Information and Communication Technology in Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable and Equal Opportunity

​Reem Khamis Hamdan is an Assistant Professor of management and finance at University College of Bahrain.  Dr. Reem was awarded her PhD from Brunel University London in 2020 in “board gender diversity and firm performance” and MBA degree from Ahlia University, Bahrain. She received Sharjah award for best PhD thesis in the Arab world and Al Owais award for the best research about United Arab Emirates. Dr. Reem research interest areas are “business gender studies”, “Strategy and entrepreneurship” and firm performance. She serves as guest editor in the Strategic marketing journal and has edited numerous books in springer. Allam Hamdan Allam Hamdan is a Full Professor, he is listed within the World’s top 2% scientists list by Stanford University, he is the Dean of College of Business and Finance at Ahlia University, Bahrain. Author of many publications (more than 300 papers, 250 listed in Scopus) in regional and international journals that discussed several accountings,financial and economic issues concerning the Arab world. In addition, he has interests in educational related issues in the Arab world universities like educational governance, investment in education and economic growth. Awarded the First Prize of Al-Owais Creative Award, UAE, 2019 and 2017; the Second Prize of Rashid bin Humaid Award for Culture and Science, UAE, 2016; the Third Prize of Arab Prize for the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2015, and the First Prize of "Durrat Watan", UAE, 2013. Achieved the highest (1st) scientific research citation among the Arab countries according to Arcif 2018-2022.  Appointed an external panel member as part of Bahrain Quality Assurance Authority and National Qualifications Framework NQF as a validator, and appeal committee, General Directorate of NQF, Kingdom of Bahrain. Member of Steering Committee in International Arab Conference of Quality Assurance of Higher Education. Currently leading a mission driven process for International Accreditation for College of Business and Finance  by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).  Bahaaeddin Alareeni is an Professor of Accounting and Auditing. He did his PhD’s thesis in Accounting and Auditing on the relative performance of auditors’ going concern ‎opinions and statistical failure prediction models for listed companies in Jordan. His main research interests are in the ‎areas of Auditing, Accounting, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Internal Audit, Financial ‎Accounting, and financial analysis. He has practical experience in the Accounting profession for more than ten years ‎in different organizations, e.g., banking, NGOs, government sector, and private institutions. He is currently working for the Middle ‎East Technical University (METU) in Turkey – Northern Cyprus Campus, which is one of the top 550 universities in ‎the world based on the QS ranking 2018. ‎ Rim El- Khoury is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Adnan Kassar School of Business at Lebanese American University, Lebanon, with a Ph.D. in International Finance from Sogang University, South Korea.  Prior to joining Lebanese American University, she taught at Hanyang University in South Korea and American University of Technology and served as the Finance Discipline Coordinator and the chair of the assessment of the learning at Notre Dame University in Lebanon. She is the recipient of several awards such as the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (2009), Grand winner for Korea Times Magazine Economic Contest (2007), and The Academic Excellence Award from the Korean Government (2006). She is also a reviewer for several prestigious academic journals, including the International Journal of Emerging Markets, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, and Journal of Financial Innovation, among others. She has guest edited special issues for journals such as Strategic Marketing, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, and Development and Learning in Organizations. She edited books, and she published several peer-reviewed articles in top-ranked academic journals such as Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Borsa Istanbul Review, Small Business Economics.

