Prof. Abdullah A. Al-Beraidi

                                                                             Abdullah Al-Beraidi
                                                                  (0506122330 - abriedy@qu.edu.sa)                              

Education:

  • PhD in Organizational Behaviour, Manchester University (MBS), UK, 2003.
  • In Accountancy, King Saud University, KSA, 1998.
  • In Administrative Sciences, Accountancy, Imam University, KSA, 1992.
  • SOCPA, KSA, 1998.

Teaching:

- Ph.D.: Qualitative Research - Management and culture - building managerial theories - Organizational behavior - strategic management.

- Master: Organizational Behavior - Strategic Management - Human Resources Management - Specialized Studies in Management -Seminar course.

- Bachelor: Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Auditing, Management Principles - Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management.

Selected Recent Expertise:

  • Board Member of the Sustainable Development Centre, SDC (Qassim University, 2014 - now ).
  • Board Member of Audi Committee at Qassim Cement Co (2019-now).
  • Director of Executive Committee of SDC (2016- now).
  • Consultant at the Education and Training Evaluation Commission, ETEC (2019-now).
  • Strategic Expert at many organizations.

Scientific Awards:

1- The Best Distinguished Research Award at Qassim University, 2008. He won the award equally for the research entitled: “A Study of the Relationship between Organizational Culture, Job Satisfaction, and Impressionistic Image: Application to Technical Colleges in Saudi Arabia,” Scientific Journal of Management, 1 (2).

2- The Best Research Award at the First National Conference on Intellectual Security, which was organized by the Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Chair for Intellectual Security Studies, 2009. He won the fourth award at the conference for his research entitled: “A diagnostic model and a proposed research framework for studying the phenomenon of Takfeer as a threat to intellectual security”.

3- The Book Award of The Ministry of Culture and Media, 2016, in the economics and management track, for his book: Sustainable Development (Obeikan, 2015).

Selected Publications:

