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Dr. Hasan Ghura

HOD - Assistant Professor

Dr. Hasan Ghura

HOD - Assistant Professor

Hasan Ghura is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship at KCST. He gained his Ph.D. in Economics of Entrepreneurship from Brunel University London and an MBA in Strategic Management from Maastricht School of Management. His research interests are focused on the link between entrepreneurship and economic development under the lenses of institutional theory.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Harraf, A., Ghura, H., Hamdan, A., & Li, X. (2021) “Formal institutions and the Development of Entrepreneurial Activity: The Contingent Role of Corruption in Emerging Economies”, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 15-37.

Ghura, H., Li, X., Harraf, A., & Hamdan, A. (2019), “The Moderating Effect of Corruption on the Relationship between Formal Institutions and Entrepreneurial Activity: Evidence from Post-Communist Countries”, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 58-78.

Ghura, H., Li, X., & Harraf, A. (2017), “Moderating relationship of institutions for opportunity entrepreneurship and economic development: Literature review and proposed conceptual framework”, World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Sustainable Development, Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 350-374.

Dr. Bekir Kurtulmus

Assistant Professor

Dr. Bekir Kurtulmus

Assistant Professor

Bekir Emre Kurtulmu? is Assistant Professor at Kuwait College of Science and Technology Kuwait. He gained his Ph.D. degree at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. He has published several chapters and articles on international outlets. His current research involves institutional theory, the dark side of leadership, and the toxic work environment.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (SINCE 2015)

Books

Kurtulmu? B. E (2020) The Dark Side of Leadership: An Institutional Perspective, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-3-030-02037-8

Articles

Kurtulmu? B. E., Özar? Ç. & Warner B. (2016). Research or teaching oriented? Game theoretic models for the strategic decision-making process of universities with the external environment held neutral, Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 9(3), 469-490. (ESCI/Scopus)
Kurtulmu?, B.E. & Warner, B. (2016). Informal institutional framework and entrepreneurial strategic orientation: the role of religion, Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 20 (3-4), 160-173. (Scopus)
Kurtulmu? B. E., Katrinli A and Zap D. (2016). Exploration and exploitation activities and organisational commitment: The mediating role of culture, European Journal of Business Research, 16(2), 69-78 (Ebsco)

Book Chapters

Kurtulmu? B.E. (2020) Toxic Leadership and Workplace Bullying: The Role of Followers and Possible Coping Strategies. In: Dhiman S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Well-Being. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Kurtulmu? B. E (2019) Institutionalising Workplace Spirituality to Create an Ethical Climate, in Marques D. (ed.) Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality, Routledge
Kurtulmu? B.E. (2018) Coping with Workplace Bullying Through Workplace Spirituality and Spiritual Traditions. In: Dhiman S., Roberts G., Crossman J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfilment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Kurtulmu? B. E. (2017). The Dark Side of Leadership: The Role of Informal Institutional Framework on the Negative Moral and Ethical Behaviours of Leaders in Organisations, in McMurray A. and Muenjohn N. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Leadership in Transforming Asia',(pp.109-123) UK: Palgrave Macmillan
Katrinli A. & Kurtulmu? B. E. (2017). The change story of crown university, in Anderson D. L. (ed.) Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change, Second edition, (pp. 266-273) USA: Sage Publications
Kurtulmu? B. E. (2017). AMD’s struggle for survival: A technology giant’s restructuring and changing process to win competition, in Anderson D. L.(ed.) Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change, Second edition, (pp.68-77) USA: Sage Publications

Dr. Bedour Albloushi

Assistant Professor

Dr. Bedour Albloushi

Assistant Professor

Dr. Bedour Albloushi is an Assistant Professor of Business Management at KCST. She obtained her PhD in Information Studies from the University of Sheffield - UK, where she also worked as a graduate teaching assistant. Prior to academia, she worked for the Central Bank of Kuwait and has extensive experience in information systems projects. Her current research focuses on innovation management, knowledge sharing and information systems.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Alboloushi, B., Martins, J., Foster, C., & Lin, A. (2018). Administrative Innovation in Human Resource Information Systems: Exploring Post-Adoption Usage in Kuwait’s Public Sector. iConference 2018 Proceedings.

Alboloushi, B., Martins, J., Lin, A. & Foster, C. (2019). Idea generation in the context of employee driven innovation following IS adoption: An exploratory study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM 2019). ISSN: 2594-7958

Alboloushi, B.,& Martins, J. (2022) Applying the conditional/consequential matrix to study the development of innovation. International Grounded Theory Alliance Conference.

Dr Dusana Schmidt

Assistant Professor

Dr Dusana Schmidt

Assistant Professor

Dusana Alshatti Schmidt is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business Management at KCST. She graduated from the Faculty of Management of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2014, she completed her Master’s in Management and joined the Department of Business Administration at American College of the Middle East in Kuwait as a HRM and Business courses instructor where she worked until 2020. In 2018, she became the Head of HRM and Business Program. In 2021, she received her PhD in Management. Her main research interest focuses on the importance of flexibility in the labor market. She has an extensive experience in different fields including business administration, retail, and aviation.

