A Gap Analysis of Business students; Skills in the 21st Century: A Case Study of Qatar
(2018 , Article)The main purpose of this study is to explore any existing gap between business students’ skills/competences provided by college of businesses and the needs of the current job market. The study examines twenty important ... -
Faculty salary equity in the College of Arts and Sciences at a regional mid-western university: an exploratory study
( International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines , 2010 , Article)The purpose of this study was to determine if there were salary inequities between male and female faculty members in the School of Arts and Sciences at a regional public university. An analysis-of-covariance (ANCOVA) model ... -
The impact of customer trust and perception of security and privacy on the acceptance of online banking services: Structural equation modeling approach
( International Journal of Industrial Management (IJIM) , 2018 , Article)The present study aimed to investigate the impact of security and privacy perceptions on bank customers’ trust to accept and adopt online banking services. Specifically, the investigation in the study focused on the factors ... -
Information security policy compliance: a higher education case study
( Emerald Publishing , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to examine the factors that impact higher education employees’ violations of information security policy by developing a research model based on grounded theories such as deterrence ... -
The determinants of intention and usage of DSS in the academic environment: A cross-cultural study
( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Article)This study examines factors that influence student intention and use of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) by using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. Antecedent variables considered are ...