  1. Al-Beraidi, A. and Rickards, T. (2003), Creative Team Climate in an International Accounting Office: An Exploratory Study in Saudi Arabia, Managerial Auditing Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 7 – 18.
  2.  Al-Beraidi, A. and Rickards, T. (2006), Rethinking Creativity in the Accounting Profession: To Be Professional and Creative, Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, vol. 2, no 2, p. 25-41.  
  3. Al-Beraidi, A. and Rickards, T. (2006), Team Creativity in Highly Regulated Contexts: Towards a New Paradigm, The R&D Management Conference, Taiwan.
  4. Al-Beraidi, A. (2007), Arab Strategy in Higher Education Institutions: Descriptive Analytical Approach to Investigate the Cultural Problematic Factor, Arab Journal of Administration, vol. 27 (2), p. 79-110.
  5. Abdullah Al-Beraidi (2007), Dilemmas of Leadership by  Tudor Rickards and Murray Clark, ( 2006), Journal of Management Development, vol. 26 (2) (Book Review).
  6.  Al-Beraidi, A (2008), Teaching and Integrating Creative Thinking Skills into Some Business Curriculum: A Suggested Framework, Qassim University: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, vol. 1 (2), p. 151-178.
  7.   Al-Beraidi, A (2008), Conceptual and Institutional Framework of Certified Rehabilitation in the Field of Creativity and Giftedness: A Suggested Project for the Arab World, Qassim University: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, vol. 1 (1), p. 63-90.
  8. Al-Beraidi, A. (2008), Exploring the relationship between Organizational Culture, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Image: An Applied  Study on Technological Colleges in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Management Association, Scientific Journal of Management, vol. 1 (2), p. 7-46.
  9. Al-Beraidi, A. (2009),  The Terminological Problematic Issue in the Arab Managerial Thought with the Application on the “Governance” Term, Abha, First International Conference of Corporate Governance.  
  10. Al-Beraidi, A. and Rickards, T. (2010),  Team Creativity in Highly Regulated Contexts: A Quantitative Investigation in Accounting Offices in Saudi Arabia, Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 137-167. 
  11. Al-Beraidi, A. and Alodhayb, K. (2011), Priorities for job satisfaction in the Saudi Arabian private sector, Research Center at the College of Business and Economics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
  12. Al-Beraidi, A. (2011), Knowledge Management: Towards A Civilizational and Cultural Perspective, Saudi Arabia,  The Institute of Public Administration: Public Administration Journal, vol. 52 (no. 1), p. 481-513. 
  13. Al-Beraidi, A. (2011), Weakness of Creative Research Productivity in the Arab World: Symptoms, Hindrances, and Solutions with a Focus on Business Disciplines, Qassim University: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, vol. 4 (1), p. 29-83.
  14. Al-Beraidi, A (2011),  Developing Morality in Business Students: Insights from Arab-Islamic Culture and Business Experience, in Charles Wankel and Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch (eds.), Effectively Integrating Ethical Dimensions into Business Education, Information Age Publishing (Book Chapter).
  15. Al-Beraidi, A. and Al-Rasheed, N. (2012), Empowerment's Levels and Obstacles and its Relationship to Organizational Loyalty in the Saudi Banking Sector: An Empirical Study on a Sample of Qassim Region's Banks, Saudi Arabia, The Institute of Public Administration: Public Administration Journal, vol. 52 (no. 2), p. 161-199. 
  16. Al-Beraidi, A. (2012), Exploring Some Dimensions of Prejudice as a Neglected Phenomenon in the Arab Administrative Environment, Majmaah University: Journal of Human and Administrative Sciences, vol. 1 (no. 1), p. 81-130.
  17. Al-Beraidi, A. (2012), Towards an Investigation of Prejudice Phenomenon in Organizational Behaviour, Arab Journal of Administration,  Refereed bulletin.
  18. Al-Beraidi, A. (2012), Towards "management of prejudice": A proposed framework for defining and addressing the prejudice phenomenon in the management thought, Arab Journal of Administration.
  19. Al-Beraidi, A. (2014), Towards "management of prejudice": A proposed framework for defining and addressing the prejudice phenomenon in the management thought, Arab Journal of Administration, 34 (1).
  20. Al-Beraidi, A. (2018), Saudi Sociology between Aspirations and Deprivation: A Study on the Causes of Unfulfilled Aspirations, Idafat Journal (Arab Journal Of Sociology), No. 43-44 Summer – Autumn.
  21. Al-Beraidi, A. (2018), The Trap of Neoliberalism for GCC Countries: Salvaging an Economy or Drowning a Community?, Contemporary Arab Affairs, 11 (4), p. 63-82.
  22. Al-Beraidi, A. (2020), To What Extent Do Non-Westerners Tolerate Political Oppression? They Have Their Own “Impossible Tyranny”!, Contemporary Arab Affairs, 13 (3), p. 3-24.
  23. 23. Al-Beraidi, A., et al. (2023), Relinking the Arab Management Thought with Social Sciences, Arab Journal of Administration, 34 (1), p. 225-242.
  24. Al-Beraidi, A., et al. (2024), Ideology in the context of management thought: A Critical Philosophical Analysis of its Indications Motives and Effects, Arab Journal of Administration, 44 (1).

Selected Books:

  1. Al-Beraidi, A. (2015), Sustainable Development, Riyadh: Obeikan, 2015.
  2. Al-Beraidi, A. (ed.) (2015), Linguistic volunteering - a theoretical and applied framework for volunteering in the field of Arabic language service.
  3. Al-Beraidi, A. (2018), The Trap of Neoliberalism for GCC Countries: Salvaging an Economy or Drowning a Community?, Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies.
  4. Al-Beraidi, A. (2019), Towards the study of the local personality (Saudi Qassimi people), Beirut: Alentishar Alarabi.
  5. Al-Beraidi, A. (ed.) (2019), Language does not protect itself - a theoretical and applied approach to the legal protection of languages, Riyadh: King Abdullah International Center for Arabic Language.
  6. Al-Beraidi, A. (2022), Ibn Taymiyyah the Philosopher of Instinct - Towards the Capsulation of the Philosopher, Damam: Athar, 2nd ed.
  7. Al-Beraidi, A. (2023), Imperfect Being: Eleven Questions in Reading Philosophy, Riyadh: Adab, 2nd ed.
  8. Al-Beraidi, A. (2023), Model-Creating Research, a methodology for building interpretive models, Riyadh: Adab.
  9. Al-Beraidi, A. (2023), Saudi national identity - its foundations and humanitarian horizons, Riyadh: King Abdul Aziz for National Dialogue.