February 15th, 2017: Students of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have recently seen their graduate studies research feature in two international, peer-reviewed publications in the field of business and management.
Authors Viraj Shah, Pooja Shah, Hind Alawadhi, Ali Sharif and Nadia Al Arif had their paper entitled “Scanning Changes in Organizational Culture and Leadership: The Founder and Corporate Executive Officer’s Lived Experiences in a Multicultural Environment”, accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed publication, the International Journal for Business and Management.
The paper was part of the students’ final project for the MBA Organizational Behaviour course, led by Associate Professor and Chair of Human Resource Management, Dr. Rommel Sergio. Alongside its publication in the journal, the paper was also selected for presentation at the International Conference on Business, Education, Engineering and Science, hosted recently in Dubai.
The conference was sponsored by the International Association of Scholarly Publishers, Editors, and Reviewers and Cromwell UK, and brought together almost 100 participants representing 20 nationalities from 4 continents, to collaborate on the advancement of business research.
Viraj, who presented the paper said, “It was an honour to have our research recognized by such experienced academics. The conference provided a great opportunity for us to share our research and network with knowledgeable experts in the field. We are thankful to Dr. Rommel for encouraging us to strive for publication and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.”
Meanwhile, fellow MBA students, Louis Jos Moyalan, Hadi Ramadan Al-Ali, and Mana Mohammed Al Bannai, have collaborated with Dr. Sergio to author the paper “Human Resource Management Practices: A Case of Telecommunication Company in the United Arab Emirates." The research has featured in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, produced by Springer International Publishing.
With a rigorous peer-review process, both publications exemplify the best research practices and quality in the field, laying testament to the credibility and value of the students’ work. Dr. Sergio commented, “Our research culture at CUD reflects the growing trend that students should not simply submit their research projects to pass or to obtain a good grade. They must be able to publish and/or deliver their papers at international conferences; to disseminate the results of their study thereby contributing to the body of knowledge in the management field."
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