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Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Mazroei, A., Bener, A., & Arif, M. (2020). Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services. International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11, 10. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_507_18

To explore the essence of game changing on applying joint venture (JV) approach for healthcare system improvement in developing countries. This is cross-sectional study exploring the factors influencing the successful implementation of JV for the hea... Read More about Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services.

Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria (2020)
Thesis
Odewole, A. Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

The high cost of building materials in Nigeria is creating a shortfall of conventional building materials, which is also exacerbating the housing crisis in Nigerian urban areas. In view of the above, there is an urgent need to produce low cost, susta... Read More about Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria.

Critical factors for transferring and sharing tacit knowledge within lean and agile construction processes (2018)
Journal Article
Saini, M., Arif, M., & Kulonda, D. (2018). Critical factors for transferring and sharing tacit knowledge within lean and agile construction processes. Construction innovation (London. Online), 18(1), 64-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/ci-06-2016-0036

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate the critical success factors (CSFs) associated with the effectiveness of transfer and sharing of tacit knowledge in lean and agile construction processes. Design/methodology/approach The st... Read More about Critical factors for transferring and sharing tacit knowledge within lean and agile construction processes.

Knowledge sharing maturity model for Jordanian construction sector (2017)
Journal Article
Arif, M., AlZubi, M., Gupat, A., Egbu, C., Walton, R., & Islam, R. (2017). Knowledge sharing maturity model for Jordanian construction sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 24(1), 170-188. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-09-2015-0144

Purpose - This purpose of the paper is to present a maturity model developed to assess Knowledge Sharing (KS) for the Jordanian construction sector. Design/methodology/approach - The research was conducted in three stages. The first stage consist... Read More about Knowledge sharing maturity model for Jordanian construction sector.

Driving lean and green project outcomes using BIM : a qualitative comparative analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Ahuja, R., Sawhney, A., & Arif, M. (2016). Driving lean and green project outcomes using BIM : a qualitative comparative analysis. International Journal for Sustainable Built Environment, 6(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.10.006

Driven by a plethora of external and internal influences, the construction industry has independently embraced lean principles and green initiatives. Prima facie significant synergies have been reported between these two paradigms. It is foreseen tha... Read More about Driving lean and green project outcomes using BIM : a qualitative comparative analysis.

Occupant productivity and office indoor environment quality : a review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
Al horr, Y., Arif, M., Kaushik, A., Mazroei, A., Katafygiotou, M., & Elsarrag, E. (2016). Occupant productivity and office indoor environment quality : a review of the literature. Building and Environment, 105, 369-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.06.001

The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature to draw an understanding of the relationship between indoor environmental quality and occupant productivity in an office environment. The study reviews over 300 papers from 67 journals, c... Read More about Occupant productivity and office indoor environment quality : a review of the literature.

Critical success factors for employee suggestion schemes : a literature review (2016)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., Rizvi, A., & Urdzik, C. (2016). Critical success factors for employee suggestion schemes : a literature review. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 24(2), 315-339. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-04-2014-0753

Employee suggestion schemes have existed for many years and numerous articles on this subject have been published over the last several decades. These schemes have been studied from many perspectives to illustrate their objectives, nature, content, p... Read More about Critical success factors for employee suggestion schemes : a literature review.

Impact of indoor environmental quality on occupant well-being and comfort : a review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
AlHorr, Y., Arif, M., Katafygiotou, M., Mazroei, A., Kaushik, A., & Elsarrag, E. (2016). Impact of indoor environmental quality on occupant well-being and comfort : a review of the literature. International Journal for Sustainable Built Environment, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.03.006

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and its effect on occupant well-being and comfort is an important area of study. This paper presents a state of the art study through extensive review of the literature, by establishing links between IEQs and occupa... Read More about Impact of indoor environmental quality on occupant well-being and comfort : a review of the literature.

Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Ahuja, R., Jain, M., Sawhney, A., & Arif, M. (2016). Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 12(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2016.1186589

Building information modelling (BIM) is being heralded as a remarkable innovation in the built environment sector with expectations of lofty sector-wide improvements. Some countries have shown remarkable levels of uptake of BIM, along the way docu... Read More about Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective.

Assessing sustainability of employee suggestion schemes : Cases from the United Arab Emirates (2015)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2015). Assessing sustainability of employee suggestion schemes : Cases from the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 23(3), 425-455. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-04-2014-0754

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a sustainability assessment model and to discuss the implications for organizational learning. Paper presents a sustainability excellence model comprising of three stages and discuss the good practices... Read More about Assessing sustainability of employee suggestion schemes : Cases from the United Arab Emirates.

Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry (2015)
Journal Article
Arif, M., Mohammed, A., & Gupta, A. (2015). Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry. Construction innovation (London. Online), 15(3), 333-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-03-2014-0018

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to understand and facilitate more knowledge sharing (KS) among construction companies in Jordan. Sixteen cultural variables that affect KS were identified through self-administered questionn... Read More about Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry.

The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system (2015)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2015). The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 32(2), 182-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-02-2013-0035

Purpose – Although the corporations widely use the suggestion schemes to elicit the creative ideas of their employee, sustaining a suggestion scheme is still a challenge. Employee suggestion schemes have been studied from many perspectives to illust... Read More about The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system.

Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, M., Haleem, A., & Arif, M. (2014). Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry. ITSEC international journal of engineering sciences, 1(1), 13-18

Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) is attracting more and more researcher due to its rugged and robust construction and applications in industrial environments. SRM are most widely used in contrast to induction machines, brushless dc motors, or othe... Read More about Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry.

Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors (2014)
Journal Article
Akre, V., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2014). Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors. AIMS International journal of management, 8(3), 233-249

Open Source Software (OSS) is a phenomenon that has caused turbulence in the smooth sail of the Software Development Bandwagon. The OSS movement was initiated by special interest groups of hackers and developers who perceived the closed source tra... Read More about Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors.

Employee suggestion system assessment model: the best practice scenarios (2014)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2014). Employee suggestion system assessment model: the best practice scenarios

Corporations widely use ‘Employee suggestion schemes’ to elicit employees’ creative ideas. Despite its many benefits, sustaining the suggestion system is still a challenge for the organisation. This paper uses a sustainability assessment model to ass... Read More about Employee suggestion system assessment model: the best practice scenarios.

Models of training needs assessment for the Iraqi construction industry (2014)
Thesis
Alkinani, H. Models of training needs assessment for the Iraqi construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Construction companies are the engines that drive a nation’s economy and must train their workforce effectively to enhance their performance. It has been recognised that training is the most effective tool for improving the performance and efficiency... Read More about Models of training needs assessment for the Iraqi construction industry.

New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda (2014)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Pour Rahimian, F., Arif, M., & Sharp, M. (2015). New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 11(3), 163-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2014.891501

Despite the benefits offered by offsite construction, as a percentage, the offsite market is still relatively small. This phenomena is complex; but for brevity, includes a myriad of factors, not least: lack of awareness; supply chain challenges (capa... Read More about New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda.

Assessing customer service in airports – models from the UAE (2014)
Journal Article
Gupta, A., Arif, M., & Richardson, P. (2014). Assessing customer service in airports – models from the UAE. International journal of aviation, aeronautics, and aerospace, 1(2), https://doi.org/10.15394/ijaaa.2014.1007

Customer service at airports has become a key priority for airport operators given the high degree of competitions. This paper uses an airport customer service model to analyze three examples from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Passenger interviews,... Read More about Assessing customer service in airports – models from the UAE.