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Dr Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah

Dr Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah

Assistant Professor

Area of Interest: Consumer Ethics & Behavior

Email: [email protected]

Academics / Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Management, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • M.S in Management & HRM , Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, 2005
  • MBA , Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2001
Diploma/Certificates
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Management & HRM Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, 2005
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Management & HRM Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, 2004

Profile / Bio

He has joined the Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Abbottabad on Feb, 2008 as an Assistant Professor. Prior to this assignment, he has served the Speciality Flexibles, Southampton, United Kingdom as a Personnel and Production Manager (PPM) from Oct 2005 to Dec 2007. Mr. Shah has remained associated with Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP) as a Regional Accountant between May, 2003 to Feb, 2004 and Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP) as an Officer between July, 2001 to May 2003.

Mr. Shah is a registered student of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at COMSATS Islamabad and has successfully completed the course work. Mr. Shah has earned a degree of Master of Sciences (M.Sc) in Management & HR from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He has also attained a Certificate in Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom. He has submitted a research project to Higher Education Commission (H.E.C) for a potential funding of Rs. 1.98M as a Co-PI. He has published two research papers in international research journals, one paper is submitted for review and two research papers are under process with the kind guidance of PhD course supervisors.

Mr. Shah has been honored to serve COMSATS in the capacity of Coordinator to Dean, Faculty of Business Administration (FBA). He remained committed to the honorary assignment of Manager (Training & Research) at Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) and has arranged several activities to boost the entrepreneurship culture at COMSATS Abbottabad. He was a part of the team that initiated MILES at COMSATS Abbottabad on May 2008. He remained the Convener of Business Plan Competition (BIZCOM) in the year 2008 and 2009. He was the Convener of MILES event in the year 2010. Mr. Shah successfully fulfilled the responsibilities bestowed upon him as a ‘Course Coordinator’ during spring 2008, and Internship Coordinator and Internship Supervisor.

He secured a Merit Scholarship at Quaid-e-Azam University during MBA program. He won Managing Director’s special appreciation on the best performance and a Special Increment in the salary during his services at IDBP Bank. He is currently availing the facility of In-house Scholarship Scheme for PhD program at COMSATS.

Associations

  • American Marketing Association.
  • Academia.edu www.academia.edu
  • CiteHR Human Resource Management www.citehr.com

Awards

  • Won COMSATS Scholarship for Ph.D. studies under In-House Scheme
  • Won H.E.C & French Government Provisional Scholarship for M.Sc. program
  • Won Quaid-e-Azam University merit scholarship for M.B.A program
  • Won Rector’s appreciation certificate plus cash prize on research contribution at COMSATS
  • Won Managing Director’s appreciation and special increment in salary at IDBP
  • Won a funded research project of Pak Rupees 1.6 Million from Higher Education Commission (HEC)

