Managing asymmetric information effects in decision making: Task complexity-based model
Published in: International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology
Oct 01, 2020
Belkacem Athamena
Zina houhamdi
Ghaleb El Refae
This paper proposes a formal model to manage the impact of asymmetric information in decision-making by using principal-agent problems in which an agent (who has incomplete information) must decide to perform or not perform a task on behalf of the principal. After performing a complex (simple) task, the agent underrates (overrates) his competence. As a consequence of underestimation, a competent agent may decide to stop performing the task henceforth. The agent infers his competence from his pr...
Assessing the Impact of Brand Equity and Demographic Characteristics on Brand Loyalty: The Mediating Role Played By Customer Experience in United Arab Emirates’ Hotel Industry
Published in: Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
Aug 20, 2020
The hotel industry has grown rapidly in recent years, becoming the most competitive environment. As a result, industry players strive to outsmart competitors by creating brand equity to enhance brand loyalty; however, the impact of brand equity and demographic characteristics on brand loyalty is sketchy. In this study, we assess this impact in United Arab Emirates’ hotel industry by using customer experience as the mediating role. We selected a total of 694 participants at three 3-star hotels a...
Human resource management and organisational performance: The mediating role of social exchange
Published in: European Management Review Journal
Aug 17, 2020
This study seeks to explore the impact of specific set of HRM practice on organisational performance in a Middle Eastern emerging market. It aims to examine the mediating role of social exchange within the healthcare sector in Jordan, which is presently reeling under pressure from the refugee crisis from Syria and neighbouring countries. Both, HR and hospital managers were targeted in all private and public hospitals through two separate questionnaires. We find, as predicted, that recruitment, ...
Identity Identification and Management in the Internet of Things
Published in: International Arab Journal of Information Technology
Aug 01, 2020
Zina houhamdi
Belkacem Athamena
Henceforth, users agreed on the necessity of continuous Internet connection independently of the place, the manner, and the time. Nowadays, several elite services are accessible by people over the Internet of Things (IoT), which is a heterogeneous network defined by machine-to-machine communication. Despite the fact that the devices are used to establish the communication, the users can be considered as the actual producers of input data and consumers of the output data. Consequently, the users...
OPERATORS AND THE HYPERINVARIANT SUBSPACE PROBLEM
Published in: Italian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Jun 15, 2020
The Role of Individualism and Selfishness in Rationalizing Decisions
Published in: Philosophical Readings
Jun 02, 2020
In this paper, I propose that individualism and selfishness are embedded in every individual, and that their existence is needed to provide rationale for the actions of individuals. I argue that people are motivated by their targeted benefits as individuals, and rationalize their decisions to reach their individual targets using their selfishness in both individualists and collectivists cultures. As well, I propose that selfishness is good and is not a sin, and I introduce a new definition of s...