Md. Sahidur Rahman

University of Chittagong · Department of Management

Literature on leadership explored that successful leadership greatly influences the employees' attitudes, perceptions, and level of job satisfaction. When leaders fail to satisfy the requirements and expectations of their team members, then a negative work environment and various issues may arise that cause job dissatisfaction. In Bangladesh, leave...

Objective: The application of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is employed to scrutinize how emotional intelligence relates to the intention for social entrepreneurship within the context of Bangladesh. Specifically, this study investigates whether relationship management, social awareness, self-awareness, and self-management components constit...

This paper aims to determine the factors affecting the job satisfaction of the employees working in the private commercial banks (PCBs) of Bangladesh. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire has been used to obtain the data from 590 employees working at the mid-level, junior-level, and entry-level in the thirty PCBs of Bangladesh. Convenience samp...

Social intelligence (SI), a widely discussed buzzword in the field of organizational behavior (Tamzid et al., 2023), is a critical element for improving an individual’s effectiveness, leadership quality, and creative relationship. SI competencies are also significant for developing ones’ skills, nonverbal gestures, and creative performance (Rahim e...

The study aims to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI), social intelligence (SI), cultural intelligence (CI), and entrepreneurial intentions (EnI) among the sample of business students of the University of Chittagong. The social learning theory (SLT) was used to determine the association between independent variables and dep...

The presence of counterproductive conduct in the work environment is a sign that an employee's actions may be reduced by emotional intelligence to avoid harming other employees or the organization. This paper's main target is to investigate the relationships between emotional intelligence and unproductive conduct in various Bangladeshi enterprises....

The aim of the study is to assess the direct relationship between self-efficacy and social support with social entrepreneurial intention. The researchers have applied quantitative survey approach for the current study and taken two hypotheses for analyzing the data. The sample has been taken from the graduate students of two prominent universities...

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on the sustainable leadership of managers in the context of Bangladesh. Emotional intelligence is made up of five components, viz. self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Methods: This is a quantitative study based on survey data. Data we...

In the era of globalization, tourism has occupied a central position in the world economy. Similar to the global trend, Bangladesh's tourism sector has witnessed the dark facet of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examined the consequences of the pandemic on tourism in Bangladesh and how these adversities could be surmounted. The study is based on...

Intrinsic reward practices are increasingly receiving a wide range of acceptance in today's organizations that could play a vital role in educational institutions, where employees' job satisfaction and creative performance are ever demanding. Hence, this study mainly intends to investigate the associations of intrinsic reward practices with employe...

This study is accomplished with a view to exploring the relationship between university teachers' stress they face in their professional life and teaching performance on the view point of some of the demographic variables. A sample of 112 faculty members ranging from lecturer to professor rank is communicated randomly from different private and pub...

Purpose This field study aims to investigate the interactive relationships of millennial employee’s gender, supervisor’s gender and country culture on the conflict-management strategies (CMS) in ten countries (USA, China, Turkey, Germany, Bangladesh, Portugal, Pakistan, Italy, Thailand and Hong Kong). Design/methodology/approach This exploratory s...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between emotional intelligence (which is made up of five components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills) and sustainable leadership of managers in the context of Bangladesh. We followed quantitative research paradigm. The research hypotheses were tested using...

The study aims to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI), social intelligence (SI), cultural intelligence (CI), and entrepreneurial intentions (EnI) among the sample of business students of the University of Chittagong. The Social Learning Theory (SLT) has been used to determine the association between independent variables (E...

Purpose – Based on the social exchange theory, this paper aims to explore the effects of work-life support practices on subjective well-being through work engagement and job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Data of 332 bank employees were collected in three waves and analyzed using Amos and Process Macro. Findings – The study revealed th...

The present study’s aim is to investigate the intention to use and actual use of a artificial intelligence (AI) for talent acquisition in Bangladesh. The authors used deductive reasoning approach in a positive paradigm. The study finally collected 243 responses through self-administered questionnaire and used the PLS-based structural equation model...

In the era of globalization, tourism has occupied a central position in the world economy. Similar to the global trend, Bangladesh's tourism sector has witnessed the dark facet of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examined the consequences of the pandemic on tourism in Bangladesh and how these adversities could be surmounted. The study is based on...

To keep pace with ever-changing global business trend and to attain sustainable competitive advantage, business firms need to depend largely on their employees' citizenship behavior beyond their regular job requirements as well as on their creative performance that uniquely and valuably contribute to the organizations' overall performance in an eff...

