Dr. Shahzad Hussain

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shahzad-Hussain-4
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahzad-hussain-67137b244/
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=cRvnMO8AAAAJ&hl=en

Biography:

Dr. Shahzad Hussain is a passionate academician with a vast experience in academia, having a solid record and ability to work in teams. He has served at key academic administrative positions at different well reputed public and private sector institutions. He has joined Rawalpindi Women University (RWU) as an Assistant Professor in 2022. He has received his Master Degree from IMScience, Peshawar and obtained the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with distinction from SZABIST, Islamabad. Moreover, he has published several research papers in well reputed national and international journals. Likewise, he has attended several national and international research conferences. As an HEC Approved supervisor, he has been extensively involved in PhD and MS supervision and evaluation. His core theoretical, professional and practical interests include Corporate Governance, Asset Allocation, Corporate Finance and Financial Economics among many others.

Brief statement of Research Interest:

Corporate Finance, Green Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial development, and Sustainable Development

Qualification:

PhD (Finance) SZABIST, Islamabad
MBA (Finance) IMSciences, Peshawar
BBA (Finance) IMSciences, Peshawar

Honors and Awards:

Scholastic Honor in Bachelor
Scholastic Honor in Master
PhD with Distinction

Supervisions:

HEC Approved Ph.D. Supervisor

Service Activity:

Assistant Professor (BPS-19)/HOD, Business Administration (September 13, 2022 – till date)
Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
Head, Department of Business Administration; Editor In Chief, Sustainable Business and Economic Review; Chairperson, Self-Assessment Review(SAR) Committee; Chairperson, Board of Studies(BOS); Convener, Central Purchase Committee; Chairperson, Drug Control Committee; Member, Board Of Faculty(BOF); Member, Ethical Institutional Review Board; Member, Hostel Management Committee; Member of Board of Faculty; Member of Academic Council; Actively Involved in Designing the Curriculum of MBA, MS(MS) and PhD(MS); Actively Involved in the Preparation of Required Documents For NOC of Postgraduate Programs; Launched a New Postgraduate Degree Program- MS (Management Sciences) in Fall-2023 at RWU.

HOD, Department of English (Additional Charge) (June 20, 2023 – September 18, 2023)
Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
Planning, Development, Implementation & Evaluation of Departmental Academic and Allied Matters; Academic Leadership of Administrative Matters of Faculty Members; Actively Engaged in Infrastructural Development; Introduced Outcome Based Teaching Pedagogy; Actively Involved to Provide Practical Exposure the Student in Field of English.

Chairperson, Central Purchase Committee (Additional Charge) (April 17, 2023 – till date)
Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
Coordination with Additional Director Purchase for overall University’s Procurement; Actively Involved in Designing a Standard Tender Document in Accordance with Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA); Designing of Annual Procurement Plan via Single Stage & Two Envelops Procedure.

Member Logistic, Hostel Committee (Additional Charge) (December 08, 2022 – till date)
Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
The Management of the Matters Related to Logistics for Hostel Mess & Inventory Recording with the Help of Senior Warden; Actively Engaged with Different Vendors for Supply of Foods Items; The Compilation and Verification of Hostel’s Official Record.

Assistant Professor (TTS) (February 14, 2022 to August 22, 2022)
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
Teaching and Research Related Duties; Responsible for PhD (Management Sciences) Curriculum Development; Approved the PhD(MS) Curricula from Board of Studies (BOS).

Associate Professor (October 21, 2021 to, February 11, 2022)
Postgraduate Research Coordinator (PhD & MS)
Foundation University, Islamabad
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
The Responsibilities Include, Academic Leadership Such as Postgraduate Research Coordinator; Teaching and Research Related Duties; Actively Involved in Circular Development of MS (Finance), Member of GERC Committee, and Member of BASAR; Actively Engaged in the Allocation of Supervisor with Close Coordination with HOD & DEAN-FMS.

