DR. HASSAN KAMEL ALAARAJ

Dr Hassan Kamel is currently serving as Senior Lecturer at School of Economics, Finance and Banking at University Utara Malaysia (AACSB Accredited). He has done his PhD (Economics) in 2012-2015. He earned his MBA (Financial Management) from Islamic University of Lebanon in 2009. He is fond of travelling with purpose of learning and his research interests are in sustainable financial management, corporate governance, accounting and auditing.

WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-2016: Visiting Senior Lecturer at School of Economics, Finance, and Banking; University Utara Malaysia.
2015: Graduate Teaching Assistant at School of Economics, Finance, and Banking; University Utara Malaysia.
2009-2010: Instructor at AUCE University, Beirut, Lebanon. Course: Macro Economics.
2008: Financial manager at SONIT INT’L Trading LTD Company, Lagos, Nigeria. Duties: Watching the warehouse movement (in/out),               checking Import/Export files, accounting updates.
2007: Instructor at AUCE University, Beirut, Lebanon. Courses: Human Resources Management and Strategic Management.
2006-2007: Teacher at Green Garden High school, Beirut, Lebanon. Course: Economy
2005: Stock manager at Future International Diaries Company (FID,) Beirut, Lebanon. Duties: preparing and executing orders,                       controlling safety stock, supervising and directing employees.
2004: Bachelor trainee at Credit Lebanese Bank, Lebanon.

PUBLICATIONS
1. Alaaraj, H., & Aoun, M. (2016). Anti-corruption interventions for healthcare financing system in Lebanon.
In proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Management and Communication (pp. 44-49), Melaka: Malaysia.

2. Alaaraj, H., & Hassan, S. (2016). Does Good Governance Mediate Relationship between EGovernment and Public Trust in Lebanon?
International Review of Management and Marketing, 6(3).

3. Al-Matari, Y. A., Hassan, S., & Alaaraj, H. (2016). Application of Basel Committee’s New Standards of Internal Audit Function: A Road     Map towards Banks’ Performance. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues , 6(3).

4. Alaaraj, H. & Aoun, M. (2016). Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Lebanese Hospitals: From a Financial Perspective. In                     proceedings of the 1st International Research Conference on Economics Business and Social Sciences, Penang: Malaysia.

5. Alaaraj, H., & Hassan, S. (2016). E-Government Practices: The Roadmap towards Public Trust through Good Governance.
Accepted for publication at the Asian Journal of Information Technology.

6. Al-Matari, Y. A., Homaid, A. A., & Alaaraj, H. (2016). The Influence of Audit Committee Effectiveness on Banks’ Performance in               Yemen. Accepted for publication at the Journal of Economics and Financial Issues.

7. Alaaraj, H., & Aoun, M. (2016). Integrating lean and cost of quality models to improve hospitals’ financials. Under Review at the             journal of Singapore Economic Review.

8. Alaaraj, H., & Ibrahim, F. (2014). SWOT Analysis of Electronic Commerce in Lebanon. In proceedings of 4th International conference     on Business Management, ICoBM, Sukkur IBA: Pakistan.

9. Alaaraj, H., & Ibrahim, F. (2014).The influence of e-government practices on the public trust in Lebanon.
International SAMANM Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2(3): 102-120, ISSN 2308-2356.

10. Alaaraj, H., & Ibrahim, F. (2014).The influence of e-government practices on good governance from the perspective of public in           Lebanon. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 4(3):171185 Doi: 10.5296/ jpag.v4i3.6405.

11. Alaaraj, H., & Ibrahim, F. (2014). Does practicing good governance enhance the public trust towards the Lebanese government?
International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 4(10), ISSN 2250-3153.

12. Alaaraj, H., & Ibrahim, F. (2014).The mediating effect of employee’s trust on e-government and good governance in the public              sector of developing countries. International Journal of Learning & Development, 4(3): 92-103, ISSN 2164-4063. DOI: 10.5296/          ijld.v4i3.6460.

13. Alaaraj, H., & Ibrahim, F. (2014). An overview and classification of e-readiness assessment models. International Journal of                  Scientific and Research Publications, 4(12), ISSN 2250-3153.