Abul Bashar Bhuiyan

Sunway University · Sunway University Business School

Over the past few years, the concern of growing consumer interest in green products has rapidly expanded throughout the world. This study investigates the factors influencing consumers' purchase intention of green products. The target population of this study is the young users who are basically students from several universities in Framingham, USA...

Organizational Learning (OL) is a strategic approach that focuses on Organizational Sustainable Development (OSD), providing sustainable solutions to managerial problems, threats, and challenges. This paper, with a strong foundation in a mixed-methods qualitative approach, delves into the crucial linkage between OL and OSD. The study's robust metho...

Fintech services such as mobile banking are gaining significant acceptance among the citizens in Bangladesh. Therefore, this study aims to explore the determinants that influence banking service users’ decisions to accept and use fintech services such as mobile banking in an emerging market, specifically in Bangladesh. A questionnaire was developed...

This study investigates the impact of five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (risk-taking, proactiveness, innovativeness, aggressiveness, and autonomy), an independent variable, on SMEs’ organizational performance in Bangladesh. The study surveyed 237 SMEs’ owners (out of 300, with a response rate of 79%) in Gazipur district, Bangladesh. Cr...

This study explores the imperative of fostering Trust to enhance the organizational performance of local authorities in Malaysia. Recognizing Trust as a pivotal factor, the research delves into strategies for strengthening interpersonal relationships and institutional credibility. By addressing trust deficits, the study aims to provide actionable i...

This paper investigates the factors that influence visitors’ intention to reuse virtual reality (VR) in theme parks in Malaysia, specifically focusing on perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, enjoyment, and compatibility, as well as the mediating role of visitor satisfaction. A field survey was conducted with 357 visitors using a quantitativ...

Globally, advancement in the ICT sector has brought tremendous development in banking organisations. In Bangladesh, digitalisation motivates many banks to announce inventive services for clients such as POST/ATM service, tele-banking mobile banking, and net banking, that make banking jobs more attractive, and challenging. This research aims to iden...

Halal brands are gaining popularity among Muslim consumers across the world. This study aims to explore the effect of brand awareness, religious belief, and brand trust on young Muslim consumers’ willingness to purchase halal-branded products. The electronic questionnaires were distributed to participants through Google Forms via a popular social m...

The purpose of this research is to find out the significance of current management education in creating students' entrepreneurial intentions in Bangladesh. The study also evaluates the existing entrepreneurial development programs and their implications for contemporary business education. To accomplish the objectives of this study, quantitative r...

The use of collaborative technologies (CT) in the industry 4.0 environment has become ubiquitous. While industry practitioners acknowledge the positive influence of CT on operations and projects of their organizations, yet there seem to be insufficient scholarly insights into the link between CT and project performance (PP). Hence, this study deplo...

The Shariah-compliant (Sukuk) bond has been recently introduced in Muslim countries. Sukuk is getting popular among the Muslim population because of its non-interest feature. Thus, this study explores the impact of attitude toward the Sukuk bond, Muslim people’s religiosity, and their subjective norms on the purchase intention of the Sukuk bond in...

This study aims to examine the effect of training and development (TD) on organizational performance (OP), the parallel mediating effects of employee engagement (EE), employee commitment (EC), and employee retention (ER). The study also empirically tests the moderating role of performance appraisal (PA). A quantitative methodology was used to analy...

This study aims to examine the factors that affect organizational performance in the manufacturing industry of Bangladesh. This study identifies transformational leadership, human capital, and job satisfaction as significant determinants of organizational performance. The analysis focused on the employees of diverse manufacturing organizations in B...

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of ‘Zakat and Ushr’ as a key tool to achieve sustainable development in Bangladesh. The study also proposes an alternative model for Zakat distribution analyzing drawbacks and challenges of prevailed Zakat distribution system. The present study used qualitative approach with intensive intervie...

Electronic banking (e-banking) has become increasingly important due to its convenience and benefits to banking customers. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing customer satisfaction with e-banking services among university students in Malaysia. Using a standardized questionnaire, the study utilized a cross-sectional desig...

The sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) is important not only for the institution itself but also for the overall economy because of its contribution to poverty reduction. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that influence the sustainability of MFIs in Pakistan. Using unbalanced panel data of MFIs from Pakistan for t...

The COVID-19 epidemic has altered many people's lifestyles and incentives, causing their shopping habits to shift. The current study aims to evaluate these changes. In order to achieve this aim, the study analyzed the influence of the pandemic on Buying Behavior for e-commerce transaction across industries in order to discover household preferences...

The aims of this study is to explore the factors that affect customers' satisfaction with Islamic banking services in Malaysia during Covid-19 pandemic. The study is basically conducted on the basis of primary data collected by a well-structured questionnaire using Google Form. The respondents were 102 customers of Islamic Banking in Malaysia by us...

Social media is a globally known and widely used means of social communication that has brought most people very close in today's world especially the Z generation or iGen who are more familiar and attracted to this medium. Among them are university students who mostly prefer to spend time on it and as a result, it might have either positive or neg...

Management of Current assets and Current liabilities is involved in the working capital management of any business organisation. The financial decision regarding the current assets and their utilisation plays a crucial role in the solvency, liquidity as well as the profitability of the company. The study is aimed to determine the management of work...

Bangladesh is now playing a role model in conventional microfinancing programs in the whole world. Though the financial sectors of this country cover both conventional and Islamic modes. There exist some limitations of conventional microfinancing operating by NGOs. The Islamic microfinancing programs are not enhanced in comparing conventional micro...

The purpose of the study is to examine the influences of Risk Management Committee (RMC) characteristics on the risk-taking of the Islamic Financial Institutions of (IFIs) in Bangladesh. The study conducts dynamic short panel data regarding the annual report of quated 14 IFIs in Bangladesh during the period 2013-2018. Particularly the study has con...

The sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) is important not only for the institution itself but also for the overall economy because of its contribution to poverty reduction. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that influence the sustainability of MFIs in Pakistan. Using unbalanced panel data of MFIs from Pakistan for t...

A year has passed since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world and no one could have imagined that it would leave such a massive impact on the world economic landscape. The most affected groups are the Rural Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and micro-entrepreneurs. With the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO), the business o...

Quality Higher Education transforms human life into meaningful human resources. Moreover, it brings qualitative changes in humankind and socioeconomic development with the help of extended knowledge and higher skills. But, most of the traditional student loan mechanisms are based on interest (riba) therefore, many devout Muslims are struggling with...

The present study intends to examine existing literature and summarized the effects of the corporate governance characteristics on risk-taking and justified with existing most relevant theories in the Islamic financing system. The study extracted available literature from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus as well as other online data-based. The...

The aim of this study is to examine the effects individual attributes on the Employability Readiness among engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted self-directed structured questionnaire which was distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities. The st...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Institutional attributes on the employability readiness of the engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted a self-directed structured questionnaire was distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities....

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of human capital attributes on the employability readiness of the engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted self-directed structured questionnaire distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities. The s...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Active Learning attributes on the employability readiness of the engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted self-directed structured questionnaire was distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities....

The value of talent workers, talent management and talent retention has increased in the increasing economic circumstances of the world. Talented and devoted employees are often an integral part of every company. Smart, sophisticated, digitally literate, internationally astute and operationally agile businessmen are considered talented individuals....

The purpose of the study is to examine whether audit committee characteristics influence the risk taking of the Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) in Bangladesh. The study conducts dynamic short panel data regarding annual report of quoted 14 IFIs in Bangladesh during the period 2013-2018. Particularly the studies examined with first and second...

We empirically explore the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Islamic and conventional stock markets from a global perspective. We also explore the co-movement between Islamic and conventional stock markets. Two comparable pairs of conventional and Islamic stock indices - Dow Jones Index and FTSE Index are considered in this study. Employing Wavele...

Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine whether audit committee characteristics influence the risk taking of the Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) in Bangladesh. The study conducts dynamic short panel data regarding annual report of quoted 14 IFIs in Bangladesh during the period 2013–2018. Particularly the studies examined with first...

