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Abdullah Zafar Sheikh

Professor of Human Resource Management
Verified email at iba.edu.pk
Cited by 694

Organizational rewards and employee commitment: a Chinese study

A Newman, AZ Sheikh - Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to assess how the cultural value orientations of individual
employees moderate their attitudinal responses to different categories of organizational …

Organizational commitment in Chinese small-and medium-sized enterprises: the role of extrinsic, intrinsic and social rewards

A Newman, AZ Sheikh - The International Journal of Human …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the relationship between organizational rewards and employee
commitment in Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Hierarchical regression …

Non-normality of market returns: A framework for asset allocation decision making

AZ Sheikh, H Qiao - The Journal of Alternative Investments, 2009 - jai.pm-research.com
When market stress and disruptions hit portfolios especially hard, it is natural for investors to
ask if anything could have been done differently. The turmoil of 2007–2009 is just one …

Transformational leadership and job involvement in the Middle East: the moderating role of individually held cultural values

AZ Sheikh, A Newman, SAF Al Azzeh - The International Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines whether individually held cultural values moderate the relationship
between transformational leadership behavior of supervisors and the job involvement of …

Determinants of best HR practices in Chinese SMEs

A Newman, A Z. Sheikh - Journal of small business and enterprise …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors which determine the adoption
of best HR practices in Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/…

The moderating effect of supervisor–subordinate guanxi on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational effectiveness

M Ali, AZ Sheikh, I Ali, P Jinji… - Journal of East-West …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the association between transformational leadership and organizational
effectiveness, measured in terms of organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and …

Outsourcing of employers' responsibilities in the false name of flexibility

AZ Sheikh - Employee Relations, 2010 - emerald.com
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to report on an in‐depth study of “pay‐rolling” agencies.
Pay‐rolling agencies are a particular form of employment intermediaries through which …

Impacts of workplace bullying on workers' free will to communicate

AZ Sheikh, T Akoto - International Journal of Employment …, 2018 - search.informit.org
Restructurings and downsizings have the potential to increase workplace bullying. This study
looks at the impact of workplace bullying on victims' free will to communicate, during a large…

Political Economy of Agency Employment: Flexibility or Exploitation?

AZ Sheikh - World review of political economy, 2017 - JSTOR
The proliferation of agency employment in Pakistan is a serious labour problem and a public
policy concern because of the potentially negative implications for agency workers' basic …

Defending the" Endowment Model": Quantifying Liquidity Risk in a Post-Credit Crisis World

AZ Sheikh, J Sun - The Journal of Alternative Investments, 2012 - search.proquest.com
This article sets forth the proposition that liquidity risk may be optimized in an attempt to
forestall or minimize the impact of a liquidity crisis. For a generic (but typical) endowment asset …