YU -AlKhobar

Dr. Zaid Saidat

Assistant Professor of Finance

Biography:

Dr. Zaid Saidat is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Finance & Accounting Department of Al-Yamamah University / Saudi Arabia. He serves as a member of a college-level committee within the College of Business (COB) at Al Yamamah University, the Appeal Review Committee. Prior to joining Al Yamamah University, Dr. Saidat worked as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Middle East University, and as an Assistant Professor of Financial Technology at Applied Science Private University/Jordan.

In 2019, he completed his Ph.D. in Finance with a minor of Corporate Governance, Financial Performance and Family Businesses from Queen Margaret University (QMU) / United Kingdom. He holds a MS.c. in Financial Management from Edinburgh Napier University/ United Kingdom and a BS.c. in Financial Economics from the Hashemite University/ Jordan.

Dr. Saidat dedication to scientific research is evident through his publications in indexed journals such as Journal of Family Business Management, Resources Policy, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, and Economics & Sociology, etc. and his participation in several conferences such as the 3rd Conference on SMEs Financing and Governance, University Paris Nanterre, France. International Conference on Business Analytics for Technology and Security (ICBATS), Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation conference (Springer), ASU, Jordan, etc. His research interest: Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Financial Management, SMEs, Family businesses, corporate governance, Blockchain and Financial Technology.​

Publications:

  • Al-Haddad, L.M., Saidat, Z., Seaman, C. and Gerged, A.M. (2023), "Does capital structure matter? Evidence from family-owned firms in Jordan", Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-09-2022-0115 (Scopus Indexed, Q1).
  • Aldomy, R. F., Al Abed, S., Al-Naimi, A. A., Saidat, Z., & Dwaikat, N. (2022). Evaluating the Efficiency of Jordanian Commercial Banks Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 57(3). (Scopus Indexed, Q2).
  • Alhaddad, L., Gerged, A. M., Saidat, Z., Ali Al-Qudah, A., & Aziz, T. (2022). Do multiple directorships stimulate or inhibit firm value? Evidence from an emerging economy. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 30(4), 546-562. (Scopus Indexed, Q1).
  • Saidat, Z., Alrababa'a, A. R., & Seaman, C. (2022). Family-owned banks in Jordan: do they perform better? Journal of Family Business Management. (Scopus Indexed, Q1).
  • Saidat, Z., Silva, M., Al-Daboubi, D., AL-Naimi, A. A., & Aldomy, R. (2022). How can blockchain revolutionize the jordanian banking sector?. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 57(3). (Scopus Indexed, Q2).
  • Al Rababa'a, A. R., Alomari, M., Mensi, W., Matar, A., & Saidat, Z. (2021). Does tracking the infectious diseases impact the gold, oil and US dollar returns and correlation? A quantile regression approach. Resources Policy, 74, 102311. (Scopus Indexed, Q1).
  • Saidat, Z., Silva, M., & Seaman, C. (2019). The relationship between corporate governance and financial performance: Evidence from Jordanian family and nonfamily firms. Journal of Family Business Management, 9(1), 54-78. (Scopus Indexed, Q1).
  • Saidat, Z., Bani-Khalid, T., Alhaddad, L., Marashdeh, Z. (2020). Does Family CEO enhance the performance of family business? The case of Jordan. Journal of Economics and Sociology 13 (2), 21-32. (Scopus Indexed, Q1)
  • Al Rababa’a, A., Saidat, Z., & Hendawi, R. (2021). Forecasting Stock Returns in The Amman Stock Exchange: Do Neural Networks Outperform the Linear Regressions? Investment Management and Financial Innovations. (Accepted, Scopus Indexed, Q2).
  • Saidat, Z., Seaman, C., Silva, M., Al-Haddad, L., & Marashdeh, Z. (2020). Female directors, family ownership and firm performance in Jordan. International Journal of Financial Research, 11 (1), 206-219. (Scopus Indexed, Q3).
  • Marashdeh, Z., Saidat, Z., Alkhodary, D., & Al-Haddad, A. L. (2021). Agency theory and the jordanian corporate environment: why a single theory is not enough. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, 25(5). (Scopus Indexed, Q3).
  • Al-Haddad, L., Gerged, A., & Saidat, Z. (2019). Managing earnings using classification shifting: Novel evidence from Jordan. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, 23 (2), 1-14. (Scopus Indexed, Q4)

Conferences:

  • QMU Doctoral Candidate 9th Annual Conference, 2017.
  • The relationship between corporate governance and financial performance: evidence from Jordanian Family and Nonfamily firms. Paper presented at 3rd Conference on SMEs Financing and Governance, University Paris Nanterre, France.
  • QMU Doctoral Candidate 10th Annual Conference, 2018.
  • Saidat, Z., Abdelrahim, H. J., Alkhodary, D. A., & Qasaimeh, G. (2023, March). Impact of Open Big Data and Insurtech on Business Digitalization. In 2023 International Conference on Business Analytics for Technology and Security (ICBATS) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  • Al-Own, B., Saidat, Z., Kasem, J., & Qasaimeh, G. (2023, March). Impact of Digital Payment Systems and Blockchain on Economic Growth. In 2023 International Conference on Business Analytics for Technology and Security (ICBATS) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

Teaching:

  • Fundamentals of Financial Technology
  • Blockchain in finance
  • Financial Data Management (SQL)
  • Investment Management
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Finance Mathematics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Feasibility study

Services:

  • Accomplished supervising a Master`s Thesis Titled "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Efficiency of Banking Service: Evidence from Jordanian Commercial Banks", at ASU 2021-2022.
  • Accomplished supervising a Master`s Thesis Titled "Determinants of Bank Failures: Evidence from Jordanian Commercial Banks", at ASU 2022-2023.
  • External examiner for Master Thesis Titled " The impact of the quality of electronic banking services on the financial performance of Jordanian commercial banks" at Al-bayt University 2022-2023.

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