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Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay

Visiting Professor

  • Bachelor of Science (BSc) Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology focused), Open University, 2008
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Sociology, University of Surrey, 2007
  • Master of Education (MEd), in Education-Applied Linguistics, Open University, UK, 2006
  • Master of Arts (MA) Human Resource Management, London Metropolitan University, 2003
  • Doctor of Education (EdD) Educational Leadership & Management, University of Lincoln, 2000
  • Master of Science (MSc) Sociology of Health and Welfare, University of Greenwich, 1997

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=5Tq-FW8AAAAJ&hl=en

Short Biography:

Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay is a Professor of Management at Crandall University (Canada). He has significant industry experience. His academic experience spans several years in various institutions and countries. Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay obtained the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in sociology at the University of Surrey and the Doctor of Education (EdD) in leadership and management at the University of Lincoln. His main research interest is in sociology and international human resource management. He has authored three books and several book chapters research articles in international journals. His latest publications examine the role of technology in environmental sustainability. His professional affiliations include chartered fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and fellowship of the Society for Education & Training (SET). He is also an active member of the British Sociological Association (BSA) and the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA).

Book Section
  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2013) Reframing migrant integration. Book Guilds Publishing. ISBN 9781846248214

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu and Davies, Douglas (2014) Understanding the business context: a beginner’s text. Pearson Asia. ISBN 9789882331082 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu and Siwale, Juliana, eds. (2018) African diaspora direct investment: establishing the economic and socio-cultural rationale. Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa. Palgrave. ISBN 9783319720463 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu, Mahmoud, Ali, Rydzik, Agnieszka, Rahman, Mahfuzur, Igwe, Paul and Bosworth, Gary (2021) Migration Practice as Creative Practice: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Migration. Emerald. ISBN 9781838677664 

  • Kordowicz, M. & Hack-Polay, D. (2022): The sociology of select neglect. Frontiers in Sociology. Special Issue [Forthcoming – In Press].

  • Caputo, A., Lock, D., Hack-Polay, D. & Igwe, P. (2022) International environments and practices of higher education. Emerald Publishing 

  • Lock, D. Caputo, A. Hack-Polay, D. & Igwe, P. (2022) Borderlands: the internationalisation of higher education teaching practices. Springer 10

  • Jeyanthi, P.M., Choudhury, T. Hack-Polay, D., Singh, T.P., Abujar, S. (2022) Decision Intelligence Analytics and the Implementation of Strategic Business Management. Springer 

  • Bal, P. M., Brookes, A., Hack-Polay, D., Kordowicz, M. & Mendy, J. (2022) The Absurd Workplace: How Absurdity is Normalized in Contemporary Society and the Workplace. Palgrave Macmillan 

Journal Section
  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2002) Comparative study of the routes to headship in Cote d'Ivoire and England. Education Today, 52 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 0013-1547

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2007) Reengineering: a relevant concept for educational organisations. Education Today, 57 (1). pp. 18-23. ISSN 0013-1547 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2008) Migrant integration: case for a necessary shift of paradigm. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 2 (1). pp. 37-56. ISSN 1843-5610 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2009) Integrating further and higher education in the Ivory Coast: an answer to the growing demand for tertiary education? Education Today, 54 (4). pp. 25-33. ISSN 0000-0000 

  •  <!--[endif]-->Hack-Polay, D. (2008), “Migrant integration: the case for a necessary shift of paradigm” Journal of Identity & Migration Studies, vol2 (1) 1-20 

  • Hack-Polay, D. (2010) “Marriage among Britain’s black African refugees”, Finnish Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 4(1) 

  • Hack-Polay, D. (2012) “When home isn’t home: a study of homesickness and coping strategies among expatriates and migrant workers” International Journal of Psychological Studies 4(3) (S) SJR n-a/ Impact factor: 0.257 

