ABM Abdullah

Dr ABM Abdullah

Lecturer, Project Management

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

ABM Abdullah is a lecturer of Project and Operations Management at UniSA Business Program. Abdullah's teaching interest includes Project Management, Supply Chain and Logistics Management and International Management. After completion of his master’s program from the University of Arkansas, USA, Abdullah worked as a teaching fellow in the College of Business, University of North Texas (UNT) for more than two years. He was also attached to the university’s Information Systems Research Center (ISRC) as a research associate.
In addition to his teaching and research activities, Abdullah also possesses valuable industry experience. He had worked as a “Corporate Trainer” for Intel Corporation for almost two years in Canada. Abdullah is an active member of various professional and academic bodies like Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Asian Academy of Management (AAM), Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) and Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), USA. 

Abdullah has authored more than 50 journal articles and refereed conference proceedings. His recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Internet Commerce, Tourism Analysis, Event Management, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR), Journal of Developing Areas, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal and Performance Improvement Quarterly. 

Year Citation
2024 Islam, M. A., Thottoli, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., Ahmad, T. S. T., & Rahman, S. (2024). The biggest global issues facing humankind: a meta-analysis of poverty alleviation and poverty eradication. Journal of Poverty, 28(7), 643-672.
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2024 Hassan, M. S., Islam, M. A., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Nasir, H. (2024). End-user perspectives on fintech services adoption in the Bangladesh insurance industry: the moderating role of trust. Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 29(4), 1377-1395.
DOI Scopus15 WoS9
2024 Thottoli, M. M., Islam, M. A., Abdullah, A. B. M., Hassan, M. S., & Ibrahim, S. (2024). Enricher learning: bridging the gap between academics and practicing accounting professionals. Journal of Education for Business, 99(5), 300-311.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2023 Rahman, M. M., Shindaini, A. J. M., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2023). Provision of education to Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh: exploring the forms of discrimination and intersectionality. Asia Pacific Education Review, 24(3), 433-445.
DOI Scopus10 WoS5
2023 Talukder, M., Aroos Sheriffdeen, S., Khan, M. I., Quazi, A., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2023). Usage behavior of mHealth service users in Australia: do user demographics matter?. Journal Of Services Marketing, 37(7), 1-16.
DOI Scopus9 WoS6
2023 Murad, M. W., Abdullah, A. B. M., Islam, M. M., Alam, M. M., Reaiche, C., & Boyle, S. (2023). Determinants of neonatal, infant and under-five mortalities: evidence from a developing country, Bangladesh. Journal of Public Health Policy, 44(2), 230-241.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2020 Ahmed, E., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, W. (2020). Relationship between psychological contract breach and employee outcomes: moderating role of blame attribution. South Asian Journal of Management, 27(3), 7-30.
2019 Talukder, M., Alyammahi, S., Quazi, A., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Johns, R. (2019). Users' sociocultural orientation and smart systems acceptance link: do demographics matter?. Journal of organizational computing and electronic commerce, 29(3), 223-247.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2018 Rahman, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. W. (2018). Community perceptions of and vulnerability to earthquake disaster: insights from the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of environmental assessment policy and management, 20(4, article no. 1850013), 1-28.
DOI Scopus5
2018 Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. W. (2018). Strategies and key processes for economic internationalisation: the case of Malaysia. Journal of international doctoral research, 7(1), 100-115.
2018 Boyle, S., Reaiche, C., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. W. (2018). Understanding influences affecting local visitors to an international arts festival. Tourism analysis: an interdisciplinary tourism and hospitality journal, 23(3), 427-432.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2016 Boyle, S., Reaiche, C., Murad, W., & Abdullah, A. (2016). Predicting international visitors’ interest in Hong Kong arts festival. Event Management, 20(4), 593-606.
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2016 Pavur, R., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. D. W. (2016). Factors influencing web customers' willingness to engage in online shopping with an internet retailer. Journal of internet commerce, 15(3), 292-310.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2016 Hasan, N., Ashraf, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. D. W. (2016). Introducing mobile internet as a learning assistant for secondary and higher secondary students. Journal of developing areas, 50(5), 41-55.
