Dr Muhibul Haq

Muhibul Haq

Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Worcester Business School

Department of Marketing and Enterprise

Contact Details

email: m.haq@worc.ac.uk

Dr Muhibul Haq is a senior lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Worcester Business School, ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, United Kingdom. He received MSc in Project Planning and Management and PhD in Small Business Management from University of Bradford.

His research interests include sustainable success, competitive advantage, knowledge management, customer relationship management, strategic management, and strategic human resource management in the contexts of microbusinesses. He has published in several journals including Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Journal of the International Council for Small Business, Journal of Asia Business Studies, and International Journal of Management Development. He is a regular contributor to the annual conferences of Academy of Management (AOM), European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management (ERUAM), and British Academy of Management (BAM). Muhibul moderates a weekly radio programme called ‘the Contribution of Microbusinesses’ in Radio Sangam, a local radio station based in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. Muhibul is a former Chevening Scholar (an elite programme run by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom).

Prior to becoming an academic in 2018, Muhibul worked in a variety of organisational and country contexts for over 20 years in different management roles. Besides, he worked internationally for international development organisations including The United Nations Development Programme, The International Fund for Agricultural Development, and The Aga Khan Development Network.

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCert)
  • MSc in Project Planning and Management
  • Master of Business Administration

Teaching interests

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Strategy
  • Generic Management
  • Human Resource Management

Research interests

  • Microbusiness performance, sustainability, and competitive advantage
  • Ethnic minority microbusinesses
  • Knowledge management
  • Customer relationship management
  • Human Resource Management

Recent publicationsHaq M., Yasin, N., Dana, L.P., Salamzadeh, A.

Haq M., Yasin, N., Dana, L.P., Salamzadeh, A. (2025) ‘“try to keep them dumb and under the thumb”: Exploring the “darker side” of psychological contracts in “overly embedded” immigrant enterprises’, Employee Relations: The International Journal [Preprint].

Haq, M., Ng, W., Budhathoki, T., Davies, J. and Dana, L.P. (2025), "Microentrepreneurial commitment and perseverance in local communities during the COVID-19 crisis", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. 

Haq, M., Johanson, M., Davies, J., Ng, W., & Dana, L. P. (2024). Bourdieusian and resource-based perspectives on ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model. Journal of Small Business Management, 62(4), 1982-2015.

Abualigah, A., Darwish, T. K., Davies, J., Haq, M., & Ahmad, S. Z. (2023). Supervisor support, religiosity, work engagement, and affective commitment: evidence from a Middle Eastern emerging market. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 18(1), 1-20.

Haq, M., Johanson, M., Davies, J., Ng, W., & Dana, L. P. (2024). Human capital resources creation and utilization in ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model. Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 5(2), 106-116.

Haq, M., & Davies, J. (2023). “The person with maximum knowledge will win the race”: Conceptualizing knowledge in microbusinesses. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(2), 295-321.

Haq, M., Johanson, M., Davies, J., Dana, L. P., & Budhathoki, T. (2021). Compassionate customer service in ethnic minority microbusinesses. Journal of Business Research, 126, 279-290.

Haq, M. (2016). Human capital resources: a review and direction for future research. International Journal of Management Development, 1(4), 261-286. 

Haq, M. (2015). South Asian ethnic minority small and medium enterprises in the UK: a review and research agenda. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 25(4), 494-516. 

Conference Papers

  1. Haq, M. (2024). Informality in Micro-businesses: A Deliberate Choice or the Inevitable Consequence of Resource Constraints. The International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland, 27 June 2024.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2024). Microentrepreneurial commitment and perseverance in local communities during the COVID-19 crisis. European Academy of Management Early Career Colloquium (EURAM EECC) Conference, The Universitat de Barcelona Business School, Barcelona, Spain 12 March 2024.

  1. Haq, M. (2023). Informality in Micro-businesses: A Deliberate Choice or the Inevitable Consequence of Resource Constraints. Presented in the Presented in the on Huddersfield Business School Annual Conference 27 April 2023.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2023). Informality in Micro-businesses: A Deliberate Choice or the Inevitable Consequence of Resource Constraints. EURAM EECC Conference at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology (GTU), Poland, 14 March 2023.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2022). Microbusinesses as drivers of economic recovery: The role of entrepreneurial commitment and perseverance in the coronavirus pandemic. EURAM EECC Conference (online), 4 March 2022.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2022). Microbusinesses as drivers of economic recovery: The role of entrepreneurial commitment and perseverance in the coronavirus pandemic. Huddersfield Business School Annual Conference, 28 April 2022.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2022). Microbusinesses as drivers of economic recovery: The role of entrepreneurial commitment and perseverance in the coronavirus pandemic. Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) UK and Ireland Business and Society Research Development (online), 17 May 2022.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2022). Microbusinesses as drivers of economic recovery: The role of entrepreneurial commitment and perseverance in the coronavirus pandemic. EURAM Annual Conference (online), 15 June 2022.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2021). Conceptualizing the Role of Individual Human Capital Factors in Regional Ethnic Minority Micro-businesses: A Resource-based View’. Academy of Management (AOM), Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, (online) (I chaired several sessions in this conference), 2 August 2021.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2021). Advantages of Disadvantaged Groups: Toward a Culture-Induced Entrepreneurship Model of Ethnic Minority Micro-Firms. The European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference (online), 16 June 2021.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2021). Toward a Culture-Induced Entrepreneurship Model in Ethnic Minority Microenterprises. The British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference (online), 1 August 2021.

 

  1. Haq, M. and Davies, J. (2019). We Treat Them like Family: Dimensions of Compassionate Customer Service. Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, USA, 13 August 2019.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2019). Conceptualising ethnic cultural influence on small business success: The culture-induced entrepreneurship model. European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Annual Conference: The University of Edinburgh Business School, 1 July 2019.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2-19). Conceptualising knowledge acquisition and mobilisation in ethnic minority small businesses: Insights from West Yorkshire. URAM Annual Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 28 June 2019.

 

  1. Haq, M. and Davies, J. (2019). AMO and Resource-based Advantages: Informal HRM practices in ethnic minority SMEs. British Academy of Management (BAM) Small Business Conference, University of Birmingham, 4 Jun 2019.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2018). “We treat them like family” The perceived importance of customer service skills for small business success. Annual BAM Conference, Bristol Business School, 6 September 2018.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2013). A Critical Review on the Role of Public Policies in Human Capital Formation and its Impact on Economic Growth: A global perspective with focus on Africa. 3rd International Conference on Management in Africa, University of Manchester, 6 September 2013.

 

  1. Haq, M. (2013). A comparative analysis of qualitative and quantitative research methods and a justification for use of mixed methods in social research. Annual PhD Conference, Faculty of Management and Law, University of Bradford, 22 June 2013.

Membership of professional bodies

  • Fellow of the HEA
  • Lead of the Sustainable Organisation Research Group (ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥)

Editorial Board Member

  • International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
  • World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
  • International Journal of Business and Globalisation