Ursula HAGE (EL)

Directeur du service de l'insertion professionnelle
Career and Placement Office

School of Engineering of Beirut
School of Social Work
USJ Business School
Faculty of Dental Medicine
Faculty of Education

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 2247 ursula.hage@usj.edu.lb

Ursula El Hage is the Director of the Career Services Entrepreneurship Center at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, where she teaches innovation and quality management. She has expertise in quality assessment and strategic innovation on an international scale. She has also worked as a consultant for the education, public, and private sectors. El Hage holds an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration from Paris Dauphine University-USJ.

Education

Degree University Country Year
MBA IDE Business School Equateur (République de l') 2008
Diplôme - Human resources management Universidad catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil Equateur (République de l') 2005
Maitrise - Gestion et management Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 2001
Licence - Gestion et management Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 2000

Research themes

Innovation Quality management Organizational change

Publications and communications

El-Hage, U., & Sidani, D. (2023). An exploration of the role of transformational leadership in times of institutionalization of change. Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 11(1), 175-195. Maroun, F., & El Hage, U. (2021). Change Management in Higher Education, a New Perspective. Lebanese Science Journal. Kuran, O., Khabbaz, L., & El Hage, U. (2019). The Contribution of Dual Structure to the Enhancement of Higher Education Institutions. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1), 11560. Kuran, O., & El Hage, U. (2018). Management Consultancy Projects in Student Affairs Division. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1), 12935. Salameh-Ayanian, M., & El Hage, U. (2017). Middle Eastern Women in the Workplace: Between Traditional Careers Entrepreneurship. In Business and Society in the Middle East (pp. 149–164). Springer

Awards and distinctions

Nationalité Équatorienne pour Service Rendus à la Nation