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Research Groups

Name of Research Group	Head of Group
Educational Administration and Leadership	Dr. Yasser Al-Mahdy
Higher Education Studies	Dr. Omer Ismail

Funded Projects

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
Online Micro-Credentials: A New Window to Up-Skill and Re-Skill Professionals in the Omani labour market (RC/RG-EDU/DEFA/21/01)	Ministry of Higher education, Research and Innovation	2021-2023
Towards a contextual understanding of school principal agency in Oman: Leading during the COVID-19 pandemic (IG/EDU/DEFA/22/06)	Sultan Qaboos University internal Grants	2022-2024
Towards an effective E-Learning at Sultan Qaboos University Best Practices and Approaches	Sultan Qaboos University internal Grants	2020-2021
Predictive Ability of Admission Criteria of Postgraduate Master Students in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University	Sultan Qaboos University Deanship Fund	2020
Designing, developing, implementing and evaluating an effective MOOC at Sultan Qaboos University	Sultan Qaboos University Deanship Fund	2019- (one year)
Educational Project Management	Research Center for the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States	2019-2020

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
Learning outcomes of students with disabilities: The individual and institutional factors affecting them in Omani schools (Towards building an inclusive institutional effectiveness in light of ideal global models). EG/SQU-OLNG/21/04	Oman Liquefied Natural Gas Company	2021-2023
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman and its relationship to faculty engagement, organizational citizenship, and intention to leave: Sultan Qaboos University as a model	SQU	2023-2024
Disability Severity as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Teacher’s Agency, Grit, and Resiliency and Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education in Oman. IG/EDU/Psych/21/01	SQU Internal Grant	2021-2023
A proposal for developing the performance of administrators at the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman in accordance with "strategic leadership , BFP/RGP-EHR/21/115	The Research Council	2021-2023
Developing the efficiency of higher education institutions in Supporting economics based on knowledge in Sultanate of Oman IG/EDU/DEFA/21/02	SQU Internal Grant	2021-2023

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman and its relationship to faculty engagement, organizational citizenship, and intention to leave: Sultan Qaboos University as a model	SQU	2 years

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
Developing the efficiency of higher education institutions to support the knowledge-based economy In the Sultanate of Oman	Sultan Qaboos University internal Grants	2021-2023

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
A Roadmap to Enhance Academic Quality in Omani Universities Using the QS Ranking System: Towards Realizing Oman Vision 2040	Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation	2021-2023
The Impact of Global University Ranking on higher education institutions? Governance and Policies in the Sultanate of Oman	SQU Internal Grant	2021-2023

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Organizational Agility and Its Role in Enhancing Core Competencies and Achieving Competitive Advantage in Omani schools in The Light of Oman Vision 2040

RC/RG-EDU/DEFA/23/02

Ministry of Higher education, Research and Innovation

2024-2026

A proposed strategy for the application of operational contracting in public schools in Sultanate of Oman in the light of educational developments

IG/EDU/DEFA/19/04

SQU Internal Grant

2019-2020

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
The requirements and challenges of the competitiveness of general education schools from the point of view of experts and educational leaders at the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman	SQU Internal Grant	2023-2024
Organizational Agility and Its Role in Enhancing Core Competencies and Achieving Competitive Advantage in Omani schools in The Light of Oman Vision 2040 RC/RG-EDU/DEFA/23/02	Ministry of Higher education, Research and Innovation	2024-2026
A proposed strategic vision to activate artificial intelligence in enriching student talents in Omani higher education institutions	SQU internal grants	2023-2024

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
Promises, Challenges and Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Institutions in Oman	Ministry of Higher education, Research and Innovation	2024 - 2026
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman and its relationship to faculty engagement, organizational citizenship, and intention to leave: Sultan Qaboos University as a model	Sultan Qaboos University internal Grants	2023 - 2025

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
A proposed strategic vision to activate artificial intelligence in enriching student talents in Omani higher education institutions	SQU internal grants	2023-2024