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2015 Boyle, S., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2015). Factors influencing engagement with higher education pathway programs. Journal of developing areas, 49(5), 162-182.
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2015 Murad, M., Abdullah, A., Boyle, S., & Amaro, C. (2015). Forecasting carbon emission and industrial production using VECM: the case of Bangladesh. The Journal of Developing Areas, 49(6), 75-88.
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2015 Abdullah, A. B. M., Murad, M. W., & Hasan, M. M. (2015). A decision dynamics model of cost control and corporate governance. Journal of developing areas, 49(2), 397-405.
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2015 Abdullah, A. B. M., Rice, J. A., & Hamilton, H. R. (2015). A strain-based wire breakage identification algorithm for unbonded PT tendons. SMART STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS, 16(3), 415-433.
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2014 Talukder, M., Blackman, D., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2014). Antecedents of successful decision making: the role of experience, decision environment and decision type. International review of business research papers, 10(2), 81-97.
2013 Abdullah, A., Boyle, S., & Joham, C. (2013). The relationship between employee expectations and culture: the case of MNC employees in Bangladesh. World Journal of Social Sciences, 3(4), 117-130.
2013 Joham (Reaiche), C., Boyle, S., & ABM, A. (2013). THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP ON POLICY PRACTICES. European Journal of Management, 13(2), 5-10.
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2013 Bertsch, A., Saeed, M., Ondracek, J., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2013). Business landscape of Argentina: international dimensions. Journal of international management studies, 13(4), 13-20.
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2013 Abdullah, A. B. M., Murad, W., Islam, M., & Hasan, M. (2013). An organizational value chain model of cost control and corporate governance. World applied sciences journal, 28(5), 676-688.
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2012 Yun, G. J., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Binienda, W. (2012). Development of a Closed-Loop High-Cycle Resonant Fatigue Testing System. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, 52(3), 275-288.
DOI WoS30
2012 Boyle, S., Joham, C., & Abdullah, A. (2012). Attendees preference modelling for an international art festival based on show attendances. International Journal of Business and Management, 7(11), 18-28.
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2012 Abdullah, S., Boyle, S., & Joham, C. (2012). Managing employee expectations in South Asia: the case of multinational companies in Bangladesh. Review of Business Research, 12(5), 13-29.
2012 Boyle, S., Joham, C., & Abdullah, A. (2012). The Hong Kong arts festival and cultural activity choices. International Review of Business Research Papers, 8(4), 131-143.
2011 Abdullah, A., Boyle, S., & Joham, C. (2011). Cultural factors in workforce management: the case of multinational companies operating in Bangladesh. International Review of Business Research Papers, 7(2), 196-211.
2011 Abdullah, A., Hossain, M., & Joham, C. (2011). E-catalogs: how can brain hemisphericity relate to online shoppers' preferences?. Journal of Internet Commerce, 10(1), 17-34.
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2010 Hossain, M. M., Prybutok, V. R., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Talukder, M. (2010). The development and research tradition of statistical quality control. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 5(1), 21-37.
DOI Scopus11
2010 Hossain, M., Prybutok, V. R., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Talukder, M. (2010). The development and research tradition of statistical quality control. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 21(1), 5-37.
2009 Abdullah, A. B. M., Mitchell, D., & Pavur, R. (2009). An overview of forecast models evaluation for monitoring air quality management in the State of Texas, USA. Management of environmental quality, 20(1), 73-81.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2009 Hossain, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., Prybutok, V. R., & Talukder, M. (2009). The impact of learning style on web shopper electronic catalog feature preference. Journal of electronic commerce research, 10(1), 1-12.
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2007 Ligon, J., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Talukder, M. D. M. (2007). The role of formal education, technical and management training on information systems (IS) managers' managerial effectiveness as perceived by their subordinates. Performance improvement quarterly, 20(1), 23-35.
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2006 Abdullah, A. B. M., & Ligon, J. (2006). The Relationship between Learning Style and Quantitative/Qualitative Information Recall Performance. MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LEARNING & INSTRUCTION, 3, 141-158.
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2002 Osman, I. H., Hasan, M., & Abdullah, A. (2002). Linear programming based meta-heuristics for the weighted maximal planar graph. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 53(10 SPEC.), 1142-1149.
DOI Scopus11

