The social norms concept provides a fresh basis for thinking about how public health policies and campaigns impact health behaviour. Social norms offer much promise to the field of public health, nonetheless, the potential role of norms in changing health behaviour have not been…
This study investigated and distinguished between two different aspects of trust (i.e. inter-personal and inter-organisationl) in business relationships. Reviewing the extant literature, a model of business relationships was developed, bridging social exchange theory and transac…
This dissertation uses a combination of new measures and modeling approaches in the sociology of religion to advance our understanding of three substantive topics. In the first chapter, I use data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) to answer the question of how…
The increasing emphasis on integration among members of a supply chain has led to new mechanisms to help firms coordinate the flow of products, services, and information through the supply chain. Many studies support the importance and influence of supply chain integration on fi…
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are a common comorbidity in veterans seeking treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). However, little is known regarding the mutual influence of PTSD and CMP in this population. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data…
Bu tez çalışmasının birinci bölümünde, yapısal eşitlik modellemesinin tarihçesi genel olarak anlatılmış ve bu yöntemin zaman içerisinde göstermiş olduğu gelişmeler ele alınmıştır. Daha sonra, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi hakkında temel bilgiler verilmiş ve literatürde yer alan ça…
The purpose of this study was to explore parental marital quality and family-of-origin quality as predictors of marital satisfaction and marital stability among Coptic Orthodox Christian couples. The results of structural equation modeling of self-report survey data from 255 mar…
In their universal quest to improve customer relationships, firms rely heavily on technology-based solutions that CRM provides. However, studies and business reports estimate that 30% to 75% of CRM initiatives fail to achieve their goals. This high incidence of failure is often …
Crisis management has become one of the most important public policy areas in recent decades with greater numbers of manmade and natural disasters. History showed that well-implemented crisis management policies can save lives and reduce costs in a disaster. Literature offered v…