Muhibul Haq

Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Worcester Business School

Department of Marketing and Enterprise

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Dr Muhibul Haq is a senior lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Worcester Business School, 蜜桃直播, United Kingdom. He received MSc in Project Planning and Management and PhD in Small Business Management from University of Bradford.

His research interests include sustainable success, competitive advantage, knowledge management, customer relationship management, strategic management, and strategic human resource management in the contexts of microbusinesses. He has published in several journals including Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Journal of the International Council for Small Business, Journal of Asia Business Studies, and International Journal of Management Development. He is a regular contributor to the annual conferences of Academy of Management (AOM), European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management (ERUAM), and British Academy of Management (BAM). Muhibul moderates a weekly radio programme called ‘the Contribution of Microbusinesses’ in Radio Sangam, a local radio station based in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. Muhibul is a former Chevening Scholar (an elite programme run by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom).

Prior to becoming an academic in 2018, Muhibul worked in a variety of organisational and country contexts for over 20 years in different management roles. Besides, he worked internationally for international development organisations including The United Nations Development Programme, The International Fund for Agricultural Development, and The Aga Khan Development Network.

Qualifications

PhD
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCert)
MSc in Project Planning and Management
Master of Business Administration

Teaching interests

Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Generic Management
Human Resource Management

Research interests

Microbusiness performance, sustainability, and competitive advantage
Ethnic minority microbusinesses
Knowledge management
Customer relationship management
Human Resource Management

Recent publications

Haq, M., Johanson, M., Davies, J., Ng, W., & Dana, L. P. (2024). Bourdieusian and resource-based perspectives on ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model. Journal of Small Business Management, 62(4), 1982-2015.

Abualigah, A., Darwish, T. K., Davies, J., Haq, M., & Ahmad, S. Z. (2023). Supervisor support, religiosity, work engagement, and affective commitment: evidence from a Middle Eastern emerging market. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 18(1), 1-20.

Haq, M., Johanson, M., Davies, J., Ng, W., & Dana, L. P. (2024). Human capital resources creation and utilization in ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model. Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 5(2), 106-116.

Haq, M., & Davies, J. (2023). “The person with maximum knowledge will win the race”: Conceptualizing knowledge in microbusinesses. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(2), 295-321.

Haq, M., Johanson, M., Davies, J., Dana, L. P., & Budhathoki, T. (2021). Compassionate customer service in ethnic minority microbusinesses. Journal of Business Research, 126, 279-290.

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the HEA