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30
Dec
2012

The Trust as a Necessary Condition but Not Sufficient for the Psychological Contract

Journal of Human Resources Management Research
The perception of organizational injustice may trigger off a questioning of the trust established between both partners (employer and employee), which may cause a breach of the psychological contract and encourage the emergence of problems within the organization (doubt, mistrust, antisocial behavior, etc.). We support…
30
Dec
2012

Large Intrathoracic Teratomas in Neonates: Surgical Considerations

International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
We report the case of 3 mediastinal  teratomas, 1 intrapericardial immature and 2 mediastinal grade 0,  diagnosed in the 38th week of gestation (intrapericardial immature) in the last stage of pregnancy (mature mediastinal). The surgical resection of the masses was successfully undertaken shortly after birth. The histological description of tumor after excision has reported immature multicystic teratoma Grade 2 of 3, with immature neural tissue and without yolk sac tumor cells (for the intrapericardial case) and mature tissue grade 0 large masses, with all tissues represented at histology (for the extrapericardial…
30
Dec
2012

An Internet-Based Health Communication Platform: Fostering Dialogue among University Faculty for Better Academics’ Health

Journal of e-health Management
This study aims to launch an e-health application to help motivate academics’ active participation in health-promoting activities. It is an on-going project about understanding and enhancing academics’ involvement in health-related activities. An Internet-based platform coined as Preparing Academics’ Health for Tomorrow’s Education (PAHTE) was designed…
30
Dec
2012

Mobile Smartphones as Tools for ‘Efficient’ and ‘Effective’ Protesting: A Case Study of Mobile Protesting in Jamaica

Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society
This paper draws attention to the discourses surrounding the use of mobile smartphones for protesting (M-Protesting) in Jamaica. More specifically, it presents the findings of a qualitative descriptive research project which utilized a fusion of the case study and discourse analysis methodology to illustrate how…
30
Dec
2012

In-House versus In-Cloud ERP Systems: A Comparative Study

Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies
This paper provides a framework for comparison between the in-house implementation of ERP systems versus the in-cloud implementations. The paper first establishes a framework for the comparison based on three factors: pre-live, i.e., the implementation methodologies of both options; post-live, i.e., cost, time and the…
30
Dec
2012

Measuring ERP Success as a Function of the User Category at AUC

Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies
The novelty in this research stems from coupling the satisfaction and impact of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) success with different user categories and not just one model that fits all users. Based on the DeLone and MacLean model of ERP success (1992), several models are…
30
Dec
2012

Towards the Success of ERP Systems: Case Study in Two Moroccan Companies

Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies
For over a decade, ERP systems in Morocco have shown a significant increase. Companies make large investments in these scale systems in order to anticipate positive impacts on their organization. Measuring ERP systems success becomes an important criterion for the stakeholders in justifying the associated…
30
Dec
2012

A 3D Lighting System for fMRI Rendering Fidelity Experiments

International Journal of Interactive worlds
Although improvements in basic computer graphics rendering hardware and lighting algorithms have produced some remarkable results, it is still computationally demanding to render a highly realistic Virtual Environment (VE) in real-time. This paper presents a real-time synthetic lighting system incorporating sophisticated global illumination algorithms aiming…
30
Dec
2012

A Framework for Cyber Security in Africa

Journal of Information Assurance & Cybersecurity
This paper deals with at least four major cyber safety concerns in Africa discussed in recent literature. These cyber concerns include aspects such as policies, procedure, awareness, research and the provision of technical security measures. Each concern is examined, the main focus areas are highlighted…
30
Dec
2012

The Role of SDMs in Preserving the Organisational Strategy during BPR: Lessons from SA MHEIs

Journal of African Research in Business & Technology
Professionals in system development have recognised and recommended the use of System Development Methodologies (SDMs) in South African organisations (Huisman and Iivari 2003, Huisman 2004). Professionals in BPR have also raised concern over the negative impact that BPR has on the organisational strategy (Mavetera 2012,…