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Hanan AlMazrouei is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics at the UAE University. She is from the UAE. She has a PhD from Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and a master’s degree in human resources management from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. Her areas of interest include cross-cultural management, expatriate adjustment, leadership and management in the Middle East in general and the UAE in particular. She has worked in the UAE for nine years, seven in the telecommunications industry and two in municipal services as a consultant. She has administrative experience as the DBA manager and Human Resource Manager in the UAEU. She also works as a business consultant in cross-cultural management in the UAE. Her current research areas revolve around strategic workforce planning, human resource development and organizational behaviour. She has been publishing in a number of journals, including Journal of Strategic Management and Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research.

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 2016-17, the College of Business, Shell Saudi Arabia outstanding research award for 2015-16 and has been recognized 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 organizations as well as in business consulting. His teaching interests include entrepreneurship, management of innovation and strategic management.