Dieu Hack-Polay
Biographic Data
| ID | 345751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dieu Hack-Polay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dieu |
| FAMILY NAME | Hack-Polay |
| SIGNATURE | HACK-POLAY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Crandall University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1038-5018 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Influence of Covid-19 on social media usage
Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media usage was rapidly accelerated by increased social isolation due to public health measures that attempted to limit the spread of the virus. Even though numerous studies indicate that increased screen usage during the pandemic is associated with negative mental health outcomes, there is no consensus on the effect of social media apps on mental health. This study investigated the impact of COVID-1…
Examining generational differences as a moderator of extreme‐context perception and its impact on work alienation organizational outcomes
There is no doubt that extreme contexts (e.g., war zones and pandemics) represent substantial disruptions that force many companies to rethink the way they do business. With so much of the workforce now working remotely and concerns about resulting work alienation, we must ask this question: How can this be translated into the generational divide in workplaces based in extreme contexts? Using COVID‐19 as an example trigger of extreme‐context expe…
Intra-migrant workplace conflict
This study examines the tensions between newcomer migrants and established immigrants in the workforce in the United Kingdom. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 participants in a food-manufacturing company to investigate how solidarity and conflict among groups of migrants impact their ability to integrate into the workplace. The research found that heightened levels of conflict occur between new and long-term immigrants. This enge…
Resettlement Experiences of African Migrants in Australia
This paper reports part of a doctoral study which investigated the resettlement experiences of African migrants in Australia ( N = 115), and focuses upon the findings of those who participated in individual face-to-face interviews ( N = 30). It examines the resettlement challenges facing African migrants in Western Australia (WA), such migration having increased in recent years. Although migrating to relatively wealthy countries such as Australia…
Gender and leadership in public higher education in South Asia
The study examines the personal, social, and organizational barriers facing women in university leadership positions in South Asia, building on the cases of Malaysia and Bangladesh. We discussed the topic through the lens of interactionist feminist theory. Semi-structured interviews with 20 female deans from 12 public universities in Malaysia and Bangladesh were conducted, followed by two focus group discussions with eight female deans. The resul…
Globalisation and HR practices in Africa
Globalisation and HR practices in Africa
The paper examines how some factors embedded in the cultural and institutional framework in Sub-Saharan African organisations interact with global perspectives and the degree of resistance they present to changes in human resource management (HRM) processes. The paper considers aspects of the universalistic perspectives that have resonance for human resource practices in Africa. Furthermore, it evaluates the question of the tensions between the c…
Social Mobility and Promotion of Officers to Senior Ranks in the Royal Navy
This article examines the extent to which socioeconomic background affects the chances of promotion to senior ranks within the Royal Navy and how the upwardly mobile often face a “class ceiling.” The researchers collected quantitative data within the Royal Navy. The research found a disproportionate overrepresentation of officers from socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds, creating a homogenous upper echelon and self-selecting elite hierarchy.…
The Janus‐faced effects of Covid‐19 perceptions on family healthy eating behavior
This research examines the effects of COVID‐19 perceptions and negative experiences during the pandemic time on parental healthy eating behavior and whether these relationships interact with a parent’s gender. We ran a survey of parents who had at least one child aged 3 to 17 years old living in the United Kingdom. We received 384 valid responses, which were analysed via a variance‐based structural equation modeling approach to test our hypothese…
Let us define ourselves”
Our research contributes to the literature on migrant identity practice concerning the stigma associated with forced migrant status and the extent to which migrants appraise their reception in exile as undignified. Additionally, examining migrant identities allows the researchers to apprehend the diverse facets of identity as far as migrants are concerned. Future research may draw a larger sample to examine other impactful dimensions of identity …
Who’s more vulnerable? A generational investigation of Covid-19 perceptions’ effect on Organisational citizenship Behaviours in the Mena region
The present study extends our knowledge of workplace generational differences in responding to the perceptions of crises or pandemics. It offers evidence that suggests that burnout, job attitudes and organisational outcomes change differently across generations in pandemic times
No one is safe! But who’s more susceptible? Locus of control moderates pandemic perceptions’ effects on job insecurity and psychosocial factors amongst Mena hospitality frontliners
The research originality centres on the establishment that COVID-19 has a severe negative impact within the hospitality customer service labour force (in the MENA region). These effects were more profound for participants who claimed external locus of control than those with internal locus of control
Improving higher education standards through reengineering in West African universities – A case study of Nigeria
