Dr. Hussain Tariq joined the Department of Management and Marketing at the KFUPM Business School (KBS), KFUPM as an Assistant Professor. He earned a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the School of Management at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China. Before joining KFUPM, he held positions as an Assistant Professor of Management at NUST Business School (NBS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), and as an Associate Member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Management at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His research focuses on the root of destructive leader behaviors, structures, and practices that enhance teamwork and collective motivations in organizations. He has published his work in several reputed management journals such as International Journal of Hospitality Management, Applied Psychology, Personnel Review, Employee Relations, Journal of Service Theory and Practice, and Business Ethics: A European Review amongst others.

PhD in Organizational Behavior

Leadership and Organizational Behavior

Burhan, M., Salam, M. T., Abou Hamdan, O., & Tariq, H. (2021). Crisis management in the hospitality sector SMEs in Pakistan during COVID-19. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 98, 103037. (Doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2021.103037)

Tariq, H., Weng, Q., Ilies, R., & Khan, A. K. (2021). Supervisory abuse of high performers: A social comparison perspective. Applied Psychology, 70(1), 280-310. (Doi: 10.1111/apps.12229)

Popelnukha, A., Almeida, S., Obaid, A., Sarwar, N., Atamba, C., Tariq, H., & Weng, Q. D. (2021). Keep your mouth shut until I feel good: testing the moderated mediation model of leader’s threat to competence, self-defense tactics, and voice rejection. Personnel Review. (Doi: 10.1108/PR-09-2019-0508)

Ahmed, Q., Sumbal, M. S., Akhtar, M. N., & Tariq, H. (2021). Abusive supervision and the knowledge worker productivity: the mediating role of knowledge management processes. Journal of Knowledge Management. 25 (10), 2506-2522. (Doi: 10.1108/JKM-08-2020-0632)

Tariq, H., Obaid, A., Subhan, M. (2021). Can’t Stop Eating My Feelings: The Maladaptive Responses of abused employees. Paper presented by Hussain Tariq at the 81th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, A virtual experience. (Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2021.12800abstract)

Weng, Q., Latif, K., Khan, A. K., Tariq, H., Butt, H. P., Obaid, A., & Sarwar, N. (2020). Loaded with knowledge, yet green with envy: leader–member exchange comparison and coworkers-directed knowledge hiding behavior. Journal of Knowledge Management. 24(7), 1653-1680. (Doi: 10.1108/JKM-10-2019-0534)

Shillamkwese, S. S., Tariq, H., Obaid, A., Weng, Q., & Garavan, T. N. (2020). It’s not me, it’s you: Testing a moderated mediation model of subordinate deviance and abusive supervision through the self‐regulatory perspective. Business Ethics: A European Review, 29(1), 227-243. (Doi: 10.1111/beer.12245)

Weng, Q., Butt, H. P., Almeida, S., Ahmed, B., Obaid, A., Burhan, M., & Tariq, H. (2020). Where energy flows, passion grows: testing a moderated mediation model of work passion through a cross-cultural lens. Current Psychology. (Doi: 10.1007/s12144-020-01071-x)

Hongbo, L., Waqas, M., Tariq, H., & Yahya, F. (2020). Bringing home the bacon: Testing a moderated mediation model of job insecurity, work–family conflict, and parent–child attachment. Social Science Information, 59(4), 704-729. (Doi: 10.1177/0539018420973888)

Baber, S., Obaid, A., Tariq, H. (2020). HR Strength and Performance Appraisal Quality: The Impact of Non-Work Domain Influence. Paper presented by Hussain Tariq at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Canada. (Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.16567abstract)

Baber, S., Obaid, A., Sanders, K., Tariq, H. (2020). How Perceptions of performance appraisal quality relates to HR strength and employee performance: The moderating role of faith in religion. Paper presented by Sumbal Baber at the Annual Meeting of the British Academy of Management: United Kingdom

Ahmad, B., Tariq, H., Weng, Q. D., Shillamkwese, S. S., & Sohail, N. (2019). When a proximate starts to gossip: Instrumentality considerations in the emergence of abusive supervision. Employee Relations, 41(5), 851-875. (Doi: 10.1108/ER-08-2018-0225)

Butt, H. P., Tariq, H., Weng, Q., & Sohail, N. (2019). I see you in me, and me in you: the moderated mediation crossover model of work passion. Personnel Review, 48(5), 1209-1238. (Doi: 10.1108/PR-05-2018-0176)

Hongbo, L., Waqas, M., & Tariq, H. (2019). From victim to saboteur Testing a moderated mediation model of perceived undermining, state hostility, and service sabotage. Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 29(1), 2-21. (Doi: 10.1108/JSTP-02-2018-0030)

Tariq, H., & Weng, Q. (2019). Another sleepless night: Does a leader’s poor sleep lead to subordinate’s poor sleep? A spillover/crossover perspective. Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, US. (Doi: doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.10240abstract)

Tariq, H., & Ding, D. (2018). Why am I still doing this job? The examination of family motivation on employees’ work behaviors under abusive supervision. Personnel Review, 47(2), 378-402. (Doi: 10.1108/PR-07-2016-0162)

Tariq, H., & Weng, Q. (2018). Accountability breeds response‐ability: Instrumental contemplation of abusive supervision. Personnel Review, 47(5), 1019-1042. (Doi: 10.1108/PR-05-2017-0149)

Tariq, H., Weng, Q., Garavan, T. N., Obaid, A., & Hassan, W. (2020). Another sleepless night: Does a leader’s poor sleep lead to subordinate’s poor sleep? A spillover/crossover perspective. Journal of sleep research, 29(1), e12904. (Doi: 10.1111/jsr.12904)

Sattar, M. A., Rasheed, M. I., Khan, I. U., Tariq, H., & Iqbal, J. (2017). Why adaptable individuals perform better: The role of orientation to happiness. Australian Journal of Career Development, 26(3), 134-141. (Doi: 10.1177/1038416217724516)