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Item Abu Dhabi Ports' Horns of Hope: A Global Initiative During COVID-19(Case Centre UK, 2022) Gernal, Liza; Reyes, Fernando Eraña; Sergio, RommelThis case study highlights Abu Dhabi Ports' corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts. It features into the organization's best practices, work methodologies, and sound tactical approaches in responding to the changes and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has paralyzed several parts of the economy across the world. The case examines how Abu Dhabi Ports demonstrated corporate social responsibility and commitment to its people. It also notes the achievements of the organization, particularly the awards it received in recognition of its people management solutions.Item Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024-02-09) Vlasceanu, Madalina; Doell, Kimberly C.; Bak-Coleman, Joseph B.; Todorova, Boryana; Berkebile-Weinberg, Michael M.; Grayson, Samantha J.; Patel, Yash; Goldwert, Danielle; Pei, Yifei; Chakroff, Alek; Pronizius, Ekaterina; van den Broek, Karlijn L.; Vlasceanu, Denisa; Constantino, Sara; Morais, Michael J.; Schumann, Philipp; Rathje, Steve; Fang, Ke; Aglioti, Salvatore Maria; Alfano, Mark; Alvarado-Yepez, Andy J.; Andersen, Angélica; Anseel, Frederik; Apps, Matthew A J; Asadli, Chillar; Awuor, Fonda Jane; Azevedo, Flavio; Basaglia, Piero; Bélanger, Jocelyn J.; Berger, Sebastian; Bertin, Paul; Białek, Michał; Bialobrzeska, Olga; Blaya-Burgo, Michelle; Bleize, Daniëlle N M; Bø, Simen; Boecker, Lea; Boggio, Paulo S.; Borau, Sylvie; Bos, Björn; Bouguettaya, Ayoub; Brauer, Markus; Brick, Cameron; Brik, Tymofii; Briker, Roman; Brosch, Tobias; Buchel, Ondrej; Buonauro, Daniel; Butalia, Radhika; Carvacho, Héctor; Chamberlain, Sarah A E; Chan, Hang-Yee; Chow, Dawn; Chung, Dongil; Cian, Luca; Cohen-Eick, Noa; Contreras-Huerta, Luis Sebastian; Contu, Davide; Cristea, Vladimir; Cutler, Jo; D'Ottone, Silvana; De Keersmaecker, Jonas; Delcourt, Sarah; Delouvée, Sylvain; Diel, Kathi; Douglas, Benjamin D.; Drupp, Moritz A.; Dubey, Shreya; Ekmanis, Jānis; Elbaek, Christian T.; Elsherif, Mahmoud; Engelhard, Iris M.; Escher, Yannik A.; Etienne, Tom W.; Farage, Laura; Farias, Ana Rita; Feuerriegel, Stefan; Feuerriegel, Stefan; Findor, Andrej; Freira, Lucia; Friese, Malte; Gains, Neil Philip; Gallyamova, Albina; Geiger, Sandra J.; Genschow, Oliver; Gjoneska, Biljana; Gkinopoulos, Theofilos; Goldberg, Beth; Goldenberg, Amit; Gradidge, Sarah; Grassini, Simone; Gray, Kurt; Grelle, Sonja; Griffin, Siobhán M.; Grigoryan, Lusine; Grigoryan, Ani; Grigoryev, Dmitry; Gruber, June; Guilaran, Johnrev; Hadar, Britt; Hahnel, Ulf J J; Halperin, Eran; Harvey, Annelie J.; Haugestad, Christian A P; Herman, Aleksandra M.; Hershfield, Hal E.; Himichi, Toshiyuki; Hine, Donald W.; Hofmann, Wilhelm; Howe, Lauren; Huaman-Chulluncuy, Enma T.; Huang, Guanxiong; Ishii, Tatsunori; Ito, Ayahito; Jia, Fanli; Jost, John T.; Jovanović, Veljko; Jurgiel, Dominika; Kácha, Ondřej; Kankaanpää, Reeta; Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw; Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena; Kaplan Mintz, Keren; Kaya, Ilker; Kaya, Ozgur; Khachatryan, Narine; Klas, Anna; Klein, Colin; Klöckner, Christian A.; Koppel, Lina; Kosachenko, Alexandra I.; Kothe, Emily J.; Krebs, Ruth; Krosch, Amy R.; Krouwel, Andre P M; Kyrychenko, Yara; Lagomarsino, Maria; Lamm, Claus; Lange, Florian; Lee Cunningham, Julia; Lees, Jeffrey; Leung, Tak Yan; Levy, Neil; Lockwood, Patricia L.; Longoni, Chiara; López Ortega, Alberto; Loschelder, David D.; Lu, Jackson G.; Luo, Yu; Luomba, Joseph; Lutz, Annika E.; Majer, Johann M.; Markowitz, Ezra; Marsh, Abigail A.; Mascarenhas, Karen Louise; Mbilingi, Bwambale; Mbungu, Winfred; McHugh, Cillian; Meijers, Marijn H C; Mercier, Hugo; Mhagama, Fenant Laurent; Michalakis, Katerina; Mikus, Nace; Milliron, Sarah; Mitkidis, Panagiotis; Monge-Rodríguez, Fredy S.; Mora, Youri L.; Moreau, David; Motoki, Kosuke; Moyano, Manuel; Mus, Mathilde; Navajas, Joaquin; Nguyen, Tam Luong; Nguyen, Dung Minh; Nguyen, Trieu; Niemi, Laura; Nijssen, Sari R R; Nilsonne, Gustav; Nitschke, Jonas P.; Nockur, Laila; Okura, Ritah; Öner, Sezin; Özdoğru, Asil Ali; Palumbo, Helena; Panagopoulos, Costas; Panasiti, Maria Serena; Pärnamets, Philip; Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola; Pavlov, Yuri G.; Payán-Gómez, César; Pearson, Adam R.; Pereira da Costa, Leonor; Petrowsky, Hannes M.; Pfattheicher, Stefan; Pham, Nhat Tan; Ponizovskiy, Vladimir; Pretus, Clara; Rêgo, Gabriel G.; Reimann, Ritsaart; Rhoads, Shawn A.; Riano-Moreno, Julian; Richter, Isabell; Röer, Jan