Department of Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Work by the faculty and students of the Department of Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Recent Submissions
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A knowledge-based perspective on the professionalization of SMEs: A systematic literature review and future research directions
(Emerald, 2023-04-11)This paper provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work related to the professionalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from a knowledge-based perspective. A systematic literature review consisting ... -
Environmental Management Systems in Public Sector
(Edward Elgar, 2023)This chapter focuses on environmental management systems (EMS) in public sector organisations (PSOs). Our objectives are to 1) explain what is an EMS, describe the two main EMS standards (ISO 14001 and EMAS) and how to ... -
Drivers, Challenges and Outcomes of Environmental Management System Implementation in Public Sector Organizations: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence
(MDPI, 2023-04-28)Our research objectives were to conduct a systematic literature review of the empirical articles on the drivers, challenges and outcomes of environmental management system (EMS) implementation in public sector organizations ... -
Recruitment and Selection Practices that Facilitate Workforce Diversity in Public Sector
(Edward Elgar, 2023)The objectives of this chapter paper are to review and summarise the recruitment and selection practices that facilitate workforce diversity in the public sector, and to offer promising directions for future research. ... -
An integrative study of the implications of the rise of coworking spaces in smart cities
(Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, 2020)Coworking practices have proliferated around the world being embraced not only by remote workers, start-up employees and freelancers but also by larger organizations. coworking spaces in public libraries, business districts ... -
Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs are More Prone to Exit than Non-Immigrant Entrepreneurs?
(Springer, 2021-04)Due to various cultural and social barriers, immigrant entrepreneurs are considered more vulnerable to external shocks than their non-immigrant counterparts. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the plight and pushed ... -
Two decades of research into SIEs and what do we know? A systematic review of the most influential literature and a proposed research agenda
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021)Purpose. This paper aims: to undertake a systematic literature review on SIEs, examining twenty years of literature published between 2000 and 2020, focusing on the most-cited empirical work in the field; to analyse the ... -
The Impact of Host Country Characteristics on Self-Initiated Expatriates’ Career Success
(Routledge, 2020)This chapter examines the impact of host country characteristics, the particularities of a location, on self-initiated expatriate (SIE)'s career success. For the SIE, therefore, the host country's institutional characteristics, ... -
I Hear You: Constructing Common Knowledge Practices in the Context of Organizational Meetings
(Emerald, 2021)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a granular description of how organizational members construct common knowledge practices in the context of organizational meetings. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal ... -
A Review of the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Healthcare Industry: A United Arab Emirates Perspective
(2021)The last few decades have seen an unprecedented scope and intensity of disruptors to key industries globally. Among the most impactful of these disruptors is artificial intelligence (AI), which has manifested in numerous ... -
Addressing Issues and Challenges in Managing Migratory Tuna Resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(Ubiquity Press, 2021)Tuna resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are the world’s largest and most valuable fisheries of their type and are vital to the economy and the sustainable development of the region. However, the region ... -
Spatiotemporal Mapping and Monitoring of Mangrove Forests Changes From 1990 to 2019 in the Northern Emirates, UAE Using Random Forest, Kernel Logistic Regression and Naive Bayes Tree Models
(Frontiers, 2020)Mangrove forests are acting as a green lung for the coastal cities of the United Arab Emirates, providing a habitat for wildlife, storing blue carbon in sediment and protecting shoreline. Thus, the first step toward ... -
The Recruitment, Selection and Preparation of Expatriates
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)For organisations and for individuals, effective recruitment, selection and preparation of new employees or employees in new circumstances are always important. This issue is exacerbated in the case of international ... -
Workforce Localization in the Arab Gulf Countries: How Do Organizations Socialize the Members of a Powerful Minority?
(MDPI, 2020-07)This paper addresses a key social–cultural aspect of sustainability in the Gulf region: Workforce localization (WL). Our research objective is to empirically explore organizational socialization (OS) practices in the context ... -
Organizational forgetting Part I: a review of the literature and future research directions
(Emerald Publishing, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to systematically review and synthesize the literature on organizational forgetting. A systematic literature review approach was used to synthesize current theoretical and empirical studies on ... -
Outcomes and Key Factors of Success for ISO 14001 Certification: Evidence from an Emerging Arab Gulf Country
(MDPI, 2019)The objectives of this research were: (1) To examine the outcomes and key factors of success (KFS) related to ISO 14001 certification, (2) to compare and contrast these in private organizations (PRIVOs) and public organizations ... -
Expatriate time to proficiency: individual antecedents and the moderating effect of home country
(Emerald Insight, 2019-09-09)The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct impact of individual variables (cultural openness, social orientation, willingness to communicate, confidence in own technical abilities, active stress resistance, prior ... -
Women, work and management in the Middle East
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)The role and position of women in the Middle East continues to be the subject of much interest in discussion in the public arena and despite questions about their under-representation in work and management, their experiences ... -
Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute
(Wiley Online Library, 2020)Drawing largely on a high-profile case of unequal pay at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) as an illustrative example, this conceptual paper considers differences and interrelationships between merit and deservingness, ... -
Le développement managérial a l’international
(Éditions de Liaisons, 2008)