Shagufta Sarwar

Dr. Shagufta Sarwar is an Assistant Professor in the Human Resources area at UNB’s faculty of management. Dr. Sarwar’s main research interests are in the areas of employee engagement, green human resource practices, and corporate social responsibility.

Dr. Sawar has extensive teaching, consultancy and management experience in HR practices, higher education, training and development and career coaching for both public and private entities in UAE and UK, with a keen focus on enhancing people’s wellbeing at workplaces.

She is an invited speaker to several prominent professional and academic forums and has routinely served as an external subject matter expert with the Society of Human Resource Management, USA and higher education institutions in the UK. She is also an active researcher with publications in international peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Sarwar teaches labour relations and human resources selection systems in the BBA program.

Selected publications

Abbas, Z., Sarwar, S., Rehman, M. A., Zámečník, R., & Shoaib, M. (2021). Green HRM promotes higher education sustainability: a mediated-moderated analysis. International Journal of Manpower. ( Scopus ranked A ; ABDC ranked : B, UK – ABS - 1 Star).

Malik, M., Sarwar, S., & Orr, S. (2020). Agile practices and performance: Examining the role of psychological empowerment. International Journal of Project Management. (Impact Factor : 6.620, Cite Score : 13.0, Scopus ranked A ; ABDC ranked : A, UK – ABS - 3 Stars).

Alferaih, A., Sarwar, S., & Eid, A. (2018). Talent turnover and retention research: The case of tourism sector organisations in Saudi Arabia. In Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. Emerald Publishing Limited. ( Scopus ranked A ; ABDC ranked : B, UK – ABS - 1 Star).

Sarwar. S. & Al Amimi, Hessa. (2017), Exploring the link between Employee Voice and Work Performance, Innovation Arabia 10, INN 10 Conference Proceedings, Hamdan Bin Mohammad Smart University, Vol 1, pp. 23 – 35.

Sarwar.S.& Abugre, J. (2014) Work Engagement Among School Teachers, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sustaining Success through Innovation in Higher Education, Brown Walker Press, ISBN-13: 9781627345194, Vol, 1, pp.380 – 402.

Sarwar,S. & Abugre, J. (2013), The Influence of Rewards and Job Satisfaction on Employees in the Service Industry, The International Academy of Management Review.Vol.3,(2),pp.22-32.

Sarwar, S.& Abugre, J. (2013), An Assessment of Islamic Work Ethics of Employees in Organizations: Insights from United Arab Emirates. Problems of Management in the 21st Century, Vol.6, pp.60-72.