• Chapter 1. The Digital Transformation for UTMSPACE Educational Sustainability and Technology Innovation: An Enterprise Architecture Approach.- Chapter 2. The Important Role of Digital Business Intensity on Ambidexterity and Sustaining Organizational Performance.- Chapter 3. Sustainable for business - case study Poland.- Chapter 4. Sustainable Strategies and Business Responsibility Practices – An Evidence from India.- Chapter 5. A study on the impact of sustainable leadership on sustainable performances with reference to Information Technology (IT) Sector.- Chapter 6. Big Data’s Sustainable Impact on the Future Responsibilities of Accountants.- Chapter 7. Sustainability and Gender Equality – SDG5: Gender Differences in Bargaining in the Housing Market.- Chapter 8. Female Empowerment in Business: Clustering EU Member-States and Countries-Candidates.- Chapter 9. Economic Empowerment of Women through Household Dairy Farming in Rural India.- Chapter 10. Work from home: Promote Gender Equality and maintain worklife balance among IT professional.- Chapter 11. Multicultural & Monocultural Innovative Teams Benefits, Success, and Implementation.- Chapter 12. Self- efficacy in career decisions for sustainable decent work and economic growth (UNSDG8) in small business - Effect of firm leadership and management factors.- Chapter 13. Not Just for Investment and Job search: The Role of Earnings Announcement as a driver of cyber risks.- Chapter 14. Self-employment out of choice or necessity? - a comparative analysis of South African and Immigrant informal shopkeepers.- Chapter 15. The impact of Advanced Manufacturing on human Sustainable wellbeing: in Aluminium Industries.- Chapter 16. HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS HELPING DEAF AND HEARINGIMPAIRED FAMILIES IN LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE: A CASE STUDY IN THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN.- Chapter 17.The Agile Adaptivity of Educators and Their Strategic Influence on the Learner During COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 18. A Path towards sustainability in theEra of data driven - big data analysis.- Chapter 19. How do Innovative Work Behavior and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Improve Employee Productivity?.- Chapter 20. Are employees a part of sustainability in Organizations?- A Qualitative study on the perception of sustainability practices among the salesforce.- Chapter 21. Analyzing Trainees’ Engagement Pattern in LMS During Online Training: A Quantitative Approach.- Chapter 22. The effects of flipped classroom practice on improving students’ engagement when interpreting relations between geometrical shapes.- Chapter 23. Impact of ICT Enabled Teaching at Higher Education Level - From Faculty Perspective.- Chapter 24. Innovative Practices, Digital Education, and Technological Integration in Higher Education System in India.- Chapter 25. ML Based Prediction of Ideal Discipline for UG Students: A Sustainable Educational Perspective.- Chapter 26. Strength of Technological Experience as Power Sources of Leadership and Job Creativity: The Case of Jordanian Banks.- Chapter 27. Technology Integration and Digital Transformation in Post COVID-19 Hybrid Education.- Chapter 28. Digital Product and Marketing Innovations for the Greater Good: Evolution, Emergent Challenges, and Potential Research Paths.- Chapter 29. Measurement in Innovation Management: A Literature Review.- Chapter 30. Accelerating gender equality for sustainable development: A case study of Dakshina Kannada district, India.- Chapter 31. Distributive Leadership as a Sustainable Leadership Approach: The Role of TVET Institutions Leaders.- Chapter 32. A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Leadership as a Partnership to Achieve the Goal (SDG17).- Chapter 33. PR Leadership and Immersive Environment in Metaverse Technology Adoption: The Mediation of Horizon Workrooms and Embodied Social Presence.- Chapter 34. Strategic Leadership for Organizational Sustainable Competitive Advantage: The Stimulation of Innovation and Creativity in an Organization.- Chapter 35. Sustainable Leadership and Sustainably: Insights from the GCC.- Chapter 36. INNOVATION IN MINING: A CASE OF A DIAMOND MINE.- Chapter 37. The use of knowledge in innovation creation in sustainable teal organizations.- Chapter 38. Spin Trouble: An Insight on sustainability of Garment Exporters in the Context of the Business Crisis in Tirupur City, Tamil Nadu.- Chapter 39. REDEFINING ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH REVAMPING DIGITAL CAPITAL.- Chapter 40. Sustainable Development: Evolving Consumer Perspective Towards Environmentally Friendly Products.- Chapter 41. Does Financial Literacy Affect the Millennial's Investment Preferences?.- Chapter 42. A Study on E-Banking Services and Its Growth Among the Educated Teenagers in The Bangalore.- Chapter 43. Enrooting Artificial Intelligence Advantageously in Marketing.- Chapter 44. Significance of Financial Attitude, Financial Education on Financial Wellbeing.- Chapter 45. Academic Leadership Roles: Influence on Work-Based Learning.- Chapter46. Content Validity on Teachers’ Observation Behaviour Checklist for Biomorphic Art Implementation.- Chapter 47. Human Resource Management Practices Toward Job Satisfaction and Employee Intention to Leave Academic Institutions.- Chapter 48. Business Intelligence Adoption Model during the Digital Transformation Era: An Empirical Investigation in the Jordanian Insurance Companies.