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Walking a tightrope or navigating a web: Parameters of balance within perceived institutional realities

Karam C.M.; Afiouni F.; Nasr N. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2013)

This paper leverages Structuration Theory within the greater framework of Institutional Theory to broaden the balance discourse cross-culturally. We argue that the application of the balance concept can be expanded if one ...
Weak and dynamic controllability of temporal problems with disjunctions and uncertainty

Brent Venable K.; Volpato M.; Peintner B.; Yorke-Smith N. (, 2010)

The Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problem with Uncertainty (TCSPU) and its disjunctive generalization, the Disjunctive Temporal Problem with Uncertainty (DTPU), are quantitative models for temporal reasoning that account ...
What if there was no oxygen?: Responding to hypothetical questions in an intelligent tutoring agent

Yorke-Smith N.; Heymans S.; Chaudhri V. (International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS);, 2013)

Our aim is for intelligent tutoring agents to replace traditional and even online textbooks with personalized, adaptive, one-to-one instruction. We focus on science subjects, and describe an approach to answering hypothetical ...
What shapes Global diffusion of e-government: Comparing the infuence of national governance institutions

Azad B.; Faraj S.; Goh J.M.; Feghali T. (HERSHEY701 E CHOCOLATE AVE, STE 200, HERSHEY, PA 17033-1240 USA, 2010)

Prior research has established the existence of a differential between industrialized and other countries for e-Government diffusion. It attempts to explain this divide by identifying economic and technical variables. At ...
When idealists evade taxes: The influence of personal moral philosophy on attitudes to tax evasion - A Lebanese study

Sidani Y.M.; Ghanem A.J.; Rawwas M.Y.A. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd; HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2014)

This paper explores attitudes regarding tax evasion and the relationship between personal moral philosophy and such attitudes in a weak tax environment. The results confirm the multidimensionality of tax evasion attitudes. ...
Which acquirers gain more, single or multiple? Recent evidence from the USA market

Ismail A. (, 2008)

This study considers shareholder returns using 16,221 US takeovers between 1985 and 2004. It finds that single acquirers out-perform multiple acquirers by 1.66percent, and that the gap widens to 5percent in equity exchange ...
Whole networks versus inter-organizational systems: Exploring common ground for us e-prescribing

King N. (, 2012)

Healthcare networks driven by technology, such as e-prescribing, play an increasing role in care coordination. These networks are a mix of public and private entities whose governance and performance have only recently ...
Women, work, and Islam in Arab societies

Sidani Y. (2005)

Purpose - This paper attempts to present varying discourses pertaining to women's work and how it is impacted by interpretations of Islam. Design-methodology-approach - Current discourses from various viewpoints are presented ...
Work-family conflicts and job attitudes of single women: A developing country perspective

Sidani Y.M.; Al Hakim Z.T. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2012)

This study addresses work-family conflicts and job attitudes of white-collar single women and the ensuing work-related attitudes in a developing country context. After an overview of gender roles in Arab society, several ...

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