‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
Prince Sultan University
College of Business Administration
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
Academic Year 2010 - 2011
List of some faculty intellectual contributions
Dr. Adnan Iqbal
 RESEARCH PAPERS (Out of seven, five papers have been accepted)

Iqbal, A. (2011) Creativity and Innovation in Arab Gulf States: A case of
Saudi Arabia [Under Review]

Iqbal, A., Zamberi, S and Husam, S. K. (2011) Occupational Stress and
Ways of Coping among Private University Academic in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia [Under Review]

Iqbal, A (2011) Identifying Ekvall’s Creative Climate Dimensions in
Pakistani Industrial organization, [Accepted] African Journal of Business
Management, [ISI Indexed, Impact Factor 1.51]

Iqbal, A, Kokash, H. and Al-Oun, S (2011) The impact assessment of
Demographic factors on faculty commitment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian
Universities, Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 8(2) [ISSN 1544-0389]

Iqbal, A (2011) The influence of personal factors on the perceived
organizational climate: Evidence from the Pakistani Industrial Organizations,
Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business (IJCRB), 2(9)
[ISSN 2073-7122]

Iqbal, A (2010) Employee Turnover: Causes, Consequences and Retention
Strategies in Saudi Organizations, The Business Review, Cambridge, 16(2),Pp.
275-282

[ISSN: 1553-5827]
Iqbal, A. (2010) Empirical Assessment of Demographic Factors, Organizational
Ranks and Organizational Commitment, International Journal of Business and
Management, 5(3), pp. 16-27 [ISSN: 1833-3850
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
College of Business Administration
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
 BOOK REVIEWED

Robbins, S. P. and Coulter, M (2011), Management- For Arab Adaption, Pearson
Inc.

Robbins, S. P. and Judge, T. A. (2011) Organizational Behavior, Ed. 11, Pearson
Inc
 RESEARCH PROPOSAL (Three Research Proposals were Submitted to
PSRTC)

Adnan Iqbal, Yahya Melham, and AbdulLatif ‘ Creativity and Innovation in Saudi
organizations: Barriers, Causes and Strategies

Yahya Melham, Adnan Iqbal, Husam Kokash ‘ Learning Organizations’

Adnan Iqbal and Rania Monla ‘Employees’ training: Assessment to evaluations in
Saudi Banking Sector’
Mr. Saghir Munir Mehar
 RESEARCH PAPER

Mehar Saghir M, "Peer to Peer File Sharing : Test of International Conventions
on the Protection of Intellectual Property" LAW/TECHNOLOGY, WJA (2010)
21-34
Dr. Abdullah Saghaier Al-Hussaini
 RESEARCH PAPER

“Preparers’ attitudes towards corporate annual reporting in Saudi Arabia”. To be
published in The International Journal of Accounting.

“The financial reporting expectations gap in an emerging economy: evidence
from Saudi Arabia”. To be published in The Journal of International Financial
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
Prince Sultan University
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
College of Business Administration
Management and Accounting.

“The financial reporting readability gap in an emerging economy: evidence for
individual investors in Saudi Arabia”.
To be published in The Journal of
International Accounting Research.
 BOOK
 Started writing a book entitled “Forensic Accounting”, 2011.
Dr. Khalil M. Torabzadeh
 PRESENTED PAPER

Titled “Takeover Rumor and Merger Premium: US Banking Industry Experience”
at the International Banking and Finance Perspective Annual Meeting in Cyprus,
April 13 – 15
 RESEARCH PAPER

“Takeover Rumor and Merger Premium: US Banking Industry Experience”, the
International Journal of Finance and Management.
 REVIEWED PAPER

He reviewed a paper titled “Risks in E-Banking: An Empirical Study on the
Jordanian Commercial Banks” for the Journal of King Saud University
(Administrative Sciences).
Dr. Engku
 PRESENTED PAPER

The Three Factor Model, Momentum Factor, and Monetary Policy (co-author),
presented at the Business World International Conference in Nashville,
Tennessee, May 2011
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
College of Business Administration

‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
A Note on Portfolio Diversification from the Islamic Perspective, presented at the
2nd International Conference on Arab Malaysia Islamic Global Business and
Entrepreneurship, Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria, 2010
 ON-GOING RESEARCH & PROJECTS

A Re-examination of Calendar Anomalies in a Tax-Free Market (co-author)

Returns Persistence between Winners and Losers (co-author)
Dr. Yahya Melhem
 RESEARCH PAPER

Gudah, S. and Melhem, Y. (2011), The Impact of Information Technology on
Employee Empowerment, Journal of Emerging Trends In Economics and
Management Sciences (JETEMS), Volume 2, Issue (1), 40-48.

Melhem, Y. (2011), Learning Organization Building Blocks: The Case of Irbid
Distirict Electricity Company (IDECO), The International Academy of Public and
Business Administration Discipline, Forthcoming.
 ON-GOING RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Melhem, Yahya, Iqbal, Adnan, Kokash, Husam. Learning Organization Building
Blocks: To Which Extent Manufacturing Companies in Riyadh have the potential
to become Learning Organizations.

