YU -AlKhobar

Dr. Karim Rabiul

Assistant Professor of Management

Biography:

Dr. Md Karim Rabiul is an Assistant Professor of Management at Al Yamamah University. Before joining Al Yamamah University, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a lecturer at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand.

He has a comprehensive academic background, holding a doctoral degree in Management from Universiti Utara Malaysia (AACSB-accredited), an MBA from the University of Sunderland, a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of West London, a BSc from the University of Sunderland, and a Foundation Degree in Tourism Management from the Management Development Institute of Singapore.

His teaching interests include Hospitality Management, Leadership and People Management, Business Research Methodology, Strategic Management, and Guiding Statistics. His research focuses on leadership, organizational behavior, leadership communication, and human resource management practices.

Publications:

Journal Articles

  1. Rabiul, M.K., & Yean, T.F. (2021). Leadership styles, motivating language, and work engagement: An empirical investigation of the hotel industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 92, 102712. (A*, SSCI, Q1, ABS-3)
  2. Rabiul, M.K. (2024). Does ones sense of psychological safety mitigate the link between workplace ostracism and employee vitality? Meaningful work as a boundary role. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 114, 1-9. (A*, SSCI, Q1, ABS-3)
  3. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2024). An investigation of the interrelationships of leadership styles, psychological safety, thriving at work, and work engagement in the hotel industry: A sequential mediation model. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 113, 103508. (A*, SSCI, Q1, ABS-3)
  4. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2024). Effects of servant leadership on service quality: Meditating roles of employees relational energy perceptions with managers and emotional energy perceptions toward work roles. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 0(0), 0-0. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  5. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2021). The role of servant leadership, self-efficacy, high performance work systems, and work engagement in increasing service-oriented behavior. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 31(4), 504-526. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  6. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2023). Connecting transformational leadership and emotional energy to job performance: the boundary role of meaningful work. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 32(8), 1126-1145. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  7. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2022). Fostering quality customer service during COVID-19: The role of managers oral language, employee work engagement, and employee resilience. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 53, 50-60. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-2)
  8. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2023). Task performance of hotel employees: Role of ostracism, meaningfulness, and emotional exhaustion. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 56, 314-321. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-2)
  9. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2021). Construct validation of leaders motivating language in the context of the hotel industries of Bangladesh and Malaysia. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 33(8), 2695-2720. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-3)
  10. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2023). Workplace ostracism and service-oriented behaviour: Employees workload and emotional energy. Management Decision, 62(4), 1323-1340. (B, SSCI, Q1, ABS-2)
  11. Rabiul, M. K. (2026). Servant leadership as a buffer: Exploring its impact on workplace ostracism, resilience, and vitality in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Business Review, 1-17. doi:10.1080/13602381.2026.2653796 (B, SSCI, Q2, ABS-2)
  12. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2021). Linking human resources practices to employee engagement in the hospitality industry: The mediating influences of psychological safety, availability and meaningfulness. European Journal of Management and Business Economics, 32(2), 223-240. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-2)
  13. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2025). Commitment to quality service in hospitality: Role of human resources practices, turnover intention, organizational engagement, and adaptability. European Journal of Management and Business Economics. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-2)
  14. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2023). Transformational leadership style and psychological safety to meaningful work: moderating role customer incivility. Journal of Management Development, 43(1), 49-67. (C, ESCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  15. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2023). Motivating language and employees' need satisfaction to service quality: Conservation of resources and speech act theories. Management Research Review, 46(12), 1783-1801. (C, ESCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  16. Rabiul, M.K., & Panha, I. (2024). Motivating language and relational energy to performance: Workload as moderator. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research. (B, ESCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  17. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2025). Role of self-efficacy and ostracism between motivating language and vitality. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 0(0), 1-25. (B, ESCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  18. Rabiul, M.K. (2022). Does transactional leadership generate work engagement in the hotel industry? The role of motivating language and job prestige. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 1-25. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  19. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2021). Leadership styles, psychological factors, and employee commitment to service quality in the hotel industry. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 23(4), 853-881. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  20. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2023). Managers motivating language and employees job engagement: role of meaningfulness and employee-manager relationship. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  21. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2021). Linking leadership styles and two-way communication to engagement: A study among the hospitality employees in Bangladesh. International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 23(6), 1219-1241. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  22. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2025). The role of meaningfulness and customer incivility between HRM practices and service recovery performance. International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 0(0), 1-30. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  23. Rabiul, M.K. (2022). Linking leadership styles to communication competency and work engagement: Evidence from the hotel industry. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 6(2), 425-446. (C, ESCI, Q1)
