Qualifications

Other Qualifications

 Research Grants

• Wining researcher of the BAE Systems post-doctoral summer research for 2014 and 2016.
• Summer research grants from King Abdul Aziz City of Science & Technology (KACST) under National Program for Science and Technology (Strategic Technologies) for 12 weeks at Aston University, UK, 2014

Awards and Honors

• Research Excellence Award from the faculty of economics and administration, King Abdul-Aziz University, 2015.
• Excellence in Teaching Award for undergraduate program, faculty of economics and administration, King Abdul-Aziz University, 2014

Publications
1. Refereed Journal Articles

• Al-Somali, S.A (2018). Understanding Behavioural Intentions to Use Green ICT at Tertiary Level Education Institutions: Influencing Factors and Extending the Theory of Reasoned Action. International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC). Volume 9(2), July-December 2018.
• Al-Somali, S.A (2018). An investigation of Knowledge sharing phenomenon among IT engineers: An interpretative phenomenological perspective. The international journal of business &management. Volume 6 (12), December 2018
• Al-Somali S. and Motawaly, R (June, 2018). The role of transformational leadership on the empowerment and creativity of Administrative employees working at king Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. Arab Journal of Sciences & Research Publishing, 9 (2), June, pp. 18-38.
• Al-Somali, S.A & Baghabra, H. (2016).  Investigating the determinants of IT professionals' intention to use cloud-based applications and solutions: An extension of the technology acceptance. International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC). Volume 6 (3) July-September 2016. ISSN: 2156-1834
• Al-Somali, S.A, Gholami, R. and Clegg, B. (2015).  A Stage-Oriented Model (SOM) for E-Commerce Adoption: a study of Saudi Arabian Organisations. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (JMTM). Vol. 26 Iss: 1, pp.2 – 35.

• Al-Somali, S.A, Gholami, R. and Clegg, B. (2011). Determinants of B2B e-commerce adoption in Saudi Arabian firms. International Journal for Digital Society (IJDS), Vol.2 (2), June 2011. Available online from: http://www.infonomics-society.org/IJDS/Published%20papers.htm
• Al-Somali, S.A, Gholami, R. and Clegg, B. (2011). An investigation into the Adoption of Electronic Commerce among Saudi Arabian SMEs. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Vol.9 (2), 41-65, April-June 2011.
• ·  Al-Somali, S.A, Gholami, R. and Clegg, B. (2009).An investigation into the acceptance of online banking in Saudi Arabia. Technovation. Vol.29(2), pp. 130–141 

2. Refereed Book Chapters

• Al-Somali S., Gholami, R., Clegg, BT. (2015). ‘Factors affecting e-commerce adoption decisions for SMEs: a study in Saudi Arabia’ in Khosrow-Pour, M. (ed.) ‘Strategic E-Commerce Systems and Tools for Competing in the Digital Marketplace’. IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8133-0.ch011. ISBN13: 9781466681330. ISBN10: 1466681330
• Al-Somali, S. A., Gholami, R., & Clegg, B. (2013). An Investigation into the Adoption of Electronic Commerce Among Saudi Arabian SMEs. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), ‘E-Commerce for Organizational Development and Competitive Advantage’. pp. 126-150. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference. Doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-3622-4.ch007
• Al-Somali, S., Clegg, B.T., Gholami R., ‘An Investigation into the Adoption and Implementation of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises’ in Alkhalifa, E.M., (ed.) ‘E-Strategies for Resource Management Systems: Planning and Implementation’.Advances in Information Resources Management (AIRM) Book Series, IGI Global. May 2010. ISBN13: 9781616920166. EISBN13: 9781616920173
• Al-Somali, S., Clegg, BT, Gholami R., ‘E-Business Adoption and its Impact on Performance’ in Lee, I., (ed.) ‘Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy’. IGI Global. Feb 2010. ISBN13: 9781615206117.
•  ·  Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R. & Clegg, B.T. ‘Theories and Factors Affecting Electronic Commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): A Review‘ in Xu, J. & Quaddus, M. (Eds.) E-business in 21st Century: Realities, Challenges and Outlook. World Scientific Publishing: Mountain View, CA, USA. 2009.  

3. Working Papers
? Al-Somali,S.A, Gholami, R. and Clegg, B. (2008). Internet Banking Acceptance in the context of developing countries. Aston Business School. Working Paper RP 0803.

4. Refereed Conference Papers

• Al-Somali,S (2015). Measuring the impact of the quality of e-services in the public sector: A proposed model. Customer Service Culture in the Government Sector conference, the Institute of Public Administration, November, 17-19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2011, April ). Business-to-business e-commerce adoption in Saudi Arabia: the moderating effect of technology consultants' orientation. The 20th International Conference on Management of Technology, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
• Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2010, June). E-business Adoption in Saudi Arabian Private Sector. International conference on information society (i-Society), London, UK. Extended version of the paper has been selected to be published in the International Journal for Digital Society (IJDS),Vol.2(2), ISSN:  2040 2570 (Online),
• Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2010, March). An investigation into the adoption of electronic business in Saudi Arabia using the technology-organization-environment framework.UKAIS Conference. Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK. Available from AIS Electronic Library (AISEL) (http://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2010/6/)
• Al-Somali,S. (2009, March). E-Learning Implementation in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature. The 2^nd Annual Forum on e-learning Excellence in the Middle East 2009, Dubai, UAE
• Al-Somali,S., Clegg, B.and Gholami,R. (2009). Exploring the Adoption of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabia: The Case of Small and Medium Enterprises. International Conference on Technology and Business Management. March 29-April 1, 2009, Dubai (UAE).
• Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2008, September). Internet Banking Acceptance in the Context of Developing Countries: An Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model. Third European Conference on Management of Technology (EuroMOT 2008). Nice, France. ISBN 0-9815817-1-4.

  
PhD Consortium Paper

- Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2010, June). Contextual antecedents of electronic commerce adoption among organisation in developing Arab high-income economies: Evidence from the private sector in Saudi Arabian. West Midlands Regional Doctoral Colloquium. Aston University, Birmingham.

- Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2008, June). E-commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia. West Midlands Regional Doctoral Colloquium (Aston, Birmingham and Warwick Business Schools). Aston University, Birmingham.
Posters

- Winner of the Poster competition for post-graduate research students. Aston University, Birmingham, UK, 2008.

- Aston University’s entrants to Vitae Regional Poster annual Competition for post-graduate research students, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2008