This research aims to determine the factors affecting knowledge sharing behavior among academics in United Arab Emirates universities and identify the effect of university type on academics’ behavior. The research adopted Ajzen’s amended Theory of Planned Behavior. Employing an online survey, data were collected from academics in public and private universities using a questionnaire. The model was tested using Partial Least Squares structural equation modeling. The results found a significant difference in academics’ knowledge sharing behavior between public and private universities. Results also revealed that intention is the main determinant of knowledge sharing behavior, and that attitude, subjective norms, and self-efficacy have significant influence on intention while controllability has no influence on it. The significance of this research lies in that it is one of the first to use the amended theory and the only research to address knowledge sharing behavior in higher education in the Arab World. This research provides useful basis for higher education institutions to create a knowledge sharing culture and helps academics to enhance their performance.

Aim. The main objective of this research is to know the influencing factors for KM practices in the library field of Bangladesh from the user's point of view. Therefore, the study examines the elements influencing Knowledge Management (KM) practice in Bangladeshi university libraries. Methods. Present research used a quantitative approach, by adopting printed survey questionnaire for data collection from the users of the University of Dhaka (DU) and the University of Rajshahi (RU) in Bangladesh. Statistical software IBM®-SPSS® was used for data analysis, and the "partial least squares" (PLS) method was used to test the proposed hypothesis. Results. The findings revealed that KM familiarity and perceptions in gender and current study level varied across users. This study found that all the proposed hypotheses are supported, i.e., the service quality and critical success factors are the most influencing factors for practicing KM in the DU and RU library. Conclusions. The findings provide valuable insights regarding awareness about KM practices and assist university authorities in formulating relevant policies and taking necessary actions for KM practices in libraries. Originality. The present research is one of the first research in Bangladesh that identified the influencing factors of KM from the user’s point of view.

This study employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Smart PLS 3.2.9 to offer valuable insight into the relationship between e-marketing mix (4Ps) and customer satisfaction with electronic information services provided by public university libraries in Jordan. The identified primary aspects within the e-marketing mix encompass e-product, e-pricing, e-place, and e-promotion. An online survey (questionnaire) targeting postgraduate student respondents at Jordanian public universities (a total of 792 participants) was used to gather data using a quantitative technique. Participants were chosen using voluntary response sampling. The study’s findings revealed that all relevant elements of the e-marketing mix establish significant relationships with customer satisfaction among postgraduate student respondents utilizing e-information services in public university libraries in Jordan. Notably, e-products, e-pricing, and e-promotion demonstrated substantial positive relationships with customer satisfaction. Conversely, there was a negative relationship observed with e-place. The novelty of this study lies in its exploration of the previously unexplored realm of the e-marketing mix framework (4Ps) in the context of customer satisfaction with electronic information services within university libraries in Jordan.

Muslim scholars and experts have given their views on issues related to the permissive and prohibitive use of cryptocurrencies. Scholars and experts’ decisions were of three categories: permitted the use of cryptocurrency; prohibited its use based on Islamic principles; and tawaqquf, yet to make their final decision on the acceptance or otherwise. The main objective of this study was to systematically examine and organize the various studies and research that explored known common ideas among Muslim scholars and experts on issues related to the use of cryptocurrency in Muslim communities. This study adopted the PRISMA guideline of reporting a systematic literature review, where it identified and explored available literature in Scopus, Emerald Insight, and Google Scholar, related to Muslim scholars' and experts’ decisions on the use of cryptocurrency. With the increasing use of cryptocurrency globally, the topic has also rapidly grown among Muslim scholars and experts, which has created a need for a real conclusion and justification for the people to hold on to. The systematic literature review revealed that the Muslim scholars and experts’ views on cryptocurrencies can be sub-categorized further: permitted its use (requirements compliant, regulations, justified reasons, wide acceptance, and gold-backed), prohibited its use (speculative nature, restrictions by authorities, fewer benefits, and religious beliefs), and tawaqquf (potentials for improvement, PMBC, Islamic cryptocurrencies, and backed Dinar and Dirham crypto). The conceptual contribution of this study was that views expressed by Muslim scholars and experts on cryptocurrencies be categorized for public consumption and guide in understanding issues. Abstrak: Sarjana dan pakar Muslim telah memberikan pandangan mereka tentang isu berkaitan permisif dan larangan penggunaan mata wang kripto. Keputusan ulama dan pakar terdiri daripada tiga kategori: membenarkan penggunaan mata wang kripto; melarang penggunaannya berdasarkan prinsip Islam; dan tawaqquf, belum membuat keputusan muktamad mengenai penerimaan atau sebaliknya. Objektif utama kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji dan menyusun secara sistematik pelbagai kajian dan penyelidikan yang meneroka idea-idea umum yang diketahui di kalangan sarjana dan pakar Islam mengenai isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan penggunaan mata wang kripto dalam masyarakat Islam. Kajian ini menerima pakai garis panduan PRISMA untuk melaporkan tinjauan literatur yang sistematik, di mana ia mengenal pasti dan meneroka literatur yang terdapat dalam Scopus, Emerald Insight dan Google Scholar, yang berkaitan dengan keputusan pakar dan sarjana Muslim tentang penggunaan mata wang kripto. Dengan penggunaan mata wang kripto yang semakin meningkat secara global, topik ini juga telah berkembang pesat dalam kalangan sarjana dan pakar Muslim, yang telah mewujudkan keperluan untuk kesimpulan dan justifikasi sebenar untuk dipegang oleh orang ramai. Kajian literatur sistematik mendedahkan bahawa pandangan ulama dan pakar Muslim tentang mata wang kripto boleh dikategorikan kepada: dibenarkan penggunaannya (mematuhi keperluan, peraturan, alasan yang wajar, penerimaan meluas, dan disokong emas), melarang penggunaannya (sifat spekulatif, sekatan oleh pihak berkuasa, faedah yang lebih sedikit, dan kepercayaan agama), dan tawaqquf (potensi penambahbaikan, PMBC, mata wang kripto Islam dan kripto Dinar dan Dirham yang disokong). Sumbangan konsep kajian ini ialah pandangan yang diutarakan oleh para sarjana dan pakar Islam mengenai mata wang kripto yang dikategorikan untuk kegunaan awam dan panduan dalam memahami isu ini.