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Education

• PhD, Management, University of Memphis, 2013
• MBA, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1999
• Master in International Negotiation, ESCI Fontainebleau France, 1999

Research Interests

• Organizational and institutional change
• Strategies in controversial industries
• Cultural change and globalization

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Aïssaoui, R., Bouznit, M., & Rosado-Feger, A. (2025) Corruption’s impacts on entrepreneurial rates and entrepreneurial outcomes: The moderating role of collectivism. Management International Review, Online First. 
• Aïssaoui, R., Sipos, N., & Fabian, F. (2025) A culturally contingent view of the RBV in SMEs internationalization. Journal of International Management, Online First: 101275. 
• Bouznit, M., & Aïssaoui, R. (2024) The impacts of climate change factors and innovative capabilities on food production in Algeria: Evidence from ARDL model. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26: 23889–23908. 
• Aïssaoui, R. (2022) Actors and resources in the (de)institutionalization and reproduction of educational inequalities: A comparative historical analysis. Journal of Management Studies, 59(6): 1386-1421. 
• Aïssaoui, R. & Fabian, F. (2022) Globalization, economic development, and corruption: A cross-lagged contingency perspective. Journal of International Business Policy, 5(1): 1-28.
• Uzuegbunam, I., Aïssaoui, R., & Taylor-Bianco, A. (2021) Against the norm? Human capital, gender, and resource mobilization in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of African Business, 22(4): 491-513.
• Bouznit, M., Elaguab, M., Selt, M., Himrane, M., & Aïssaoui, R. (2021) Climate change and agricultural production in Algeria. In Climate change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern region, 249-268.
• Aïssaoui, R. et al. (2021) International collaboration and European contributions to international business research. Management International Review, 60: 827-868.
• Geringer, J.M., Livanis, G., & Aïssaoui, R. (2021) Canadian university contributions to international business research. International Journal of Management and Business, 11(1): 72-99.
• Pittaway, L., Aïssaoui, R., Ferrier, M.P., & Mass, P. (2019) University spaces for entrepreneurship: A process model. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.
• Pittaway, L., Aïssaoui, R., & Fox, J. (2018) Social constructionism and entrepreneurial opportunity. In Philosophical reflexivity in entrepreneurship, London, UK: Routledge.
• Aïssaoui, R. & Geringer, M.J. (2018) International business research output and rankings of Asia-Pacific universities: A 40-year time-series analysis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Management, 35(4): 993-1023.
• Aïssaoui, R. & Amis, J. (2017) Institutional logics, power, and school district consolidation. In The dynamics of school district consolidation: Race, economics, and the politics of educational change. University of Tennessee Press.
• Aïssaoui R. & Fabian, F. (2015) The French paradox: Implications for variations in global convergence. Journal of International Management, 21(1): 31-48.
• Amis, J. & Aïssaoui, R. (2013) Readiness for change: An institutional perspective. Journal of Change Management, Special Issue “Change Readiness,” 13(1): 69-95.
• Aïssaoui, R. & Amis, J. (2012) Quantum change. In E. Kessler (ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Awards

Teaching Awards

• Ģ����Ƶ University 2021Management Department Teaching Excellence Award
• Ģ����Ƶ University 2020Management Department Teaching Excellence Award
• Ģ����Ƶ University 2019College of Business Teaching Excellence Award
• Ģ����Ƶ University 2018-2019 University Professor Award

Service Awards

• Ģ����Ƶ University College of Business 2025 Department Service Award
• Ģ����Ƶ University College of Business 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
• Nominated Best Reviewer at the Academy of International Business Southeast 2019
• Ģ����Ƶ University 2018 Above and Beyond Award
• 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Journal of International Management
• Nominated Best Reviewer at the Academy of International Business Southeast 2016
• Best Reviewer Academy of International Business Southeast 2015 Conference
• Best Reviewer in Track: Organization Theory and International Management Southern Management Association 2015 

Research Awards

• Ģ����Ƶ University College of Business Research Excellence Award: 2016, 2019
• Aïssaoui, R. (2018) Privatization through hijacking: How entrepreneurs overcame institutional constraints to privatize public schools. Southern Management Association 2018 Best Paper in Track: Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Technology and Innovation.
• Aïssaoui, R. (2017) Globalization, economic development, and corruption: A cross-lagged contingency perspective. Honorable Mention (2nd Best Paper) at the Interdisciplinary Insights on Corruption and Fraud 2017 Conference.
• Aïssaoui, R., & Fabian, F. (2017) The GLOBE debate: Power structures interdependency and gaps between individual values and national practices. Nominated Best Conference Paper at the Academy of International Business Southeast 2016.
• Aïssaoui, R., & Fabian, F. (2016) Going global: A longitudinal assessment of cultural change at the individual and national levels. Academy of International Business Southeast 2016 Best Conference Paper.
• Aïssaoui, R., & Fabian, F. (2016) The global convergence controversy: A longitudinal multilevel assessment of cultural change. Southern Management Association 2016 Best Paper in Track: Organization Theory, International Management, and Management History.
• Aïssaoui, R., & Geringer J.M. (2015) International business research productivity in Asia-Pacific, 1970-2009. Finalist Best Conference Paper Academy of International Business Southeast 2015.
• Aïssaoui, R. (2014) The homogeneity and heterogeneity of fields. Southern Management Association 2014 Best Doctoral Student Paper in Track: Organization Theory and International Management.
• Aïssaoui, R., & Amis, J. (2014) From episodic to systemic power: The role of institutional logics. Finalist European Group of Organizations Studies 2013 Best Doctoral Student Paper.
• Aïssaoui, R., Amis, J., & Lawrence, T. (2013) When resources facilitate change: An institutional empowerment perspective. Southern Management Association 2013 Best Doctoral Student Paper in Track: Organization Theory and International Management.
• Aïssaoui, R. (2012) Institutional struggles over (de)segregation in Shelby County, TN. Finalist at the Benjamin L. Hooks Paper Competition, Annual Civil Rights & Human Rights Conference organized by the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, Memphis, TN, April 2012. 

Professional Experience

• Instructor, University of Memphis
• Business Controller, Leroy Merlin, Castorama, MediaSaturn
• Business Consultant, Perez Cubero Travel Agencies
• Assistant, A.T. Kearney, McKinsey, Deloitte et Touche
• Owner and Manager, Restaurant