Ahmad Arslan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4035842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmad Arslan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmad |
| FAMILY NAME | Arslan |
| SIGNATURE | ARSLAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oulu |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6530-8397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mega Sporting Events in Developing Nations: Necessity or Bureaucratic Burden
This paper presents a pioneering investigation into why street‐level bureaucrats in Egypt perceive the hosting of mega sporting events as necessary or unnecessary. Based on interviews with 36 street‐level bureaucrats, the findings reveal that only a small number of participants view hosting such events as necessary, while the vast majority consider them unnecessary. These perceptions are shaped by both job‐related barriers, which include exclusio…
Work meaningfulness and IT sector gig workers of immigrant origin: A qualitative exploration
The gig economy has emerged as a transformative force in modern labour markets, offering flexible, project-based work arrangements facilitated by digital platforms. This study investigates how immigrant information technology (IT) gig workers in Finland derive meaningfulness from their work in the gig economy. Using a qualitative analysis of 12 semi-structured interviews, the findings highlight that autonomy and flexibility empower workers to ali…
Grand Societal Challenges Really Matter: How Does the Resilience of Physicians Contribute to That of the Hospital? A Qualitative Exploration
This paper is one of the few studies to specifically investigate how the physicians' resilience (individual level) can potentially contribute to that of their hospitals (organizational level) in the context of grand societal challenges. The empirical sample comprises semi‐structured interviews with 32 physicians working in four Egyptian public hospitals. Thematic analysis was subsequently used to analyze interviews. The findings show that in the …
When extreme work becomes the norm: An Exploration of Coping Strategies of Public Sector Nurses
Drawing on extreme work and transactional stress literature streams; this paper investigates the mechanisms used by public sector nurses to cope with their extreme work conditions in the fragile state context of Egypt. Our findings, which are based on 24 qualitative interviews, show that, to cope with their extreme job duties, nurses engage in the following four strategies–reassertion of professionalism, submission and fatalism, cronyism, and tem…
The interrelationships between corporate political activity and corporate environmental performance: The role of language diversity
Language affects almost every aspect of management in multinational enterprises (MNEs) but little is known about the impact of language on environmental performance. Our study investigates how language diversity affects the environmental performance of MNEs worldwide. We show that the grammatical structure of a language – specifically the first pronoun drop – is an important factor explaining the environmental performance of firms. Our analysis o…
A multilevel conceptual framework on green practices: Transforming policies into actionable leadership and employee behavior
As organizations have recognized their cause/solution relationship with the environment, increasing attention is being given to the role of employees make in achieving green organizational objectives. Even though, business sustainability initiatives are often led by leaders; employee green behavior (EGB) plays a vital role in success of such initiatives. The current paper focuses on relatively less researched topic of EGB. It uses a narrative rev…
The role of digitalization and inclusive climate in building a resilient workforce: An ability–motivation–opportunity approach
Organizations need resilient employees to navigate and leverage constant change and maneuver in turbulent, disruptive contexts. As such, it is imperative to advance a nuanced understanding of drivers and enablers of employee resilience, especially in the current business context of pervasive digitalization and the growing practice of work‐from‐everywhere. Our research explores how digitalization in the organization is reflected in the employees' …
Generational differences in organizational leaders: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of work meaningfulness in the Nordic high-tech organizations
This paper analyzes the influences of generational differences in organizational leaders (founders) on work meaningfulness dynamics in the high-tech sector. Based on a novel interpretative phenomenological analysis of five Finnish case firms, we found that generational differences between leaders concerning work meaningfulness visibly existed. The differences manifested themselves in the form of different views concerning material well-being, hou…
Digital platform capability and organizational agility of emerging market manufacturing SMEs: The mediating role of intellectual capital and the moderating role of environmental dynamism
In this study, we untangle the relationship between digital platform capability and organizational agility in the manufacturing sector small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by investigating the mediating role of intellectual capital and the moderating role of environmental dynamism. Using a time-lagged two-wave survey of 227 manufacturing SMEs, we tested our proposed hypotheses using structural equational modeling (SEM). Our results reveal th…
R&D contribution to sustainable product attributes development: The complementarity of human capital
The current article aims to study the role of organizational research and development (R&D) function in sustainable product attributes (SPA) development, using the knowledge‐based view (KBV) theoretical lens. Specifically, this study investigates the extent of R&D contribution in aggregate and disaggregated SPA development. Furthermore, this article analyzes the extent to which human capital complements R&D's contribution to aggregate and disaggr…
Foreign firm operations and skills development of local employees in violence-hit countries
This paper addresses the skills development of local employees, following the operations of foreign firms in violence-hit and fragile countries. Despite being high-risk countries, such countries receive the attention of foreign firms, which in many cases offer services that are vital for daily life and improve local productivity. Within the overall conceptual focus of peace engineering, we analyze the operations and activities of six Turkish firm…
Microfoundations of collaborative networks: The impact of social capital formation and learning on investment risk assessment
The role of digitalization and inclusive climate in building a resilient workforce: An ability–motivation–opportunity approach
Organizations need resilient employees to navigate and leverage constant change and maneuver in turbulent, disruptive contexts. As such, it is imperative to advance a nuanced understanding of drivers and enablers of employee resilience, especially in the current business context of pervasive digitalization and the growing practice of work‐from‐everywhere. Our research explores how digitalization in the organization is reflected in the employees' …