Assistant Professor (August 01, 2018 to Oct 20, 2021)
Postgraduate Research Coordinator (PhD & MS)
Foundation University, Islamabad
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
Postgraduate Research Coordinator; Representative of Faculty of Management Sciences in GSC Meetings; The Member of Board Of Studies (BOS);The Submission of Agendas of Faculty of Management Sciences to Chairman GRC Office on Regularly Basis for GSC & BASAR Meetings; Coordination of Departmental Defense; Coordination of Doctoral Seminar; Coordination of PhD Public Defense; Coordination of MS Viva Voce Session; Meetings Related to Progress Review of Scholars With HOD and Dean FMS; Coordination With HOD & DEAN FMS for the Allocation of Supervisor to PhD & MS Scholars; The Supervision of PhD and MS Scholars; Internal Evaluation of PhD & MS Scholars; Teaching and Research at Undergraduate & Postgraduate programs, Research Supervision of MS and PhD Scholars.
Lecturer/Program Officer (September 1st, 2014 to July 31st, 2018)
National University of Modern Languages (NUML) (Former APCOMS), Rawalpindi
Major Academic Administrative Responsibilities
As Responsibilities of Program Officer Includes Preparation of Timetable of BBA Program; Teaching the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses; Undergraduate Projects, Supervision & Evaluation; Admission Coordination; Events Management.

Assistant Manager Finance &Administration (March 01st, 2010 to August 31st, 2012)
People Empowerment and Consulting Enterprise (PEACE), Peshawar
Major Administrative Responsibilities
Preparation of Financial Statements; Financial Statements Consolidation and Reconciliation; Financial and Investment Modeling; Working Capital Management.

Journal Publications:

Papers Published in Scholarly Journals:
Scholarly Impact Factor Journals (ABS: 3* & ABDC: A, HEC recognized W-Category Journal)

