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  • Weight control in the workplace 
    Ladki, Said M. (2016-01-28)
    This article draws attention to obesity, inadequate exercise, and overeating that seem inevitable, among institutional foodservice professionals. Foodservice employees (164) responded to a 32-itera questionnaire. Seventy-six ...
  • Dining behavior exhibited by Lebanese consumers during the month of Ramadan 
    Ladki, Said M. (2015-11-02)
    The purpose of this study is to report about the dining behavior exhibited by Lebanese consumers during the month of Ramadan. Five factors with eigenvalues of 1.0 or more emerged from the factor analysis, which explained ...
  • Health awareness and life-style practices of foodservice employees 
    Ladki, Said M.; Dah, Abdallah; Mikdashi, Tarik (2015-10-28)
    Full-time foodservice employees (425) responded to a questionnaire on perceived life-style activities. The majority of respondents seldom missed work, made time for leisure activities, and felt secure in their jobs (p<0.05). ...
  • Students' attitudes toward AIDS in university foodservice 
    Ladki, Said M. (2016-05-16)
    This study investigates West Virginia University students' altitudes toward AIDS in the university foodservice operations. A questionnaire on AIDS foodservice issues was administered to 675 students. Results of the study ...
  • Wellness and obesity 
    Ladki, Said M. (2016-05-16)
    Overeating, inadequate exercise, work-related stress, and long working hours are accepted issues among restaurant managers. The underlying question was whether such life styles affect employers' health care cost and ...
  • Factors affecting the advancement of the Lebanese tourism industry 
    Ladki, Said M.; Sadik, Mira W. (2016-05-16)
    Lebanon's tourism industry has suffered severe blows resulting from the civil war and political unrest that took place in the country. Despite the increase in the number of arrivals to Lebanon, the industry is experiencing ...
  • The Summer 2006 Lebanese food crisis 
    Ladki, Said M.; Atallah, Hala; Hamam, Farah; El Hariri, Mohamad (2016-05-16)
    This article explores major predicaments encountered by the four million people of Lebanon have encountered for thirty-four days of war during the summer of 2006. During the war, Lebanon witnessed land, sea, and air blockade ...
  • Hospitality 
    Ladki, Said M.; Young, Willam C. (2016-05-16)
    This paper offers a cross cultural interpretation of hospitality in Jordan and Britain. These two countries have been chosen to illustrate the more general differences between hospitality in most English-speaking countries ...
  • Consumer involvement in restaurant selection 
    Ladki, Said M.; Nomani, M. Z. A. (2016-05-16)
    This study evaluates the effect of consumer orientation, consumer psychological involvement, and restaurant attributes on satisfaction with dining in ethnic restaurants. The sample represented 232 consumers. Correlation ...
  • Effect of the Middle East peace process on pan Arab tourism industries 
    Ladki, Said M.; Zein, B.; Sadik, M. W. (2016-05-16)
    In a perfect world, countries in the Middle East would be stable politically, united economically, and surrounded by peace-loving responsible neighbors advocating the flow of tourism. People would not be dying because of ...
  • Hospitality education 
    Ladki, Said M. (2016-05-16)
    The rapid rise of the hospitality industry, the increased demand for well-rounded hospitality graduates and the constant changes in hospitality curricula require an evaluation of hospitality education and a formal definition ...
  • Challenges facing post-war tourism development 
    Ladki, Said M.; Dah, Abdallah (2017-10-12)
    This paper explores the issues and challenges that are facing Lebanon as it attempts to reposition itself as a leading tourism destination in the post-war years. A discussion about the Lebanese government reconstruction ...
  • Arab tourists and the Lebanese vacation ownership industry 
    Ladki, Said M.; Mikdashi, Tarik S.; Fahed, Wissam; Abbas, Haytham (2016-05-16)
    Currently, Lebanon is witnessing a shift in Arab tourists’ demands from residing in expensive and space-restricted hotel rooms to more comfortable and economically affordable timeshare vacation homes. This paper evaluates ...
  • Improving Automotive Efficiency through Lean Management Tools 
    El-Khalil, Raed; Zeaiter, Hussein (2015-10-28)
    Managing and improving efficiency in the current highly competitive global automotive industry demands that those companies adopt leaner and more flexible systems. During the past 20 years the domestic automotive industry ...
  • The determinants of sovereign default 
    Zeaiter, Hussein; Chakrabati, Avik (2016-05-16)
    A vast and growing empirical literature aims at identifying key determinants of sovereign default. The literature is extensive and controversial. Can policy-makers use this body of research to learn anything that can help ...
  • Sovereign debt defaults 
    Zeaiter, Hussein (2017-10-12)
    This study investigates the determinants of sovereign default risk in 123 developing countries over the period 1970-2012. Adopting an approach distinct from the literature, this paper employs a continuous measure of the ...
  • Extreme bounds of sovereign defaults 
    Zeaiter, Hussein; El-Khalil, Raed (2017-04-11)
    This paper investigates the determinants of sovereign debt defaults using Leamer's (1983) extreme bounds analysis (EBA). The EBA approach is applied for the indebted countries in the MENA region during the 1970 to 2010 ...
  • The Linkage between Professional's Goal Orientation and Career Anchors 
    Messarra, Leila; Mrad, Mona; El Harake, Nour (2017-04-11)
    Data from 218 professionals working in medium size companies in Lebanon was collected to study the relation between goal orientation and career anchors. Regression analysis suggests that goal orientations (mastery: avoidance/ ...
  • The relationship between Machiavellianism and career development 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Messarra, Leila; Samhat, Anne (2017-05-23)
    The intention of this study is to identify the relationship between Machiavellianism and the three determinants of career development i.e. career satisfaction, career goals, and career path. 170 employees employed by three ...
  • Proactive Personality 
    Messarra, Leila; Dagher, Grace K. (2017-04-26)
    Using a sample of 101 currently employed MBA students, the researchers assessed the relationship between proactive personality and the different types of commitment i.e. affective, continuance, normative and career. The ...

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