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Item type:Item, The Role of English in Linguistic Structuration of the Public Space Vis-à-vis Local Languages in Multilingual Ecologies and its Use in Language Teaching(Eastern Mediterranean University, 2024) Abbass, Ghulam; Shibliyev, Javanshir (Supervisor)Linguistic landscape (LL) as a teaching resource is not a well-researched area in Pakistan. The photos of signboards from three commercial locations in the Islamabad city and one location in the neighbouring town, Fateh Jang, were collected to examine the role of English in relation to local languages in the linguistic structuration. To understand the motives behind the choice of languages on the signboards, twelve shop owners were interviewed to gain insight into language dominance. To gain insight into teachers‘ awareness and their perception about using LL text as an additional teaching resource, 50 teachers from universities, public and private schools with MA to PhD degrees in English with a minimum five-year teaching experience were selected for the interview. Signboard pictures containing unilingual, bilingual and multilingual texts captured from the four locations were shown to the teachers to reflect on whether they could be used as a teaching resource. This purposive sampling helped to get reliable, valid and authentic data. The purpose of the teachers‘ interviews was to gain insight into teachers‘ perceptions of LL as a teaching resource, their reactions to locally constructed words, and to exploit LL text for teaching different aspects of language. The findings revealed that English language dominated the signboards in the city, while transliteration was more visible in the neighbouring town. Ninety-six percent teachers fully or partially agreed that LL could contribute to ELT. Teachers‘ perceptions showed theoretical implications of this study; however, the professionals may put LL text into practice. Keywords: Linguistic Landscape, Language Dominance, Teachers‘ Perception, Teaching Resource, Two Locations ComparisonItem type:Item, The Relationship between HPWS and Organizational Performance: Modelling the Mediating Role of Managers’ Trust in Different Types of Employee Representation Systems, a Multi-Group Analysis(Eastern Mediterranean University, 2025) Adhami, Tarek; Timur, Ahmet Tarık (Supervisor)The organizational performance is crucial for any organization to succeed and achieve its goals. Several factor can affect organizational performance, including human resource management practices, specifically the High-Performance Work Systems. This study aims to address the high performance works systems-organizational performance relationship by incorporating 2 variables: first is the managers’ trust in employee representation systems as a mediator. Second is the presence of 3 different types of employee representation systems as a moderator in form of multigroup. The study employed partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS software with a formative model (Mode B) that includes mediation, based on data collected by Eurofound from 6,980 organizations in 29 European countries. The results revealed that high-performance work systems positively impact organizational performance. Additionally, managers' trust in employee representation systems plays a mediating role in the relationship between high-performance work systems and organizational performance, while the presence of different types of employee representation acts as a moderator in this relationship. Keywords: HPWS, organizational performance, employee representation, managers’ trust.Item type:Item, Essays on the Sustainability of the Coffee Value Chain(Eastern Mediterranean University, 2024) Yopa, Ludovic Mbakop; Coşkuner, Çağay (Supervisor)The overarching theme of this dissertation will be the improvement of the value chain of coffee. The work is based on two countries: Ethiopia and Rwanda where coffee plays a pivotal role in their respective economy and is one of their main sources of foreign exchange. In Ethiopia, we study the impact that the introduction of Ethiopian commodity Exchange (ECX) has had on the prices of exported coffee. The results demonstrate that the ECX has brought about a loss of the traceability for a substantial portion of Ethiopian coffee and as corollary has resulted in the emergence of an important pricing differential between two subcategories of Ethiopian coffee. Since the early 2000s, Rwanda sifted from the production of ordinary coffee towards fully washed coffee or specialty coffee. As opposed to ordinary coffee, specialty coffee fetches much higher prices on the international market. The production of specialty coffee however requires investments in processing capabilities such as wet mills or coffee washing stations (CWS). Rwanda now faces a challenge with regards to its CWS. There is currently an oversupply of CWS in the country