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<#LINE#>Risk Assessments for Construction projects in Saudi Arabia<#LINE#>Alrashed@Ibrahim,Abdulmohsen@Alrashed,Taj@SaudA.,Michael@Phillips,Kantamaneni@Komali<#LINE#>1-6<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJMS-2014-60.pdf<#LINE#>School of Built and Natural Environment, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea, United Kingdom, UNITED @ Glasgow Caledonian University, Department of Management, London, United Kingdom, KINGDOM <#LINE#>5/6/2014<#LINE#>28/6/2014<#LINE#> The construction market of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is significantly huge in the Middle East, which currently estimates to be &#65533;$122 Billion per year (in recent times) and this is anticipated to reach &#65533;$610 Billion in next five years. Construction projects in the residential sector are more positive than commercial sector, however, data on the actual percentage of success rate and vital risk factors in aforementioned projects are still limited. Accordingly, this study estimates the risk evaluation of recent construction projects in the KSA and presents a new risk evaluation method for current construction projects: this analysis constructed on new linear decision-making model. At the same time as, this study also investigates the applied applications of risk management in the trade of construction projects of bothinternational andnational companies. <#LINE#> @ @ Smith N.J., Merna T. and Jobling, P.Managing risk in construction projects, John Wiley and Sons,(2013) @No $ @ @ Shen L.Y., Wu G.W. and Ng C.S., Risk assessment for construction joint ventures in China,journal of Construction Engineering and management,127(1),76-81 (2001) @No $ @ @ Tam C.M., Zeng S.X. and Deng Z.elements of poor construction safety management in China. Safety Science, 42(7), 569-586 (2004) @No $ @ @ Chen P., and Wang J., Application of a fuzzy AHP method to risk assessment of international construction projects. In Electronic Commerce and Business Intelligence, 2009. ECBI 2009. International Conference, (2009) @No $ @ @ Ebrat M. and Ghodsi R., Risk Assessment of ConstProjects Using Network Based Adaptive Fuzzy SystemInternational Journal of Academic Research,3(1) (2011) @No $ @ @ Abdou O.A., Managing construction risksArchitectural Engineering, (1),7.Uher T.E. and Toakley A.,conceptual phase of a project. Project Management, 17(3), 161-169 (1999) @No $ @ @ Chapman R.J., The controlling influences on effective risk identification and assessment formanagement, International Journal of Management, 19(3), 147-160 (2001) @No $ @ @ Zou P.X., Zhang G., and Wang J.risks in construction projects in China. Journal of Project Management,25(6),601-614 (2007) @No $ @ @ Morledge R. and Smith A., Wiley and Sons (2013) @No $ @ @ Taylan O., Bafail A.O., Abdulaal R. Construction projects Selection and risk assessment by Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS methodologies,Soft Computing, (2014) @No $ @ @ Barber R.B., Understanding internally generated risks in projects, International Journal of Project Management, 23(8), 584-590 (2005) @No $ @ @ Dikmen I., Birgonul M.T. and Han, susing fuzzy risk assessment to rate cost overrun risk in international construction projects, International Journal of Project Management, 25(5), 494-505 (2007) @No $ @ @ Wanies-guirgis, C.H.R.I.S.T.I.N.A., Trade integration in the middle east and the north africa region: what is in their horizon following the arab spring?, Currents Int'l Trade LJ, 21, 43-43 (2012) @No $ @ @ Dhonte P., Bhattacharya R. and Youssef T., Demographic Transition in the Middle East-Implications for Growth, Employment, and Housing (No. 2000-2041), International Monetary Fund, (2000) @No $ @ @ Arabian industry Saudi construction sector set to grow by 10% from 2015. http://arabianindustry.com/construction /news/2014/jan/26/saudi-construction-sector-set-to-grow-by-10-from-2015-4577014/#.Uz-w3ax2Bdh Retrieved 2ndApril, (2014) @No $ @ @ Delottie, Deloitte GCC Powers of Construction 2013 Construction section Overview: Eighty-Seven Years in Middle East, (2013) @No $ @ @ Mohammed J. and Bubshait A., Development and Financing Techniques for Transportation Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, (2014) @No $ @ @ Jannadi A.O., Risks associated with trenching works in Saudi Arabia, Building and Environment, 43 (2008) @No $ @ @ 776–781 (2007) @No $ @ @ Cavusgil S.T. and Deligonul S., Exogenous risk analysis in global supplier networks: Conceptualization and field research findings. Information Knowledge Systems Management, 10(0), 1–19 (2011) @No
