Editorial board

Founding Editors

Professor Abdulla Y. Al-Hawaj
Founding President of Ahlia University -

Bahrain Dr. Mohanad A. Dahlan
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer University of Business & Technology -

Saudi Arabia

Editor-in-Chief

Professor Allam Hamdan
Accounting, Finance and Banking, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Assistant Editor Dr. Nahed Ahmed
Wolfson College, University of Oxford - UK
ahamdan@ahlia.edu.bh

Professor Aboul Ella Hassanien Ali
Computers and Information, Cairo University -

Egypt Professor Adam Arian
Department of Accounting and Finance, Australian Catholic University (ACU) - Australia

Dr. Claire Beattie
Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, Lincoln University - New Zealand

Dr. Ruaa Binsaddig
Business and Finance, University of Business & Technology -

Saudi Arabia Dr. Bidit Lal Dey
Director of Accreditation, Sheffield University Management School - UK

Professor Mohamed Mahjoub Dhiaf
Business Administration, Liwa College of Technology, Abu Dhabi -

UAE Professor Tillal Eldabi
University Of Surrey - UK

Professor David N Gallear
Operations Management, Brunel University - London, UK

Professor Thomas Garavan
University College Cork - Ireland

Professor Mohammad Kabir Hassan
Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Orleans, USA

Professor Khaled Hussainey
Bangor University - UK

Professor Zahir Irani
Management and Law and Social Sciences, University of Bradford - UK

Professor Ilhan Ozturk
Economics, Cag University - Turkey

Prof. Olaf Weber
Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo - Canada

Professor Ra'ed Masa'deh Bani Yaseen
Management Information Systems, The University of Jordan -

Jordan Content and Language Editing Assistant Assistant Professor Richard Cummings
Accounting, Finance and Banking, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Associate Professor Rim El Khoury
Accounting and Finance, Notre Dame University -

Lebanon

Publisher

Chris Tutill
Emerald Publishing
ctutill@emerald.com

Journal Editorial Office (For queries related to pre-acceptance)

Please contact the Journal Editorial Office
eps-ed-office.emerald@kwglobal.com

Supplier Project Manager (For queries related to post-acceptance)

Dheebika Veerasamy
Emerald Publishing
dheebika.emerald@tnqtech.com

Secretarial and Follow-Up Journal Secretary Ms. Bibi Abdulla Al Mahdi
Head of Dean’s Office, College of Business & Finance, Ahlia University -

Bahrain
balmahdi@ahlia.edu.bh

Editorial Advisory Board

Associate Professor Fadi Abdel
A'Sharqiyah University - Oman

Assistant Professor Rami Abu Wadi
Accounting, Finance and Banking, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Dr. Ammar Al Hawaj
Management and Marketing, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Associate Professor Majdi Al Kababji
Accounting, Al-Quds Open University, Hebron -

Palestine Assistant Professor Yousef Al Naimat
Business Administration - Marketing , University of South Wales - UK

Professor Amer Al Roubaie
Ahlia University -

Bahrain Professor Muneer Al- Mubarak
Management, Marketing and MIS Department, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Professor Jasim Al-Ajmi
Ahlia University -

Bahrain Professor Hani Al-Dmour
University of Jordan -

Jordan Professor Mukhtar Al-Hashimi
Management, Marketing and MIS Department, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Professor Talal Al-Hayale
University of Windsor - Canada

Associate Professor Wafi Al-Karaghouli
Brunel University - UK

Assistant Professor Manaf Al-Okaily
Jadara University -

Jordan Assistant Professor Esra AlDhaen
Management, Marketing and MIS Department, Ahlia University -
manaf.alokaily@gmail.com

Bahrain Assistant Professor Bahaaeddin Alareeni
Middle East Technical University - Turkey

Associate Professor Yusuf Abdullatif Albastaki
Ahlia University -

Bahrain Associate Professor Ali Almutairi
Kuwait University -

Kuwait Professor Baker Alserhan
Princess Sumaya University for Technology -

Jordan Professor Hassan Aly
The Ohio State University - USA

Assistant Professor Mohmmad Anaewah
Mutah University -

Jordan Associate Professor Emmanuel Ogiemwonyi Arakpogun
Northumbria University - UK

Professor Ahmad Areqat
Al-Ahliyya Amman University -

Jordan Assistant Professor Osama Atayah
Accounting, Abu Dhabi University -

UAE Associate Professor Bahaa Awwad
Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie -
Dr.osamaatayah@yahoo.com

Palestine Professor Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
University of Wales - UK

Professor Thomas Betteridge
Brunel University - UK

Dr. Subhashini Bhaskaran
Ahlia University -

Bahrain Dr. Saeed Bin-Nashwan
Dhofar University - Oman
s.nashwan233@gmail.com

Prof. Udo Brändle
University of Applied Sciences Krems -

Austria Assistant Professor Amina Buallay
Secretariat General of the Higher Education Council -
udo.braendle@fh-krems.ac.at