  • Ikafa, Irene and Hack-Polay, Dieu (2019) Deliver us from evil: The role of faith and family in coping with stress among African migrants in Australia. Social Work and Social Science Review, 20 (3). pp. 88-107. ISSN 1746-6105 Ranking SJR Q3 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu, Opute, John and Rahman, Mahfuzur (2020) Globalisation and HR Practices in Africa: When culture refuses to make way for so-called universalistic perspectives. International Journal of Business and Globalisation. ISSN 1753-3627 Ranking SJR Q3 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu, Opute, John and Rahman, Mahfuzur (2020) Resisting global universalistic practices - the endurance of culture and particularism in African HRM. Journal of Work Applied Management. ISSN 2205-2062 

  • Lyubov, Berweger, Hack-Polay, Dieu and Rahman, Mahfuzur (2020) Can new corruption legislation drive guanxi out of business? - Western and Chinese Multinational managers’ perceptions. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics. ISSN 1741-802X Ranking SJR Q3 9 

  • Rahman, Mahfuzur, Hack-Polay, Dieu, Billah, MD Morsaline and Nabi, Noor Un (2020) Bio- based textile processing through the application of enzymes for environmental sustainability. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, 19 (1). pp. 87-106. ISSN 14742748 Ranking SJR Q3 

  • Rahman, M., Hack-Polay, Dieu et al. (2021) Internationalisation as SME dynamic capability: The impact of going international on SME performance in an emerging economy. International Journal of Emerging Economies. Ranking SJR Q3 

  • Beregszaszi, J & Hack-Polay, D. (2015) Off the overload – the growing HR outsourcing industry in emerging European economies: the case of Hungary”, European Journal of International Management Vol. 9, No. 4, 2015 Ranking SJR Q2 TOP QUARTER 3 RANKING JOURNALS 

  • Hack-Polay, D. & Mendy, J. (2017) “And Labour came to us: Making use of an Opportune Workforce – Enhancing Migrant Integration into British Economy. Labor Studies Journal Ranking SJR Q2 

  • Mendy, J. & Hack-Polay, D. (2018) Learning from failure: A study of failed enterprises of self- employed African migrants in the UK, Published in Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-11-2017-0332 Ranking SJR Q2 

  • Clark, Stephen M, Hack-Polay, Dieu and Bal, Matthijs (2020) Social mobility and promotion of officers to senior ranks in the Royal Navy – meritocracy or class ceiling? Armed Forces and Society. ISSN 0095-327X Ranking SJR Q2 

  • Mahmoud, Ali B., Grigoriou, Nicholas, Fuxman, Leonora, Reisel, William D., Hack-Polay, Dieu and Mohr, Iris (2020) A Generational Study of Employees' Customer Orientation: A Motivational Viewpoint in Pandemic Time. Journal of Strategic Marketing. ISSN 0965-254X Ranking SJR Q2 

  • Ikafa, Irene, Hack-Polay, Dieu, Walker, Janet and Mahmoud, Ali (2021) African Migrants and Stress Coping Strategies in Australia: Implications for Social Work. International Social Work. ISSN 0020-8728 Ranking SJR Q2 

  • Mahmoud, Ali B, Hack-Polay, Dieu, et al. (2021) A Sub-Saharan Female Stance of Fashion Brands on Instagram: A Generational Perspective and Mixed-method Approach. Journal of Brand Management Ranking SJR Q2 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu, Igwe, Paul and Madichie, Nnamdi (2020) The Role of Institutional and Family Embeddedness in the Failure of Sub Saharan African migrant family businesses. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. ISSN 1465-7503 Ranking SJR Q2 8 

