Dr. Ameer A. Basit

Dean and Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D. Management, National University of Malaysia (UKM)
HEC Approved Ph.D. Supervisor

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Biography

Dr. Ameer A. Basit is the Dean and Associate Professor of Management at GIFT University, Pakistan. Earlier he has worked at Information Technology University (ITU) and University of Management and Technology, Pakistan. Dr. Basit received his PhD in Management (HRM/OB) with distinction from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia in 2014. He was a recipient of Malaysian International Scholarship, which is a highly competitive scholarship for foreign students awarded by the Ministry of Education Malaysia. Further to his credit, he received Best PhD Student in Management Award, Best PhD Student of the Year Award, Excellent Thesis Award, and Graduate on Time Award from UKM-Graduate School of Business. Dr. Basit likes to teach courses relating to OB/HR, entrepreneurship, and research methods. He is an HEC Approved PhD Supervisor. He has presented his research in various international conferences. His research focuses on positive employee attitudes and behaviors, leadership, employee job performance, entrepreneurship, teams, and entrepreneurial start-ups. He also holds memberships of world’s most prestigious American associations of management scientists and academics, including Academy of Management (AOM) and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Basit’s research paper for the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2016 has been selected as a best paper in the field of Organizational Behavior.

Teaching Interests

Leadership and Change
Organizational Behavior
Entrepreneurship
Research Methods
Business Ethics

Research Interests

Positive Attitudes and Behaviors
Motivation and Engagement
Employee Job Performance
Team Processes and Behaviors
Entrepreneurial Start-ups

Selected Publications

Nauman, S., Imam, H. and Basit, A.A. (2023). Surface acting and work-family conflict: The roles of exhaustion, anxiety, and education. International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Online First.
Basit A. A., & Nauman, S. (2023). How workplace loneliness harms employee well-being: A moderated mediational model. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1086346.
Nauman, S., Zheng, C., & Basit A. A. (2021). How despotic leadership jeopardizes employees’ performance: The roles of quality of work life and work withdrawal. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 42(1), 1–16.
Basit, A. A. (2020). How does political skill lead to job and organization engagement? Role of self-evaluations. Journal of Management Development, 39(7/8), 895–910.
Basit, A. A. (2019). Examining how respectful engagement affects task performance and affective organizational commitment: The role of job engagement. Personnel Review, 48(3), 644–658.
Basit, A. A. (2017). Trust in supervisor and job engagement: Mediating effects of psychological safety and felt obligation. The Journal of Psychology, 151(8), 701–721.
Basit, A. A., & Chauhan, M. A. H. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Job Engagement Scale: A cross-country analysis. Journal of Management and Research, 4, 1–14.
Basit, A. A. (2016). Cognition-based and affect-based trust in supervisor and job engagement: Evidence from Malaysia. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2016(1).
Basit, A. A., & Arshad, R. (2016). The role of needs-supplies fit and job satisfaction in predicting employee engagement. Jurnal Pengurusan, 47, 3–12.
Basit, A. A., & Arshad, R. (2015). Effects of needs-supplies fit and demands-abilities fit on employee engagement: A case of Malaysian public university. Global Management Journal for Academic and Corporate Studies, 5, 12–19.

Recent International Conferences

Khan, U. A., Barnes, C. M., & Basit, A. A. (2022). Pollution follows you home. Proceedings of the 2022 British Academy of Management Conference, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK.
Basit, A. A., Johnson, M. D., Khan, U., & Murray, A. (2022). Ego-centrists, collaborators, and socializers: How tie-forming motivations impact pivoting. Proceedings of the 82nd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA.
Khan, U., Fehr, R., Awtrey, E., & Basit, A. A. (2022). Appreciation inequality. Proceedings of the 82nd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA.
Khan, U., Fehr, R., Awtrey, E., & Basit, A. A. (2022). Impact of received gratitude expression disparity on team psychological safety climate, performance, and customer satisfaction. Proceedings of the 2022 Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Khan, U. A., Barnes, C. M., & Basit, A. A. (2022). Air pollution and work-family conflict. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, USA.
Basit, A. A., Johnson, M. D., Khan, U. A., Murray, A. (2020). Antecedents of the pivot: Temporal configurations of network positioning and team dynamics on ventures’ strategic redirections. Proceedings of the 15th INGRoup Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Basit, A. A., Azeem, M. U., & Haq, I. U. (2019). Towards making inclusive organizations: A conditional process analysis of workplace loneliness. Proceedings of the 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA.
Basit, A. A. (2019). How does political skill drive engagement? The role of self-esteem and identification. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Washington DC, USA.
Nauman, S., Basit, A. A., & Imam, H. (2018). How and when does surface acting spur work-family conflict? Assessing the role of emotional exhaustion, job anxiety, and education. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Basit, A. A., & Roof, R. A. (2017). The significance of individual spirituality and employee engagement in task performance and affective commitment. The 31st Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Basit, A. A. (2017). Linking respectful engagement, job engagement, task performance, and affective commitment. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Basit, A. A. (2016). Cognition-based and affect-based trust in supervisor and job engagement: Evidence from Malaysia. Proceedings of the 76th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA.
Basit, A. A., & Arshad, R. (2013). Needs-supplies fit and job satisfaction: The mediating role of employee engagement. Proceedings of the 1st CHREST International Conference on Labour Market Transformation and Human Resource Development, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Basit, A. A., & Arshad, R. (2012). Effects of needs-supplies fit and demands-abilities fit on employee engagement. Proceedings of the National Research and Innovation Conference in Social Sciences, Melaka, Malaysia.

Awards and Honors

2021: Judge, Entrepreneurship Pitch Day, Information Technology University (ITU), Lahore
2020: Member of Scientific Committee, International Partners Research Conference, University of Dundee, UK
2020: Session Chair, International Partners Research Conference, University of Dundee, UK
2018: Judge of Fellowship Program, ITU Center for Civic Innovation, Lahore
2016: Best Paper, 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, California, USA
2016: Session Chair of 1st SME Conference, Pearl Continental Hotel, Pakistan
2016: Session Chair of 1st Management and Applied Sciences Conference, ICBS, Pakistan
2014: Excellent Thesis Award, UKM-Graduate School of Business, Malaysia
2014: Best PhD Student of the Year Award, UKM-Graduate School of Business, Malaysia
2014: Best PhD Student in Management Award, UKM-Graduate School of Business, Malaysia
2014: Graduate on Time Award, UKM-Graduate School of Business, Malaysia
2014: Chair of Doctoral Colloquium 2013-2014, UKM-Graduate School of Business, Malaysia
2013: Chair of Doctoral Colloquium 2012-2013, UKM-Graduate School of Business, Malaysia

Affiliations

Editor, Jurnal Pengurusan
Member, Academy of Management, USA
Member, American Psychological Association, USA
Member, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, USA
Certified International Trainer and Member, IAPPD Global Limited, UK