Objectives:To estimate the prevalence of eating disorders among Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU) in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, female students and to investigate the associated factors.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted at IAU, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in 2016 with 670 participants. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaires, including the Eating attitude test 26 (EAT-26) and the sociocultural attitudes toward appearance questionnaire (SATAQ-4). Eating behavior questions were asked to determine whether the respondents should seek evaluation for an eating disorder (ED) from a professional.Results:Eating attitude test 26 results showed that 29.4% of participants were categorized at a high level of concern for an ED, and 45.5% were categorized as at risk of having problematic feeding behaviors. Of the participants who scored above 20 on the EAT-26, 60.7% demonstrated high-risk feeding behavior attitudes, and approximately 11.5% who scored a body mass index (BMI) classified as underweight or very underweight required referral to a psychologist. A significant relationship was found between family stress to lose weight and EAT-26 scores above 20. The media was also found to represent external influence to lose weight.Conclusion:This study concluded that early detection of EDs or problematic feeding behaviors and attitude is vital to minimize the risks to physical health and well-being of the sufferers’ experiences.

This study aims to examine the impact of servant leadership on organizational trust and mediating role of organizational culture for the mentioned relationship for employees in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education. A survey questionnaire was used as the main instrument for data collection. A total of 285 questionnaires were distributed among the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education employees. In total, 248 valid questionnaires to analysis were returned equivalent to 87% response rate. Data analysis was conducted with the help of PLS-SEM to determine the level of relationships among servant leadership, organizational trust, and organizational culture. According to the obtained findings, there is a positive impact of servant leadership on organizational trust, and organizational culture has a partially mediated role in the relationship between servant leadership and organizational trust. The study findings motivate future studies to carry out studies of the same caliber in other sectors to obtain different perspectives.

The current study aims to examine the human resource management practices and job satisfaction on employee performance and examine the mediating role of job satisfaction in the ministry of foreign affairs of Kuwait. The survey included 212 employees are working in the ministry of foreign affairs of Kuwait. The results of this study indicated that human resource management practices have a positive direct effect on employee performance. Moreover, the results of this study indicated that human resource management practices have a positive direct effect on job satisfaction. The results of this study indicated also that job satisfaction has a positive direct effect on employee performance. Regarding the mediating role, the results indicated that job satisfaction mediated the impact between human resource management practices and employee performance. Organizations should implement human resource management practices to strengthen and boost their future performance. As organizations should increase the level of job satisfaction in order to improve the performance of employees. This study recommended replicated the context of this study in other sectors in Kuwait such as the health care sector, education sector, and private sector.

This study aimed at identifying the impact of ethical leadership on work turnover in Islamic banks in Kuwait. The study population consisted of 5685 administrators working in Islamic banks in Kuwait. A random stratified sample amounting 360 administrators was selected for the purpose of questionnaire distribution. 302 questionnaires were recollected valid for analysis representing 83.9% of the total sample.The researcher concluded several results, most notably that there is a statistically significant impact at (α≤0.05) level of ethical leadership with its dimensions (personal traits, behaviors and human relations, administrative qualities and decision-taking) in work turnover in Kuwaiti Islamic banks.The recommendations focused on paying attention of Islamic banks managers of in Kuwait practicing ethical leadership in all fields, and studied have to provide appropriate organizational climate to maintain the continuity of competent staff in the bank and adopting training programs for Islamic banks managers that contribute in developing knowledge levels for ethical leadership practicing requirements and its role in reducing the work turnover.

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