Dr Muhammad Adnan

Lecturer in Project Management

School of Engineering and the Built Environment - ENG

Email:: Muhammad.Adnan@bcu.ac.uk

Muhammad Adnan is an accomplished academician and researcher with over 11 years of experience in higher education and industry. He currently serves as a Lecturer in Project Management at the Faculty of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment (CEBE), Birmingham City University. Previously, he held the positions of Associate Professor and Head of the Department (HOD) at the National College of Business Administration & Economics (NCBA&E) Multan Sub-campus in Pakistan.

Muhammad holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration, a Master of Science (MSc) in Project Management, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Bachelor of Law (LLB), and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Telecommunication Systems. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a certified PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner, a certified Google Project Management, and has received an ISO 9001: 2015 QMS Lead Auditor training.

Throughout his career, Muhammad has demonstrated excellence in teaching, administration, strategic management, project/program planning and control, and project management. He has published over 30 research articles in well recognized national and international journals.

During his tenure at NCBA&E, Muhammad supervised more than 50 MPhil research students and served as a PhD Thesis Supervisor at Universidad Azteca, Mexico for international Pakistani students. His main research interests include Project Management, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, International Business Strategy & Management, and International Marketing.

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Sair, S. A., Anjum, M. N., Ali, W., & Adnan, M. (2023). Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises’ Performance Through Dynamic Marketing Strategies and Innovations. Review of Education, Administration & Law, 6(2), 321-330

URL: https://doi.org/10.47067/real.v6i2.335

Islam, J., Sarfraz, M., Zaheer, M. H., & Adnan, M. (2023). Examining Financial Attitudes of Retail Investors and its impact on Investing Activities: A Case of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11(2), 2603–2609

URL: https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2023.1102.0552

Khan, I. U., Sair, S. A., Danish, R. Q., & Adnan, M. (2022). Ambidextrous Leadership, Creative Self-Efficacy, Self-Resilience, Trust in Supervisor and Employee Innovative Performance in the telecom industry of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 16(4), 622-638

URL: http://jespk.net/paper.php?paperid=4480

Sair, S. A., Imran, Z., Mehboob, I., Adnan, M., & Irfan, A. (2022). Investigating The Effect of social media on Online Consumer Buying Behaviour: The mediating Role of Perception Development. Pakistan Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 3(2), 22-39

DOI: https://pjmr.org/pjmr/article/view/183

Adnan, M., Hasnain, A., Malik, A., & Hayee, R. (2022 Leadership Styles and Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Organizational Trust. Journal of Social Sciences Review, 2(4), 53-67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54183/jssr.v2i4.48

Malik, A., Hasnain, A., Fazil, M., & Adnan, M. (2022). Incorporating Competency-Based Training into Traditional Training for improving Skill Acquisition and Self-Employability. Review of Education, Administration & Law, 5(4), 605-617

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47067/real.v5i4.285

Malik, A., Hasnain, A., Fazil, N., & Adnan, M. (2022). How social media moderates the Impact of Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction on Consumer Loyalty. Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences, 5(3), 309-321

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v5i3.240

Malik, A., Ali, M. A., Rafiq, S. and Adnan, M. (2022). Employee Perception, Barriers towards Career Development and HRM Strategies tenacity Employee Career Development. Sustainable Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 4 (2), 561-572

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/sbsee.v4i2.2415

Adnan, M., Ali, M. A., Rafiq, S. and Malik, A. (2022). Transformational and Transactional Leadership as a Function of Employee Performance. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 8 (2), 387-396

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v8i2.2418

Malik, A., Ali, M. A., Rafiq, S. and Adnan, M. (2022). Impact of Employee Engagement and Work Culture on Transformational Leadership of Female Teachers of Secondary Schools: A mediating role of Work-Life Balance. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 8 (2), 371-386

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v8i2.2413

Adnan, M., Hayee, R., Ali, M. A., & Sarwar, M. (2022). Were Employee Welfare and Work Commitment Impacted by the High Performance Work System? Journal of Hunan University Natural Sciences, 49(9)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.49.9.21

Adnan, M., Nawaz, A., & Shah, S. M. J. (2021). Organizational Citizenship Behavior as a Consequence of Work-Life Balance: The Mediating Role of Burnout and Moderating Role of Employee Engagement. Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 3(4), 683-695

