Chowdhury Hossan

• Ph.D in Management
• Consultant at Australian Research and Development Consultancy

Dubai possesses the 32nd most advanced e-government system in the world, according to the United Nations. The authors highlight the factors that led to the success of E-Government in Dubai since its inception in the year 2000. These factors include excellent information technology infrastructure, government support for innovations, sufficient finan...

Dubai possesses the 32nd most advanced e-government system in the world, according to the United Nations. The authors highlight the factors that led to the success of e-government in Dubai since its inception in 2000. These factors include excellent information technology infrastructure, government support for innovations, sufficient finances, and...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical examination of the factors affecting voluntary eService adoption in a public sector work environment. The model examined was constructed following a thorough review of relevant literature on technology adoption through the framework of Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour. Structural equation modell...

This paper audits knowledge-sharing research and explores knowledge sharing in the UAE and the banking sector in particular. This research paper is based on a literature review of knowledge sharing and two main theories - social exchange theory and self-determination theory. Each factor is recorded together with analysis of its relevance and relati...

The construction industry is one of the leading industries in which various sectors are interrelated. Any organization requires well developed and skilled leaders to be sustainable in the industry. A strong leadership style is imperative for the success of every organization and the performance of the industry largely depends on the skills of the l...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between authentic leadership (AL), work engagement (WE), and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) among United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals working in the petroleum sector. This study further intends to examine the mediating effect of psychological empowerment (PE) on above m...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical examination of the factors affecting voluntary eService adoption in a public sector work environment. The model examined was constructed following a thorough review of relevant literature on technology adoption through the framework of Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour. Structural equation modell...

The construction industry of UAE is huge and requires effective leadership strategies for its development and growth. For the success of the construction industry, transformational and transactional leaderships are to be followed so that the managers can meet the changing situations effectively. The findings obtained from this study consequently re...

The overall purpose of HRM is to ensure that the organization is able to achieve success through people. And this is ensured by the two major practices and policies of HRM, recruitment and selection of job candidates. The aim of this research is to introduce gamification in recruitment strategies as a guider of high school students' educational and...

Purpose – Knowledge of teachers’ participative decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) is important, as teachers comprise most of a school’s staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of teacher gender, nationality and school type on teachers’ PDM and JS in Abu Dhabi’s schools and to determine whether there any significant di...

Public sector organisations are now expected to shift policy towards greater competition and to apply private-sector style management practice to the public domain. Around 70 per cent of all change programs initiated report a failure of the change effort. A lack of a valid framework to guide the implementation and management of organisational chang...

Literature suggests an alarming range of the global rates of expatriate failure as 16-40%. Expatriate failure includes not only high direct costs, but also possible indirect costs such as employee loss of self-confidence or reduced motivation. The recent literature also suggests a growingly important list of non-work related factors such as cultur...

Construction industry of UAE is huge and requires effective leadership strategies for its development and growth. For the success of the construction industry, transformational and transactional leaderships are to be followed so that the managers are able to meet the changing situations effectively.The findings obtained from this study consequently...

Public sector organisations are now expected to shift policy towards greater competition in the public sector and to apply private-sector style management practice to the public domain. Around 70 per cent of all change programs initiated report a failure of the change effort. A lack of a valid framework to guide the implementation and management of...

This paper aims to identify key motivational factors and examine the role of gender that influence positivelydecision to become a teacher in the UAE. Furthermore, due to recent heavy enrolment in teacher education atpublicly-funded institutions, this study also finds it essential to understand B.Ed. students’ intentions to teachafter graduation. A...

Recently, financial institution brand image is turning out to be pretty weak due to the presence of strong local competitors and this in term is affecting their firm performance also. In this study, four major HR practices, namely employee commitment, empowerment, loyalty & engagement are considered in order to measure its effects on the brand and...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to re‐appraise the significance of Lewin's group dynamics theory empirically in the context of technology related change in local government. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines qualitatively the change management processes in the five city councils selected for this study that have developed eserv...

This paper tests whether there are any significant differences between the level of eService development in the councils and its impact on the organisation across the organisational, individual, and eService utilisation factors. A questionnaire survey among four city council employees in Melbourne, Australia has been conducted. The final result of...

The RMG sector of Bangladesh has experienced disputes and violent protest by the workers in recent times. Thisstudy explores the reasons for recent unrest in the garment sector. Since managers are mainly responsible forapplying human resource practices, this paper has given particular attention to their views on recent attitudechanges of workers. R...

The main bojective of this study is to investigate the impact of employee performance management system on business process improvement and to find out the importance of employee development through performance management system in order to achieve the superior business goal. This case study reviews the employee performance management system of the...

The main objective of the study is to predict the sustainability of low cost airlines and to identify the future growth options. For the purpose of this research, a "split halves" technique of piloting was considered, whereby two small groups of respondents were asked to fill in the questionnaires and their results were compared in order to ensure...

The main objective of the study is to predict the sustainability of low cost airlines and to identify the future growth options. For the purpose of this research, a "split halves" technique of piloting was considered, whereby two small groups of respondents were asked to fill in the questionnaires and their results were compared in order to ensure...

Human resources management is becoming an increasingly critical factor in implementing eService into thelocal government sector. The movement towards eServices is a viable, sustainable option for improving servicedelivery. Within the context of technologically-driven organisational change, using data from 23 face-to-faceinterviews in 5 diverse City...

Corruption and inefficiency of government are considered as major obstacles of economic and social development of Bangladesh. eGovernment is often considered as an effective tool to overcome those challenges through increased transparency and facilitate direct communications. Attitude towards potential benefits of eGovernment often varies between t...

e-Government is considered as one of the most powerful tool to spread digital dividend across different social segments of any developing country. The current research has attempted to assess current level awareness about e-government initiatives among government employees of Bangladesh. This research conducted a survey regarding the perception of...

e-Government is considered as one of the most powerful tool to spread digital dividend across different social segments of any developing country. The current research has attempted to assess current level awareness about e-government initiatives among government employees of Bangladesh. This research conducted a survey regarding the perception of...

This paper explores the prospects of using wireless mobile technologies for disaster information management in Bangladesh. The basic objective of the paper is to give specific recommendations to relevant stakeholders, such as the government and the mobile phone service providers, as to how mobile technologies may be used effectively before, during...