This article examines the context of higher education (HE), policies and challenges in the West African context. A multi-level framework and analysis of reengineering, leading change in complexity, activity-based view of the University Business Model and Pedagogical Content Knowledge enable the development of deep connections between the macro- and meso-level and -micro challenges of Higher Education System (HES). These include elements of effect…
African migrants and stress coping strategies in Australia
This research investigates resettlement stress among African migrants in Australia and how migrants manage stress. The research used 30 semi-structured interviews with African migrants in Western Australia. Participants used various strategies, including reliance on family as a community and on God – usually constructed by alliance rather than kinship – to manage stress. The article’s key contribution highlights the multilayered approach for soci…
The use of biotechnologies in textile processing and environmental sustainability
Developing and validating a new multi‐dimensional scale for anti‐social behavior in a higher education setting
The purpose of this research is to construct and validate a multi‐dimensional scale of Anti‐social Behavior (hereafter ASB) in a Western higher education context (i.e., USA). To achieve this, four studies, each with a different sample, were performed. Study 1 (n = 150) followed an exploratory design to generate a pool of potential items measuring ASB. Study 2 (n = 254) explored the dimensionality of the items produced in Study 1 using exploratory…
Trick or treat? – when children with childhood food allergies lead parents into unhealthy food choices
The paper contributes to the literature on food allergies among children and the marginalisation of families with allergies. Our explorative model is a first of its kind and offers a fresh perspective on complex relationships between variables under consideration. Although our data collection took place prior to Covid-19 outbreak, this paper bears yet particular significance as it casts light on how families with allergies should be part of the p…
African Diaspora Direct Investment
And Labor Came to Us
This article considers the opportunities presented by the availability of migrant labor in the U.K. employment market and its utilization. The research found that despite their qualifications, migrant labor is underutilized, thereby resulting in a readily available workforce being shunned and excluded from participative integration. This raises economic and ethical questions whose exploration revealed structural barriers (individually, communally…
African migrants and stress coping strategies in Australia
This research investigates resettlement stress among African migrants in Australia and how migrants manage stress. The research used 30 semi-structured interviews with African migrants in Western Australia. Participants used various strategies, including reliance on family as a community and on God – usually constructed by alliance rather than kinship – to manage stress. The article’s key contribution highlights the multilayered approach for soci…
Gender and leadership in public higher education in South Asia
The study examines the personal, social, and organizational barriers facing women in university leadership positions in South Asia, building on the cases of Malaysia and Bangladesh. We discussed the topic through the lens of interactionist feminist theory. Semi-structured interviews with 20 female deans from 12 public universities in Malaysia and Bangladesh were conducted, followed by two focus group discussions with eight female deans. The resul…
Resettlement Experiences of African Migrants in Australia
This paper reports part of a doctoral study which investigated the resettlement experiences of African migrants in Australia ( N = 115), and focuses upon the findings of those who participated in individual face-to-face interviews ( N = 30). It examines the resettlement challenges facing African migrants in Western Australia (WA), such migration having increased in recent years. Although migrating to relatively wealthy countries such as Australia…
African Diaspora Direct Investment
And Labor Came to Us
This article considers the opportunities presented by the availability of migrant labor in the U.K. employment market and its utilization. The research found that despite their qualifications, migrant labor is underutilized, thereby resulting in a readily available workforce being shunned and excluded from participative integration. This raises economic and ethical questions whose exploration revealed structural barriers (individually, communally…
The use of biotechnologies in textile processing and environmental sustainability
Developing and validating a new multi‐dimensional scale for anti‐social behavior in a higher education setting
The purpose of this research is to construct and validate a multi‐dimensional scale of Anti‐social Behavior (hereafter ASB) in a Western higher education context (i.e., USA). To achieve this, four studies, each with a different sample, were performed. Study 1 (n = 150) followed an exploratory design to generate a pool of potential items measuring ASB. Study 2 (n = 254) explored the dimensionality of the items produced in Study 1 using exploratory…
Trick or treat? – when children with childhood food allergies lead parents into unhealthy food choices
The paper contributes to the literature on food allergies among children and the marginalisation of families with allergies. Our explorative model is a first of its kind and offers a fresh perspective on complex relationships between variables under consideration. Although our data collection took place prior to Covid-19 outbreak, this paper bears yet particular significance as it casts light on how families with allergies should be part of the p…
The Janus‐faced effects of Covid‐19 perceptions on family healthy eating behavior
This research examines the effects of COVID‐19 perceptions and negative experiences during the pandemic time on parental healthy eating behavior and whether these relationships interact with a parent’s gender. We ran a survey of parents who had at least one child aged 3 to 17 years old living in the United Kingdom. We received 384 valid responses, which were analysed via a variance‐based structural equation modeling approach to test our hypothese…
