VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University
Employee Portrait
Tutor/Instructor
Dr. Shakira Nazeer
Department of Public Administration
Faculty of Management
Highest Qualification
PhD (Business Administration)
Specialization / Major
Organizational Behavior and Management
PROFILE SUMMARY

Ms. Shakira Nazeer is serving as an instructor at Virtual University of Pakistan since 2015. She has completed her PhD, Business Administration from University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan in 2026 with a distinction of scoring highest CGPA in the coursework (4.00/4.00). She has been a merit scholarship holder through consecutive four years of her BS program (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07) along with receiving a certificate of recognition for outstanding academic performance (2007-08) from Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore. She has contributed to course development, online instruction, assessment-related academic responsibilities, and resolution of student academic queries at VUP. Her research work examines how leadership, organizational systems, and emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence shape employee attitudes and behaviors. A central stream of her work investigates ethical, authentic, and environmentally responsible leadership as antecedents of employee voice, psychological safety, sustainability, and innovation.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Major research interests focus on organizational behavior, human resource management, employee voice, ethical and sustainable leadership, artificial intelligence in the workplace, and innovative employee behavior.

Experience

Instructor
Virtual University of Pakistan
Dec 17, 2015 — Oct 30, 2026
Handling courses and students

Certifications & Credentials

Introduction to Data Science
Cisco Networking Academy
Year: 2026 • Duration: 1 week • Mode: Online
Global MOOC on the Ethics of AI
UNESCO through Courseera
Year: 2026 • Duration: 2 weeks • Mode: Online

Research Publications

Beyond Digital Infrastructure, Inter-Agency Coordination and Capabilities Alignment of E-Tag Implementation
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2026 • Category: NA
Authors: Syed Anwar Hussain Shah, Shakira Nazeer, Ayesha
Drawing upon digital governance theoretical framework, this study examines how the integration or reintegration and digitization depend on the availability and reliability of technological infrastructure, the digital capabilities of end users, coordination among participating agencies, financial resources, and organizational readiness of the implementing authorities.
Navigating the intellectual terrain of AI–HRM integration: a bibliometric review (2000–2024). Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 1-24.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2026 • Category: X • Impact Factor: 3.30
Authors: Usman, M. B., Naveed, S., Nazeer, S., Siddique, N., & Rana, A. H.
This bibliometric review maps the development of research on artificial intelligence integration within human resource management between 2000 and 2024.
From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability. Acta Psychologica, 257, 105116.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2025 • Category: W • Impact Factor: 3.80
Authors: Hu, S., Ghardallou, W., Dong, R. K., Li, R. Y. M., & Nazeer, S.
This research examines the role of ethical leadership in encouraging employees to communicate environmentally responsible suggestions, concerns, and ideas.
AI anxiety or job crafting? How employees’ AI perceptions reshape innovative work behaviour in Pakistan’s corporate landscape. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 45(11–12), 1187–1204.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2025 • Category: X • Impact Factor: 1.70
Authors: Nazeer, S., & Ahmad, A.
This study examines how employees’ perceptions of artificial intelligence influence their innovative work behaviour within Pakistan’s corporate sector.
Environmentally specific authentic leadership and green voice behaviour: a dual mediation model. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 8(8), 2958-2975.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2025 • Category: X • Impact Factor: 4.80
Authors: Nazeer, S., Waheed, A., Ahmad, A., & Khan, M. K.
This study explores how environmentally specific authentic leadership promotes employees’ green voice behaviour in organizational settings.
When green backing blooms: Green voices thrive in safe soils under person–organization value fit. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 37(9), 3080–3101.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2025 • Category: W • Impact Factor: 9.00
Authors: Nazeer, S., & Khan, M. K.
This paper investigates how organizational support for environmental initiatives encourages employees to express constructive green ideas and concerns.
Making sustainable voices heard at the workplace. International Journal of Ethics and Systems.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2025 • Category: X • Impact Factor: 3.20
Authors: Nazeer, S., Naveed, S., Sair, S. A., & Khan, K.
This study focuses on the organizational conditions that enable employees to speak up about environmental and sustainability-related matters.
Meaningful work’s ripple effect: Understanding employee helping behavior through internalization and self-esteem. Pakistan Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 4(2), 137–153.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2024 • Category: Y • Impact Factor: 1.00
Authors: Sohail, A., Sair, S. A., & Nazeer, S.
This study investigates how employees’ perceptions of meaningful work encourage voluntary helping behaviour toward colleagues and the organization.
Impact of CRM technology adoption and customer-centric organizational culture on business performance mediated by customer knowledge management. Pakistan Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 23–39.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: 2024 • Category: Y • Impact Factor: 1.00
Authors: Sair, S. A., Sohail, A., Abbas, R., & Nazeer, S.
This paper examines how customer relationship management technology and a customer-centric organizational culture contribute to improved business performance.
Inhibiting vice or catalyzing virtue? Effect of ethical leadership and moral identity on unethical behavior. Abstract published in the proceedings of ICBMASS 2021, NUST Business School, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 23–24, 2021.
Abstract published in the proceedings of Conference
Year: 2021 • Category: Y • Impact Factor: 1.00
Authors: Khan, M. K., & Nazeer, S. (2021)
This study examines how employees’ unethical behavior is reduced by ethical leaders through building moral identity.
Employee Voice: A Mechanism to Harness Employees’ Potential for Sustainable Success. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(2):921.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: • Category: Interdisciplinary (W)
Mediating Role of Moral Identity in the Relationship between Ethical Leadership and Unethical Behavior of Employees: Evidence from the Oil and Gas Sector of Pakistan. Journal of Management and Research, 8 (2), 98-130, 2021
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: • Category: Management (Y)
Scrutinizing United States from Diversity Perspective: Reflections from Domestic and Global Practices. ( Sci.Int.(Lahore),28(2),1489-1495,2016)
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: • Category: Multidisciplinary
Course Reduction can Reduce Failure Rates of Students: Lessons From the Study of an E-Learning University of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 5(2), 41-66, 2019.
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: • Category: Social Sciences
Is Freewill Free in Philosophical Perspective? (Sci.Int.(Lahore),28(2),1437-1442,2016
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: • Category: Multidisciplinary
Personality Mediated Career Development under Islamic Work Ethics in Pakistani Religious Schools. (European online journal of natural and social sciences, Volume 4, No. 4, 2015)
Articles published by refereed journals
Year: • Category: Management

