Metropolitan University

Nishath Anjum

Assistant Professor

Biography

Ms Nishath Anjum is working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Business Administration. She completed her graduation (BBA) in Management and post graduation (MBA) in Human Resource Management from Metropolitan University, Sylhet with outstanding CGPA. Earlier, she passed her SSC and HSC from Jalalabad Cantonment Public School & College, Sylhet with brilliant result.

She always has the desire to be a teacher. By following her passion, she joined Metropolitan University in 2016 as a Lecturer and being promoted to the post of Senior Lecturer in 2018. She has done a few research work. Her area of research interest includes job attitudes, work stress, compensation & benefits, employee performance etc.

Education

MBA in HRM, Metropolitan University Sylhet

BBA in Management, Metropolitan University Sylhet

Award & Achievements

Research Papers (Journal Publication)

•	Anjum N, Rahaman M. S. (2022). Do ICT Blessings Outweigh its Impediments?: A Narrative Inquiry on Bangladesh's SMEs, Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, Inderscience Publisher, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ISSN: 1741-5284 (online), 1470-6075 (Print). 
Available at: https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijttc

•	Ahsan, M. M. T., Rahaman, M. S., and Anjum, N. (2023). From ChatGPT-3 to GPT-4: A Significant Leap in AI-Driven NLP Tools, Journal of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, Volume-2, Issue-1. ISSN: 2782-9421. Published by- Center for Research and Development, Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Philippines.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52631/jeet.v2i1.188

•	Rahaman, M. S., Ahsan, M. M. T., Anjum, N., Rahman, M. M. and Rahman, M. N. (2023). The AI Race is on! Google's Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT Head to Head: An Opinion Article (February 8, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4351785 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4351785
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4351785

•	Rahman, M. M.,  Moral, I.H.,  Dana, L., Anjum, N. and Rahaman, M. S., (2022) . Challenges of rural women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh to survive their family entrepreneurship: a narrative inquiry through storytelling, Journal of Family Business Management. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-04-2022-0054  

•	Anjum N, Rahman M, M, Rahaman M. S. (2022). Challenges for HR Professionals in the Post-COVID-19 Era. Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management, 4(1).
Link: https://jbsfm.org/vol4no1/challenges-for-hr-professionals-in-the-post-covid-19-era/

•	Anjum N, Rahaman M. S, Choudhury M. I, Rahman M. M. (2022). An Insight into Green HRM Practices for Sustainable Workplace in the Banking Sector of Bangladesh: The Role of Electronic HRM. Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management, 4(1).
Link: http://jbsfm.org/vol4no1/an-insight-into-green-hrm-practices-for-sustainable-workplace-in-the-banking-sector-of-bangladesh--the-role-of-electronic-hrm/

•	Islam, M. A., Anjum, N. and Ahmed, M. I. (2021). Predicting Consumers’ Intention to Shop Online in an Emerging Market: A COVID-19 Perspective. Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behavior in Emerging Markets, 12(1), 4-18.
DOI: 10.7172/2449-6634.jmcbem.2021.1.1
Link:http://www.wz.uw.edu.pl/portale/journal-of-marketing-and-consumer-behaviour-in-emerging-markets/artykul/42600/jmcbem-1122021

•	Anjum, N. and Islam, M. A. (2021). Workplace Happiness: Exploring the Factors Shaping Academics’ Subjective Well-being. Journal of Management in Practice, 6(1).
Published by- Don Bosco Institute of Management, Assam.
Link:http://journals.dbuniversity.ac.in/ojs/index.php/JoMP/article/view/2172

•	Anjum, N. and Rahman, M. M. (2021). Performance Appraisal and Promotion Practices of Public Commercial Banks in Bangladesh- A Case Study on ACR Method. SEISENSE Journal of Management (SJOM), 4(3), 1–16.
DOI: 10.33215/sjom.v4i3.602
Link:https://journal.seisense.com/index.php/jom/article/view/602

•	Anjum, N., Islam, M. A., Chowdhury M.I. and Saha J. (2021). Do Intrinsic Rewards Matter on Motivation? Evidence from Primary School Teachers in Bangladesh, SEISENSE Journal of Management, 4(1), 47-58.
DOI: 10.33215/sjom.v4i1.534
            Link:https://journal.seisense.com/index.php/jom/article/view/534

