Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business

Professor Dr Hassan Abu Bakar

 Hassan

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Qualification: MSc. Corporate Communication (Universiti Putra Malaysia); PhD (Universiti Utara Malaysia)

Teaching Interest: Leadership; Communication Management

Research Interest: Dyadic Relationships; Group Communication; Leader-Member; Multilevel Modelling and Workplace Cultural Context

Research Profiles:

Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.my/citations?user=T5oz-ikAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hassan_Abu_Bakar

UUM Experts: http://experts.uum.edu.my/Researcher_Info.aspx?nopkj=2147

Biography: Professor Dr. Hassan Abu Bakar is a Professor of Communication and Management at the Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia. He came to academe after a career in industry, having worked in multinational corporations based in Europe and the US. He received his PhD in communication management from the Universiti Utara Malaysia / University of Queensland Business School. His research is in leadership, organizational communication, ethics, and cross-cultural communication in organizations. His research has been published in leading management journals including Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management and Leadership & Organizational Development. He is also a Visiting Professor at the ICN Business School, Nancy, France and Associate Research Fellow at Purdue Policy Research Institute, Purdue University. Hassan also serves as the Chairman for Malaysia Top Business School Task Force and Malaysia Business School Dean Council at the Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education. Hassan has served as the Deputy Dean of Research, Innovation, and Knowledge Transfer as well as the Director of the Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Change at OYAGSB. In addition to his leadership and administration experiences, he has experience planning international and regional conferences. Hassan has received numerous grants from national and international funders, government and corporate.

Selected Publications

  • Bakar, H.A., & Connaughton, S.L. (2022). Ethical leadership, perceived leader–member ethical communication and organizational citizenship behavior: Development and validation of a multilevel model. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 43(1), 96-110.  LODJ-07-2021-0356
  • Choo, L. S., Bakar, H.A., & Connaughton, S.L. (2021). Understanding Workplace Culture in Malaysia: Cultural Characteristics of Chinese-Malaysian Ethnic Society. International Journal of Business and Globalization, 20(1), 1-20.
  • Bakar, H. A., & Omilion-Hodges, L. M. (2020). The mediating role of relative communicative behavior on the relationship between ethical Leadership and organizational identification. Leadership & Organizational Development Journal, 41(1), 52-72. LODJ-04-2019-0190
  • Bakar, H. A., & Connaughton, S. L. (2019). Measuring shared cultural characteristics in Malaysia: Scale development and validation. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 26(2), 246-264.
  • Bakar, H. A., & Omilion-Hodges, L. M. (2018). Relative leader-member relationships within group context: Linking group cooperation to perceived group performance. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 23(4), 582-598.

OYAGSB KUALA LUMPUR
Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB)
Universiti Utara Malaysia (Kampus Kuala Lumpur)
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