Each organization is likely to have its own unique organizational culture that can either be helpful or hurtful to its employee recruitment, productivity, and retention. Dysfunctional organizational cultures tend to have an informal means of communication where certain code words are used to...

During the last three decades, due to widespread conflicts and wars, many people in Afghanistan have become internally displaced refugees or international immigrants. However, one commonality is that Afghans living locally and internationally have all been exposed to the traditional cultural...

Tourism industry in Thailand is important for economic activity and for determining the regional policy of the country. Tourism is likely to increase its contribution to the GDP from its already significant role of more than 10%. Local people get undeniable benefits from tourism in their...

This study investigates into various medicines, which are commonly used without consulting medical experts and their physiological and psychological complications on the users. In a cross-sectional study; the researchers selected four (04) universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan through...

Most professionals face work-life conflicts as they move through their profession’s hierarch and progressively advanced stages. This study explores the impact of work-life conflicts on employee performance. A sample of 130 respondents was selected from the National Database and Registration...

This paper is the first to explore the impact of culture on the acceptability of workplace bullying and to do so across a wide range of countries. Physically intimidating bullying is less acceptable than work related bullying both within groups of similar cultures and globally. Cultures with...

Businesses nowadays face urgent demands to act ethically and socially responsibly. Some believe that ethically responsible companies design and use corporate governance that serves all stakeholders' interests to achieve competitive advantage and maintaining ethical behavior is very important...

This study investigates the role of exchange rate, market size and human capital for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). In this regard, time series data on annual basis has been collected for the period 1985–2010 and an Augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) and Phillips–Perron (PP) unit...

Landing a goodjob in a down economy can be challenging and competitive. Many, but certainly not all, positions will require a college degree in addition to some level of work experience. This study investigates several variables to better understand the importance of candidates’ qualifications...