Bio
Grace Dagher is an Associate Professor of Management and Associate Chairperson at Adnan Kassar School of Business. She holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Texas-Pan America, an MBA from the Lebanese American University and a BA in the same discipline from Middle East University. Her research interests focus on topics such as employee engagement, emotional intelligence and cross-cultural adjustment.
Teaching Interests
- International Human Resource Management
- International Management
- Cross-cultural Management
- International Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- Managing Multinational Corporations
Research Interests
- Employee Engagement
- Proactive Personality
- Cultural Intelligence
- Personality
- Emotional Intelligence
- Career Commitment
- Self-efficacy
- Stress
- Gender & Diversity
- Deviant Behaviors
- Cross-cultural Studies & Cross-cultural Adjustment
- Expatriates
Executive Training
Presented at the “Research and Teaching Collaborations with Colleagues in Underrepresented Nations” workshop session at the Academy of Management conference in Boston, on August 4, 2012.
Consulting Activities
1999-2000 Research Assistant-Tourism Industry in Lebanon Sponsored by USAID.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Malaeb, M., Dagher, G.K. and Canaan Messarra, L. (2023), “The relationship between self-leadership and employee engagement in Lebanon and the UAE: the moderating role of perceived organizational support”, Personnel Review, Vol. 52 No. 9, pp. 2284-2303. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-12-2021-0862
Abdul-Nasser Kassar, Grace K. Dagher, Sophie Lythreatis & Mohamad Azakir (2022).“Antecedents and consequences of knowledge hiding: the roles of HR practices, organizational support for creativity, creativity, innovative work behavior, and task performance.” Journal of Business Research 140: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.11.079Dagher, G. K., Chapa, O & Junaid, N. (2015). The historical evolution of employee engagement & self-efficacy constructs. Journal of Management History, 21(2), 232 – 256.
Dagher, G. K., Itani, O.S & Kassar, A. (2015). The Impact of Environment Concern & Attitude on Green Purchasing Behavior: Gender as the Moderator. Contemporary Management Research, 11(2), 179-206
Dagher, G. K, & Itani, O.S (2014). Factors influencing green purchasing behaviour: Empirical evidence from the Lebanese consumers”. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 13(3), 188-195.