{"title":"Using m-learning, during the quarantine period, to prevent spread of the covid-19 epidemic, among Saudi students: The case of Northern Border University","authors":"Bilal Louail, Siham Riache, Djamel Benarous","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00006.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00006.3","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to assess, the extent to which students at Northern Frontier University, accept learning by phone during quarantine, to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus Results of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT model), indicated that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, perceived playfulness and self-management of learning, were all significant determinants of behavioural intention to use m-learning Age differences did not moderate the effects of effort expectancy and social influence on m-learning use intention, nor gender differences moderated the effects of social influence and self-management of learning on m-learning use intention The small screen size and difficulty of typing on a mobile keyboard are among the most important difficulties of m-learning These findings revealed that decision-makers, in the higher education sector;could use mobile learning to develop distance learning, especially in supplementary programs","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"52-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47619012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sulaiman Abdullah Saif Alnasser Mohammed, Ata’alah Mohmmed Al qata’an, Fadi Ghawanmeh, Firas Alqaadan
{"title":"Personality traits, self-efficacy, and students’ entrepreneurial intention towards entrepreneurship - is there a contextual difference","authors":"Sulaiman Abdullah Saif Alnasser Mohammed, Ata’alah Mohmmed Al qata’an, Fadi Ghawanmeh, Firas Alqaadan","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00007.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00007.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"66-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41592440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Entrepreneurial intention among students from college of business administration at northern border University: An exploratory study","authors":"SKhaled SalmenAljaaidi, W. Omer","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00008.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00008.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"80-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46956545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causal dynamics between foreign direct investment, economic growth and financial development in Algeria during 1970-2017","authors":"Bilal Louail Siham Riache, Bilal Louail, Chahira Beggache","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00010.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00010.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"103-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46017994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Summra Khalid, Wang Dan, Amir Sohail, Wahid Raza, Kauser Hayat
{"title":"Effect of green-marketing integrants on green purchase intentions (GPI): A pragmatic study from Pakistan","authors":"Summra Khalid, Wang Dan, Amir Sohail, Wahid Raza, Kauser Hayat","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00013.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00013.0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71091525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An investigation of rural college teachers’ and students’ attitude towards integration of ict in education: A comparative study","authors":"A. Mahendiran, R. Priya","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00001.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00001.4","url":null,"abstract":"ICT - enabled teaching and learning has become one of the important modes of teaching and learning, adopted by majority of educational institutions, all over the world. This study was conducted to examine the rural teacher’ and students’ attitude towards ICT in higher education. Questionnaire method was adopted for this study, with two different sets of questionnaires, to assess their attitudes towards ICT in education. The teachers’ questionnaire contained questions related to teachers’ demographic information, attitude, uses of ICT in teaching and ICT in teacher professional development. Similarly, students’ questionnaire consisted of questions related to students’ demographic information, attitude, and uses of ICT in learning. The study revealed that rural college teachers’ attitude towards ICT in education was positive and higher than the rural colleges’ students’ attitude towards ICT in education.","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71091320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Azeem, Muhammad Sajjad, Munir Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Khan, Asad Afzal Humayon
{"title":"Drivers of employee productivity: A banking perspective","authors":"M. Azeem, Muhammad Sajjad, Munir Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Khan, Asad Afzal Humayon","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00011.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00011.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71091511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Murad Thomran, Tamiru Beshada, Ali Saleh ِAlshebami, Elliam Alzain, S. Ahmed, M. Hamed
{"title":"Factors influencing management decisions of manufacturing companies in Ethiopia","authors":"Murad Thomran, Tamiru Beshada, Ali Saleh ِAlshebami, Elliam Alzain, S. Ahmed, M. Hamed","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00020.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00020.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71091456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geetha Subramaniam, J. Ramachandran, L. Putit, S. H. Shariff
{"title":"Exploring malaysian academics’ perception on working from home (WFH) as a flexible working arrangement during Covid-19 pandemic","authors":"Geetha Subramaniam, J. Ramachandran, L. Putit, S. H. Shariff","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00017.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00017.8","url":null,"abstract":"Flexible working arrangements have gained prominence in the last decade, due to its ability to provide employees' work-life balance and less stress, which are important for productivity. Although this work-place concept has been used in other industries, many Malaysian universities continue with the conventional work-place policies, with close monitoring. With the COVID-19 pandemic, Working from Home (WFH), a common form of flexible working arrangement, has become a new normal globally, transforming the entire workplace model, irrespective of business or industry. The objective of this study was to explore the perception of Malaysian academics on working from home, with regards to work-life balance and stress. Using a qualitative approach of focus group discussion, eight academics, from both public and private universities, were interviewed online. Findings revealed that WFH helps to improve work-life balance due to reduced stress for academics in Malaysia. This outcome will be useful in policymaking, where organizations are planning to change work policies to enhance employee productivity, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic experience. As knowledge workers' mind never switches off a structured WFH policy can contribute to academics' well-being, which is also in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDG 3).","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71091392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An exploratory study on increase of transactions with the use of deferred payment facilities","authors":"Priyanka Joe, N. Malhotra","doi":"10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00002.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2321-2012.2021.00002.6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41569,"journal":{"name":"SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"11-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71091331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}