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Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovative Work Behavior and Organizational Deviance: Role of Passion at Work and Organizational Commitment
(Abu Dhabi University, 2022)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a strategic objective in many United Arab Emirates (UAE) organizations, specifically in the hospitals. It is measured via high-quality service delivery to communities. Evidently, ... -
Personality of leaders in the context of transformational leadership in the UAE
(Inderscience Publishers (IEL), 2019)This paper evaluates the impact of the 'big five' personality dimensions of leaders, focusing on how and to what extent, they influence transformational leadership in the United Arab Emirates. Online-survey data were ... -
A perspective on ICT diffusion in the Arab region
(IGI Global, 2011)Interest in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Arab world has started to take different strides for many reasons. This growing endorsement of ICT is primarily attributed to economic and social ... -
Perspectives of Water Level Measurement in Plastic Pipes Using Wideband Horn Antenna
(Technology & Applied Science Research, 2018-01)This paper is concerned with the investigation of a possible working principle of a microwave sensor for the measurement of water levels in plastic pipes. According to the research, most current sensors for water level ... -
Probabilistic Modeling of Blood Vessels for Segmenting Magnetic Resonance Angiography Images
(ESMED, 2017-03)A new adaptive probabilistic model of blood vessels on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images is proposed. The model accounts for both laminar (for normal subjects) and turbulent blood flows (in abnormal cases like ... -
Product-mix analysis with discrete event simulation
(IEEE Xplore, 2000-12)Discrete event simulation (DES) has been used as a design and validation tool in various production and business applications. DES can also be utilized for analyzing the product-mix for production planning and scheduling. ... -
Productive workplace behaviour at the governmental sector: the case of the UAE
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020-08)The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that influence the improvement of productive work behavior (PWB) in the dynamic, ergonomic nature. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used, in experiment 1, to select ... -
Promoting successful ERP post-implementation: a case study
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019-10)Despite the importance of post-implementation activities to support the success of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, there has been a lack of research into the factors that influences post-implementation success. ... -
Psychological contracts and intention to leave with mediation effect of organizational commitment and employee satisfaction at times of recession
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016-06)The purpose of this paper is to understand the implications of psychological contract on employees’ intention to leave and their relationship with employee commitment and satisfaction. The study focuses on measuring these ... -
Public Service Logic and the creation of value propositions through framing
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022-06)This paper aims to contribute to the scholarly debate on Public Service Logic (PSL) by deepening the understanding of how value propositions in the public sector are created and altered. The PSL literature has so far ... -
Public-sector green procurement in the United Arab Emirates: Innovation capability and commitment to change
(Elsevier, 2019-10)This paper examines various internal factors that influence green-procurement implementation in the public sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by investigating the relationships between the innovation capability of ... -
Quality classification via Raman identification of carbon nanotube bundles using artificial neural networks
(IOP Publishing Ltd., 2007)One of the major obstacles for successful mass-production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is performing quick and precise characterization of the properties of a given batch of nanotubes. In this paper, we have identified a set ... -
Quality Function Deployment for Service: A Case Study of Enhancing the Planning Statement of a Utility Company
(WARSE, 2012-09)Throughout the years, the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method has significantly developed and was widely implemented for developing products and services in both industrial and service sectors. Each new QFD application ... -
Reducing the interruption of power distribution: A six sigma application
(IEEE Xplore, 2017-10)This paper presents a Six Sigma approach for reducing the interruption in power distribution. The objective is to improve the overall service, reduce operating costs, and to increase customer satisfaction. A case study of ... -
Reflections on the consanguinity and birth outcome debate
(Oxford University Press, 1994-12)The high rate of consanguineous marriages has been implicated as an important factor in the high rates of perinatal mortality and congenital malformations among the UK Pakistani population. This paper critically considers ... -
The relationship between organizational attitude and lean practices: an organizational sense-making perspective
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020-07)Past studies of lean have failed to sufficiently address the importance of social factors for successful lean implementations. This paper aims to broaden and deepen the understanding of lean as a socio-technical paradigm ... -
Relationship between personality and organizational citizenship behavior: Does personality influence employee citizenship
(2007-10)This study examines the relationship between personality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). Hierarchical regression analysis on data from 164 employees working in the service sector in Dubai-after controlling ... -
Revamping the value chain in exhibition facilities: the case of the Dubai exhibition industry
(Emerald lnsight, 2007-08)The purpose of this article is to compare past and current experience of exhibition activities in the UAE in general and in Dubai in particular, to identify the major hurdles and obstacles which had arrested the advancement ... -
A review of the extensions of a modified EOQ model for imperfect quality items
(Elsevier, 2011-07)Imperfect items in the raw material and production stages of a supply chain directly impact the coordination of the product flow within a supply chain. In response to this concern, production and inventory lot sizing models, ...