Publications

SCHMIDT, D.A. & BARATH, M. (in press). Importance of flexibility in the workplace: perception and preferences of employees in Kuwait. Middle East Journal of Management.
SCHMIDT, D.A., BARATH, M., BRESTOVANSKA, E. & NUTSUBIDZE, N. (in press). Remote work: challenges and opportunities for increasing its effectiveness in Kuwait. Middle East Journal of Management.
BARATH, M., SCHMIDT, D.A. (2022). Offices after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Changes in Perception of Flexible Office Space. Sustainability. 14(18):11158.
BARATH, M., SCHMIDT, D.A. (2022). Pra?ca z domu ako na?stroj pre efekti?vnejs?ie podnikanie. Reflexie. 06 (2), 6-21.
NUTSUBIDZE, N. & SCHMIDT, D.A. (2021). Rethinking the role of HRM during COVID-19 pandemic era: Case of Kuwait, Review of Socio-Economic Perspectives, 6(1), 1-12.

Conference Papers

BARATH, M. & SCHMIDT, D.A. (2022). Work from Home as a Tool for More Efficient Business, Conference Proceedings From International Scientific Conference: The Poprad Economic and Management Forum 2022, Slovakia, 284-295.
SCHMIDT, D.A. & NUTSUBIDZE, N. (2021). Responses of Kuwait-based organizations to the pandemic, 35th EBES Conference Proceedings, Rome, 1(16), 314-333.
SCHMIDT, D. A. (2020). Analysis of potential employment consequences associated with the Novel Coronavirus: Case of Kuwait. 6th ERAZ Selected Papers, Serbia, 25-32.
SCHMIDT, D. A. (2018). Work-Life Balance as a key factor in acquiring and retaining global talent. Globalization and its socio-economic consequences, Slovakia, 2453-2461.
SCHMIDT, D. A. (2016). Labor Market Flexibility. 15th International Scientific conference for PhD students and young researchers: Management in theory and practice, Slovakia, 97-105.

Dr Anisha Thomas

Assistant Professor

Dr Anisha Thomas

Assistant Professor

Dr Anisha Thomas is a proficient higher education professional with several years of teaching experience, networking, communication skills, curriculum management, and a reputation for always achieving the extra mile. She is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business Management at KCST. She has a Ph.D. in Business management and has lectured courses in Business management and Strategic management for many years at the graduate, undergraduate, and vocational levels. The majority of the research, teaching and service initiatives focus on ways to enhance the economic well-being of societies both domestically and globally by investigating and creating a range of theoretical stances that support entrepreneurship at various levels of study. To be more explicit, this comprises researching frameworks based on strategic management and institutional theory to improve organizational effectiveness.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

‘Case Study on the adaptable social identity of expatriates and the effect of the local culture of Saudi Arabia’-Journal of positive school psychology, ISSN: 2717-7564(online) (2022), Indexing: Scopus, EBSCO, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022)
‘Influence of Parental Factors on the Entrepreneurial Attitude of B School Students’, International Journal on Research and Development- a Management Review, Volume 3 Issue 1 February 2014, ISSN: 2319–5479.
'Social Marketing campaigns - as a promotional tool for Social Entrepreneurship with special reference to EKOHEALTH Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd’, Management Innovator, Vol.7, No.1, ISSN 0974- 6749.
‘Developing Sustainable Agricultural Credit System with respect to entrepreneurs in India’, Inter Continental Journal for Finance Research Review Volume I, issue November 2013 ISSN:2321-0354 (Online) ISSN:2347-1654 (Print).
‘The effectiveness of leadership skills among female vocational educators in the Middle East, (2019) Journal: IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Business Management (IMPACT: IJRBM) ISSN(Print): 2347-4572

Ms. Shumaila Zaidi

Lecturer

Ms. Shumaila Zaidi

Lecturer

Shumaila Waqar Zaidi is currently working as a Lecturer of Economics in the department of Management, Social Sciences and Languages at Kuwait College of Science and Technology. She has served as a Senior Lecturer at Institute of Business and Technology in Pakistan. She holds Masters in Applied Sciences of Economics and Masters of Economics from University of Karachi, Pakistan.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (SINCE 2015)

An Empirical Investigation between CO2 Emission, Energy Consumption, Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth: A Case of Kuwait. Journal of Building Engineering (Volume, 28. 2020- ELSEVIER).
Impact of Education Expenditure on the Economic Development. An Empirical Investigation in Case of Kuwait. Intl J of Management Sciences and Business Research, Nov-2017 ISSN (2226-8235) Vol-6, Issue 1.

Dr. Wael Sharafeddine

Lecturer

Dr. Wael Sharafeddine

Lecturer

Wael Sharafeddine is a Lecturer of Accounting & Economics at KCST. He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. He also holds an MBA and a BS in Accounting & Finance from the Lebanese American University, Lebanon. His research interest is in risk management and corporate finance; specifically, information asymmetry and financial decision making. As well, he is a Certified Valuation Specialist (ICVS) and has accumulated more than 20 years of expertise in financial advisory and financial

Management covering firm valuation, corporate finance transactions, financial restructuring, and financial risk management.

Ms. Dalal Al Enezi

Teaching Assistant

Ms. Dalal Al Enezi

Teaching Assistant

Ms. Dalal Al Enezi is a Teaching Assistant in the Business Department at Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST). She received her B.A. in Public Relations from Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST) and earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Gulf University of Science and Technology. She has industrial experience; she spent two years at Burgan Bank and another two years at KCST as a Senior of Public Relations and Marketing. She is currently working as a full-time TA at KCST but is planning on continuing her education in the near future.

PUBLICATIONS

Al-Enzi, A. and Al-Enezi, D. (In press). The invasion of e-commerce on SMEs: Exploring the impact on the brick-and-mortar experience. International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2021.10039106 (q2 MIS, management of technology and information)