He has worked in the UAE since 2008, having worked previously in the College of Business at Massey University, and at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. James has published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Business Research, R&D Management, Scientometrics, and Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing. He has successfully acquired over 500,000 Dirham in funding to support research of strategic importance to the UAE on issues such as Emiratization, work values, and workplace motivation. His current research focuses on the measurement of research quality in the UAE context. Dr Ryan facilitates HR and OB courses at the bachelor, master, doctoral and corporate level, is the UAE Legate of the Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy, and a Government of Ireland Scholar.