Transforming hidden conflicts into participation: The case of charismatic leadership in the Middle East

Pierre El Haddad is currently Professor of Management at University of Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, and Management Consultant. He is the founder of an NGO promoting sustainability and citizenship, was a live radio show presenter and has 20 years of experience in private business management. His present concerns relate to the participatory and collaborative institutional development toward sustainable organizations and communities. His research relates to CSR, organizational development and the intersection between private enterprise and public affairs. He has an Engineering Degree from Saint-Joseph University, the MBA Degree in Economics and Finance from Notre-Dame University in Lebanon, DBA from Jean Moulin University, Lyon III, and was recently Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

Dr Marc Bonnet is Professor of Management at IAELyon School of Management, University of Lyon 3 (France) and Deputy Director of the Iseor Research Center. His research is focused on socio-economic approach to management and qualimetrics intervention research. He has been involved in academic networks and associations to teamwork with action researchers, in particular in the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) and at the Academy of Management where he is Co-Chair of the Practice Theme Committee. His publications draw on the formalization of intervention-research projects carried out will all the stakeholders of management knowledge creation in companies and organizations. In particular, he has published seven books and several articles with Henri Savall and Véronique Zardet on the socio-economic approach to management.

Dr Patrick Tabchoury is Adjunct Professor of Management at the University of Balamand (Lebanon) and Associate Researcher at the Iseor Research Center. He is a scholar practitioner and his background is healthcare management, as financial manager and a CEO of several hospitals. He has authored papers and book chapters on socio-economic interventions and quality management in hospitals in order to enable their sustainable development and enhance the quality of service to all patients while taking into account budget constraints. With Dr Marc Bonnet and Dr Karim Nasr, he manages the Doctoral program in Business Administration (DBA) at the U. of Balamand and U. of Lyon 3, IAELyon School of Management.