<#LINE#>Analysis of Barriers for Environmental Education in India through Interpretive Structural Modeling(ISM) Technique<#LINE#>Akhtar@TauseefZiaSiddiqui,Pramod@Pathak,Asif@Akhtar<#LINE#>7-13<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJMS-2014-67.pdf<#LINE#>Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand,INDIA @ Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, INDIA<#LINE#>12/6/2014<#LINE#>29/6/2014<#LINE#> Environmental education has been well – thought – out as one of the most significant long – term solution to the crisis of the environment pollution. Alternative or informal approaches in the environmental education have become more significant in encouraging the attitudinal change. The perception of environmental education is not a new concept and this is a major section of the knowledge of human which is derived from the nature. The effective implementation of environmental education and conservation agendas depend on the stages of expertise of the teachers in training.The paper focuses in developing working model of Environmental Education (EE). In this paper, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) technique has been used for analyzing the various barriers in promoting Environmental Education. In this paper, through ISM methodology, we attempted to: i. Prepare the ISM-based models of important barriers impacting integration of environmental education in Indian schools for establishing the relationship among these elements. ii. Ascertain the driving power and dependence of different barriers for their respective categorization and implications in real-life management of environmental education practices. iii. Gain an insight from these models to help smoothen adoption and implementation of environmental education in pragmatic manner <#LINE#> @ @ Agarwal A., Shankar R. and Tiwari, M.K., Modeling agility of supply chain, Industrial Marketing Management,3(6), 443-457 (2006) @No $ @ @ Jharkharia S. and Shankar R., IT- Enablement of supply chains: Understanding the barriers, Journal of Enterprise Information Management,18(1), 11-27 (2005) @No $ @ @ Raj T. and Attri R., Identification and modeling of barriers in the implementation of TQM, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management,28(2), 153-179 (2011) @No $ @ @ Ravi V. and Shankar R., Analysis of interactions among the barriers of reverse logistics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change,7(2), 1011-1029 (2005) @No $ @ @ Sage, A.P. Interpretive Structural Modeling: Methodology for Large Scale Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 91-164 (1977) @No $ @ @ Singh M.D., Shankar R., Narain R. and Agarwal A., An interpretive structural modeling of knowledge management in engineering industries, Journal of Advances in Management Research,1(1), 28–40 (2003) @No $ @ @ Raj T., Shankar R. and Suhaib M, An ISM approach for modelling the enablers of flexible manufacturing system: the case for India, International Journal of Production Research., 46(24), 6883-6912 (2010) @No $ @ @ Trivedi Prabhat and Anoop Dubey, Implementation of KM in Indian SMEs: modeling the variables, 1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT), (2012) @No $ @ @ Warfield J.W., Developing interconnected matrices in structural modeling, IEEE Transactions on Systems Men and Cybernetics, 4(1), 51-81 (1974) @No $ @ @ Watson R., Interpretive Structural Modeling- A useful tool for worth assessment, Technological Forecasting and Social Change,1(1), 165-185 (1978) @No
