Browsing Theses for Business Management by Issue Date
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Modelling the Fragility and Resilience of Enterprises
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)This study attempts to expand the existing literature on modelling enterprise fragility and enterprise resilience and their impact on risk management performance. This research employed a quantitative method to collect ... -
Arab Women’s Experiences of Careers in Management
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-03)This thesis explores the experiences and decisions of young Arab women as they pursue and advance their careers in management or opt out. The main research questions on Arab women’s management careers include how they ... -
The Influence of Management Practices on Employee Commitment and Food Safety Performance in Food Manufacturing Firms
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-09)Traditional training, food testing, inspections, and adopting various food safety management systems are commonly used solutions to improve food manufacturing safety. Despite the implementation of these interventions, food ... -
Business Engagement and City Branding
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-11)There is an abundance of literature on consumer engagement, however, little is known as to how engagement is made by organizations. This study addresses this gap by investigating how city brands specifically, (and organizations ... -
Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-02)A substantial amount of advice is available on how top management should lead, but less is known about how leaders conceptualise their leadership of change. This study concentrates specifically on conceptual skills involved ... -
Managing Sustainable Global Events: Sustainability Practices of Expo 2020
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-08)There has been increasing international interest in the impact of hosting mega-events and the sustainability and legacy considerations during the Event Life Cycle (ELC). This research aims to understand the sustainability ... -
Director Engagement with Corporate Purpose: The Contribution and Potential of Institutional Investors
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-09)This thesis develops an improved conceptual understanding of when and how directors, as key corporate governance actors, engage with corporate purpose as a company’s raison d’être, and how institutional investors contribute ... -
Occupational Commitment of Women in STEM Fields: The Impact of Coping Self-Efficacy and Mentoring
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)Continued under-representation of women employed in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields drastically reduces the available talent pool of technical skills. There have been many initiatives to enrol ... -
Exploring the Influence of Expatriation on Individual Identities and Shopping Behaviours in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-01)With the arrival of globalization, the amount of expatriation is constantly increasing. While adjustment of expatriates to a new environment has gained great attention in literature, few studies are available on expatriate ... -
International Marketing Capabilities in the Digital Age: The Role of Social Media Technologies and Firm Cultural Intelligence
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-06)The marketing literature suggests that marketing capabilities are essential drivers of multinational organisations’ performance in foreign markets. Yet, the literature also indicates that cultural barriers represent ... -
Understanding Individual’s Innovative Behaviours: Integrated Personality Traits and Social Capital Perspective
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-08)The aim of this study is to investigate the antecedents of individuals’ innovative behaviours in the service sector using integrated approach that examines the phenomena from both psychological and sociological perspective. ... -
THE EFFECT OF PAY EQUITY and TRUST ON ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT: DOES LOVE OF MONEY MATTER?
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-08)The robust role of organisational commitment through effecting employees’ outcomes leads managers and social scientist to pay close attention to this concept, but to gain and retain employees still represents a big challenge ... -
Smart Government Resilience & Cybersecurity Risk Management
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-09)In smart government systems, there is a high level of local and global business interconnectedness, which increases the overall vulnerability on the cyber platform. Usually, the highest risk can be found in the smart ... -
Modelling the relationship between “Internet of Things”, value co-creation and innovation performance in healthcare
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-09)This research aims to explore the influence of “Internet of Things” (IoT) capabilities on the value co-creation and the service innovation performance of healthcare organisations. ‘Internet of Things’ is a new phenomenon, ... -
The Effects of New Public Management on Managers’ Work-Life Balance and Behavior
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-09)Through delivery and coordination of citizen services and government operations, the public sector plays a crucial economic role in most emerging and developed nations. In this context, the study aims to evaluate the outcome ... -
The effects of Organisational Ambidexterity and New Public Management on Public Sector Service Quality through Service Innovation
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11)Public sector organisations in the Sultanate of Oman are still perceived to lag behind the private sector and are facing intense pressure to deliver the needed quality service. This sector is inflexible and lacks the ... -
Sustaining Emirati family businesses: A Dubai business system case study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-01)Emirati family businesses play an important role in Dubai as do family-owned firms in many states and countries. Family businesses’ sustainability contributes to the resilience of their respective economies and therefore ... -
A Strategy Tripod Perspective on Merger Effectiveness in the Higher Education Industry, with the Mediating Influence of Future Foresight
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-03)This study aims at testing the impact of the antecedents of the perceived mergers effectiveness in the higher education industry from the point of view of managers and administrators. In other words, the study outlines ... -
MODELLING THE COMPLEXITY OF THE UAE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATIONAL READINESS PROGRAMME
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-03)Network analysis was used to model the complexity of the UAE nuclear power plant operational readiness programme. The success of the Nuclear Power Plant Operational Readiness depends on how information travels throughout ... -
Strategy Engineering as an Emergent Phenomenon for Successful Organisations
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-03)This thesis aims to establish a new understanding of strategy and a new school of thought. The strategy engineering model consists of strategy resources and organisation development pillars wherein strategy engineering is ...