When extreme work becomes the norm: An Exploration of Coping Strategies of Public Sector Nurses
Drawing on extreme work and transactional stress literature streams; this paper investigates the mechanisms used by public sector nurses to cope with their extreme work conditions in the fragile state context of Egypt. Our findings, which are based on 24 qualitative interviews, show that, to cope with their extreme job duties, nurses engage in the following four strategies–reassertion of professionalism, submission and fatalism, cronyism, and tem…
Microfoundations of collaborative networks: The impact of social capital formation and learning on investment risk assessment
Foreign firm operations and skills development of local employees in violence-hit countries
This paper addresses the skills development of local employees, following the operations of foreign firms in violence-hit and fragile countries. Despite being high-risk countries, such countries receive the attention of foreign firms, which in many cases offer services that are vital for daily life and improve local productivity. Within the overall conceptual focus of peace engineering, we analyze the operations and activities of six Turkish firm…
Generational differences in organizational leaders: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of work meaningfulness in the Nordic high-tech organizations
This paper analyzes the influences of generational differences in organizational leaders (founders) on work meaningfulness dynamics in the high-tech sector. Based on a novel interpretative phenomenological analysis of five Finnish case firms, we found that generational differences between leaders concerning work meaningfulness visibly existed. The differences manifested themselves in the form of different views concerning material well-being, hou…
Digital platform capability and organizational agility of emerging market manufacturing SMEs: The mediating role of intellectual capital and the moderating role of environmental dynamism
In this study, we untangle the relationship between digital platform capability and organizational agility in the manufacturing sector small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by investigating the mediating role of intellectual capital and the moderating role of environmental dynamism. Using a time-lagged two-wave survey of 227 manufacturing SMEs, we tested our proposed hypotheses using structural equational modeling (SEM). Our results reveal th…
R&D contribution to sustainable product attributes development: The complementarity of human capital
The current article aims to study the role of organizational research and development (R&D) function in sustainable product attributes (SPA) development, using the knowledge‐based view (KBV) theoretical lens. Specifically, this study investigates the extent of R&D contribution in aggregate and disaggregated SPA development. Furthermore, this article analyzes the extent to which human capital complements R&D's contribution to aggregate and disaggr…
The interrelationships between corporate political activity and corporate environmental performance: The role of language diversity
Language affects almost every aspect of management in multinational enterprises (MNEs) but little is known about the impact of language on environmental performance. Our study investigates how language diversity affects the environmental performance of MNEs worldwide. We show that the grammatical structure of a language – specifically the first pronoun drop – is an important factor explaining the environmental performance of firms. Our analysis o…
A multilevel conceptual framework on green practices: Transforming policies into actionable leadership and employee behavior
As organizations have recognized their cause/solution relationship with the environment, increasing attention is being given to the role of employees make in achieving green organizational objectives. Even though, business sustainability initiatives are often led by leaders; employee green behavior (EGB) plays a vital role in success of such initiatives. The current paper focuses on relatively less researched topic of EGB. It uses a narrative rev…
The role of digitalization and inclusive climate in building a resilient workforce: An ability–motivation–opportunity approach
Organizations need resilient employees to navigate and leverage constant change and maneuver in turbulent, disruptive contexts. As such, it is imperative to advance a nuanced understanding of drivers and enablers of employee resilience, especially in the current business context of pervasive digitalization and the growing practice of work‐from‐everywhere. Our research explores how digitalization in the organization is reflected in the employees' …
Work meaningfulness and IT sector gig workers of immigrant origin: A qualitative exploration
The gig economy has emerged as a transformative force in modern labour markets, offering flexible, project-based work arrangements facilitated by digital platforms. This study investigates how immigrant information technology (IT) gig workers in Finland derive meaningfulness from their work in the gig economy. Using a qualitative analysis of 12 semi-structured interviews, the findings highlight that autonomy and flexibility empower workers to ali…
Grand Societal Challenges Really Matter: How Does the Resilience of Physicians Contribute to That of the Hospital? A Qualitative Exploration
This paper is one of the few studies to specifically investigate how the physicians' resilience (individual level) can potentially contribute to that of their hospitals (organizational level) in the context of grand societal challenges. The empirical sample comprises semi‐structured interviews with 32 physicians working in four Egyptian public hospitals. Thematic analysis was subsequently used to analyze interviews. The findings show that in the …
When extreme work becomes the norm: An Exploration of Coping Strategies of Public Sector Nurses
Drawing on extreme work and transactional stress literature streams; this paper investigates the mechanisms used by public sector nurses to cope with their extreme work conditions in the fragile state context of Egypt. Our findings, which are based on 24 qualitative interviews, show that, to cope with their extreme job duties, nurses engage in the following four strategies–reassertion of professionalism, submission and fatalism, cronyism, and tem…
Mega Sporting Events in Developing Nations: Necessity or Bureaucratic Burden
This paper presents a pioneering investigation into why street‐level bureaucrats in Egypt perceive the hosting of mega sporting events as necessary or unnecessary. Based on interviews with 36 street‐level bureaucrats, the findings reveal that only a small number of participants view hosting such events as necessary, while the vast majority consider them unnecessary. These perceptions are shaped by both job‐related barriers, which include exclusio…
Business (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Knowledge management (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works)