Iqbal, Adnan, Melhem, Yahya, Kokash, Husam, Saleh, Abdulatif, rganizational
Creativity and Innovation in Saudi Organizations: An Exploratory Study.
Dr. Mahmoud Aleqab
 RESEARCH PAPER

Aleqab, M. and Ismail, N. (2011), Contingency Factors and Accounting
Information System Design in Jordanian Companies, Volume 2011 (2011),
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
College of Business Administration
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
Article ID 166128, IBIMA Business Review, DOI: 10.5171/2011.166128Volume
2, Issue (1), 40-48.
 ON-GOING RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Aleqab, Mahmoud, & Alrjoub, Samer. All what investors and academics needs to
know about the KSA stock market.

Aleqab. Mahmoud, Iqbal. Adnan, Melhem. Yahya, & Kokash, Husam, IndustryUniversity-Bridge: Closing the Gap between Theory and Practice
Dr. Gary
 RESEARCH PAPER

Zelbst, P.J., Green, K.W., Sower, V.E., & Baker, G., “RFID Utilization and
Information Sharing: The Impact on Supply Chain Performance.” Journal of
Business & Industrial Marketing, Volume 25, No. 8, 2010, 582-588.
 PRESENTED PAPER

Mathieu, Anne, Eissa, Gabi, Duffy, Jo Ann, Baker, Gary, Knight, Joseann,
Monserrat, Silvia, “A cross Country Comparison of College Student Motivation,”
Southwest Decision Sciences Institute in Houston, TX, March, 2011.

Duffy, Jo Ann, Eissa, Gabi, Knight, Joseann, Mathieu, Anne, Monserrat, Silvia,
Baker, Gary, “College Students’ Perceptions of Faculty Orientation Toward
Instruction,” presented at Southern Management Association in St. Petersburg,
FL, October 2010.
Dr. Mohammad Hanif Akhtar
 RESEARCH PAPER

(2011) Foreign Exchange Reserves and Inflation in Pakistan: Evidence from
ARDL Modeling Approach with Imran Sharif Chaudhry, Khalid Mahmood,
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
College of Business Administration
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
Muhammad Zahir Faridi, International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 3,
No. 1.

(2011) Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cotton Production and Processing by
Stakeholders: The case of Mutlan and Bahawalpur Regions with Mohammad
Bashir Khan and Imran Sharif Chaudhry, American Journal of Scientific
Research, Issue 13.

Akhtar, M. H. (Accepted for 2013) After the financial crisis: A cost efficiency
analysis of banks from Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Islamic and Middle
Eastern Finance and Management (IMEFM).
 ON-GOING RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Testing the Stability of Banking System in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sponsored
by Prince Salman Research & Translation Center at Prince Sultan University,
Riyadh, KSA.

Performance of Islamic Mutual funds in Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Muhammad Ikhlaas Gurrib
 RESEARCH PAPER

Gurrib, I. and Ahmad S. (2010) ‘Saudi Arabia’s Inflation Agenda: A Vector
Autoregressive Framework’, International Journal of Trade, Economics and
Finance (IJTEF), Vol 1, No. 1, Singapore.

Mohammadreza Asgari, Syed Z. Ahmad and M. I. Gurrib (2010) ‘Explaining the
Internationalization Process of Malaysian Service Firms’, International Journal of
Trade, Economics and Finance (IJTEF), Vol 1, No. 1, Singapore.
Dr. Abdul Latif Salleh
 RESEARCH PAPER
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
College of Business Administration

‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
“Mediating effects of subordinates’ competence on the leadership styles and
organizational citizenship behavior,” (with Lee Kim Lian), African Journal of
Business Management (in final review).

“The Impingement of Managerial Supervision on Employees Satisfaction: The
Malaysian Case.” (With Raida Abu Bakar and Lee Kim Lian), International
Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Volume 7, No. 1. 2010.
 PRESENTED PAPER

“Economic Growth, Global Production System and Trades, and the Changing
Structure of Opportunities among Asian Countries: The Case of Selected
Electronics Products,” accepted for presentation at the 2011.
 ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Sitting as an editor for “ The Asian Journal of Business and Accounting,”
University of Malaya, Malaysia

External Examiner to two programs (International Master in Small and Medium
Enterprises & International Master in Information Management) at Asia Europe
Institute, University of Malaya.
 BOOK REVIEWED

Strategic Management by Fred David, Pearson Publishing. His name and PSU are
acknowledged.