Despite the emerging concern of mission drift, microfinance institutions (MFIs) in various developing nations have been commercializing and transforming into regulated financial intermediaries. However, a hidden dread is still alive until it is disclosed that the regulated MFIs are actually performing better in both of their financial and social ob...

This paper quantitatively analyzes the literature on Islamic microfinance from early 2000 to 2020, as represented by English-language articles from the Scopus database. Using a bibliometric approach plus content analysis, we describe the field's evolution and structure, including co-citation, co-authorship, and bibliographical coupling. We find tha...

Abstract – The present study intends to examine existing literature and summarized the effects of the corporate governance characteristics on risk-taking and justified with existing most relevant theories in the Islamic financing system. The study extracted available literature from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus as well as other online data-...

The lifestyle of adolescents who migrate to work and college will largely determine their future. Concerns about economic conditions can cause problems with their behavior. This research has aimed to explore the most influential factors on Financial Behavior among graduate students in Indonesia. The Primary data collected by distributing questionna...

The concept of Shariah-based internal audit has received increasing attention from researchers in recent times especially since Islamic financial institutions have been developing in several Asian countries like Bangladesh. To avoid financial irregularities and to maintain Shariah-based financial transactions, an effective Shariah-based internal au...

Microfinance is the most effective and widely acknowledged method of poverty alleviation across the globe but these days every so and often the Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) are digressing from their primary mission in the pretext of financial and operational sustainability of the organizations. This paper explores the methodological structure o...

The purpose of this article is to conceptualize the sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) by reviewing the existing sustainability indices and indicators in terms of double bottom line. A multidimensional construct based on financial and outreach indicators is proposed to develop an index that measures sustainability of MFIs. Principal...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Social Capital attributes on the employability readiness of the engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted a self-directed structured questionnaire was distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities...

This paper aims to explore the empirical review and develop a conceptual framework based on possible available options of social financing for higher education, especially the role of financial institutions and religious motivation towards social financing and financial sustainability in Malaysian higher education. The study used available resource...

The aim of this study is to identify the critical success factors on the delays of road constructions in the GCC countries and their effects on project delivery in Arab countries. Towards the achievement of the objectives the study used the empirical literature from all relevant online sources and data based as many as possible. The findings of thi...

The prime aims of the study to investigates of empirical articles and reviewed on the moderating effects of the regulations, integrations of works and local authorization on the attributes of critical success factors and constructions delay of the road projects in Oman. The study used the empirical literature from the all relevant online sources an...

This research is aimed to discover the effects of corporate social responsibility and the Shariah Supervisory Board in Bangladesh’s Islamic bank’s Performance. The efficiency of the Shariah Supervisory Board is crucial for promoting corporate social responsibility. The Shariah Supervisory Board does not have a significant impact on corporate social...

The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of creep feeding on productive and reproductive performance of BLRI improved Non-descript Deshi (ND) chicken and their chick’s growth up to 8th week of age under semi-scavenging conditions at three different locations of Bangladesh. Two groups of farmers were selected from each location having the BLR...

The Capital Adequacy formation has enlarged noticeably, since 2014 Basel accord iii, both in Capital adequacy and risk-taking. As a result, it has been a concerning issue to provide sufficient director’s ownership in capital formation that influence to reduce risk. The purpose of shedding new light on the director’s ownership on capital adequacy i...

In fact, the Islamic economy is a framework that has been extracted from the axiomatic scripture revealed by Allah Almighty S.W.T (The Holy Quran) and religious practices established by Muhammad SAW (Sunnah) to study contemporary economic phenomenon as per Islamic commercial jurisprudence confronting issues like employment, treatment of property, m...

Islam offers the complete code of human life. It is applicable in every sphere of life, whether business, service or any other occupations. Islamic Economic philosophy simply expounds or refers to philosophical activity within the Islamic paradigm. The main direction of Islamic philosophy provides a complete way of life based on al-Adl and al-Ihsan...

Since the outburst of Covid-19 in China, the world economy is passing in a turmoil situation. Undeniably the economy of Bangladesh is also grappled by the severe public health crisis of the Covid-19. As the public health emergency is heavily interconnected with economic affairs, it has impacted each of the pillars of the economy of Bangladesh. The...

