Mahmoud Maqableh

University of Jordan | UJ · Department of Management Information Systems

This research involves developing a model that investigates the impact of perceived values on continuance intention to use Facebook. It also examines the impact of Facebook continuance intention on addiction and the mediating role of security concerns on the relationship between them. A structural equation modeling technique was used to analyse dat...

Social media addiction has undergone a remarkable transformation among regular users, but limited research has been conducted on exploring the antecedents of addiction. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between continuance intention and addiction. Moreover, it investigates the moderating role of satisfaction and trust on...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a vital construct in the banking industry due to its influence on brand credibility, positive word of mouth, and repeat purchases. The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of the three main dimensions of corporate social responsibility on patronage intentions through the mediating role of bra...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of perceived security, perceived privacy, and satisfaction on Facebook user continuance intention. In addition, the serial multiple mediating effects of trust and satisfaction on the relationship between continuance intention and Facebook determinants are explored. This study also in...

This study aims to investigate the impact of integrating essential factors on Internet usage continuance intention in students’ context. The proposed model examines the influence of perceived enjoyment, perceived image, satisfaction, information value, and emotional value on Internet continuance intention. Additionally, it investigates the role of...

This study investigates the impact of integrating essential factors on academic performance in university students’ context. The proposed model examines the influence of continuance intention, satisfaction, information value, and Internet addiction on academic performance. Additionally, it investigates the mediating role of continuance intention on...

This study evaluates the impact of shifting from traditional learning to online learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on undergraduate students. It also examines the positive and negative aspects of online learning from students' perspectives. We conducted two online surveys to evaluate online learning, students' satisfaction, and identify the positive...

This study aims to explore the impact of satisfaction and trust on stickiness to Facebook. Also, it proposed that hedonic value, emotional value, and social value act as critical antecedents to Facebook stickiness. A quantitative methodology is used to examine the research questions. The research model was tested with data from 511 university stude...

Business Intelligence (BI) systems are extensively used by large hotels in Jordan; however their effectiveness has not yet been researched. The aim of this research is to explore the relationships among definitional metadata quality, data quality metadata quality, navigational metadata quality, lineage metadata quality, perceived ease of use, perce...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a vital construct in the banking industry due to its influence on brand credibility, positive word of mouth, and repeat purchases. The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of the three main dimensions of corporate social responsibility on patronage intentions through the mediating role of bra...

This research develops a model to investigate the influence of different determinants on student’s Academic Performance (AP) in UAE University (UAEU). The model consists of Big Five personality traits (BigF) and other learning-orientation strategies. The importance of this research to the UAE’s context stems from the fact that determinants of AP va...

The aim of this study is to explore the impact of information technology (IT) devices, as well as communication devices and databases, considering programming, skills and experiences as the independent variable, on the Jordanian public entities’ organizational performance that participated in King Abdullah II Award for Excellence in terms of govern...

The vulnerability of digital audio signals for different types of risks requires an imperceptible and robust digital audio watermarking scheme. In this research, we propose creating one such imperceptible and robust hybrid watermarking scheme based on a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and Schur decomposition hybrid method. The proposed scheme embe...

This paper proposes a novel audio watermarking scheme based on the discrete cosine transform (DCT) and Schur decomposition. The proposed scheme uses the DCT transformation to increase robustness and the Schur decomposition to achieve perceptual transparency. The proposed scheme first applies the DCT transformation to the original audio signal and t...

Understanding the various effects that exist among intellectual capital, knowledge sharing, and organizational performance is the main purpose of this study. Data were gathered from 356 employees working in manufacturing companies in Jordan. In order to test the hypotheses of this study, the approach suggested by [1] was undertaken. The results of...

This chapter investigates the strategic adoption of big data (BD) and analytics (BDA) in organizations. BD represents a large and complex phenomenon which spans different disciplines. BD research is fraught with many challenges. This research develops BD adoption model that could aid organizations in assessing the strategic importance of BD to gain...

Cloud computing can be classified as a third-generation computing platform which refers to on-demand delivery of computing infrastructure and services via a network, usually the Internet. Cloud computing promises to provide several advantages to its adopters such as: cost advantage, availability, scalability, flexibility, reduced time to market and...

Matrimonial websites are an important element in the online interaction equation. Saudis can create a certain impression of themselves while indicating their potential preferences in a future spouse. Current research contributes to the Walther (1996) model by considering the message and the communication components: sender, channel, receiver, and f...

While traditional Saudi Arabian courtship is rigidly structured according to Islamic codes of conduct, Saudis over the past decade have increasingly turned to unconventional means, e.g., matrimonial websites, to find and court a potential spouse. Using qualitative semistructured interviews (N = 36), the analysis of the data revealed four main categ...