Bahrain Professor Dimitrios Buhalis
Bournemouth University Business School, Bournemouth University - UK

Professor Yousef Daoud
Birzeit University -

Palestine Professor Marwan Darwish
Al-Quds Open University -

Palestine Dr. Rim El Khoury
Lebanese American University -

Lebanon Assistant Professor Houda El Mustapha
American University in the Emirates -
rimkhoury81@gmail.com

UAE Professor Wajeh Elali
Ahlia University -

Bahrain Professor Farid Elsahn
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies -

Qatar Prof. Olusegun Felix Ayadi
Texas Southern University - USA
olusegun.ayadi@tsu.edu

Dr. Vera Fiador
University of Ghana -

Ghana Prof. Subhadra Ganguli
Bloomsburg University - USA
sganguli@bloomu.edu

Dr. Sutap Ghosh
Islamic University -

Bangladesh Assistant Professor Hasan Ghura
Box Hill College Kuwait -
ansutap@gmail.com

Kuwait Prof. Philippe Gugler
University of Fribourg -

Switzerland Angappa Gunasekaran
University of Massachusetts - USA
dsweet@umassd.edu

Assistant Professor Etienne HARB
Economics and Financial Market, University of Notre Dame -

Lebanon Associate Professor Slim Hadoussa
Brest Business School - France
etienne_harb@yahoo.fr

Associate Professor Arezou Harraf
Business Studies, Box Hill College - Kuwait -

Kuwait Prof. Iman Harymawan Universitas Airlangga
- Indonesia
harymawan.iman@feb.unair.ac.id

Professor Suliman Hawamdeh
University of North Texas - USA

Associate Professor Raed Jaber
Arab Open University -

Jordan Associate Professor Mohammad A. Kanan
Engineering Management, University of Business & Technology -

Saudi Arabia Associate Professor Magdalena Karolak
Humanities and Social Sciences, Zayed University -

UAE Assistant Professor Nohade Kassis
Accounting and Finance, University of Notre Dame -
magdalena.karolak@zu.ac.ae

Lebanon Professor Hafiz T.A. Khan
University of West London - UK
nohade.kassis@gmail.com

Professor Wafa Khlif TBS Barcelona
- Spain
w.khlif@tbs-education.es

Associate Professor Ebrahim Mansour
The Hashemite University -

Jordan Associate Professor Hazem Marashdeh
Accounting, Abu Dhabi University -

UAE Dr. Ghassan Mardini
Qatar University -
hmarashdeh@gmail.com

Qatar Professor Timothy S. Mescon Mescon
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB - USA
ghassan.mardini@qu.edu.qa

Associate Professor Abdulmuttaleb M.A. Musleh
Ahlia University -

Bahrain Dr. NIK HADIYAN NIK AZMAN Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Malaysia
nikhadiyan@usm.my

Assistant Professor Sedeaq Nassar
Business Administration, Islamic University of Gaza -

Palestine Professor Abdul Nasser Nour
An-Najah National University -

Palestine Associate Professor Mustafa Nourallah
Mid Sweden University - Sweden

Professor Muhammad Obeidat
Kennesaw State University - USA

Professor Petr Polak
Mendel University in Brno -

Czech Republic Dr. Salvatore Principale
University of Rome Sapienza - Italy
salvatore.principale@uniroma1.it

Associate Professor Tareq Rasul
Australian Institute of Business - Australia
tfrasul@gmail.com

Assistant Professor Anjum Razzaque
Marketing, Management and MIS, Ahlia University -

Bahrain Dr. George Sammour
Princess Sumaya University for Technology -
anjum.razzaque@gmail.com

Jordan Professor Adel Sarea
Ahlia University -
george.sammour@psut.edu.jo

Bahrain Dr Mesbah Sharaf
University of Alberta - Canada
sharaf@ualberta.ca

Assistant Professor Haneen Mohammad Shoaib
Marketing and Advertising, University of Business & Technology -

Saudi Arabia Professor Gurmeet Singh
The University of the South Pacific -

Fiji Professor Janice Sipior
Villanova University - USA
gurmeet.singh@usp.ac.fj

Prof. Seleshi Sisaye
Duquesne University - USA
sisaye@duq.edu

Professor M. Sadiq Sohail
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals -

Saudi Arabia Dr. Nadia Sweis
Princess Sumaya University for Technology -

Jordan Dr. Amani Tegambwage
The University of Dodoma -
n.sweis@psut.edu.jo

Tanzania Dr. Adeosun Oluyemi Theophilus
University of Lagos -
amanitegambwage@gmail.com

Nigeria Assistant Professor Weam Tunsi
Management, University of Business & Technology -
oluyemiadeosun@gmail.com

Saudi Arabia Professor Shakir Ullah
Stratford University - USA

Dr. Mohammad A. A. Zaid
Palestine Technical University -

Palestine Associate Professor Hala I. Zaidan
Accounting Department, The University of Jordan -
phd.zaid@gmail.com

Jordan Professor Qasim Zureigat
Sulaiman AlRajhi School of Business -