Browsing by Subject "Culture"
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Electronic performance monitoring friend or foe? Empowering employees through data analytics
( Association for Information Systems , 2018 , Conference Paper)Recent advances in electronic performance monitoring (EPM) have raised employee concerns regarding invasion of privacy and the erosion of trust. However, the use of data analytics on the EPM data promises to improve ... -
Empowering employees: the other side of electronic performance monitoring
( Emerald Insight , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Advances in electronic performance monitoring (EPM) have raised employees’ concerns regarding the invasion of privacy and erosion of trust. On the other hand, EPM promises to improve performance and processes. ... -
Exploring the influence of cultural orientations on assessment of communication behaviours during patient-practitioner interactions
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Background Research has shown that patients’ and practitioners’ cultural orientations affect communication behaviors and interpretations in cross-cultural patient-practitioner interactions. Little is known about the effect ... -
The intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought
( Taylor & Francis , 2013 , Article)This is a critical assessment of the intellectual and theoretical underpinnings of Feminism in the Arab world across the different phases in its evolution. The paper notes what has been achieved in respect of some specific ... -
Italo-australian transnational houses: Built forms enhancing social capital
( ArchNet , 2016 , Article)The literature reveals that culture, as a way of life, is a factor determining the house's spatial form, which, in turn, can contribute to the construction and/or enhancement of social capital. Scholars also stress that ... -
Italo-australian transnational houses: Built forms enhancing social capital
( ArchNet , 2016 , Article)The literature reveals that culture, as a way of life, is a factor determining the house's spatial form, which, in turn, can contribute to the construction and/or enhancement of social capital. Scholars also stress that ... -
Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Culture and Built Heritage as a Tool for Cultural Continuity
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)(The Problem) The classical theorist Vitruvius celebrates architecture as an expression of societies’ cultural factors where culture has a determinant role in shaping built forms. Despite this notion of architecture has ... -
Katara Cultural Village’ in Qatar: Public Art and Urban Space
( Gotam Singh , 2017 , Article)This research study discusses the role of public art in influencing urban environments in Qatar, namely within Katara Cultural Village. It will explore how this approach can increase local communities’ environmental awareness ... -
Measuring internet addiction in Europe-based knowledge societies: A case study of France
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2019 , Article)The technological evolution has put a new challenge, internet addiction along with the internet technology before the world. The study intended to collect the data pertaining to internet usage among the residents of France ... -
Metaphorical expressions in E-commerce: A study of arabic language websites
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2017 , Article)This study examines the use of metaphors in Arabic language e-commerce websites and shows that metaphorical language plays an important role in enhancing the effectiveness of websites and e-commerce businesses in general. ... -
Parenting, personality, and culture as predictors of perfectionism
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)This study examined the relationship between parenting styles, personality traits, culture, and perfectionism. Male and female undergraduate university students from the US (n = 168) and the Middle East (n = 74) completed ... -
Patient Counseling and Education: Models and Methods in Pharmacy Practice
( Elsevier , 2019 , Book chapter)Patient counseling and education in pharmacy practice is essential to develop the role of pharmacist within the healthcare system. As such, pharmacists largely depend on communication with patients to fulfill their mission ... -
Promoting Student-Centered Teaching & Learning: A Mindset, a Culture and a Learning Approach in Gene
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Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes
( BMC , 2022 , Article)Objective: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is an essential component of lifestyle management needed for diabetes care. This pilot-study tested the effect of culturally-tailored education targeting diabetes selfcare ... -
The Role of Public Art and Culture in New Urban Environments: The Case of ‘Katara Cultural Village
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2017 , Article)In recent years, public art has been featured as a trend in urban environments in GCC. During its period of development, the State of Qatar worked on large megaprojects designed to attract global investments and tourists. ... -
Salinity Effects on Symbiodinium sp. growth rate in Controlled conditions and produced Biomass Biochemical Characterization
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Salinity is an abiotic influencer to the growth and the efficiency of the algal Symbiodinium that coexists in symbiosis with corals. In light of the high salinity conditions that prevail in the Arabian Gulf including the ... -
The Spatial Form of Houses Built by Italian Migrants in Post WWII Brisbane, Australia
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The literature reveals that despite the study of the relationship between human behavior, activities and built form has focused on physical spatial environments at any scale, ranging from built environment to built form, ... -
Sport in the African World
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2018 , Book)Sport has been a component of African cultural life for several hundred years. In today's globalized world, Africans and Africa have become a vital part of the international sporting landscape. This is the first book to ... -
Stakeholder's perception of service quality: a case in Qatar
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report students' perception of service quality in a university by examining the perceptual context of service quality with respect to students' loyalty behavior, ... -
Stakeholder’s perception of service quality: a case in Qatar
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report students’ perception of service quality in a university by examining the perceptual context of service quality with respect to students’ loyalty behavior, ...