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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Students’ Perceptions Of It Supported Learning]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The objective of this study was to examine the university students’ perceptions and intentions towards IT supported learning. Eighty-eight undergraduate students from the engineering and management departments of a young private university in Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the survey. In responding to the questionnaire, the participants gave their opinions about IT medium richness, self-efficacy, and usefulness, ease of use, social norms and intentions to use IT in their day-to-day learning. The results revealed significant differences in perceptions and intentions between junior and senior students. Juniors had significantly higher  regard for IT medium richness and felt higher social norms pressure, but expressed lesser intentions to use IT tools due to their poorer self-efficacy beliefs. The findings suggest the need for more and earlier students’ IT exposure and practice in order to gain better skills and form more favorable usage intentions sooner.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1552]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Effect of Job Security on the  Perception of External Motivational  Tools: A Study in Hotel Businesses]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Hotel guests’ satisfaction with service and product depends largely on employees’  doing their job willingly and readily because of the direct relationship between  employee motivation and quality of products. Therefore some internal or external  means of interference are needed throughout management processes in order to  motivate employees. In this study external motivation levels of employees working  in hotel businesses and as an independent variable, job security factor’s effect on the  perception of external motivational tools are investigated. Population of the study  consists of hotel employees working in 4 and 5 star hotels in Turkey. A sample of 24  hotels was chosen from cities with dense tourism activities. The study was conducted  in the months of July and August of 2009 and 414 employees participated in the  survey. Regression Analysis Methods are used in analyzing the data. The results of the  study have shown that there is a meaningful relationship between job security and  external motivational tools and existence of job security is effective on the perception  levels of all other external motivational tools. Based on the analysis results obtained  it has been concluded that job security is most effective on factor variables related to  ‘Hierarchical Structure’ among other external motivational tools.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1066]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2899">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Effects of Locus of Control  on Learning Performance:  A Case of an Academic Organization]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[the purpose of this study is is to research what influences the locus of control has on  the learning performance of students. In order to reach this goal, the study’s theoretical  frame has been designed including the issues of the locus of control (internal-external)  under the framework of organizational behaviour and learning performance. In  this research, quantitative research method is used by keeping in mind the scope and  qualities of the topic. The scope of research is identified as all the students who continue  to higher education. As the population of the research is adequate to study, it is not  needed to identify extra sampling. The data of the research are gathered by the help  of standardized survey technique. The locus of control levels of the subjects, who are  going to take part in the research, are measured with The Scale of Internal-External  Locus of Control developed by Rotter (1966) and Learning Scale developed by Güngör  (2006). The gathered data are checked by the help of descriptive statistics techniques  and multiple regression analysis by using SPSS program. At the end of the research it  is concluded that learning performances of the students with internal locus of control  are high, and they are more proactive and effective during the learning process. On  the other hand, the ones with external locus of control are more passive and reactive  during this period. Apart from these, it is revealed that there are some differences among  students’ demographic groups and their learning factors.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1072]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2898">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Investigation of Development Indicators in the  Balkan Countries for the Post-Socialist Period]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Since the collapse of central economic planning in the world, former Iron Curtain Countries  have been changing as social, economic and political structures. Some former socialist countries  (such as Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania) and Greece became full members of the EU. Some  Balkan countries (such as Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia)  lived through difficult war years. After the wars, they have started to struggle for the economic,  social and political reconstruction process. Each country in the Balkan Peninsula wants bigger  real per capita income, a better welfare level, and generally to become a developed country. But  these countries have some political, economic and social problems in the development process.  The aim of this paper is to analyze Balkan countries in terms of development indicators such as  per capita GDP, population growth, life expectancy, consumption potential, education, national  income and income distribution in the period of the 2000’s. In addition, new suggestions for  accelerating the development process will be discussed at the end of the study.