The WEI International Academic Conference Proceedings
August 1-3, 2016, Harvard Faculty Club, Boston, USA
Business & Economics and Management
| Communitarianism as a Response to the Ideal of Education for Autonomy | |
| Akinyemi Paul Omoge, Audrey Laing |
| A Neuropolitical Analysis on Electors of Four Parties in Turkey According to Emotional, Economic and Administrative Concepts | |
| Ali Sirri Yilmaz, Nazim Ipek |
| A Research on Botany Tourism and Plant Museums: Applicability in Turkey | |
| Alper Ates, Halil Akmese, Ahmet Buyuksalvarci, Ceyhun Kilinc, Mustafa Coskuner, Halil Sunar |
| Financial Innovations and Money Demand in Saudi Arabia | |
| Ameerah R. AL-Sumluq |
| Employers’ Feedback on Business Graduates | |
| Arpita Mehrotra, Hala Elias |
| A Neuro-Experimental Design on Cognition of Cities | |
| Atilla Yucel, Erkan Gulter, A. İhsan Simsek, Dogus Dogan |
| Income Diversification for Future Stable Economy in Saudi Arabia: An Overview of Tourism Industry | |
| Ayman Sherbini, Yuhanis Abdul Aziz, Samsinar Md Sidin |
| Consistent Modelling of Index and Volatility Derivatives with a Random Field Local Volatility Model | |
| Boyu Wei |
| Same Rhythm, Different Dancing Styles: Understanding the Challenges of Managing the Psychological Contract within Multicultural Organisations | |
| Chinedu Uwabuike |
| Automated VaR Model with Adapted Weighting in Absolute Return | |
| D. Meegahage, V. Bigot, M. Deng, Y. Tahir, H. Tebib, L. Vidonne |
| Impact of European Union Regulations on Hybrid Vehicle Sales | |
| Deniz Ozdiktas |
| Shakespearean (Inter) Modality in the Post-Postmodernism: New Paradigms for Comparative Studies | |
| Dmytro Drozdovskyi |
| Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain Management: The Case of Turkish Airlines | |
| Egemen Deniz Bahar, Saikal Kushubekova, Ina Freeman |
| Financial Information Quality across the Capital Markets Positioned at Different Levels of Development | |
| Erekle Pirveli |
| Macroeconomic Impact of 2008 Financial Crisis on Countries by Income Groups | |
| Erkan Demirbas |
| The Effect of Retail Service Quality Dimensions on the Intent to Purchase: A Study on the Retail Stores in Garment Industry | |
| Erkan Gulter, Isil Sahin Gulter, Ertugrul Bugra Orhan |
| Modelling Cultural Special Events | |
| Galal M. H. Afifi, Eleri Jones, Nigel Morgan |
| Open Source Internet to Analysis and Predict Stock Market Trading Volume | |
| Faten Moussa, Ezzeddine Delhoumi, Olfa Ben Ouda |
| A Data-Driven Business Analytics Framework for Online Customer Lead Generation | |
| Hai Wang |
| The Use of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis in Turkish Hotel Industry | |
| Halil Akmese, Ahmet Buyuksalvarci, Kadriye Akmese |
| Performance Evaluation of Turkish Tourism Economics by TOPSIS between the Years 2003-2015 | |
| Halil Akmese, Alper Ates, Ahmet Buyuksalvarci, Ceyhun Kilinc, Halil Sunar, Mustafa Coskuner |
| Main Management Accounting Tools Employed and Key Management Accounting Issues in Accommodation Industry | |
| Halil Akmese |
| A Regime-Switching Present Value Model for the UK Housing Market | |
| Jan R. Kim |
| Assessing the Impact of Quality of Work Life Practices on Organizational Effectiveness | |
| Jolly Sahni |
| The Trade Creating Effect of Immigration in the Gravity Model: In Case of Korean Trade Dataset | |
| Kichun Kang, Young-Ju Lee |
| A Model of Entrepreneur Success: Linking Theories and Practices | |
| Limsong Srun, Phou Sambath, Sok Seang, Soun Hong |
| Antecedents and Outcomes of Cooperation with Retailers from Manufacturers’ Perspective | |
| Marzanna Witek-Hajduk, Piotr Zaborek |
