Mamun, S. A., Aktar, A., Alamgir, K. A. B., and Haider, A. S. M. S. (2025). Board Gender Diversity and Stock Market Performance of Listed Companies in an Emerging Economy: Does Ownership Matter across Bangladesh? Journal for Global Business Advancement (Accepted for Publication).[Scopus- Q3]

Aktar, A. (2023). Occupational Health and Safety, Employee Engagement and Employee Job Performance in the RMG Sector in Bangladesh. North South Business Review, 12(2).

Razzak, M.R., Jassem, S., Akter, A. and Mamun, S.A.A. (2021), "Family commitment and performance in private family firms: moderating effect of professionalization", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 28 No. 5, pp. 669-689. [Scopus- Q1] https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-05-2019-0165

Aktar, A. (2021). ‘HRM practices and employee engagement: Differential impact of gender among banking sector employees, Bangladesh’ North South Business Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 32-47 (ISSN: 1991-4938).

Aktar, A. & Pangil, F. (2020). ‘HRM Practices, Employee Engagement, Organizational Commitment and Work-Related Social Support’, Journal for Global Business Advancement (ISSN 1746-966X), Vol. 13, No. 6, Inderscience. [Scopus- Q3].

Mamun, S. A., Aktar, A. and Safiuddin, M. (2020). ‘Determinants of Intellectual Capital Disclosure of Financial Institutions in an Emerging Economy’, Journal for Global Business Advancement (ISSN 1746-966X), Vol. 13, No. 6, Inderscience. [Scopus- Q3].

Mamun, S. A. and Aktar, A. (2020). ‘Intellectual capital disclosure practices of financial institutions in an emerging economy’, PSU Research Review: An International Journal Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 33-53. [Scopus] https://doi.org/10.1108/PRR-08-2020-0024 (ISSN: 2398-4007)

Massud, M. E. I., and Aktar, A. (2020). ‘Beneficiary Accountability of NGOs: A Case Study on a Women Empowerment Based Advocacy NGO.’ The Cost and Management (ISSN 1817-5090), Vol. 20, No. 2.

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. and Mamun, S.A. (2025). ‘Strengthening the Commitment–Engagement Nexus: Power of Supervisor, Co-worker, and Organizational Support in Banking Workplaces: A Bangladesh Perspective’ The Academy for Global Business Advancement's 21st World Congress was held at The Grand Four Wings Convention Hotel in Bangkok (Thailand) on July 2- 4.

Basri, R., Mamun, S.A. and Aktar, A. (2025). ‘ESG Disclosure Practices of Islamic Banks in Asian Countries: Does COVID-19 Matter?’ The Academy for Global Business Advancement's 21st World Congress was held at The Grand Four Wings Convention Hotel in Bangkok (Thailand) on July 2- 4.

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

PhD in Human Resource Management (HRM)

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), School of Business Management (AACSB & AMBA Accredited)

Title of Dissertation: Soft HRM Practices, Organizational Commitment, Work-Related Support and Employee Engagement in Bangladesh banking Sector

Supervisor: Dr. Faizuniah Pangil, Associate Professor, School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

 Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Major in Human Resource Management

United International University (UIU), School of Business

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Major in Finance

United International University (UIU), School of Business

Title of BBA Thesis: “Corporate Performance and Corporate Governance through Board and Ownership Structure: An Empirical Study on Listed Financial Institutions in Bangladesh”

Supervisor of the Thesis: Dr. Hasnan Ahmed, FCMA, Professor, School of Business, UIU

HSC in Science Group

Adamjee Cantonment College, Dhaka Board

SSC in Science Group

Parbatipur Girls’ High School, Dinajpur, Rajshahi Board

• Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Department of Management, School of Business and Economics, North South University (NSU). (November 1, 2023 to Present)

• Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, Department of Management, School of Business and Economics, North South University (NSU). (January 1, 2019 to October 31, 2023).

• Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, School of Business, University of Asia Pacific (UAP). (April, 2018 to December, 2018)

• Adjunct Faculty, Human Resource Management & Introduction to Business courses, School of Business, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

• Part Time Faculty, Industrial Psychology, School of Business, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).

• Teaching Assistant, School of Business, United International University (UIU)