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Muslims in a 'White Australia': colour or religion?
(© 2006 Immigrants and Minorities., 2006-07)
Muslim migration to Australia took place over three distinct periods - the Colonial, the 'White Australia' and the Multicultural periods. This article discusses the settlement issues of Muslims during the 'White Australia' ...
Doctors' service orientation in public, private, and foreign hospitals
(© 2007 Emerald Group Publishing Limited., 2007)
The purpose of this study is to propose a doctors' service orientation (DSO) scale and uses it to compare the services received in public, private and foreign hospitals in a developing country from the patient's perspective. ...
Satisfaction with food services: insights from a college cafeteria
(© 2007 Taylor & Francis Online, 2007)
College students' food service needs is an important area that needs more research. While the importance of offering quality education is paramount, for many colleges that are embattled in their quest to retain students, ...
The effect of board’s quality on performance: a study of Canadian firms
(© 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2007)
We investigate the impact of board’s quality as defined by a Score published in a Canadian
National Newspaper on the performance of the firm. Based on the current literature, we ranked
the boards of 219 Canadian firms ...
Elemental profiling of surface water around Dhaka city by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
(© 2009 Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 2009)
Using the technique of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), which uses a pulsed laser to create plasma and advanced spectroscopic techniques, we analyzed the contents of surface water (river water) around the city ...
To be or not to be an Australian: focus on muslim youth
(© 2011 National Identities., 2008)
In 2001, 67% of Australians identified themselves as Christians and only 1.5% as Muslims, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Other Australians are Jews, Buddhists and Hindus - to name just a few of the ...
Muslims in Australia: the double edge of terrorism
(© 2007 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies., 2007-11)
Self-improvement is often seen as the driving force behind international migration. In other cases, people are forced to depart because of social or political upheaval, oppression or national disaster. Finally, people may ...
Reforming innercity bus transportation in a developing country: a passenger-driven model
(© National Center for Transit Research (NCTR), University of South Florida, 2007)
The transportation system in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, requires significant improvements. The shortage of motorized vehicles and the excessive number of nonmotorized vehicles on the city’s streets have been the cause of ...
Greenfield vs acquisitions: determinants of choice in emerging economies
(BRAC Business School, BRAC University, 2009)
This paper aims at finding the determinants of entry mode choices for MNCs that enter emerging economy nations as wholly owned subsidiaries. Existing literature suggests that this area of international business literature ...
Employee perception of managerial leadership power bases in the nationalised commercial banks of Bangladesh : an empirical study
(© 2004 Journal of Business Administration, 2004)
The problems of job performance in the nationalised
commercial banks (NCBs) of Bangladesh arise from both
physical and managerial sources. While most of the branch
offices of the these banks are poorly equipped to ...