Abdullah Sheikh is a Senior Lecturer in International HRM at UEL.  Abdullah has had fifteen years of working experience in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, China and Pakistan.  This includes nearly ten years of full time academic/teaching experience in prestigious business schools in different parts of the world, such as the Nottingham University Business School (Both UK and China Campuses).  Prior to entering a vigorous career path in academia, his background encompasses rich and varied experiences which have utilised human resource management principles in corporate settings in both the United States and Pakistan.

Abdullah majored in Human Resource Management and Management Information Systems when he earned his two MBA degrees from the Kennesaw State University, USA, in 1997 and 1998 respectively. He received his PhD, in 2009, from the Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham in the area of Human Resource Management.   Abdullah’s research areas include Human Resource Management, Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour.  He has authored a book, published articles in reputed HRM journals and has presented his research in a number of well established conferences.

Responsible for leading MBA, MA and MSC modules/courses in HRM

Supervise PhD students and research dissertations at both UG and PG levels

International HRM,  employment relations, industrial relations, comparative employment and organisational behaviour. 

MA International Human Resource Management

MA in HRM

MBA

Journal Articles

Newman, A and Sheikh, A., (2012) Determinants of Best HR Practices in Chinese SMEs Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (Forthcoming)  

Sheikh, A, Newman, A and Azzeh, S (2012) Transformational Leadership and Job Involvement in the Middle East: The Moderating Role of Individually-Held Cultural Values The International Journal of Human Resource Management, available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09585192.2012.703216 

Newman, A and Sheikh, A., (2012) Organizational Rewards and Employee Commitment: A Chinese Study Managerial Psychology 27 (1): 71 - 89

Newman, A and Sheikh, A., (2012) Organizational Commitment in Chinese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Role of Extrinsic, Social and Intrinsic Rewards, The International Journal of Human Resource Management,  23 (2): 349-367

Sheikh, A. (2010) Outsourcing of Employers’ Responsibilities in the False Name of Flexibility, Employee Relations. 32 (5): 495-508 

Sheikh, A. (2008) Beyond ‘Agency Employment’ in Pakistan: The outsourcing of employers’ responsibilities to employment agencies, New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations. 33(2): 1-19  

Book Title

Sheikh, A. (2010) Blurred Organisational Boundaries and Precarious HRM: Beyond Flexibility, Burgeoning Facets of Labour Markets Duality, LAP – Lambert Publishers: Saarbrücken Germany   

Refereed Conference Papers (Published Proceedings)

Appafram, N and Sheikh, A. (2012) Impediments to Knowledge Sharing: Determinants of Knowledge Lost Following Repatriation of International Staff INTED 2012, Valencia, Spain, March. 

Sheikh, A., 2011 “The Moderating Role of Individually-Held Cultural Values: Evidence from the Middle East” Eleventh International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Cape Town, South Africa, June 

Sheikh, A., 2010 “A Complex Legal Landscape: Blurred Organisational Boundaries of Agency Employment and its Implications on Workers’ Statutory Rights” ICERI 2010, Madrid, Spain, November 

Sheikh, A., 2010 “Blurred Organisational Boundaries: Outsourcing of Employers’ Responsibilities in the False Name of Flexibility” 11th International Human Resource Management Conference 2010, Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, June

Newman, A and Sheikh, A., 2010 “Organizational Commitment in Chinese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Role of Extrinsic, Intrinsic and Social Rewards” British Academy of Management Conference 2010, Sheffield United Kingdom September

Newman, A and Sheikh, A., 2010 “The Moderating Effects of Collectivism and Traditionality on the Relationship between Organizational Rewards and Affective Organizational Commitment: Evidence from China" IACMR 2010 Shanghai, China, June

Newman, A and Sheikh, A., 2009 “Collectivism and Traditionality:  How do they mediate between rewards and organisational commitment? Evidence from China” ICIM 2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil, December

Sheikh, A. and O’Brien, C., 2009 “Changing contours of employment: ‘Strategic’ staffing to attain indirectness of employment relationship” ICPR 20, Shanghai, China, August 

Sheikh, A., 2008 “Precarious Employment: Pay-rolling Agencies - Outsourcing of Employers’ responsibilities to the Employment Agencies” 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management, Maastricht, Netherlands, December

Sheikh, A., 2008 “Perilous Employment Practices: Outsourcing of Employer’s responsibilities to the Employment Intermediaries” SAICON 2008 South Asian International Conference, Bhurban, Pakistan, November

Sheikh, A., 2008 “Outsourcing of Employers’ Responsibilities: Blurring Organisational Boundaries in Pakistan” 26th International Labour Process Conference 2008, Dublin, Ireland, March 

Sheikh, A., 2008 “Pay-rolling Agencies in Pakistan: A Cost Cutting Move or a Changing Contour of Employment” 22nd AIRAANZ Conference, Melbourne, Australia, February

Sheikh, A., 2007 “Agency Employment in Pakistan: Traditional Agencies Versus Pay-rolling Agencies” 3rd UNITEN IBM Conference, Melaka, Malaysia, December

Journal Articles (under review) 

Sheikh, A (2011) A Complex Social Landscape: Blurred Organisational Boundaries of Agency Employment and its Implications on Workers’ Statutory Rights (submitted to the Journal of Social Policy)

Sheikh, A (2011) Political Economy of Agency Employment: Flexibility or Exploitation? (Submitted to Review of Political Economy)

Sheikh, A (2011) Complexities of the triangular employment relationship: Is Agency employment a unitary concept? (Submitted to the Labor Studies Journal)

Sheikh, A (2011) Agency Employment or Legal Fiction: Complexities of the Triangular Employment Relationship and Precarious Contours of Staffing (Submitted to the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal)

Journal Articles (Working papers) 

Sheikh, A and Fenwick, P Changing contours of employment patterns/strategies among the UK higher education institutions, in the backdrop of HEFCE funding cuts (aiming to submit to Work, Employment and Society)

Bianchi, R and Sheikh A Implications of migrant labour in the UK hospitality sector: Evidence from London’s East End

Abro, Q. Sheikh, A. Rashdi, I and Rashdi, R (2011) Impact of Internet on Service Quality in the Banking Sector: Evidence from Pakistan