Majdi Anwar Quttainah | Sustainablity | Best Researcher Award

Assoc Prof Dr. Majdi Anwar Quttainah | Sustainablity | Best Researcher Award

Assoc Prof Dr. Majdi Anwar Quttainah | Sustainablity | Associate Professor at Kuwait University | Kuwait

Assoc Prof Dr. Majdi Anwar Quttainah is a distinguished scholar in corporate governance, strategic management, managerial behavior, and sustainability, widely recognized for his influential research contributions and strong international academic presence. He has built an exceptional academic trajectory grounded in rigorous scholarship, extensive global collaborations, and impactful research that advances the understanding of governance practices, ethics, and organizational behavior, particularly within the context of Islamic banking and emerging markets. Educated at reputable institutions, Majdi Anwar Quttainah completed his advanced academic training culminating in a doctoral degree that shaped his research interests in strategic decision-making, corporate ethics, upper-echelon theory, and digital transformation in business environments. He has served in significant academic roles, contributing to both teaching and research excellence at the College of Business Administration, Kuwait University, where he actively mentors students, engages in curriculum development, and leads research initiatives that promote responsible management and sustainable business practices. His professional experience includes collaborative projects with Sustainablity internationally renowned scholars from top institutions such as King’s College London, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Halmstad University, Liwa University, and the University of Nottingham, establishing him as a key contributor to global discussions on governance, accountability, innovation capacity, and organizational performance. His research interests span corporate governance mechanisms, sustainability integration, managerial behavior, organizational change, ethics in financial institutions, and the strategic role of leadership in shaping firm outcomes. He demonstrates strong research skills in empirical modeling, qualitative analysis, cross-cultural comparative research

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Featured Publications:

  1. Quttainah, M. A., Song, L., & Wu, Q. (2013). Do Islamic banks employ less earnings management? Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting. (Cited 271 times)

  2. Almutairi, A. R., & Quttainah, M. A. (2017). Corporate governance: Evidence from Islamic banks. Social Responsibility Journal. (Cited 222 times)

  3. Judge, W. Q., Hu, H. W., Gabrielsson, J., Talaulicar, T., Witt, M. A., Zattoni, A., … Quttainah, M. A. (2015). Configurations of capacity for change in entrepreneurial threshold firms. Journal of Management Studies. (Cited 118 times)

  4. Quttainah, M. A., & Almutairi, A. R. (2017). Corporate ethics: Evidence from Islamic banks. Journal of Management & Governance. (Cited 62 times)

  5. Almutairi, A. R., & Quttainah, M. A. (2019). Corporate governance and accounting conservatism in Islamic banks. Thunderbird International Business Review. (Cited 56 times)