| Basel III: Main Issues for GCC Banks | |
| Mohammad Alsharif, Annuar Md Nassir, Fakarudin Kamarudin |
| Optimal Risk Allocation in Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Projects in India | |
| Munindra Kakati, Pallav Baruah |
| Incorporating Soft and Hard Infrastructure Investment into Neoclassical Growth Model: Empirical Evidence in Context of Developing Countries | |
| Naoyuki Yoshino, Umid Abidhadjaev |
| Changing Consumers’ Attitudes towards Environmental Products in Developing Countries | |
| Nasser Bouchareb |
| Financing of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing Countries | |
| Nehale Farid Mostapha |
| The Role Of Home And Host Country Effects On Outward Foreign Direct Investment Undertaken By Malaysian And Singaporean Multinational Enterprises: Location Choice | |
| Norlia Mohd Zain |
| Capital, Liquidity and Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from Nigerian Banking Firms | |
| Ogochukwu Chinelo Okanya |
| Relationships between Working Capital Policies and Firm Performance Indicators with Financial Crisis Effect: Evidence from the Fragile Five Countries | |
| Osman Sahin |
| Mobile Internet Adoption: An Empirical Study in the MENA Region | |
| Rania S. Hussein |
| Microfinance and Financial Sustainability in Nepal: An Integrative Approach | |
| Ratna Prasad Paudyal |
| Poverty and Wealth: Moral Issues in the Global Financial Crisis | |
| Rutherford Johnson |
| Towards a Holistic Analysis of Tourism Sector in Tunisia: a System Dynamics Approach | |
| Salma Halioui, Michael Schmidt |
| To Build Sense of Belonging in Young Workforce of 21st Century: Coaching Style Leadership | |
| Selim Ozdemir, Ummuhan Yigit Seyfi, Teymur Valiyev |
| Sexual Marketing of Women: Sex Trafficking from Former Soviet Union to Turkey | |
| Saikal Kushubekova, Egemen Deniz Bahar, Ina Freeman |
| Process Improvisation To Eliminate The Perennial Concern Of Lag Between Training Identification And Training Deployment Thus Making Trainings Proactive Rather Being Reactive | |
| Shashwat K. Mitra |
| A Currency at Crossroads: Law, Policy and Socio-Economics of the Bitcoin Phenomenon | |
| Trivikram Nayak, Syed Zeeshan |
| The Battle of Rights: Freedom of Speech vs. Fair Trial | |
| Trivikram Nayak |
| Weak Form Efficient Market Hypothesis Study: Evidence from Gulf Stock Markets | |
| Umar Farooq Awan, Muhammad Subayyal |
| Industrial Practitioners’ Perspectives on Information Technology Application in Hospitality Industry | |
| Vo Dinh Ha |
Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
| Communitarianism as a Response to the Ideal of Education for Autonomy | |
| Abrar Ajmal |
| The Consequences of Globalization on art education and artistic practices: The case of Addis Ababa University, Alle School of Fine Arts and Design | |
| Aklilu Temesgen Bizuayehu |
| Improving the Mobile Health Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Research Agendas | |
| Alsaleh Saad |
| Confidence in the Peace Process in Colombia. Content Analysis in Twitter | |
| Andres Felipe Marin Cortes, Jessica Quintero Jurado |
| Influence of Accreditation on Academic Quality: An International Research | |
| Aysen Bakioglu, Nilufer Ulker |
| Modern American Literature from 1920s to 1950s: from Social Chaos to Spiritual Pursuit | |
| Bahar Inal |
| Maternal Health Situation in India: An Inquest on Infrastructure and Bio-Cultural Determinants of Health | |
| Benrithung Murry |
| Urban Conflicts in Northern Amazon Region: Disordered Growth of Wetlands/Ressacas in Macapa | |
| Bianca Moro de Carvalho |
| Implications of Ranking for Nigeria Universities | |
