Editor Profile
Dr. Yousif Abdelrahim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Present
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU)
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Yousif Abdelrahim is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and academic leader in business administration, including organisational behavior, strategic management, cultural intelligence management, and interdisciplinary research at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Dr Yousif also serves as Chair of Social Responsibility and Community Service and as a member of the Faculty Interviewing Committee. Dr Yousif’s research explores cultural values, tribalism, education leadership, sustainability, and management, with a focus on how fairness, inequality, and social cohesion shape organisational behavior and development. Dr Yousif is known for developing the first validated individual-level tribalism scale, extending cross-cultural theory beyond Hofstede’s framework. Dr Yousif is a member of the American Educational Research Association. Dr Yousif has published extensively in business ethics and sustainable education. He also authored *Tribalism and Corruption Book* (2021) and contributed to the development of Institutional Review Board (IRB) and CSR frameworks supporting AACSB accreditation. Internationally recognized, he has served as a QS Reimagine Education Judge and the PMU HULT Prize mentor and representative. Finally, Dr Yousif, the winner of the Leadership and Advocacy Award, organized by the World Education Summit and Elets Technomedia, Dubai, February 4-5, 2026.
- Cultural values and cross-cultural management
- Tribalism, social identity, and informal institutions
- Organizational behavior and leadership
- Business ethics, CSR, and ethical governance
- Sustainability in higher education
- Educational leadership and student well-being
- Social inequality, fairness, and social cohesion
- Cultural and institutional determinants of corruption
- Measurement and scale development in cultural research
