Dr Hakeem Ajonbadi

Senior 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, and Tax matters.

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 fifty peer-reviewed articles and participated in over one hundred conferences (including invited and peer-reviewed oral presentations, keynotes speakership, guest speakership and panel discussions) on different management topics. His research utilises both qualitative and quantitative methods. He believes his record of peer-reviewed publications and professional conference presentations demonstrates his skills as a management scientist who clearly understands 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, workload and work-life balance, organisational flexibility and social relations of production, especially in emerging 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

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Teaching

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Publications

Recent Journal Articles:

Ajonbadi, H. A. (2022), The Impact of COVID-19 on Work-Life Balance of Working Mothers: Evidence from Nigerian Academics. Personnel Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-08-2020-0636 (Akanji, B., Mordi, C., and Adekoya, O.D.)
Ajonbadi, H.A. (2021), Exploring Compassionate Managerial Leadership Style in Reducing Employee Stress level During COVID-19 Crisis: The Case of Nigeria, Employee Relations, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-06-2020-0302 (Oruh, E.S., Mordi, C., and Dibia, C.H.)
Ajonbadi, H. A. (2021), Exploring Cultural Values in Conflict Management: A Qualitative Study of University Heads of Departments. Qualitative Research in Organisations and Management, Vol.16 No. 2, pp.350-369. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-06-2020-1953. (Akanji, B., Mordi, C., and Adekoya, O.D.)
Ajonbadi, H.A. (2021), Working with Emotions: Cultural Employee Perspectives to Service Management Expectations, Employee Relations, Vol. 43 No. 6, pp. 1310-1326 (Akanji, B., Mordi, C. Oruh, E. S.)
Ajonbadi, H. A. (2021), Beyond the Call of Duty: Realities of Work-Life Balance in the United Arab Emirates Education Sector. International Journal of Business and Society, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 131 – 145. (With Adekoya, O. D., Okorie, G. I. and Jimoh, I. O.)
Ajonbadi, H. A. (2020), The Experiences of Work-Life Balance, Stress and Coping Lifestyle of Female Professionals: Insights from a Developing Country. Employee Relations, Vol. 42 No. 4, pp. 999 – 1015. (With Akanji, B., and 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 Psychological Contract of Oil Workers: The Nigerian Experience. American International Journal of Business Management, Vol. 2 (4), pp 64 - 71, (with Adekoya, O.D.) (Scopus Indexed)
Ajonbadi, H. A. (2018). Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Engagement and Conflict Management Practices in the Nigerian Universities. Issues in Educational Research, Australia, Vol. 28 (4), pp. 830 – 848. (with Akanji, B., Mordi, T., and Mojeed-Sanni, B.) (Scopus Indexed)
Ajonbadi, H. A., (2017), Project Management Techniques\and Organisational Performance: The Case of A & K Construction Company. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Management, Vol. 2 (2 & 3), pp. 22-31 (with Olawoyin, F. S. and Oladele, O.)
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 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., Usmani, S. and Mordi, C. (2022), Cultural Perspectives on Intrinsic Motivation and HRM Practices in Pakistan. In the book: HRM in the Global South (pp.283-315), 10.1007/978-3-030-98309-3_11.
Ajonbadi, H. A, Mordi, C., Al-Alawi, E. and Al-Halwachi, L. (2022), Gender Discrimination in Bahrain: Implications for Human Resource Management. In the book: HRM in the Global South (pp.129-154), 10.1007/978-3-030-98309-3_6.
Ajonbadi, H.A. and Adekoya, O. D. (2022), Philosophy and Policy in Higher Education for Sustainable Development: The UK Perspective. In the Book of Readings: Pastoral Psychology in Education for Sustainable Development.
Ajonbadi, H. A. and Adekoya, O. D. (2019), Educational Leadership and the Gig Economy: Transforming the Education Sector and Nurturing Future-Ready Students. In the book: Effective Leadership in Education, Lampstand Publishing, Nigeria.
Ajonbadi, H. A. (2017), Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship. In the book: '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 book: The Entrepreneur, Decision Management Consult Publisher, Nigeria. Special Edition.

Recent Conference Papers/Roles:
Presented Paper (2022), Consolidating the Gains and Overcoming the Barriers of Algorithmic Management in the Gig Economy – A Developing Country Perspectives, At the British Academy of Management Conference, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 31st August – 2nd September 2022.
Presented Paper (2022), Examining Contemporary Emergent African Entrepreneurial Philanthropy. At the Academy of Management Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 5th August – 9th August 2022.
Presented Paper (2022), Labour Market Segmentation and the Rise of Platform Workers in Global Production Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Work and Employment in Nigeria. At the 5th Global Conference on International Human Resource Management, Organised by the Center for International Human Resource Studies, School of Labor and Employment Relations, The Pennsylvania State University, Held at St. John’s University, New York, United States of America. 19th – 21st May 2022.
Track-Chair (2020), The Deepening Youth Unemployment Crisis in Africa Occasioned by COVID-19 Pandemic: What Options Are Available for the Rescue, organised by The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Blended International Conference on Unemployment and Skills Development, Lagos, Nigeria (Virtual), 2nd – 4th December 2020.
Guest Speaker (2020), Technology Management and Governance in the 21st Century Africa. At the Blended International Conference on Towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution Advancement and Solutions: Trends, Issues, Best Practices, Benefits and Challenges for Management and Governance in Africa (was the conference theme), organised by the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) ICTM 20, Uganda (Virtual), 7th – 9th September 2020.
Guest Speaker (2020), Entrepreneurship Education in Intensive Care in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic: The Critical Roles of the Lecturer-In-Charge. At the Blended International Conference on COVID-19 Pandemic as a Complex Adaptive Challenge: A Wake-up Call for Enterprising Leaders at the 9th International Conference of the Kwara State University Centre for Entrepreneurship, Ilorin, Nigeria (Virtual), 25th – 26th August 2020.
Guest Speaker (2020), Entrepreneurship and Business Survival in Turbulent Times. Organised by the Classic Institute of Entrepreneurship, Nigeria (Virtual), 18th August 2020.
Keynote Speaker (2020), The Future is NOT Born of Complacency: Towards a Strategic Plan for Efficient Management of a University. Delivered to the Top Management Team of Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria (Virtual), 21st July 2020.
Guest Speaker (2020), Sustainability of the Giant Stride in Lagos State University: The Past, Present and Future. At the Lagos State University IBILE Day, 16th January 2020.
Guest Speaker (2019), Strategic Leadership: Promoting Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development in an Emerging Economy. At a one-day Faculty of Social Sciences Conference, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abuja, Nigeria, 10th October 2019.
Participant (2019), The Business Angles to the Global Aviation Industry - Challenges and Prospects. A Conference attended at the University of Mauritius, Reduit, 2nd April 2019, Mauritius.
Participant (2019), 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.
Paper Presented (2019), Fog and Fury of HR Practices in Disruptive and Innovative Business Models in Emerging Gig Economy. Presented at a Business Conference on Transformative Business Models: Disruptive Innovation in Finance, Logistics and Tourism. Organised by the Business Division of the Higher Colleges of Technology, 18th – 19th March 2019, Dubai, the United Arab Emirate.
Paper Presented (2018), Impact Measurement of Numerical Flexibility on the Psychological Contract of the Oil Workers – The Nigerian Experience. Presented at the Business Conference on Business Intelligence and Analytics (Paper presented was organised by the Higher Colleges of Technology, Business Division, 1st - 2nd May 2018, Dubai, the United Arab Emirate.