Learning goal orientation and turnover intention: an interplay between cultural intelligence and organisational commitment

Hanan AlMazrouei is an Associate Professor at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE. She received her master’s degree in human resources management from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia, and her PhD degree in business from Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She has a strong record of research and teaching, as well as administrative experience as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at UAEU. Her current research areas are cross-cultural management and leadership. She publishes in the leading international journals, including the Journal of Global Mobility, Journal of Strategic Management, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Sustainability and Industrial Marketing Management.

Virginia Bodolica is The Said T. Khoury Chair of Leadership Studies and a Professor of Management in the School of Business Administration at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE. She is a passionate academic, an advocate of cross-disciplinary research and practice and an award-winning case studies’ writer. Her research interests are related to corporate leadership dynamics and governance issues in for-profit settings, family-owned enterprises and health-care institutions. Among other journals, Virginia has published in the Academy of Management Annals, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics: A European Review, Journal of Management and Organization and Management Decision. Virginia serves on the editorial board of many academic journals, consults with local and global businesses, facilitates strategic retreats and delivers executive education sessions and customised programmes, and is regularly invited as a guest speaker at conferences, workshops and events.

Robert Zacca is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia. Prior to this, he held an Assistant Professor position at the United Arab Emirates University. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Tulane University, New Orleans, his MBA from Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, and his PhD in Entrepreneurship from Cracow University of Economics, Poland. His current research investigates the drivers and enablers of innovative enterprises and corporate entrepreneurship. He has won a National Research Foundation grant from UAE and his work has been published in Management Decision, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Creativity and Innovation Management, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Journal of Global Mobility, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, IEEE International Technology Management Conferences and elsewhere. He was awarded the Alfaisal University Research Excellence Reward for 2016–2017, the College of Business, Shell Saudi Arabia outstanding research award for 2015–2016 and has been recognised with an outstanding research award for a paper acceptance in a top ranked journal in 2014. Additionally, his coauthored paper was nominated for the best paper award in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal for the year 2013. He is a research team leader and capable mentor able to transmit his passion and talent for research to young scientists. Furthermore, he has extensive industry experience managing and operating organisations as well as in business consulting. His teaching interests include entrepreneurship, management of innovation and strategic management.