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Rahma
Chouchane

Assistant Professor

Department of Management
FSA ULaval
Pavillon Palasis-Prince
Local 1519

Fields of Interest and Research

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Competitiveness and innovation
  • Organizational behaviour

Education

  • Post doctorate, Management, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Doctorate in Business Administration, Economics and Management Sciences (DBA), Tunis El Manar University
  • Master of Business Administration (research profile), University of Sousse
  • Bachelor, International business, University of Sousse

Publications

Articles

  • Koropogui, S. T., St-Jean, É., & Chouchane, R. (2026). Developing entrepreneurial identity through entrepreneurship education: A configurational analysis. International Journal of Management Education (IJME), 24(2), 101396. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijme.2026.101396
  • Chouchane, R., Guiliani, F., Kariv, D., & Cisneros, L. (2026). Cognitive multitasking among hybrid entrepreneurs: the hidden costs for body and mind. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 32(5), 1230-1251. DOI : 10.1108/IJEBR-04-2025-0529
  • Parent-Lamarche, A., Chouchane, R., & Pelletier, C. (2026). Configurational analysis of high job performance within small and medium-sized organisations (SMOs). International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 1-26. DOI : 10.1108/IJOA-05-2025-5566
  • Kariv, D., Guiliani, F., Mejia-Morelos, J. H., Cisneros, L., & Chouchane, R. (2025). Harnessing psychological capital for technological capability development: An entrepreneurial response to crises. Technology in Society, 82, 102942. DOI : 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102942
  • Labelle, F., Parent-Lamarche, A., Koropogui, S. T., & Chouchane, R. (2025). The relationship between sustainable HRM practices and employees’ attraction: the influence of SME managers’ values and intentions. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 12(1), 127-144. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-10-2023-0475
  • El Manzani, Y., Chouchane, R., El Idrissi, M., & Lim, A.-F. (2025). Entrepreneurial orientation as a predictor of organizational quality performance: a meta-analysis. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 36(9-10), 1039-1061. DOI : 10.1080/14783363.2025.2503433
  • St-Jean, É., Tremblay, M., Chouchane, R., & L'écuyer, F. (2025). How does a subsequent entrepreneurship career choice develop? A set-theoretic analysis testing hope theory. Journal of Small Business Management, 63(3), 1236-1267. DOI : 10.1080/00472778.2024.2377674
  • Paillé, P., Mejia, J., Cisneros, L., Sanchez-Famoso, V., & Chouchane, R. (2024). Green human resource management in a family business setting: a fuzzy set approach. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. DOI : 10.1080/08985626.2024.2404037
  • El Manzani, Y., El Idrissi, M., Chouchane, R., Antony, J., & Sony, M. (2024). A meta-analysis of the relationship between quality management and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. Production Planning & Control, 36(7). DOI : 10.1080/09537287.2024.2321284
  • St-Jean, É., Tremblay, M., Chouchane, R., & Saunders, C. W. (2023). Career shock and the impact of stress, emotional exhaustion, and resources on entrepreneurial career commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 29(8), 1927-1949. DOI : 10.1108/IJEBR-03-2022-0280
  • Kariv, D., Cisneros, L., Guiliani, F., & Chouchane, R. (2023). Family businesses navigating the COVID-19 pandemic through a gender perspective: the role of external and internal factors in stimulating dynamic capability development. Family Business Management, 13(1), 26-45. DOI : 10.1108/JFBM-03-2022-0038
  • St-Jean, E., Chouchane, R., & Tremblay, M. (2022). Psychological Health and Entrepreneurial Career Commitment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: on the Role of Sleep and Access to Resources. Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, 21(Hors Série 2), 101-132. DOI : 10.3917/entre.hs2.0101
  • Chouchane, R., & St-Jean, E. (2022). Job anxiety as psychosocial risk in the relationship between perceived organizational support and intrapreneurship in SMEs. Innovation: Organization & Management , 25(4), 396-413. DOI : 10.1080/14479338.2022.2029708
  • St-Jean, E., Tremblay, M., Fonrouge, C., & Chouchane, R. (2022). Gendered impact of training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy: a longitudinal study of nascent entrepreneurs. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 34(5), 524-547. DOI : 10.1080/08276331.2021.1981731
  • Chouchane, R., Fernet, C., Austin, S., & Karoui Zouanoui, S. (2021). Organizational support and intrapreneurial behavior: on the role of employees' intrapreneurial intention and self-efficacy. Journal of Management and Organization, 29(2), 1-17. DOI : 10.1017/jmo.2021.14

Chapters in Collective Works

  • Chouchane, R., & Georget, V. (2026). Emotions and intrapreneurship. Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship (pp. 529-535). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi : 10.4337/9781035338054.00097.
  • Chebbi, H., & Chouchane, R. (2026). Individual challenges in the intrapreneurial process. Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship (pp. 193-197). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi : 10.4337/9781035338054.00036.
  • Chouchane, R., & Leclerc, O. (2026). Organizational and managerial levers for enduring intrapreneurship. Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship (pp. 502-506). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi : 10.4337/9781035338054.00091.

Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings

  • Chouchane, R., Ross, M., Brière, S., & Tremblay, M. (2026). Trajectoires d'accompagnement des entrepreneur·es issu·es de la diversité : obstacles, leviers et pratiques inclusives. 4e Edition du Workshop Repenser le soutien entrepreneurial, Montpellier, France.
  • Balanda-Matadi, B. J., St-Jean, É., Meddeb, S., Pepin, M., Chouchane, R., Tremblay, M., & Parent-Lamarche, A. (2025). Étude comparative des retombées du mentorat entrepreneurial entre les approches en dyade et de groupe. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Mississauga, Canada.
  • Chouchane, R. (2025). The ripple effect of crisis: Exploring the temporal dynamics of career shocks on entrepreneurial career commitment. Atelier de recherche en entrepreneuriat et PME -Activité de perfectionnement de type "bootcamp" pour chercheuses et chercheurs, Canada.
  • Chouchane, R. (2025). Atelier sur le pitch. École internationale d'été sur les énergies renouvelables et l'entrepreneuriat (EIE-ENR), Bécancour, Canada.
  • Chouchane, R. (2025). Entrepreneuriat et santé. Session thématique : 14e Congrès de l’Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation, Aix-en-Provence, France.
  • Chouchane, R. (2025). L'intrapreneuriat comme catalyseur stratégique de l'innovation : L'expérience Alcatel-Lucent. ACFAS 2025 – COLLOQUE No425 - La recherche collaborative au service de l’entrepreneuriat et des PME : entre promesse d’innovation et parcours semé d’embûches, Montréal, Canada.
  • Chouchane, R. (2025). La recherche collaborative au service de l’entrepreneuriat et des PME : entre promesse d’innovation et parcours semé d’embûches. ACFAS 2025 - Colloque No425 - ACFAS 2025, Montréal, Canada.
  • Giang T.c., T., Le Dinh, T., Labelle, F., & Chouchane, R. (2025). Leveraging intelligent systems in the circular economy: A systematic literature review. 10th International Conference on Intelligent Information Technology (ICIIT 2025), Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Chouchane, R., El Manzani, Y., El Idrissi, M., & Dahalla, A. (2024). Empowering occupational well-being: How innovative behavior fueled by work motivation reduces burnout and Job anxiety in SMEs?. 17ème Congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME), Quebec, Canada.
  • St-Jean, E., Chouchane, R., Kabbaj, M., & Toche, L. (2024). Entreprendre en collectif chez les jeunes : quels sont les déterminants et les configurations menant à l'intention ?. 17ème Congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME), Quebec, Canada.
  • Pouka Pouka, M. R., Labelle, F., Chouchane, R., & L'écuyer, F. (2024). Le gap « valeursactions » environnementales des PME : le paradoxe entre les convictions profondes et les motivations instrumentales. 17ème Congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME), Quebec, Canada.
  • Koropogui, S. T., St-Jean, E., & Chouchane, R. (2024). Apport des pédagogies dans le développement de l’identité entrepreneuriale : une analyse configurationnelle. 17ème Congrès International Francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME (CIFEPME), Quebec, Canada.
  • Chouchane, R. (2024). Le rôle de l'entrepreneuriat scientifique dans l'écosystème entrepreneurial tunisien. École d'été en Entrepreneuriat, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

Publication Reviews

  • Chouchane, R., Douglas, G., Grasedieck, S., Harrington, P., Hume, C., Madadian, E., & Parsa Kamely, M. (2024). The 2021-2022 Canadian postdoctoral immigration report: How to improve the postdoc work permit application procedure in Canada. Canada.
  • Hanani, N., Chouchane, R., & Cisneros, L. (2022). Mini-portrait de la diversité dans l’écosystème startups montréalais. Startup Montréal en collaboration avec CDPQ, la Ville de Montréal et l’Institut d’Entrepreneuriat Banque Nationale ?HEC Montréal. Rapport dévoilé lors du rendez-vous annuel des partenaires de Startup Montréal – le Offsite 2022. Startup Montréal et ses partenaires agissent pour un écosystème startup montréalais plus diversifié et inclusif - Startup Montréal (startupmontreal.com). Montréal: Canada.
  • Marchand, C., Marchand, R., Duhamel, P., Cisneros, L., Chouchane, R., & Guiliani, F. (2022). Indice Entrepreneurial Québécois 2021: Le Nouveau Visage Des Entrepreneur(E)S québécois(es). Réseau Mentorat, Institut d’Entrepreneuriat Banque Nationale ?HEC Montréal, Leger, Montréal, QC., p. 83. https://indiceentrepreneurialqc.com/rapports/indice-2021/indice-mars-2022/. Montréal: Canada.
  • Cisneros, L., Saba, T., Danthine, É., Chouchane, R., Registre, J. F. R., Falcon, G., Guiliani, F., Ballesteros Leiva, F., & Marchand, R. (2021). Entrepreneuriat immigrant au Québec : Un écosystème entrepreneurial catalyseur ou inhibiteur ? Portail de connaissances pour les femmes en entrepreneuriat, La base entrepreneuriale HEC Montréal, L’Institut d’entrepreneuriat Banque Nationale ?HEC Montréal, Réseau Mentorat, Chaire BMO en diversité et gouvernance. https://wekh.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2021/09/Entrepreneuriat_immigrant_au_Quebec.pdf. Montréal: Canada.
  • Gence, A., Chouchane, R., & Cisneros, L. (2021). 12 portraits d’entrepreneur.e.s immigrant.e.s inspirant.e.s gradué.e.s de la base entrepreneuriale HEC Montréal. Institut d’entrepreneuriat Banque Nationale ?HEC Montréal, La base entrepreneuriale HEC Montréal. https://labase.hec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/12-portraits-entrepreneursimmigrants.pdf. Canada.

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