Recent Publications

Publications 2023

Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H & Emam, M. (2023). School Leadership Practice in Oman: an investigation of authentic leadership, teacher engagement and turnover intention. International Encyclopedia of Education, 4th Edition. Elsevier Publications. 501-510. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.05065-X
Al-Ani, W., Kadhim, A. M., & Al-Harthi, A. S. A. (2023). The predictive Ability of Admission Criteria and Student Performance Level in Master Programs in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University. The Journal of Educational and Psychological Research (University of Baghdad), 20(77), 1-27. https://jperc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jperc/article/view/1436/1136 (In Arabic).
Abunaser, Farthi M. , Hamad, Omer , Salh El-Din, Nesreen , Lashin, Mohamed, Alqathani, Mohammed .(2023). Strategies to address the financial challenges facing universities post the COVID-19 crisis: faculty members’ perceptions. Business,Management and Economics Engineering, 21(02). 102- 121.
Nesreen Salaheldin, Fathi M. Abunaser. (2023). The Paradoxical Leadership in the Context of Arabs Schools: Perspectives of Teachers and Principals. Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 6(9s), 993–1011. Retrieved from https://jrtdd.com/index.php/journal/article/view/1664
Hammad, W., Sawalhi, R., Salim Al-Harthi, A., Alamri, F., & Morad, H. (2023). Perceptions of teacher leadership in the Arab region: A comparative analysis of three countries. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 17411432231166888
Al’Abri, K. M., Ismail, O. H., & Al-Omari, A. A. (2023). Teacher Recruitment and the Right Career Choice: Parents’ Perceptions of the Teaching Profession in Oman. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 22(6), 679-693.
Al-Housni, H. (2022). Educational Leadership Development in USA and Arabian Gulf Countries: Preparing Effective School Leaders, PhD Dissertation, Auburn Universty.
Abunaser, F.et al, (2023). The Role of Teachers and Coordinators of Gifted Students’ in Developing their Students’ Leadership Abilities in High Schools, International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 1 - 18
Abunaser, F.et al, (2023). Female Principals’ Leadership Roles and Their Impact on School Culture Regarding Gifted Students’ Classrooms, International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 483-500
Abunaser, F, et. al (2023).the Culture of E-Arabs, journal of Intelligent 11(1), 1-7. (2023).
Abdeen, M.; Haiba, Z.; Alshamy, A.; Elzanfaly, A. (2023). Educational planning in the member states of the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States and the demands for its development. The Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center (GASERC).
Al-Jabri, A.; Al-Mahdy, Y.; Alshamy, A. (2023). Job burnout among public school principals in the Sultanate of Oman: A field study. Journal of the Future of Arab Education, 141, 1-22.
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. & Al-Azmi, A. (2023). Principal Support and Teacher Turnover Intention in Kuwait: Implications for Policymakers. Leadership and Policy in Schools. 22(1), 44-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2021.1879168
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H, et al., (2023). Supporting teacher professional learning in Oman: The effects of principal leadership, teacher trust, and teacher agency. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432211064428
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H, Hallinger, P., Omara, E. & Emam, M, (2023). Exploring How Power Distance Influences Principal Instructional Leadership Effects on Teacher Agency and Classroom Instruction in Oman: A Moderated-Mediation Analysis. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432221113912
Al-Dhuhli, H., Al-Harthi, A. S., Al-Ani, W. & Al-Kharusi, H. (2023). The Reality of employing Electronic communication between school administration and parents in the Sultanate of Oman in light of Epstein model of community partnership. Journal of Faculty of Educational in Educational Sciences (Ain Shams University), 47(1) ، 351-390 https://doi.org/10.21608/jfees.2023.298798 (In Arabic)..
Hammad, W., Sawalhi, R., Al-Harthi, A. S., Alamri, F., & Morad, H. (2023). Perceptions of teacher leadership in the Arab region: A comparative analysis of three countries. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231166888 (In English).

