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DR NAWAF ALABDULJADER

Associate Professor
Degrees and Certificates

Ph.D.

The George Washington University, Washington, DC 

School of Business, Department of Management

 

Master’s Degree

IE Business School, Madrid, Spain (2012)

Masters in International Management: International Business.

 

Bachelor of Science

Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California (2010) Bachelor of Science, Accounting (Graduated with Honors)


 

Professional Experience

·      Co-founder and host of Jadwa Podcast

·      Boubyan Bank, helped establish and lead Organizational Development Division (2021- 2022).

·      Chamber of Commerce, Small and Medium Enterprise Committee (2022-)

·      Government Follow-Up Agency, Task Team for Developing Government Key Performance Indicators (2022)

·      The Prime Minister Diwan, State of Kuwait, consultant to help build Diwan’s strategic plan (2021).

·      Kuwait National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises, Consultant (2019-2020)

·      Ministry of Health (2019) Presentation on Performance Management and setting key performance indicators

·      Awqaf (2019-2020) Provided training program on Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Key Performance Indicators and Job Descriptions

·      Capital Markets Authority, Fourth Annual Conference Agenda, Capital Market Reforms Through Regional Initiatives

·      Kuwait Lawyers Conference on small business challenges and opportunities.

·      Wafra Inc. training program (2010-2011).


 

Research Interests

Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Performance Management

Academic Subjects

Entrepreneuship 

Principles of Management 

Compensation Systems

Strategic Management 

Organizational Behavior

Publications

RESEARCH JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.     Alabduljader, N., Solomon, GT, Kang, JH., Choi, D., Al-Abduljader, ST., (2020). Cognitive Styles and Entrepreneurial Intentions. Published in, Journal of Small Business Management.

2.     Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Alabduljader, N. (2020). Best-Practice Recommendations for Producers, Evaluators, and Users of Methodological Literature Reviews. Published in, Organizational Research Methods. (JCR Ranked #3 out of 84 journals in category of “Applied Psychology”)

3.     Solomon, GT., Alabduljader, N., Ramani, R. (2019). Knowledge Management and Social Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons Learned from a Two-Country Study. Published in, Journal of Knowledge Management

4.     Alabduljader, N. & Al-Abduljader, S. (2021). Determinants of SME Funding: The Case of Kuwait. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, 28, (3), 507-541

5.     Aguinis, H., Ramani, R., Alabduljader, N., Bailey, JR., Lee, D., (2019). A pluralist Conceptualization of Scholarly Impact in Management Education: Students as Stakeholders. Published in Academy of Management Learning & Education. (JCR Ranked #18 out of 238 journals in category of “Education & Educational Research”)

6.     Aguinis, H. Ramani, R., & Alabduljader, N. (2018). What you See is What You Get? Enhancing Methodological Transparency in Management Research. Published in Academy of Management Annals. (JCR Ranked #1 out of 209 journals in category of “Management” and #1 out of 140 in category of “Business”) 

7.     Alabduljader, N., Crane, B., Cohen, A.N. (2022). Team Experience and Leadership Structure Preference. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, (29), (1), 1

8.     Alnahedh, M. & Alabduljader, N. (2021). "Do human rights violations elicit or impede social entrepreneurship?", Social Enterprise Journal, 17, (3), 361-378

9. Alabduljader, N., & AlMarzouq, M. N. (2024). Research Relevance. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, 31(1)

 

TEXTBOOK PUBLICATIONS 

1.     Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Alabduljader, N. 2019. Instructor’s manual for Performance Management, 4th edition (by Herman Aguinis). Chicago, IL: Chicago Business Press.

2.     Alabduljader, N., Ramani, R., Solomon, GT. 2018. Entrepreneurship Education: A Qualitative Review and Comparison of High Growth Potential Venture and Small Business Growth Venture Curriculum in the U.S. In C. H. Matthews, & E.W. Ligouri (Eds.) Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (pp. 37 – 57). Edward Elgar

3.     Solomon, G.T., Alabduljader, N. & Ramani R. 2018. U.S. Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education. In Taylor, J. & Mulholland, G. (Eds.), International Enterprise Education: Perspectives on Theory and Practice (pp. 23-51). Routledge

4.     Ramani,R., Solomon, G.T., Alabduljader, N. 2018. Approaches to entrepreneurship education: A qualitative review and comparison of the US and Canada. In Fayolle, A (Eds). A research agenda for entrepreneurship education (pp. 281-308). Edward Elgar

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1.     Alabduljader et al. 2020. Before It’s Too Late: A Vision to Reform the Kuwaiti Economy.” Published on Kuwaitimpakt.com

2.     Ghura, H., Alabduljader, N. Harraf, A. 2020. Diagnosing Covid-19 Impacts on Entrepreneurship: Exploring Policy Remedies for Recovery. Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring.