Dr Ahmed Hammad
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Dr Ahmed Hammad

Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

Biography

Biography

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Since 2024. 
  • Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Plymouth Business School, UK since 2023.
  • Associate Lecturer of Business, Plymouth Business School, UK, since 2020.
  • Assistant Lecturer of Business at Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt since 2017-2019.
  • Demonstrator of Business at Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt since 2012-2017.

Qualifications

  • PhD degree in Tourism and Hospitality, Plymouth Business School in 2023.
  • Master's degree in Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt in 2017.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt in 2012.

Professional membership

  • Member of Higher Education Academy (HEA).
  • Member of Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT). 
  • Member of The British Academy (BA). 

Roles on external bodies

  • The Postgraduate Research Officer with the Student Union (SU) in 2023.
  • A member in several societies including; Business Society, International students society, Shipping society, Debate Society, Global Buddies community, Support for Refugees society, and wildlife and ecosystems society in 2023. 
Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
  • HRL4002: Business and Management Internal Setting 
  • STO4001: Business and Management External Environment 
  • ACF5005 + HRL5008: Challenge Module 
  • THE5003: Destination Planning and Management 
  • HRL5003 + HRL6003: Human Resource Management in a Global Context 
  • PBS6000: Honorus Project (Undergraduate Students)
  • STO6003 + STO6003SU: Strategy and Leadership
  • HRL306: Leadership Practice
  • HRL300: Organisational Leadership
  • HTM339 + HTM339HK: Leadership
  • IUG3004B: Project (Management Report-Quantitative Methods)  
POSTGRADUATE LEVEL
  • STO714: Project (Master students) 
  • PBS7000: Capstone Project (Master Students)
  • HRL7001 + HRL7001HA: Ethical Resourcing 
Research

Research

Research interests

  • Tourism and Hospitality
  • Human Research Management
  • Leadership Styles
  • Innovative Behaviour
  • Employee Voice
  • Self-efficacy
  • Organisational support
  • Travel Agents
  • Tourism Sector

Other research

  • Demarketing
  • Employee perception, attitude, and intention
  • Switching costs

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

MASTER STUDENTS
  • Ozuzu, C (2024). The Impact of Employee Retention on Organisational Performance in Lagos, Nigeria: A case Study of Samsung.
  • Sodiya, E (2024). Impact of Culturally Accepted Power Distance on International Business Performance: The Case of Chinese Firms in Nigeria. 
  • Nwauzu, J (2024). Effects of Employee Turnover on Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Southwest Nigeria.

Grants & contracts

  • Awarded a full scholarship from the Egyptian government to complete my PhD studies in Plymouth Business School.
  • Awarded the "PhD student of the Year 2023 in Travel and Tourism across the UK" from the institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT).
  • Awarded The SSTAR awards from University of Plymouth's Student Union (SU) for the category; Part-Time Postgraduate Research Officer of the Year 2023.
  • Awarded the University of Plymouth's Student Union (SU) Committed, Dedicated, and Outstanding Student Volunteer Award in 2023.
  • Awarded the badge signifying University of Plymouth - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Recognition Award - Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business in 2022.

Creative practice & artistic projects

  • Hosting a variety of social and academic events for all PGRs of University of Plymouth in 2023.
Publications

Publications

Journals

  •  Elsetouhi, A. M., Elshourbagi, M. E., Hammad, A. A., & Elnazer, A. A. (2023). The tourism demarketing mix: working to reduce revisits to Egyptian nature reserves. Journal of Travel Research, 00472875231158590.
  •  Elsetouhi, A. M., Hammad, A. A., Nagm, A. E. A., & Elbaz, A. M. (2018). Perceived leader behavioral integrity and employee voice in SMEs travel agents: The mediating role of empowering leader behaviors. Tourism Management, 65, 100-115. 





Conference Papers

 Hammad, A. (2020, April). Reviewing Employee Innovative Behavior. In International Student Conference in Tourism Research (pp. 10-22). 






Other Publications
Perceived Leader Integrity and Employee Voice In SMEs Travel Agents. (LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing – Riga Latvia, European Union). 
Personal

Personal

Conferences organised

Participated in International Student Conference in Tourism Research (2020).

Other academic activities

Organising several events to increase the engagement between PGRs and staff.