Year Citation
2020 Shibly, H. R., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Ahmed, E. (2020). The relationship between organizational factors and ERP adoption. In European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences EpSBS (pp. 1011-1019). US: European Publisher.
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2018 Ahmed, E., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. W. (2018). Moderating role of blame attribution between the relationship of psychological contract breach and employee outcomes in the South Asian context. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference: managing the many faces of sustainable work (pp. 834-850). New Zealand: ANZAM.
2017 Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. W. (2017). Key processes, strategies and outcomes of Malaysia's economic internationalisation. In 12th Asian Academy of Management International Conference (pp. 1-11). Malaysia.
2015 Hasan, N., Ashraf, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., & Murad, M. W. (2015). Mobile internet as a learning assistant for secondary and higher secondary students: the case of Bangladesh. In A. N. M. Amaro (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Business and Social Sciences (ACBSS 2015) (pp. 1296-1309). Australia: Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences.
2014 Abdullah, A. B. M., Murad, M. D. W., & Hasan, M. (2014). Is cost control the ultimate motive behind corporate governance? - An analysis of the underlying relationships. In A. N. M. Wahid, & C. R. Amaro (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australia Academy of Business and Social Sciences Conference 2014 (pp. 1-7). Australia: Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences.
2014 Boyle, S. J., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2014). Identifying factors that motivate engagement with higher education pathway programs. In A. N. M. Wahid, & C. R. Amaro (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences Conference 2014 (pp. 1-16). US: Middle Tennessee State University.
2014 Abdullah, A. B. M., & Boyle, S. J. (2014). Link between employees' organisational citizenship behaviour and organisational HR practices when mediated by employee psychological contract. In Proceedings of 11th Asian Business Research Conference (pp. 1-15). Melbourne, Victoria: World Business Institute Australia.
2013 Abdullah, A. B. M., Boyle, S. J., & Reaiche, A. C. H. (2013). Mediating role of psychological contract fulfilment between HR practices and attitudinal outcomes : a conceptual model. In Proceedings of the 10th AAM International Conference 2013 (pp. 231-243). Malaysia: Asian Academy of Management.
2013 Warner Søderholm, G., Bertsch, A., Saeed, M., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2013). Doing business in Norway : an international perspective. In M. M. H. Bhuiyan (Ed.), Proceedings of 23rd International Business Research Conference (pp. 1-13). Melbourne, Victoria: World Business Institute Australia.
2013 Bertsch, A., Ondracek, J., Saeed, M., Bates, S., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2013). Business environment in India: an international perspective. In M. M. H. Bhuiyan (Ed.), Proceedings of 9th Asian Business Research Conference (pp. 1-12). Australia: World Business Institute Australia.
2013 Talukder, M., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2013). The role of experience, decision environment and decision type in successful decision making. In B. Bhuiyan, & M. M. H. MMH (Eds.), Proceedings of 9th Asian business research conference (pp. 1-17). Melbourne, Victoria: World Business Institute Australia.
2012 Talukder, M., Blackman, D., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2012). The determinants of successful decision making in a volatile business environment: evidence from an emergent Asian economy. In H. Rammal (Ed.), Fusion or fracturing? : implications for international business : proceedings of the ANZIBA Annual Conference 2012, University of South Australia, 12-14 April 2012 (pp. 1-21). Australia: University of South Australia.
2012 Abdullah, A. B. M., & Boyle, S. (2012). The link between employee expectations and culture : the case of MNC employees in Bangladesh. In B. Bhuiyan, & M. Hoque (Eds.), Proceedings of 7th Asian Business Research Conference (pp. 1-11). Australia: World Business Institute.
2012 Hasan, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., Alam, M. M., & Murad, M. D. W. (2012). Relationship between decision dynamics and corporate governance. In Proceedings of 7th Asian Business Research Conference (pp. 1-17). Melbourne: World Business Institute.
2011 Boyle, S. J., Reaiche, A. C. H., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2011). The impact of the Hong Kong arts festival on cultural consumption. In Proceedings of Dhaka Conference 2011 (pp. 1-11). Melbourne, Australia: World Business Institute.
2011 Bertsch, A., Ondracek, J., Saeed, M., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2011). Scanning the Business Environment of China: An International Perspective. In T. Hoque (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th Asian Business Research Conference (pp. 1-17). Australia: World Business Institute.
2011 Bertsch, A., Ondracek, J., Saeed, M., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2011). International business environment in Japan: what MNCs need to know before entering into the market of Japan?. In T. Hoque (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th Asian Business Research Conference (pp. 1-19). Australia: World Business Institute.
2011 Abdullah, A. B. M., Boyle, S., & Joham, C. (2011). Impact of culture on employment expectations (psychological contract) in South Asia. In 9th Asian Academy of Management International Conference: transforming Asian business through innovation for a sustainable tomorrow (pp. 791-798). Malaysia: Asian Academy of Management.
2010 Abdullah, A. B. M., Boyle, S. J., & Reaiche, A. C. H. (2010). Culture influences on workforce management in multinational corporations in South Asia : the case of Bangladesh. In IAM 2010: International Conference on Innovation and Management (pp. 1-13). Taipei, Taiwan: Electronic Business Management Society.
2010 Abdullah, A. B. M., Boyle, S. J., & Reaiche, A. C. H. (2010). Role of cultural factors in shaping human resource management practices in the multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in the emerging markets of South Asia. In Proceedings of the 4th Asian Business Research conference 2010 (pp. 1-17). Melbourne, Australia: World Business Institute.
2010 Boyle, S., Reaiche, C., & Abdullah, A. B. M. (2010). A study of attendances to an international arts festival. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research: Truths, Taboos and Myths of Cultural Policy (pp. 1-12). Findland: University of Jyväskylä.
2010 Abdullah, A. B. M., Reaiche, C., & Boyle, S. (2010). The role of culture in influencing employee psychological contract: a Bangladesh story. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2010) (pp. 1-19). Adelaide, South Australia: ANZAM.
2009 Hossian, M. M., Abdullah, A. B. M., Reaiche, A. C. H., & Hossain, A. (2009). Relationship between online shoppers' brain hemisphericity and their preference for different features of e-catalogs. In Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 40th Annual Meeting (pp. 2361-2366). USA: Decision Sciences Institute.
2003 Abdullah, A. B. M., & Pavur, R. (2003). Factors influencing a web customer's choice of a primary internet retailer. In Proceedings Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (pp. 267-272).

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 5325 Integrated Logistics Management (2024)
  • INFS 2022 Project Management: Principles and Strategies (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • DBBL - Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)
  • DBBG - Bachelor of Business (Management)
  • DMMX - Master of Management
  • DMIN - International Master of Business Administration

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