Mohammad Nisar Khattak

I have completed my PhD in organizational behaviors/leadership from the Queensland University of Technology Australia. I am currently working as an Assistant Professor in the College of Business Administration, Ajman University, UAE. My areas of interest in research are servant leadership, trust, organizational justice/injustice, organizational politics and women entrepreneurship. I have published in the leading management journals including the Personnel Review, International Journal of Conflict Management, Management Research Review, Asia Pacific Management Review and International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.

Education

• PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2018.
• MS, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010.
• MBA, Northern University Nowshera, Pakistan, 2006.

Experience

• Lecturer, Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan, 04-02-2010 to 30-06-2013.
• Lecturer, Department of Higher Studies, Holmes Institute Brisbane Campus, Australia, 23-07-2018 to 31-07-2020.
• Assistant Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, UAE, 30-08-2020 to 22-08-2021.
• Assistant Professor, College of Business Administration, Ajman University, UAE, 22-08-2021 till date.

Teaching Area

• Human Resources Management, Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, Organization Behaviors, Strategic Management.

Research

• Servant Leadership, Organizational Politics, Trust, Organizational Justice/Injustice, Deviant Behaviors.

Publications

• The underlying mechanism between perceived organizational injustice and deviant workplace behaviors: Moderating role of personality traits.
• Psychological empowerment and employee attitudinal outcomes. The pivotal role of Psychological capital.
• The influence of Muslim society marriages on entrepreneurial intentions and business growth: The perspective of Muslim women entrepreneurs.
• Linking transformational leadership and continuous improvement: The mediating role of trust.
• Combined effect of perceived organizational injustice and perceived politics on deviant behaviors.
• The interplay between servant leadership and organizational politics.
• Understanding the interplay between support agencies and small and medium-sized enterprises in a conflict environment from an institutional theory perspective
• Journal Zeeshan Ahmad (Department of Business Administration, Multan Campus, Air University, Multan 60600, Pakistan), Nadir Munir Hassan (Department of Business Administration, Multan Campus, Air University, Multan 60600, Pakistan) , Mohammad Nisar Khattak (Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Ajman University) , Mohamed A. Moustafa (Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University) and Mahendra Fakhri (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Communication and Business, Telkom University, Bandung 40257, Indonesia), Impact of Tourists’ Environmental Awareness on Pro-Environmental Behaviors with the Mediating Effect of Tourists’ Environmental concern and Moderating Effect of Tourists’ Environmental Attachment, Sustainability, Nov 2021, doi: doi.org/10.3390/su132312998

Conference Presentation

• Mohammad Nisar Khattak and Habib-ur-Rahman (2020). Impact of Terrorist Incidents on the Stock Returns: Empirical Evidence from Religious, Political, and Regional Incidents. 6th International Conference on “Multidisciplinary Academic Research & Global Innovation” (MARGI-2020). Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Habib-ur-Rahman and Mohammad Nisar Khattak (2020). Impact of Privatization on Banking and Industrial Sector in Pakistan. 7th International Conference on “Multidisciplinary innovation for Sustainability and Growth” (MISG-2020). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Mohammad Nisar Khattak and Habib-ur-Rahman (2020). Credit Rating Announcements and Stock Returns: Evidence from the Insurance Sector of Pakistan. 6th International Conference on “New Directions in Multidisciplinary Research & Practice” (NDMRP-2020) London, UK.
• Mohammad Nisar Khattak and Peter O’Connor (2019). Perceived organizational injustice and deviant behaviors: Moderating role of attitudes towards revenge. Australian conference on personality and individual differences (ACPID) (28-29 November, 2019). QUT Business School Australia.
• Mohammad Nisar Khattak (2019). Perceived organizational injustice and deviant behaviors: Moderating impact of neuroticism. 6th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Trends in Academic Research (MTAR-September 27-28, 2019) at Bangkok, Thailand.
• Mohammad Nisar Khattak, Zolin Roxanne and O’Connor Peter (2016). Give good and, get good? Do servant leadership behaviors work in a political organizational culture? 30th ANZAM conference, 6-9 December, 2016, School of Management, QUT Business School Brisbane, Australia.
• Mohammad Nisar Khattak, Mohammad Mohtsham Saeed and Tazeem Ali Shah (2011). Consumers’ attitudes towards non-local products: empirical evidence from Pakistan, 2nd International Conference on Business and Economic Research (14-16 March, 2011), Langkavi Kedah (Malaysia).

Memberships, Awards and Honors

• I got an exchange scholarship (six months) from the University of Amsterdam Netherlands in 2013-14 of worth approximately EUR 10000.
• I got the prestigious QUTPRA (Queensland University of Technology Australia Postgraduate Research Award) in the years 2014-2018 for my PhD studies.
• I am a recipient of the QUT Momentum Visiting Fellowship which started from 19-08-2018 to 31-07-2020.
• Academy of Management (Member)
• American Psychological Association (Member)
• First International Network of Trust (Member)