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Dr Washika Haak-Saheem

Associate Professor in Human Resource Management

Washika Haak Saheem 75n986c1n

Specialisms

  • International Human Resource Management, 
  • Global Migration, 
  • Absorptive Capacity, 
  • Knowledge Management, 
  • Global Talent Management

Location

279, Edith Morley, Whiteknights Campus

Dr Washika Haak-Saheem’s international experiences in the industry and academia shape her views on global mobility and management scholarship and practice.

Washika Haak-Saheem holds a PhD in International Business Management from Leuphana University in Lüneburg/Germany. Before her current appointment at Henley Business School, University of Reading in August 2018, she worked as an Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program at the Dubai Business School in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Her research on international HRM, knowledge management, expatriation appeared in journals such as Human Resource Management Journal, European Management Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management or International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. Her research focuses on the intersection between global migration and international business management, refugee workforce integration and expatriates’ voice. Washika’s research on low-status expatriates has been awarded the EURAM Grant in 2019.

Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. , Wilkinson, A., Brewster, C. and Arnaut, M. (2024) Expatriate voice: the effects of nationality and social status. Human Resource Management Journal. ISSN 1748-8583 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12554
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Brewster, C. , Fontinha, R. , Haak-Saheem, W. , Lamperti, F. and Walker, J. (2023) Linking embeddedness to physical career mobility: How Brexit affected the preference of business, economics and management academics for leaving the UK. Research Policy, 52 (9). 104855. ISSN 0048-7333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104855
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Chris Brewster - Dr Rita Fontinha - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Prof James T Walker
Reference: Hajro, A., Brewster, C. , Haak-Saheem, W. and Morley, M. J. (2023) Global migration: implications for international business scholarship. Journal of International Business Studies, 54 (6). pp. 1134-1150. ISSN 1478-6990 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-022-00565-z
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Chris Brewster - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Darwish, T. K., Al Waqfi, M. A., Alanezi, A. N., Haak-Saheem, W. and Brewster, C. (2023) Bringing it all back home: the HRM role in workforce localisation in MNEs in Saudi Arabia. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34 (19). pp. 3721-3745. ISSN 1466-4399 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2022.2148551
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Yusuf, R. , Fontinha, R. and Haak-Saheem, W. (2022) The dynamics of workplace relationships among expatriates and host country nationals in international development organisations. Journal of Global Mobility, 10 (4). pp. 476-495. ISSN 2049-8799 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-03-2022-0011
Henley faculty authors:
Rebecca A.T. Yusuf - Dr Rita Fontinha - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Walker, J. T. , Fontinha, R. , Haak-Saheem, W. and Brewster, C. (2022) The effects of the COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ on teaching and engagement in UK business schools. In: Machado, C. and Davim, J. P. (eds.) Organizational Management in Post Pandemic Crisis. Springer, pp. 1-28. ISBN 9783030980528 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98052-8_1
Henley faculty authors:
Prof James T Walker - Dr Rita Fontinha - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. , Liang, X., Holland, P. J. and Brewster, C. (2022) A family-oriented view on well-being amongst low-status expatriates in an international workplace. Employee Relations, 44 (5). pp. 1064-1076. ISSN 0142-5455 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-06-2021-0256
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Walker, J. , Brewster, C. , Fontinha, R. , Haak-Saheem, W. and Lamberti, F., (2021) Examining the impact of Brexit & COVID-19 on the working lives of business, management and economics’ academics in the UK. Report. Henley Business School pp16.
Henley faculty authors:
Prof James T Walker - Professor Chris Brewster - Dr Rita Fontinha - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Al Jawali, H., Darwish, T. K., Scullion, H. and Haak-Saheem, W. (2022) Talent management in the public sector: empirical evidence from the emerging economy of Dubai. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33 (11). pp. 2256-2284. ISSN 1466-4399 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.2001764
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Walker, J. , Brewster, C. , Fontinha, R. , Haak-Saheem, W. , Benigni, S. , Lamperti, F. and Ribaudo, D. (2022) The unintended consequences of the pandemic on non-pandemic research activities. Research Policy, 51 (1). 104369. ISSN 0048-7333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104369
Henley faculty authors:
Prof James T Walker - Professor Chris Brewster - Dr Rita Fontinha - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. , Woodrow, C. and Brewster, C. (2023) Low-status expatriates in the United Arab Emirates: a psychological contract perspective. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34 (6). pp. 1151-1181. ISSN 1466-4399 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1983632
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. , Hutchings, K. and Brewster, C. (2022) Swimming ahead or treading water? Disaggregating the career trajectories of women self‐initiated expatriates. British Journal of Management, 33 (2). pp. 864-889. ISSN 1467-8551 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12465
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. (2020) Talent management in Covid -19 crisis – how Dubai manages and sustains its global talent pool. Asian Business and Management, 19 (3). pp. 298-301. ISSN 1476-9238 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-020-00120-4
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Brewster, C. and Haak-Saheem, W. (2020) Comparative human resource management. In: Darwish, T. K. and Muda Abdul Fattaah, P. (eds.) Human Resource Management in an Emerging South Asian Economy: The Case of Brunei. Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development. Routledge, New York, USA. ISBN 9780429030963 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429030963
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Chris Brewster - Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Zadeh Rezaei, M., Haak-Saheem, W. , Darwish, T. K. and Satwinder, S. (2020) The impact of leadership on absorptive capacity: new insights from the UAE. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 37 (4). pp. 448-458. ISSN 1936-4490 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1561
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Youssef, M., Haak-Saheem, W. and Youssef, E. M. (2017) A structural equation model for knowledge sharing behavior in an emerging economy. Journal of Knowledge Management, 21 (4). pp. 925-945. ISSN 1367-3270 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-10-2016-0470
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. , Özçelik, G., Brewster, C. and McNulty, Y. (2019) Hidden inequalities amongst the international workforce. In: Nachmias, S. and Caven, V. (eds.) Inequality and Organizational Practice Volume II: Employment Relations. Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783030116460 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11647-7
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster
Reference: Zeng, J., Haak-Saheem, W. , Rezaei-Zadeh, M. and Darwish, T. (2020) Organisational learning of absorptive capacity and innovation: does leadership matter? European Management Review, 17 (1). pp. 83-100. ISSN 1740-4762 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12320
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem
Reference: Haak-Saheem, W. and Brewster, C. (2017) 'Hidden' expatriates: international mobility in the United Arab Emirates as a challenge to current understanding of expatriation. Human Resource Management Journal, 27 (3). pp. 423-439. ISSN 1748-8583 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12147
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Washika Haak-Saheem - Professor Chris Brewster

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