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<#LINE#>Five Factor Personality Traits and Performance: An Application at A Public Sector Institution in Turkey<#LINE#>Emin@Serin<#LINE#>1-6<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJMS-2014-37.pdf<#LINE#>University of Turkish Aeronautical Association, Ankara, TURKEY<#LINE#>23/3/2014<#LINE#>11/4/2014<#LINE#> Humans have born with specific abilities. The progression starts with birth and continues through the end. During this process individual builds the personality traits. Every individual have distinctive qualities that we can see the differences on their personality. These traits are connected with the personality components and the reflection to the outside world. The aim of this paper is to explore the relations between five factor personality traits and individual performance. Two surveys were used in order to measure and assess the five factor personality traits and individual performance. The survey conducted on 300 employees of a public sector institution in Ankara. 123 of them were used. Data, acquired from surveys analyzed through the SPSS statistical packaged software. The results show that there was a negative relationship between  <#LINE#> @ @ Katzs, Michael H., Job Satisfaction as Influenced by The Big Five Personality Traits, Thesis, Department of Psychology, Art Therapy, Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Emporia State University, (2012) @No $ @ @ Jackson, Susan E. and Randall S. Schuler, Managing Individual Performance: A Strategic Perspective, psychological Management of Individual Performance,Edited by Sabine Sonnentag, John Wiley and Sons. Ltd., (2002) @No $ @ @ Akbar, Ali, Principles for Managing Human Resources in Contemporary Organizations, Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2(6), 103-107, (2013) @No $ @ @ Cuceloglu Doan, nsanve Davran, Remzi Kitabevi, stanbul, (1992) @No $ @ @ Salturk Metin, Yönetim Baarsve Kiilik, Toplumsal Dönüüm Yaynlar, stanbul, (2008) @No $ @ @ Yeung, Rob, Kiilikçindeki Gücü Kefet, Çeviren: Yeim Hsm Arpa, Pearson Eitim Çözümleri Tic. Ltd. ti., stanbul, (2012) @No $ @ @ Llewellyn, A. Bronwyn, Robin Holt, The Everything Career Tests Book, F+W Publications, Avon, Massachusetts, USA, (2007) @No $ @ @ Barret Jim, Geoff Wllams, Test Your Own Job Aptitude, Penguin Books, New York, USA, (1992) @No $ @ @ Özyesil, Zümra, Five Factor Personality Traits as Predictor of Trait Anger and Anger Expression, Education and Science, 37(163), 322-332 (2012) @No $ @ @ Yelboga, Atilla, “KiilikÖzelliklerivePerformans Arasndakilikininncelenmesi”, 
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<#LINE#>An investigation of the Selection criteria of Islamic Banking in Pakistan: Customers'Perspective<#LINE#>Ullah@KhanZargham<#LINE#>7-9<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJMS-2014-50.pdf<#LINE#> Institute of Business and Management, University of Engineering and Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, PAKISTAN <#LINE#>24/4/2014<#LINE#>4/5/2014<#LINE#> Practice of banking is as ancient as progress of mankind found its way from barter economies towards market economy and price mechanism. Currently banks have amassivepart in determining the economic fate of any state. Nowadays having a strong banking system is very important for all countries. A selection criterion of Islamic banking clients in Pakistan is examined under this study. All the customers of Islamic banks in Pakistan are the population of the study whereas the sample of the study is the Islamic banking customers in Lahore. Convenient sampling technique was applied to choose sample for this study. Data was collected through Questionnaire. Data is analyzed through descriptive statistics and independent sample T test using SPSS v-16.Cronbach Alpha was found satisfactory which was discovered to find reliability of the data. The results of Independent Sample t-test has examined there is no significance difference in the selection criteria for Islamic banking among the customers on the basis of Gender. The results show that people select Islamic banks because it deals in low cost products and services as compared to conventional banks. Also it is