This study examined impact of a social media networks course on student use of SNSs performance. Moreover, it examined the associations among course design, course materials, learning experiences and a social media networks course. Survey instrument is used to examine the relationships in the proposed model. A total of 380 questionnaires have been...

The authors would like to note that one of the co-author’s names was displayed incorrectly. Not Nabil Al-Qirim, but Nabeel Al-Qirim co-authored this article as shown above. The original article has been corrected. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Cloud computing can be classified as a third-generation computing platform which refers to ondemand delivery of computing infrastructure and services via a network, usually the Internet. Cloud computing promises to provide several advantages to its adopters such as: cost advantage, availability, scalability, flexibility, reduced time to market and...

Purpose: This research aims to examine the factors that may hinder or enable the adoption of elearning systems by university students. Design/methodology/approach: A conceptual framework was developed through extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, habit, socia...

Purpose This is an empirical study of knowledge management performance (KMP) at a university and the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between knowledge management process (KMPR), KMP and job performance (JP). Design/methodology/approach The data were collected using a questionnaire, as the instrument for the primary data collec...

Understanding the various effects that exist among intellectual capital, knowledge sharing, and organizational performance is the main purpose of this study. Data were gathered from 356 employees working in manufacturing companies in Jordan. In order to test the hypotheses of this study, the approach suggested by [1] was undertaken. The results of...

Operational excellence is considered as a competitive weapon for firms, both in service and manufacturing. Firms should therefore carefully study their operation strategy choices due to the high impact that results from applying operation strategy decisions on operational excellence. There are many factors that can lead to operational excellence, i...

This study investigates the impact of lending on Jordanian banks' government and how it affects Jordanian banks' performance measured by return on assets (ROA) and net interest margin (NIM). The study sample is composed of all Jordanian banks non-taking into account foreign banks and Islamic banks as well during the period 2009-2014. This study app...

This study investigates the status of e-SCM and performance among Jordanian manufacturing sector. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of trust and communication on the e-SCM usage. Moreover, the study investigates the effect of the trust and communication on the firm’s performance while the e-SCM usage is used as a mediating factor...

Nowadays, Electronic Commerce (EC) course is becoming one of the most important taught courses at all business schools due to increased businesses over the Internet network by utilizing all available technologies. However, the success of such courses cannot be measured by number of students who pass or fail but rather by how such courses influence...

Recent research findings are accumulating evidence that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is associated positively with important work manners. However, the research on Emotional Intelligence is mainly conducted in business field and in western countries; therefore there is a shortage of research on Emotional Intelligence in the context of public sector...

This study seeks to explore the factors that influence students’ usage behaviour of e-learning systems. Based on the strong theoretical foundation of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and using structural equation modeling (SEM) via AMOS 21.0, this research paper examines the impact of performance expectancy, effort exp...

p>This research has been conducted to investigate critical factors affecting the operational excellence (OPX) of service firms in Jordan. The main factors of interest are leadership, human resource management practices, operations strategy, and involvement culture. This research considered different service sub-sectors including banks, ICT, insuran...

Recent research findings are accumulating evidence that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is associated positively with important work manners. However, the research on Emotional Intelligence is mainly conducted in business field and in western countries; therefore there is a shortage of research on Emotional Intelligence in the context of public sector...

Operational excellence is considered as a competitive weapon for firms, both in service and manufacturing. Firms should therefore carefully study their operation strategy choices due to the high impact that results from applying operation strategy decisions on operational excellence. There are many factors that can lead to operational excellence, i...

Networks have become an integral part of today’s world. The ease of deployment, low-cost and high data rates have contributed significantly to their popularity. There are many protocols that are tailored to ease the process of establishing these networks. Nevertheless, security-wise precautions were not taken in some of them. In this paper, we expo...

Current modern life styles, huge amount of the data available and the increased complexity of software products made IT projects extremely challenging projects. In Jordan, IT projects play a significant role in the country's economy. Unfortunately, high percentages of IT projects are considered to be failed or challenging projects. To avoid project...

This empirical study focused on investigating the perceived trust surrogated by a number of hypothesized factors and its effect on the choice of method of payment. The data were collected using a questionnaire, as the instrument for the primary data collection, with total collected back responses of 214 from customers of MarkaVIP. Structural equati...

This study investigates the status of digital divide amongst Jordanian Telecentres. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the perceived usefulness, the perceived ease-of-use and the facilitating conditions on the behavioral intention of employees. In addition, the study investigates the effect of the three mentioned factors on the...

Computer Based Assessment (CBA) is being a very popular method to evaluate students’ performance at the university level. This research aims to examine the constructs that affect students’ intention to use the CBA. The proposed model is based on previous technology models such as Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB),...

Social Networks Sites (SNSs) are dominating all internet users’ generations, especially the students’ communities. Consequently, academic institutions are increasingly using SNSs which leads to emerge a crucial question regarding the impact of SNSs on students’ academic performance. This research investigates how and to what degree the use of SNSs...