Philipp; Rosa-Sullivan, Jahred; Ross, Robert M.; Sabherwal, Anandita; Saito, Toshiki; Sarrasin, Oriane; Say, Nicolas; Schmid, Katharina; Schmitt, Michael T.; Schoenegger, Philipp; Scholz, Christin; Schug, Mariah G.; Schulreich, Stefan; Shreedhar, Ganga; Shuman, Eric; Sivan, Smadar; Sjåstad, Hallgeir; Soliman, Meikel; Soud, Katia; Spampatti, Tobia; Sparkman, Gregg; Spasovski, Ognen; Stanley, Samantha K.; Stern, Jessica A.; Strahm, Noel; Suko, Yasushi; Sul, Sunhae; Syropoulos, Stylianos; Taylor, Neil C.; Tedaldi, Elisa; Tinghög, Gustav; Huynh, Luu Duc Toan; Travaglino, Giovanni Antonio; Tsakiris, Manos; Tüter, İlayda; Tyrala, Michael; Uluğ, Özden Melis; Urbanek, Arkadiusz; Valko, Danila; van der Linden, Sander; van Schie, Kevin; van Stekelenburg, Aart; Vanags, Edmunds; Västfjäll, Daniel; Vesely, Stepan; Vintr, Jáchym; Vranka, Marek; Wanguche, Patrick Otuo; Willer, Robb; Wojcik, Adrian Dominik; Xu, Rachel; Yadav, Anjali; Zawisza, Magdalena; Zhao, Xian; Zhao, Jiaying; Żuk, Dawid; Van Bavel, Jay J.Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior-several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people's initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.Item Adopting Business Analytics to Leverage Enterprise Data Assets(Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2017) Djerdjouri, Mohamed; Mehailia, AbdelghaniItem Antecedents of employee alienation and its impact on individual work performance during post-merger integration (PMI)(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2020) Al Hosani, Yousef; Jabeen, Fauzia; Paul, Justin; Stachowicz-Stanusch, AgataPurpose: The objective of this study was to examine the significant factors leading to employee alienation in post-merger integration (PMI). Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 482 middle- and low-level employees in two organizations in the real estate and banking sectors in the United Arab Emirates. The analysis was carried out using structural equation modeling (SEM). Findings: Organizational justice, employee commitment, organizational trust, perceived effectiveness of human resource (HR) initiatives and employee communication strategy played an important role in developing or mitigating a feeling of alienation among employees during PMI. Employee tenure in the organization affected individual work performance. Research limitations/implications: The study was limited to middle- and low-level employees and did not consider other organizational variables important in mergers. This study will help merger strategists to deliver appropriate HR practices during PMI, facilitating mitigation of uncertainties among employees and maximizing their trust and commitment. Originality/value: The study results will help organizations understand employee trust, commitment and determinants in an emerging economy. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.Item Anti-Corruption Education in Management Programmes: Learning Style Versatility and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Course Development and Delivery(The International Society for Technology Education and Science, 2023) Tripathi, Shiv K.; Amann, Wolfgang C.; Stachowicz-Stanusch, AgataThe effective anti-corruption education requires careful understanding of the teaching-learning context. At the different stages of the designing an anti-corruption focuses course, we need to consider factors related to target learning group as well as the respective context in which they are. Learning style versatility is an important factor that needs to be analyzed for an effective and outcome linked course in Anti-Corruption. The emergence of artificial intelligence provides significant opportunities in improving the outcome-focused course design. Automating the identification of learning style versatility of target learning group can simplify the process of customizing the course contents, pedagogy and assessment framework for the given learning group. The article is conceptual in nature and provides a generic framework for applying artificial intelligence (AI) in developing the anti-corruption course, tailored to the target learning group characteristics. The suggested framework can be adapted under the different teaching-learnings contexts, as per the need. The anti-corruption is an extended and applied area of ethics and, therefore, the framework can also be extended in developing course modules related to other similar themes. © 2023 Published by the ISTES OrganizationItem Artificial Intelligence and Business Ethics: An Integrated Course-Design Framework(The International Society