Profile
Roles:
Teaching Fellow in Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations
Module Convenor:
BUS269: Organisational Behaviour
BUSM016: Comparative Employment Relations
Biography:
Dr Asaduzzaman Khan is a Teaching Fellow in Human Resources and Industrial Relations within the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Prior joining at QMUL in January 2022, he was working at Buckinghamshire New University and the University of Bolton. He holds a PhD and MSc from London South Bank University.
He has published peer-reviewed articles at leading international journals, including Journal of Human Resource Management, South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management and Management & Labour Studies. These publications focus on HRM / IR related issues such as trade unions, health & safety, minimum wages, working conditions etc. He has presented his empirical work in a variety of internationally reputed academic audiences.
Teaching
Undergraduate:
BUS269: Organisational Behaviour
BUS141: Fundamentals of Management Studies and Skills
Postgraduate:
BUSM016: Comparative Employment Relations
Asad has teaching experience at undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education level.
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
Research Interests:
Dr Asad’s main research interests are as follows:
- Cultural barriers for international managers
- International HRM
- National and/or organisational culture
- Industrial Relations issues such as trade unions, health & safety, minimum wages etc.
In his research, Dr Asad investigates what are cultural barriers for international managers when they are practicing corporate HRM / IR in a developing country. His expertise is both qualitative and quantitative research.
Publications
Publications in peer review journals:
- Khan, M. A. & Brymer, K. (2023). Development in the garment and textile industry in Bangladesh: A Changing Global Environment, Journal of Human Resource Management, 11(2), 45-56.
- Khan, M. A., Brymer, K. & Koch, K. (2020). The production of garments and textiles in Bangladesh: Trade unions, international managers and the health & safety of workers, South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, 7(2), 276-292.
- Brymer, K. & Khan, M. A., (forthcoming). Perceptions of cultural barriers in the garment and textile industry in Bangladesh: Western and non-Western international managers, Accepted to the Management and Labour Studies.
Publications in peer review journals (manuscript under review):
- Brymer, K. & Khan, M. A. (2023). The rise of Eastern Asian MNCs in Bangladesh: Challenges faced by international managers, The China Quarterly.
- Khan, M. A., Karl, K. & Brymer, K. (2023). Consequences and impact of ‘COVID – 19’ in the garment and textile industry in Bangladesh - The role of Multinational Corporations (MNC’s), British Journal of Industrial Relations.
Supervision
Area of supervision expertise:
Dr Asad would very much welcome prospective doctoral students with an interest in and wanting to carry out both qualitative and quantitative research in the following area:
- Cultural barriers for international managers
- International HRM
- National and/or organisational culture
- Industrial Relations issues such as trade unions, health & safety, minimum wages etc.
Public Engagement
Dr Asad is an Editorial Advisory Board Member in the South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, Journal of Human Resource Management, and a regular reviewer in a range of HRM and IR journals.
Dr Asad is a member of the British Academy of Management and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.
