Academic department

Organization, Management and Human Resources

Main campus

Lyon

Areas of research

  • Organizational Sociology
  • Human Ressources Management
  • Behavioral research

Areas of teaching

  • Human resources management

Grants and awards

2021

Collaborative Research Grant - Dr. Muhammad Umer Azeem (P.I). Threat of Terrorism and CPEC; challenges and Solutions
Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan

2020

Employee Recognition Award 2020: Best Researcher of the year Award
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

2019

Employee Recognition Award 2019: Best Researcher of the year Award
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Publications from the last 5 years

Articles

ALI, M.A., TING, D.H., AZEEM, M.U. and ABBASI, A.Z. (2025). Do online reviews help? The contingent effect of perceived crowdedness and gender for restaurant selection. EuroMed Journal of Business, 20(1), pp. 33-51.

KHAN, M., HAQ, I., AZEEM, M.U. and GHAFOOR, A. (2025). Climate Change Initiatives, Environmental Management Training, and Firm Performance: The Trickle‐Down Effect of Board‐Level Gender Diversity on Gender Diversity in the top Management Team. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(7), pp. 9274-9300.

HAQ, I.U., TANVEER, U. and AZEEM, M.U. (2025). Unpacking the link between servant leadership and followers’ helping behavior: The mediating role of followers’ servant attitude and the moderating effect of relational identity. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 130, pp. 104263.

ALI, S.A., AZEEM, M.U., YAZDANI, N., BAJWA, S.U. and ASLAM, H. (2025). Falling against incivility spirals or standing to maintain individuality: a social conformity perspective. Management Research Review, 48(5), pp. 786-807.

AZEEM, M.U., BAJWA, S.U., ASLAM, H. and HAQ, I.U. (2025). How and when do an organization’s social sustainability orientation and green human resource practices enhance its sustainable performance? International Journal of Human Resource Management, 36(2), pp. 275-303.

AZEEM, M.U., MEHMOOD, I., HAQ, I.U. and NASHO AH‐PINE, E. (2025). When do challenge‐hindrance stressors differentially effect employees' ability to meet work deadlines? Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences - Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, 42(1), pp. 110-124.

HAQ, I.U., RAJA, U., AZEEM, M.U. and BAJWA, N. (2025). Combined effects of abusive supervision, willpower and waypower on employees’ task performance and helping behavior, through quality of work life. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 12(3), pp. 694–711.

Conference proceedings

LIU, C., PENG, C., AZEEM, M.U., HAQ, I.U., MEHMOOD, I., HUNT, A.L. ... YANG, J. (2025). Destructive and Constructive Behavioral Responses to Workplace Ostracism. In: AOM Symposium. Copenhagen: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).

MEHMOOD, I., AZEEM, M.U. and HAQ, I.U. (2025). High-Performance Work Systems and Outcomes: The Transactional Theory of Stress Perspective. In: AOM Annual Meeting. Copenhagen: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).

ANDIAPPAN, M., AZEEM, M.U., HAQ, I. and BANOUN, A. (2024). The Role of Jealousy in Predicting the Effects of Informational Unfairness on Helping and Gossiping. In: AOM Annual Meeting. Chicago: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).

HAQ, I., SATTAR, H., RAJA, U. and AZEEM, M.U. (2020). Workplace Incivility and Job Performance: The Role of Anxiety and Psychological Capital. In: AOM Annual Meeting. Briarcliff Manor: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).

Conferences and other contributions

AZEEM, M.U., ABBASI, A.Z. and ALI, M.A. (2025). Customer-Driven ESG: From Organizational Environmental CSR to Employee Sustainability. In: Accounting Governance & Sustainability Conference 2025. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran.

HAQ, I.U., AZEEM, M.U., SHAKEEL, A. and NASIR, A. (2024). When do you feel Schadenfreude with your Co-Workers? Combined Effects on Observed Bullying and Interpersonal Conflict on Negative Workplace Gossip. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) 2024. Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.

AZEEM, M.U., HAQ, I.U., NASIR, A. and ALI, M.A. (2024). When hiding knowledge is a sin! When and how does supervisor knowledge hiding hinder employees’ ability to meet work-related deadlines? In: British Academy of Management (BAM) 2024. Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.

HAQ, I.U., AZEEM, M.U. and BAJWA, S.U. (2024). How organizations’ social sustainability orientation enhances its sustainable performance? the roles of green human resource management and employees’ collective affective commitment towards environment. In: International Conference on Sustainable Business Practices in a VUCA World - ICSBP2024. Rabat Business School, université Internationale de Rabat.

SUHAIL, A., RIALP, A., SIMON, A., AZEEM, M.U., VIGODA, E. and SHAKEEL, A. (2023). Compulsory Citizenship Behavior, Creativity, and Role Overload: Do Generations Make A Difference? In: EURAM Annual Conference. Dublin.

ISLAM, M., AZEEM, M.U., NASHO, E., ANWAR, F. and HAQ, I.U. (2023). Barriers towards Entrepreneurial Pathway, the Role of Psychological Capital and Entrepreneurial Intention. In: EURAM Annual Conference. Dublin.

AZEEM, M.U., GARAVAN, T. and HAQ, I.U. (2023). This place is not for me now! When and how abusive supervision signals to subordinates to leave the organization? In: British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference. University of Sussex Business School, Brighton.