Diverse group effectiveness: co-occurrence of task and relationship conflict, and transformational leadership Available to Purchase

Mohanad Dahlan, Ph.D., is CEO of the University of Business and Technology, Jeddah, KSA. His research interest is in organizational behavior, particularly, in diverse workgroup functioning, leadership and conflict, where he has just completed his Ph.D. He is an experienced and performance-driven executive with a history of working in a multinational environment for more than 14 years. His experience includes training, certifications and degrees in various business projects, the most recent of which is a certificate focused on corporate social responsibility awarded by Harvard Business School. He is a skilled negotiator and business developer, experienced in analytics, financial modeling and team building.

Amer Ali Al-Atwi, Ph.D. M.Sc. B.Sc., is Professor of organizational behavior at Al Muthanna University. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Baghdad University in 2012. His research focuses broadly on leadership, organizational misbehavior, work stress, organizational identification and issues in the social network. Al-Atwi's academic work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Group and Organization Management.

Elham Alshaibani, Ph.D. M.Sc. B.Sc., is Lecturer in Management at the University of Karbala, Iraq. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Coventry, UK, where she investigated, in a cross-cultural setting, the relationship between cultural intelligence and service quality in hospitality. Her research interests are in management psychology. She supervises Ph.D. students and teaches her speciality subjects at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. She has also taught Strategic Management and Marketing at a number of UK universities including University of Hertford, Buckinghamshire New University and University Campus of Sport Business.

Ali Bakir PhD, MBA, MSc, BSc (Hons.) PGCE, is Professor of Strategy and Research Advisor at the University of Business and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is also research fellow at Buckinghamshire New University, UK. His areas of research are Strategic Management, Organisational Behaviour and Qualitative Research. He has supervised a number of PhD students to completion in the areas of the underground music scene; tourism motivation and experience; tourism destination image management; consumer behaviour-restaurant selection; cross-cultural service management; artist’s brand management; environmental tourism management; diverse work-team functioning; and service quality of network service providers. He is reviewer of a number of peer-reviewed journals.

Kevin Maher, Ph.D. PGDip B.Sc. (Hons.) FHEA CChem MRSC AMBCS, is Head of the School of Business, Computing and Law of Buckinghamshire New University, UK. He provides effective leadership and operational management within the School. His research experience with projects and Ph.D. supervision is wide and varied, including computer technology, leadership styles and conflict within diverse workgroups and entrepreneurship in retail. He has expertise in teaching a range of computing, business, project management and science subjects at the Ph.D., masters and undergraduate levels.