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Business and Management
UAE
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
66
Citations
16023
World Ranking
386
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Arab Emirates Leader Award

Overview

Kamel Mellahi is affiliated with the Dubai Chamber in the United Arab Emirates. Their primary field of study is Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management, and Communication.

Their research covers a range of topics that include:

  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Risk Management in Financial Firms
  • International Arbitration and Investment Law

Kamel Mellahi has published frequently in the following academic venues:

  • International Journal of Management Reviews
  • Journal of World Business
  • Journal of Business Research
  • British Journal of Management
  • Academy of Management Perspectives

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Risk in international business and its mitigation", 2020, Journal of World Business
  • "Revisiting the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: The Moderating Effects of Market Sensing and Responsiveness", 2020, British Journal of Management
  • "Absorptive capacity and organizational performance in an emerging market context: Evidence from the banking industry in Turkey", 2021, Journal of Business Research
  • "Managing and Preparing for Emerging Infectious Diseases: Avoiding a Catastrophe", 2020, Academy of Management Perspectives
  • "Evaluating talent management in emerging market economies: societal, firm and individual perspectives", 2022, The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Frequent co-authors working alongside Kamel Mellahi include:

  • Abderaouf Bouguerra
  • Ekrem Tatoğlu
  • Geoffrey Wood
  • Keith W. Glaister
  • Mathew Hughes

Best Publications

  • Strategic talent management: A review and research agenda

    David G. Collings;Kamel Mellahi

  • A Review of the Nonmarket Strategy Literature: Toward a Multi-Theoretical Integration

    Kamel Mellahi;Jędrzej George Frynas;Pei Sun;Donald Siegel

  • Organizational Failure: a critique of recent research and a proposed integrative framework

    Kamel Mellahi;Adrian Wilkinson

  • A Study of Management Perceptions of the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Organisational Performance in Emerging Economies: The Case of Dubai

    Belaid Rettab;Anis Ben Brik;Kamel Mellahi

  • First mover advantages in international business and firm‐specific political resources

    Jędrzej George Frynas;Kamel Mellahi;Geoffrey Allen Pigman

  • The barriers to effective global talent management: The example of corporate élites in MNEs

    Kamel Mellahi;David G. Collings

  • The dynamic value of MNE political embeddedness: The case of the Chinese automobile industry

    Pei Sun;Kamel Mellahi;Eric Thun

  • The Contingent Value of Corporate Political Ties

    Pei Sun;Kamel Mellahi;Mike Wright

  • Determinants of job satisfaction in the UAE

    Jassem Abdulla;Ramdane Djebarni;Kamel Mellahi

  • Global Talent Management and Performance in Multinational Enterprises: A Multilevel Perspective:

    David G. Collings;Kamel Mellahi;Wayne F. Cascio

  • Talent management: a systematic review and future prospects

    Anthony McDonnell;David G. Collings;Kamel Mellahi;Randall Schuler

  • Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Organizational Identification, and Creative Effort: The Moderating Impact of Corporate Ability

    Stephen Brammer;Hongwei He;Kamel Mellahi

  • Market Orientation, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Business Performance

    Anis Ben Brik;Belaid Rettab;Kamel Mellahi

  • Introduction: human resource management in the Middle East

    Pawan Budhwar;Kamel Mellahi

  • An Exploratory Study into Failure in Successful Organizations: The Case of Marks & Spencer

    Kamel Mellahi;T Paul Jackson;Leigh Sparks

  • Retail internationalization and retail failure: issues from the case of Marks and Spencer

    S. L. Burt;K. Mellahi;T. P. Jackson;L. Sparks

  • Response Rates in Business and Management Research: An Overview of Current Practice and Suggestions for Future Direction

    Kamel Mellahi;Lloyd C. Harris

  • The effect of regulations on HRM: private sector firms in Saudi Arabia

    Kamel Mellahi

  • The state of HRM in the Middle East: challenges and future research agenda

    Pawan Budhwar;Vijay Pereira;Kamel Mellahi;Sanjay Kumar Singh

  • How communication approaches impact mergers and acquisitions outcomes

    Duncan N. Angwin;Kamel Mellahi;Emanuel Gomes;Emmanuel Peter

  • Contextualizing international business research: Enhancing rigor and relevance

    Mary B. Teagarden;Mary Ann Von Glinow;Kamel Mellahi

  • Political tie heterogeneity and the impact of adverse shocks on firm value

    Pei Sun;Kamel Mellahi;Mike Wright;Haoping Xu

  • Managing human resources in the Middle-East

    Pawan S. Budhwar;Kamel Mellahi

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario
Mehmet Demirbag
Mehmet Demirbag University of Essex
Pawan Budhwar
Pawan Budhwar Aston University
Emanuel Gomes
Emanuel Gomes Universidade Nova de Lisboa
David G. Collings
David G. Collings Trinity College Dublin
Adrian John Wilkinson
Adrian John Wilkinson Griffith University
Keith W. Glaister
Keith W. Glaister University of Leeds
Ekrem Tatoglu
Ekrem Tatoglu Gulf University for Science & Technology
Ferran Vendrell-Herrero
Ferran Vendrell-Herrero University of Edinburgh
Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London

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