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GAAFAR AHMED

Faculty of Business Studies

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Office: Arab Open University Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Street, Hittin District, Riyadh 11681.

Email: g.hamamed@arabou.edu.sa

Prof. Dr. Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim is a Full Professor of Business Administration at Arab Open University, Saudi Arabia. He earned his PhD in Business Administration from Sudan University of Science and Technology in 2010, following his MSc from Juba University (2003) and BSc from the University of Khartoum (1996).

With an extensive academic career spanning over a decade at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Prof. Abdalkrim has held numerous key leadership roles, including Head of the Business Administration Department, Head of the Strategic Committee, and Head of the Academic Accreditation & Evaluation Committee. His research interests focus on strategic management, corporate governance, human resource management, innovation & entrepreneurship, and performance management. He has extensively published in high-impact peer-reviewed international journals (such as Corporate Governance (Bingley) and Pacific Accounting Review) and authored multiple academic books in management, human resources, and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, he serves as an active ad-hoc reviewer for several prominent international journals and is a member of prestigious professional organizations like the Academy of Management and ISDS.

Core Management & Strategy: Fundamentals of Management, Business Policy and Strategy, Strategic Management, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Management for Competitive Advantages, International Management.

Human Resources & Organizational Behavior: Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Communication Skills.

Marketing & Entrepreneurship: Principles of Marketing, Marketing Research Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Quantitative & Financial Foundations: Introduction to Financial Accounting, Introductory Microeconomics, Probability and Statistics for Business.

Specialized Management: Total Quality Management, Project Management, Engineering Project Management, Business Ethics, Business Legal Management

Full Professor of Business Administration: Arab open university (2026-)

Full Professor of Business Administration: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (2023–2025).

Associate Professor of Business Administration: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (2016–2021).

Assistant Professor of Business Administration: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (2011–2016).

Head of Business Administration Department: (2018–Present).

Head of the Academic Accreditation & Evaluation Committee: (2000–2023).

Head of Exams Evaluation & Assessment Board: (2011–2017).

Coordinator of Scientific, Managerial, and Skill-Based Programs: (2021–Present).

Abdalkrim, G. (2012). The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices On Organizational Performance in Saudi Banking Sector. European Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 4, No. 21, pp. 188–196.
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim & Raid Suleman. (2013). The role of packaging in Consumer's Perception of Product Quality at the point of purchase. European Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 69–82.
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim & Laith Khrais. (2013). The impact of strategic planning on e-banking: An empirical study in Saudi environment. American Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 53–58.
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim. (2013). The impact of strategic planning activities on private sector organizations performance in Sudan: An empirical research. International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 134–143.
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim. (2014). Using the Balanced Scorecard in Private Sector Organizations: A Case Study of Private Telecommunication Companies in Sudan. International Business Research, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 157–164.
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim & Tagreed Awad Abd Elhalin. (2016). Attitude toward work, job satisfaction, and job performance: An empirical study among non-Saudi academic member of higher education institutions. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 12.
Abdalkrim, G. (2019). Chief executive officer compensation, corporate governance and performance: Evidence from KSA firms. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, Vol. 19 No. 6, pp. 1216–1235.
Chokri Zehri & Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim. (2020). CEO Power, Ownership Structure and Firms' Performance: Evidence from GCC Listed Firms. Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp. 505–512.
Chokri Zehri & Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim. (2020). Effectiveness of Capital Controls to Reduce Short Term Flows. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp. 235–262.
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim. (2020). The moderating role of organizational culture congruence on strategic alliance formation motives and strategic alliance performance. International Journal of Management, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 263–278.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2021). Ownership structure and audit quality: The mediating effect of board independence. Corporate Governance (Bingley), Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 754–774.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2021). Ownership structure, board independence and auditor choice: Evidence from GCC countries. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2021). Does shariah compliance affect corporate cash holdings and cash adjustment dynamics? Evidence from Malaysia. Pacific Accounting Review, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 459–473.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2021). Board gender diversity, financial decisions and free cash flow: Empirical evidence from Malaysia. Management Research Review.
Gaafar M. Abdalkrim. (2021). CEO Compensation, Managerial Overconfidence and Performance of Sharia Compliant Firms and Non-Sharia Compliant Firms: Evidence from Listed GCC Firms. Archives of Business Research, Vol. 9, No. 10, pp. 159–177.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2022). Analyzing External Environmental, Strategic Alliance and Strategic Of Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Firms: An empirical research. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. ahead-of-print.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2022). Sharia-compliance, internal capital allocation and investment policy: Evidence from Malaysia. Montenegrin Journal of Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1.
Moncef Guizani & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2022). Does gender diversity on boards reduce the likelihood of financial distress? Evidence from Malaysia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration.
Safar M. Alghamdi, Sharaf Obaid Ali, Maha A. Aldahlan, Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, & Azhari A. Alhag. (2022). Using fuzzy time series forecasting and Gaussian mixture model to classify and predict new cases of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. Thermal Science, Vol. 26, Special Issue 1, pp. S261–S270.
Moncef Guizani, Dorra Talbi, & Gaafar Abdalkrim. (2023). Economic policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk and cash holdings: Evidence from Saudi Arabia. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research.
R. A. Sheikh, Gaafar M. Abdalkrim, & Y. A. Shehawy. (2023). Assessing the impact of business simulation as a teaching method for developing 21st century future skills. Journal of International Education in Business, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 351–370.
U. Ullah, W. A. Shaheen, Gaafar M. Abdalkrim, N. Shafi, T. O. Breaz, M. Jaboob, et al. (2025). Past and present of energy: The role of green finance, technological innovation, and financial risk in sustainability indicators. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Vol. 28.
Muhammad Ali Asif, Noman Shafi, Waqas, Wasim Abbas Shaheen, Teodora Odett Breaz, Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, & Mahmoud Ibrahim M. Abdelmawgoud. (2026). The role of green finance, foreign direct investment, and environmental regulations in the promotion of sustainable urban development. Discover Sustainability.

Books

Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, et al. (2022). Human Resource Management. India: Book Rivers. (ISBN: 978-93-5515-546-7).
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, et al. (2022). Marketing Management. India: Book Rivers. (ISBN: 978-93-5515-667-9).
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, et al. (2023). Entrepreneurship. India: Book Rivers. (ISBN: 978-93-5515-769-0).
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, et al. (2023). Organizational Behavior. Book Rivers. (ISBN: 978-93-5515-808-6).
Gaafar Mohamed Abdalkrim, et al. (2023). Principle of Management. India: Book Rivers. (ISBN: 978-93-5515-945-8).

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