Research Projects

  • Earned a funding of Pak Rupees 1.61M for our research project “e-learning feasibility in Pakistan’ as Co-PI, by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=307" title="Dr. Jamil Anwar">Anwar, J.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Effect of Job Insecurity on Job Performance: Looking through the lens of Subjective Well-being, Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 2023
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Effects of Altruistic Advertising Effects on Consumers’ Subjective Well-Being: A Downward Comparison, International Journal of Business and Management Sciences - Dec 2022, 2022
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Tailoring reciprocity and scarcity in targeted ads to regulatory focus of consumers: Mediating role of persuasion knowledge, International Journal of Business and Management Sciences - Sep 2022, 2022
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Sustainability Framework for Online and Distance Education, Revista Conrado Journal, 18(88), 2022
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=572" title="Dr. Shakir Hafeez">Hafeez, S.</a> The Role of Business Ethics and Corporate Social responsibility on Brand Attitude among Consumers in Pakistan, Middle East Journal of Management, Inderscience DOI: 10.1504/MEJM.2021.10040770, 2022
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=310" title="Imran Naseem">I.NASEEM</a> Military Expenditures and Quality of Life in ASEAN: Exploring the Unexplored, International Journal of Social Economics, 2022
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=572" title="Dr. Shakir Hafeez">Hafeez, S.</a> Smartphone Addiction Factors Effecting University Student Performance, NUML International Journal of Business & Management, 2021
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=572" title="Dr. Shakir Hafeez">Hafeez, S.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=303" title="Dr. Naveed Iqbal">Iqbal, N.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=590" title="Dr. Asim Afridi">Asim Afridi</a> Wastophobia: A path towards Sustainability in Responsible Behavior - A Case study of Domestic Sector electricity Waste Management, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2021
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=572" title="Dr. Shakir Hafeez">Hafeez, S.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=303" title="Dr. Naveed Iqbal">Iqbal, N.</a> Domestic Consumer Awareness of Energy Consumption Practices in Pakistan, Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol 11, No. 4., 2021
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,Muhammad Shujah-Ul-Islam Jadoon,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=307" title="Dr. Jamil Anwar">Anwar, J.</a> Examining the Trust-Based Consumer Decision Making Model for Online Purchases in Pakistan, International Journal of Online Marketing, 2021
11. Soomro, A. A,Breitenecker, R. J,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Relation of work-life balance, work-family conflict and family-work conflict with employee performance-moderating role of job satisfaction, South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 2018
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,Muhammad Aqeel Soomro,Shehla Amjad Consumers Ethics in Pakistan: Empirically Examining the Muncy & Vitell Scale, Journal of Managerial Sciences, 2017
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> Investigating Moral Ideology, Ethical Beliefs and Moral Intensity among Consumers of Pakistan, Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 2017
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,Shehla Amjad Consumer Ethical Decision Making: Linking Moral Intensity, Self-Consciousness & Neutralization Techniques, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 2017
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=269" title="Dr. Syed Amjad Farid Hasnu">SAF.Hasnu</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,Sabeen Zaman Targeting Young Consumers: How Family, Friends and Advertisement Shape Materialism in Pakistan, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2016
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> Examining Moral Philosophy, Self-conscious Emotions and Behavioral Intention among Consumers of Pakistan , Journal of Business and Economics , 2016
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> Ethical Decision Making in Businesses: Linking Rational and Non-Rational Theories, International Journal of Information, Business and Management, 2016
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Foreign Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Imports and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis, Arab Economic and Business Journal , 2015
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Managing Internationalization Strategy with Cultural Realities: Guidelines for Higher Education Institutes in Pakistan, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2013
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=303" title="Dr. Naveed Iqbal">Iqbal, N.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a>,Dr.Saquib Yusaf Janjua Employee behavior towards adoption of e-learning courses: Validating Technology Acceptance Model, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences , 2013
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> The Role of Social Media in Developing an Effective Knowledge Management Process in Professional Service Firms (PSF), Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences(MJSS), Italy. Vol 4 No 14 Pp. 775-785 Doi:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n14p775, 2013
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> Cultural Diversity in Pakistan: National vs Provincial, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences (MJSS), Italy. Vol2, No.2, May 2011 , 2011
23. Hiqmat ullah Khan,Shafiq Gul,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,Tahir Afzal Malik Performance measurement using distributed performance knowledge management system: Empirical case study of Coca Cola Enterprises, International Review of Business Research papers, Vol 6, No. 1 February 2010, Pp250-282 , 2010

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Sustainability Framework of Online and Distance Education, , 2022
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Digging Deep into Ethical Decision Making: Extending the General Theory of Marketing Ethics, , 2021
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> 30th Annual APPE International Conference, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, , 2021
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,Dr. Syed Azhar Hussain Shah Consumer Ethics and Anti Money Laundering Behavior: An Empirical Investigation of the Retail Consumers in Banking Sector, , 2020
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> Consumers Ethical Beliefs and Moral Intensity: Validating Muncy & Vitell Scale in Pakistan, , 2016
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> How Ideology and Self-conscious Emotion is related to Consumer Behavioral Intention?, , 2015
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> How Ideology and Self-conscious Emotion is related to Consumer Behavioral Intention? , , 2015
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Investigating the Role of Culture in Pakistan, , 2013
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Consumer Decision Making: A study of on mobile communication industry in Pakistan, , 2013
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Consumer Decision Making: A study of on mobile communication industry in Pakistan, , 2013

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> The Role of Social Media in Knowledge Management:How SECI-SM Model can Help?, , 2016