Dr. Mohammed Sani Abdullahi is a lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing at KFUPM Business School (KBS). Prior to his tenure at KFUPM, he was a lecturer at Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano and Kano State Polytechnic in Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Management, specializing in Human Resource Management, from Multimedia University, Malaysia, and MSc in Management from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia, and a BSc in Business Administration from Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.

In his academic career, Dr. Abdullahi has taught numerous management courses to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. His extensive research interests encompass Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Leadership and Corporate Governance, Employee Performance, Research Methodology and Techniques, Small Business Management, Organizational Behaviour, Employee Job Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Talent Management Practices, Knowledge Sharing Behaviour, Customer Loyalty, Customer Relationship Management, Business Ethics and Strategy.

Dr. Abdullahi has contributed significantly to various committees within universities, polytechnics, and the Nigeria Institute of Management. His roles have included participation in the Research, Publication, and Manuscript Development Committee, Ethics and Dress Code Committee, Conference Paper Mobilization/Secretariat Sub-Committee, Departmental Project Committee, Departmental Accreditation Committee, Local Organizing Committee, Hotel and Accommodation Sub-Committee, and the Assessment and Quality Assurance Committee.

His scholarly work has been published in esteemed journals such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Data in Brief, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, International Journal of Supply and Operations Management, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, International Journal of Business Information Systems, Uncertain Supply Chain Management, Industrial and Commercial Training, Journal of Technical Education and Training, Jurnal Pengurusan, and the Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, among others.

Dr. Abdullahi has actively engaged in numerous international and national conferences and workshops, enhancing his expertise and contributing to his professional.

Ph.D. Management, Multimedia University Malaysia          

M.Sc. Management, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Malaysia

B.Sc. Business Administration, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

Human Resource Management

Human and Organizational Behaviour

1. Fawehinmi, O., Yusliza, M. Y., Tanveer, M. I., & Abdullahi, M. S. (2024). Influence of green human resource management on employee green behavior: The sequential mediating effect of perceived behavioral control and attitude toward corporate environmental policy. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(3), 2514-2536. (org/10.1002/csr.2707).
2. Aigbogun, O., Aluh, D. O., Okoro, R. N., Yousefi, M., Fawehinmi, O., & Abdullahi, M. S. (2024). Cross-sectional survey data on the socio-demographic characteristics associated with substance use among internal displaced persons in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Data in Brief, 52, 109875. (org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109875).
3. Abdullahi, M. S., Adieza, A., Arnaut, M., Nuhu, M. S., Ali, W., & Lawal Gwadabe, Z. (2024). Antecedents of employee performance through perceived organizational support: a moderating role of job satisfaction among employees of SMEs in an emerging economy. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. (org/10.1108/JOEPP-01-2023-0014).
4. Abdullahi, M. S., Shahreki, J., Yeo, S. F., Mahmoud, M. A., Ahmad, A. U., Adeiza, A., … & Naisa, F. U. K. (2024). How Career Resilience Mediates the Nexus Between Career Competency and Career Success Among Faculties of Higher Learning Institutions: A Quantitative Analysis. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 1-24. (Doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02041-5).
5. Abdelfattah, F., Al-Alawi, A., Abdullahi, M. S., & Salah, M. (2023). Embracing the industrial revolution: the impact of technological advancements and government policies on tourism development in Oman. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 1-25. (org/10.1080/19407963.2023.2294789).
6. Abdullahi, M. S., Raman, K., Solarin, S. A., Ahmed, U., Shehu, U. R., & Nashehu, H. U. H. (2023). Knowledge sharing behaviour on employee performance: a mediating role of employee engagement among teaching staff of Malaysian private universities. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 44(4), 508-535. (org/10.1504/IJBIS.2023.135349).

7. Abdullahi, M. S., Raman, K., Solarin, S. A., & Adeiza, A. (2023). Employee engagement as a mediating variable on the relationship between employee relation practice and employee performance in a developing economy. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 15(1), 83-97.

8. Aigbogun, O., Ghazali, Z., Xing, M., Fawehinmi, O., Abdullahi, M. S., & Uwakina, J. (2023). Exploring Consumer Awareness of Health and Environmental Implications of Lead Toxicity in Household Paints. In International Scientific Conference on Agricultural Machinery Industry “Interagromash”” (pp. 1540-1550). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

9. Abdullahi, M. S., Adeiza, A., Abdelfattah, F., Fatma, M., Fawehinmi, O., & Aigbogun, O. (2022). Talent management practices on employee performance: a mediating role of employee engagement in institution of higher learning: quantitative analysis. Industrial and Commercial Training, 54(4), 589-612.

10. Kamselem, K. M., Nuhu, M. S., Lawal, K. A., Liman, A. M., & Abdullahi, M. S. (2022). Testing the nexus between reward system, job condition and employee retention through intervening role of employee engagement among nursing staff. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 40(1), 34-53. 

11. Adeiza, A., Abdullahi, M. S., Fattah, F., Fawehinmi, O., Ismail, N., Arnaut, M., … & Ehido, A. (2022). Mediating mechanism of customer satisfaction on customer relationship management implementation and customer loyalty among consolidated banks. Uncertain Supply Chain Management, 10(3), 819-832.

12. Abdullahi, M. S., Raman, K., & Solarin, S. A. (2022). Talent management practices on employee performance among academic staff of Malaysian private universities: employee engagement as a mediator. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 14(1), 135-158.

13. Aigbogun, O., Xing, M., Fawehinmi, O., Ibeabuchi, C., Ehido, A., Ahmad, R., & Abdullahi, M. S. (2022). A supply chain resilience model for business continuity: The way forward for highly regulated industries. Uncertain Supply Chain Management, 10(1), 1-12.

14. Abdullahi, M. S., Raman, K., & Solarin, S. A. (2022). Mediating role of employee engagement on the relationship between succession planning practice and employee performance in academic institutions: PLS-SEM approach. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 14(2), 808-828. 

15. Abdullahi, M. S., Khalid, N., Ahmed, U., Ahmed, E. M., & Gumawa, A. M. (2021). Effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention among university students. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 13(3), 40-53.

16. Abdullahi, M. S., Adeiza, A., Ahmed, U., Khalid, N., Gwadabe, Z. L., & Fawehinmi, O. (2021). Talent Management Practices on Employee Engagement: Empirical Perspective from Institution of Higher Learning. Jurnal Pengurusan, 63, 1-14.

17. Abdullahi, M. S., Raman, K., & Solarin, S. (2021). Effect of Organizational Culture on Employee Performance: A Mediating Role of Employee Engagement in Malaysia Educational Sector. International Journal of Supply and Operations Management, 8(3), 232-246.