This paper aims to identify major regulatory challenges in the safety net for providing insurances to the depositors in the cross-border transaction over the world.The study found that Islamic banking is facing major challenges to issue appropriate rules and regulations for providing the right safety against the deposit of customers with a conventi...

The paper aims to identify major's regulatory challenges are facing in maintaining proper harmonization of Shariah rulings of Islamic Bank across the world in the cross-border activities. The study found that the Islamic banking is confronting challenges to make appropriate rules and regulations for making the common standardized mode of finance to...

In the recent decade, the term Industry 4.0 or Fourth Industrial Revolution is a common buzzword represents the adoption of disruptive digital technologies (Internet of things, Big Data, 3D printing, Cloud computing, Autonomous robots, Virtual reality, Augmented reality, Self-driving car, Cyber-physical system, Artificial intelligence, Smart sensor...

The Omani higher education system has enlarged noticeably since 1970 both in the number of students and in the infrastructure. As a result, there has been a big investment to provide quality higher educational institutes capable of providing suitable graduates to fulfill the requirements of the labor. The mean purpose of the higher education system...

Abstract The graduates’ readiness for employability has become a major issue for HEIs in the world due to growing concern from governments and industries on the quality of the graduates. As thus, this paper intends to determine the most required skills for Engineering graduate’s readiness for employability. Therefore, the main objective of the curr...

The main purpose of the study is to investigate existing available literature for determining of relevant factors that have cause and effects on the ensuring of aircraft maintenance efficiency in the aviation industry in Oman. Therefore, the study uses available sources of existing literature based on the four main keywords ‘aircraft maintenance ef...

As the aircraft maintenance is one of the very essential resources to enhance the aircraft productivities those facilities such as spears, human, and financial add to that the organizational factors in which will help to make the maintenance more efficient and safe because the safety is the priority part in maintenance in which the organization sho...

The Omani higher education system has enlarged noticeably since 1970 both in the number of students and in the infrastructure. As a result, there has been a wide investment to provide quality higher educational institutes capable of providing suitable graduates to fulfill the requirements of both public and private sectors with a focus on females t...

Since dawning as methodical approach, microfinance is termed as one of the utmost anti-poverty mechanisms which is discharging financial and associated services to underprivileged who(s) were kept at surface by conventional financial institutions. However, sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) is also imperative for sustainable economi...

Purpose: In Malaysia, since the global financial crisis in 2007 and 2008, the low level of stability, excessive risk-taking and weak governance structure in the dual banking system has become essential for deliberation. The purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual model on the effect of Shariah governance characteristics on risk-taking b...

The uneven performance of Western financial market has increased the demand by Muslim population for Islamic finance product and services. Recently, the non-Muslim investors particularly in Western countries have put attention and confidence on Islamic finance industry as they believe such industry is operated with high moral and religious value. B...

As part the Corporate Governance, the Shariah Supervisory Board has a significant role in the Islamic Financial Institutes for ensuring its conformity with the Shariah standards. In general, the Corporate governance should be played essential roles to design and promote principles of fairness, accountability, and transparency to meet of all the sta...

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are considered as the mainstay of the economy, whereas the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is regarded as unitary of the major drivers for SMEs. The function of the ICT is to ensure that as far as the organizations are concerned, their strategy and design, innovation of new products, service...

Purpose: The measurement of sustainability for microfinance institutions (MFIs) has been a serious problem for both practitioners and researchers over the last few decades. A multicriteria decision-making approach is used to develop an index that measures the sustainability of microfinance institutions based on the double bottom line. Methodology:...

The research has been conducted to understand the training effectiveness where health professional participates for training who work under the Bangladesh Government. The research used the Kirkpatrick model. The paper has collected data form, 323 participants. The research measured the training effectiveness using survey questions. The multiple reg...

The uneven performance of Western financial market has increased the demand by Muslim population for Islamic finance product and services. Recently, the non-Muslim investors particularly in Western countries have put attention and confidence on Islamic finance industry as they believe such industry is operated with high moral and religious value. B...