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  • Integrating data collection optimization into pavement management systems 
    Bazi, Gabriel; El Khoury, John; Srour, F. Jordan (2017-10-12)
    This paper describes a method for using location data to optimize the routing of pavement data collection vehicles. In much of the developed world, pavement testing is performed on a regular basis; the pavement testing ...
  • Comparison of carcinogen, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particle emissions from narghile waterpipe and cigarette smoking 
    Sheheitli, Hiba; Jaroudi, Ezzat; Saleh, Rawad; Daher, Nancy; Badr, Therese; Sepetdjian, Elizabeth; Al Rashidi, Mariam; Saliba, Najat; Shihadeh, Alan (2017-09-28)
    The lack of scientific evidence on the constituents, properties, and health effects of second-hand waterpipe smoke has fueled controversy over whether public smoking bans should include the waterpipe. The purpose of this ...
  • Training and turnover 
    Ismail, Hussein Nabil (2017-09-28)
    Studies exploring the linkages between training and turnover have produced inconsistent results. That inconsistency suggests a path for further study into the variables that might be confounding this relationship. The main ...
  • Extrinsic and intrinsic job factors 
    Ismail, Hussein; El Nakkache, Lama (2017-09-28)
    A number of studies have been done in North America and Europe which examined the role of intrinsic and extrinsic job factors in overall motivation and satisfaction. However, this field of research has received very small ...
  • Gender differences at work 
    Ismail, Hussein N.; Nakkache, Lama (2017-09-28)
    The existence of gender inequality at the workplace is a pervasive problem in many countries around the world. Although the situation may have improved in recent years, studies still point to the fact that men receive ...
  • Lebanese perceptions of the glass ceiling 
    Rishani, Mayssa; Mallah, Mohamad; Houssami, Sarwat; Ismail, Hussein (2017-09-28)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present insights regarding the barriers that prevent women in Lebanon reaching parity with men in senior leadership positions. The paper also portrays men and women’s varying ...
  • Gender differences in personal values 
    Ismail, Hussein (2017-09-28)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore gender differences in personal values in an Arab country. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a sample of 137 participants, the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to ...
  • Preferences in business and corporate strategies 
    Ismail, Hussein (2017-09-28)
    This study explored the relationship between 24 personal values and strategic preferences. Data was collected from 137 participants. Through stepwise discriminant analysis, the data were analyzed to reveal that personal ...
  • Relationships among performance appraisal satisfaction, work–family conflict and job stress 
    Ismail, Hussein Nabil; Gali, Nazha (2017-09-28)
    The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between performance appraisal satisfaction, job stress and work–family conflict. Furthermore, the study explores the role of job stress as a mediator between ...
  • Employee engagement and Constructive Deviant Behavior at the workplace 
    Dagher, Grace; Junaid, Nora (2017-09-22)
    The objectives of this study were first to cross validate the constructive deviant behavior construct and second to examine empirically the relation between employee engagement and constructive deviant behavior. A sample ...
  • Job satisfaction 
    Maamari, Bassem E.; Dagher, Grace K. (Edukator, 2017-09-19)
  • A cross-cultural approach on presenteeism climate, organizational justice and work-family conflict 
    Dagher, Grace K.; Ferreira, Aristides Isidoro; Martinez, Luis F.; Brewster, Chris; Perez-Nebreda, Amalia Raquel; Lisovskaia, Antonina (2017-09-15)
    A climate of presenteeism has important effects on employee well-being and the organization itself. Our study examines whether organizational justice plays a mediating role in the relationship between a presenteeism climate ...
  • Examining the relationship between age, time stress and occupations 
    Dagher, Grace; Chapa, Olga; Gonzalez, Rebecca (2017-09-15)
  • An empirical investigation of the relation between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction in the Lebanese service industry 
    Dagher, Grace K.; Al Hajj, Raghid (2017-09-15)
    The escalating popularity of the Emotional Intelligence concept along with the increase in life/work outcomes that it is supposed to affect has lead researchers to scientifically investigate its relation to several of these ...
  • Emotional intelligence, employee engagement and job stress 
    Dagher, Grace K.; Junaid, Nora (DreamCatchers Group, LLC, 2017-09-14)
  • The Impact of Cultural Differences and Religion on Television Advertising 
    Dagher, Grace; Kalliny, Morris; Minor, Michael S. (American Marketing Association, 2017-09-13)
    The purpose of this study is to compare television advertisements in several Arab countries (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Lebanon) and the United States. We fulfill this objective by conducting a television advertisement content ...
  • The model of graded salary increase a solution to the problem of salary compression and inversion in faculty salaries 
    Dagher, Grace K.; Wang, Lei (2017-09-13)
  • Working sick and out of sorts 
    Dagher, Grace; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Mach, Merce; Martinez, Luis F.; Brewster, Chris; Perez-Nebra, Amalia; Lisovskaya, Antonina (2017-09-12)
    A climate of presenteeism has important effects on employee well-being and the organization itself. Our study, based on surveys of health sector employees in six different countries (Brazil, Ecuador, Lebanon, Portugal, ...
  • Managers’ and employees’ differing responses to security approaches 
    Balozian, Puzant; Leidner, Dorothy; Warkentin, Merrill (2017-09-07)
    Modern organizations face significant information security threats, to which they respond with various managerial techniques. It is widely believed that “one size does not fit all” for achieving employee information security ...
  • Review of IS security policy compliance 
    Balozian, Puzant; Leidner, Dorothy (2017-09-07)
    An understanding of insider threats in information systems (IS) is important to help address one of the dangers lurking within organizations. This article provides a review of the literature on insider compliance (and ...

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