  24. Rabiul, M.K. et al. (2025). Transformational leaders and employees intention to stay: role of human resource practices and meaningful work. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 0(0), 1-26. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  25. Rabiul, M. K., et al. (2026). Psychological Safety: The Role of Motivating Language, Energies, and Customer Incivility. Howard journal of communications. https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2025.2597282 (ESCI, Q2)
  26. 2nd Author & (2022). The COVID-19 crisis and factors driving international tourists preferences for contactless dining services. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34(11), 4029-4051. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-3)
  27. 2nd Author & Prideaux, B., & Promsicapallop, P. (2023). Pandemic travel fear, travel intention, and self-protection intention of Chinese tourists: An application of protection motivation theory. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 28(9), 1019-1030. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  28. 3rd author & (2022). Linking environmental knowledge, environmental responsibility, altruism, and intention toward green hotels through ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34(12), 4653-4673. (A, SSCI, Q1, ABS-3)
  29. 2nd Author & (2024). Integrating Green Entrepreneurial Orientation, Green Information Systems, and Management Support with Green Supply Chain Management to Foster Firms Environmental Performance. Sustainability, 16(12), 4921. (SSCI, Q1)
  30. 2nd Author & (2023). Factors influencing tourists behavioural intentions towards beach destinations: the mediating roles of destination experience and destination satisfaction. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. (C, ESCI, Q1)
  31. 2nd Author & (2023). Linking green supply chain management practices and behavioural intentions: the mediating role of customer satisfaction. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 7(2), 1148-1168. (C, ESCI, Q1)
  32. 2nd Author (2022). The relationships of corporate sustainability, customer loyalty, and word of mouth: The mediating role of corporate image and customer satisfaction. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 25(3), 421-441. (B, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  33. 2nd Author & (2023). Can blockchain payment services influence customers loyalty intention in the hospitality industry? A mediation assessment. Administrative Sciences, 13(3), 85. (ESCI, Q2)
  34. 2nd Author (2023). Connecting e-Customer Relationship Management and e-Loyalty to Willingness to Recommend a Bank Service: The Sequential Mediating Roles of e-Satisfaction and e-Service Quality. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. (B, ESCI, Q1)
  35. 2nd Author & (2023). Millennial customer engagement with Fintech services: The mediating role of trust. Business Perspectives and Research. (C, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  36. 2nd Author & (2024). The Nexus between CRM and Behavioral Loyalty in Hotel Sector: The Mediating Role of Relationship Quality (Trust & Satisfaction). Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 1(1), 1-18. (B, ESCI, Q1)
  37. 2nd Author & (2025). Fostering employee retention intention through talent development practices, employee empowerment and organisational learning in the private banking sector. The learning organization :an international journal, 0(0), 1-27. (C, ESCI, Q1, ABS-1)
  38. 2nd Author & (2025). Digital literacy, marketing ability and tourist healthcare facilities influence tourists' intention to visit Asian countries through the moderation of AI. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes. (C, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  39. 2nd Author & (2026). Fostering Organisation's Environmental Performance through Green Human Resource Management: Mediating Role of Employees’ Green Motivation. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 0(0), 1-28. (C, ESCI, Q2, ABS-1)
  40. 3rd author (2024). Linking Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Environmental Performance in the Manufacturing Industry: A Hybrid SEM-ANN Approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(9), 13925-13940. (SSCI, Q1)
  41. 3rd author & (2022). Linking Fintech payment services and customer loyalty intention in the hospitality industry: The mediating role of customer experience and attitude. Sustainability, 14(24), 16481. (SSCI, Q1)
  42. 3rd author & (2025). Fostering sustainable environmental performance through green banking practices: The mediating role of employees green motivation and green behavior. Sustainability, 17(8), 3750. (SSCI, Q1)
  43. 3rd author & (2025). Linking talent management, work engagement and sustainable organizational performance: The mediating role of perceived supervisor support and perceived organizational support. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. (B, ESCI, Q1)
  44. 3rd author & (2024). Green supply chain management practices and environment performance in the Healthcare Sector: the mediating role of green innovation. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. (B, ESCI, Q1)
  45. 3rd author & (2022). Green purchasing behaviour of international tourists in Malaysia using green marketing tools: Theory of planned behaviour perspective. Nankai Business Review International, 13(2), 246-265. (ESCI, Q2)
  46. 4th author & (2025). Transforming Capitalism for Sustainable Development: Achieving the Vision of Three Zeros. Business Strategy and Development, 1-25. (Q1)
  47. 4th author & (2022). Knowledge management practices on innovation performance in the hotel industry: Mediated by organizational learning and organizational creativity. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. (B, ESCI, Q1)
  48. 6th author & (2023). Examining Employee Performance through Knowledge Management Practices, Organisational Commitment, and Capacity Building in the Malaysian Hotel Industry. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. (B, ESCI, Q1)

 

 

Teaching:

· Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality

· Guiding Statistics

· Strategic Management

· Business Statistics

· International Business in Hospitality and Tourism

· Contemporary Leadership in Hospitality

· Human Resources Management

· Entrepreneurship and Innovation

· Negotiation and Conflict Management

· Business Ethics and Responsibility

· Introduction to Management

· Supply Chain & logistics Management

Services:

He serves as an Editorial Advisory Board member for the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. He is also a reviewer for several journals, including, Annals of tourism research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Management Decision, Current issues in tourism, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, International journal of tourism research, Tourism and hospitality research,Asia Pacific Management Review.

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