Majdi Quttainah
December 26, 2021 2023-08-17 16:31Faculty Profile
Education
- PhD, Business Administration, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- MBA, Newcastle University
- B.A., International Business, American International University in London
About
Majdi Anwar Quttainah earned his Ph.D. degree in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Lally School of Management & Technology (USA); MBA degree with merits from the Business School & Entrepreneurship at Newcastle University (UK), and bachelor’s degree in International Business from the American International University in London (UK). Dr. Quttainah is an associate professor of management in the College of Business Administration at Kuwait University. His research and teaching interests are corporate governance and strategies, entrepreneurship & small businesses, and organizational development. In addition, as a recognition of his research, he was awarded the Best Young Researcher academic year 2016/2017 Kuwait University.
He is an active scholar, presently working as senior editor of FIIB Business Review (Scopus, WoS, Published by the Sage Publishing). His research won several recognition and awards including the Best Paper Award at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Anaheim, CA, the Best Paper Award at the AGBA’s 12th Annual World Congress, Kuantan City (State of Pahang), Malaysia, and the Best Paper Award of the Gorontalo International Conference of Project Management (ICPM) – Gorontalo/Indonesia. Also, at the home country level the best paper award for the Kuwait Economic Researcher Award by the Central Bank of Kuwait; May 2019 and 2022.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Corporate Governance
- The Three Levels Of Strategies, Specifically Corporate Strategy
- International Management
- Business, Entrepreneurship & Small Business
- Organizational Change & Development
- Quttainah, M. A., & Said, D., (2020). The Directional Nature of Organizational Relationships and Their Effect on Individual Performance and Turnover. FIIB Business Review.
- Almutairi, A. R., & Quttainah, M. A. (2020). Banking Board Structure and Accounting Earnings. Journal of Accounting, Finance & Management Strategy, 15(1).
- Rana, S., Raut, S.K., Prashar, S. and Quttainah, M.A. (2020), “The transversal of nostalgia from psychology to marketing: what does it portend for future research?”, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-03-2020-2097
- Quttainah, M. A. (2020). The Role of Organizational Trust and JOY in Organization’s Strategic Behaviour. FIIB Business Review, 9(1), 42-54.
- Almutairi A. R., & Quttainah, M., (2018). Foreign Directors and Corporate Governance in Islamic Banks, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research
- Almutairi, A. R., & Quttainah, M. A. Corporate governance and accounting conservatism in Islamic banks. Thunderbird International Business Review.
- Quttainah, M., A., Cocco, J., Al-Zufairi, A., M., (2017). The Determinants of the Effectiveness of Corporate Governance at Islamic Banks. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics
- Almutairi A. R., & Quttainah, M., (2016). Corporate Governance: Evidence from Islamic Banks. Social Responsibility Journal.
- Quttainah, M. A., (2016). Knowledge Management & Organization Learning. Journal of Business & Economic Policy,3(2), June 2016.
- Quttainah, M., & Almutairi (2016). Corporate Ethics: Evidence from Islamic Banks. Journal of Management & Governance.
- Cocco, J., & Quttainah, M. A. (2016), The Love of Inventing from Veblen to Amabile: A Look at the Construct “Inventor/Innovator. International Business Management, 10: 2608-2623.
- Quttainah, M. A. (2015). Do Shared Goals Really Enhance Team Innovation? A Review. International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, 4(4), 150-159.
- Quttainah, M. A. (2015). Upper Echelon Theory: Role of Community and Strategy. Expert Journal of Business and Management, 3(2)
- Cocco, J., & Quttainah, M. A. (2015), Creativity Versus Innovativeness: Exploring The Differences Between The Two Constructs May Lead To Greater Innovation In Large Firms. International Journal Of Business And Management, Vol. 10, No. 11; 2015
- Quttainah, M. A. (2015), Moderators of the Relationships between Stress and the Effects on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Relationship. Donnish Journal Of Business And Finance Management Research
- Quttainah, M., & Paczkowski, W. (2015), Telework Regulatory and Legal Contingencies for Employers and Consultants. Donnish Journal Of Business And Finance Management Research
- Quttainah, M. A. (2015), Entrepreneurial Innovation, Culture, and Effects Of Media. Donnish Journal of Business and Finance Management Research.
- Cocco, J., & Quttainah, M. A. (2015), Breakthrough Innovators: It May Be More Than Possessing Creativity and Job Knowledge That Makes Game-Changing Innovation Happen. International Journal Of Business And Management 10.9 (2015): P19.
- Quttainah, M., & Paczkowski, W. (2015), Law Firms As Reputational Intermediaries and The Effect On US bound First Offer IPO Underpricing. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, 22(1).
- Quttainah, M. A. (2015), Entrepreneurship, Innovation, And Public Policy: A Survey of Literatures. International Journal Of Economics & Management Sciences
- Quttainah, M. A. & Cocco, J. (2015), The Best Innovators Know When Good Enough Is Good Enough: Individual Characteristics And Motivation Affect Employee Innovativeness. European Journal of Management Sciences and Economics, 3(1), 1-30.
- Quttainah, M., Paczkowski, W., (2015), Software Adoption In Law Firms: It Staff Opinion Leader Influence On Top Management: An Agency Theory Perspective, Journal Of Management Policies And Practices
- Quttainah, M. (2015), The Impact Of Internal And External Firm-Level Mechanisms On Corporate Performance During The Financial Market Crisis (2007-08), Journal Of Finance And Bank Management.