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1061]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2897">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RFID Technology in Business Systems and  Supply Chain Management]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In today’s fast-changing competition environment, companies and organizations need to renew  their services and products, and change and replace their business processes with new ones  continuously to benefit more from time and resources. Therefore, data capturing, gathering and  management technologies are always needed by companies and organizations to support their  decision-making and plans, and develop their strategies. One of the technologies that could  help companies to handle data is RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Many organizations  are slow in warming up to the idea of using RFID to conduct more effective and efficient  business processes, data mining applications, and cost savings. In this study, RFID technology  and its system structure are proposed. The paper introduces a middleware for business models  including RFID technology. Information about the advantages of RFID over today’s data  gathering and Auto-ID (Automatic Identification) technologies is given. The impacts of RFID  technology on business systems, especially supply chain management, are presented.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1058]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2896">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Construction of Multi Dimensional Performance  Measurement Model in Business Organizations:  An Empirical Study]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The studies of performance measurement in firms have been conducted for a long period of  time. However, the performance models and methods used in previous studies were limited.  The purpose of this study is to test a performance based model that uses a modified approach  in firms’ performance measurement. The new performance model used in this study is based on  expectations in terms of performance measurement and evaluation of the firms with multiple  dimensions. Different from the conventional gap models, the method used in this study is  “Performance Measurement Method Based on Gap Percentages” developed by Eleren (2009).  This method allows the researcher to use quantitative and qualitative data together. The model  was tested with data collected from 42 firms engaged in business activities in marble industry  in the Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1057]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2895">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A comparison of ANFIS and ARIMA  techniques in the forecasting of electric energy  consumption of Tokat province in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, the electric energy demand of Tokat province was estimated by means of  ANFIS and ARIMA techniques. Seven different forecasting experiments were implemented  for the subscriber groups and the consumption of electric energy which is the  dependent variable. The electric energy demand of the province for the first six months  of the year 2011 was estimated by means of ANFIS and ARIMA techniques. The  obtained results were compared and interpreted in order to illustrate the forecasting  success of these techniques. We showed that the ANFIS is more appropriate than the  ARIMA in point of the forecasting of electric consumption.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1070]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2894">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Financial Determinants of Investment for Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[One of the fundamental aims of economic policies is to increase capital accumulation in terms of  investment that is necessary to maintain a desirable and sustainable growth rate in the developing  countries. The majority of empirical studies show that per capita GDP growth, foreign trade,  capital flows, external debt, public sector borrowing requirements, inflation and interest rate  are the main determinants of investment rate. Recently, there is an increasing emphasis on  the role of the financial sector in this process, since a financial system, in essence, mobilizes  saving to investment. In particular, it can be argued that a well-functioning and developed  financial system may efficiently mobilize available resources for investment. Therefore, the aim  of this study is to investigate whether financial development has contributed to an increase  in investment in Turkey. To reach an empirical and firm conclusion, an investment function,  including the traditional potential determinants along with financial development, is estimated  by utilizing the developments in the time series econometrics in terms of unit root tests that  allow structural breaks and co-integration for the period 1970-2009 in Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1060]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2893">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Econometric Analysis of Import  and Inflation Relationship  in Turkey between 1995 and 2010]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In economics, the relation between import volume and inflation rate has been  discussed several times for different countries. This study investigates the relationship  between inflation and import volume by using monthly time series data for  the Turkish economy over the period 1995-2010. The study applies a number of  econometric techniques: Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test, univariate cointegration  test, error correction model, and Granger causality test. The results of this  dissertation show that there is long term and short term co-integration relation  between inflation and import volume. Indeed, there is one-way Granger-causality  from import to inflation.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1068]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2892">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Day-of-the-Week Effect in the Saudi Stock Exchange: A Non-Linear Garch Analysis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[It is a well-known fact that the day-of-the-week effect in stock markets is one of the most  prominent puzzling seasonal anomalies in finance and has been increasingly attracting attention  from researchers and practitioners, as well as academics. This paper scrutinizes the day-of-theweek effect in the emerging equity market of Saudi Arabia, TADAWUL. By using a non-linear GARCH model and covering the data from January 2001 to December 2009, the findings of the study reveal that the returns on the five trading days follow different process. This confirms that mean daily returns are  ignificantly different from each other and validates the day-of-the-week effect in TADAWUL.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1051]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 1986 – 8502     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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