•	Anjum, N., and Islam, M. A.(2020).Employees’ Behavioral Intention to Adopt E-HRM System- An Approach to Extend Technology Acceptance Model. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 10(3), 
DOI: 10.6007/IJARAFMS /v10-i3/8140
Link:http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARAFMS/v10-i3/8140

•	Anjum, N. (2020). COVID-19 Pandemic: How Does Social Media Affect Psychological Well-being? - A synthesis of literature review, The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 8(3). DOI: 10.25215/0803.173
Link: https://ijip.in/issue/?volumes=Volume-08-Issue-3-July-September-2020

•	Anjum, N. and Ghose, U. (2019). Workplace Stress- A Critical Insight of Causes and Effects on Employees’Well-being- A Study on Private University Teaching Staff, International Journal of Academic Research in Business, Arts & Science (IJARBAS), 1(3), 124-138.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3510630 
Link: https://www.ijarbas.com/2019/10/19

Research Papers (Conference Proceedings)

•	Anjum, N. and Putul, M. K. N. (2022). ICT Usage in SMEs in Bangladesh: An Insight on Benefits & Barriers. 3rd International Conference on Entrepreneurship Development and International Trade with BIMSTEC, Organized by: Entrepreneurial Economists Club, Dhaka School of Economics (DScE), Constituent Institution of the University of Dhaka, January 15-16, 2022, Conference proceedings published as book, ISBN: 978-984-96503-2-4, Page: 170-175, Student ways publishing.

•	Anjum, N. (2020). The Cost of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Education System. International e-Conference on Impact of New Normal and COVID-19 on Education, Economic, Business Strategies and Management of the Supply Channel, Organized by: Entrepreneurial Economists Club, Dhaka School of Economics (DScE), Constituent Institution of the University of Dhaka, August 2020, Conference proceedings published as book, ISBN: 978-620-3-02485-2, Page: 187-197, Lap Lambert academic publishing.

•	Anjum, N., Ghose, U. and Chakraborty K. (2018). Analysis of Selected Factors Influencing Adoption of Information Technology in Small Business: An Exploratory Study on the Entrepreneurs. Inspiria Excellence Series Multidisciplinary Conference on Future Paradigms in Industry,Inspiria Knowledge Campus, Siliguri (ICFPI-2018). Nov 01-02, 2018. Published in International Journal for Research in Engineering Application & Management (IJREAM), ISSN: 2454-9150, Special Issue- ICFPI 2018.
DOI: 10.18231/2454-9150.2018.0927

•	Anjum, N. and Ghose, U. (2017). Work stress- causes, effects and coping strategies- A study on private university teachers, Sylhet, Bangladesh. National Conference on Business and Economics 2017, Organized by: School of Business and Economics, Metropolitan University, Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 2017, Conference proceedings, Page: 57-63.

•	Razu, M.A.Y. & Anjum, N. and Islam, M.R. (2017). Entrepreneurs Perception on Adoption of Information Technology, A Study on Sylhet Region, Bangladesh. National Conference on Business and Economics 2017, Organized by: School of Business and Economics, Metropolitan University, Sylhet, Bangladesh, January 2017, Conference proceedings, Page: 64-72.

Book Chapters

•	Rahaman, M. S., Anjum, N., Moral, I. H., Dana, L. (2023). Business Models in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects, Fashion and Environmental Sustainability: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, De Gruyter, ISBN: 9783110795431 (e-book), ISBN: 9783110795202 (Hard cover). Scopus.

•	Anjum, N., Rahaman, M.S., Rahman, M.M., DANA, L.P. From Start to Success: Women Entrepreneurs Navigating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Bangladesh, Women Entrepreneurship Policy: context, theory and practices (under the book series- Contributions to management science), Chapter  no. 12, Springer Publisher.
•	Rahaman, M. S., Ahsan, M. M. T., Rahman, M. M., Anjum, N. (2023). Google's Bard Vs OpenAI's ChatGPT: AI Championship and Social Change through 4IR. ChatGPT: The AI Friend, Entrepreneurial Growth and Business Sustainability towards 4IR, Eliva Press Publishing, ISBN: 978-9994987184, Chapter: 4, Page: 63-80.
•	Rahaman, M. S. and Anjum, N. (2023). Way to Future of ChatGPT: Business Growth and Sustainability Study. ChatGPT: The AI Friend, Entrepreneurial Growth and Business Sustainability towards 4IR, Eliva Press Publishing, ISBN: 978-9994987184 Chapter: 3, Page: 57-62.
•	Anjum, N.and Zahan M. (2021). Contemporary Practices, Problems and Challenges of Human Resource Management- Bangladesh Perspective. Thoughts of Researchers during the COVID-19 Pandemic, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-0-11746-5, Page: 39-48.