This empirical study focused on investigating the perceived trust surrogated by a number of hypothesized factors and its effect on the choice of method of payment. The data were collected using a questionnaire, as the instrument for the primary data collection, with total collected back responses of 214 from customers of MarkaVIP. Structural equati...

In the last few years, stereoscopic developed very rapidly and employed in many different fields such as entertainment. Due to the importance of entertainment aspect of stereoscopic 3D (S3D) applications, a review of the current state of S3D development in entertainment technology is conducted. In this paper, a novel survey of the stereoscopic ente...

Cloud computing aims to maximize the benefit of distributed resources and aggregate them to achieve higher throughput to solve large scale computation problems. In this technology, the customers rent the resources and only pay per use. Job scheduling is one of the biggest issues in cloud computing. Scheduling of users’ requests means how to allocat...

The most hosts that is utilized in scientific application is borate glass. By using melt-quenching technique, five samples of lithium potassium borate (LKB) doped with different concentration of europium oxide (Eu2O3) were prepared. To investigate the influence of dopant on the optical and physical characteristics of the proposed glass, two methods...

In order to remain competitive, firms constantly strive for better quality, efficient use of resources, and increased cost effectiveness. Further, firms need IT-business strategic alignment for strategic and competitive goals, generating business value, and at last gaining competitive advantage. This paper reviews the literature regarding IT govern...

Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that benefit from the distributed resources to solve large scale computing problems. During the last few years, cloud computing has grown rapidly as promising business idea in the IT industry due to its characteristics such as cost reduction, flexibility, convenience, and scalability. Unfortunately, there...

Since Knowledge Management (KM) is increasingly becoming an integral business function for lots of firms, as the latter recognize that competitiveness depends upon the effective management of intellectual resources, this paper aims to propose a theoretical model identifying the extent to which performing leadership development and its enablers in t...

Samarium oxide doped lithium magnesium borate glass has been prepared using conventional melting method. The density and molar volume have been calculated and analyzed while their optical properties were studied by measuring the optical absorption and luminescence spectra at room temperature. From the XRD results, since the patterns do not exhibit...

Since Knowledge Management (KM) is increasingly becoming an integral business function for lots of firms, as the latter recognize that competitiveness depends upon the effective management of intellectual resources, this paper aims to propose a theoretical model identifying the extent to which performing leadership development and its enablers in t...

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) adoption has been considered as an important segment for young adults. Nevertheless, there is a modest empirical confirmation to indicate how these young adults value the richness of their mobile phones. This study aims to investigate the factors that influence users’ m-commerce attitude to use, and the impact of the l...

Knowledge sharing capability has been labeled as one of the most important segments in the field of knowledge management (KM). Also, there is little empirical evidence to indicate how firms value the richness of knowledge sharing and their business performance. This research aims to investigate the impact of knowledge sharing enablers on knowledge...

The aim of this study is to recognize the most important internal and external variables that contributed toward the profitability of the Islamic banks in Jordan over the period 1997- 2006. Various internal and external variables that have been extensively reported in the earlier literature as major determinants of profitability are regressed again...

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In the last decade, various hash functions based on chaotic maps are proposed. Many of the proposed algorithms are proved as unsecure or slaw speed hash function algorithms. In this paper, we propose a novel parallel chaotic keyed hash functions. The input message is partitioned into fixed length of blocks. Hash round function is processed all mess...

This paper describes the state of art for secure hash functions based on chaotic maps for e-commerce applications. We start by reviewing the cryptography parts, and then discuss the types and properties of the hash functions. Then we discuss chaos theory in cryptography and review similarities and differences between chaotic systems and cryptograph...

Recently, we have proposed a fast block cipher encryption algorithm based on chaotic maps (BCCM). We released that the whole encryption process is extremely sensitive to input message and secret key, which could be exploited to calculate hash value or message authentication code of input message. In this paper, we propose a fast hash function based...

Recently, M. Amin et al. suggested a new hash function based on chaos theory for cryptography applications. In this note, we will analysis security of the proposed chaos-based hash function CBHF. The analysis shows how to break both keyed and unkeyed versions of the CBHF. In the last several years, researchers utilized chaos theory in cryptography...

Cryptographic hash function has been used extensively in many cryptographic protocols. Many of the hash functions generate the message digest thru a randomizing process of the original message. Subsequently a chaos system also generates random behavior, but at the same time a chaos system is completely deterministic. In this paper, we propose a new...

Summary Cryptographic hash function has been used extensively in many cryptographic protocols. Many of the hash functions generate the message digest thru a randomizing process of the original message. Subsequently a chaos system also generates random behavior, but at the same time a chaos system is completely deterministic. In this paper, we propo...