PUBLISHED PAPERS APRIL 2026

Eighteen new peer-reviewed journal publications for February 2026
Congratulations to our professors & PhD Students for the acceptance of their papers:


PhD student Youssra NOUBLI and Dr. Moustafa ABDELMOTALEB:
“A Sensemaking Perspective on Divergent Effects of Internal CSR on Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior” in Management Decision


Dr. Ahmed Tariq:

“Entrepreneurship in context: social support, entrepreneurial orientation, and intentions in the MENA region” in Review of Managerial Science


Dr. Mustapha HROUGA:

“Lean 4.0 as Organizational Change: A Human-Centric Model for Strategic Transformation through Digital–Lean Integration” in Strategic Change

PhD student Houda Elafdel and Dr. Precious Ezeh:

“What Drives Gen Z to Shop by Voice? A Hybrid fsQCA-ANN Study in an Emerging Market” in Young Consumers

Dr. Amine BELHADI:

“When Does Blockchain-Enabled Carbon Transparency Deliver Real Supply Chain Decarbonization? A Signaling Theory Perspective” in Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Dr. Waheed AKHTAR:

“Tell Me Without Telling Me: The Effect of Direct Manager Phubbing on Employee Task Withdrawal and Procrastination” in Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Dr. Fauzia SYED:

“Unpacking the Effects of Supervisor Undermining on Employees’ Passive Aggressive Behaviors: A Moderated Mediation Model of Rejection Sensitivity and Fear of Negative Evaluation” in Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Dr. Mohamed Amine Masmoudi:

“A Novel Multi-Commodity Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows Using Reconfigurable Vehicles” in European Journal of Operational Research

Dr. Rakshit Sandip and Dr. Paul Tripti:

“Transforming Innovation Capabilities with IoT across Supply Chain Stages: Manufacturing, Transportation, and Distribution” in Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Dr. Senija CAUSEVIC:

“Navigating Off-Grid Living: Dignity and Resilience on Urban Waterways” in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

Dr. Precious EZEH:

“From Classroom to Agripreneurship: Education and Psychological Traits Driving Readiness in Resource-Constrained Contexts” in Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

PhD student Fouaz Benadada:

“Competition dynamics in a customer–complementor business ecosystem: a game-theoretical model” in Kybernetes

PhD student Chaimae Bouha and Dr. Lamiae Benhayoun:

“From Promise to Pressure: An Employee-Focused, Context-Aware Framework of AI Adoption Balancing Performance and Cognitive Load” in Knowledge and Process Management

Dr. Hayford Amegbe:

“From Fire Comes Light: Transformational Entrepreneurship and the Quest for Societal Change in Africa” in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research


Dr. Lamiae Benhayoun:

“Mitigating Knowledge Hiding: How do Active Leadership styles and HRM practices matter?” in Journal of Intellectual Capital


Dr. Muzhar Javed:

“Do green firms select and terminate supply chain partners based on sustainability criteria? International evidence” in International Journal of Production Economics


Dr. Amina Dchieche:

“A comparative analysis of Systematic risk and portfolio optimization differences between Shariah compliant and conventional Canadian stocks” in International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management


PhD student Asma Bakrim, Dr. Mebrahtu Teklehaimanot, and Dr. Xingting Ju:

“Effects of competence support–frustration misfit in e-shopping cart systems on task engagement and payment behavior: Evidence from Gabon” in Journal of Strategic Marketing