Islam Abdeljawad
Associate Professor of Finance, An-Najah National University
Islam Abdeljawad is an Associate Professor of Finance, interested in the areas of corporate finance, investments, and Islamic finance. He has about 25 years of teaching and consulting experience in the areas of corporate finance, investments, and banking. He has a BA in accounting from the University of Jordan, an MA in Finance and Accounting from the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the Graduate School of Business, National University of Malaysia (UKM). He has several published papers, books, and conferences. Currently, I am an associate professor of finance at An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Areas of Interest:
- Corporate finance
- Corporate governance
- Islamic finance
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Finance, Graduate School of Business (GSB), National University of Malaysia (UKM) (www.ukm.my), Malaysia, 2012.
Experience:
- Associate Professor, full time, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, 2021–Present
- Assistant Professor, full-time, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, 2013– 2021
- Lecturer, full-time, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, 1997– 2009
Latest Publications:
- Muiz Abu Alia, Islam Abdeljawad, Sara Jallad, Mamunur Rashid (2022). Voluntary Disclosure-Cost of Equity Nexus and the Moderating Role of Corporate Governance: Evidence from an Extremely Politically Unstable Context. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. 15(6), 1035-1052.
- Saeed, S. M., Abdeljawad, I., Hassan, M. K., & Rashid, M. (2022). Dependency of Islamic bank rates on conventional rates in a dual banking system: A trade-off between religious and economic fundamentals. International Review of Economics & Finance. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2021.09.013
- Abdeljawad, Islam; Oweidat, Ghassan; Saleh, Norman. (2020).Audit Committee versus Other Governance Mechanisms and the Effect of Investment. Corporate Governance, 20(3), 527-544
