This thesis revolves around stress in human relations at work, its reasons as well as some solutions that will not only aid at a personal level but the Lebanese organizations as well. After all, people are the most valuable asset for an organization. For this reason, studying the stress that arises at work due to unhealthy human relations was done as through the following research questions. Harassment, which leads to unhealthy relations, is the main cause of job stress in the Lebanese organizations. As such, the effects of harassment were studied on three variables: affecting human relations ...

Purpose - This paper has two purposes; attempting to identify a CSR decision making model and exploring the perception of Lebanese business leaders on Green Economy, CSR and their inter-relationships. Design/methodology/approach - Qualitative and Deductive in nature, this paper uses 14 semi-structured and the thematic analysis framework to describe the perception of Lebanese business leaders in the exploratory study, and to test the developed proposition of the CSR decision making model in the conceptual research. Findings - The findings provide evidence to confirm the CSR decision ...

Globalization and the recent technological advancements, such as smart phones, internet usage, social media and more, are contributing to the idea that our world is getting smaller by the minute. Different societies from all over the world are beginning to intertwine and as a result exposure to new cultures has become easier than ever through the use of different technologies, such as the Internet; and such exposure has played a role in a person’s cultural intelligence. Cultural Intelligence is a relatively new concept that has become increasingly popular within the last decade. Every individual ...

Nowadays, business is not just about making profit; it involves optimizing resources in order to maximize stakeholders’ benefits. Today’s global market relies on Multinational Corporations (MNC) whose ever-increasing impact on global economy made their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies more open to public scrutiny. The media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and activist groups have constantly questioned activities of MNCs in developing countries, particularly with regard to issues such as forced labor, bribery, and so on. This present study focuses on these MNCs’ CSR practices ...

The Thesis examines the possibility and benefits of incorporation of human rights into Nigeria’s foreign policy especially through the use of its Technical Aid Crops (TAC) Scheme which was designed to facilitate manpower development assistance to countries in African, Caribbean and pacific (ACP) regions. It departs from the literature on Nigeria’s foreign Policy and argue that, though a concept still in its infancy as far as the conceptualization of basic components of Nigeria foreign policy is concerned, human rights issues have become a veritable aspect of contemporary inter-state relations ...

The emergence of respiratory diseases and pandemics through history such as the severe acute respiratory disease (SARS), the Spanish flu, and the current Covid-19 epidemic highlight the importance of ventilation in the transmission of airborne diseases. This research examines the buildings in Lebanon converted for hosting the cases of the Covid-19, focusing on the three pillars of sustainability which are the economic-social and environmental. This pandemic is affecting all the countries in the world, and concerns have risen about future epidemics that can cause the death of the population. In ...

This thesis intends to examine the multi-faceted interplay between Censorship and Audio-visual Translation (AVT) in the Arab region and particularly in Lebanon, focusing on how censorship controls and regulates the English-Arabic subtitling process. An audio-visual script is only meaningful when it carries within its subtitled lines the original film’s identity, culture and feel. This thesis will try to demonstrate how censorship policies can hinder the message conveyance and widen the cultural gap between the source language and target language. It will show the impact of these censorship ...

Abstract. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is an athletic discipline that requires strength and can cause serious injuries to athletes. It is therefore very controversial and discussed by many as being very aggressive. Furthermore, there is very limited academic research on the topic of MMA and aggression in Lebanon. The present study aims at exploring the relationships between alexithymia, aggression, and impulsivity among the MMA athletes in Lebanon through a correlational design by testing the following four hypotheses: (H1) Higher levels of alexithymia in MMA athletes predict more injuries, ...

This research studies the budget shift from traditional media to social media in advertising campaigns in Lebanon. The objective of this thesis is to highlight the impact of social media on its target audience and compare it to the traditional media’s effect while taking into consideration percentage of reach, cost and interaction. In addition, the literature review covered four studies created by different researchers, (1) the new recipe in marketing strategy, (2) “Happies” campaign on social media, (3) social media marketing: the evaluation study in the wellness industry, and (4) social media ...

Purpose: This thesis attempts to explore the impact of adoption of online banking, through its various media and communication channels, on branch expansion and overall banks profitability. We use a sample of 17 Lebanese commercial banks constituting 90% of the Lebanese commercial banks sector, from 2004 till 2013. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: this study is based on a quantitative model with a deductive approach. Secondary data was collected from BILANBANQUES to feed into a multiple regression models. The independent variables are the following variables: year adoption of mobile banking, phone ...