  1. Hussain, S., Gul, R., & Ullah, S. (2023). Role of financial inclusion and ICT for sustainable economic development in developing countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change,194, 122725.[(Elsevier, ISI Indexed, IF – 12.0, Scopus, Q1, ABS:3*, ABDC: A, HEC recognized W-Category Journal)]
    Scholarly Impact Factor Journals (HEC recognized W-Category Journal)
  2. Hussain, S., Ahmad, T., Shahzad, S. J. H., Ullah, S., Rehman, A. (2023). Financial Inclusion and CO2 Emissions in Asia: Implications for Environmental Sustainability. Economic and Political studies(EPS), Accepted. [(Tylor and Frances , ISI Indexed, IF – 2.4, Scopus, Q1, HEC recognized W-Category Journal]
  3. Hussain, S., Rehman, A., Ullah, S., Waheed, A. Hassan, S. (2023). Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth: Comparative Panel Evidence from Developed and Developing Asian Countries. Sage Open, Accepted .[(Sage, ISI indexed, IF- 2.20, Scopus, Q2 , HEC recognized W-Category Journal)]
  4. Hussain, S., Akbar, M., Gul, R., Shahzad, S. J. H., & Naifar, N. (2023). Relationship between financial inclusion and carbon emissions: International evidence. Heliyon, 9(6), e16472.[(Elsevier, ISI indexed, IF- 4.0, Scopus, Q1 , HEC recognized W-Category Journal)]
  5. Hussain, S., Gul, R., Ullah, S., Waheed, A., & Naeem, M. (2023). Empirical nexus between financial inclusion and carbon emissions: Evidence from heterogeneous financial economies and regions. Heliyon, 9(3), e13164.[(Elsevier,ISI indexed, IF- 4.0, Scopus, Q1 , HEC recognized W-Category Journal)]
  6. Ahmad, T., Hussain, S., Akbar, M., & Rehman, A. U. (2022). Impact of terrorism on stock market: Evidence from developed and developing markets. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 70(04), 1-34. [(Elsevier, ISI indexed, IF- 5.0, Scopus, Q1 , HEC recognized W-Category Journal)]
  7. Rehman, A.,Aliyan,T., Hussain, S., Waheed, A.(2021). Executive remuneration , corporate governance and corporate performance: Evidence from China. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja.33(01), 01-28[(Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, IF- 3.08, Scopus , Q1 , HEC recognized W-Category Journal)]
    Scholarly Journals (HEC-recognized X-Category Journal)
  8. Waheed, A. Hussain, S., Zahid, M., Khan, S. (2022). Ownership Structure and Earnings Management in view of Effective Monitoring and Myopic Institutions Hypothesis.Global Business Review. 23(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509221121186. [Sage, ISI indexed, IF- 2.3, Scopus, Q2, ABS: 1*, ABDC: C, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  9. Ullah, S., Haroon, M., Hussain, S., Rehman, A., (2022). Islamic Labelling and Corporate Governance: A Perspective of Shariah Compliance Firms. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research.13(7),1-19. [Emerald, ISI indexed, IF- 2.3, Scopus,Q2, ABS: 1*, ABDC: C, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  10. Ullah, S., Hussain, S., Kartawinata, B., Muhammad, Z., & Fitriana, R. (2022). Empirical nexus between Chinese Investment under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Economic Growth: An ARDL Approach. Cogent Business & Management, 09(01), 01-25.[Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, Scopus, Q2, IF- 3.0, ABS: 1*, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  11. Hussain, S., A, Akbar., Malik, Q., Ahmad, T., Nasir, A. (2022). Downside Systematic Risk in Pakistani Stock Market: Role of Corporate Governance, Financial Liberalization and Investor Sentiment. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 16(01), 137-160.[Emerald, ISI indexed, IF- 3.0, Scopus, Q1, ABS: 1*, ABDC: C, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  12. Khan, S., Baig, N., Hussain, S., Usman, M., & Manzoor, H. (2021). Bank-firm equity-based relationships and firm’s performance: evidence from Islamic and conventional banks of OIC countries. Cogent Business & Management. 8(01), 01-28.[Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, Scopus, Q2, IF- 3.0, ABS: 1*, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  13. Ullah, S., Khan, S., Hussain, S,. (2021). Political Connections, Family Firms and Firm Performance: Evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 28(01), 01-18.[Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, Scopus, Q2, IF- 1.2, ABS: 2*, ABDC: B, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  14. Rehman, A., Ahmad, T., Hussain, S., & Hassan, S. (2021). Corporate Cash Holdings and Firm Life Cycle Evidence from China. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 15(04), 625-642.[Emerald, ISI indexed, IF- 3.0, Scopus, Q1, ABS: 1*, ABDC: C, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  15. Waheed, A., Hussain, S., Mehmood, H., Malik, Q. (2021). Moderating Role of Institutional Investors, Investment Horizon and Corporate Governance in the Sustainability of Corporate Social Responsibility and Firms Performance Nexus. Cogent Business & Management. 8(01), 01-21.[Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, Scopus,IF – 3.0, Q2, ABS: 1*, ABDC: B, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  16. Gul, R., Ullah, S., Rehman, A., Hussain, S., Alam, M. (2020). Corporate Governance and Cash Holdings: Family versus Non-Family Controlled Firms. Cogent Business & Management. 7(01), 01-17.[Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, Scopus, Q2, IF – 3.0, ABS: 1*, HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
