This doctoral project seeks to answer this question: What factors indicate when a church should consider hiring an executive pastor? As churches grow and the environment in which they operate continues to change, some churches have chosen to add an executive pastor as a senior-l…
What determines the outcomes of ethnic, religious, revolutionary, secessionist and liberation conflicts? Is it possible to use a common analytical tool to explain the outcome of all such strategic interactions despite their treatment by academics as distinct classes of conflict?…
Bir bilim, sanat, meslek, herhangi bir uzmanlık alanında özel ve belirli bir anlamı olan kavramları ifade eden sözcüklere Arapça ıstılâh denmektedir. Türkçede terim olarak karşılanan ıstılâh, belirli bir alanda hususî bir anlam içeren kelimelerdir ve bu kelimeler kullanıldığı ye…
This dissertation is composed of two parts. The first part is: Investment Horizon And The Market For Corporate Control: The Defensive Role Of Long-Term Investments. The relationship between managers' investment choice and takeover pressure has triggered intense debate since the …
Information technology (IT) plays an important role in the daily operation of the modem business organization. The implications for, and influences on organizational structure from the deployment of IT have long been recognized. One of the most important, recent innovations, in …
After high attendance during the 70's and 80's, there has been a decrease in attendance at soccer matches in Kuwait and neighboring Gulf countries (e.g., Qatar, Bahrain & U.A.E.). An earlier study by Almekaimi (2003) identified factors that might influence soccer games attendanc…