Emotional Intelligence is a fashionable concept rising in the field of psychology and organizational behavior (Rahman, Uddin, & Rahman, 2016; Biswas, Rahman, & Ferdausy, 2017; Lubbadeh, 2020; Biswas & Rahman, 2021). It is a premier stimulus of charismatic leadership as emotionally smart leaders demonstrate greater charisma (Biswas & Rahman, 2021)....

In the history of civilization, it is the major humanitarian period due to Covid-19. According to the WHO, globally more than 20 core confirmed cases of corona virus are identified. In Bangladesh, there are total cases of more than 13 lacs and total death of 22,897 till today. Outbreak of Covid-19 not only threatens public health but also disrupts...

The aim of this study is to recognize the different factors associated with the job satisfaction of the employees at different commercial banks in Bangladesh. The research methodology is descriptive-correlative. Data have been collected from 590 employees including 129 mid-level and 461 junior and entry-level employees of different private commerci...

Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence of managers and job attitudes (such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job involvement, perceived organizational support, and employee engagement) of employees to understand the employees' emotions and feelings by managers in the workplace. Design/metho...

The main aim of the study to find out whether organizational commitment has any mediation effect on the relationship between servant leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. Data was collected from 432 managers and staff of private commercial banks in Bangladesh. The respondents were selected using the convenience sampling technique. Str...

Purpose: Emotional intelligence is a critical stimulus of charismatic leadership. This research is an effort to detect the relationships between the elements of emotional intelligence and charismatic leadership. Methods: Purposive sampling technique was adopted to assemble data from 356 bankers working in different private commercial banks in Bang...

The education sector is considered as one of the suitable areas that facilitate women to pursue a prestigious career. Recently, along with public universities, private universities are significantly contributing to higher education in Bangladesh. Female faculties are building their careers in private universities. In university-level education, a f...

This paper aims to determine the factors affecting the job satisfaction of the employees working in the private commercial banks (PCBs) of Bangladesh. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire has been used to obtain the data from 590 employees working at the mid-level, junior-level, and entry-level in the thirty PCBs of Bangladesh. Convenience samp...

Environmental sustainability, employees’ green behavior, and socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) are now becoming the key focuses for many organizations all over the world because of the increasing pressures on them to reduce negative environmental impacts of their activities and to maintain environmental issues. Nowadays, organi...

The main purpose of the study is to know the practices of servant leadership (SL) in the context of Bangladesh. Specifically, the study explores the fitness of SL constructs in a developing country like Bangladesh. Data were collected using SL scale developed by Van Dierendonck and Nuijten from 432 respondents working in the different branches of p...

The study aims to identify the different factors associated with the job satisfaction of the employees in the different private commercial banks of Bangladesh. The study also examines the differences of association of the factors using different statistical analysis. The research method of the study is descriptive correlative study. The independent...

This study aims to identify the relationships among emotional intelligence (EI), transformational leadership (TL), creativity (CR), and job performance (JP) of the managers perceived by the working MBA students. A cross-sectional survey research is the primary research design for the study. A printed survey instrument is used to collect data from 1...

This study aims to investigate the relationships between emotional intelligence (EI), and transformational leadership (TL), creativity (CR), and job performance (JP) of the managers as perceived by the subordinates. Cross-sectional survey research is the primary research design for the study. A printed survey instrument is used to collect data from...

This study aims to determine the relationships between leaves and job satisfaction among the employees of some commercial banks in Bangladesh. Data on selected leaves and job satisfaction related factors have been collected through survey method from mid-level and entry-level employees of 29 private commercial banks in Bangladesh. The respondents w...

Objective: This paper attempts to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and the several job attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job involvement, perceived organizational support, and employee engagement) of the working MBA students in Chittagong city. A theoretical model is developed and empirically tested wher...

This is a cross-cultural study that explores the relationship between entrepreneurs’ social intelligence and firm performance in six countries (China, Malaysia, Bangladesh, France, Ireland, and Turkey). These firms were founded during the 7 years preceding the study. Data for this study were collected with questionnaires from three managers of each...

This study aims to examine whether emotional intelligence is connected with problem-solving skills and the intervening job of charismatic leadership in this connection. We adopted the positivism paradigm to deal with quantitative techniques as well as a large number of samples of our study. The purposive sampling was embraced to gather primary data...

This study aims to determine the relationships between leaves and job satisfaction among the employees of some commercial banks in Bangladesh. Data on selected leaves and job satisfaction related factors have been collected through survey method from mid-level and entry-level employees of 29 private commercial banks in Bangladesh. The respondents w...

