Karen Moustafa Leonard Data-verified
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Karen Moustafa Leonard's research examines the intersection of occupational culture, organizational dynamics, and human behavior, particularly within public service sectors. Her work investigates how different professional groups, such as firefighters, police officers, and social workers, interact during crises and how their distinct occupational cultures influence coordination and effectiveness. Leonard also studies management issues within alliances formed between these professions, applying theoretical lenses like the "theory of slack resources" to understand how factors such as "slack time" can ameliorate potential organizational failures.
Her research extends to educational contexts, exploring faculty time optimization in higher education post-COVID-19 and the long-term outcomes of teachers' oral proficiency. She also delves into psychological aspects of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, examining the roles of failure and resilience. Leonard's scholarship includes 53 publications, with an h-index of 13 and 881 total citations. She has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on multiple shared publications.
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- h-index: 13
- Publications: 53
- Citations: 886
Selected Publications
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Cultural and organisational variables in blockchain technology acceptance (2026)
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Words Matter: Victim vs Target (2025)
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Teaching in Higher Education after COVID-19: Optimizing Faculty Time and Effort Using a Proposed Model (2024)
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Using the Theory of Slack Resources to Ameliorate Normal Accidents:The Case of Slack Time (2023)
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Management Issues in Police and Social Worker Alliances: Using the Lens of Occupational Culture (2023)
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Clashes of cultures during crises: coordinating firefighter, police and paramedic interactions (2022)
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- Clashes of cultures during crises: coordinating firefighter, police and paramedic interactions
- Management Issues in Police and Social Worker Alliances: Using the Lens of Occupational Culture
- Failure and Resilience in Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Psychology Rationales
- Failure and Resilience in Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Psychology Rationales
- Words Matter: Victim vs Target
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