<#LINE#>Impact of Stress on Job Performance: An Empirical study of the Employees of Private Sector Universities of Karachi, Pakistan<#LINE#>Ali@WarraichUsman,Raheem@AhmedRizwan,Ahmad@Nawaz,Imamuddin@Khoso<#LINE#>14-17<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJMS-2014-68.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Business Administration, Indus University,Karachi,PAKISTAN @ Institute of Business Administration, Sindh University, Jamshoro, PAKISTAN<#LINE#>14/6/2014<#LINE#>30/6/2014<#LINE#> This paper is aimed at determining the effect of stress on job performance of employees. It is based on empirical research conducted on 133 employees of private sector’s Universities in Karachi that are providing education in the disciplines of Business Administration, Engineering, Medicine, Textile and Fashion. Pertinent data was collected through questionnaires based on close-ended questions. Multiple Linear Regression technique was used to test the hypothesis. The results obtained from the data revealed that workload and role conflict, and inadequate monitory reward are the prime reasons of causing stress in employees, and this stress reduces their efficiency. Thus it was recommended that employer should minimize stress by lowering the work load, abate the role conflict, pay adequate salary and provide training and counseling to employees in order to improve their job performance and job satisfaction. <#LINE#> @ @ Selye H., Stress Without Distress (Pathway), New York (1987) @No $ @ @ Addae H.M., Parbooteah K.P. and Velinor N., Role stressors and organizational commitment: Public sector employment in St. Lucia, International Journal of Manpower,26(6), 567-582 (2008) @No $ @ @ Certo S.C., Supervision: Concepts and skill building, New York, NY: McGraw Hill (2003) @No $ @ @ Le Fevre M., Matheny J. and Kolt G., Eustress, distress, and interpretation in occupational stress, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 18(7), 726-744 (2003) @No $ @ @ Selye H., Stress without distress. New York: Lippincott (1974) @No $ @ @ Robbins S., Judge T. and Sanghi S., Organization and stress management. New Delhi, India: Dorling Kindersley (2009) @No $ @ @ Dollard Maureen F. and Jacques C. Metzer, Psychological research, practice, and production: The occupational stress problem, International Journal of Stress Management,6(4), 241-253 (1999) @No $ @ @ Palmer, Stephen, Cary Cooper and Kate Thomas, A model of work stress, Counseling at Work Journal, Winter, 5P (2004) @No $ @ @ Kahn R.L., Wolfe D.M., Quinn R.P., Snoek J.D. and Rosenthal R.A., Occupational stress: Studies in role conflict and ambiguity, New York: Wiley (1964) @No $ @ @ Sdrolias L., Terzidis K. and Vounatsou M., Significance, defining factors and consequences of mental alienation of enterprises’ personnel from their work environment, in organizational culture, corporate governance and competitiveness. First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, 27-41, Izmir, Turkey (2005) @No $ @ @ Jonge J.D. and Dormann C., Stressors, resources, and strain at work: A longitudinal test of the triple ¬ match principle, Journal of Applied Psychology,91(5), 1359-1374 (2006) @No $ @ @ Kolt G., Eustress, distress, and interpretation in occupational stress, Journal of Managerial Psychology,18(7), 726-744 (2003) @No $ @ @ Seller R.M. and Damas A.J., One role or two? The function of psychological separation in role conflict, Journal of Applied Psychology,87(3), 574-582 (2002) @No $ @ @ White E., Opportunity knocks and it pays a lot better, The Wall Street Journal, November 13 (2006) @No $ @ @ Scott W.E., Jr., Activation theory and task design,Organizational Behaviour and Human Performance, 1, 3-30 (1966) @No $ @ @ Dar L., Akmal A., Naseem A.M. and Khan K.U., Impact of stress on employee job performance in business sector of Pakistan, Global Journal of Management and Business Research,11(6), 1-4 (2011) @No $ @ @ Ahmed R.R., Parmar V. And Meenai Y.A., Comparison of Key Economic Indicators of Pakistani Economy: Democratic Governments (FY89-FY99) with Military Regime (FY00-FY05) @No $ @ @ , Research Journal of Recent Sciences,3(6), 46-49 (2014) @No $ @ @ Seena Abraham, Quality of life Among Adolescents with Physical Disability Undergoing Integrated Education, Research Journal of Recent Sciences,2(5), 1-5 (2013) @No $ @ @ Ahmed R.R., Ahmad N., Khoso I., Arif K. and Palwashah R.I., Competitive Intelligence and Marketing Effectiveness of Organizations: An Investigation from Pakistan, European Scientific Journal,10(13), 342-353 (2014) @No