- Dyer, D., Quttainah, M., Ye, P., (2015). Privatization, Intermediation and Performance: Global Evidence, Eurasia Review.
- Talaulicar, T., Judge W., Bell, G., Zattoni, A., Quttainah M., Witt, M., Wei H., Gabrielson, J., Lopez F., Chen J., Kohli N., Shukla, D., Adegbite E., Luis R., (2015). How Do Boards Of Directors Contribute To Ipo Returns? An Empirical Examination Of A Mul
- Talaulicar, T., Judge W., Bell, G., Zattoni, A., Quttainah M., Witt, M., Wei H., Gabrielson, J., Lopez F., Chen J., Kohli N., Shukla, D., Adegbite E., Luis R., (2015). Configurations Of Capacity For Change In Entrepreneurial Threshold Firms: Imprinting An
- Quttainah, M. A., Paczkowski, W. (2014). Linking Business Owners’ Choice Of Organizational Form To Appraisers’ Determination Of Value: An Agency Theory Perspective. Journal of Management, 2(4), 77-96.
- Quttainah, M. A., Song, L., & Wu, Q. (2013). Do Islamic Banks Employ Less Earnings Management? Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, 24(3), 203-233.
- Quttainah, M. A. (2014). Organizational Form and Expense-Preference Behavior: Evidence from Islamic Banks. Economics, 2(1), 58-70.
- 2005-Present: Assistant Professor, Kuwait University
Editorial Responsibilities
- FIIB Business Review: SAGE Journals (Associate Editor)
- International Journal of Accounting & Finance in Asia Pacific (Editorial In Chief)
Editorial Advisory Board Memberships
- Journal of International Business Research and Marketing
- Indonesian Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (IJCSREM) • Modern Management Forum
- Amity Journal of Marketing
- Nile Journal of Business & Economics • Journal of Management Studies (Sri: JM’s)
- ICICM 2017 Technical Committee
- Probe – Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
- Best paper award; Kuwait Economic Researcher Award by the Central Bank of Kuwait; May, 2019
- Best Paper Award of the Gorontalo International Conference of Project Management (ICPM), Gorontalo/Indonesia 2018
- Best Paper Award of the Gorontalo International Conference of Project Management (ICPM), Malaysia, 2017
- The award of the Best Young Researcher Academic, Kuwait University, 2016/2017
- Best Paper Award at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Anaheim, CA, 2016
- Best Paper Award at the AGBA’s 12th Annual World Congress, Kuantan City (State of Pahang), Malaysia, 2015
- Communications & Report Writing
- Corporate Governance (Micro and Macro levels)
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Governance Mechanisms
- Global Supply Chain Management
- International Business & Management
- International Strategy
- Leadership
- Management Planning & Decision Making
- Managing Cultural Diversity
- Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
- Organization Behavior
- Organization Development & Change
- Organization Theory & Design
- Strategic Management (Government, Commercial & Family)
- Research Methods
- Total Quality Management
- Quttainah, M.A. & Paczkowski, W.F. (2012), corporate governance and initial public offerings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In A. Zattoni & W. Judge (Eds.), W. Corporate governance and initial public offerings: an international perspective. Recherché, vo
- Quttainah, M., (2015). Corporate Ethics: Evidence from Islamic Banks.
- Quttainah, M. A. & Cocco, J. (2014), The Best Innovators Know When Good Enough Is Good Enough: Individual Characteristics And Motivation Affect Employee Innovativeness.
- Dyer, D., Quttainah, M., Ye, P., (2013). Privatization, Intermediation And Performance: Global Evidence.
- Talaulicar, T., Judge W., Bell, G., Zattoni, A., Quttainah M., Witt, M., Wei H., Gabrielson, J., Lopez F., Chen J., Kohli N., Shukla, D., Adegbite E., Luis R., (2013). How Do Boards Of Directors Contribute To IPO Returns? An Empirical Examination of a Multinational Sample.
- Talaulicar, T., Judge W., Bell, G., Zattoni, A., Quttainah M., Witt, M., Wei H., Gabrielson, J., Lopez F., Chen J., Kohli N., Shukla, D., Adegbite E., Luis R., (2012). Configurations of Capacity for Change in Entrepreneurial Threshold Firms: Imprinting and Strategic Choice Perspectives.
- Quttainah, M.A. & Paczkowski, W.F. (2012), Corporate governance and initial public offerings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In A. Zattoni & W. Judge (Eds.), W. Corporate governance and initial public offerings: an international perspective. Recherche, vol. 67: 350-386. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. • Quttainah, M. A., Paczkowski, W. (2012). Linking Business Owners’ Choice of Organizational Form to Appraisers’ Determination Of Value: An Agency Theory Perspective. • Quttainah, M. A., & Song, L., (2011). Do Islamic Banks Employ Less Earnings Management? • Quttainah, M. A. (2010). Organizational Form and Expense-Preference Behavior: Evidence from Islamic Banks.
- Quttainah, M. (2010), The Impact Of Internal And External Firm-Level Mechanisms On Corporate Performance During The Financial Market Crisis (2007-08).
- Quttainah, M., Paczkowski, W., (2009), Software Adoption in Law Firms: It Staff Opinion Leader Influence on Top Management: An Agency Theory Perspective
