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Religiosity, neglected risk and asset returns: theory and evidence from Islamic finance industry
(American University of Sharjah, 2018-11)This paper studies the sociological influence of religion on the risk and return in the financial markets with particular context of Islamic finance, a rapidly emerging and expanding financial industry. The paper builds a ... -
Human Resource Management in the United Arab Emirates
(Edward Elgar, 2016)This chapter reviews the current state of the research literature on HRM in the UAE, in part because more work has been published on "HRM in the UAE" than on any other country in the GCC country or even the Middle East ... -
Public sector expatriation
(Springer, 2018-06-16)A public sector expatriate is an employee who is sent abroad by their organization, for an organizational mission, for a precise period of time, and expected to return to their home organization, in their home country, ... -
The effect of culture of origin on the adjustment process
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)This paper is a synthesis of the author’s doctoral work on the impact of culture of origin on the three facets of expatriates' adjustment (work, interaction and general) and their antecedents (Waxin, 2000, 2003; Waxin ... -
Labour localisation and human resource management practices in the Gulf countries
(Edwar Elgar, 2016)The chapter is organized as follows: first, we examine the literature on core issues pertinent to this theme, such as demographic and labor-market characteristics in the GCC, the objectives of these localisation programs, ... -
The role of collaborative knowledge building in the co-creation of artifacts: influencing factors and propositions
(Emerald, 2017)Purpose – This article assesses the role of collaborative knowledge building in the co-creation of artifacts in the knowledge management field. Design/methodology/approach – Fifty-eight articles published in six knowledge ... -
Combinations of absorptive capacity metaroutines: the role of organizational disruptions and time constraints
(Elsevier, 2018-04)This paper explores absorptive capacity metaroutines in a financial organization that experienced a large-scale misappropriation episode. We selected an instrumental case and collected individual semi-structured interviews, ... -
Artifacts in knowledge management research: a systematic literature review and future research directions
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose - The purpose of this article is to assess the role of artifacts in the knowledge management field in the past 18 years (1997-2015) and to identify directions for future research. Design/methodology/approach - ... -
Managers and organizational forgetting: a synthesis
(Emerald, 2018)Purpose - This paper evaluated how managers influence accidental and intentional organizational forgetting, i.e., knowledge depreciation, knowledge loss, and unlearning. Design/methodology/approach - The literature was ... -
Drivers and challenges for implementing ISO 14001 environmental management systems in an emerging Gulf Arab country
(Springer, 2017-11-13)Worldwide, ISO 14001 certification for organizations has become the norm, but the Arab world accounts for an insignificant portion of all the certified organizations. There is a dearth of research on environmental management ... -
Prize-Linked Savings Games: Theory and Experiment
(American University of Sharjah, 2018)We introduce a game in which each player can allocate her endowment in a prize-linked savings (PLS) account, which awards a fixed prize only to a randomly chosen winner. Like Tullock's rent-seeking contest, the probability ... -
Bullwhip Effect Reduction and Improved Business Performance through Guanxi: An Empirical Study
(Elsevier, 2014-12)Many operations managers have realized the potential of guanxi to facilitate business transactions. Likewise, operations management researchers have looked at the negative impact caused by the bullwhip effect on excess ... -
Platform Adoption by Mobile Application Developers: A Multimethodological Approach
(Elsevier, 2018-03)This paper investigates the factors that influence the adoption of IT platforms by software developers and how those factors differ from those that influence IT adoption by end-users. We take a multi-methodological approach, ... -
Closing the Loop: An Empirical Investigation of Causality in IT Business Value
(Elsevier, 2017-06)Researchers have established that information technology (IT) can improve firms' productivity. Whether improved productivity leads to additional investment in IT, however, remains largely uninvestigated. In this paper, we ... -
Parental Involvement and Children’s Development: Can There Be Positive Side Effects?
(American University of Sharjah, 2018)A growing body of literature indicates that meaningful time spent with parents has a significant influence on early childhood development, a future accumulation of a wide array of cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and ... -
The Influence of Entrepreneurial Action on Strategic Alignment in New Ventures
(Elsevier, 2018-03)The alignment of IT strategy with business strategy has been among the top concerns of business leaders for several decades (Kappelman et al., 2014; Niederman et al., 1991). This interest from practitioners has stimulated ... -
The Internet Dilemma: An Exploratory Study of Luxury Firms' Usage of Internet-Based Technologies
(Elsevier, 2018-03)Surprisingly, there exists a paucity of research examining the adoption of Internet-based technologies by luxury firms. This represents a major shortcoming in our understanding of how luxury firms maintain the image of ... -
Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis
(American University of Sharjah, 2018)This paper used time-series data to investigate the causal relation between foreign direct investment and economic growth in two MENA countries, namely Egypt and Jordan. The methodology used in this study follows Toda and ... -
Forecasting Energy Demand: The Case of United Arab Emirates
(American University of Sharjah, 2018)The purpose of this study is to forecast energy use in United Arab Emirates (UAE) using annual data over the period 1976-2009. The methodology used in this study follows the artificial neural networks analyses. We use four ... -
The current state of female leadership in the United Arab Emirates
(Emerald, 2013)Purpose: To research the state of affairs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the presence (or absence) of women in senior business leadership positions, and to investigate where they are located within organizations ...
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