Rate My Professor Washika Haak-Saheem

Washika Haak-Saheem serves as Dean and Professor in Management at the Dubai Business School, College of Business Administration, University of Dubai. She earned her PhD in International Business Management from Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Her career trajectory includes prior roles as Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program at Dubai Business School before August 2018, followed by an appointment as Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Henley Business School, University of Reading, where she maintains an affiliation alongside her leadership position at the University of Dubai. She has also directed MBA and PhD programs at Dubai Business School in collaboration with Henley Business School.

Professor Haak-Saheem's research focuses on international human resource management, global talent management, expatriation and international mobility in the United Arab Emirates, absorptive capacity, organizational learning, knowledge management, low-status expatriates, refugee workforce integration, and the implications of global migration for international business scholarship. Her publications appear in leading journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Management Review, Human Resource Management Journal, Research Policy, and Asian Business & Management. Notable works include 'Organizational learning of absorptive capacity and innovation: does leadership matter?' (European Management Review, 2020); 'Hidden expatriates: international mobility in the United Arab Emirates as a challenge to current understanding of expatriation' (Human Resource Management Journal, 2017); 'Talent management in the public sector: empirical evidence from the Emerging Economy of Dubai' (The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2022); 'Talent management in Covid-19 crisis: How Dubai manages and sustains its global talent pool' (Asian Business & Management, 2020); 'Global migration: implications for international business scholarship' (Journal of International Business Studies, 2023); 'Low-status expatriates in the United Arab Emirates: a psychological contract perspective' (The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2023); and 'Expatriate voice: the effects of nationality and social status' (Human Resource Management Journal, 2025). She contributes to academic conferences, including as a committee member for the 17th International Human Resource Management Conference in Dubai 2025.