Key Research Area

• Academic leadership
• Leadership
• Individual performance

Research Grants (selected)

• Principal Investigator. USM RUI 2017. Employees Dependency on Social Media and Work-Related Attitude with Religiosity as Mediator. September 2018 to August 2020. RM45,000.00.
• Principal Investigator. Academic Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Career Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment, among Lecturers in the Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia. March 2018 to February 2020 [No funding].
• Principal Investigator. Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Career Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Employees in the Public and Private Sectors in Malaysia, December 2017 to November 2019 [No funding].
• Principal Investigator. USM Short Term Grant. Leadership Impact on Work-Related Attitude among Employees in Financial Institutions. August 2015 to August 2017. RM26,133.00. [304/PJJAUH/6313217].
• Principal Investigator. Contract Research Grant - Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) and IPTA (2007-2008). Project 7: Integrating Into the New Marketing Paradigm: The Need for Entrepreneurship among Small Farmers. RM314,390.23.

Selected Journal Articles

1. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Ashish Dwivedi, Alan Lawton & Nasina Mat Desa (2016). Academic Leadership And Organizational Commitment In Public Universities Of Malaysia, European Journal of Scientific Research, 12(16), 329-344.
2. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari & Nor Awatis Anuar (2016). Influence of job satisfaction on affective commitment among bank employees, Proceedings of International Conference on Multidiciplinary Research (ICMR) 2016, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia, 6-7 September 2016, 713-717.
3. Muhamed Shabir Bashir Mohamed, Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari & Nasina Mat Desa (2016). Relationship between personality types and job satisfaction among employees in Malaysian manufacturing, Research Journal of Social Sciences, 9(1), 23-28.
4. Jasmine Lee Mee Choo, Nasina Mat Desa & Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (2016). Flexible Working Arrangement toward Organizational Commitment and Work-Family Conflict, Studies in Asian Social Science, 3(1), 22-35.
5. Jonny Ding Dung Ngie, Nasina Mat Desa & Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (2016). Effects of organizational learning culture and developmental feedback on engineers’ career satisfaction in the manufacturing organizations in Malaysia, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference Advances in Social Science, Economics and Management Study (SEM 2016), Birmingham, UK, 17-18 March 2016, 69-73.
6. Loo Siew Pine, Nasina Mat Desa & Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (2016). Big Five Factors and Employees’ Voice Behavior among Employees in Small-Medium Enterprise in Penang, Review of European Studies, 8(3), 22-35.
7. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (2017). Organizational Analysis: Case of a Leading Distance Education Provider in Malaysia, The International Journal of Business and Management, 5(5), 133-143.
8. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari & Nasina Mat Desa (2017). Academic Leadership and Organizational Commitment among Faculty Members in Malaysian Public Universities, International Review of Management and Business Research, 6(1), 40-56.
9. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Mohd Suhaimi Husin & Nasina Mat Desa (2017). Work Competency and Work Performance among Employees of Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia (JPBM), Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies, 2(5B), 544-550.
10. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Nasina Mat Desa & Mohamed Asri Mohd Ali (2017). Leadership and Work-Related Attitude among Bank Employees in Northern Region of Malaysia, International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research, 2(5), 3317-3331.
11. Nasina Mat Desa, Teoh Lay Khoon, & Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (2018). Work Stress toward Work Environment, Management Support, and Employees Satisfaction among Employees of Public Organizations, International Journal of Asian Social Science, 8(1), 1-11.
12. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Nurul Alhana M. Ramlee, & Nasina Mat Desa (2018). Personality and Work Performance among Commercial Bank Employees in the Northern State of Malaysia, The International Journal of Business & Management, 6(1), 248-258.
13. Nasina Mat Desa, Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, & Baderisang Mohamed (2018). Servant Leadership and Organizational Commitment: A Comparative Study between Employees of Local and Foreign Banks in the Northern Region of Malaysia, Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies, 3(4), 438-452.
14. Nasina Mat Desa & Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (2018). Servant Leadership and Organizational Commitment: Demographic Comparison between Local Bankers and Foreign Bankers in Malaysia, The International Journal of Business and Management, 6(3), 174-183.
15. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Nasina Mat Desa & L. Subramaniam (2019). Influence of Salary, Promotion, and Recognition toward Work Motivation among Government Trade Agency Employees, International Journal of Business and Management 14 (4), 48-59.
16. Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari & Nasina Mat Desa (2019). Portfolio Analysis on Distance Education Faculty Members, International Journal of Asian Social Science 9 (6), 352-369.

Ph.D.

• Mohamed Abdul Aziz Zainuddin Mohsen Maki (Bahrain)

Master

• Mohd Firdaus Mazlan (Malaysia)
• Ida Rizyani Tahir (Malaysia)