Ph.D.

The George Washington University, Washington, DC 

School of Business, Department of Management

Master’s Degree

IE Business School, Madrid, Spain (2012)

Masters in International Management: International Business.

Bachelor of Science

Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California (2010) Bachelor of Science, Accounting (Graduated with Honors)

·      Co-founder and host of Jadwa Podcast

·      Boubyan Bank, helped establish and lead Organizational Development Division (2021- 2022).

·      Chamber of Commerce, Small and Medium Enterprise Committee (2022-)

·      Government Follow-Up Agency, Task Team for Developing Government Key Performance Indicators (2022)

·      The Prime Minister Diwan, State of Kuwait, consultant to help build Diwan’s strategic plan (2021).

·      Kuwait National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises, Consultant (2019-2020)

·      Ministry of Health (2019) Presentation on Performance Management and setting key performance indicators

·      Awqaf (2019-2020) Provided training program on Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Key Performance Indicators and Job Descriptions

·      Capital Markets Authority, Fourth Annual Conference Agenda, Capital Market Reforms Through Regional Initiatives

·      Kuwait Lawyers Conference on small business challenges and opportunities.

·      Wafra Inc. training program (2010-2011).

Entrepreneuship 

Principles of Management 

Compensation Systems

Strategic Management 

Organizational Behavior

Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Performance Management

RESEARCH JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.     Alabduljader, N., Solomon, GT, Kang, JH., Choi, D., Al-Abduljader, ST., (2020). Cognitive Styles and Entrepreneurial Intentions. Published in, Journal of Small Business Management.

2.     Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Alabduljader, N. (2020). Best-Practice Recommendations for Producers, Evaluators, and Users of Methodological Literature Reviews. Published in, Organizational Research Methods. (JCR Ranked #3 out of 84 journals in category of “Applied Psychology”)

3.     Solomon, GT., Alabduljader, N., Ramani, R. (2019). Knowledge Management and Social Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons Learned from a Two-Country Study. Published in, Journal of Knowledge Management. 

4.     Alabduljader, N. & Al-Abduljader, S. (2021). Determinants of SME Funding: The Case of Kuwait. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, 28, (3), 507-541

5.     Aguinis, H., Ramani, R., Alabduljader, N., Bailey, JR., Lee, D., (2019). A pluralist Conceptualization of Scholarly Impact in Management Education: Students as Stakeholders. Published in Academy of Management Learning & Education. (JCR Ranked #18 out of 238 journals in category of “Education & Educational Research”)

6.     Aguinis, H. Ramani, R., & Alabduljader, N. (2018). What you See is What You Get? Enhancing Methodological Transparency in Management Research. Published in Academy of Management Annals. (JCR Ranked #1 out of 209 journals in category of “Management” and #1 out of 140 in category of “Business”) 

7.     Alabduljader, N., Crane, B., Cohen, A.N. (2022). Team Experience and Leadership Structure Preference. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, (29), (1), 1

8.     Alnahedh, M. & Alabduljader, N. (2021). "Do human rights violations elicit or impede social entrepreneurship?", Social Enterprise Journal, 17, (3), 361-378

9. Alabduljader, N., & AlMarzouq, M. N. (2024). Research Relevance. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, 31(1)

TEXTBOOK PUBLICATIONS 

1.     Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Alabduljader, N. 2019. Instructor’s manual for Performance Management, 4th edition (by Herman Aguinis). Chicago, IL: Chicago Business Press.

2.     Alabduljader, N., Ramani, R., Solomon, GT. 2018. Entrepreneurship Education: A Qualitative Review and Comparison of High Growth Potential Venture and Small Business Growth Venture Curriculum in the U.S. In C. H. Matthews, & E.W. Ligouri (Eds.) Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (pp. 37 – 57). Edward Elgar

3.     Solomon, G.T., Alabduljader, N. & Ramani R. 2018. U.S. Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education. In Taylor, J. & Mulholland, G. (Eds.), International Enterprise Education: Perspectives on Theory and Practice (pp. 23-51). Routledge

4.     Ramani,R., Solomon, G.T., Alabduljader, N. 2018. Approaches to entrepreneurship education: A qualitative review and comparison of the US and Canada. In Fayolle, A (Eds). A research agenda for entrepreneurship education (pp. 281-308). Edward Elgar

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1.     Alabduljader et al. 2020. Before It’s Too Late: A Vision to Reform the Kuwaiti Economy.” Published on Kuwaitimpakt.com

2.     Ghura, H., Alabduljader, N. Harraf, A. 2020. Diagnosing Covid-19 Impacts on Entrepreneurship: Exploring Policy Remedies for Recovery. Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring.