Yasser Almaloy Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management

Biography:

An Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business at Al Yamamah University. My research interests include, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Currently, I am teaching PMT 554: Project Management Strategies course in the MBA program at COB. In addition, I am teaching the four sections of MGT 308: Entrepreneurship and Innovation course for the undergraduate program. Before joining Al Yamamah University, I did my master’s degree in organizational development and leadership from PCOM college in Philadelphia, PA, USA. After that I received my PhD in Business Administration from Osaka Sangyo University in Osaka, Japan. In my Doctoral Dissertation I did comparative research on Saudi and Japanese SMEs. I studied the effect of LMX on Disruptive Innovation and the role of leadership in enhancing organizational innovation performance.

Publications:

  • Almaloy, Y.  (2023).  Incorporating  Individual  Creative  Thinking  Skills  into  Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) to Enhance Organizational Innovation: With a Special focus on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Osaka Sangyo University Journal of Business Administration, 24(2).
  • Almaloy, Y. (2021). The Effectiveness of Functioning as a Robust Systems and Using Relational Leadership to Enhance Disruptive Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Osaka Sangyo University Journal of Business Administration, 23(1).

Conferences:

A Study on Relational Leadership and Disruptive Innovation in the Age of Industry

4.0: With Special Reference to the Saudi Tourism SMEs - The Society of Economic

Sociology Conference in Japan. 2021

Teaching

  • Project Management Strategies Course ( PMT 554) MBA program at COB.
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation Course (MGT 308) at COB.