RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

2023

Gazi MAI, Masud AA, Sobhani FA, Dhar BK, Hossain MS, Hossain AI (2023). An Empirical Study on Emergency of Distant Tertiary Education in the Southern Region of Bangladesh during COVID-19: Policy Implication. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(5):4372. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054372

Mahmud, I.; Ahmed, S.; Sobhani, F.A.; Islam, M.A.; Sahel, S. (2023). The Influence of Mall Management Dimensions on Perceived Experience and Patronage Intentions in an Emerging Economy. Sustainability 2023, 15, 3258. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su15043258

Cheng, Y.; Masukujjaman, M.; Sobhani, F.A.; Hamayun, M.; Alam, S.S. (2023). Green Logistics, Green Human Capital, and Circular Economy: The Mediating Role of Sustainable Production. Sustainability 2023, 15, 1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021045

Huda, N.; Sobhani, F. A.; Al-Mahmood, A. K.; Rahman, S.; Ahmad, A. U. F.; Akter, T.; Haque, A.; Afrin, S.  F. (2023). CSR to tackle the Economic Effect of Covid 19: The case of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science22(01), 154-162

2022

Karim, R.A.; Sobhani, F.A.; Rabiul, M.K.; Lepee, N.J.; Kabir, M.R.; Chowdhury, M.A.M. (2022). Linking Fintech Payment Services and Customer Loyalty Intention in the Hospitality Industry: The Mediating Role of Customer Experience and Attitude. Sustainability 2022, 14, 16481. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416481

Thottoli, M.M.; Islam, M.A.; Sobhani, F.A.; Rahman, S.; Hassan, M.S. (2022). Auditing and Sustainability Accounting: A global examination using the Scopus Database. Sustainability 2022, 14, 16323. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su142316323

Hassan, M.S.; Islam, M.A.; Sobhani, F.A.; Hassan, M.M.; Hassan, M.A. (2022). Patients’ Intention to Adopt Fintech Services: A Study on Bangladesh Healthcare Sector. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15302. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph192215302

Islam MA, Haji Mat Said SB, Umarlebbe JH, Sobhani FA and Afrin S (2022). Conceptualization of head-heart-hands model for developing an effective 21st century teacher. Front. Psychol. 13:968723. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.968723

M HassanM IslamFA SobhaniH NasirI Mahmud,  FT Zahra (2022). Drivers Influencing the Adoption Intention towards Mobile Fintech Services: A Study on the Emerging Bangladesh MarketInformation13(7), 349

MAK Azad, MA Islam, FA Sobhani, MS Hassan, M Masukujjaman (2022). Revisiting the Current Status of Green Finance and Sustainable Finance Disbursement: A Policy Insights, Sustainability14(14), 8911

K Tan, AB Siddik, FA Sobhani, M Hamayun, M Masukujjaman (2022). Do Environmental Strategy and Awareness Improve Firms’ Environmental and Financial Performance? The Role of Competitive AdvantageSustainability14(17), 10600

Kabir, M. R., F. A. Sobhani, N. Mohamed, D. M. Ashrafi (2022). Impact of Integrity and Internal Audit Transparency on Audit Quality: The Moderating Role of Blockchain, Management and Accounting Review, 21(1), 203-233 

Gazi, Md Abu Issa; Md Aminul Islam, Farid Ahammad Sobhani, Bablu Kumar Dhar (2022). Does Job Satisfaction Differ at Different Levels of Employees? Measurement of Job Satisfaction among the Levels of Sugar Industrial EmployeesSustainability14(6), 35-64

2021

Sobhani, F. A., A Haque, S Rahman (2021). Socially Responsible HRM, Employee Attitude, and Bank Reputation: The Rise of CSR in BangladeshSustainability13(5), 27-53

Kabir, M. R., F. A. Sobhani, N. Mohamed (2022). Impact of Integrity and Internal Audit Transparency on Audit Fraud Risk Mitigation: Moderating Role of Blockchain Technology, Academy of Strategic Management Journal20(6), 1-19 

2020

MA Islam, OO Ebenezer, FA Sobhani, MS Shahriar (2020). The effect of product market competition on stability and capital ratio of banks in Southeast Asian countriesBorsa Istanbul Review, 20 (3), 292-300

Dhar, B.K., Mutalib, M., Sobhani, F. A. (2020). Effect of Innovation Capability on Human Capital and Organizational PerformanceInternational Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 09 (04), 7074-7087

Nekmahmud Md., Rahman S., Sobhani F. A., Olejniczak-Szuster K., Fekete Farkas M. (2020). A Systematic Literature Review on Development of Green Supply Chain Management, Polish Journal of Management Studies, 22 (01), 351-368

2019

Hossain, A., F. A.  Sobhani, N Omar, N Mohamad, J Said (2019).  Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Ethical Investment: Evidence from Banking Industries, International Journal of Financial Research10 (5)

Hossain, MS.,   SB   Yahiya, S   Rahman, FA   Sobhani, R   Rahman (2019).   Corporate   Social Responsibility in Healthcare:  A case of Islamic Banks (IBs) in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 18 (3), 567-573

Sobhani, F.  A.  and Rahman, M.  S (2019).  Financial Sustainability of Higher Education and Research:  A Case of Bangladeshi Universities, Sydney International Business and Social Science Conference, Novotel Sydney Central, Sydney, Australia.

