Hamzah Elrehail

University of Sharjah | US · Department of Management Marketing and Public Administration

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of supply chain (SC) partnerships on sustainable performance (SP) and investigate the potential mediating role of total quality management (TQM). Design/methodology/approach A total of 185 responses were collected from pharmaceutical industry employees. The research data were analyzed using...

This study examines the acceptance of mobile Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the telecom sector of Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employs the extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that affect the acceptance of LMS among workers and how it is affected...

Abstract: Businesses enterprises in the hospitality and tourism industry strives to attract and boost the number of patronisers. Managers in the industry have great thirst and quest for technological tools and approach to enhance communication and revenue. Interactive e-WOM as a modern tool by which interaction between enterprises and consumers...

Purpose As learning at the workplace is predominantly self-motivated, this study is aimed to identify and categorize the motivational drivers for working professionals to pursue self-directed learning (SDL) at the workplace. Design/methodology/approach A total of 23 variables were identified as drivers for working professionals to initiate, pursue...

The primacy of logistics, environmental sustainability, and institutions for sustainable development has attracted the attention of researchers and policymakers. However, the role of institutions in the logistics-environment relationship has not been documented in the extant literature. Thus, this study examined the role of institutional (governanc...

Purpose This study explored the relationship between employees' cognitive capabilities and firm performance by exploring the moderating role of decision-making style and the mediating effect of knowledge creation. Understanding the role of cognitive capabilities in value creation is crucial for human resource management to achieve the anticipated o...

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The concept of social media marketing (SMM) extends beyond general marketing. SMM has significantly impacted the creation and development of marketing concepts. Drawing on the stimulus (S)–organism (O)–response (R) model, this research aimed to explore benevolence trust, active participation and intention to follow advice (IFA) as three consequence...

Purpose The purpose and current research objective is to determine sustainable hotel performance through hotel environmental management initiatives (HEMI) with the mediating influence of employee’s’ eco-friendly behaviour (EEB), and to determine the moderating role of environmental strategies (ES) in the relationship between HEMI and EEB. Design/m...

The banking industry has undergone significant shifts as innovations have enabled new banking services and created new customer requirements. While banks strive to incorporate innovation and change systems, they also face various obstacles. The primary aim of this qualitative exploratory case study is to determine the key perceived barriers to chan...

This study aimed to examine the moderating role of institutional theory in the association between participative leadership style and various outcomes, such as employee loyalty and job performance in organizations. A cross-sectional research design was employed, where data were gathered from 347 participants from all managerial levels in the United...

This study examines the influence of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and green culture on green performance in the manufacturing sector through the mediating effect of proactive environmental strategy (PES) and green product innovation (GPI). A quantitative approach was followed, and partial least squares structural equation modeling...

Purpose This study explores some central questions related to the connections between social media marketing efforts (SMMEs) and brand loyalty by seeking to understand the mediating role of social media customer brand engagement (CBE) in the airline context. Design/methodology/approach The research model was examined empirically by targeting 360 c...

Purpose Although prior researchers have consistently established a significant relationship between different strategic stances and organizational performances across different research contexts, the mechanisms underlying this link remain unclear. This study attempts to fill this gap in the literature by testing the mediating effect of the use of s...

Purpose Despite extensive discussion of this topic in the life and financial transactions of people, there is a lack of empirical evidence related to challenges and opportunities of digital financial inclusion sustainability in the existing literature. Accordingly, this study aims at investigating the factors that influence the diffusion rate of di...

This case study examines Toyota’s strategic inventory management. The company has been known for its zero-stock inventory, learning from the lessons of the March 11 tsunami disaster in Japan in 2011. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic started to wreak havoc across the globe, Toyota started to question its own invention. The case highlights Toyota’...

Purpose The study seeks to evaluate the extent and quality of environmental reporting following a longitudinal analysis and covering a wide spectrum of industries in a single frame. The study also attempts to identify the set of most favored environmental reporting items by firms and items which are least disclosed. Furthermore, the study attempts...

The case highlights various human resource practices and strategies that Du has implemented as part of its ongoing commitment to promote employee well-being and happiness and its response to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the case looks into how the company prioritizes its people and what initiatives it implements...

This case study examines the MOE in the UAE in terms of its innovation and change management strategies to cope with the challenges posted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the case investigates the role of technology and how innovation has allowed the ministry to shift to virtual work and an online learning model to safeguard its employees a...

Purpose This study aimed at determining factors which affect university lecturers’ adoption of the Moodle platform under the conditions of COVID-19. In considering the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model was applied and extended by adding two additional variables of learning deman...

