Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Dr. Alima Aktar

Full Time Faculty
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Human Resource Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia (AACSB & AMBA Accredited)

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6323
Email: alima.aktar@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC864

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Alima Aktar is the Associate Professor of Human Resource Management (HRM) at School of Business and Economics (SBE), North South University. Dr. Alima has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Program Self-Assessment Committee (PSAC) from Department of Mnagement. She is also serving as the member of NSU Institutional Review Borad/Ethics Review Committee (NSU IRB/ERC. Dr. Alkat has completed her PhD in HRM from School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). Her research interest focuses on employee engagement, human resource development and management, organizational commitment, organizational restructuring and human capital. She has published several articles in different referred journals. She also regularly attends various research conferences in her interested areas. Dr. Alima teaches different courses for both undergraduate and graduate levels at North South University. Her teaching area covers human resource management, strategic human resource management, human resource planning and staffing, performance appraisal and compensation management system, international human resource management. She also work as an academic supervior for undergraduate and graduate students to provide research guideline.

Aktar, A. & Islam, Y. (2019). 'Green human reosurce management practices and employee engagement:empirical evidence from RMG sector in Bangladesh.' International Journal of Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management. Vol. 3, No. 1

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2018). 'Mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between human resource management practices and employee engagement:does black box stage exist?' International journal of sociology and social policy, Vol. 38, No. 7/8

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2018). 'The relationship between human resource management practices and employee engagement:moderating role organizational culture.' Journal of knowledge globalization. Vol. 10, No. 1

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2017). 'The relationship between employee engagement, HRM practices and perceived organizational support:evidence from banking employees.' International journal of human resource studies. Vol. 7, No. 3

Aktar, A. (2017). 'Are banking employees engaged with their work?' CRISL Business Review. Vol. 1, No. 2

Aktar, A. & Khan, S. N. (2016). 'The role of perceived organizational support in the relationship between organizational commitment and employee engagement:a conceptual model.' Independent Business Review. Vol. 9, No. 1 & 2

Aktar, A. (2016). 'Employee engagement:does it matter for employee performance?' The journal of the institute of cost and management accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB). Vol. 44, No. 4

Aktar, A. (2011). 'Board composition and firm performance in Bangladesh: an empirical study on listed finanacial institutions.' The journal of the institute of cost and management accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB). Vol. 40, No. 2

Aktar, A. (2011). 'Challenges of organizational restructuring for HR managers in Bangladesh.' AIUB faculty journal. Vol. 3, No. 1

Aktar, A. (2010). 'Convergence of corporate governance in Bangladesh:an empirical study on listed financial institutions.' The journal of the institute of cost and management accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB). Vol. 40, No. 4

Book Chapters:

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2014). 'Impact of HRM on employee engagement:a conceptual analysis.' Sustaining business competitiveness:practices and issues in HR. UUM press.

International Conferences:

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2019). 'Employee engagement:role of HRM practices, organizational commitment and work related support." Academy for Global Business Advancement's 16th World Congress held at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi)

Aktar, A., Mamun, S.A. & Islam, Y. (2019). 'Gender diversity, corporate governance and firm performance in an emerging economy.' Acaademy for Global Business Advancement's 16th World Congress held at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi)

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2017). 'High-performance HRM practices and organizational commitment: an empirical study of banking employees in Bangladesh. 4th Conference on Business Management (CBM), Penang, Malaysia

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2014). 'The impact of human resource management on employee engagement:a conceptual analysis. International conference on business management (ICBM), Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Aktar, A. (2014). 'The impact of human reosurce management on employee engagement:mediating role of organizational commitment. The 2nd symposium on business postgraduate research. EDC hotel, Universiti Utara Malaysia.

Newspaper Articles:

Aktar, A. (2018). 'Are your employees engaged?' Dhaka Tribune, 27th November.

 

 

 

- Recipient of Gold Medal for Oustanding result in MBA program

- Best Paper Award in international conference by Academy for Global Business Advancement 2019 held in IIT Delhi, India

- Best Mentor Award as Faculty Member for Business Plan Competition at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

- 100% merit scholarship in BBA and MBA program for outstanding result

- Board scholarship for outstanding result in SSC examination

- Primary school talentpool scholarship