  • Bal, P. M., Doci, E. …….., Hack-Polay, D. et al. (2019) Manifesto for the future of work and organizational psychology. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28 (3). pp. 289-299. Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Rahman, Mahfuzur, Billah, MD Morsaline and Hack-Polay, Dieu (2019) What is hindering change? Anticipating the barriers to the adoption of enzyme-based textile processing in a developing country. Business Strategy and Development, 2 (2). pp. 137-147. ISSN 2572-3170 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Mahmoud, Ali, Hack-Polay, Dieu, Alatrash, Mayssa, Fuxman, Leonora and Grigoriou, Nicholas (2019) Validating a New TQM-Benchmarking Measurement Model in an International Humanitarian Setting. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 30 (1). pp. 167-182. ISSN 1048- 6682 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Igwe, Paul, Hack-Polay, Dieu, Mendy, John, Fuller, Ted and Lock, Deborah (2020) Improving Higher Education Standards through Reengineering in West African Universities - A Case study of Nigeria. Studies in Higher Education. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0307-5079 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu, Rahman, Mahfuzur, Billah, MD Morsaline and Al-Sabbahy, Hesham (2020) Big data analytics and sustainable textile manufacturing: decision-making about the applications of biotechnologies in developing countries. Management Decision. ISSN 0025-1747 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2020) Are graduates as good as they think? A discussion of overconfidence among graduates and its impact on employability. Education and Training. ISSN 0040-0912 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Mahmoud, Ali, Hack-Polay, Dieu, Massetti, Brenda, Fuxman, Leonora and Al Samarh, A. Zaher (2020) Developing and Validating a New Multi-Dimensional Scale for Anti-Social Behaviour in a Higher Education Setting. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. ISSN 1467-9450 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Rahman, Mahfuzur, Billah, MD Morsaline, Hack-Polay, Dieu and Alam, Ashraful (2020) The use of biotechnologies in textile processing and environmental sustainability: An emerging market context. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 159. p. 120204. ISSN 0040-1625 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Hack-Polay, Dieu, Ogbaburu, Justice Tenna, Rahman, Mahfuzur and Mahmoud, Ali B. (2020) Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England- an examination of the socio-cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire. Local Economy, 35 (7). pp. 676-694. ISSN 0269-0942 Ranking SJR Q1 