Tour guides as representatives for any destination by playing a vital role in supporting destinations experiential image (EI), and they could be a successful service recovery tool for improving EI. The purpose of this paper is to assess the experiential image of Jordan as a destination and how this destination is perceived by the French tourists as...

Long lead time is hurting the competitiveness of the supply chain, while the shorter is considered to be better in order to add value to the customer and to improve the supply dependability. Supply chain integration increases the coordination and shortens the processes. Agile practices also enable the supply chain to be more responsive to market va...

The COVID-19 pandemic's ripple effects on the digital work sphere have been widely recognized and debated. But little is known about how much technostress influences workers' overall well-being (i.e., workplace flourishing) during the pandemic. This paper (drawing on social roles and self-efficacy theories) investigates the effect of technostress o...

Abstract: Many researchers have noted the role of tour guide in improving the destination image in front of the tourists as they directly interact with the tourists. Tour guides as representatives for any destination play a vital role in supporting destinations’ experiential image (EI), and they could be a successful service recovery tool for im...

Purpose This study explores central questions related to the connections between brand interactivity and involvement on brand-related outcomes (brand trust and loyalty) through understanding the role played by customer brand engagement (CBE) through social media platforms. Design/methodology/approach Using an online survey, the data for this study...

Purpose This paper draws on resource-based theory (RBV) to examine the impact of the management control system (MCS) package on business performance through the mediating role of entrepreneurial competencies and the interaction role of business strategy in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach A total of 372 questi...

This study aimed at investigating the impact of HRM practices (HRMPs) on employees' intention to leave within the context of UAE's educational sector. The mediating role of job satisfaction is also assessed. The study adopted a descriptive and analytical approach using a quantitative survey to collect the data and to test the proposed hypotheses. T...

This study explores central questions related to the connections between a firm’s high-performance work system (HPWS) and its ability to foster the positive employee outcomes, psychological capital (PsyCap) and future time perspective (FTP). Drawing on signaling theory, this paper develops and examines two mediation models. In the first, FTP is pro...

Purpose Entrepreneurship education at universities aims to create entrepreneurial thinking and spread the culture of entrepreneurial awareness, skills and attitudes to students to stimulate their entrepreneurship intentions as graduates. This study investigates the impact of entrepreneurship education on innovative start-up intention as well as the...

This study examines the influence of job demands and job resources on cyberloafing behavior through the mediating role of job stress and work engagement and the contingent role of employee motivation at universities. The research model draws on border theory and the JD-R model. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) techniq...

Purpose This study explores central questions related to the connection between intellectual capital (IC) and the innovative performance of organizations through the mediating role of management control systems (MCS) and business strategies, as well as the moderating role of innovation capabilities. Design/methodology/approach The data was collect...

Prior research has paid little attention to the cognitive mechanisms by which religiosity influences ethical consumption. The aim of this study is to explore when and how religiosity might be related to the development of ethical consumption. The study develops an interactionist model describing how religiosity and moral intensity might interact an...

Using institutional theory, this study offers an integrated framework that describes the diffusion of business-to-business e-commerce within a country. The model specifies the role of national institutional frameworks, international institutional pressures, and market complexity in business-to-business e-commerce diffusion. We test this model using...

Purpose The cognitive processes through which religiosity and idealism affect ethical consumption have received little attention in prior research. This study aims to explore the influence of religiosity and idealism on ethical purchasing intention through moral obligation and perceived customer effectiveness (PCE). Design/methodology/approach The...

This data article highlights the contingent role of company size in the relationship between knowledge management practices and firm performance. It also investigates the possible direct impact of these practices on performance. Data were collected from managers in large and medium-sized industrial companies in Jordan, using a self-administered que...

This data article highlights the contingent role of company size in the relationship between knowledge management practices and firm performance. It also investigates the possible direct impact of these practices on performance. Data was collected from managers in large and medium-sized industrial companies in Jordan, using a self-administered ques...

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of human resource (HR) management practices on achieving competitive advantage through studying the mediating role of employee satisfaction in the context of five-star hotels in Northern Cyprus. Design/methodology/approach-To produce numeric data as well as to test the hypothesis, the resea...

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his study investigates the impacts of service quality of Jordanian telecommunication and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. The study also studies though the role of switching cost as a mod-erate variable. Lack of studies in the field of quality in Jordanian telecommunication is the main reason for this investigation. The study investigates...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of human resource (HR) management practices on achieving competitive advantage through studying the mediating role of employee satisfaction in the context of five-star hotels in Northern Cyprus. Design/methodology/approach To produce numeric data as well as to test the hypothesis, the rese...

Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of human resource management practices on achieving competitive advantage through studying the mediating role of employee satisfaction in the context of five-star hotels in Northern Cyprus. Design: To produce numeric data as well as to test the hypothesis, the researchers employed Structural Equation M...

Dear Colleagues, We have a great pleasure to announce the International Conference on Digitization (ICD-2019) at Skyline University College, Sharjah(UAE) during November 18-19, 2019. The theme of ICD-2019 is “Landscaping Artificial Intelligence”. Details about conference is available at http://icd.skylineuniversity.ac.ae/

Purpose Drawing on a number of strategic management theories, the purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between strategic thinking (in other words, systems perspective, focused intent, intelligent opportunism, thinking in time and hypothesis-driven analysis) and organizational performance. It also investigates whether the notion and...

Purpose – Drawing on a number of strategic management theories, the purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between strategic thinking (in other words, systems perspective, focused intent, intelligent opportunism, thinking in time and hypothesis-driven analysis) and organizational performance. It also investigates whether the notion an...

This study focuses on the confirmatory factor analysis for testing validity and reliability of E-Business Supply chain collaboration measurement scale in Arabian context. Items of the Scale was developed initially from literature review in supply chain collaboration. The initial form was pilot tested using The study is considered as the first in th...

Purpose This study aims at providing empirical evidence pertaining to the interaction among authentic leadership, workplace harmony, worker's creativity and performance in the context of telecommunication sector. These research streams remain important issues and of interest as the world continues to migrate toward a knowledge-based economy. Desi...

Purpose Flock leadership theory explores how different collective learning capacities emerge when interacting individuals work through challenges. While research has link other leadership styles with knowledge management systems (KMS), studies examining flock leadership and KMS are largely lacking. This study investigated the nexus between flock le...

This study aims at examining the experiential image (EI) of North Cyprus and how it is perceived by international tourists from Germany. A total number of 450 questionnaires were distributed to tourists coming from Germany; 385 questionnaires were considered valid for analysis. In order to increase the reliability as well as validity of research in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on the performance of Jordanian banks as determined by using the balanced scorecard (BSC) performance measurement system and by testing the effect of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) as a possible mediator variable. Design/methodol...

This data article describes the contingent role of knowledge sharing between two leadership styles and innovation in higher education institutions in non-western countries. The dataset investigates the second-ordered (i.e. higher construct) among the relationships of study constructs, the nested relationship which gives birth to new constructs. Fur...

A synthesis of existing Industry 4.0 literature depicts that knowledge management and decision making strategies are crucial factors for organizations. This article highlights the need and develops a framework for knowledge management and decision-making style by reviewing existing management literature. This research proposes a framework that supp...

This study aims at examining the experiential image (EI) of North Cyprus and how it is perceived by international tourists from Germany. A total number of 450 questionnaires were distributed to tourists coming from Germany; 385 questionnaires were considered valid for analysis. In order to increase the reliability as well as validity of research in...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of two leadership stylesTransformational and Authentic leadership on process and product innovation in higher education institutions in Jordan. We also examine how the effect of these leadership styles fluctuates based on the extent to which knowledge sharing is prevailing norm in an institution. W...

Green environment need green practices, so for that the researchers conduct this study to investigate the Green Human Resources Management (GHRM) practices on Sustainable Corporate Performance (SCP) through mediating role of Organization Citizenship Behavior for Environment (OCBE). The finding of this study reveals that GHRM has a positive impact o...

The aim of this paper to outline the E-voting system readiness and design in Jordan, the researcher’s illustrate the guideline for developing and designing E-voting system in Jordan election. Moreover the paper used TAM model to test the Acceptance of the proposed system from voter’s perspective and the readiness of the system to be used.

This paper aims to investigate the role of knowledge sharing mechanism for development the of pricing strategy, how knowledge sharing can improve the process of pricing strategy, what the factors that influence this development, survey was distributed via e-mail to CEO of marketing, we find that knowledge sharing can improve the development of pric...

Reputation has critical role for each business organization. Without a good reputation, success is limited and the organization’s long-term future is in doubt. Today organization is changing into very important issue, corporate social responsibility (CSR) being respectable by organizations through CSR activities. In this paper, the impact of CSR an...

The e-government program aims to provide government services to citizens through different channels. One of these channels is mobile government that develops on the basis of traditional e-government. Mobile government affords a new method to improve government effectiveness and economy of public services. In the context of Jordan, mobile service is...

Every day the technology goes forward, many and many applicat ions are developed to solve any problem that the people face and those technologies applied in various domains. One of these domains is called E-learning as a part of two dominated domains knowledge management and networking. In this paper, we suggest a model to solve some challenges of...