Dr Hakeem Ajonbadi

Lecturer

Birmingham City Business School

Email:: hakeem.ajonbadi@bcu.ac.uk

Dr Hakeem studied and lectured in Nigeria, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. His work experiences are deeply rooted in academics. Still, he has also consulted for many private and public sectors on Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship Development, Business analytics, Tax Matters, among others.

Dr Hakeem is interested in descriptive, intervention research studies conducted in the real world of behavioural, social and management sciences. Over the last two decades, he has published four textbooks and over forty peer-reviewed articles and participated in over one hundred conferences (including invited and peer-reviewed oral presentations and panel discussions) on different topics of management. His research utilises both qualitative and quantitative methods, and he believes his record of peer-reviewed publications and professional conference presentations demonstrate his skills as a management scientist that have a clear understanding of organisational behaviour and human resource management.

He consolidated on an established entrepreneurship programme and managed a Centre for Entrepreneurship as the director. His current and future plans are to secure funding for a substantial multi-year intervention to address the challenges of labour market segmentation, organisational flexibility and social relations of production among multinational organisations in developing economies. He is also keenly interested in building and maintaining collaborative relationships between academics representing multiple disciplines and other professionals within the spheres of management sciences.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Memberships

Teaching

Research

Publications

Recent Book

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2019), The Dynamics of Labour Contracting and Employment Relations, Dubai Printing/Publishing Press, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Recent Chapters in Books

Ajonbadi, H. A and Adekoya, O. D. (2019), Educational Leadership and the Gig Economy: Transforming the Education Sector and Nurturing Future-Ready Students in Effective Leadership in Education, Lampstand Publishing, Nigeria.

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2017), Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship in ‘The Entrepreneur,’ Decision Management Consult Publisher, Nigeria.

Ajonbadi, H. A., and Ajonbadi, F.C. (2017), Cultural Entrepreneurship as a Dynamic Milieu on Workers’ Experiences in the United Kingdom in ‘The Entrepreneur,’ Decision Management Consult Publisher, Nigeria. Special Edition.

Recent Journal Articles

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2020), The Experiences of Work-Life Balance, Stress and Coping Lifestyle of Female Professionals: Insights from a Developing Country Context. Employee Relations: The International Journal. Forthcoming. (With Akanji, B., Mordi, C.)

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2020), Whenever the Clarion Call, Whatever the Time, You Shall Work: Work-Life Balance in the Nigerian Army. Economic Insights – Trends and Challenges, Vol 8 (2), pp. 27 – 42 (with Adekoya, O. and Mordi, C).

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2019), The Influence of Organisational Culture on Leadership Style in Higher Education Institution. Personnel Review, https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-08-2018-0280, Vol. 49 (3), pp. 709 – 732. (with Akanji, B., Mordi, C., Ituma, A. and Adisa, T.).

Ajonbadi, H.A. (2019), Investigating the Relationship between Managerialist Employment Relations and Employee Turnover Intention: The case of Nigeria. Employee Relations: The International Journal, Vol. 42 (1), pp. 52 – 74. (with Oruh, E.S., Mordi, C., Mojeed-Sanni, B., Nwagbara, U., and Rahman, M.).

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2019), Dynamics of HR Practices in Disruptive and Innovative Business Models in an Emerging Economy. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 57 – 70 (with Mojeed-Sanni, B.).

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2019), Investigating the Potential Economic Impact of Brexit Decisions on Business Performance in The United Kingdom: A Case Study Of The UK Construction Industry. International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, Vol. 6, (4), pp. 347 - 367 (with Malik, A., Adekoya, O. and Jimoh, I.).

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2019), An Examination on the Effect of Regional Disintegration on Industry Performance: The Post-Brexit Decision. International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, Vol. 6 (3) pp. 253-273 (with Adekoya, O. and Jimoh, I.).

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2019), Impact Measurement of Numerical Flexibility on the Psychological Contract of Oil Workers: The Nigerian Experience. American International Journal of Business Management, Vol. 2 (4), pp 64 - 71, (with Adekoya, O.D.).

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2018). Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Engagement and Conflict Management Practices in the Nigerian Universities. Issues in Educational Research, Vol. 28 (4), pp. 830 – 848. (with Akanji, B., Mordi, T., and Mojeed-Sanni, B.).

Ajonbadi, H.A (2017), Natural Resource-Led Development and Petroleum Geopolitics in Nigeria: A Framework of Analysis. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Management, Vol. 2 (2 & 3), pp. 36-49. (with Oluwasanmi, O.O)

Ajonbadi, H.A. (2016), Rhetorics of Labour Contracting as a Managerial Tool among Multinational Oil Corporations in Nigeria. Innovative Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 18(4), pp. 74-86.

Ajonbadi, H. A (2016), Effect of Absorptive Capacity on Technology Transfer in the Upstream Sector of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. International Research Review, Vol. 2 (1 & 2), pp. 75-86. (with Osanyinlusi, G. E)

Ajonbadi, H.A. (2015), ‘The Dynamics of Policies and Practices of Labour Contracting in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector.’ Open Access Library Journal, Italy, Vol. 2 (6), pp. 1-15.

Ajonbadi, H.A, (2015), ‘Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Medium-sized Enterprises (MEs) through Employee Social Interaction and Helping Behaviours.’ Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development, United Kingdom, Vol. 3(2), pp. 1-16. (with Mojeed-Sanni, B.A and Otokiti, B.O.)

Ajonbadi, H.A., (2015), Strategic Social Capital Building in the Nigerian Medium-sized Enterprises (MEs): The Impact of Industry Specialisation. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 4(3), pp. 163-173. (with Mojeed-Sanni, B.A).

Recent Conference Papers

Ajonbadi, H. A., The Business Angles to the Global Aviation Industry - Challenges and Prospects. A Conference attended in the University of Mauritius, Reduit, 2nd April, 2019, Mauritius.

Ajonbadi, H. A., The Dynamics of Labour Contracting and Social Relations of Production among MNCs – The Nigerian experience. International Conference on Social Science and Humanities (ICSSH), Organised by the International Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Management, held in Shanghai, 30th -31st March, 2019, China.

Ajonbadi, H. A., Fog and Fury of HR Practices in Disruptive and Innovative Business Models in Emerging Gig Economy. Business Conference on Transformative Business Models: Disruptive Innovation in Finance, Logistics and Tourism, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, 18th – 19th March, 2019.

Ajonbadi, H. A., Impact Measurement of Numerical Flexibility on the Psychological Contract of the Oil Workers – The Nigerian Experience. Business Conference on Business Intelligence and Analytics, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, 1st - 2nd May, 2018.

Ajonbadi, H. A., Making Sense of Nonsense: The Shared Value in Nascent Social Entrepreneurship. Centre for Entrepreneurship, Kwara State University, Nigeria, 10th – 11th July, 2017.

Ajonbadi, H. A., Development Entrepreneurship: A Model for Transformative Institutional Change. Chief Executive Entrepreneurship Retreat, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria, 14th – 17th August, 2016.

Ajonbadi, H. A., Embedded Criminal Entrepreneurship: The Dark Side of Enterprises, a Conference paper presented (and later published) at the 5th Entrepreneurship Directors’ Conference, held in Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria, 17th – 20th July, 2016.

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