obvious from the results that people choose Islamic banks because it delivers better and vide range of products as compared to conventional banks. The results have also explored that Islamic banks provide all banking facilities at competitive rates. <#LINE#> @ @ Abdullah D.A., Why do Malaysian customers patronize Islamic banks, (2007) @No $ @ @ Albercht, Digitizing the customer: the digital moat, (2003) @No $ @ @ Amin Esa and Fontaine R., The Part of customer satisfaction in enhancement of customer loyalty in Malaysian Islamic banks, The Service Industries Journal, 31(9), 1519-1532 (1988) @No $ @ @ Cunningham G.A., Islamic banking: a study in Singapore, (1997) @No $ @ @ Elbdour E. A.,  Attitudes, Behaviour, and Patronage Factors of Bank Customers towards Islamic Banks, (1989) @No $ @ @ Gibbs T.A., The Selection of Banks and Banking Services among Corporate Customers in South Africa, (1989) @No $ @ @ Kazemi Mostafa, Rajabi Batool and Pirani Parvaneh, Identify the Ranking the Factors affecting Customer satisfaction in the carpet Industry, Research Journal of Management Sciences, 2(6), 1-8 (2013) @No $ @ @ Khan, Islamic banks are insures more stable financial sector than the conventional banks, (2008) @No $ @ @ Metawa A., Banking behavior of Islamic bank customers: perspectives and implications, (1998) @No $ @ @ Naser Jamal A. and Khatib Islamic banking: a study of customer satisfaction and preferences in Jordan, International Journal of Bank Marketing, 17(3), 135-151, (1999) @No $ @ @ Nexhmi and Rexha R.P., The impact of the relational plan on adoption of electronic banking, (2003) @No $ @ @ Osman Ali Zain and Rasheed, Satisfaction of customers in Malaysia Islamic Banking, International Journal of Economics and Finance, 1(1), 197-201 (2009) @No $ @ @ Othman, The Multi Dimensionality of Carter Model To Measure, (2001) @No $ @ @ Pradhan Tanmaya Kumar, A Comparative study of NPA of Old Private Sector of Banks and Foreign Banks, Res. J. Management Sci., 2(7), 38-40 (2013) @No $ @ @ Rosenblatt, The impact of institutional processes, social networks, and culture on diffusion of global work values in multinational organizations, (1988) @No $ @ @ Soni R.R. and Soni Neena, An Investigation study of Banking Frauds with Special Reference to Private and Public Sector Banks, Res. J. Management Sci, 2(7), 22-27 (2013) @No $ @ @ Stanley, UK bank-corporate relationships: large corporates’ expectations of service, (1999) @No $ @ @ Sufyan Habib, Internet Banking in India Consumer Concerns and Bank Marketing Strategies, Res. J. Management Sci.,1(3), 20-24 (2012) @No $ @ @ Turnbull, Corporate Attitudes towards Bank Services, (1983) @No $ @ @ Yadav M.N. and Chakrabarti S.K., An Analytical Study of the Role and Function of a Rural Development Bank in Perspective of Nepal, Res. J. Management Sci., 3(3), 1-9 (2014) @No $ @ @ Zeithaml, The Contingency Approach: Its Foundations and Relevance to Theory Building and Research in Marketing, (1988) @No
<#LINE#>Do Socio-Economic factors really Influence risk taking Behavior of individual Investors?<#LINE#>Rakesh@Parkash,Awais@Muhammad,Warraich@UsmanAli<#LINE#>10-13<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJMS-2014-55.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Business Administration, IQRA University,PAKISTAN @ Department of Business Administration, Indus University, PAKISTAN <#LINE#>23/5/2014<#LINE#>28/5/2014<#LINE#> Individuals belonging to different socio-economic classes exhibit varying risk taking behaviors. In this paper, it has been examined that the risk taking behavior considers various socio-economic characteristics like income, age, gender, occupation, education and marital status. This study is carried across different communities (i.e., Ismaili, Memon, Hindu, Sheikh, Delhi Sodagran, Chinioiti, Behari and others). Survey method is used to collect the primary data through snowball sampling. 