YU -AlKhobar

Dr. Qaisar Iqbal

Assistant Professor of Management

Biography:

Dr. Qaisar Iqbal is a distinguished scholar and globally recognized researcher in the fields of Management, Sustainable Leadership, and Human Resource Management. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Management at Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bringing with him extensive international academic experience from esteemed institutions such as King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia; Sichuan University of Science & Engineering (SUSE), China; and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

Renowned for the depth and impact of his scholarship, Dr. Iqbal was ranked among Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists (2024) for his notable contributions to Business and Economics. His prolific research portfolio encompasses publications in leading high-impact journals, including Human Resource Management (FT-50), Technological Forecasting and Social Change, German Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Business Strategy and the Environment, and. His work frequently investigates the nexus of sustainable leadership, green HRM, frugal innovation, and organizational behavior, offering valuable theoretical and practical insights to both academia and industry.

As a successful grant recipient, Dr. Iqbal has secured and led multiple international research projects funded by institutions in Saudi Arabia, China, and Malaysia. He is also deeply committed to academic mentorship, having co-supervised doctoral candidates to successful completion.

His academic excellence has been recognized through numerous accolades, including the Top Impact Researcher Award from KFUPM, the USM’s Sanggar Sanjung Award, multiple Wiley Top Cited Article Awards, and the Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award. Beyond research, Dr. Iqbal is a sought-after speaker and has been invited to deliver keynote lectures, workshops, and training sessions on advanced research methodologies and contemporary management issues across Asia.

Publications:

Iqbal, Q., Volpone, S., & Piwowar-Sulej, K., (2025). Workforce Neurodiversity and Workplace Avoidance Behavior: The Role of Inclusive Leadership, Relational Energy and Self-Control Demands. Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22249.

Iqbal, Q. and Piwowar-Sulej, K., 2025. Transformational leadership, wasta and workforce localisation in Saudi Arabia: a sequential mediation model. International Journal of Manpower, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-04-2024-0274

Iqbal, Q. and Piwowar-Sulej, K. (2025), "Gender and spiritual leadership: examining sustainable performance", Management Decision, https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2024-0342

Iqbal, Q., Piwowar-Sulej, K., Agarwal, R., & Yaqub, M. Z. (2025). Sustainability-Oriented Leadership and Business Strategy: Examining the Roles of Procedural Environmental Justice and Job Embeddedness. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4133

Iqbal, Q., Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Cherchem, N., (2025). Organizational Commitment, Procedural Justice Climate, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior towards Sustainability: A Multilevel Study. Journal of Global Responsibility, https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-08-2023-0130.

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2025). A novel approach to green innovative work behavior: Green HRM and employee participation. Baltic Journal of Management, BJM-09-2024-0593.R4.

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2025). Sustainable Human Resource Training: A study of Scale Development and Validation. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 1 0.1177/23970022241310836.

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2025). Sustainability-Focused Leadership and Pro-Environmental Behavior in SMEs: Through the Lens of Conservation of Resources Theory. Central European Management Journal, CEMJ-11-2024-0375.

Iqbal, Q., & Piwowar-Sulej, K. (2024). Technological social responsibility: A stakeholder theory-based measurement scale. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 205, 123465.

Iqbal, Q., Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Kallmuenzer, A. (2024). Sustainable development through frugal innovation: the role of leadership, entrepreneurial bricolage and knowledge diversity. Review of Managerial Science, 1-22.

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2024). 5S Implementation, Basic Needs Satisfaction, Sustainable Leadership and Firm Sustainable Performance: Empirical Evidence from the Oil and Gas Industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 144354.

Fang, T. M., Ahmad, N. H., Halim, H. A., Iqbal, Q., & Ramayah, T. (2024). Pathway towards SME competitiveness: Digital capability and digital business model innovation. Technology in Society, 102728.

Cui, T., Tang, S., & Iqbal, Q. (2024). The role of green influencers on users' green consumption intention: an empirical study from China and Pakistan. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-05-2024-0561.

Piwowar-Sulej, K. and Iqbal, Q. (2024), "Workplace envy as an inhibitor of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the role of sustainable leadership", Journal of Organizational Change Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-02-2024-0086

Iqbal, Q., Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Albashrawi, MA. (2024). Servant leadership and cross-border knowledge sharing: A moderated moderation of hierarchical similarity and individual cultural orientation. European Journal of International Management,. (Accepted: SSCI, Q2, IF=12)

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2024). Sustainability and software development projects: leadership, core self-evaluation and empowerment as critical success factors. European Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-12-2023-0387

Piwowar-Sulej, K., Iqbal, Q., Dagar, V., & Singh, S. (2024).  Employees’ eco-friendly innovative behaviors: Examining the role of individual and situational factors. European Management Journal, https: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.04.005.

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2024).  The nexus of project management approaches in sustainable development: Innovative behaviors mechanism in the polish financial industry. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2023-0219.

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2024). A systematic literature review on spiritual leadership: Antecedents, mechanism, moderators, and outcomes. Journal of Organizational Change Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-11-2023-0483.

