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Corporate social responsibility and financial performance in Iraq corporations:the moderating effect of informational transparency

Khudhair, Anmar Adnan

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This research was designed to determine the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance and the moderating effect of informational transparency on the relationship. CSR in this study refers to reporting in economic, environment, and social dimensions. Stakeholder and legitimacy theories were used to explain the relationships. Data were collected from annual reports of 25 selected companies listed in Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) from 2014 to 2017. Panel data regression techniques namely Fixed Effects estimation, Random Effects estimation and Pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression were carried out.The results of this study showed that the level of CSR disclosures in Iraq are considerably low and the levels of financial performance measured as a Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Assets (ROA)) showed mixed results (low and moderate). The level of informational transparencies showed an uptrend across indicators namely Ownership Str.....

Thesis Published 2020 1714 hits Limited

Augmented realty (AR) in education: assessment and ranking framework based on fuzzy delphi and hybrid of AHP entropy and vikor methods

Al-Shafee, Ghailan Abbood Khudhair

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This research aims to assist the educational institutions, teachers and students for the selection of augmented reality (AR) educational applications. Educational institutions face the challenge of evaluating and selecting educational AR applications particularly. Therefore, the main problem is the appropriate selection of instructional augmented reality applications. Framework was proposed to aid the educational institutions in selection and ranking the available AR educational applications to select the best one. Improper selection decisions may cause educational institutions to lose time, effort, and financial costs. The evaluation and benchmarking of AR educational applications are challenging because of the multiple conflicting evaluation criteria. This study constructed a decision matrix (DM) based on the crossover of the ‘three evaluation perspectives (usability, immersing and user perspective) with ‘six AR educational applications’. The matrix was evaluated usin.....

Thesis Published 2021 1804 hits Available

The mediating effect of organizational justice on the relationship between compensation strategy and employee performance among academic staff in Iraqi universities

Khudhair, Firas Salman

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of compensation strategy (CS) on employee performance in Iraqi universities. In addition, the study identified the mediating role of organisational justice (OJ) on the relationship between compensation strategy(CS) and employee performance (EP). The population of this study comprised of 29,435 academic staff from 22 Iraqi universities in the middle and southern territory of Iraq. A sample was selected by using stratified random sampling. A sample which include 400 academic staffs was selected by using stratified random sampling technique.. A questionnaires was developed and verified for its construct validity and reliability based on the arbitrators of six (6) experts. Structural Equation Modeling SEM analysis was performed to answer research questions by testing the hypotheses. Findings revealed that CS dimensions, namely financial compensation (β=0.216, p..

Thesis Published 2023 3705 hits Available

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