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Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics Jorge Marx Gómez Marie K. Aboujaoude Khalil Feghali Tariq Mahmoud Editors Modernizing Academic Teaching and Research in Business and Economics International Conference MATRE 2016, Beirut, Lebanon Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttp://www.springer.com/series/11960 Jorge Marx Go´mez (cid:129) Marie K. Aboujaoude (cid:129) Khalil Feghali (cid:129) Tariq Mahmoud Editors Modernizing Academic Teaching and Research in Business and Economics International Conference MATRE 2016, Beirut, Lebanon Editors JorgeMarxGo´mez MarieK.Aboujaoude DepartmentofComputingScience FacultyofEconomicsandBusiness UniversityofOldenburg Administration Oldenburg,Germany LebaneseUniversity Beirut,Lebanon KhalilFeghali TariqMahmoud FacultyofEconomicsandBusiness DepartmentofComputingScience Administration UniversityofOldenburg LebaneseUniversity Oldenburg,Germany Beirut,Lebanon ISSN2198-7246 ISSN2198-7254 (electronic) SpringerProceedingsinBusinessandEconomics ISBN978-3-319-54418-2 ISBN978-3-319-54419-9 (eBook) DOI10.1007/978-3-319-54419-9 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017934915 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG2017 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionor informationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface to the Conference Proceedings ItisourpleasuretopresenttoyoutheProceedingsoftheInternationalConference “MATRE2016,”heldinBeirut,Lebanon,onSeptember8–9,2016. This conference entitled “Modernizing Academic Teaching and Research in BusinessandEconomics”wasorganizedbytheLebaneseUniversityincollabora- tion with Oldenburg University in Germany and has been foreseen as a final networkevent withinthe MATRE (ModernizingAcademic Teaching& Research EnvironmentinBusiness&EconomicsatLebanonandSyria)project.Thisproject is funded by the European Commission under the TEMPUS IV–Sixth call for Proposals(ProjectNumber:544001-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES). The main objective of the Conference was to bring together researchers for a corporatediscussionaboutthecontemporaryissuesinresearch,academicteaching, andeducationinthecontextofglobalization.Anotherpurposeofthiseventwasto provide an international forum for the exchange of knowledge over the broad spectrumoffieldscoveringthefollowingtopics: 1. LeadershipandSustainabilityinHigherEducation 2. QualityandGovernanceofHigherEducation 3. InternationalizationofHigherEducation 4. LaborMarketandtheModernizationofBusinessEducation 5. ContemporaryTrendsandChallengesinBusinessSchools 6. ForgingResearchLinksBetweenBusinessandAcademia The abovementioned topics have resulted in twelve accepted and presented papers including one industrial paper. These papers are arranged in the order of presentationintheconference. Wewouldliketotakethisopportunitytoexpressourgratitudetoallthosewho have made this conference possible and successful. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all authors who submitted their papers to the conference, to the board of reviewers, toour partners in international program committee, and to all speakers, session chairs, and attendees, national, regional, and international, for theiractiveparticipationandsupportofthisconference. v vi PrefacetotheConferenceProceedings We hope that the papers contained in these proceedings will inspire more researchinthisfieldandwillprovehelpfultowardmodernizingacademicteaching andresearchinbusinessandeconomics. Finally, it is our pleasant duty to acknowledge the support from the European Commission which is the project’s funder and one of the drivers behind this conference.Ourhopeistomakethisconferencearecurringeventinyearstocome. Oldenburg,Germany JorgeMarxGo´mez Beirut,Lebanon MarieK.Aboujaoude Beirut,Lebanon KhalilFeghali Oldenburg,Germany TariqMahmoud The Program Committee Prof.Dr.-Ing.JorgeMarxGo´mez,OldenburgUniversity,Germany(Chairman) Assoc. Prof. Dr Jurgita Raudeli(cid:1)uniene˙, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania(Chairman) Prof. Dr.Vida Davidavicˇiene˙,Vilnius GediminasTechnicalUniversity,Lithuania (Chairman) Dr.-Ing.TariqMahmoud,OldenburgUniversity,Germany Dr.OanaMadelinaDriha,UniversityofAlicante,Spain Prof.Dr.KhalilFeghali,LebaneseUniversity,Lebanon Dr.MarieK.Aboujaoude,LebaneseUniversity,Lebanon Dr.SulaimanMouselli,ArabInternationalUniversity,SyrianArabRepublic Dr.SereneDalati,ArabInternationalUniversity,SyrianArabRepublic Dr. Chadi Azmeh, International University for Science and Technology, Syrian ArabRepublic Dr. Mohammed Koder, International University for Science and Technology, SyrianArabRepublic Prof.Dr.AdnanGhanem,DamascusUniversity,SyrianArabRepublic Dr.MajedSakour,DamascusUniversity,SyrianArabRepublic Dr.LatifaAttieh,ModernUniversityforBusinessandScience,Lebanon Dr.GuittaAbouKhalil,ModernUniversityforBusinessandScience,Lebanon Dr.NabilSukkar,SyrianConsultingBureauforDevelopment&Investment,Syrian ArabRepublic vii Organization Committee Prof.Dr.CharbelKfoury,LebaneseUniversityLebanon Prof.Dr.KhalilFeghali,LebaneseUniversity,Lebanon(Chairman) Prof.Dr.JorgeMarxGo´mez,OldenburgUniversity,Germany Dr.MarieK.Aboujaoude,LebaneseUniversity,Lebanon Dr.TariqMahmoud,OldenburgUniversity,Germany Mr.GeorgeKfoury,LebaneseUniversity,Lebanon ix Contents SeedsofSustainabilityinLebaneseUniversities:AnEmpirical Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 MireilleChidiacElHajj,GhassanChlouk,andRichardAbouMoussa SupplyandDemandforInformationSystem(IS)CoreKnowledge inNon-ISBusinessOccupations:FreshGraduates’andProfessionals’ PerceptionsandPerspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 MarieK.AboujaoudeandKhalilFeghali HigherEducationandEmployability:BuildingStudent’s Self-confidenceandEfficacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ClaudeChammaa UsingDataMiningandBusinessIntelligencetoDevelopDecision SupportSystemsinArabicHigherEducationInstitutions. . . . . . . . . . . 71 MohamadHamed,TariqMahmoud,JorgeMarxGo´mez,andGeorgesKfouri AnInvestigationofStudents’SocialEntrepreneurialIntentions inSyria:AnEmpiricalTest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 OlgaMedyanikandFaridAl-Jawni ReviewofLeadershipResearchinHigherEducation. . . . .. . . . .. . . .. 115 AhmadZein TheDeterminantsofBusinessStudents’FacultyPerformance: EvidencefromaPrivateUniversityinSyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 SulaimanMouselli,KinazAlAytouni,andKinanNaddeh AdoptingMobileBusinessSolutionsintheModernization ofBusinessEducation. . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. 133 GiedriusCyrasandVitaMaryteJanusauskiene xi
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