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Emotive Effort among Medical Professionals in Pakistan
By Kanwal Bilal
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between work complexity, emotive effort and its effects on
job satisfaction and Emotion Management related stress among medical professionals; as in accordance with
The Managed Heart by Arlie Hochschild, it is asserted that emotive toil is carried out by medical
professionals. Correspondence among work complexity, emotive toil and job satisfaction are ascertained by
circulating questionnaires among medical personnel. This correspondence is investigated by the use of
regression analysis... |
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Emotive effort, medical professionals, job satisfaction, work complexity
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Impediments to Womens Equitable Employment: Global Scenario
By Farida Faisal
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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The ambivalent record of progress on issues of gender equality is reflective of the impediments to womens
equitable employment. This paper presents facts on global gender inequality in general, while specifically
focusing on gender discrimination in the labour market and formal organisations. The Gender Mainstreaming
strategy is presented as a viable option to overcome the obstacles restricting women from attaining their
productive potential.
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Determining Gas Pipeline Optimum Route by using Integrated FAHP/GRA Model
By Ali Mohamadi and Payam shojaei © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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This paper is aimed at selecting optimum route of gas pipeline over three other recommended routes in Fars
state by exploiting MCDM. The main criterias used here, include technical and engineering, environmental and
socio-economic criterias that are based on sustainable development. Each of these criterias has some
subcriterias which we have obtained their importance by FAHP then routes were classified by GRA. One of the
advantages of this project is using subjective and objective datas to order alternatives simultaneously... |
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Sustainable development, Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP), Grey Relation Analysis(GRA),
Optimum Route.
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Individual and Structural Determinants of Intrinsic Work Preference among Female Public Servants in Pakistan
By Farida Faisal and Mubbsher Munawar Khan © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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Gender equality in public sector organizations of Pakistan can be sustained by utilizing womens productive
potential, which in turn depends on their work preference. There is a substantial body of literature which
establishes a strong linkage between different dimensions of work preference, and demographic and
organizational variables. In this paper, the impact of individual and organizational characteristics of Pakistani
female public servants, on their intrinsic work preference is thoroughly examined. Cross tabulation shows that
compared to the married personnel, unmarried personnel have a greater desire to work outside the home as
they find it easier to avoid work-family conflict... |
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Work Motivation, Organizational Commitment, Work Environment, Public Sector, Gender Equality
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The Business Model Of A Shanzhai Mobile Phone Firm on China
By Jin-Li Hu, Hsiang-Tzu Wan and Hang Zhu
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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This study defines Shanzhai mobile phone (ShanzhaiGi) as an indigenous innovation product supported by a
group of value chain suppliers that provide good-enough products by charging reasonable prices in a rapid time
frame to fulfill the needs of target customers. Through examining the business model of Shanzhai mobile phone
firms, we find that the value created by them is to provide products that benefit the countryside people so that
everyone can get connected. Moreover, ShanzhaiGi offers more features than premium international brands to
fulfill the market demand of the masses... |
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Shanzhai; Business model; Value creation
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The Story of Exchange Rate Movement by China and its Impact on USA Economy
By Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Ramzan, Sundus Naveed
and Saira Hameed
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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Exchange rate is an important element of the countrys economic health. It is one of the most scrutinized,
anatomized and manipulated economic dimension. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of exchange
rate of China on the US trade, employment and on its currency as well. The approach to this paper is to answer the
questions such as the mechanism selected by China for its exchange rate determination? What are the interests of
China in adopting the fixed exchange rate strategy? How this step of China is affecting the U... |
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US dollar, China, Yuan, Fixed Exchange Rate, Floating Exchange Rate, Trade Deficit.
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The Motivation behind Subcontracting Relationships between Large Firms and Small and Medium Enterprises in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry in Kenya
By Beatrice Auko Okatch, Dr Elegwa Mukulu and
Dr Luke Oyugi © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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The motivation behind subcontracting relationships in the motor vehicle manufacturing The purpose of this
study was to determine internal and external constraints to subcontracting arrangements between large firms
and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry in Kenya in order to
establish the reasons for the gap in those arrangements. The sector was chosen for the study because of the
governments selection of the sector to promote subcontracting arrangements between small and medium
enterprises and large firms in Kenya... |
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Keywords
Motor vehicle assemblers, franchise holders, subcontracting, large firms, Small and medium
enterprises.
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The Impact of Exchange Rate, Fiscal Deficit and Terms of Trade on External Debt of Pakistan
A Cointegration and Causality Analysis
By Asma Awan , Nabeela Asghar and Hafeez ur Rehman © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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The massive debt burden of Pakistan calls for a detailed analysis of trends in the foreign debt levels, its
causative factors and implications for economic growth. The present study is an attempt to analyze the
relationship between external debt and exchange rate, fiscal deficit and deterioration of terms of trade for the
period 1974-2008. Using Johansen approach, the study found significant long-run relationship between
external debt and exchange rate and deterioration of terms of trade. The results of the study revealed that fiscal
deficit had no significant impact on external debt... |
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Foreign debt, Exchange rate, Fiscal deficit, Terms of trade.
