Omar Ababneh

Background

About Omar Ababneh

I hold a PhD in management obtained from Auckland University of Technology (AUT). My PhD thesis,"Conceptualizing and Measuring Employee engagement, and Examining the Antecedents of Leadership Styles and Personality Attributes", aimed at developing a reliable and valid measure of employee engagement, and examining the key factors expected to enhance employees’ levels of engagement at the work place. In terms of publication, empirical papers published in peer-reviewed journals can be found at: Ababneh, O. M. A, LeFevre, M, Bentley, T.(2019). Employee engagement: Development of a new measure. International Journal of Human Resource Development and Management, 19(2), 105-134, Doi: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2019.098623. Ababneh, O. M. A. & Macky, K (2015). The Meaning and Measurement of Employee Engagement: A Review of the Literature. New Zealand Journal of Human Resources, 15 (1), 1-35. Ababneh, O. M. A.(in press). How do green HRM practices affect employees’ green behaviors? The role of employee engagement and personality attributes. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Accepted Ababneh, O. M. A, Saleh Eyalawwad, A. S, Abu-Haija, A.(in press). The association between green human resources practices and employee engagement with environmental initiatives in hotels: The moderation effect of perceived transformational leadership. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 20(2). I was a member in the accreditation team and an internal assessor for the quality of teaching portfolios. I was responsible for training new faculty members, leading quality committees, and writing the final accreditation report. I received intensive and focused training programmes and I got certificates in ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System: Internal Auditing, Outcome Based Curriculum Development and Assessment, Students Involvement and Engagement with Class Activities, Customer Service, Effective Communication, and Team Building). During my teaching experience at Auckland University of Technology and Emirates College of Technology, I taught several papers related to HRM and business management (e.g. HRM papers, Business Organization and Management, Organizational Behaviour, Service Marketing, Professional Ethics). My current interest and expertise are in assessing organizations to measure and build employee engagement via implementing precisely tailored engagement interventions. Specialties: Employee Engagement, Lecturing, Training and Development, Research, and HR Consultancy.