| C.A. Agbebaku, Justina Ajegbelen Adavbiele |
| Usage of Neuro-Tourism Methods in Hotel Preferences of the Consumers | |
| Cevat Tosun, Seda Ozdemir, Fatma Cubuk |
| Nature in Naomi Shihab Nye’s Works: A Vehicle for Creating Peace | |
| Chekra Allani |
| Engendering Gender Equality: Building the Research Capacity of Female Academics in Nigerian Public Universities | |
| Christiana O. Ogbogu |
| Phases of Empirical Identity Formation of Primary School Principals | |
| Cruz Argelia Estrada Loya, Ana Cecilia Villarreal Ballesteros |
| Orwell’s Writings, The Day the Earth Stood Still and the Language of Peace | |
| Dipanvita Sehgal |
| An Ethnopharmacological Analysis of Rosaceae Taxa in Turkey | |
| Dogan A., Bulut G., Senkardes I., Tuzlacı E. |
| Traditional Natural Therapeutic Products Used in the Treatment of Various Wounds in Tunceli (Turkey) | |
| Dogan A. |
| SNOWDEN: UNHINGED OR VIRTUOUS? The “Right” to Privacy and the Debate over the United States Government’s Control over its Cyberspace | |
| Emanuel Boussios |
| Challenges and Opportunities in ESL Teaching | |
| Ercan Gurova |
| Between Qualitative and Quantitative Trauma: What Can Trauma from the American Civil War Reveal about Contemporary Mental Illness in America? | |
| Erin Solomons |
| Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Using ICT in the Classroom | |
| Majed Ali Alsharidah |
| The Indispensable Role of the English Language in Sustainable Development: The Nigerian Case | |
| Esther Chikaodi Anyanwu, Udoh Victoria Chinwe |
| Transformational iPadagogy for Transformational Hospitality Management Curriculum: A Case Study of SHMS Leysin | |
| Faith Samkange, Stephan Earnhart |
| Proposed Feature Based Sentiment Analysis | |
| Fatemeh Bahranian |
| “Tell Me Your Story, New Neighbor”: Identity, Interculturality and the Life Narrative | |
| Gunter E. Suess |
| Climate Mitigation Strategies Drought Crisis in Iran | |
| Heydar Lotfi, Maryam Nahavandian, Iman Mohseninia |
| Analysis of Weather Effect on Tourism Industry | |
| Heydar Lotfi, Majid Vali Shariyat Panahi, Sodabeh Sadat Mousavi |
| The Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development of Border Areas of Iran; Case Study: The Western Borders | |
| Heidar Lotfi, Ozair Balouch, Ali Abdollahnejad, Mohammad Rafiee |
| Planning and Management to Prevent the Entry of Dust on Climate | |
| Heydar Lotfi, Zahra Zareiin, Iman Mohseninia |
| Calculus Students and Infinity: Perceptions and Misconceptions | |
| Hiba Samir Othman |
| Government Systems Discussions in Republic of Turkey | |
| Hilmi Can Turan |
| Enhancing Teacher-Education Students’ Self-Reflective Capacity through Knowledge Building | |
| Huang-Yao Hong |
| Road Side Vending, Growth of the Informal Sector and Learning Needs of Vendors in Gaborone City of Botswana | |
| Idowu Biao |
| The Great War Reflections on American Literature: Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby and Its Implications on the Emerging Commodity Culture and Fall of the American Dream | |
| Isil Sahin Gulter |
| Implications of Ranking for Nigeria Universities | |
| C.A. Agbebaku, Justina Ajegbelen Adavbiele |
| Problems Associated with Basic Educational System in Braced States in Nigeria: Way Forward | |
| Justina Ajegbelen Adavbiele |
| School Lunch and Literacy Achievement in a Sample of South African Primary School Children | |
| Jace Pillay |
| Team Based Learning: Improving Results, Engagement and Experience for International Students | |
| James Blackmore-Wright, Helena Beeson |
| Teacher Qualification and Student Achievement in Jamaican High Schools in CSEC English A and Mathematics | |
