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Valerie Priscilla Goby

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  • PhD, business, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland, 2022
  • PhD, communication, JCUNQ, Australia, 1991 
  • Gender in the workplace, entrepreneurial development, cross cultural communication.
  • Professor, CCMS, Zayed University, Dubai, August 2020 to date.
  • Professor, College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai, June 2009 to August 2020.
  • Associate Professor, College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai, August 2007 to June 2009.
  • Associate Professor, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, September 2002 to July 2007.
  • Assistant Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, December 1995 to September 2002.
  • Chair of Compliance Committee, 2020, College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai 
  • Chair of Curriculum Review Committee, 2015 to 2019, College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai 
  • HR and Management Discipline Lead, 2014-2016, College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai 
  • Head of Department, 2003-2004, Cyprus International University, Nicosia (secondment from EMU) 
  • Associate Director of TechnoPark with PR Brief, 2004-2007, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. 
  • Associate Director, Nanyang Business School Research Centre, 1999-2002, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
  • Head of Department and Curriculum Planner, National University of Samoa, February to July 1989 
  • Higher Education Academy, UK, reviewer for Fellowship awards, 2022 
  • Promotions committee external reviewer, 2019, College of Business, RIT, Dubai 
  • PhD Advisory Board Member, Hamdan bin Mohamed Smart University, Dubai, 2012 to 2015 
  • Jury Member for Maisie eLearning Award, 2012 
  • Management Communication Consultant, for Singapore industry via Centre for Continuing Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1996-2002                                                                                                                                      
  • Cross-Cultural Communication Consultant and Trainer, Ministry of Labour (Tourism sector), Ireland, 1992-1994   

  • Business and Technical Communication 

  • Business and Professional Communication Quarterly 

  • Associate editor: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, UAE, 2007-2018 

  • “Kazakhstan’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) lullabies: The power of culturally familiar narratives.” Region: Co-authored; author listing: Valerie Priscilla Goby, Gulnara Karimova (2023). 
  • "Women’s enactment of leadership in a heavily gender-marked Islamic context: An exploration within the United Arab Emirates." Co-authored; author listing: Abdelrahman Alhadhrami, Valerie Priscilla Goby, Yahya Al-Ansaari. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 26(5): 728-747 https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJOA-08-2017-1206  (2018) 
  • “Localization and information sharing in Dubai’s multicultural workforce.” International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 25(3): 103-122. Co-authored; author listing: Valerie Priscilla Goby,Hamad Mohammed Ahmad Ali, Mohammed Ahmad Abdulwahed Lanjawi, Khalil Ibrahim Mohammed Ahmad Al Haddad http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJOA-09-2015-0908  [publication co-authored with ZU undergraduate students] (2017).

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2020 

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2018 

  • CTM – Competent Toastmaster - Communication and Leadership Program, 2000 

  • Accredited by Australian Psychologists Press to administer MBTI, 1998 

  • Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) Policy Research Incentive Program, 2022.   

  • ICT-enhanced Learning, Zayed University, 2013-2014 

  • Cross-cultural workplace communication, Zayed University, 2008 

  • Intercultural communication, SEED Research Award, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, 2006. 

  • Organizational behaviour, Singapore Government, 1998. 

  • Pedagogical initiatives for business, Singapore Government, 1996 

  • Provost’s Research Fellowship Award, 2022 (one semester without teaching duties) 

  • Outstanding article of the year; Business and Professional Communication Quarterly Award, 2017 

  • Commonwealth postgraduate research award, James Cook University, Australia, 1986-1989 

  • Postgraduate scholarship, University College Dublin, 1982-1984 

  • Postgraduate scholarship, University of Venice, 1982-1984 

  • SPC 615 Crisis and Risk Management Communication.