Submitted/Work-in-Progress Papers

•	Anjum, N. and Rahaman, M. S. (2023).  Adapting and mitigating employee resistance to change: A critical management challenge, European Journal of International Management, Special Issue on International Entrepreneurship: Strategies for overcoming challenges and developing capacity, Inderscience publisher.
•	Ahsan, M., Anjum, N., Rahaman, M. S., Rahaman, M., DANA, L. (2023). Marine Tourism: Driving Sustainable Development in the Blue Economy. Handbook of Sustainable Blue Economy, edited by Walter Leal Filho.
•	Anjum, N., Ahsan, M. and Rahaman, M. S. (2023). Financial Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability, Handbook on Economics of financial inclusion, publisher- Routledge- Taylor & Francis group.
•	Anjum, N. and Rahaman, M. S. (2023).  Electronic service performance and customer satisfaction in Bangladesh.

Research Portfolio

•	Research Publications: Total: 27, Journal papers: 13, Conference Proceedings: 5, Book Chapters: 5, Submitted Papers: 4.
•	Citation: Google Scholar- 76 (h-index-6), Research Gate- 58.
•	Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nishath-Anjum
•	Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O-jQhkcAAAAJ&hl=en
•	Orcid: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-1155-0580
•	Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/4478994/nishath-anjum/
•	Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/AnjumNishath?from_navbar=true
•	LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishath-tonny/

Achievements

•	Editorial Board Member and reviewer of multiple international journals.
•	Host & Online Scorer, “Bangabandhu Quiz Competition 2020”, MU, Sylhet (2020).
•	Co-convener of the workshop “Supply Chain Management”, DBA, MU, (2018).
•	Co-organizer of the workshop “Career Hacks” arranged by DBA, MU, Sylhet (2018).
•	Award leader, the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, Metropolitan University.
•	Certified for participating in conferences and publishing articles in reputed journals.
•	Attended 2nd Convocation (2015) of Metropolitan University as a participant and 3rd Convocation (2018) as a faculty member of the department of business administration.
•	Merit scholarship for outstanding result in BBA (2010).
•	Awarded for excellent result in SSC by JCPSC Ovibabak Shamity (2007).
•	Government scholarship for outstanding result (2006).
•	Two consecutive scholarships by ‘Hafiz Mozumder Education trust’ for excellent results in competitive examination (2006 & 2005).

Trainings & Workshops Participation

•	Workshop on ‘Quality teaching in higher education’ organizaed by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Metropolitan University, Sylhet (12 January, 2023).
•	Expert Session on ‘Publishing Impactful Research in Journals: An International Dialogue” arranged by Faculty of Management Studies, Indukaka Ipcowala Institute of Management, A constituent Institute of Charusat (October, 2021).
•	2ndPan African Supply Chain Management Virtual Summit 2021 arranged by African Institute of Supply Chain Research (October 9, 2021).
•	Leadership in a Technology Driven World arranged by Imperial College, Business School, London (September 23, 2021).
•	E-Workshop on “Bangladesh National Qualification Framework (BNQF)” arranged by IQAC, Metropolitan University, Sylhet(19 June, 2021).
•	E-seminar on “Small credit & skill management” arranged by Dhaka School of Economics, DScE (29 January, 2021).
•	Workshop on “Statistical package for the social sciences” arranged by DBA, MU, 2019.
•	“SHARP” Research Proposal, M. Habibur Rahman Library Hall, MU, 2019.
•	“Sharing the Improvement Plan”, IQAC, MU, 2018.
•	“Workflow in Research Agenda: Scalable and Dynamic Work Coordination”, MU, 2018.
•	Workshop on “Curriculum Mapping” organized by IQAC, MU, 2018.
•	Team Building Workshop organized by DBA, IQAC, MU, 2017.
•	Workshop on Role, Responsibilities and Ethical principles of University Teachers, organized by Metropolitan University, 2017.
•	Training workshop on "Quality teaching" arranged by IQAC, MU, 2017.
•	Teachers Training Program arranged by Pioneer School & College, Sylhet, 2015.
•	One week training program on “Hotel Management” at Hotel Star Pacific, Sylhet, 2013

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