up to 300. Most of those operate below capacity. We conduct an economic analysis to ascertain both the optimal number of CWS that should operate in Rwanda as well as the price coffee farmers should be paid under perfect competition. Our Results demonstrate that the owners of CWS receive high margins to the detriment of farmers. Farmers could potentially be paid the double of the fixed price they currently receive for coffee cherry. Furthermore, Rwanda could save considerable economic resources on an annual basis by allowing the number of CWS to decline by dint of unadulterated competition among them which would then force the least competitive ones out of business and reduce thereby production costs. Keywords: Sustainability, Agriculture, Coffee Value Chain, Investment Appraisal, Cost Benefit Analysis, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange, Coffee Washing Stations, Rwanda, Ethiopia.Item type:Item, Evaluation of the Willingness to Pay of Households for a Potable and Reliable Water Supply in Famagusta, North Cyprus(Eastern Mediterranean University, 2022) Drebika, Ridha Moataz; Jenkins, Glenn P. (Supervisor)This study is an evaluation of the willingness to pay of households for a potable and reliable water supply in Famagusta, North Cyprus. The averting expenditure method is used to identify consumers’ willingness to pay for potable and reliable water. A levelized cost approach along with an economic cost benefit analysis is conducted to find the impact of rehabilitating the currently insufficient water supply system present within the district. North Cyprus has suffered from water supply shortages for most of its existence. The recent Turkish-North Cyprus pipeline project served to remedy the actual supply of water to the nation however, the water distribution network that delivers water to households within North Cyprus provides unpotable water intermittently which forces residents to incur coping costs in order secure water for both drinking and non-drinking purposes. Famagusta is the ideal district within the country to conduct such an analysis as the water distribution network was rehabilitated due to funding from a prior EU project. In addition, the cost of implementing an elevated central water storage is known and an accurate estimation of benefits of such a project is conducted. The results of the initial analysis at the district level are then extended to the rest of North Cyprus given the similar infrastructure used throughout the country and economic net benefits of improving the water supply system are estimated. Keywords: willingness to pay, water supply, economic analysis, sensitivity analysisItem type:Item, Digitalization of African Diplomacy: Disclosure, Challenges and Potential Implication in Transnational Affairs(Eastern Mediterranean University, 2023) Mkass, Imane; Aka, Günay Aylin Gürzel (Supervisor)The invention of the internet and technological tools was revolutionary to the mankind, since, tasks that previously took years to complete, now with the use of AI and technologies, everything can be solved within seconds. From this perspective, multiple disciplines began to take advantage of ICTs and move to the digital sphere. Diplomacy was one of these sub-disciplines. Hence, digital diplomacy has been adopted by most of the world's leaders and Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs), to foster public diplomacy, stakeholder engagement, crisis response, and international perceptions. In this context, Western digital diplomacy path of evolvement had significant attention by scholars and authors alike. Whereas, we notice that in this field, Africa did not benefit of such privilege. Nevertheless, the African countries made noteworthy efforts and dedicated time and research to overcome the digital divide and other infrastructure obstacles that it suffers from. Kenya was one of the mentioned African countries that dedicated time, implemented policies and strategies to improve the use of information and communication technologies in government’s workflow and foreign affairs. Therefore, this thesis aims to examine how the Kenyan MFA is implemented on different digital platforms by comparing it to one of the digital diplomacy leaders in Western countries, the United States (U.S.). This choice of reference is due to the undeniable leadership of the U.S. in the field of digital diplomacy. With millions followers on its diplomatic accounts and ability to engage on digital networking, the United States has become a key actor of world digital diplomacy. This research thesis argues that the presence of Kenyan MFA and Kenyan leaders on social media had made a huge difference in the conduction of traditional diplomacy, and it is evident to state that Kenya has a remarkable presence on different social media platforms, worthy of scholar’ attention. Keywords: Digital Diplomacy, Kenya, MFA, AI, Invention, Internet
