Education

Ph.D. in Library and Information Science, Pondicherry University, India

Msc. in Library and Information Science, International Islamic University Malaysia

BA. in Islamic Jurisprudence, International Islamic University Malaysia

Research Interests

• Knowledge management   
• Knowledge sharing  
• Library information systems 

Selected Publications

• Kaba, A., Eletter, S., Ramaiah, C.K., El Refae, G.A. (2025). Demographic differences in attitude, subjective norms, behavioral intention, and knowledge sharing behavior: an empirical study of non-academic staff from India and the UAE. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, 55 (2), 470 -491. 
• Eletter, S., Kaba, A., Ramaiah, C.K., El Refae, G.A. (2023). The Impact of Attitude and Subjective Norm on Knowledge-Sharing Behaviour among the Non-Academic Staff: Behavioural Intention as a Mediating Variable.Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 22(4), 2350015.
• Eletter, S., El Refae, G.A. and Kaba, A. (2022). The impact of knowledge sharing enablers on knowledge sharing behavior: an empirical study. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, 52(1), 102–119.
• El Refae, G.A., Kaba, A., Eletter, S. (2021). Distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic: satisfaction, opportunities and challenges as perceived by faculty members and students, Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 18(3), 298–318. 
• Refae, G.A.E., Kaba, A., Eletter, S.(2021). The Impact of Demographic Characteristics on Academic Performance: Face-to-Face Learning Versus Distance Learning Implemented to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19, International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22(1), 91–110. 
• Kaba, A., Abdullah, A.D. (2020). Investigating Students’ Attitudes Toward Arabic and English Textbooks in Communication and Media, SAGE Open,10(3)
• Kaba, A., Ramaiah, C.K.(2020). Predicting knowledge creation through the use of knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources, VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, 50(3), 531–551

Teaching Courses

• ٍResearch Methodology 
• Information Literacy
• Instructional Technology 

 

Memberships

• American Library Association, ALA (USA)   
• Special Libraries Association, SLA (USA)
• The Emirates Library and Information Association, ELIA (UAE)
• Information Literacy Network, GCC Countries 

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