Dr Murad Ali

Assistant Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Dr. Murad Ali is an Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the Department of Leadership and Human Resource Management at Northumbria University's Newcastle Business School (NBS). He is currently the Programme Leader of MSc Global Human Resource Management and teaches modules related to HRM/OB. With extensive experience in teaching, training, academic and business research, and consultancy across Asia and the Middle East, he brings a diverse skill set to his work.

His primary research interest lies in advancing research methods to deepen our understanding of HRM, OB, knowledge management, and innovation. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach and has published in top-tier journals recognized by academic rankings (FT50, CABS4, CNRS), such as Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Technovation, Business Strategy and the Environment, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Knowledge Management, Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Process Management Journal, Baltic Journal of Management, Journal of East-West Business, Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, and International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, among others. He has been an editorial board member of Journal of Business Research.

He is principal investigator and co-investigator in various funded research projects. He is a member of several professional organisations including Academy of Management, and British Academy of Management. He believes in conducting innovative and evidence-based research for the benefit of the society, scholarly, and practice communities.

He is open to supervise Ph.D dissertations and welcomes inquiries from prospective doctoral candidates interested to work in his area of expertise. Please share your statement of interests and CV.

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Key Publications

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The dual effects of job design on knowledge hiding: expanding job demands–resources theory to employee rational-choice behaviour, Shujahat, M., Wang, M., Ali, M., Zhu, Q., Škerlavaj, M. 19 Jan 2025, In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Career satisfaction in the public sector: Implications for a more sustainable and socially responsible human resource management, Latan, H., Chiappetta Jabbour, C., Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, A., Ali, M., Pereira, V. 1 Nov 2022, In: Human Resource Management Journal
Crossing the Red Line? Empirical Evidence and Useful Recommendations on Questionable Research Practices among Business Scholars, Latan, H., Chiappetta Jabbour, C., Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, A., Ali, M. 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Business Ethics
What Makes You a Whistleblower? A Multi-Country Field Study on the Determinants of the Intention to Report Wrongdoing, Latan, H., Chiappetta Jabbour, C., Ali, M., Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, A., Vo-Thanh, T. 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Business Ethics
Green means long life - green competencies for corporate sustainability performance: A moderated mediation model of green organizational culture and top management support, Ali, M., Malik, M., Yaqub, M., Chiappetta Jabbour, C., Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, A., Latan, H. 15 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Cleaner Production
Strategic foresight and business model innovation: The sequential mediating role of sensemaking and learning, Moqaddamerad, S., Ali, M. 1 Mar 2024, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
The differential effects of potential and realized absorptive capacity on imitation and innovation strategies, and its impact on sustained competitive advantage, Algarni, M., Ali, M., Leal-Rodríguez, A., Albort-Morant, G. 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Business Research
The neglected role of knowledge assets interplay in the pursuit of organisational ambidexterity, Ali, M., Shujahat, M., Ali, Z., Kianto, A., Wang, M., Bontis, N. 1 Jun 2022, In: Technovation
Imitation or innovation: To what extent do explorative and exploitative learning foster imitation and innovation strategies for sustained competitive advantage?, Ali, M. 1 Apr 2021, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Direct and configurational paths of absorptive capacity and organizational innovation to successful organizational performance, Ali, M., Seny Kan, K., Sarstedt, M. 1 Nov 2016, In: Journal of Business Research

Professional Activity

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Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Business and Law Conference 2023

PGR Supervision

Usenobong Etokudo MANAGING FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs): THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABILITY ORIENTED PARTNERSHIPS AND ALIANCES AS A TOOL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT Start Date: 01/01/2026
Omar Jafar M Aljaafari Business strategy and firm performance: the mediating role of HRM practices. Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Omar Jafar M Aljaafari Business strategy and firm performance: the mediating role of HRM practices. Start Date: 01/10/2025