Browsing by Subject "Jordan"
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The determinants of capital structure: The case of long-term debt constraint for Jordanian firms
( Virtus Interpress , 2008 , Article)This paper contributes to the capital structure literature by investigating the determinants of capital structure of Jordanian companies with the constraint of inadequate long-term debt as their source of financing and ... -
Determinants of revenue recognition disclosures: the case of Jordanian industrial listed companies
( Inderscience , 2015 , Article)The focus of this study is on the extent to which IAS 18 is applied by Jordanian industrial companies. Specifically, the objectives of this study are: 1) to investigate the extent of application of IAS 18 in selected ... -
Determinants of segmental disclosures: evidence from the emerging capital market of Jordan
( Inderscience , 2013 , Article)The primary objective of this paper is to examine the factors which affect the segmental disclosures (mandatory and voluntary) provided by Jordanian listed companies. In addition, the study documents evidence about the ... -
Development and implementation of interprofessional education activity among health professions students in Jordan: A pilot investigation
( Taylor & Francis , 2022 , Article)Implementing interprofessional education (IPE) in health professions curricula requires considerations of students’ attitudes and readiness. Interventional studies that assess students’ perceptions about IPE are needed. ... -
Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians: A case-control study.
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Dietary pattern and lifestyle have been reported to be significant risk factors in the development of coronary heart diseases (CHD). The contribution degree of these dietary risk factors in CHD development in non-westernized ... -
Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians: A caseecontrol study
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Background and Aims Dietary pattern and lifestyle have been reported to be significant risk factors in the development of coronary heart diseases (CHD). The contribution degree of these dietary risk factors in CHD ... -
Disaster Management and Preparedness among Future Jordanian Health Professionals: Exploring Knowledge, Attitude, and Readiness to Practice
(2022 , Article)Healthcare students as volunteers and future healthcare providers must be prepared to manage disasters. Disasters occurred worldwide and are highly prevalent in the recent time. We examined the level of knowledge (K), ... -
Drivers of Social Media Networking Site Continuance Intention in Jordan and South Africa: Do National Cultural Differences Matter?
( IGI Global , 2022 , Article)The present study integrates perceived service quality and national cultural dimensions into the expectation-confirmation model (ECM) to ascertain the antecedents of user satisfaction and continuance use of SNSs and tested ... -
E-government contribution to better performance by public sector
( IGI Global , 2017 , Article)E-government is a new phenomenon that improves public services provision to citizens, improves public sector performance, and enriches the political arena. Such ambitious objectives are not fully investigated in the ... -
E-parliament in Jordan: Challenges and perspectives
( Inderscience , 2018 , Article)This paper aimed at understanding the e-parliament phenomenon and the contribution of technology and new applications in enhancing such area. We tried to explore the attitudes of Jordanian representatives regarding such ... -
E-voting adoption in a developing country
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present factors that affect e-voting adoption in the Middle East and, in particular, Jordan. Changing the election voting method for the people in Jordan from traditional voting to ... -
Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Jordan: A Multivariate Approach
( Qatar University , 2015 , Article)This paper aims to examine the impact of electricity consumption on economic growth in Jordan using annual data over the period 1985-2013. To achieve the goal, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach is implemented ... -
An empirical investigation on acceptance of mobile payment system services in Jordan: extending UTAUT2 model with security and privacy
( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)Several developed and developing countries have launched a mobile payment system service, which is known in Jordan as Jordan Mobile Payment (JoMoPay) system to overcome the drawbacks of traditional payment system. The ... -
Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational performance: The role of managerial traits
( Inderscience , 2012 , Article)This study addresses how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) mediates the relationships between four managerial traits – need for achievement, tolerance for ambiguity, conformity, and individualism – and organisational ... -
Ethical issues in consenting older adults: academic researchers and community perspectives
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)Objectives: Obtaining informed consents from older adults is surrounded by many ethical and practical challenges. The objective of this study was to evaluate ethical issues and strategies in consenting older adults in ... -
Evaluation of community pharmacists' professional practice and management of patient's respiratory conditions
( Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications , 2021 , Article)Objectives: We assessed the extent of community pharmacists managing respiratory conditions and their ability to make differential diagnoses between the common cold and allergic rhinitis. Methods: A simulated patient ... -
Examining the Monetary Policy Transmission in Jordan: The Bank-Lending Channel
(2016 , Article)This study examines the relevance of banking lending channel in Jordan using OLS, fixed effect model and random effect over the period 2001-2012. The growth in bank loans of all the sixteen local banks operating in Jordan ... -
Exploring factors afecting users' satisfaction toward e-learning systems
( IGI Global , 2018 , Article)E-learning is emerging as the new phenomenon of modern education. Universities are adopting e-learning as a strategy for the improving the teaching/learning process. The primary question addressed in this paper is related ... -
Exploring the factors influencing employees' satisfaction toward e-tax systems
( Inderscience Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Governments across the world embraced the revolution in modern ICTs, where they are progressively investing into e-tax systems. The major factor influencing the success of such systems is level of employees' satisfaction ... -
Factors affecting financial instruments disclosure in emerging economies: The case of Jordan
( Inderscience Publishers , 2017 , Article)The current study investigates factors affecting financial instruments (FI) disclosure for a sample of Jordanian listed companies (82 firms) over two consecutive years (2013 and 2014). An un-weighted disclosure index is ...