Shihanah Almutairi- Professor (Assistant) at American University of Kuwait
Shihanah Almutairi
- Professor (Assistant) at American University of Kuwait
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This study extends the geographical scope and highlights specific regional insights that can enhance the broader understanding of nation branding practices in diverse socio-economic contexts. An analysis of more than 100 articles enhances the understanding of nation branding by categorizing the diverse narratives and critiques into four distinct em...
By addressing the dearth of literature on the subject of cybersecurity risks and artificial intelligence, the study seeks to close a research gap by concentrating on the ever-changing environment of online social networks (OSNs) and technology. The main goals are to classify cyberattacks into categories like malware, phishing/spam, and network intr...
Background
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in online searches related to psychological distress. Governments worldwide have responded with various measures to mitigate the impact of the virus, influencing public behavior and emotional well-being. This study investigated the relationship between government...
Introduction
This study investigates the digital citizenship behavior (DCB) and behavioral intention (BI) of faculty members at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) colleges in Kuwait. The research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of technology in teaching and provide a case study of higher educational institutions in K...
A country's productivity reflects its current economic standing and where it could potentially grow in the future. This paper explains the relative significance of factors affecting the productivity of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The issue of productivity has been raised in the growing diversion of the economic literature to the development side...
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the donor characteristics of Muslim donors and fills the gap by empirically surveying Muslim donors from Kuwait. The authors believe their sample choice to be of importance due to the stark contrast between the Kuwaiti and Asian environment, of which much of the literature’s findings on Muslim donor behavior w...
A comprehensive review of the literature indicates that there is a lack of research on the influence of all the organizational culture (OC) types on academics’ readiness and behavioral intention to implement eLearning changes in higher education institutions (HEIs). To address this gap, this study empirically investigates the impact of OC on academ...
The purpose of this paper is to determine whether country-specific variables can explain differences in diffusion patterns observed across countries from the MENA region. Specifically, we examine the relationship of several indicators on innovation and imitation levels pertaining to seven Arab States and hypotheses on the direction and significance...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting world economies, business revenues, and the livelihood of many individuals, and has also resulted in accumulated medical waste. Countries, governments, and health workers are striving to contain this virus by applying different strategies and protocols. This research investigates and identifies the significa...
There is an assumption from the reviewed literature that Paternalistic Leadership (PL) is culturally endorsed as a leadership style in Kuwait. With many diverse perspectives on the effectiveness of paternalistic leadership, the research objectives of the current research are threefold. First, to examine if PL is recognized as a leadership style in...
Purpose
This paper addresses the clustering of several Arab states on Hofstede's national culture dimensions and its implications for international firms targeting the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. It is imperative to distinguish the region's various national cultures, in order to enable enhanced segmenting strategies. The authors ar...
Due to its wide usage in vast fields of study, there is a lack of studies synthesizing the many aspects of national culture theory. The authors argue that given the proliferation of national culture theories in various disciplines, the need to integrate and provide an analytical review is fundamental for further research. As such, they have reviewe...
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to measure the Arab States? innovation and imitation levels to understand the factors affecting their diffusion processes. The authors argue that sampling Arab States provides the literature on international diffusion with the ability to contrast between developing and developed countries regarding the diffusion...
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For testing national culture theory for example, there are four dimensions with each a set of related items. From the sample we get, I would think it better to analyze each dimension for its own set of reliability, KMO, and bartlett's test, and not for the overall (all four dimensions together) since it clearly a multidimensional instrument and not unidimensional. Please advise?
As regression is not feasible because of the sample size, to try to find the relationship between these 13 IV on the 2 DV, correlational analysis would have to do. However, I am unsure as to which method (Pearson or spearman). Moreover, I don't think normality tests would be a viable option since the cases are countries with averaged independent variables (such as GDP, literacy rate, and other socio economic variables, as well as Hofstede's National culture indices), therefore the data would be naturally not normally distributed anyway.
EDIT 27/09/15
The research question was basically is there a significant relationship between the IV (a country’s socio economic as well as cultural indicators) on each DV (its innovation and imitation levels) respectively?
The IV consisted of socioeconomic indicators such as GDP and literacy rates, as well as cultural indicators, like Hofstede’s six national culture indices (PDI, IDV, LTO, IVR, UAI, and MAS). The seven countries each had their own national culture as well as socioeconomic variables.
As for the DV, they were the p coefficient (the parameter indicating innovation) and the q coefficient (the parameter indicating imitation) taken from the Bass Model formula. They were derived from yearly subscription data, so each country had its own p and q coefficient.
Regression won’t work since the sample was too small to ask whether the IV can predict the DV, therefore correlational analysis was the next viable option. Although sample size was still a problem.
Ex:
H1a: Is there a significant relationship between national GDP and innovation (p parameter)?
H1b: Is there a significant relationship between national GDP and imitation (q parameter)?
Most literature on diffusion research worked with 10 – 15 countries, so the number of cases was always going to be an issue. However, this particular setback was not emphasized in most studies since it’s seen as a given that sample size was always going to be small since most diffusion was done on the national level, and therefore on countries, unlike individual participants in a survey, where they can range from 500 to 1000.
Having said, the same statistical analysis is still used for national level and individual level, even though most rules won’t work as well for country level analysis as with individual level analysis, such as Cronbach reliability test for example. Only one diffusion study has referred to using Spearman since it had a small sample size of 5 countries only (however I wasn’t sure if it’s a justifiable reason for the using Spearman?)