Publications 2022

Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H & Emam, M., (2022). Program Accreditation as a Change Enterprise in Oman: Exploring How Organizational Support and Commitment Impact Citizenship Behaviour of University Faculty. Quality Assurance in Education. (Scopus Indexed, Q2). https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-04-2022-0089
Emam, M., Hilal, Y., Mohamed, N., & Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. (2022). Between Think Big and Hit Hard’ Exploring the Role of Teacher Agency in Becoming an Action Researcher: The Egyptian Context. Educational Action Researcher. ((Scopus Indexed, Q2). https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2022.2159470
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., Al-Harthi, A., & Salah Eldin, N. (2022). The effect of leadership support on commitment to change and turnover intention in Omani higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education. (Scopus Q1). https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2022.2124367
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H, Hallinger, P., Omara, E. & Emam, M, (2022). Exploring How Power Distance Influences Principal Instructional Leadership Effects on Teacher Agency and Classroom Instruction in Oman: A Moderated-Mediation Analysis. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. (WOS, Q1). https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432221113912
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H & Emam, M. & Hassan, T. (2022). Workplace spirituality and organizational citizenship behavior among teachers in Bahrain: commitment as a mediator, Journal of Beliefs & Values, 43(3), 301-319. DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2021.1957601 (WOS & Scopus Indexed, Q1).
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H, Hallinger, P., Emam, M., Hammad, W., Al-Abri, K., Al-Harthi, K., (2022). Supporting teacher professional learning in Oman: The effects of principal leadership, teacher trust, and teacher agency. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432211064428 (WOS, Q1)
Al-Harthi, A. S. A., & Ani, W. T. A. (accepted 2022). Learner readiness for MOOCs in Omani higher education institutions: disparities between projections and reality. Education and Information Technologies, 28(1), 303-319. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-022-11183-5
Emam, M. & Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. (2022). Building School Capacity for Inclusive Education in the Sultanate of Oman: A Construct Validation of the Inclusive School Climate Scale. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 21(2), 239-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2020.1770803 (WOS & Scopus Indexed, Q1)
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H, & Al-Harthi, K. (2022). Teaching satisfaction as a mediator in the relationship between principal’s support and teachers' intent to leave in basic education schools in Oman, Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies: Sultan Qaboos University. 16(3), 211-225. (In Arabic). https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/jeps/article/view/5303/3532
Hammad, W., Ahmed, A., Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., and Al-Kiyumi, A. (2022). The Perceptions of Instructional Supervisors About Instructional Supervision: Developments and Challenges in The Sultanate of Oman: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Educational Sciences, Qatar University. 19, 28-56. https://journals.qu.edu.qa/index.php/jes/article/download/2402/1667. (In Arabic).
Al-Kindi, R., Hammad, W., and Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., (2022). The degree of empowerment of teachers in government schools in the Governorate of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman from their point of view. The Jordanian Journal of Educational Sciences, Jordan. 11.pdf (yu.edu.jo) (In Arabic)
Al-Rashidi, K Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., Al-Harthi, A, and Emam, M., (2022). Teachers’ resistance to change in science and mathematics curricula in the Sultanate of Oman. The Jordanian Journal of Educational Sciences, Jordan, 18, 3, 437 – 449. https://journals.yu.edu.jo/jjes/Issues/2022/Vol18No3/3.html 3.pdf (yu.edu.jo) (In Arabic)
Al-Mahdy, Y, Al-Ani, W., and Al-Harthy, K. (accepted for publication 2022). Professional learning for teachers as an input to improve student learning in the Sultanate of Oman, a prospective study. The Jordanian Journal of Educational Sciences, Jordan (In Arabic)

Publications 2021

Al-Fahdi, R., Al-Omari, & Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., (2021). Assessing the possession of action research skills by administrators and supervisors in Omani schools. Asian journal of management sciences & education, 10(1), 75-84. http://www.ajmse.leena-luna.co.jp/AJMSEPDFs/Vol.10(1)/AJMSE2021(10.1-08).pdf (In English).
Al-Fahdi, Rashid.; AL-Omari, Aieman & Al-Mahdy, Yasser (2021). Assessing The Possession of Action Research Skills by Administration and Supervisors in Oman Schools, Asian Journal of Management Sciences & Education. 10, (1), 75-84.
Al-Mahdy, Y., Hallinger, P., Emam, M., Hammad, W., Alabri, K. M., & Al-Harthi, K. (2021). Supporting teacher professional learning in Oman: The effects of principal leadership, teacher trust, and teacher agency. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 10.1177/17411432211064428
Alazmi, A. A., & Hammad, W. (2021). Modelling the relationship between principal leadership and teacher professional learning in Kuwait: The mediating effects of Trust and Teacher Agency. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 17411432211038007
Hammad, W., Abu Shindi, Y., Morad, H., Al-Mahdy, Y. F. H., & Al-Harthi, K. (2021). Promoting teacher professional learning in Egyptian schools: the contribution of learning-centered leadership. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1-19
Getahun, D. A., Hammad, W., & Robinson-Pant, A. (2021). Academic writing for publication: Putting the ‘international’into context. Research in Comparative and International Education, 16(2), 160-180
Hammad, W., & Bush, T. (2021). Exploring the Perceptions of Omani School Principals About Their Leadership Preparation: A Mixed-Methods Study. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 1-16
Hammad, W., & Al-Ani, W. (2021). Building Educational Research Capacity: Challenges and Opportunities From the Perspectives of Faculty Members at a National University in Oman. SAGE Open, 11(3), 21582440211032668
Al Shiyadi, M. A., Al Ghanboosi, S. S., & Al-Harthi, A. S. (2022). The Reality of Evaluating Teacher Performance in the Sultanate of Oman in Light of Global Models. Journal of the College of Education for Women (University of Baghdad), 33(1), 29–50. https://doi.org/10.36231/coedw.v33i1.1562 -In Arabic).
Al-Mahdy, Y. F.; Salah El-Din, N. S. & Al-Harthi, A. S. (2021). Impact of Organizational Support on Faculty Commitment to Academic Accreditation in Higher Education Institutions. United Arab Emirates College of Education International Journal for Research in Education. 45(3), https://scholarworks.uaeu.ac.ae/ijre/vol45/iss3/1 In Arabic).