2018

Ebenezer, OO, MA Islam, WS Yusoff, FA Sobhani (2018). Exploring Liquidity Risk and Interest- Rate Risk:  Implications for Profitability and Firm Value in Nigerian Banks, Journal of Reviews on Global Economics8, 315-326.

Dhar, B.  K., R.  Masruki, M.  Mutalib, H.  M.  Rahouma, F.  A.  Sobhani, M.  M.  N.  Absar  (2018). Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment between Islamic Human Resource Practices and Organizational Performance among Islamic Banks of Bangladesh, The Journal of Muamalat and Islamic Finance Research, 15(2), 54-65.

2017

Kabir, M.  R.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2017).  Risk Disclosure in Bank‟s Annual Report:  Bangladesh Perspective, Australian Academy of Accounting and Finance Review, 3(1), 11-20.

Kabir, M.  R.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2017).  Transformation from charity to ethical profit social enterprises: Its necessity, scope and barriers. International Journal of Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management, 1, 37-58.

Kabir, M.  R., Sobhani, F.  A.  & Kausar, A.  (2017).  Management of Sadaqah through social enterprises: A study on Anjuman Mufidul Islam Bangladesh. IIUC Business Review, 6, 63-74.

Dhar, B., M.  A.  Mutalib, F.  A.  Sobhani (2017).  Investigating the Impact of Human Resource Accounting Practice on Organizational Performance. International Islamic Social Economic Conference at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia

2016

Sobhani, F. A., M Murtaz, N Omar (2016).  Critical analysis of the role, challenges and shariah compliance of Islamic windows by conventional banks in Bangladesh. International Journal of Economics and Management, 10 (Special Issue 2), 391-407.

Akhter, M.  N.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2016).  Entrepreneurship for Women in Islam.  DIU Journal of Business and Economics, 10(2), 97-109

Kabir, M.  R.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2016).  Risk Disclosure in Bank‟s Annual Report:  Bangladesh Perspective, Conference Proceedings of Independent Global Conference on Business and Economics, held on 21 May 2016 at IUB School of Business, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sobhani, F. A. (2016). Lean & Six Sigma Tools for Sustainability. HRD Journal, Vol. 2, pp.32 33.

2015

Sobhani, F. A. & Murtaz, M. (2015). Factors behind Begging and Search for Alternatives: A Study on Female Street Beggars in Chittagong City. IIUC Business Review, 4, 24-38.

Murtaz, M. & Sobhani, F. A.  (2015).  Critical  Analysis  of  the  Role,  Challenges  and  Shari‟ah Compliance  of  Islamic  Windows  by  Conventional  Banks  in  Bangladesh,  presented  in  the International  Conference  on  Islamic  Economics,  Governance  and  Social  Enterprise,  jointly organized  by  Accounting  Research  Institute-Universiti  Teknologi  Mara-Malaysia,  Zakat Research  Institute  of  Malaysia,  Universiti  Sains  Islam  Malaysia-Malaysia,  International Islamic University Chittagong-Bangladesh, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia held on 14-15 December 2015 at Melaka, Malaysia.

Kabir, M. R.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2015).  Transformation  from  Charity  to  Ethical  Profit  Social Enterprises:  Its Necessity,  Scope and Barriers, presented in the  International Conference on Islamic  Economics,  Governance  and  Social  Enterprise,  jointly  organized  by  Accounting Research Institute-Universiti Teknologi Mara-Malaysia, Zakat Research Institute of Malaysia, Universiti   Sains   Islam   Malaysia-Malaysia,   International   Islamic   University  Chittagong- Bangladesh, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia held on 14-15 December 2015 at Melaka, Malaysia

Kabir, M. R. & Sobhani, F. A. (2015). Deception through Accounting Manipulation: Challenge for Corporate  Governance,  presented  in  the  International  Conference  on  Islamic  Economics, Governance  and  Social  Enterprise,  jointly  organized  by  Accounting  Research  Institute- Universiti Teknologi Mara-Malaysia, Zakat Research Institute of Malaysia, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia-Malaysia, International     Islamic     University Chittagong-Bangladesh, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia held on 14-15 December 2015 at Melaka, Malaysia

Sobhani, F.  A.  & Kabir, M.  R.  (2015).  A Community Based Sadaqah Approach to Eradicate Extreme Poverty: An Evaluation of Action Research Projects of CRP, IIUC, presented in the International Conference on Islamic Economic System, jointly organized by Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia-Malaysia, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, Islamic Research and Training Institute-IDB-KSA and Fatoni University,Thailand held on 29-30 September 2015 at Krabi, Thailand.

