Najib A. Mozahem

Bio: Najib A. Mozahem is an academic researcher from Qatar University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Social cognitive theory. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 18 publications receiving 72 citations. Previous affiliations of Najib A. Mozahem include College of Business Administration.

Women in engineering: A qualitative investigation of the contextual support and barriers to their career choice

Abstract: This study explores both past and current experiences of female engineering students. Women continue to be underrepresented in certain STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields in most countries. Using Social Cognitive Career Theory as a theoretical framework, 30 semi-structured interviews were conducted with female engineering students in Lebanon to better understand their decision-making processes and to shed light on their experiences. Results indicate that female engineers continue to face significant hurdles in both social and professional settings. Society, as represented by their extended family and friends, questioned their choices, and discrimination, including sexual harassment, continues to be an issue at work or internships. This study also emphasizes the power of human agency and the importance of the nuclear family, in that most participants discussed the extent of support that they received, and continue to receive, from their parents and siblings, in addition to their belief that they are responsible for their own choices.

Identities, categories, and clusters : a study of category dynamics and cluster spanning in the Lebanese newspaper industry 1851-1974

Abstract: Organizational ecologists have always argued for the need to take account of the whole industry while studying how certain characteristics might affect the mortality of organizations. They argued that concepts such as legitimacy and competition were the driving forces behind organizational dynamics. Recently, researchers have started to pay more attention to a usually ignored topic: audience perceptions. Legitimacy, for example, is no longer modeled as the number of organizations in a population. It is now thought to be dependent on how audience members perceive these organizations. By bringing audience members into the picture, the topic of identity has become of central importance. This thesis seeks to study how identities affect the life chances of organizations within the context of the Lebanese newspaper industry.

A Study of Cheating Beliefs, Engagement, and Perception – The Case of Business and Engineering Students

Abstract: Studies have found that academic dishonesty is widespread. Of particular interest is the case of business students since many are expected to be the leaders of tomorrow. This study examines the cheating behaviors and perceptions of 819 business and engineering students at three private Lebanese universities, two of which are ranked as the top two universities in the country. Our results show that cheating is pervasive in the universities to an alarming degree. We first analyzed the data by looking at the variables gender, college (business vs. engineering), GPA, and whether the students had taken the business ethics course. We then supplemented this analysis by building an ordered logistic regression model to test whether these independent variables affect the level of engagement in cheating behavior when we control for the other variables. The results show that males engage in cheating more than females and that students with a lower GPA engage in cheating more. We initially find a difference between business and engineering students, but once we control for the other variables, this difference ceases to exist. Our most surprising result is that the business ethics course seems to have a detrimental effect on the cheating behavior of students. Finally, we find that perception plays a key role in defining the behavior of students. The more that students perceive that others are engaging in a certain behavior, the higher the probability that they will engage in the behavior, even if they believe that this behavior constitutes cheating.

Secondary school students and self-efficacy in mathematics: Gender and age differences

Abstract: Gender differences in academic performance has received considerable attention over the years. Studies have found that even when there are no gender differences in math performance, female students...

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Abstract: What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis Modeling Change And Event Occurrence

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Chapter 11. MODELING CIVIL VIOLENCE: AN AGENT-BASED COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH

Abstract: This article presents an agent-based computational model of civil violence. Two variants of the civil violence model are presented. In the first a central authority seeks to suppress decentralized rebellion. In the second a central authority seeks to suppress communal violence between two warring ethnic groups.