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. p. In Press. 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. In Press. 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. 2024. Self-serving Leadership and Employee Knowledge Hiding: A Dual-pathway Model. Management Decision. In Press. 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. 2024. How and when negative workplace gossip influences service sabotage behavior? A study among hotel frontline employees in China. Chinese Management Studies. In Press. 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

Akhtar, M., Zhang, J., 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. In Press. 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

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
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