Iqbal*, Q. & Piwowar-Sulej, K. (2023). Frugal innovation embedded in business and political ties: Transformational versus sustainable leadership", Asian Business & Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-023-00248-z

Piwowar-Sulej, K., Austen, A &  Iqbal, Q., (2023). Fostering three types of green behavior through green HRM in the energy sector: The conditional role of environmental managerial support. Baltic Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/ BJM-03-2023-0089.R3

Iqbal, Q. & Piwowar-Sulej, K. (2023). Sustainable leadership and heterogeneous knowledge sharing: the model for frugal innovation", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-03-2022-0144

Iqbal*, Q., & Piwowar-Sulej, K., (2023). Organizational citizenship behavior for the environment decoded: Sustainable leaders, green climate and person-organization fit. Baltic Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-09-2021-0347

Piwowar-Sulej, K., & Iqbal, Q. (2023). Leadership styles and sustainable performance: A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 134600.

Iqbal*, Q., Ahmad, N. H., & Li, Z. (2021). Frugal-based innovation model for sustainable development: technological and market turbulence. Leadership & Organization Development Journal.   https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-06-2020-0256.

Iqbal*, Q., & Piwowar-Sulej, K., (2021). Sustainable Leadership in Higher Education Institutions: Social Innovation as a Mechanism. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. https://doi 10.1108/IJSHE-04-2021-0162.

Iqbal*, Q., Ahmad, N. H., Li, Z., & Li, Y. (2021). To walk in beauty: Sustainable leadership, frugal innovation and environmental performance. Managerial and Decision Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3415

Iqbal*, Q., & Ahmad, NH., (2021). Sustainable development: The colors of sustainable leadership in learning organization. Sustainable Development, hhttps://doi:10.1002/sd.2135.

Iqbal*, Q., Ahmad, NH., Nasim, A., & Khan, SAR., (2020). A moderated-mediation analysis of psychological empowerment: Sustainable leadership and sustainable performance. Journal of Cleaner Production, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.20.121429.(SSCI, IF=9.297)

Iqbal*, Q., Ahmad, NH., & Nawaz, R., (2020). Perceived Information Pollution: Conceptualization, measurement, and nomological validity. Online Information Review, https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-642233. (SSCI, IF= 2.325)

Iqbal*, Q., & Ahmad, N. H. (2020). Workplace spirituality and nepotism-favoritism in ASEAN Region: Role of gender as the moderator. Journal of Asia Business Studies, https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS- 01-2018-0019.

Iqbal*, Q. (2020). The era of environmental sustainability: Ensuring that sustainability stands on human resource management. Global Business Review, 0972150918778967.

Iqbal*, Q., Ahmad, NH., & Halim, HA., (2020). Insights on Entrepreneurial Bricolage and Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Performance. Business Strategy and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.147.

Iqbal*, Q., Yang, S. & Nawaz, R., Iqbal, K., (2019). A multi-dimensional construct of perceived information pollution in the era of rife Infollution. Vine Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-10-2018-0093.

Conferences:

  • Employees Neuroticism, Job Involvement, Workplace Incivility and Cheating Behavior. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2025). Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Knowledge Sharing in MNCs: Leadership, Hierarchical Similarity, and Cultural Orientation. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2024). Chicago, United States of America.
  • Internationalization in China: Role of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Market and Technological Turbulence in The Asian Academy of Management International Conference Penang, Malaysia.
  • Contextualizing Humane Entrepreneurship in MENA Region: Managerial Ties and Frugal Innovation in The International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Gwangju, South Korea 10510
  • Sustainable leadership, justice climate and organizational citizenship behavior towards environment. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 12797). Seattle, United States of America.
  • Young tech-entrepreneur’s agility and competitiveness in Malaysia: Issues and perspectives In Asian Academy of Management Conference(Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 12797). Penang, Malaysia.
  • The industry 4.0 revolution Scrutinizing the enablers for young technopreneurial firms’ competitiveness. In Asian Academy of Management Conference(Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 12747). Penang, Malaysia.
  • Sustainable development: An integrated framework of sustainable entrepreneurial competencies, practices, and performance In Asian Academy of Management Conference(Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 10696). Penang, Malaysia.

Teaching:

  • Principles of Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Human Resource Development
  • Organization Behavior
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Business Research Methodology

Services:

  1. Academic & Research Service
  • External Examiner (PhD Thesis): Invited to serve as an international external examiner for a doctoral dissertation titled "Examining the Relationships between Sustainability Vision, Values and Mindset, and Corporate Sustainability Practices" at Mahidol University, Thailand (2025).
  • PhD Co-Supervision: Co-supervised a PhD candidate to successful completion (2022-2025) at Universiti Sains Malaysia on a thesis investigating the asymmetric effects of green investment and green innovation within the Chinese economy.
  1. Leadership & Student Advocacy
  • Student Ambassador: Served as the officially nominated Student Ambassador for the Pakistan Chapter (2017-2018), providing pivotal onboarding and settlement support for a cohort of over 50 incoming Pakistani students.
  • PhD Club Presidency: Elected President of the School of Management PhD Club; represented the interests of approximately 250 doctoral candidates to university management and facilitated academic and professional development initiatives.

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