|   May 07, 2024
Dr. Salem Al Abri
Dr. Salem Al Abri
Acting Dean, Assistant Professor
Department of Business Management........
College of Economics, Management and Information Systems
  • Telephone: (+968)(+968) 25446504
  • Extension: 504
  • eMail: salemalabri@unizwa.edu.om
  • Office Location: 11-H-1.
  • Fax: (+968)(+968) 25446485
  • Time at UoN: Since 2023
  • Marital Status: ........


  • Academic Qualifications
    • PhD in Business, The Australian National University, Australia, 2011
    • Master in Organization Development, Bowling Green State University, USA, 2002
    • B.Sc. in Business Management, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 2000
    Teaching Activities
    • Effective Leadership
    • Human Resource Management
    • Project Management
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Business Environment
    • Organization Theory
    • Principles of Management
    • Introduction to Business
    Research Activities
    - Research Interests
    • Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Cross-Cultural Management
    - Conference Presentations
    • Internationalization Speed, Geographic diversity, added cultural distance, and regularity of added cultural distance of emerging market firm, . Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24-27, 2019
    • Evidence-based public policy making process in Oman: The case of unemployment, The 2nd MENAPAR Conference: Role of Citizens and Organizations in Co-constructing Public Action in the MENA Region, Tunisia, October 6-9, 2015
    • An examination of psychological ownership as a mediator between delegation and work outcomes, The Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Motreal, Canada, August 6-10, 2010
    • Directive leadership and work outcomes: A mediated-moderated model, The European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, July 5-8, 2011
    • Dallah Albaraka Group: Evolution of an Arab Family Business and its Visionary Leadership, Family Business in the Arab World Conference, Sharjah, UAE, November 4-5, 2020.
    • Innovation Culture of SMEs in Oman: Current Practices and Future Movements, British Academy of Management Conference , UK, Aug 31 - Sept. 3, 2022
    • How Islamic values shape negotiator’s behavior: Empirical evidence from Oman , International Conference on Organization and Management (ICOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 22-23, 2015
    • Balancing exploratory and exploitative innovations: A conceptual framework for SMEs performance., British Academy of Management Conference, UK, September 2-4, 2020
    • Investcorp after Nemir Kirdar: Leadership succession and transformation at one of the best-known Arab investment banks, 48th International Business Research Conference, Sydney Australia, November 19-21, 2018
    • Making the transformation from entrepreneurial to professional management at Nafath Renewable Energy, 49th International Business Research Conference, Tokyo, Japan, December 17-18, 2018
      - Publications
      Faculty Administrative Experience
      • 2023 - Present: Acting Dean - College of Economics, Management, and Information Systems, University of Nizwa
      • 2023 - 2023: Head of Management Department - College of Economics, Management, and Information Systems, University of Nizwa
      • 2021 - 2022: Acting Dean - College of Business Administration, A’Sharqiyah University
      • 2019 - 2021: Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research - College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University
      • 2015 - 2018: Head of Management Department - College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University
          Membership in Professional Bodies
          • 2016-Present: Omani Society for Human Resource Management
          • 2016-2019: Mixed Methods International Research Association
          • 2013-Present: British Academy of Management
          • 2010-2013: Academy of Management

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