Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of board diversity characteristics, namely, independence, gender, age and nationality of directors on the level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures. Design/methodology/approach Content analysis was used to determine CSR...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the contextual dimensions that form leadership behaviour amongst Kuwait’s private sector leaders. Design/methodology/approach Using a constructionist approach within which 40 leaders from Kuwaiti private sector organisations were interviewed, in the...

Compares managerial values, in terms of loyalty, boss, money, big companies, profit, work, job freedom, and company rules, across different sectors of enterprise by questionnaire survey: 232. Iraqi managers participated in the study. MANOVA and ANOVA tests revealed some differences among...

This study, completed in 1990 shortly before the Iraqi invasion, analyses some of the organizational and psychological determinants of employee turnover in Kuwait. The study is based on a sample size of 190 full‐time employees taken from governmental, private and shared sector organizations. A...

There is no general theory of public enterprise (PE), and the miscellany of separate theorizations on the subject has created a conceptual quagmire. Advances some hypotheses gleaned from the literature on the PE concerning confusion in the PE′s objective function, investment tendencies and...

Provides a framework for analysing and accomplishing programme objectives, both in the public and private sectors. The framework provokes analysis beginning from what is the business of an agency to determining the appropriate mix of strategies for accomplishing programme objectives. The...

Reports that transfer of ownership from government to private hands is touted as the only way to eliminate inefficiencies in the public sector. Argues that the alternative approach ‐ increasing competitive intensity through decontrol of restricted industries without changing ownership to...

Purpose – The Egyptian banking sector has acted as an arena for multiple alliances, some of which bred crony capitalism and others acted as growth alliances. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of private sector advocacy in the Egyptian banking sector on macroeconomic...

The economic reforms and privatization in the wake of political changes in Poland after 1989 have led to rapid growth in the private sector. Although many new companies have been established, there has been a sharp increase in unemployment. Compared to the public sector, employees in the private...

Employers in the USA often use employment‐at‐will statements in the employment application process to minimize their vulnerability in post‐discharge litigation. Reports survey results of job seekers′ attitudes towards such statements. The findings suggest that applicants would prefer to...