  17. Akbar,M., Hussain, S., Ahmad, T., & Hassan, S. (2019).Corporate Governance and Firm performance in Pakistan: Dynamic Panel Estimation. Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences, 12(2), 200-227. [HEC recognized X-Category Journal]
    Scholarly Journals (HEC recognized Y-Category Journal) (Selected)
  18. Hassan, S., Aksar, M., Zahoor, M., Hussain, S., & Khan, S. (2023).An Empirical Investigation on Ownership Structure and Earnings Management: Evidence from PSX and FTSE 350 Listed Firms, Journal of Organisational Studies and Innovation, 10 (1):1-14.[ISI indexed, HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  19. Hussain, S., Fatima,N., Rasheed, A.,Hassan, S. (2022). Institutional investors and corporate investment decisions: The interplay of product market competition. Journal of Management and Research. 8(02), 01-18.[HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  20. Hussain, S., Gull, D., Ullah, S. (2022). Financial liberalization and Downside Market Risk: Evidence from an Emerging Economy. The Discourse,07(03), 37-54. [HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  21. Malik, Q., Hussain, S., Ullah, N., Waheed, A., Naeem,M., Mansoor,M.(2021). Simultaneous Equations and Endogeneity in Corporate Finance: The Linkage between Institutional Ownership and Corporate Financial Performance. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business.08(03), 0069–0077.[ISI indexed, HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  22. Perwar, A., Hussain, S., Waheed, A., Malik, Q., Mehboob,M.(2021). Institutional Ownership and Earnings Managements Practices: Fresh Insights Based Dynamic Panel Estimation Model, 08(06), 267–275.The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 08(06), 267–275.[ISI indexed, HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  23. Anjum, N., Hussain, S., Ahmad, T., Rehman,A.(2020). Risk Taking Behavior, Corporate Governance and Product Market Competition: Evidence from Pakistan. City University Research Journal(CURJ), 10(04), 342-357.[HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  24. Umer, R., Nasir, A., Hussain, S., Naveed (2020). Gender Diversity and Earnings Management Practices: Evidence from Pakistan.City University Research Journal(CURJ), 10(02), 342-357.[HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  25. Khan, S., Baig, N., Hussain, S. Rehman, A., (2020). Strenght Bank-Firm Nexus: Evidence from Islamic and Conventional Banks of OIC countries.Journal of Islamic Business and Management(JIBM), 10(01),96-109.[HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  26. Sajjad, T., Nasir, A., Hussain, S., Ullah, S., & Waheed, A. (2019). Corporate Governance, Product Market Competition and Earning Management Practices. Journal of Managerial Science, 13(2), 111-135. [HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  27. Hussain, S., Hassan, S., Ullah, S., & Rehman, A. (2017). Investor Sentiment, Corporate Governance and Downside risk. Journal of Managerial Science, 11(3SE), 257-273.[HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  28. Hussain, S., & Shah, S. A. (2017). Macro-Economic factors and Firm Downside Systematic Risk;Socio-Political index as Moderation. Journal of Managerial Science, 11(3SE), 45-72. [HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  29. Hussain, S., & Shah, S. A. (2017). Corporate Governance and Downside Systematic Risk with a Moderating role of Socio-Political in Pakistan. Business & Economic Review, 09(4), 28-60. [HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
  30. Hussain, S., & Shah, S. A. (2017). Investor Sentiment and Firm Downside Systematic. NUML International Journal of Business & Management (NIJBM), 12(2), 103-116. [HEC recognized Y-Category Journal]
    Papers under review in Scholarly Journals
  31. Ullah, S., Khan, S., Hussain, S,. (2023). Governance, Climate Change and Economic Growth in Asia: A Panel Cointegration Analysis. Cogent Economics and Finance, Under Review.[Taylor & Francis, ISI indexed, Scopus, Q1, ABS: 1*, ABDC: B, HEC recognized X-Category Journal].

