The relationship between demographic characteristics, personality traits and users’ seek values in multiple service industries in Saudi Arabia

This study is an attempt to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics, personality traits and users’ seek values in multiple service industries in Saudi Arabia.The sample is comprised of 400 sampling where data is obtained through a distributed questionnaire.This study used multiple regressions to test the relationship between independent variables and dependent invariable.The results found that there is a positive relationship between demographic characteristics and users’ seek values.In addition, there is a positive significant association between personality traits and users’ seek values.Finally, this research provided some limitations and suggestions for future researchers at the end of the study. © 2014, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research. All rights reserved

Role of Time-Driven Resource-Consumption Accounting in Strategic Cost Reduction and Support of Supply Chain Management

The study aims to developResource-Consumption Accounting (RCA) by transforming the activities embodied in this approach fromtherigid multiple driversto aflexible unique time-driven driver by support pf supply chain management (SCM). This developmentis intended to overcome the criticisms directed at RCA,activating its role firstly in real cost reduction according to the production capacity mechanism and, secondly, in supply chain management support. The study adopts a theoretical descriptive approach,conceivingthe positives of RCA, Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in an attempt to create a new approach that integrates the advantages of both approaches in order to reduce cost. It is concluded that Time-Driven Resource-Consumption Accounting (TDRCA) can lead to a real cost reduction and at the same timesupport supply chain management

The impact of the users’ seek values on consumer intention to use SST in multiple service industries in Saudi Arabia

This study investigated the effect of users’ seek values on consumer intention to use SST in multiple service industries in Saudi Arabia.The sample consists of 400 sample units where data is gathered with the help of a questionnaire.The study employed regression analysis to examine the independent variables-dependent variables relationship.Moreover, the outcome of the study revealed that a positive and significant association is present between user’s seek values and consumer intention to use SST.The research provides limitations and suggestions for future research before the study is concluded

The impact of board characteristics on firm performance: Evidence from nonfinancial listed companies in Kuwaiti Stock Exchange

The core aim of this study is to examine the relationship between board characteristics and the firm performance of non-financial listed Kuwaiti firms.To achieve the objectives of the study, the data were collected from a sample of 136 companies for the financial year 2009.Variables such as CEO duality, COE tenure, audit committee size, board size and board composition were considered as predictors of the firm performance that was measured employing the return on assets (ROA).By contrast, the effects of CEO tenure and leverage on firm performance were found to be negative and significant at the chosen level of significance.To test the hypotheses of the study, multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS 18.0 was utilized.Using the firm size and leverage as a control variable, the findings of the study support the positive effects of CEO duality and audit committee size on ROA.Other findings of the study were discussed in the discussion section and some other future study directions were provided

Audit Committee Characteristics and Firm Performance: Evidence from Malaysian Finance Companies

This study examined the effect of audit committee characteristics including competence of the audit committee members, the member of the professional body, and the frequency of audit committee meetings, on the finance companies performance.The study was conducted involving 33 companies that were included in the list of the Bursa Malaysia, covered in the period from 2011-2015, a total of 165 firmyears observations. The study made use of Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regressions analysis.The findings revealed that the variables of audit committee independence, audit committee finance literacy and Audit committee member of accounting professional body influence significantly the performance of finance companies.Specifically, audit committee finance literacy has been found to be the most positively significant variable to influence finance companies performance. However, audit committee size may not contribute to enhancing finance companies performance. Moreover, this study conducted a review of literature relevant to the topic of audit committee characteristics and it presented practical implications as well as suggestions that future studies can follow

The effect of board of directors characteristics, audit committee characteristics and executive committee characteristics on firm performance in Oman: An empirical study

This study is an attempt to achieve the main objective by examining the association between the board of director’s characteristics, audit committee characteristics and the executive committee characteristics and the performance of the Oman companies.This study used many assumptions to test the relationship between independent variables and dependent variable as discussed in the section explaining the study method.The data comprised of 162 non-financial companies because financial and non-financial companies employ different methods and they have different structures.As this study attempts to bridge the gap in the existing literature by investigating the association between corporate governance mechanisms and firm performance in the emerging market of Oman, it focuses on adding new important variables of corporate governance mechanisms like board change, the role of secretary on the board, the legal counsel and the executive committee characteristics that improve firm performance.The findings indicated a significantly positive relationship between board size, board meeting, audit committee independence and executive committee independence, and the Tobin`s Q. On the other hand, board independence and legal counsel are significantly and negatively related to Tobin`s Q. Moreover, a positive but insignificant relationship is found between CEO tenure, CEO compensation, audit committee size, and the firm performance (Tobin`s Q). Furthermore, board change, the role of the secretary on the board, audit committee meeting, executive committee size and executive committee meeting are revealed to have a negative but insignificant association with firm performance (Tobin`s Q). Finally, this study provides recommendations for future research

The relationship between prosocial voice and the patient safety culture in the Saudi public hospitals

This study examines the direct linkage between pro social voice and patient safety among public hospitals in Saudi Arabia.The researcher employed the quantitative survey design for data collection, where 127 out of 251 healthcare firms were chosen in Saudi Arabia with the following division-70 organizations from the central region and 57 from the western region.The hospitals comprising the sample all operate under the oversight of the Saudi Ministry of health. The researcher distributed 30 questionnaires in each of the 127 Saudi hospitals to staff workers working in the nursing units in both regions. A total of 1793 questionnaires were returned and the rate of response was calculated by dividing the number of returned questionnaires with the total number of participants.The present study made use of regression analysis to examine the relationship between pro social voice and patient safety culture. The findings revealed a positive and significant relationship between the two. Some recommendations for future studies were provided at the end of the study

The relationship between communication, customer knowledge and customer loyalty in Saudi Arabia insurance industry companies

The main target of this article is to examine the relationship between communications, customer knowledge and customer loyalty in insurance companies in Saudi Arabia.This study adopted Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLSSEM) to test the association between communication, customer knowledge and customer loyalty.The sample comprised of 399 from insurance companies in Saudi Arabia and data was obtained from questionnaires distributed to the sample. Moreover, the questionnaire was adopted from many authors as explained in methodology section.This article found a positive and significant relationship between communication and customer loyalty.In the same path, this study found that customer knowledge has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty.Moreover, this study has significant contributions in the theoretical, practical and policy market that may be integrated together in order to improve customer loyalty. Finally, the limitation and future recommendations were provided at the end of this study

Technology adoption and innovation of e-government in republic of Iraq

Electronic government (EG) refers to a computer application employed in government activities and operations,where both government and the public are enabled to interact and transact online.The practicability of EG has not been largely explored in the context of Iraq, owing to the conflicting activities it has been experiencing in the past few years.Prior to EG adoption, variables have to be examined such as infrastructure, social factors,security, skills, users’ behavior etc. The present study aims at examining the related variables that could potentially bar the EG services adoption in Iraq with the help of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT).Three independent variables are examined namely effort expectancy, performance expectancy, and social influence – the influence of these variables on the EG services uses as the dependent variable is examined.The study proposes a quantitative examination of the EG services usage behavior with data gathered from Iraq.The study findings are then discussed