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Explaining the power of informal networks in academia: a jordanian perspective

Arwa Al-Twala Human Resources Management Department, Faculty of Business and Finance, American University of Madaba, Madaba, JordanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Caryn Cookb South Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-8491View further author information
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Pages 807-821 | Received 16 Mar 2021, Accepted 15 Nov 2021, Published online: 15 Dec 2021

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Arwa Al-Twal. (2022) ‘Herding cats’? Challenges to effective HRM in Jordanian higher education institutions. Journal of Further and Higher Education 46:10, pages 1391-1406.
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Fadi Alsarhan & Arwa Al‐Twal. (2024) Towards understanding the failure of new public management in the MENA region: Are informal networks to blame?. Thunderbird International Business Review 66:3, pages 269-280.
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Arwa Al-Twal & Razan Abuhassan. (2023) Tattoos and career discrimination in a conservative culture: the case of Jordan. Current Psychology 43:13, pages 11914-11923.
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Arwa Al-Twal, Mohammad Alawamleh & Doaa M. F. Jarrar. (2024) An investigation of the role of Wasta social capital in enhancing employee loyalty and innovation in organizations. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 13:1.
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Oualid Abidi, Khalil Nimer, Ahmed Bani-Mustafa, Sam Toglaw & Vladimir Dzenopoljac. (2023) Do faculty members matter in corporate entrepreneurship in Kuwaiti higher education institutions?. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.
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Rima Y. Helal, Sa'ad Ali, Sophie Strecker & David Weir. (2023) Navigating wasta in business practices in Lebanon. Thunderbird International Business Review 65:6, pages 639-648.
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Said Toumi & Zhan Su. (2023) Informal interorganizational business relationships, satisfaction, and firm performance: Case of Arab Maghreb countries. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 23:2, pages 467-497.
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Fadi Alsarhan & Arwa Al-Twal. (2023) Towards understanding the relationships between economics, tribalism and the use of the wasta informal network in the workplace . Employee Relations: The International Journal 45:4, pages 925-943.
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Deniza Alieva, Sherzod Aktamov, Gulnoza Usmonova & Shukhrat Shadmanov. 2023. Networks in the Global World VI. Networks in the Global World VI 173 190 .
Arwa Al‐Twal. (2022) The Psychology of Offering Wasta: Inferences from Narratives. Sociology Compass 16:12.
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