The rise of an ostensibly customer-centred corporate culture in the 1980s recognised the importance of “knowing the customer”. As a result, customer information systems and associated practices of marketing, customer segmentation, and customer accounting have become significant elements in corporate customer-focus strategies. This paper discusses a range of ethical considerations that flow from...

The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers mental and physical health benefits. However, in many cultures, societal changes are leading to growing social distrust and alienation. Can feelings of social connection and positivity toward others be increased? Is it possible to self-generate these feelings? In th...

Organizations invest a huge amount of resources to deploy information systems (IS) to improve their competitive position. Yet, stories of system failure are still reported frequently, and many organizations did not use these systems to the full extent. The acceptance and usage of ISs by organizational employees is one of the key factors to successfully deploy ISs. The implementation of IS, howe...

Objective: We mainly sought to understand the relationship among college students' spiritual well-being, life satisfaction, economic status, and alienation. Methods: A sample of 292 undergraduate students (187 females and 105 males) between the ages of 18 and 26 years were selected using the cluster sampling method. Then, they completed measurement questionnaires of alienation, satisfaction wit...

One of the negative effects Internet addiction on individuals’ personal and social life is alienation. Spiritual well-being affects both level The present study investigated mediator effect spiritual in relationship between was conducted with 320 college students: 183 (57.2%) female 137 (42.8%) male. ages participants ranged from 19 to 35, mean age 20.74. Data were collected using a information...

There has been considerable interest among forensic practitioners in the proposals that parental alienation be included in the next editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM) and The International Classification of Diseases (ICD). However, there has also been a great deal of misunderstanding about the proposals, and misinformation has been expressed in profession...

The objective of this study is to analyze the rate of stressful life events and psychosomatic symptoms among students smokers and non-smokers and examine the predictive contribution of stress and smoking to subjective health status. Methods were conducted on a convenience sample of 200 students from the University of Mostar, with a median age of 21 (inter-quartile range, three). Exposure to str...