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/sbsee.v3i4.2142

Ilyas, M., Malik, H., Adnan, M., Bashir, U., Bukhari, W. A., Khan, M. I. A., & Ahmad, A. (2021) Deep Learning based Classification of Thyroid Cancer using Different Medical Imaging Modalities: A Systematic Review. VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, 9(4), 1-17

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21015/vtse.v9i4.736

Adnan, M., Zarrar, S., & Zafar, K. (2021) Impact of Service Quality and Price Fairness on Consumer Loyalty: The Moderating Role of Information Literacy. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 7(4), 869-883

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v7i4.1917

Adnan, M., Yaseen, M., Khan, A. U., & Ahmad, E. (2021) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Brand Image encourage Customer Retention, A Mediating role of Customer Engagement. Webology, 18(5), 1830-1846

URL: https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=2845

Adnan, M., Zarrar, S., & Zaffar, K. (2021) Employee Empowerment and Compensation as a Consequence on Employee Job Performance with the Moderating Role of Employee Accountability. iRASD Journal of Management, 3(3), 218–232

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52131/jom.2021.0303.0040

Hussain, M. A., Adnan, M., Saeed, M. Z., & Zafar, A. (2021) Economic Growth, Capital Structure, and Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA). Journal of Hunan University (Natural Sciences), 48(11), 84-92

URL: http://jonuns.com/index.php/journal/article/view/836

Adnan, M., Arif, M., & Zahra, R. T. (2021) Workplace Bullying and Sexual Harassment augment Turnover Intentions in Banking sector; A Mediating role of Emotional Exhaustion. Webology, 18(5), 1830-1846

URL: https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=2844

Adnan, M., Bakhtawar, A., & Zahra, R. T. (2021) Employee Well-being and Work Life Balance as a function of Job Satisfaction: The Moderating role of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour. Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 3(3), 217-229

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/sbsee.v3i3.1911

Bakhtawar, A., Adnan, M., & Zainab. (2021) Work Engagement as a Consequence of Work Overload and Intimidation: The Moderating role of Spiritual Leadership and Organizational Climate. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 7(3), 651-665

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v7i3.1912

Adnan, M., Khan, A. U., & Hayee, R. (2021) Self-Efficacy as a function of Work Engagement with the mediating role of Organizational Trust in Higher Educational Institutions. iRASD Journal of Management, 3(2), 171-184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52131/jom.2021.0302.0037

Adnan, M. (2021) Employee Green Behaviour as a Consequence of Green HRM Practices and Ethical Leadership: The Mediating Role of Green Self Efficacy. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 7(3), 599-612

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v7i3.1846

Adnan, M. (2021). Employee’s Performance as a Consequence of Effective Communication and Working Environment: The Moderating Role of Organizational Learning Culture. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 7(3), 573-586

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v7i3.1848

Adnan, M. (2021) Do Ethical and Transactional Leadership yield in concurrence to the performance of contemporary firms with Organizational Culture as a Mediator? Webology, 18(4), 1200-1216

URL: https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=2843

Adnan, M., Khan, E. A., Khan, A. U., & Yaseen, M. (2021) Do Social Media Engagement and Usage Differences really apprehend the role of Social Media Advertising Evaluation in Higher Education? Webology, 18(3), 818-836

URL: https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=2841

Adnan, M., Khan, A. U., & Hayee, R. (2021) Integrated Marketing Communication and Customer Satisfaction as a function of Customer Loyalty with the Moderating role of Product Innovation. Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 3(2), 133-148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/sbsee.v3i2.1910

Adnan, M., Naheed, K., Khan, A. U., & Naz, S. (2021). Does High Performance Work System (HPWS) yield Employee Well-Being during COVID-19 with mediating role of Work Engagement? Webology, 18(2), 1856-1872

URL: https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=2840

Adnan, M., Hayee, R., & Khan, A. B. (2021) Do Job Satisfaction and Motivation yield to enhance the Employee Performance of Teachers in Public Higher Education Institutions (HEI)? Webology, 18(1), 941-965

URL: https://www.webology.org/abstract.php?id=2650

Rana, S. L., Ahmed, I., Butt, M., Durrani, M. Z., & Adnan, M. (2020) The Impact of Spiritual Leadership on Absenteeism through a Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction. Elementary Education Online, 19(4), 3389-3399

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17051/ilkonline.2020.04.764727

Sair, S. A., Adnan, M., Rana, S. L., Khan, S. A., & Nawaz, M. (2020) Faculty and Thriving in Pakistani Universities. Elementary Education Online, 19(3), 2771-2782

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17051/ilkonline.2020.03.735437