Management by Robbins and Coulter, Pearson Publishing. His name and PSU are
acknowledged.
Dr. Husam Kokash
 RESEARCH PAPER
 Kokash, H. Thomas, G. & Al-Oun, Salem. (2011). “Motivations, Obligations, and
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
College of Business Administration
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
Obstacles Influence on Corporate Social Responsibility Adoption by Jordanian
Real Estate Companies” International Research Journal of Management and
Business Studies (IRJMBS) Accepted June, 2011.
 Iqbal, A. & Kokash, H. (2011). "Faculty Perception of Stress and Coping
Strategies in A Saudi Private University: an Exploratory Study". Journal of
International Education Studies. Vol. 4, No. 3, August 2011. (Accepted)
 Iqbal, A., Kokash, H., and Al-Oun,S. (2011) The impact assessment of
Demographic factors on faculty commitment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian
Universities, Journal of College Teaching and Learning, Vol. 8, Issue 2.

Al Shourah M., Kokash H., Hassounah, A. (2010).The impact of aviation services
quality on customers' satisfaction: "An empirical study of Yemen airways from
travelers’ perspective via Jordan". Journal of Economic Horizons: Vol. 31, No.
117,AH 1431.(2010)1.
 Al Shourah, M. Al Reimouny, A. Kokash, H. (2010). Economies of Electronic
Shopping Based on Internet: Motivationes & Barrieres for Jordanian Consumers
(Case Study). Al-Yarmouk Research Journal (AYHSS)Vol. 26, Issue 3, 2010.
 ON-GOING RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Kokash, Husam, Iqbal, Adnan, Thomas, George, Achouri, Mahmoud. Problems &
prospects of E-Marketing Activities in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Futuristic Study.

Melhem, Yahya, Iqbal, Adnan, Kokash, Husam. Learning Organization Building Blocks:
To Which Extent Manufacturing Companies in Riyadh have the potential to become
Learning Organizations-

Iqbal, Adnan, Melhem, Yahya, Kokash, Husam, Saleh, Abdulatif, Organizational
Creativity and Innovation in Saudi Organizations: An Exploratory Study.

Thomas, George, Kokash, Husam, Melhem, Yahya, Achouri, Mahmoud. Prince Sultan
University Index on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – A Study on Saudi
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
Prince Sultan University
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
College of Business Administration
Companies’ CSR Adoption as a Strategic Management Tool.
Dr. Sajed Abukhader
 RESEARCH PAPER

Abukhader, Sajed and Jönson, Gunilla (2011), “Horizontal Environmental
Assessment of Postponement Strategy – A Delphi-based Investigation,” Accepted
for publication in International Journal of Management Science and Engineering
Management.

Abukhader, Sajed (2011), A Roadmap to An Optimised Implementation of
Knowledge Management, (under preparation)
Dr. Syed Zamberi
 RESEARCH PAPER

Ahmad S. Z., Basir M. S., and Kitchen P. J. (2010). The Relationship between
Sales Skills and Sales Person Performance, and the Impact of Organizational
Commitment
as
a
Telecommunication
Moderator:
Company.
An
Empirical
International
Study in
Journal
of
a
Malaysian
Economic
and
Management, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 181-211, ISSN: 1823-836X (Scopus Index).

Xavier R. S., Ismail A. Z., and Ahmad S. Z., (2010). Cultural and Economic
Determinants of Entrepreneurial Propensity: A Study of Multi-Ethnic Society in
Malaysia. Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, Vol. 5 (2), pp. 6783, ISSN: 1177-4541.

Ahmad S. Z., and Xavier R. S., (2010). Stress and Coping Styles of
Entrepreneurs: A Malaysian Survey. International Journal of Entrepreneurship,
Vol. 14, pp. 25-36, ISSN: 1939-4675.

Ahmad S. Z., Abdul Rani, N. S., and Mohd Kassim, S. K., (2010). Business
Challenges and Strategies for Development of Small-and Medium-sized
Riyadh Philanthropic Society for Science
Prince Sultan University
‫مؤسسة الرياض الخيرية للعلوم‬
‫جامعة األمير سلطان‬
College of Business Administration
‫كلــــــيــة إدارة‬
‫االعـــمــــــال‬
Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. International Journal of Business Competition
and Growth, Vol. 1 (2), pp. 177-97, ISSN: 2042-3845 (Inderscience Publishers).

Ahmad S. Z., (2010). Supporting SMEs Internationalization: Impact of
Government Export Assistance Programs on Export Performance. International
Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Vol. 9 (1), pp. 63-75,
ISSN: 1468-4330 (Inderscience Publishers – Scopus Index).

Asgari M., Ahmad S. Z., and Gurrib M. I., (2010). Explaining the
Internationalization Process of Malaysian Service Firms. International Journal of
Trade, Economics, and Finance, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 68 – 73, ISSN: 2010-023X.

Basir M. S., Ahmad S. Z., and Kitchen P. J., (2010). The Relationship between
Sales Skills and Sales Person Performance: An Empirical Study in a Malaysian
Telecommunication Company. International Journal of Management and
Marketing Research, Vol. 3 (1), pp. 51-73, ISSN: 1933-3153. (Available at
SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1668838)

Gurrib M. I., and Ahmad S. Z., (2010). Saudi Arabia’s Inflation Agenda: A
Vector Autoregressive Framework. International Journal of Trade, Economics,
and Finance, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 63- 67, ISSN: 2010-023X.