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Sunday, March 31, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Enas Asfour in the Accounting and Auditing Program

Researcher Enas Ayed Asfour, a student in the Master’s Program in Accounting and Auditing, has defended her thesis titled “Corporate Governance and Earnings Management in Banks: Empirical Evidence from Palestine”.

This study focuses on the relationships between corporate governance and earnings management in the Palestinian banking sector and how they affect investor confidence and financial stability.

The researcher used the analytical method to study the various characteristics of corporate governance and how they affect earnings management. The results were based on empirical data collected from Palestinian banks listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange (PEX) between 2013 and 2022.

Sunday, March 31, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Mohammad Alawni in the Emergency Nursing Program

Researcher Mohammad Ahmad Alawni, a student in the master’s program in emergency nursing, has defended his thesis titled “The Level of Emergency Nurses’ Caring Attitudes and Behaviors during Interaction with Patients at Emergency Departments in Governmental Hospitals at Palestine”.

The study aims to examine the caring attitudes and behaviors of emergency nurses while dealing with patients in emergency departments in Palestine.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Raja’i Baraka in the Strategic Planning and Fundraising Program

Researcher Raja’i Ihab Baraka, a student in the Master’s Program in Strategic Planning and Fundraising, has defended the thesis titled “Assessment of Business Process Reengineering as a Strategic Planning Practice towards Enhanced Management and Productivity”.

The present study aims to realize the results of applying the principle of process reengineering in the Palestinian private sector, by studying five main variables. These variables are the extent of application of process reengineering, senior management support, communication with employees, rethinking business, the way processes are arranged and their relationship to the results of applying the process reengineering.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Fida Ahmad in the Construction Management Program

Researcher Fida Hamdan Ahmad, a student in the Master’s Program in Construction Management, has defended her thesis titled “Studying Construction Resource Factors Affecting Cost Overruns in Construction Projects in Palestine”.

This thesis aims to study the resource-related factors that contribute to cost overruns in the Palestinian building and construction sector. The primary objectives of this research include studying the extent of cost overruns in construction projects in Palestine, assessing the importance of resource-related factors that contribute to these overruns, measuring the importance of each factor as perceived by stakeholders (contractors, consultants, and owners), as well as determining the effects resulting from cost overruns in the Palestinian building and construction sector.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Researcher Ishaq Jamal Maragha, a student in the Master’s Program in Commercial Law, has defended his thesis titled “The Law Applicable to the Electronic Arbitration Agreement.”

The present thesis dealt with the law applicable to the electronic arbitration agreement in light of the Palestinian Arbitration Law No. (3) of 2000. The research problem appears in the context of the Palestinian legislator’s lack of awareness. In addition, when enacting the arbitration law, the emergence of great technological development and the perception of the possibility of using technological means as part of the arbitration process at the perspective of procedures or subject.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Researcher Wafa Hassan Jaber, a student in the Master’s Program in Commercial Law, has defended her thesis titled “Governance of Insurance Companies in Palestine.”

The present study addressed the of governance in insurance companies in terms of its concept, objectives, and standards that companies must implement. The researcher touched upon the standards and principles issued by the OECD\G20 organization, the role of the Capital Market Authority in promoting and establishing principles of governance in the insurance sector.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Taqwa Mashaqi in the Neonatal Nursing Program

Researcher Taqwa Kamel Mashaqi, a student in the master’s program in neonatal nursing, has defended her thesis titled “The Effects of Implementing Neonatal Jaundice Prevention Program on Incidence, Mothers' Knowledge and Practices towards Neonatal Jaundice at Saint Joseph Hospital in East Jerusalem.”

The present study aimed to assess the impact of a prevention program for neonatal jaundice - also known as hyperbilirubinemia - on maternal knowledge and practices towards it at St. Joseph Hospital in East Jerusalem.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Rima Abu Khail in the Health Informatics Program

Researcher Rima Abdullah Abu Khail, a student in the Master’s Program in Health Informatics, has defended her thesis titled “Assessment of Health Information systems implementations in West Bank Governmental Hospitals: A Survey of Health Providers Perceptions”

The present study aims to assess the success of the health information system in governmental hospitals in the West Bank by identifying the perceptions of health service providers based on the DeLone and McLean framework for the success of the information system. This study also aims to identify the characteristics of the system by evaluating its components from the perspective of health care providers, which are: System Quality, information quality, service quality, usage, user satisfaction, overall benefit.

Sunday, March 24, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Heba Al Ghoul in the Contemporary Public Relations Program

Researcher Heba Jihad Al Ghoul, a student in the Master’s program in Contemporary Public Relations, had defended her thesis titled “Sports Communication and the Palestinian National Reputation on Twitter during the Qatar World Cup 2022.”

This study aimed to explore the interactive relationship between communication and the field of sports as well as their contribution to enhancing the national reputation and highlighting the Palestinian identity during the Qatar 2022 World Cup. It also aimed to analyze tweets that highlighted the Palestinian case in English language on Twitter during that period.

Sunday, March 24, 2024
Defense of a Master’s Thesis by Maysa Omar in the Contemporary Public Relations Program

Researcher Maysa Amjad Omar, a student in the Master’s program in Contemporary Public Relations, has defended her thesis titled “The Digital Communicative Response of the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Facebook in Light of the Crises it Experienced in 2022 and 2023.”

This study aimed to magnify the understanding of the communicative response of public relations at the Palestinian Ministry of Health during the period of 2022/2023, according to the situational theories of crisis communication, reputation restoration, and apology.

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