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Understanding the Effects of Technology Readiness, Satisfaction and Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Loyalty in 3C Products
By Dr. Shih-Chih Chen © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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This research examines the exogenous antecedents of loyalty in the purchase of 3C products. In the proposed
model, we assess how the direct effects of technology readiness, satisfaction, and electronic word-of-mouth on
consumers loyalty and the indirect effects of technology readiness on loyalty via satisfaction and electronic
word-of-mouth. Data was collected via online survey from experienced buyers and users of the leading 3C
internet forums in Taiwan. Structural Equation modeling was applied to examine the proposed model... |
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Technology Readiness, Satisfaction, Electronic Word-of-mouth, Loyalty
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Attraction of Students towards Beauty Products
By Fouzia Ali and Ali Raza Syed Usman Izhar, Muhammad Shoaib, Waqas Amin, Muhammad Adnan, Aamir Mehmood
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 3
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The purpose of this study was to measure the correlation and impact of deceptive beauty advertising (Ads) with
and on the buying behavior of the university students toward beauty products. Developed instrument contained
nineteen questions. Five point Likert scale was used and the response rate was 94.667%. Two variables were
computed; buying behavior of university students towards beauty products was dependent variable; and
deceptive beauty ads were independent variable. Descriptive statistics, correlation and liner regression
techniques were used with the help of SPSS 16... |
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Deceptive advertisements (ads), beauty products, students, Pakistan
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Prospects of Islamic Banking: Reflections from Pakistan
By Muhammad Akram, Mamoona Rafique and
Hassan Mobeen Alam © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 2
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This study examines the growth and development phases as well as prospects of Islamic banking in Pakistan.
The role of Islamic banking is explained with special regards to corporate social responsibility (CSR) as now
days this concept is growing vastly. Awareness in public also has been growing and people are moving towards
Islamic banking system. As we live in a Muslim country so it is very essential to have some basic knowledge
about the Islamic banking. In this paper growth and performance of Islamic banking is discussed and compared
among the financial years from 2003 to 2010 in terms of growth parameters like assets, deposits, sources and
uses of funds... |
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Islamic banking, Pakistan, Riba, Musharaka, Modaraba, Performance
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Role of Institutional Managers in Quality Assurance: Reflections on Kenyas University Education
By Gudo Calleb Owino
Oanda Ibrahim Ogachi
Olel Maureen A
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 2
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Universities are accountable to the stakeholders. To justify their continued existence, the managers of these
universities need to guarantee the public that the institutions they lead offer quality teaching, research and
community service. The study investigated how effectively university managers have played their role in quality
assurance. The results indicated that private universities performed better than public universities in
management of quality education. However, public and private universities suffered from interference by
political and religious patronage... |
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Keywords
Leadership, Management, Quality Assurance.
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Career Planning and Career Management as Correlates for Career Development and Job Satisfaction A Case Study of Nigerian Bank Employees
By Bola Adekola
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 2
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The notion of empowering human capital to onset creativity and innovation through planning the careers of
institutional members using HRM policies and practices to develop different mindsets, skills and competencies
with the ultimate aim to provide a range of innovative products and services is attracting attention. This paper
explores the link between career planning and career management as antecedents of career development and
job satisfaction, and career commitment as its outcome. A sample of 505 employees of a Nigerian Bank revealed
the significant link between the variables of career planning and career management, and career development,
and in turn, with job satisfaction and career commitment... |
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The Impact of Personality and Leadership Styles on Leading Change Capability of Malaysian Managers
By Dr.Ali Hussein Alkahtani, Dr.Ismael Abu-Jarad,
Prof.Dr.Mohamed Sulaiman and Davoud Nikbin
© 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 2
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This study was conducted to investigate the influence of the Big Five Dimensions of personality of the Malaysian
Managers and the leadership styles these managers use on their leading change capabilities. Total sample of 105
managers was used in this study. The results of this study revealed that the Malaysian managers tend to enjoy
personalities that are conscious and open to experience. These managers tend to use consultative leadership style.
However, they use autocratic, democratic and some of them use laissez-fair, but the respondents of this study
scored higher in consultative leadership style... |
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Adopting New Procedures, Leading Change Capability, Leadership Styles, Personality Traits
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Examination of the Effects of Cost Sharing Policy on Science And technology Education and Training in Kenya National Polytechnics
By Mrs. Lorna M. Amuka, Dr. Maureen A. Olel and Prof. Frederick .Q. Gravenir © 2011. New South Wales Research Centre Australia
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, Volume 1, Issue 2
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Strengthening equitable gender access to and success in science and technology courses is an essential prerequisite
for Kenyas economy. The countrys potential for development in agriculture, health and industry is
going to depend on a cadre of scientists and technologists from the polytechnics for their services. This study
focused on the challenges of access into Kenya national polytechnics. The findings indicate that fewer female
students than male students accessed science and technology courses and that the common factor which affected
their access was lack of sufficient funds for training... |
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