The purpose of this study is to unveil the role of leadership styles in problem solving at the private commercial banks of Bangladesh. The participants were 356 bankers who took part in the study voluntarily. Leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire) were measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5X (Bass & A...

The study attempts to examine the association between supply chain integration and supply chain performance in the manufacturing industries of Bangladesh, where supply chain integration was classified as customer integration, supplier integration, and internal integration. Supply chain integration was measured by items adapted by Flynn, Huo, and Zh...

In the age of temporariness, human resource managers are facing remarkable challenges regarding retention of their skilled workforce and today it’s really difficult to ignore the influences of the employees’ job attitudes on their behavioral output. Hence, the study mainly aims at examining the relationships of major jobs attitudes, i.e. job satisf...

This study aims to investigate the relationships among emotional intelligence, leadership styles, and job performance of the employees in Chittagong Export Processing Zone. More specifically, the study examines the relationship between emotional intelligence and transformational leadership, emotional intelligence and transactional leadership, and e...

Environmental sustainability, employees’ green behavior, and socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) are now becoming the key focuses for many organizations all over the world because of the increasing pressures on them to reduce negative environmental impacts of their activities and to maintain environmental issues. Now a day, organ...

This paper studies the moderating effect of transformational leadership (TL) on the relationship between deviant workplace behavior (DWB) and job performance (JP). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 288 (n=288) respondents using quota sampling approach. The analysis shows that employees’ DWB negates JP and there is a m...

This paper aims to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in transformational leadership and leadership outcomes at the private commercial banks of Chittagong in Bangladesh. The research sample comprised of 356 employees at the private commercial banks of Chittagong who took part in the study voluntarily. Emotional intelligence was measured...

This paper aims to investigate the role of the components of emotional intelligence in problem solving in the private commercial banks of Bangladesh. The participants were 356 bankers who took part in the study voluntarily. Emotional intelligence was measured by the Emotional Quotient Index while Basadur's Simplex Problem-Solving Model was used to...

This paper studies the relationships between transformational leadership, deviant behaviour, job performance, and gender. Data collected from 160 respondents from different organisations using the convenience sampling method was analysed using descriptive statistics, bivariate correlation, and regression analysis. Results reveal that there is a neg...

This study presents a structural equations model for the relationship between department chairs' social intelligence (SI) and their creative performance (CP) at two public universities in Bangladesh. SI is defined as the ability to be aware of relevant social situations; to manage situational challenges effectively; to understand others' concerns a...

Conflict is natural and normal phenomenon in all spheres of life. It is an unavoidable component of human activity (Gerami, 2009). It may be viewed as a situation in which the concerns of two or more individuals appear to be incompatible (Thomas, 1976; Pruitt & Rubia, 1986; Putnam & Poole, 1987; Rahim et al., 2002). As individuals, we seek ways to...

Leadership is a bond which makes people to work together (Bushra, Usman, & Naveed, 2011). Among different styles of leadership, transformational leadership is a modern approach towards leadership paradigm. Over the past two decades, transformational leadership has emerged as one of the most popular aspect to understand follower attitudes, behavior,...

In Bangladesh, private banking sector is becoming faster, easier and wider. The environment of the private commercial banking sector is even more challenging, as they have to compete with other banks. As a result, in a majority of private commercial bank, it has been observed that employees are often loaded with problems that cannot be easily solve...

It has become necessary for organizations to offer special attention to organizational innovation, flexibility, productivity, and responsiveness to changing external conditions for their survival and success in this increasingly globalized world. It is being progressively realized that employee behavior that is beyond the traditional measures of jo...

In Bangladesh, thousands of organizations are performing their business activities and millions of employees are employed there to contribute to the organizational goals, even though some organizations are outperforming others in this regard. Maintaining employees' job performance and retention of qualified, skilled, and experienced employees are b...

This paper aims to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in transformational leadership and leadership outcomes at the private commercial banks of Chittagong in Bangladesh. The research sample comprised of 356 employees at the private commercial banks of Chittagong who took part in the study voluntarily. Emotional intelligence was measured...

The power sector of Bangladesh is facing major challenges in coping with increasing demand from users. Consequently, the Bangladesh government is according a high priority to finding solutions to shortfalls in supply. Load shedding is a major problem in the power sector and, in recent times, it has taken serious shape in urban areas. This article h...

The main purpose of this study is to ascertain the relationship between business course curriculum and leadership skills development among a sample of business graduates. The required data were collected through a questionnaire administered to MBA and final semester BBA students of different public and private universities in Bangladesh. The total...

