Dr. Zuhair Abbas

Dr. Zuhair Abbas

Assistant Professor
Extension
244
Email
zuhair.abbas@iobm.edu.pk
Department
Entrepreneurship
Specialization
Management and Economics

About

Dr. Zuhair Abbas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship, Institute of Business Management (IoBM). He holds a Ph.D Management and Economics from Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic, Europe. Previously, He worked as an Assistant Professor at SZABIST University Larkana Campus, Pakistan. His main research focused on Green HRM, Corporate Sustainability, Innovation Performance, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Circular Economy Ecosystem, Industry 4.0 and Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. He worked in two continents Asia and Europe and travelled to several countries such as Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Qatar, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America He had received an “Outstanding Ph.D Dissertation-Based Paper Award” in 6th International Conference on Entrepreneurship for Sustainability and Impact (ESI2023) held in October 2023 hosted by Qatar University. He had 16 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources and International Journal of Manpower. He had presented 12 research papers at international well reputed conferences. He also presented his research findings at prestigious international conferences held at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and at Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom. He had received an Extraordinary Scholarship during 4 years of his PhD and various Research Grants worth funds €25000 euros from Europe. He is also member of British Academy of Management, UK.
Academic Qualification
PhD Management, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic - 2023 MBA HRM, KASB Institute of Technology, Pakistan - 2016 BA Economics, SALU, Pakistan - 2010
Industry 4.0, Human Resource Management

Gulzar, S., Hussain, K., Akhlaq, A., Abbas, Z., & Ghauri, S. (2024). Exploring the psychological contract breach of nurses in healthcare: An exploratory study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 16(1), 204-230.

Shaikh, F., Afshan, G., Anwar, R. S., Abbas, Z., & Chana, K. A. (2023). Analyzing the impact of artificial intelligence on employee productivity: the mediating effect of knowledge sharing and well‐being. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 61(4), 794-820.

Abbas, Z., Smaliukienė, R., Zámečník, R., Kalsoom, G., & Cera, E. (2023). How does green HRM influence environmental and social sustainability in hotels?. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 21(1), 253.

Zlámalová, J., & Abbas, Z. (2023). The role of HR indicators on performance of Czech companies: A multi-sector perspective. Calitatea, 24(192), 329-336.

Khan, A. G., Qureshi, M. A., Hussain, K., Abbas, Z., & Munawar, S. (2023). Corporate Social Responsibility Promotes Organisation Citizenship and Pro-Environmental Behaviours: The Employee’s Perspective. Organizacija, 56(2), 106-124.

Rehman, A. U., Shoaib, M., Javed, M., Abbas, Z., Nawal, A., & Zámečník, R. (2022). Understanding revisit intention towards religious attraction of Kartarpur temple: moderation analysis of religiosity. Sustainability, 14(14), 8646.

Abbas, Z., Sarwar, S., Rehman, M. A., Zámečník, R., & Shoaib, M. (2021). Green HRM promotes higher education sustainability: a mediated-moderated analysis. International Journal of Manpower, 43(3), 827-843.

Abbas, Z., Ansari, J., Gulzar, S., Zameer, U., & Hussain, K. (2021). The role of workload, nepotism, job satisfaction, and organizational politics on turnover intention: A conservation of resources perspective. Organizacija.

Shoaib, M., Abbas, Z., Yousaf, M., Zámečník, R., Ahmed, J., & Saqib, S. (2021). The role of GHRM practices towards organizational commitment: A mediation analysis of green human capital. Cogent Business & Management, 8(1), 1870798.

Abdur Rehman, M., Soroya, S. H., Abbas, Z., Mirza, F., & Mahmood, K. (2021). Understanding the challenges of e-learning during the global pandemic emergency: the students’ perspective. Quality Assurance in Education, 29(2/3), 259-276.

Gulzar, S., Ayub, N., & Abbas, Z. (2021). Examining the mediating-moderating role of psychological contract breach and abusive supervision on employee well-being in banking sector. Cogent Business & Management, 8(1), 1959007.

Gulzar, S., Ghauri, S., Abbas, Z., Hussain, K., & Jibril, A. B. (2020). Antecedents of employee wellbeing in the banking sector: The moderating role of working environment. Problems and Perspectives in Management.

Hussain, K., Abbas, Z., Gulzar, S., Jibril, A. B., & Hussain, A. (2020). Examining the impact of abusive supervision on employees’ psychological wellbeing and turnover intention: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation. Cogent Business & Management, 7(1), 1818998.

2022-2023 “Linking stakeholder pressure, green HRM application and competitive advantage in the hotel industry” Funded by FaME, TBU under Grant No. FSR-FORD 5-6/2022-23/FaME/006, Grant amounting: €3600 Euros 2021-2022 “Green Human Resource Management Practices leading Transformation towards Sustainable Performance in the Selected Sectors” Funded by Internal Grant Agency of FaME, TBU No. IGA/FaME/2021/009, Grant amounting: €2500 Euros 2022-2022 “The role of Pro-Social and Protective Behavior of Tourists on Socio-Economic Sustainability of Tourism during Global” Funded by Trinity Bank Czech Republic and Internal Grant Agency of FaME at TBU under Grant No. IGA-K-TRINITY/2022/005, Grant amounting: €4683 Euros 2020-2021 “The measurement of performance in selected sectors with the emphasis on human resource indicators” Funded by Internal Grant Agency of FaME at TBU under Grant No.IGA/FaME/2020/010, Grant amounting: €3979 Euros