for Technology Education and Science, 2023) Amann, Wolfgang C.; Tripathi, Shiv K.; Stachowicz-Stanusch, AgataThe last few years have witnessed significant integration of technology, particularly Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in both content as well as delivery of business courses in higher education. On the one side, the contents related to technological applications are increasingly expanding the space in business education curriculum while on the other hand the mode of delivery has also been significantly influenced. The teaching of business ethics involves a number of distinct issues, often challenging the educators to plan and deliver the course effectively. The current chapter, which is based on review of literature as well as authors’ own experiences in teaching business ethics in university courses, critically examines the role of technology as enabler of business ethics course delivery. The Chapter also provides a framework of how the technology can be used to link the teaching, research and participative community action in enhancing the relevance of business ethics teaching in a given context. The chapter provides conclusions for deans, course leaders and faculty members in order to manage change smoothly. © 2023 Published by the ISTES OrganizationItem Assessing views towards energy sources with social media data: The case of nuclear energy in the UAE(MDPI, 2021-11) Contu, Davide; Elshareif, Elgilani Eltahir; Gurrib, IkhlaasInsights from the analysis of views towards energy sources are of paramount importance for the setting of successful energy policies, especially in instances where the public might be reluctant towards certain projects’ implementations. This work presents an analysis of social media comments data given in response to posts around the connection to the grid of a nuclear plant reactor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We assessed comments on Facebook posts of local and international media, as well those written in response to a post of a social media influencer. We extracted the main themes and performed sentiment analysis. The results indicate the presence of mixed views towards nuclear energy when focusing on comments on international media’s posts as well as on the social media influencer’s post considered, whilst they were very positive when assessing comments to local media. All in all, nuclear waste and previous nuclear accidents appear to be as the top of the mind; at the same time, solar energy is often suggested in the comments as a viable energy source for the UAE. Implications for the communication of nuclear energy developments in social media are discussed. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).Item Assessment of Perception of Usage of Mobile Social Media on Online Business Model through Technological Acceptance Model (TAM) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023) Tangri, Kiran; Joghee, Shanmugan; Kalra, Deepak; Shameem, Beenish; Agarwal, RuchiItem Attitudes towards climate change and energy sources in oil exporters(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-11) Contu, Davide; Kaya, Ozgur; Kaya, IlkerSwitching to energy mixes that use more non-fossil fuels is critical to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. Climate change poses a major challenge to oil exporting Gulf countries, like the rest of the world, but research on human views on energy and climate change is limited. We aim to fill this gap by focusing on the UAE, a nation with a peculiar demographic composition that includes an overwhelming proportion of expatriates and transitions towards green and nuclear resources. We examine whether transiency of residence and life satisfaction play a role in influencing perceptions about climate change and energy sources. We also analyze how expatriates' opinions differ from UAE citizens who have significantly higher income and welfare benefits. © 2021 The AuthorsItem Blockchain and Edge Computing Integration Boosts Scalability and Reduces Latency(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023) Mahfuri, Mahmoud; Alnawaiseh, Ahmad Enad; Asad, Umber; Yousif, Muhammad; Aslam, Shoukat; Chabani, Zakariya; Fiaz, MuhammadItem Building a World that Works for Tomorrow: General Electric's Integrated Approach to Leading with Integrity(Case Centre UK, 2022) Sergio, RommelThis case study looks into the integrated approach of General Electric (GE) in leading with integrity. Specifically, the case highlights GE's corporate social responsibility and ethical practices. The company leads by example, and integrity is woven into