The Mongol invasions of Central Asia by Arshad Islam, Islam

“…This paper explores the causes and consequences of the Mongol invasions based on Persian, Arabic, Urdu and English sources. It finds that the Mongols were dismissed by the Muslim elite in Central Asia, particularly the Khwarazm Shah and his court, as a barbaric horde that posed no significant threat to them. …”
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Benchmarking the efficiency of the Korean banking sector: a DEA approach by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The method allows for the decomposition of technical efficiency (TE) into its mutually exhaustive components of pure technical and scale efficiencies. Findings – The empirical findings suggest that estimates of TE are consistently higher under an operating approach vis-a` -vis the intermediation and value-added approaches. …”
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The salience of corporate social responsibilty to symbolic consumer value and brand relationship quality by Abdul Razak, Shamzul Razni

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Effect of islamic fasting on visualattention by event-related potential analysis by Molavi, Maziyar

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Exploring the processes of change in individual cognitive behavioural therapy for bulimia nervosa from the patients’ perspectives : a grounded theory study by Devantier, Line

“…Participants described how BN gradually became part of self and how bodily sensations and attributes affected cognitions and emotions. The overall finding demonstrates an immediate connection between the participants’ physical and psychological realities. …”
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Assessing people-driven factors for circular economy practices in small and medium-sized enterprise supply chains: business strategies and environmental perspectives by Betuel Sawe, Fredrick, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Agrawal, Rohit

“…The findings of this study will help industrial managers to understand the significance of the role of PDFs for enhancing business strategies; these findings can reduce the negative environmental impact in the adoption of CE practices in the SCs of SMEs.…”
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"Obviously people haven’t heard of being pansexual": pansexual peoples' experiences of pansexuality: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Haylock, Charlotte

“…Conclusion: The findings indicated the concept of feeling ‘boxed in’ as central to all of the superordinate themes in the study. …”
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Women's experiences of gender and sexuality within football contexts in England and Wales by Caudwell, Jayne Clare

“…That said, the findings expose the gender relations in football. The women have both shared and non-shared experience of the multi-layered policing of the football fields by the education system, officials, spectators, the media and through self-surveillance. …”
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Using Internet of Things (IoT) in agri-food supply chains: a research framework for social good with network clustering analysis by Yadav, Sanjeev, Choi, Tsan-Ming, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil, Garg, Dixit

“…Based on these findings, propositions are proposed and a research framework is established. …”
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A meta-analysis of sustainable supply chain practices and performance: the moderating roles of type of economy and innovation by Yadav, Sanjeev, Choi, Tsan-Ming, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Naz, Farheen

“…Design/methodology/approach – Based on the main and moderating variables and selection criteria, 64 sample studies were selected after a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Findings – The findings confirm a positive correlation (0.438) between SSCP and SP. …”
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Female educational leaders in higher education institutions in the UK: insights into their Covid-19 crisis management skills and their reliance on inclusive leadership [Presentatio... by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Research in the inclusive leadership (IL), female leadership and crisis management (CM) literatures has explored these concepts in depth but there is little integration of findings. To integrate findings from these literatures and contribute to theory on these topics, the current study explores the concepts and enactment of leadership and CM from the female leaders’ perspective. …”
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Evaluation of special purpose vehicle organisation skill sets taxonomy for effective public-private partnership infrastructure project delivery by Gomez, Christy, Gambo, Muhammad

“…From preliminary research findings it is clear that there is a strong bias towards business-oriented skills rather than service-oriented skills by the special purpose vehicle (SPV) organisation. …”
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Student perceptions on the implementation of Learning Management System (LMS) in teaching of English for academic writing course. by Ismail, Zuraidah

“…This paper is a report on the findings of student perceptions on the implementation of Learning Management System (LMS) in the teaching of English for Academic Writing (EAW) Course. …”
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Leader-member exchange, work-related attitudes and organisational citizenship behaviour among administrators in higher education institutions of Saudi Arabia by AlMasradi, Rajeh Bati F.

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Sexual citizenship : an analysis of gay men as sexual citizens in nonmetropolitan England and Ireland by McKearney, Aidan

“…The study finds clear consensus that the nonmetropolitan context is relevant to the men, especially in how they negotiate their sexual identity. …”
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Differences in psychological problems between low and high achieving students by Md Yasin, Md Aris Safree, Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah

“…The findings of the study will be useful in assisting educators, counselors, psychologist, and researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being.…”
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A comparative analysis of Engineering students' problems in speaking and writing by Sarudin, Isarji, Mohamad Ali, Afiza, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah

“…Based on the findings of the study relevant recommendations were made to assist in the decision making process of the curriculum review exercise.…”
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Interaction design of the Malaysian e-government portal. by Mahmud, Murni

“…In this study, the protal interaction was evaluated using a heuristic evaluation method which comprised usability, accesibilty and attractiveness. The findings showed that the participants were satisfied with the portal's interaction design. …”
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Directors remuneration and firm performance among distressed firms by Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar

“…The study uses publicly available data from a sample of 86 distressed firms and 86 matched non-distressed firms for 2001 financial year. The findings for the full sample show that directors' remuneration is not associated with firm's profitability, as measured by ROA. …”
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Assessing government to business services performance: the role of human and organizational factors by Hussin, Husnayati, Kassim, Erne Suzila

“…In addition, use of IS in the interaction between government and business has significant influence on the service performance, measured as transparency, service quality and information quality. The findings provide a new perspective for public agencies in their future e-government implementation. …”
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