Organizational learning, resilience and psychological empowerment as antecedents of work engagement during COVID-19

Lama Blaique has a Ph.D. in Business Management from the British University in Dubai. She currently fills the position of Assistant Professor of Management. She has over 15 years of experience in the fields of academia and executive research in the GCC and Levant region. Her research publications and interests are in the areas of organizational behaviour, human resources and gender and diversity in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Hussein Nabil Ismail is Management Professor and Consultant. He teaches courses in human resource management, strategy and family business management at graduate and undergraduate and levels. He holds a Ph.D. in HRM from the University of Manchester in the UK, and a Masters Degree in Strategic Management from Nottingham University in the UK. Ismail has held various managerial positions and serves as a business consultant/trainer for a number of companies in various industries including airlines, media, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals published by Emerald, Sage, Routledge and Cambridge University and has reviewed and contributed to highly-circulated academic books in human resources and organizational behaviour by different publishers including Pearson, Palgrave and Cengage. He serves as a journal reviewer and editorial board member. His research interests include HRM, organizational psychology and strategy.

Hazem Aldabbas is a PhD candidate at the British University in Dubai (BUiD) in Business Management. He has 18 years of practical experience in the customer experience domain and innovation projects in Jordan and UAE. He has recently published 2 journal articles and 10+ peer-reviewed journal articles. His research interests are creativity and innovation.