Let us define ourselves”
Our research contributes to the literature on migrant identity practice concerning the stigma associated with forced migrant status and the extent to which migrants appraise their reception in exile as undignified. Additionally, examining migrant identities allows the researchers to apprehend the diverse facets of identity as far as migrants are concerned. Future research may draw a larger sample to examine other impactful dimensions of identity …
Who’s more vulnerable? A generational investigation of Covid-19 perceptions’ effect on Organisational citizenship Behaviours in the Mena region
The present study extends our knowledge of workplace generational differences in responding to the perceptions of crises or pandemics. It offers evidence that suggests that burnout, job attitudes and organisational outcomes change differently across generations in pandemic times
No one is safe! But who’s more susceptible? Locus of control moderates pandemic perceptions’ effects on job insecurity and psychosocial factors amongst Mena hospitality frontliners
The research originality centres on the establishment that COVID-19 has a severe negative impact within the hospitality customer service labour force (in the MENA region). These effects were more profound for participants who claimed external locus of control than those with internal locus of control
Improving higher education standards through reengineering in West African universities – A case study of Nigeria
This article examines the context of higher education (HE), policies and challenges in the West African context. A multi-level framework and analysis of reengineering, leading change in complexity, activity-based view of the University Business Model and Pedagogical Content Knowledge enable the development of deep connections between the macro- and meso-level and -micro challenges of Higher Education System (HES). These include elements of effect…
African migrants and stress coping strategies in Australia
This research investigates resettlement stress among African migrants in Australia and how migrants manage stress. The research used 30 semi-structured interviews with African migrants in Western Australia. Participants used various strategies, including reliance on family as a community and on God – usually constructed by alliance rather than kinship – to manage stress. The article’s key contribution highlights the multilayered approach for soci…
Globalisation and HR practices in Africa
Globalisation and HR practices in Africa
The paper examines how some factors embedded in the cultural and institutional framework in Sub-Saharan African organisations interact with global perspectives and the degree of resistance they present to changes in human resource management (HRM) processes. The paper considers aspects of the universalistic perspectives that have resonance for human resource practices in Africa. Furthermore, it evaluates the question of the tensions between the c…
Social Mobility and Promotion of Officers to Senior Ranks in the Royal Navy
This article examines the extent to which socioeconomic background affects the chances of promotion to senior ranks within the Royal Navy and how the upwardly mobile often face a “class ceiling.” The researchers collected quantitative data within the Royal Navy. The research found a disproportionate overrepresentation of officers from socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds, creating a homogenous upper echelon and self-selecting elite hierarchy.…
Gender and leadership in public higher education in South Asia
The study examines the personal, social, and organizational barriers facing women in university leadership positions in South Asia, building on the cases of Malaysia and Bangladesh. We discussed the topic through the lens of interactionist feminist theory. Semi-structured interviews with 20 female deans from 12 public universities in Malaysia and Bangladesh were conducted, followed by two focus group discussions with eight female deans. The resul…
Examining generational differences as a moderator of extreme‐context perception and its impact on work alienation organizational outcomes
There is no doubt that extreme contexts (e.g., war zones and pandemics) represent substantial disruptions that force many companies to rethink the way they do business. With so much of the workforce now working remotely and concerns about resulting work alienation, we must ask this question: How can this be translated into the generational divide in workplaces based in extreme contexts? Using COVID‐19 as an example trigger of extreme‐context expe…
Intra-migrant workplace conflict
This study examines the tensions between newcomer migrants and established immigrants in the workforce in the United Kingdom. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 participants in a food-manufacturing company to investigate how solidarity and conflict among groups of migrants impact their ability to integrate into the workplace. The research found that heightened levels of conflict occur between new and long-term immigrants. This enge…
Resettlement Experiences of African Migrants in Australia
This paper reports part of a doctoral study which investigated the resettlement experiences of African migrants in Australia ( N = 115), and focuses upon the findings of those who participated in individual face-to-face interviews ( N = 30). It examines the resettlement challenges facing African migrants in Western Australia (WA), such migration having increased in recent years. Although migrating to relatively wealthy countries such as Australia…
Influence of Covid-19 on social media usage
Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media usage was rapidly accelerated by increased social isolation due to public health measures that attempted to limit the spread of the virus. Even though numerous studies indicate that increased screen usage during the pandemic is associated with negative mental health outcomes, there is no consensus on the effect of social media apps on mental health. This study investigated the impact of COVID-1…
Political science (14 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (4 works)