Dr. Mohammed Sani Abdullahi is a lecturer at the Department of Management and Marketing, KFUPM Business School (KBS). Before joining KFUPM, he is a lecturer at Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano, Nigeria. Also, before then, he is a lecturer at Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management (Specialization in Human Resource Management) from Multimedia University Malaysia, a Master of Science (MSc) in Management from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Malaysia, a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration from Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. In his teaching career, he has taught several management subjects to undergraduates and postgraduate’s students. His research interest is in Human Resource Management; Entrepreneurship; Management; Marketing; Leadership and Corporate Governance; Employee Performance; Research Methodology and Techniques; Small Business Management; Organizational Behaviour, Support and Culture; Employee Job Satisfaction; Employee Engagement; Talent Management Practices; Knowledge Sharing Behaviour; Customer Loyalty; Customer Relationship Management; Business Ethics and Strategy. He has been a member of various committees in the University, Polytechnic, and Nigeria Institute of Management, ranging from Research, Publication and Manuscript Development Committee, Ethics and Dress Code Committee, and Conference Paper Mobilization/Secretariat Sub-Committee, Departmental Project Committee, Departmental Accreditation Committee, Local Organizing Committee, Hotel and Accommodation Sub-Committee. He has published his research work in reputed journals such as 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, Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, among others. He has attended conferences and workshops related to his teaching profession internationally and nationally.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.