Publications 2020

Emam, M. & Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. (2020). Teachers’ efficacy for inclusive practices in the Sultanate of Oman: Effect of gender and teaching experience. School Psychology International, 41(2), 170-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034319895062. (In English).
Al-Fahadi, Rashid; Hammad, Waheed & al-Omari, Aieman (2020). THE Organization Climate as Perceived by The Teachers at Oman’s Schools, International Interdisciplinary Journal of Education, 9, (3), 212-218. (http://iijoe.org/v9/IIJOE_15_03_09_2020.pdf)
Hammad, W. & Alazmi, A. (2020). Research on school principals in the Gulf states: A systematic review of topics and conceptual models. Management in Education, DOI:10.1177/0892020620959748
Hammad, W., Samier, E. A., & Mohammed, A. (2020). Mapping the field of educational leadership and management in the Arabian Gulf region: A systematic review of Arabic research literature. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 1741143220937308
Al-Kiyumi, A., & Hammad, W. (2020). Preparing Instructional Supervisors for Educational Change: Empirical Evidence from the Sultanate of Oman. SAGE Open, 10(2), 2158244020935905.
Al-Harthi, A. S. A., Campbell, C., & Al-Hosni, H. A. (2020). Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Integrating Mobile Devices in Teaching and Learning. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 14 (1), pp. 80-98, DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2020.10024687(Q1) (In English).
Emam, M. & Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. (2020). Teachers’ efficacy for inclusive practices in the Sultanate of Oman: Effect of gender and teaching experience. School Psychology International, 41(2), 170-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034319895062.
Al-Fahdi, R., Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., & Al-Shanfari, A. (2020). Indicators of intellectual security among youth and the administrative practices that support them in higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman. International Interdisciplinary Journal of Education, Jordan, 9(22), 55-64. (In Arabic) http://iijoe.org/v9/IIJOE_04_02_09_2020.pdf.
Al-Maamari, F., Al-Fahdi, R., Al-Shanfari, A., & Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. (2020). The role of school administration in developing intellectual security among school students in the Governorate of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Educational Sciences- Qatar University, 16, 96-129. (In Arabic) https://doi.org/10.29117/jes.2020.0036.
Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H., Salah El-Din, N., Issan, S., & Lashin, M. (2020). The challenges of diversifying the sources of funding for higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman: A field study. International Interdisciplinary Journal of Education, 9(2), 65-77. (In Arabic) https://doi.org/10.36752/1764-009-002-005
Al-Mahdi, Yasser Fathi, Salah El-Din, Nesreen Saleh Mohamed, Issan, Salha Abdullah, and Lashin, Muhammad Abdel Hamid. (2020). Challenges of diversifying sources of funding for higher education in the Sultanate of Oman: A field study. International Specialized Educational Journal, 2 (9), 65-77. Retrieved from http://search.mandumah.com/Record/1063298
Salah El-Din, Nesreen Saleh Mohamed. (2020). Sports leadership and social responsibility in post-basic schools in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences, Fayoum University, 14.
Salah El-Din, Nesreen Saleh Mohamed. (2020). Improving the job performance of teachers in basic education schools in the Sultanate of Oman in light of supervision. Journal of Scientific Research in Education, Ain Shams University, 21
Salah El-Din, Nesreen Saleh Mohamed, Al-Yahia, Rahma Saeed, and Al-Fahdi, Rashid Suleiman. (2020). Establishing job alienation and its level in public schools in the Sultanate of Oman: an exploratory analytical study. Journal of Educational Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Cairo University. July issue
Salah El-Din, Nesreen Saleh Mohamed (2020). Vigilant practices towards Sultan Qaboos: a field study. College of Education Journal of Educational Sciences. Egypt. 4 (44).
Houreyah, A., & Alshamy, A. (2020). Manual of Strategies for Education Sector Analysis. Sharjah: The Regional Center for Educational Planning (RCEP/UNESCO).
Elhawary, D., O'Shea, A., Underwood, J., Elkharashi, S., Hammoud, D., Elkhaial, N., & Alshamy, A. (2020). Leading Change through Peer Communities of Learners: A Case Study between Egypt and The United Kingdom. The American University in Cairo.
Elzanfaly, A., & Alshamy, A. (2020). Education Planning at Times of Crises in Arab Countries: COVID-19 Pandemic as a Model. Journal of Educational Sciences, 28 (3), 1 - 80.

Name of Research Group

Head of Group

Educational Administration and Leadership

Dr. Yasser Al-Mahdy

Higher Education Studies

Dr. Omer Ismail