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Leadership: The Employee Perspective. A Study in Dubai’s Construction Industry
Get PDFDubai is a regional and global leader in terms of infrastructure development and other industries such as tourism and real estate. The novelty of the industry and it’s rapid progression persuades one to assess the factors influencing the construction industry. Due to the competitive market, project management has gained undisputable importance in the management of construction projects. Employees are an important part of any industry and their job satisfaction and organisational commitment affects the turnover rate and productivity of a company (Benkhoff, 1997; Randeree and Chaudhry, pending). Leadership has a strong influence on employees’ job satisfaction and organisational commitment (Lok & Crawford, 1999). Thus, it is vital to examine leadership styles in a rapidly growing industry in what is also such a cosmopolitan city. Hence, the research undertaken aims to study leadership styles in the construction industry of Dubai. The findings show that employees feel that Consensus and Team Management leadership styles are predominant in the industry and employees have shown preference of working under these leadership styles
Expats and Emiratisation: Plotting a Course for a Sustainable Future
Get PDFMiddle Eastern countries are largely perceived as having economies of limited competitiveness in a global context. This is in large part due to the political, economic, environmental and societal challenges these nations face. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is no exception, as it faces many challenges including current and future demographics, employment of its national workforce, sustainability issues, educational concerns, as well as diversity and gender related problems. In truth, a well designed Emiratisation process (a policy for reducing the demand for expatriate workers) coupled with the active participation of Emirati women in mainstream society, including the private sector, can help in alleviating many of the UAE’s problems. The challenge for the rulers of the UAE, is to engage its national human resource in education and employment whilst moving in step with advanced nations and respecting Arab and Islamic tradition.
Thus, due in part to the advancement and comparatively liberal nature of the UAE in comparison to other countries on the peninsula, the international community looks to the UAE, and the city of Dubai in particular, as a model for a new, prosperous and sustainable 21st century Middle East. The implications of the research presented here are that there are a number of challenges facing Emirati society and by implication the Arabian Gulf region, which need to be addressed if change and advancement envisaged by the region is to be realised
'Recurrence and Difference': on Ken Edwards, Juris Kronbergs and John Barnie
Get PDFThis article reviews poems by Edwards, Kronbergs and Barnie and includes discussion of postmodernism and ecopoetics
'John Berryman and Shakespearean Autobiography'
No full textThis book chapter focuses on John Berryman's research on William Shakespeare and the ways it informed his representations of the self in his own poetry
Change Management of Learning Organizations in the United Arab Emirates: A Case for Global Integrated Information Management Systems
Get PDFAcademic institutions across the Arabian Gulf are turning to advanced web-based technologies to advance their educational missions and goals. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is no exception and is considered a regional leader in terms of technology-based education (Mussallam, 2007). e-learning, in particular, has been making notable advancements in recent years, as it has the combined advantages of both temporal and locational flexibility whilst requiring only minimal, and ever cheaper, hardware and software. This paper examines portal-based education, a technology which offers opportunities for library and information professionals in the educational sector to provide e-services to existing users with a single port-of-call to access a multitude of resources, thus allowing ease of access to library services for students and staff alike in an interactive manner (Morray, 2003). This can enhance the learning experience and enable institutions to maximize utilization of published informational resources in an efficient and cost effective manner. The paper further investigates change management for organizations engaged in transferral from traditional to e-based portal systems. The research examines factors such as resistance to change from late adopters, issues pertaining to the management of change will be identified and recommendations extrapolated from a regional case study will be expounded
The Management of Productivity and Resources: A Case Study in a Culturally Diverse Environment
Get PDFP2X receptor signaling inhibits BDNF-mediated spiral ganglion neuron development in the neonatal rat cochlea
Get PDFType I and type II spiral ganglion neurons (SGN) innervate the inner and outer hair cells of the cochlea, respectively. This neural system is established by reorganization of promiscuous innervation of the hair cells,immediately before hearing is established. The mechanism for this synaptic reorganization is unresolved but probably includes regulation of trophic support between the hair cells and the neurons. We provide evidence that P2X receptors (ATP-gated ion channels) contribute such a mechanism in the neonatal rat cochlea. Single-cell quantitative RT-PCR identified the differential expression of two P2X receptor subunits, splice variant P2X2-3 and P2X3, in a 1:2 transcript ratio. Downregulation of this P2X2-3/3 receptor coincided with maturation of the SGN innervation of the hair cells. When the P2X2-3 and P2X3 subunits were co-expressed in Xenopus oocytes, the resultant P2X receptor properties corresponded to the SGN phenotype. This included enhanced sensitivity to ATP and extended agonist action. In P4 spiral ganglion explants, activation of the P2X receptor signaling pathway by ATPγS or α,βMeATP inhibited BDNF-induced neurite outgrowth and branching. These findings indicate that P2X receptor signaling provides a mechanism for inhibiting neurotrophin support of SGN neurites when synaptic reorganization is occurring in the cochlea