Role
Wajiha holds the position of Senior Lecturer within the Department of Management. She plays a key role in multiple undergraduate programs, imparting knowledge in fields such as Digital Transformation in Organisations, Business Development, and Strategy and Innovation. Additionally, she actively engages in teaching postgraduate modules such as Managing People, and Leading Responsible and Sustainable Organisations. Furthermore, Wajiha provides guidance and supervision for research projects within the BA (Hons) programs and consults on projects in the postgraduate programs.
Career overview
She brings with her a wealth of experience, with seventeen years in the higher education sector, having taught at various universities in both the UK and Pakistan. Prior to joining NBS in 2021, Wajiha had valuable experience working at the University of Leicester and the University of Nottingham. During her tenure, she was actively involved in supervising research dissertations and teaching post-graduate courses focused on Management and Organisational Behaviour. Additionally, she was responsible for instructing Research Methods and the Business Analytics courses at the University of Nottingham, where she also offered hands-on training in various software tools, including SPSS, Stata, and NVivo, to under-graduate and post-graduate students.
Research areas
Wajiha's research is centered on the intersection of leadership in higher education, workplace psychosocial dynamics, and employee well-being. Recently, she has cultivated a burgeoning interest in two key areas: First, she has been delving into the future of work, particularly the influence of universities' adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) on workplace psychosocial factors and the well-being of employees. Second, Wajiha has been exploring the impact of early socialization on leadership in South Asian contexts.
Conference Presentations
- Osei-Nimo, S., Kazim, W. and Aboagye-Nimo, E. (2024) Psychosocial factors and their impact on Health and Well-being of Construction Site Workers in Ghana. Paper submitted to 16th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference (4 -7 June 2024).
- Gallellalage, R.P, Kazim W., Remedios, R. and Wijithnawin, P. (2023), What are the challenges encountered by International Students in Higher Education in the United Kingdom? Psychology of Education Section, Annual Conference 2023, The British Psychological Society, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
- Kazim, W., Jain, A., & Cai, Z. (2020). Leadership behaviour and employee well-being: an insight into the leadership process. Paper presented at the NUBS Tri Campus Conference, 14-18 December [Online].
- Kazim, W., Jain, A., & Cai, Z. (2020) Influence of leadership behaviour on employee well-being: a case of higher education institutions in Pakistan. Paper presented at the 14th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, 4-6 September: Nicosia, Cyprus [Online].
- Kazim, W., Jain, A., & Cai, Z. (2019). How context affect employee well-being? A leader’s perspective. Paper presented at the 18th International Studying Leadership Conference, 15-17 December: Bristol, UK
- Kazim, W., Jain, A., & Cai, Z (2019). Impact of leadership behaviour and leader member exchange on employee well-being: a faculty perspective. Paper presented at the Nottingham University Business School PhD and Early Careers Academics Conference, 23rd May: Nottingham, UK