Dr Muhammad Akhtar


NameDr Muhammad Akhtar
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-7957
Job titleAssociate Professor in Human Resource Management & People Analytics
Email addressm.akhtar@uel.ac.uk
Research instituteBusiness & Law

Research outputs

Positive leadership and employees’ pro-environmental behavior: a meta-analysis

Zhang, Y., Duan, C., Zhang, J. and Akhtar, M. 2024. Positive leadership and employees’ pro-environmental behavior: a meta-analysis. Current Psychology. 43, p. 31405–31415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06727-6

Antecedents and outcomes of enabling HR practices: The paradox of consistency and flexibility

Pak, J., Heidarian Ghaleh, H., Ma, Z. and Akhtar, M. N. 2024. Antecedents and outcomes of enabling HR practices: The paradox of consistency and flexibility. Human Resource Management Journal. 35, p. 371–396. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12571

Self-serving Leadership and Employee Knowledge Hiding: A Dual-pathway Model

Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, J., Wang, J. and Akhtar, M. N. 2025. Self-serving Leadership and Employee Knowledge Hiding: A Dual-pathway Model. Management Decision. 63 (3), pp. 756-779. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-05-2023-0831

Organizational Psychology in Asia

Malik, A. and Akhtar, M. N. 2024. Organizational Psychology in Asia. in: Bal, P. M. (ed.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology UK Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 445-448

How and when negative workplace gossip influences service sabotage behavior? A study among hotel frontline employees in China

Zhang, Y., Yang L., Zhang, J., Akhtar, M. N. and Wang, Y. 2025. How and when negative workplace gossip influences service sabotage behavior? A study among hotel frontline employees in China. Chinese Management Studies. 19 (1), pp. 99-115. https://doi.org/10.1108/CMS-02-2023-0086

How and when supervisor bottom-line mentality affects employees' voluntary workplace green behaviors: A goal-shielding perspective

Zhang, J., Akhtar, M., Zhang, Y., Tang, J. and Yang, Q. 2024. How and when supervisor bottom-line mentality affects employees' voluntary workplace green behaviors: A goal-shielding perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 31 (6), pp. 5357-5371. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2877

Testing the Social Cognitive Model of Well-being among international students in China

Akhtar, M., Mahmood, A. and Işık, E. 2023. Testing the Social Cognitive Model of Well-being among international students in China. Current Psychology. 43, pp. 9944-9954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04962-x

Employee Voice: Insights from Pakistan

Aslam, M. M. and Akhtar, M. M 2023. Employee Voice: Insights from Pakistan. in: Adisa, T., Mordi, C. and Oruh, E. S. (ed.) Employee Voice in the Global South: Insights from Asia, Africa, and South America Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. pp. 183-206

A Comparative Study of the Work-Life Balance Experiences and Coping Mechanisms of the Nigerian and British Single Student-Working Mothers

Mordi, T., Adisa, T., Adekoya, O. D., Sani, K. F., Mordi, C. and Akhtar, M. 2023. A Comparative Study of the Work-Life Balance Experiences and Coping Mechanisms of the Nigerian and British Single Student-Working Mothers. Career Development International. 28 (2), pp. 217-233. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-10-2022-0280

Bad apples spoiling the metaphor? How and why self-serving leaders stir up counterproductive behaviors at work

Zhang, Y., Peng, S., Wang, J., Akhtar, M. and Wang, Y. 2023. Bad apples spoiling the metaphor? How and why self-serving leaders stir up counterproductive behaviors at work. Frontiers in Psychology. 13 (Art. 1008071). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1008071

Authoritarian leadership and cyberloafing: A moderated mediation model of emotional exhaustion and power distance orientation

Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Akhtar, M. and Wang, Y. 2022. Authoritarian leadership and cyberloafing: A moderated mediation model of emotional exhaustion and power distance orientation. Frontiers in Psychology. 13 (Art. 1010845). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1010845

Humor at work that works: A multi-level examination of when and why leader humor promotes employee creativity

Zhang, Y., Yin, C., Akhtar, M. and Wang, Y. 2022. Humor at work that works: A multi-level examination of when and why leader humor promotes employee creativity. Frontiers in Psychology. 13 (Art. 903281). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903281

Negative Influences of Differentiated Empowering Leadership on Team Members’ Helping Behaviors: The Mediating Effects of Envy and Contempt

Sun, F., Li, X. and Akhtar, M. 2022. Negative Influences of Differentiated Empowering Leadership on Team Members’ Helping Behaviors: The Mediating Effects of Envy and Contempt. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 15, pp. 9-20. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S346470

What's the Hidden Cost of Leaders’ Cyberloafing? Uncovering Its Impact on Employees’ Innovative Behavior and the Mechanisms Involved

Akhtar, M., Wang, J., Zhang, Z. and Zhang, Y. 2025. What's the Hidden Cost of Leaders’ Cyberloafing? Uncovering Its Impact on Employees’ Innovative Behavior and the Mechanisms Involved. Journal of Applied Business & Behavioral Sciences. 1 (1), pp. 66-84. https://doi.org/10.63522/jabbs.101003

Adapting to change: redefining employee utilization in construction projects through lessons learnt from COVID-19

Arshad, M., Sumbal, M. S., Akhtar, M. and Nauman, S. 2025. Adapting to change: redefining employee utilization in construction projects through lessons learnt from COVID-19. Employee Relations. 47 (1), pp. 193-216. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-06-2023-0320

You have got a nerve: examining the nexus between coworkers' cyberloafing and workplace incivility

Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Zhang, J., Wang, Y. and Akhtar, M. N. 2024. You have got a nerve: examining the nexus between coworkers' cyberloafing and workplace incivility. Internet Research. p. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1108/INTR-09-2022-0700
  • 3782
    total views of outputs
  • 1828
    total downloads of outputs
  • 218
    views of outputs this month
  • 128
    downloads of outputs this month