  • Public Health Reviews, 41 (1). ISSN 2107-6952 (S) Ranking SJR Q1 7
  • Hack-Polay, Dieu (2020) Global South expatriates, homesickness and adjustment approaches.
  • Mahmoud, Ali B, Hack-Polay, Dieu, Fuxman, Leonora and Grigoriou, Nicholas (2020) Trick or Treat? – When children with childhood food allergies lead parents into unhealthy food choices. BMC Public Health, 20 (1). ISSN 1471-2458 Ranking SJR Q1
  • Kordowicz, Maria and Hack-Polay, Dieu (2021) Community assets and multimorbidity: a qualitative scoping. PLoS ONE, 16 (2). e0246856. ISSN 1932-6203 Ranking SJR Q1
  • Mahmoud, Ali B, Hack-Polay, Dieu, et al. (2021) No one is safe! But who’s more susceptible? Locus of control moderates pandemic perceptions’ effects on job insecurity and psychosocial factors amongst MENA hospitality frontliners: A PLS-SEM approach. BMC Public Health – Ranking SJR Q1
  • Mahmoud, Ali B, Hack-Polay, Dieu, et al. (2021) The Janus-faced effects of COVID-19 perceptions on family healthy eating behaviour: Parent’s negative experience as a mediator and gender as a moderator. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology – Ranking SJR Q1
  • Mahmoud, Ali B, Reisel, W., Fuxman, L., Hack-Polay, Dieu (2021) Locus of control as a moderator of the effects of COVID-19 perceptions on job insecurity, psychosocial, organisational and job outcomes for MENA region hospitality employees. European Management Review DOI: 10.1111/emre.12494 [Accepted - - In production] Ranking SJR Q1
  • Mahmoud, Ali B, Girgoriou, N., Hack-Polay, Dieu , Reisel, W., Fuxman, L., (2021) Pandemic pains to Instagram gains! COVID-19 perceptions effects on behaviours towards fashion brands on Instagram in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tech-native vs non-native generations. Journal of marketing Communications
  • Hack-Polay, D., Mahmoud, A.B., Kordowicz, M. et al. (2021) “Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation. BMC Psychology 9, 125 (2021).
  • Sadiq, O.; Hack-Polay, D.; Fuller, T.; Rahman, M. (2022) Barriers to the Effective Integration of Developed ICT for SMEs in Rural Nigeria. Businesses, 2, 501-526.
  • Odunukan, Kenny, Akter, Mansura, Hack-polay, Dieu, Rahman, Mahfuzur and Igwe, Paul (2022) Internationalization of Rural SMEs from Nigeria: Examining Social and Organizational Impact. Business Strategy and Development . ISSN 2572-3170 TOP QUARTER 1 6
  • Mahmoud, Ali B., Reisel, William D., Fuxman, Leonora and Hack-polay, Dieu (2022) Locus of control as a moderator of the effects of COVID-19 perceptions on job insecurity, psychosocial, organisational and job outcomes for MENA region hospitality employees. European Management Review . ISSN 1740-4762 TOP QUARTER 1
  • Hack-polay, Dieu, Mahmoud, Ali B., Ikafa, Irene, Rahman, Mahfuzur, Kordowicz, Maria and Verde, Juan Manuel (2022) Steering resilience in nursing practice: Examining the impact of digital innovations and enhanced emotional training on nurse competencies. Technovation . ISSN 0166- 4972 TOP QUARTER 1
  • Rahman, Mahfuzur, Hack-polay, Dieu, Shafique, Sujana and Igwe, Paul (2022) Institutional and Organizational Capabilities as drivers of Internationalisation: Evidence from an emerging economy SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. ISSN 1465-7503 TOP QUARTER 2
  • Islam, Md Asadul, Hack-polay, Dieu, Rahman, Mahfuzur, Hosen, Mosharrof, Hunt, Abigail and Shafique, Sujana (2022) Work environment, HR practices and millennial employee retention in hospitality and tourism in Bangladesh. International Journal of Emerging Markets . ISSN 1746- 8809 TOP QUARTER 3
  • Hack-polay, Dieu, Dal Mas, Francesca, Mahmoud, Ali and Rahman, Mahfuzur (2022) Barriers to the effective exploitation of migrants' social and cultural capital in hospitality and tourism: a Dual Labour Market Perspective. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 50 . pp. 168-177. ISSN 1447-6770 TOP QUARTER 2
  • Babu, Mujahid Mohiuddin, Akter, Shahriar, Rahman, Mahfuzur, Billah, MD Morsaline and Hack- polay, Dieu (2022) The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the Future of Agile Fashion Industry. Production Planning & Control . ISSN 0953-7287 TOP QUARTER 1
  • Lakshmi, Geeta, Nguyen, Kim, Mazhikeyev, Arman, Hack-polay, Dieu and Anafiyayeva, Zhibek (2022) Nudging student recycling behaviour: An experimental study in Kazakhstan and UK higher education. Journal of Cleaner Production, 377 (30). pp. 134-164. ISSN 0959-6526 TOP QUARTER 1
  • Akter, S., Rahman, M., Morsaline, M & Hack-Polay, D. (2022) The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the Future of Agile Fashion Industry. Production Planning and Control/ ABS 3*
  • Hack-Polay, D., Ikafa, I., Mahmoud, A., Rahman, M. & Kordowicz, M. (2022) Steering Resilience in Nursing Practice: An Examination of Digital Innovations and Enhanced Emotional Training in Nurse 5 Competencies. Technovation/ ABS 3*
  • Olusegun, S., Hack-Polay, D. et al. (2023) Barriers to the Effective Integration of Developed ICT for SMEs in Rural Nigeria. Businesses Vol. (ahead-of-print)
  • Md Islam, Hack-Polay, D et al. (2023) Gender and Leadership in Public Higher Education in South Asia: Examining the Individual, Socio-cultural and Organizational Barriers to Female Inclusion. Studies in Higher Education (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION)/ ABS 3*/ Top Quarter 1
SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Membership Expire Year
1 Member of the British Sociological Association (BSA)
2 Member of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
3 Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) (professional strand).
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