Lama Blaique

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Assistant Professor of Management at American University in Dubai

Purpose The aim of this study is to empirically test the relationship between caring human resource management practices (CHRMP) and employee engagement through a serial mediation effect (organizational climate of care and employee caring for the organization). In addition, this study investigates the moderating effect of caring management on the r...

Purpose This study aims to explore the dynamic interplay between employee resilience (ER) and learning organisations, specifically examining the mediating influence of psychological empowerment (PE). Design/methodology/approach Drawing on responses from 208 participants working in the United Arab Emirates, we used regression analysis with bootstra...

Objective: This study aims at exploring the relationship between the job status of female engineers and the lack of development opportunities in the workplace considering the United Nation’s Social Development Goal number 5 (Gender Equality) and amid sever low representation of women in science, engineering, and technology (SET) industries worldwid...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has made successful attempts in closing the gender gap in many higher education majors and vocational settings; yet the workplace participation of women in STEM fields is drastically lagging behind. Despite this continuous under-representation in employment, the literature still falls short on identify...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to try to understand to what extent do demographic factors including gender, age, marital status, educational level, university year, major course, internship experience and country influence students' social responsibility awareness. Methods: Data was collected from three different countries in the Middle Ea...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused sudden and unexpected changes where over half of the countries in the world were in various forms of lockdown by April 2020. Consequently, working for many employers and employees changed more towards virtual work practices. Since the restrictions have eased up, many managers and employees want to continue using hybrid...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between extrinsic rewards and employee creativity through the intervening mechanism of perceived organisational support (POS) and work engagement. The moderating role of intrinsic motivation on the relationship between work engagement and employee creativity is also examined. Design/methodolo...

This study aims to assess the relationship between employees' demography (Age, Gender, Educational history, and years of work experience) and Quality Performance Indicator (QPI) in the banking sector. multiple regression analysis was used to test the conceptual framework developed by this research, and to further understand the influence of gender...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between digital competence and the capability to innovate in the service sector and examine if this relationship is mediated by human capital in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 188 service sect...

Purpose The under-representation of women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers is a persistent problem worldwide. This dilemma is exacerbated by the fact that an insufficient number of women enroll in STEM studies, and a significant proportion of those who do join then opt out of their STEM careers at different...

This study aims to investigate the barriers and drivers relating to telecommuting as a mode of work in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Using a qualitative research design, data from 30 interviews conducted with employees from different departments and specialties in Lebanon were analysed. The results reveal three main themes, namely, technolo...

Over the past decade, the use of big data has been on the rise reasons being the increasing popularity of companies' usage of big data, such as the cost of storing and producing the data. With increasing literature indicating a positive impact of the latter on organizations, recent research is calling to understand how big data and its related anal...

Over the past decade, the use of big data has been on the rise reasons being the increasing popularity of companies' usage of big data, such as the cost of storing and producing the data. With increasing literature indicating a positive impact of the latter on organizations, recent research is calling to understand how big data and its related anal...

Purpose Despite continuing under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, the literature still falls short on identifying and explaining the factors that could contribute to women's persistence and commitment. The purpose of this research is to identify cognitive and behavioral factors that will sup...

This paper investigates the relationship between visionary leadership (VL) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in Lebanon. We particularly examined how this relationship is mediated by organizational trust (OGT) and organizational pride (OP). Data were collected from 144 Lebanese workers who completed measures of VL, OCB, OGT, and OP. Da...

The research investigates network building ability as a mediating mechanism of influence in the relationship between intrapreneurial personality and three stages of employees’ innovative behaviours: idea generation, promotion, and realisation. A quantitative research methodology was adopted with 410 questionnaires collected from employees in the UA...

Purpose This purpose of this study was to examine the impact of social and organisational capital on service innovation capability among service firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach To test the proposed research model, data were collected using a cross-sectional questionnaire. The study...

Purpose: Despite an evident increase in the number of women joining STEM majors at universities, recruiting and retaining women in STEM occupations continues to be a major challenge. The aim of this research is to investigate several factors that may enhance the representation of women in STEM fields. Design/Methodology/Approach: We report the res...

Purpose: Despite an evident increase in the number of women joining STEM majors at universities, recruiting and retaining women in STEM occupations continues to be a major challenge. The aim of this research is to investigate several factors that may enhance the representation of women in STEM fields. Design/Methodology/Approach: We report the resu...

Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between organizational learning (OL) and work engagement (WE) in the Middle East region amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to test the mediating role of employee resilience (ER) and psychological empowerment (PE) on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The sample size was 208 respondents wo...

This paper investigated the relationship between visionary leadership (VL) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the country of Lebanon. We particularly examined how this relationship is mediated by organizational trust (OGT) and organizational pride (OP). Data were collected from 144 Lebanese workers who completed measures of VL, OCB, O...

The under-representation of women employed in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) industries is a long-term problem for human resource management. We report the results of a qualitative research study designed to investigate the factors that positively influence women's retention and occupational commitment within the MENA region. The data ar...

The under-representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields drastically reduces the available talent pool that would aid in enhancing technical innovation. Females make up 42% of students pursuing Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) subjects pre-university in the USA, once at university only 33% of SET...

Several reasons are stimulating firms worldwide to be increasingly innovative such as growing globalization and dynamic business environments which serves as a reply to potential constant threats and opportunities. According to Subramaniam and Youndt (2005), intellectual capital is the company’s backbone to innovate from an organizational stance. T...

The existence of gender inequality at the workplace is a pervasive problem in many countries around the world. Although the situation may have improved in recent years, studies still point to the fact that men receive better rewards at work in terms of income, status, promotion and development opportunities among others. There may be a considerable...