Conferences & Participations

Fair by Design, Engaging by Experience, Algorithmic Fairness, Online Classroom Belonging, and Student Engagement in AI-Mediated Distance Education
Organized by: Polytechnic University of the Philippines-AAOU • Location: Philippines
Year: 2026 • Role: Presenter • Mode: Online • Area: Inclusive Online Learning
The Art of Teaching with Cases (HEC)
Organized by: Emerald Publishing • Location: xxx
Year: 2026 • Role: Attendant • Mode: Online • Area: Cases Teaching
The Author`s Journey, From Manuscript to Global Market- An Expert Session on Academic Book Publishing
Organized by: ScienceDirect ELSEVIER • Location: Karachi
Year: 2026 • Role: Attendant • Mode: Online • Area: Academic Book Publishing
Creating Ethical, Inclusive and Resilient Online Learning Environments
Organized by: Department of Management Sciences • Location: VUP
Year: 2026 • Role: Attendant • Mode: Online • Area: Inclusive Online learning
From Insights to Integrity, Using AI Responsibly in Research & Publishing (HEC)
Organized by: Emerald Publishing • Location: xxx
Year: 2026 • Role: Attendant • Mode: Online • Area: Responsible AI
Ethics, integrity and digital transformation, Navigating research in the AI age
Organized by: ScienceDirect ELSEVIER • Location: xxx
Year: 2026 • Role: Attendant • Mode: Online • Area: Research Ethics
Publishing Research Journals Workshop
Organized by: ORIC-VUP • Location: VUP
Year: 2025 • Role: Attendant • Mode: In person • Area: Journals Requirements to get published and recognised
Inhibiting vice or catalyzing virtue. Effect of ethical leadership and moral identity on unethical behavior.
Organized by: ICBMASS, NUST Business School, Islamabad • Location: Islamabad
Year: 2021 • Role: Presenter • Mode: In person • Area: Ethical Behavior

Professional Memberships

Reviewer
Body: Acta Psychologica, ScienceDirect Elsevier
Year: 2025 • Type: Honorary • Validity: Life Time
Reviewer
Body: South Asian Journal of Business Studies, Emerald Publishing
Year: 2024 • Type: Honorary • Validity: Life Time

Awards & Distinctions

Highest CGPA scored in PhD coursework in University of Central Punjab
Awarded by: University of Central Punjab
Year: 2025 • Category: Academic Achievement • Level: PhD
Best Employee Certificate Awarded for Commendable Services by Worthy Rector, VUP
Awarded by: Worthy Rector, VUP
Year: 2016 • Category: xxx • Level: University level