everything it does as part of the business, including safeguarding its people and taking care of the environment. As a high-tech industrial company, GE's operations impact the environment one way or another; thus, it is worth looking at how the company ensures that it is minimizing that impact. Furthermore, the case examines various initiatives of GE to invest in its people, reduce the impact on the environment, and innovate to build better tomorrow for healthcare and aviation.Item Building the business schools of the future with a strong focus on practical wisdom for a VUCA world(Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2022-11-15) Amann, Wolfgang; Stachowicz-Stanusch, Agata; Tripathi, Shiv K.Item Can organizations get away with greenwashing? CSR attributions and counterproductive sustainability behaviors(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023) Ahmad, Ifzal; Jamali, Dima Rachid; Khattak, Muhammad NisarItem Causality analysis in business performance measurement system using system dynamics methodology(American Institute of Physics Inc., 2014) Yusof, Zainuridah; Yusoff, Wan Fadzilah Wan; Maarof, FaridahOne of the main components of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) that differentiates it from any other performance measurement system (PMS) is the Strategy Map with its unidirectional causality feature. Despite its apparent popularity, criticisms on the causality have been rigorously discussed by earlier researchers. In seeking empirical evidence of causality, propositions based on the service profit chain theory were developed and tested using the econometrics analysis, Granger causality test on the 45 data points. However, the insufficiency of well-established causality models was found as only 40% of the causal linkages were supported by the data. Expert knowledge was suggested to be used in the situations of insufficiency of historical data. The Delphi method was selected and conducted in obtaining the consensus of the causality existence among the 15 selected expert persons by utilizing 3 rounds of questionnaires. Study revealed that only 20% of the propositions were not supported. The existences of bidirectional causality which demonstrate significant dynamic environmental complexity through interaction among measures were obtained from both methods. With that, a computer modeling and simulation using System Dynamics (SD) methodology was develop as an experimental platform to identify how policies impacting the business performance in such environments. The reproduction, sensitivity and extreme condition tests were conducted onto developed SD model to ensure their capability in mimic the reality, robustness and validity for causality analysis platform. This study applied a theoretical service management model within the BSC domain to a practical situation using SD methodology where very limited work has been done. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.Item Challenges of AI Adoption in the UAE Healthcare(Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2022-06) Al Badi, Fatma Khamis; Alhosani, Khawla Ali; Jabeen, Fauzia; Stachowicz-Stanusch, Agata; Shehzad, Nazia; Amann, Wolfgang C.The purpose of this study is to prioritize the challenges of adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was used, and the data were collected from the managerial-level executives (n = 27) involved in AI adoption in their respective healthcare organizations. The results prioritized the AI main criteria and sub-criteria based on their priority weights in the healthcare sector. The results also revealed that accuracy, privacy and security criteria are the most important factors to optimize the healthcare sector with AI. The research findings shall help policymakers formulate suitable strategies with current adoption and acceptance of AI in the healthcare sector. The findings will help policymakers utilize this study’s outcomes to create a well-defined picture of AI’s actual adoption and acceptance in the healthcare sector. © 2021 Management Development Institute.Item Complementing choice experiment with contingent valuation data: Individual preferences and views towards IV generation nuclear energy in the UK(Elsevier Ltd, 2020-01) Contu, Davide; Mouratob, SusanaItem Determinants Linked to Executive Succession Planning in Public Sector Organizations(Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2020) Al Suwaidi, Muna; Jabeen, Fauzia; Stachowicz-Stanusch, Agata; Webb, MatthewSuccession planning is important for organizational growth and business sustainability in the public sector. However, few