Profile

I am a lecturer in HRM at Newcastle University Business School. I consider myself a multidisciplinary academician and researcher. I am a fellow of the UK HEA. My teaching and research interests focus on Global HRM, Employment Relations, and Gender. I also teach and research international Business Management, Corporate Governance, and CSR. I have published in leading journals such as Industrial Relations Journal, and Thunderbird Internal Business Review. I have authored several book chapters with publishers such as Edward Elger, Palgrave, and Springer. I have been an associate editor of the Journal of SN Social Sciences since 2022.

Before academia, I worked as an HR professional at UNICEF and UN-WFP, Bangladesh. I was also employed as a researcher at various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) advocating awareness against child labor and gender issues. I was a trustee board member (2015-2017) at BAWSO (a charity that supports/protects/prevents BME and migrant women from abuse etc), South Wales, UK.  

Research Interest

• Employment Relations in the Global Apparel Industry
• International Labor Standards and Regulations
• HRM in emerging and developing countries- Recruitment, Career, and Gender
• CSR, Sustainability and Corporate Governance

Research Groups

• Human Resource Management, Work and Employment (HRMWE)
• CSR and Sustainability

Professional Membership:

Member: The British Academy of Management (BAM)

         The British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)

Undergraduate:

BUS1002: Global Business Environment

BUS2074: Global Perspectives in Managing People and Organisations

BUS3035: Contemporary Issues in International and Comparative Business

Post Graduate:  

NBS8074: Global Perspectives on Human Resource Management              

NBS8387: Comparative Employment Systems

NBS8142: Current Issues in International Business and Management

Post Graduate (MBA)

NBS8495: Emerging Economies: Challenges and Opportunities

• Articles

  • Zaman S, Jenkins J. Creating a local managerial regime in global context: The case of the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector. Industrial Relations Journal 2024, 55(6), 425-445.
  • Al-Mamun A, Zaman S. Conceptualizing CSR as innovative adoption by MNCs from emerging Asian economies. Thunderbird International Business Review 2023, 65(6), 567-580.
  • Yasser QA, Mamun AA, Zaman S, Ali MJ, Bhavani G. Corporate social responsibility and age of productivity: A study on emerging economies. Thunderbird International Business Review 2020, 62(6), 661-674.
  • Ahmed H, Alam MJ, Jafar SA, Zaman S. A Conceptual Review on Corporate Governance and its Effect on Firm's Performance: Bangladesh Perspective. AIBU Business and Economics Working Paper Series 2008, (No 2008-10).

• Book Chapters

  • Zaman S. Research Ethics in Business Studies. In: von Feigenblatt OF; Islam MR, ed. Ethics in Social Science Research : Current Insights and Practical Strategies. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2025, pp.223-234.
  • Biswas K, Bhardwaj S, Zaman S. How HR analytics can leverage big data to minimise employees’ exploitation and promote their welfare for sustainable competitive advantage. In: Akhter S; Wamba SF, ed. Handbook of Big Data Research Methods. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2023, pp.179-194.
  • Zaman S. Researching the Garment Sector in Bangladesh: Field Work Challenges and Responses. In: Islam R; Khan N; Bakar Ah S; Hamidi M; Wahab M, ed. Field Guide for Research in Community Settings : Tools, Methods, Challenges and Strategies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2021, pp.75–84.
  • Sengupta S, Patel P, Zaman S. Fostering Business Growth and Innovation Through Internationalization: The Interesting Illustration of the Indian IT Industry. In: Ferreira JJM; Teixeira SJ; Rammal HG, ed. Technological Innovation and International Competitiveness for Business Growth. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2021, pp.361-387.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Johnson T, Zaman S. Berlin: A Study of What Creative Entrepreneurs’ Value in Germany’s Capital and the Role of its Unique Historyal Review on Corporate Governanceand its Effect on Firm’s Performance: BangladeshPerspective. In: BAM Conference 2019. 2019, Birmingham.
  • Chicka-James T, Zaman S, Yunus S. Analyzing Hybrid Management Practices in African Organizations: Implications of Proposed Theoretical Frameworks. In: BAM Conference 2018. 2018, Bristol, UK.