Naser Khani

Factors affecting knowledge sharing intention among academic staff

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting knowledge sharing among academic staff in universities. Utilizing the theory of reasoned action (TRA) as the underlying research framework, the main objective of this study was threefold. First, was to examine the relationship between attitude, subjective norm, and trust with knowledge sharing intention. Second, was to examine the relationship among factors, i.e., self-efficacy, social networks and extrinsic rewards with attitude toward knowledge sharing intention and the third objective was to find out the relationship between organizational support and subjective norm. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed among academic staff at three social science faculties in one public university in Malaysia. Collectively, 117 usable responses were returned. Partial Least Square analysis was utilized to analyze the data. Findings – The results indicated that of the two components of the TRA, only attitude ...

Trust and Security in E-banking Adoption in Romania

Romania, like other nations, is moving forward in developing its electronic services to meet the challenges of this century. One of the electronic services which is gaining more popularity and attention is e-banking. The consideration given to the e-banking by the current traditional banking customers may be due to the changes in the banking consumers’ lifestyle, and this lifestyle has become compatible to the new way of conducting banking services online. However, literature related to e-banking shows that trust and security are among the central factors that influence banking customers’ acceptance of the service. The purpose of this paper is to review measures taken by the government of Romania and major banks in the country in tackling the issue of trust and security on e-banking. In particular, the study focuses on reviewing legal provisions instituting by related ministry on e-banking practices and strategies taken by banks to address the security concerns of the service. Based on the review, it was found that Romania has legal frameworks in place and banks have also adopted measures to address the issue. However, whether or not these measures are effective in mitigating banking consumers’ security concerns is yet uncharted and need to be investigated.

Recognizing Factors Affecting Manpower Productivity Based on Kano Model

The main purpose of this study was to recognize, classify and determine priority of factors affecting human resource productivity in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Electricity Distribution Company using Kano model. This study is applied and is descriptive-survey research that is done cross-sectional. Sample size was estimated as 92 personnel of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Electricity Distribution Company using Morgan Table. Classified random sampling was used in order to select sample and distribute questionnaires. Questionnaire stability was calculated as 0.89 using Cranachs alpha method. Descriptive statistics, single sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and Friedman test. Over all, the obtained results prove that 15 out of 11 noticed factors are one- dimensional, 2 are indifferent and 2 are attractive factors. Personnel performance evaluation, meritocracy and performance feedback have first, second and third priority.