Dr. Naseer Akhtar’s research interests consist of employee sense-making, and social perspective based on social exchanges for employees-employer relations in organizations. Similarly, I conduct research on employees in three major areas: organizational change and strategy, employees’ attitude and behavior, and psychological contracts. First stream of research focuses on, organizational change and employee relations, examines the employees’ perspective through the lens of sense-making of post-major organizational change time and its effects on employees’ behavioral responses, with a primary focus on how being perceived as an underdog can influence the energy and effort that employees have invested be influenced by post organizational change impact. Second research area, employee behavior and psychological contracts, examines the central interest that how employees behave positively and negatively during and after major organizational changes and how their psychological contracts are influenced i.e. perceived fulfillment of organizational obligations. I am a quantitative researcher, and always enthusiastic about new research collaborations. Research Interests Organizational Change, Organizational Psychology, Career Development, Employee-Employer Relations, Employees Attitudes and Behaviors, Psychological Contracts, Sensemaking, Social Exchange, HPWS, HCWS, Employee Engagement and Involvement, HR Best Practices
Dr. Muhammad Naseer Akhtar has worked in number of industries before joining NUST Business School. Started his career with MCB Bank Limited then later moved to Bank Alfalah Limited. After serving banking industry for three years, travelled to UK and graduated his MA Management from Chester Business School – University of Chester, United Kingdom. Upon his return from UK, joined School of Management Studies – The University of Faisalabad as Lecturer/MBA Program Leader till 2010. In year 2010, set up IVS Consulting to provide education consultancy services and has worked with number of reputable universities and colleges from UK, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Naseer has initiated and arranged many international academic partnership programs with number of universities from UK, Europe, and Asia and during this period and served as an International Academic Partnership Adviser to Mykolo Romero University (MRU) – Lithuania and some other universities.