Articles Published as Op-ed

  1. The Kaizen Way to Live a Productive Life, Globlespacevillage
  2. The Power of Habits, Globlespacevillage
  3. How to live a productive life?, Globlespacevillage

Conference Papers / Presentations:

  1. Comparing predictive power of values at risk (VAR) through parametric and non parametric measures and FAMA & FRENCH three factors model in choosing the optimal portfolio, 5th South Asian International conference (SAICON-2012) Bhurban, December 04-06, 2013
  2. Affiliated business groups and their affect on firm’s dividends policy in Pakistan, 5th South Asian International conference (SAICON-2012) Bhurban, December 04-06, 2013
  3. Value Premium and its Size Components in Karachi Stock Exchange, 5th South Asian International conference (SAICON-2012) Bhurban, December 04-06, 2013.
  4. Conditional value at risk versus Value at risk through GARCH and EWMA, 18th National Research Conference, SZABIST, Islamabad, January16-17, 2014

Research Projects :

Approved Projects:

  1. SuperMum Lunch Box – Approved Grant Amount = 0.120 Million(2023-2024) –Rawalpindi Women Univerisity
    Submitted Projects:
  2. Designing a Learner-Centered Curriculum to address national curriculum problems in Pakistan- Proposed Grant Amount = 7.82 Millions(Submitted to Planning Commission (Pakistan Innovation Fund)


Others:

Research supervision:
M.Phil./MS Thesis Supervision

  1. Investor Sentiment and Downside Total Risk (MS(Management Sciences) – Foundation University)
  2. Financial Liberalization and Carbon Emission(MS(Management Sciences) – Foundation University)
  3. Financial Liberalization and Downside Risk(MS(Management Sciences) – Foundation University)
  4. Institutional Investor and Corporate Investment Decisions: the interplay of Product Market Competition(MS(Management Sciences) – Foundation University)

M.Phil./MS Thesis Evaluation

  1. Investigative study of Investor’s herding behavior during bullish and bearish market: A case of Pakistan Stock Exchange (Riphah International University, Islamabad)
  2. Gender Diversity and Firm’s Performance: A study of listed companies of Pakistan (AIOU, Islamabad)
  3. The Determinants of Bank Profitability and stability: Evidence from Pakistan (AIOU, Islamabad)
  4. Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanism and Product Market Competition on Firm Performance. A Comparative Study from Developed, Developing, and Emerging Economies(Riphah International University, Islamabad)
  5. Impact of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance: Mediating role of Agency Cost(AIOU, Islamabad)
  6. Impact of Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure on Capital Structure(Riphah International University, Islamabad)
  7. Corporate Governance and Earnings Management in Concentrated Market(Riphah International University, Islamabad)
  8. Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Adoption in Pakistan: A Moderating effect of Religiosity(Riphah International University, Islamabad)
  9. The Impact of Green Human Resource Management on Green IT Attitudes and Beliefs in the Information Technology Sector(Torrens University, Australia)
    DOCTORAL RESEARCH SUPERVISION & EVALUATION
    PhD Thesis Supervision (In Progress)
  10. Impact of board characteristics on corporate environmental performance(Foundation University, Islamabad)
    PhD Thesis Evaluation
  11. The Nexus between Big Data, Data-Driven Decision Making, intellectual capital and value creation: A mixed method approach( Foundation University, Islamabad)
  12. Effects of Corporate Governance on Decision Making: Moderating Role of Board Diversity(Foundation University, Islamabad)
  13. Board Diversity and Dividend Policy in Emerging Asian Economies. (Foundation University, Islamabad)
  14. Institutional investors, investment horizon and firm performance(Foundation University, Islamabad)
  15. Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Performance and Financial Distress with Mediating Role of Agency Cost, Information Asymmetry and Investment(Foundation University, Islamabad)
  16. Impact of Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Performance: A Moderating Role of Corporate Philanthropy. (Foundation University, Islamabad)
  17. Corporate Governance and Credit Rating of Islamic Banks. Moderating Role of Shariah Governance Attributes. (Foundation University, Islamabad)
  18. Mean and Volatility Spill over from World to Emerging Islamic Equity Markets. A Pragmatic Approach. (Foundation University, Islamabad)
  19. Corporate governance bundles and corporate tax avoidance: A testing of bundling hypothesis. (Iqra University, Islamabad)