200 respondents participated in the survey. For hypothesis testing chi-square test is applied in SPSS and results reveal that marital status, age, income, education and occupation is significantly associated with risk taking behavior whereas gender has no association with risk taking behavior. Further, it is also explored that risk taking behavior across the communities is not significantly different. <#LINE#> @ @ Lutfi, The relationship between demographic factors and investment decision in Surabaya, Journal of Economics, Business and Accountancy Ventura, 13(3), 213–224 (2010) @No $ @ @ James Farrell, Demographics of risky investing, Research in Business and Economics Journal (Special Edition),Florida Economic Symposium (2010) @No $ @ @ Michael S. Gutter, Jonathan J. Fox and Catherine P. Montalto, Racial differences in investor decision making, Financial Services Review, 8, 149–162 (1999) @No $ @ @ Gutter M.S. and Fontes A., Racial differences in risky asset ownership: A two-stage model of the investment decision-making process, Financial Counseling and Planning, 17(2), 64-78 (2006) @No $ @ @ Korniotis G.M. and A. Kumar, Do behavioral biases adversely affect the macro economy?Review of Financial Studies, 24, 1513-1559 (2011) @No $ @ @ Anderson, Torben M., Bhattacharya, Joydeep, On Myopia As Rationale for Social Security, Economic Theory, 47(1),135-158 (2011) @No $ @ @ Mittal M. and Vyas R., Demographics and investment choice among Indian investors, The ICFAI Journal of Behavioral Finance, 4(4), 51–65 (2007) @No $ @ @ Kannadhasan M. and R. Nandagopal, Do the Company-specific Factors influence the extent of usage of Risk analysis in Strategic Investment Decisions, ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management, 7(4), 55-72 (2010) @No $ @ @ Weiping Liu and CHEN Chong, A Demographic and Psychometrical Study of Household Financial Investment Behaviors in China’s Beijing Urban Area, Asia Pacific Journal of Finance and Banking Research, Global Business Investments and Publications, 5(5), 1-14, Indexed in Cabell's Directory (2011) @No $ @ @ Chavis, Larry W. and Klapper, Leora F. and Love, Inessa, The impact of the business environment on young firm financing, The world bank development research group{working paper} (2010) @No $ @ @ Yash Pal Davar, Suveera Gill, investment decision making  an empirical study of perceptual view of investors, Metamorphosis, A journal of Management Research, IIM,  Luckow, 6(2),(2007) @No $ @ @ Lucy F. Ackert (lackertkennesaw.edu), Bryan K. Church and Basil Englis Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 47(4), 423-433 (2002) @No $ @ @ Grable J.E., An investigation of four investor risk preference rules-of-thumb, Consumer Interests Annual, 43, 227-230 (1997) @No
<#LINE#>Status of Women Entrepreneurs in Kadapa District<#LINE#>VijayaBharathi@G.,S.@Masthani<#LINE#>14-17<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJMS-2014-49.pdf<#LINE#> Yogi Vemana University, Department of Commerce, Kadapa, INDIA<#LINE#>21/4/2014<#LINE#>4/6/2014<#LINE#> Women entrepreneurship growing concept in this days giving a new definition to the world women are showing their talent in all fields competing equally with the men. The days have been changed from where women restricted only to the four walls of the house to the women change the world through her knowledge. Present paper focus on the status women entrepreneurs in the Kadapa District. The paper shows clear picture of the women entrepreneurs residing in Kadapa. The objectives of the paper are to evaluate the reasons for women becoming as entrepreneurs, understand problems encountered by women entrepreneurs and to suggest suitable measures for strengthening them. <#LINE#> @ @ P Babu, A study on sociological characteristics of small scale industrialist (1978) @No $ @ @ Margaret Meaning and Anne Jardin, The Managerial Women – Pan Books London Sidney, 14-15 (1979) @No $ @ @ Gordon E. and Natarajan K., Entrepreneurship Development –Himalaya Publication House, Second Revised edition (2007) @No $ @ @ S.S. Khanka, ‘Entrepreneurial Development’, S.Chand and Company Limited, New Delhi, (2001) @No $ @ @ meenu goyal and jai parkash ,women entrepreneurship in india-problems and prospects, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 1(5), (2011) @No $ @ @ Vasant Desai, Dynamics of Entrepreneurship management and development,http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080 /jspui/bitstream/10603/4240/9/09_chapter%201.pdf (2014) @No $ @ @ www.google.com (2014) @No