Dr Muhammad Ajmal

Assistant Professor

Email: M.ajmal303@gmail.com                                                              

Biography. 

Muhammad Ajmal has a Ph.D. in Management from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS MALAYSIA. He holds an MS in Human Resource Management (HRM) from SZABIST Islamabad, Pakistan. Further, He has an MBA and BBA (Hons) in Human Resource Management (HRM) from the International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan. He has published research papers in national and international journals. Additionally, during his BBA and MBA studies, he completed three months of internships at a Pakistan Steel Mill in Karachi, Pakistan, and the National Logistics Cell, Pakistan. He has also worked as a graduate assistant from November 1st, 2019 to January 2023 at the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MALAYSIA.

Areas of Interest    

  • Safety management
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Organizational agility
  • Organizational behaviour
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Human resource management
  • Sustainable development goals – SDGs

Publications

  • Ajmal, M., Isha, A. S. N., Nordin, S. M., & Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A. (2022). Safety-management practices and the occurrence of occupational accidents: assessing the mediating role of safety compliance. Sustainability, 14(8), 4569. (MDPI Impact Factor 3.251)
  • Ajmal, M., Isha, A. S. N., Nordin, S. M., Rasheed, S., Al‐Mekhlafi, A. B. A., & Naji, G. M. A. (2022). Safety management and safety outcomes in oil and gas industry in Malaysia: Safety compliance as a mediator. Process Safety Progress, 41, S10-S16. (Wiley, Impact Factor 1.294)
  • Ajmal, M., Isha, A. S. N., Nordin, S. M., Kanwal, N., Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., & Naji, G. M. A. (2020). A conceptual framework for the determinants of organizational agility: does safety commitment matters. Solid State Technol, 63(6), 4112-4119. (Scopus – Q4)
  • Ajmal, M., Isha, A. S. N., Nordin, S. M., Sabir, A. A., Munir, A., Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., & Naji, G. M. A. (2021). Safety management paradigms: COVID-19 employee well-being impact on occupational health and safety performance. Journal of Hunan University Natural Sciences, 48(3). (Scopus – Q2)
  • Ajmal, M., Isha, N. A. S., & Nordin, M. S. (2021). Safety management practices and occupational health and safety performance: an empirical review. Jinnah Bus Rev, 9(2), 15-33. (HEC – Index)
  • Ajmal, M., Isha, A. S. N., Nordin, S. M., Sabir A.A., (2021). Management Commitment to Safety and Safety Training: Mediating Role of Safety Compliance for Occupational Accidents A Study on Oil and Gas Industry of Malaysia. Academic Journal of Social Sciences, 48(3). (HEC – Index)
  • Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., Isha, A. S. N., Chileshe, N., Abdulrab, M., Kineber, A. F., & Ajmal, M. (2021). Impact of safety culture implementation on driving performance among oil and gas tanker drivers: A partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. Sustainability, 13(16), 8886. (MDPI Impact Factor 3.251)
  • Naji, G. M. A., Isha, A. S. N., Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., Sharafaddin, O., & Ajmal, M. (2020). Implementation of leading and lagging indicators to improve safety performance in the upstream oil and gas industry. J. Crit. Rev, 7, 265-269. (Scopus – Q4)
  • Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., Isha, A. S. N., Sabir, A. A., Naji, G. M. A., Ajmal, M., & Al-Harasi, A. H. (2020). Fatigue assessment of oil and gas tanker drivers: Psychomotor vigilance test (PVT-192). Solid State Technology, 63(6), 4256-4262. (Scopus – Q4)
  • Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., Isha, A. S. N., Abdulrab, M., Ajmal, M., & Kanwal, N. (2022). Moderating effect of safety culture on the association inter work schedule and driving performance using the theory of situation awareness. Heliyon, 8(11), e11289. (Cell Press, Impact Factor 3.776)
  • Al-Mekhlafi, A. B. A., Isha, A. S. N., Al-Tahitah, A. N., Kineber, A. F., Al-Dhawi, B. N. S., & Ajmal, M. (2023). Modelling the impact of driver work environment on driving performance among oil and gas heavy vehicles: SEM-PLS. Safety, 9(3), 48.

Book chapters


Ajmal, M., Isha, A. S. N., & Nordin, S. M. (2022). Capturing the impact of organizational safety management on safety outcome with a mediating role of safety commitment: a conceptual model. In Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management (pp. 47-66). IGI Global.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Letter of Recognition from Center Graduate of Studies (CGS), UTP for publication in Q1/Q2 quality journals.
  • Letter of Recognition from the Department Chair of Management and Humanities (MH), UTP for serving MHPG - Club as a vice president for 2021-2022.
  • Letter of Recognition from Dean of Center of Graduate Studies (CGS), UTP, Malaysia for serving Post Graduate Club as a head of the training bureau for 2021-2022.
  • Awarded with GA merit ship award of RM 1200 for publication in Q1/Q2 journals from the Center of Graduate Studies (CGS), UTP, Malaysia.
  • Received RM 1600 per month as a scholarship from PETRONAS, Malaysia for 3.5 years during my PhD as a stipend.
  • Academic Achievement Award: Management and Humanities Department Postgraduate Journal Publication Award – 2022

Professional Skills

Statistical Software: SPSS, SmartPLS, AMOS, EndNote, G-Power

Certifications

  • November 23rd, 2022 – November 25th, 2022, Train the Trainer (ToT). Center for student development (CSD) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MALAYSIA
  • September 15th, 2019 – September 18th, 2019, Active Learning. Center for Graduate Studies (CGS), Information Resource Centre Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MALAYSIA
  • May 9th, 2022 – May 9th, 2022, Leadership Skills, and Strategies to Managing Diversity. Center for Graduate Studies (CGS) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MALAYSIA
  • March 15th, 2007 – September 8th, 2007- English Language Certificate. British University College Bahawalpur.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Business Administration in Cholistan IBA, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur Pakistan (18/06/2025 – Present)
  • Graduate assistant from November 1st, 2019 to January 2023 at the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MALAYSIA.
  • 1st May 2015 – 30th July 2015 (12 Weeks) National Logistics Cell – NLC Head office Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
  • 1st June 2010 – 30th August 2010 (12 Weeks) Pakistan Steel Mill Karachi, Pakistan.

Education:

  • PhD - Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MALAYSIA – 2023
  • Master in Science (MS) Shaheed Zulfqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad, Pakistan – 2017
  • Master in Business Administration (MBA) International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan – 2013
  • Bachelor of Business Administration Honors (BBA-Hons) International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan - 2012
  • Diploma in Business Administration (DBA) Government Commerce College Bahawalpur, Pakistan - 2007