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Dr. Minhajul Islam Ukil is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Marketing, KFUPM Business School (KBS). He obtained a PhD in Entrepreneurship from The University of Adelaide, Australia. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Minhaj held academic positions at BRAC University, Bangladesh and The University of Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Minhaj is currently working on a number of qualitative and quantitative research projects. His research interest includes (social) entrepreneurship and human resource management with particular focus on emotions, entrepreneurial intentions, employee engagement, well-being, user perceptions and AI in service innovation. His research appeared in several reputed journals including Acta Psychologica, Society and Business Review, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Journal of Islamic Marketing and Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.
PhD (Entrepreneurship), The University of Adelaide, Australia.
MBA (HRM), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
BBA (CRM, HRM), HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Finland.
Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior
Tourism and Hospitality Management
AI in Service Innovation
Ukil, M. I., Mohammed, O., Arslan, A., & Leo-Paul, D. (2025). From entrepreneurial passion to persistence: An analysis of the role of spiritual attitude, religious support, and family cohesion. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 22, Article 38. DOI: 10.1007/s11365-026-01184-y
Ahmed, B., Tariq, H., Ukil, M. I., & Iqbal, T. (2026). Trickle-down incivility in healthcare: A self-control perspective on supervisor-to-nurse incivility. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 40(2), 367-388. DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2025.2514609.
Ukil, M. I. (2025). Factors determining social entrepreneurial intention in a developing economy. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 16(1), 124-145. DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2022.2143869.
Ukil, M. I., Islam, M. A., & Abbasi, G. A. (2025). Participative leadership in improving employee performance quality in the hotel industry: The role of perceived organizational support, job autonomy and market turbulence. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism. Advanced online publication: DOI: 10.1080/1528008X.2025.2464914
Ukil, M.I., Ullah, M.S., Islam, K.M.Z., Razzak, B.M., Saridakis, G., & Alamoudi, S.M. (2025). Examining the emotion–entrepreneurial intention link using the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 32(2), 344-370. DOI:10.1108/JSBED-08-2023-0398
Ukil. M. I., Ukil, E. I., Ullah, M. S., & Almashayekhi, A. (2024). Factors that determine Islamic entrepreneurial intention: An empirical investigation using two country samples. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 15(11), 2841-2863. Doi: 10.1108/JIMA-08-2022-0208
Ukil. M. I., & Almashayekhi, A. (2024). Interested to start a venture but worried about the future: Investigating the role of resilience in fear of career uncertainty and entrepreneurial intention. Acta Psychologica, 243, 104148. Doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104148
Ukil. M. I., Almashayekhi, A., & Ullah, M. S. (2024). Feeling compassion and responsible but not starting a social venture: Role of empathy and moral obligation in social entrepreneurial intention. Society and Business Review, 19(1), 132-154. DOI: 10.1108/SBR-09-2022-0227.
Ukil, M. I. (2024). Entrepreneurial anxiety: An empirical investigation in Bangladesh. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 16(3), 720-741. DOI: 10.1108/JEEE-05-2022-0143.
Ukil, M. I., & Jenkins, A. (2023). Willing but fearful: Resilience and youth entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 30(1), pp. 78-99. DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-03-2022-0154.
Ukil, M. I., Ullah, M. S., & Hsu, D. K. (2023). Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: The role of perceived financial security. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 26(1), 40-55. DOI: 10.1108/NEJE-07-2022-0046.