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Dr Wahab Shahbaz

Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour

Director of Academic Tutoring for Pre-Experience Postgraduate Business and Management Programmes

Wahab Shahbaz Photo

Specialisms

  • Mindfulness at Work, 
  • Health and Wellbeing at Work, 
  • Positive Organisational Behaviour, 
  • Qualitative Research Methods, 
  • Human Resource Management

Location

Henley Business School building room 227, Whiteknights campus

Dr Wahab Shahbaz is a Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Henley Business School.

Wahab completed his PhD in Management from Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, and also worked there as a tutor during his PhD studies. His PhD dissertation was on the topic of Mindfulness Experiences of University Staff in New Zealand, investigating how mindfulness practices and experiences can help university staff in their work life in terms of their wellbeing and performance.

He has presented research at national and international conferences and has a track record of publications in peer-reviewed academic journals, including Human Resource Management Review and Social Indicators Research. He has also received distinguished awards and scholarships, including the Labour and Industry - Best Paper (Research Insights) Award and a Massey University Doctoral Scholarship.

Outside of academia, Wahab has also worked in a public sector organisations. He has experience as a human resource and administration manager and in a public sector development project as an implementation and co-ordination specialist.

Reference: Shahbaz, W. and Parker, J. (2021) Workplace mindfulness: fundamental issues for research and practice. Labour and Industry, 31 (2). pp. 172-179. ISSN 2325-5676 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2021.1878572
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Wahab Shahbaz
Reference: Shahbaz, W. and Sajjad, A. (2021) Integrating management control systems, mindfulness and sustainability: an occupational health and safety perspective. Corporate Governance, 21 (3). pp. 433-449. ISSN 1472-0701 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-06-2020-0242
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Wahab Shahbaz
Reference: Shahbaz, W. and Parker, J. (2022) Workplace mindfulness: an integrative review of antecedents, mediators, and moderators. Human Resource Management Review, 32 (3). 100849. ISSN 1873-7889 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100849
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Wahab Shahbaz
Reference: Sajjad, A. and Shahbaz, W. (2020) Mindfulness and social sustainability: an integrative review. Social Indicators Research, 150 (1). pp. 73-94. ISSN 1573-0921 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02297-9
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Wahab Shahbaz

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