| Joan Spencer-Ernandez, Deon Edwards-Kerr |
| Labour Protection and its Global Context with Specific Reference to India | |
| Kavita Solanki |
| A System for Teaching English in Saudi Arabia: A Model for English Language Acquisition with Reference to Study Skills, Multiple Intelligences, Thinking Based Learning, and Group Work | |
| Khadijah Bawazeer |
| Identifying Best Practices for Advancement of US Volleyball | |
| Michelle Hopkinson, Peter Smolianov, Steven Dion, Chris Schoen |
| School Leadership Practices in Rural and Indigenous Contexts in Mexico | |
| Manuel Lopez Delgado |
| Western Responses to ‘Oriental’ Religious Challenges: The Contrasting Cultural Visions of Polo and Ricci | |
| Mark DeStephano |
| Learning in Later Life: Listening to the Voices of Elders from Hong Kong | |
| Maureen Tam |
| HinduSpani: An Initiative to Teach Spanish Online to Hindi Speakers in India and All Over the Globe | |
| Mayuresh Kumar |
| Operation Phakisa Education: Why a Secret? Mass Surveillance, Inequality and Race in South Africa’s Emerging National E-Education System | |
| Michael Kwet |
| The Camino de Santiago de Compostela: An Experiment in Social Justice and Equality | |
| Michael Xiarhos |
| An Introduction to T-Coding Method of Learning Vocabulary: A New Version of Mnemonic Keyword Method | |
| Mohsen Taraghi Gashti |
| A Psycho-Sociological Analysis on the Perspective of Turkish People on Immigration - Corum Case | |
| Muammer Cengil |
| The Reflections of Organizational Identification Built upon Social Identity Theory on the Perception of Alienation in Higher Education | |
| Munevver Cetin, F. Sehkar F. Kinik |
| Profiling Prospective Science Teachers’ Understandings of Global Ecological Concerns | |
| Mustafa Cakir |
| Instructional Design for Inquiry Science Teaching | |
| Mustafa Cakir |
| A Neuroscientific Research of How Color Affects Cognition and Perception | |
| N. M. Celebi Yazicioglu, F. Cubuk, M. E. Yazicioglu |
| Defining Standards of Academic Quality: A Scale Development Study | |
| Nilufer Ulker, Aysen Bakioglu |
| Renewable Energy Investments in Turkey and R&D Spending | |
| Nurettin Altundeger |
| Education Needs Analysis of SMEs in Ankara OSTIM Industrial Zone in the Framework of University-Industry Cooperation | |
| Nurettin Can |
| Reasons for the Deterioration of Moral Values: Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis | |
| Pervin Oya Taneri, Jie Gao, Rodger Johnson |
| Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies: 1996 Atlanta Games | |
| Peter Smolianov, Steven Dion, Spencer Harris |
| Internet Usage and Adolescents Health | |
| Priya Khanna Chadha |
| The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement between Success and Failure | |
| Rosemary Soliman Dawood |
| Language Learning in a Mobile Era: A Study in a Portuguese Higher Education Institution | |
| Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula |
| Care to Survive! Care Ethics in Doris Lessing’s Memoirs of a Survivor | |
| Seda Arikan |
| Renting a Womb for Commercial Surrogacy: How Far Justified? | |
| Shivani Goswami |
| Gender Discourse in the Novels Of Margaret Laurence’s and Alice Munro | |
| Soundarya Joseph |
| Using Multiple Intelligence Teaching Activities Foster the Learners’ Motivation in the Reading Classes | |
| Suleyman Celik |
| More than Just ‘Great Craic’: Introducing Slang into the Serbian ESL Classroom | |
| Visnja Krstic |
| Gender and Sexual Autonomy in Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve: Care Ethics and Queer Ethics | |
| Yesim Ipekci |