Mohammad Zainuddin

Mohammad Zainuddin

Contacts

PhD Scholar

Mohammad Zainuddin (Zain) is currently affiliated with the Research School of Management at the Australian National University. He is also involved as a co-investigator in a World Vision Australia project, as well as serving on the ANU Grand Challenge "Australian Social Cohesion: Exploring New Directions" (ASCEND) project. He is a certified professional trainer by Swinburne University of Technology, and an accredited lecturer in intercultural management by Hofstede Insights, Finland.

Engaged in projects across Australia, Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Myanmar and Vietnam, Zain focuses on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation and relevant downstream policy implications. Some of his current research investigates power dynamics in refugee camps, indigenous praxis in virtual spaces, financing gaps for the missing middle, ethical complexities in food supply chains, and digital interventions to address farmer poverty.

Zain has received numerous competitive scholarships, grants and recognitions from such institutions as European Academy of Management, IMD Switzerland, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Khazanah Nasional Berhad Malaysia, Macquarie University, and the Australian National University. He has over 8 years of academic and corporate experience, complemented by substantial exposure to working in rural regions and marginalized contexts.

Zain has presented his papers at conferences and academic events in a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the European Group for Organizational Studies and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
 

Research interests

Research grants and awards

  • EURAM Research Grant, European Academy of Management, April 2024
  • SE Doctoral Seminar Scholarship, IMD Switzerland, February 2024
  • ANU PhD Scholarship, The Australian National University, January 2021
  • ANU HDR Fee Remission Merit Scholarship, The Australian National University, January 2021
  • International Research Excellence Scholarship, Macquarie University, November 2020
  • Best Paper Award, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, October 2019
  • Asia Scholarship, Yayasan Khazanah, September 2017
  • Graduate Assistantship, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, July 2017
  • India Government Scholarship, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, September 2015

Research engagement and outreach

  • Co-investigator, Technical support to Evidence Building on the SGB/MMM project in Myanmar and Ghana, World Vision Australia.
  • Ad-hoc reviewer, Business & Society, Cogent Economics & Finance, Economics Bulletin, FIIB Business Review, Global Health Research and Policy, Information Systems Journal.
  • Program committee member, Philosophy and Research Methods track, Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) 2021, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Member, Academy of Management, Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management, European Academy of Management, European Group for Organizational Studies, World Economics Association.

Groups

Book Chapter

  • Zainuddin, M., Qureshi, I., & Bhatt, B. (2024). Struggle for visibility: Mobilizing dormant logic on social media platforms. In S. K. Sharma, Y. K. Dwivedi, B. Metri, B. Lal, & A. Elbanna (Eds.), Transfer, Diffusion and Adoption of Next-Generation Digital Technologies (pp. 219-224). IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 697. Cham: Springer Nature.
  • Zainuddin, M., Yasin, I. M., Mahi, M., & Akter, S. (2020). Depth of outreach and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions: An empirical revisit. In B. R. Hernández-Sánchez, J. C. Sánchez-García, & A. C. Moreira (Eds.), Building an Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Society (pp. 204-218). Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

Journal

  • Mahi, M., Khan, S. A., Zainuddin, M., & Arif, I. (2021). Economy-energy markets nexus during COVID-19: A dynamic time-frequency analysis. Energy & Environment, 33 (5), 996-1012.
  • Afrin, T., & Zainuddin, M. (2021). Spike in child marriage in Bangladesh during CIVID-19: Determinants and interventions. Child Abuse & Neglect, 112, 104918.
  • Zainuddin, M., Mahi, M., Yasin, I. M., & Akter, S. (2020). The trade-off between outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions: Does loan delinquency play a mediating role? International Journal of Business Excellence, 30 (3), 295-317.
  • Zainuddin, M., Mahi, M., Akter, S., & Yasin, I. M. (2020). The role of national culture in the relationship between microfinance outreach and sustainability: A correlated random effects approach. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 27 (3), 447-472.
  • Zainuddin, M., & Yasin, I. M. (2020). Are women better borrowers in microfinance? A global analysis. The Empirical Economics Letters, 19 (7), 651-660.
  • Zainuddin, M., & Yasin, I. M. (2020). Resurgence of an ancient idea? A study on the history of microfinance. FIIB Business Review, 9 (2), 78-84.
  • Zainuddin, M., & Yasin, I. M. (2019). The trade-off debate in microfinance: A review of the theoretical and empirical literature. Enterprise Development & Microfinance, 30 (1), 36-54.

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