organizations have attempted to introduce the concept and practice. This article aimed to identify and prioritize the factors that influence executive succession planning in the public sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), using the analytic hierarchy process. A model was developed with 5 criteria and 29 sub-criteria and tested using data collected from 40 interviews with top executives from various public sector organizations. The findings showed that succession planning strategy, organizational culture and leadership development opportunities were the most significant factors linked to executive succession planning in the UAE public sector. A framework for decision-makers was developed which could be used to overcome some of the challenges of executive succession planning. It is hoped that this study will help policymakers to formulate suitable policies and strategies to promote executive succession planning in public sector organizations. It will also help them to implement best practice in this field. © 2020 Management Development Institute.Item Dubai International Financial Centre’s updated data protection law-part 1: developing a modern, global law in a UAE financial free zone(Henry Stewart Publications, 2020) Baker, Lori; Beeton, JulieIt is a little-known fact that in the Middle East, a data protection law very similar to the original EU Directive of 1995 and the UK Data Protection Act of 1998 exists. But the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is the purveyor of this law, which is in force since 2007 and undergoing an overhaul to be completed by December 2019. The updated law combines international data protection standards of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act with innovative, new concepts that work for the DIFC’s FinTech/X-tech incubator. Ultimately, the goal is to obtain adequacy recognition by the European Commission. This paper tells us how such a law was created and how a small jurisdiction in the United Arab Emirates is making big strides in data protection. © Henry Stewart Publications 2398-1679 (2020).Item Effects of resource orchestration, strategic information exchange capabilities, and digital orientation on innovation and performance of hotel supply chains(Elsevier Ltd, 2024-02) Tajeddini, Kayhan; Hussain, Matloub; Gamage, Thilini Chathurika; Papastathopoulos, AvraamSupply chain (SC) innovation has become a competitive source for hotels to enhance performance in the turbulent business environment. Drawing on the resource orchestration (RO) and information sharing (IS) theories, we propose an integrated theoretical framework delineating how strategic information exchange (SIE) and RO capabilities and digital orientation of a hotel foster innovation and enhance the performance of its SC. Based on PLS-SEM analysis of data collected from 281 hotels in the United Arab Emirates, our findings indicate that RO and SIE capabilities of hotels influence the performance of SCs, whereas SC innovation mediates the said relationships. However, contrary to the expectations, digital orientation did not moderate the relationships between RO and SIE capabilities and SC innovation of hotels. © 2023Item Exploring the mediating role of feedback environment in the relationship between supervisors’ emotional intelligence and employees’ performance: Feedback environment(IGI Global, 2019-07) Khan, Saif; Anjam, Mahwish; Abu Faiz, Mohammad; Khan, FaisalThis empirical study examines the relationship between the measured perception of the supervisor’s emotional intelligence and the employee workplace performance, as it is impacted by the mediating effect of the supervisor’s feedback environment. Data were collected from selected faculties of higher education institutions within Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) by means of a cross-sectional quantitative survey using a random probability sampling technique. Statistical techniques used for the purpose of data analysis include, descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. The data analysis confirmed all of the research hypotheses excluding the impact of a supervisor’s use of emotions on the feedback environment. However, the data from the feedback environment indicates a significant mediating impact upon the relationship between supervisor’s emotional intelligence and the subordinate’s work performance. This study establishes the role of the supervisor’s emotional intelligence in defining the feedback environment as they deal with faculty members’ quality of work. Copyright © 2019, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.