College of Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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The cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan
( EuroJournals, Inc. , 2010 , Article)This study investigates the cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan over the 2001-2008 period. It assesses to what extent the relatively high and escalating bank interest margins, in this sector, ... -
Quality Reporting of Environmental Information by Saudi Agricultural Companies: Water Information Disclosure
( Research India Publications , 2016 , Article)The objective of the study is to examine the quality of environmental reporting specifically the water information disclosed by food and agriculture Saudi listed companies. The study used qualitative content analysis of ... -
The Impact of Supplier Orientation on Firm Innovativeness: An Abstract
( Springer Nature , 2017 , Book chapter)For over two decades, scholars have investigated the link between market orientation, innovation, and performance. However, the market orientation framework including customer-orientation, competitor-orientation, and ... -
The application of quality management in the financial services sector in Jordan
( Business Perspectives , 2012 , Article)This study examines the applicability of total quality management (TQM) in the Jordanian financial services sector using a sample of employees at 12 financial institutions. The applicability of the TQM is assessed through ... -
Framing information technology governance in the public sector: Opportunities and challenges
( IGI Global Publishing , 2015 , Article)Information technology governance is considered one of the innovative practices that can provide support for decision-makers. Interestingly, it has become increasingly a de facto for organizations in seeking to optimise ... -
The Effects of Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: (A Conceptual Framework)
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)In recent times, organization have been striving to achieve excellence in relation to the effectiveness and efficiency of employees. The behavior of individuals can help organizations to achieve this goal. It has been noted ... -
Mobile Commerce Adoption From Consumers Perspective: The Case of Jordan
( IGI Global , 2018 , Article)In response, to little research focused on how Jordanians perceive and respond to m-commerce and the main factors that govern its adoption and use, this article proposes a conceptual model that extends the technology ... -
Market power in GCC banking sector
( Consulting Publishing Company , 2011 , Article)This study attempts to find whether market concentration has been a main driver for market power in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking industry over the period of 2002-2008. Using the methodology of the new empirical ... -
TOTAL QUALITY CULTURE (TQC) IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: A GULF CORPORATION COUNCIL (GCC) REGION STUDY
( DreamCatchers Group, LLC , 2012 , Article)Adoption of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles has been recognised as a new framework for managing change within educational institutions. Although there have been studies examining the adoption of TQM, research ... -
Organizational Commitment: Status Quo in Qatar
( 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 ... -
Organizational Excellence as the Driver for Organizational Performance: A Study on Dubai Police
( Canadian Center of Science and Education , 2016 , Article)This study was set up to examine the effect of organizational excellence on organizational performance. A questionnaire survey was employed to collect the data from Dubai Police departments. Two hundred fifty questionnaires ... -
Governance-Default Risk Relationship and the Demand for Intermediated and Non-Intermediated Debt
( University of Wollongong , 2012 , Article)This paper explores the impact of corporate governance on the demand for intermediated debt (asset finance, bank debt, non-bank private debt) and non-intermediated debt (public debt) in the Australian debt market. Relative ... -
Determinants of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Network Communities in Organizational Context
( World Scientific Publishing , 2015 , Article)This paper attempts to examine factors that affect knowledge sharing by individuals in virtual network communities (VNCs) from an organisational context. A research model based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was ... -
Examining the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on enterprise practices: A preliminary perspective from Qatar
( City University of Hong Kong Press , 2012 , Article)Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are widely used by organizations to enhance enterprise competitiveness. This study provides an overview of the current state of affairs of the ICT adoption in SMEs in private ... -
Measuring luxury brand consumption and female consumers' religiosity in the UAE
( World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd , 2014 , Article)Luxury brand consumption by female consumers in the rich Arab Gulf states has never been systematically studied, and thus most of our knowledge in this area remains shaped by preconceived notions that are not likely to ... -
Team Satisfaction and Student Group Performance: A Cross-Cultural Study
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2013 , Article)The authors examined the relationship between team satisfaction and students' performance in group projects in two universities, one from the United States and one from Qatar. The results showed that there is a significant ... -
Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance: evidence from Malaysia
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Purpose: This study is guided by the upper echelon theory and argues that the role of females on boards of directors may differ between cultures. In a culture where the community has a significant humane orientation, female ... -
Expressing herself through brands: The Arab woman's perspective
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose This paper aims to extend Wallström et al.’s (2010) six-nation study on brand use and notions of self-expression to Arab women in the UAE. Additionally, it extends the scope of investigation to include an extensive ... -
Cumulative learning and sustained engagement in an introduction to accounting course
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose - Due to its technical focus, the introductory accounting course has a hierarchical knowledge structure that requires students to master and integrate abstract knowledge which builds on itself over time. The purpose ... -
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 ...