The study is conducted to understand the relationship among emotional intelligence of supervisors, creativity, and empowering leadership competencies perceived by the subordinates. Emotional intelligence was measured by the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al., 2002) while creativity was measured by the Creativity Scale (Zhou & George, 2001). Add...

The study is conducted to understand the relationship among emotional intelligence of supervisors, creativity, and empowering leadership competencies perceived by the subordinates. Emotional intelligence was measured by the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al., 2002) while creativity was measured by the Creativity Scale (Zhou & George, 2001). Add...

Emotional intelligence is very critical to the managerial effectiveness. The present study intends to explore the relationships between emotional intelligence and the three roles such as, interpersonal, informational, and decision of managerial effectiveness. Emotional intelligence is measured by using the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al., 20...

The main purpose of the study is to know the practice of servant leadership (SL) in the private commercial banks (PCBs) of Bangladesh. Data were collected from the officers, employees, and staff working in the different branches of PCBs of Bangladesh. The convenience sampling technique was used for selecting the respondents. Structural equation mod...

HR does have an important role of play in the organizational culture, as it is the people who work for the organization, who embrace and develop a particular culture within organization. Any desired change to the culture of the organization has to be made through the people and by the people. Scanty researches are there on HR roles impacting the or...

The study is conducted to understand the relationship among emotional intelligence of supervisors, creativity, and empowering leadership competencies perceived by the subordinates. Emotional intelligence was measured by the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al., 2002) while creativity was measured by the Creativity Scale (Zhou & George, 2001). Add...

The main objective of this study is to determine the relationships between the components of organizational commitment (such as, affective commitment, continu-ance commitment, and normative commitment) and job performance with the samples drawn from the private organizations in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This study adopted a survey design, thus, the d...

This study attempts to explore the relationship between perceived organizational justice, encompasses by three components (distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice), and turnover intention in the private commercial banks (PCBs) of Bangladesh. The data were collected through the distribution of questionnaires among 163 emp...

The study aims to assess the relationships between transformational leadership and job performance as well as transactional leadership and job performance of the executives. The study also attempts to identify the differences between male and female executives' perceptions regarding transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and job per...

The study was conducted to examine the relationship among emotional intelligence of supervisors, delegation, and empowering leadership competencies perceived by the subordinates/employees working at different private organizations in Chittagong city. Emotional intelligence was measured by the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al., 2002) while dele...

This study mainly intends to investigate the associations of employees' job involvement with job satisfaction, job performance and turnover intention in Bangladesh. By administering structured questionnaires containing established scales of job involvement, job satisfaction, job performance, turnover intention, and some demographic information, dat...

This paper aims to examine the relationships among emotional intelligence, self-esteem, and social loafing in the context of Bangladesh. Emotional intelligence and self-esteem were measured by the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al, 2002) and Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) respectively while social loafing was measured by the Social Loafing...

This study mainly attempts to investigate the relationships among organizational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions of executives in Bangladesh. Data were collected using a convenience sampling technique from 187 executives working at different organizations in Chittagong. Respondents were asked to rate their own organizational co...

The present study aims to explore the relationships among transformational leadership, deviant workplace behavior, and job performance. Data were collected with the help of self administered questionnaire from 175 working executives in Bangladesh using convenience sampling technique. Data have been collected were analyzed using descriptive statisti...

This cross-cultural study in five countries (U.S., U.K, Scotland, Hong Kong, Thailand) was designed to test the relationship between leaders’ social intelligence (SI) and their creative performance (CP). SI was defined as the ability to be aware of relevant social situational contexts; to deal with situational contexts or challenges effectively; to...

The present study aims to examine whether emotional intelligence was related to job performance and the potential mediating role of transformational leadership in this relationship. Emotional intelligence was measured by the Emotional Quotient Index (Rahim et al., 2002) while job performance was assessed by Tsui et al.’s (1997) Job Performance Scal...

This cross-cultural study in five countries (U.S., U.K., Scotland, Hong Kong, and Thailand) was designed to test the relationship between leaders' social intelligence (SI) and their creative performance (CP). SI was defined as the ability to be aware of relevant social-situational contexts; to deal with situational contexts or challenges effectivel...

This paper aims to investigate the relationships among the managerial attributes, job satisfaction and service quality of women bankers. Data for this study were collected from 125 women bankers of the different private commercial banks of Bangladesh who were asked to rate their own managerial attributes, job satisfaction and service quality with t...