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Nov
2013

Using the Workspace as a Management Tool: A Conceptual Framework

Journal of Organizational Management Studies
Recent years have witnessed considerable transformation of workspaces that not only depends on the nature of the organization or work but also comes from factors, including globalization, Information Technology and Communication and environmental concerns. The major challenges facing workspace transformation are cost rationalization, activity distribution…
29
Nov
2013

Human Dimension of Enterprise Architecture

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
Change has became an ordinary part of today’s business world. However, organizations running transformation activities are often confronted by a lot of challenges. Studies of change or transformation execution show that 60 – 70 per cent of intended changes were either not delivered on time,…
29
Nov
2013

An Investigation of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among R&D Center Employees in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Human Resources Management Research
This study explores the factors that affect overall job satisfaction and intentions to stay among 432 employees in public research and development (R&D) center in Saudi Arabia. Five organizational characteristics variables: pay, promotion, supervision, coworkers, and nature of work, were considered as antecedents to overall…
29
Nov
2013

Dimensions and Post-Treatment Changes of Anterior Dentoalveolar Bone in Female Orthodontic Patients with Different Vertical Skeletal Patterns

Journal of Research and Practice in Dentistry
Objective: To determine the maxillary and mandibular anterior dentoalveolar bone width, height and length (MxAW, MdAW, MxAH, MdAH, MxAL, and MdAL) in Thai female patients with skeletal open bite, normal bite and deep bite and to compare the differences in these dimensions after fixed orthodontic…
29
Nov
2013

Air Metabolite Preclusion Reduces Conscious Thought

Research in Endocrinology
Five studies supported the hypothesis that preclusion of air metabolite availability reduces conscious thought. Participants reported having fewer thoughts while having breathed through a bag without, rather than with, a hole at its end (Study 1). Participants who held their breath for 10 seconds reported…
28
Nov
2013

Relationship between Personality Traits and Sense of Urgency: A Study of Repso Malaysia

IBIMA Business Review
Sense of urgency is a crucial element of a successful change process. This research was designed to investigate the relationship between personality traits and sense of urgency. It employed quantitative method in examining the said relationship against a real-life scenario of major change in a…
28
Nov
2013

Green Economy: Researching Working from Home in Building Sector

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
The rapid growth of telework or working from home (WFH) is inspired by the growth in knowledge-based economy, rapid technology progress, virtual operations and digital workforce. The original push on teleworking as a tool for cutting traffic congestion and improving air quality did not lead…
28
Nov
2013

Indicators in the Purchase of Housing Properties

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
This paper examines the effects of key indicators (risk of inflation, inflation hedge, property prices, real income of investors, access to financing, and interest rates) on investors’ investors’ decision to purchase a real estate property. The data for this study were obtained by conducting a…
28
Nov
2013

Czech International Development Policy in the Context of EU Enlargement

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
Development policy of any state is to contribute to poverty reduction, the economic and industrial development, gradual integration of economies which are supported by the world economy to develop agriculture, development and consolidation of democracy and human rights, establishment of the rule of law and…
28
Nov
2013

Informal Economy Dynamics as an Important Factor Defining Level of Social Unease

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
The paper suggests the hypothesis that increasing level of social unease which can be seen in the world since the start of Arab spring is directly related to dynamics of informal economy. Subsequently in the paper some other suggestions are tested, including relation between the…