Kabir, M.  R.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2015).  Management of Institutional Sadaqah    for    Poverty Diminution:  A Sustainable Sadaqah Model, presented in the International Conference on Islamic Economic System, jointly organized by Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia-Malaysia, International   Islamic   University Chittagong-Bangladesh, Islamic Research   and Training Institute-IDB-KSA and Fatoni University, Thailand held on 29-30 Sept. 2015 at Krabi, Thailand.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2015).  Factors behind Isomorphic relationship in Social and Environmental Disclosure in Heterogeneous Banks in Bangladesh: An Institutional Perspective, presented in the Annual Conference on Social Injustice:  Race and Ethnicity – A Global Perspective, organized by the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Virginia State University during 26-27 March 2015 in Virginia, USA.

2014

Sobhani, F. A. & Murtaz, M. (2014). Factors behind Begging and Search for Alternatives: A Study on Female Street Beggars in Chittagong City Corporation, Conference Proceedings of IIUCIC7-2014:  International Conference on “Development of Social Enterprise and Social Business for Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Street Begging‟, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Hoque, N.  & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2014).  Developing Social Business Enterprise:  A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Approach, Conference Proceedings of IIUCIC7-2014:  International Conference on “Development of Social Enterprise and Social Business for Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Street Begging‟, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Kabir, M. R., Sobhani, F. A.  & Sakib, N. (2014). Accounting for Social Enterprises:  An Islamic Perspective, Conference   Proceedings   of   IIUCIC7-2014:   International   Conference   on “Development of Social Enterprise and Social Business for Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Street Begging‟, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Kabir, M. R., Sobhani, F.  A.  & Kausar, A.  (2014).  Management of Sadaqah through Social Enterprises: A Case Study of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, Bangladesh, Conference Proceedings of IIUCIC7-2014: International Conference on “Development of Social Enterprise and Social Business for Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Street Begging‟, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

2013

Akhter, M.  N., & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2013).    Institutionalization of Women Entrepreneurship:  An Islamic Perspective, Conference Proceedings of ICOBIEE2013: International Conference on Business Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Engineering 2013, Penang, Malaysia: Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

2012

Sobhani, F.  A., & Amran, A.  (2012).  Managerial Perceptions Concerning Nondisclosure of Sustainable Development Issues:  The Case of an Islamic and a Conventional Bank in Bangladesh. Asian Business Review, September Issue 1(1), 56-66.

Sobhani, F.  A., & Amran, A.  (2012).  Sustainability disclosure in annual reports and websites:  A study of the banking industry in Bangladesh. Journal of Cleaner Production (Scopus Indexed) (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 3.590), 23(1), 75-85.

Sobhani, F.  A., & Amran, A.  (2012).  Essence of, Approaches to and Transformation Process in Higher Education for Sustainable Development: A Critical Review. IIUC Studies– A Research Journal of International Islamic University Chittagong9, 113-136.

2011

Sobhani, F.  A., Zainuddin, Y.  & Amran, A.  (2011).  Religion as an emerging institutional factor behind sustainability disclosure practices in BangladeshThe case of an Islamic bank. World Journal of Social Sciences1(1), 69-85.

Sobhani, F. A., Zainuddin, Y., Amran, A. & Baten., A. (2011). Corporate sustainability disclosure practices   of   selected   banks:   A   trend   analysis   approach, African   Journal   of   Business Management5(7), 2794-2804.

Sobhani, F.  A., & Arman, A.  (2011).  Essence of, Approaches to and Transformation Process in Higher Education for Sustainable Development: A Critical Review. Conference Proceedings of 5th Conference of International Islamic University Chittagong.

2010

Islam, M. A., & Sobhani, F. A. (2010). A Study of Leadership in the Hierarchy of Managers in the Malaysian Multinational Manufacturing Industries. Global Journal of Business Management (India), 4(1), 13-32.

Islam, M.  A., & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2010).  Determinants of Outsourcing in the Manufacturing Industries in Bangladesh. Business Review (Pakistan), 5(2), 127-147.

Moral, M.  J.  B., Sobhani, F.  A., & Rainis, R.  (2010).  Delphi Technique in Poverty Alleviation. IIUC Studies6(1), 77-96

Sobhani, F. A., & Rahman, S. (2010). Challenges of higher education for sustainable development: A study of private universities in Bangladesh.  Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(5), 231-248.

Sobhani, F.  A., Zain Uddin, Y., & Amran, A.  (2010).   Institutionalism as an Emerging Theory in Social   and   Environmental   Accounting   Research.   Conference   Proceedings   of   ICoHSE: International Conference on the Roles of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering, Malaysia: Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

2009

Sobhani, F. A., Amran, A., & Zainuddin, Y. (2009). Revisiting the practices of corporate social and environmental disclosure in Bangladesh. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management,John Wiley & Sons, Impact Factor: 2.054), 16(3), 167-183.

Sobhani, F.  A.,   Zainuddin, Y., & Amran, A.  (2009).   Sustainability   disclosure practices   in Bangladesh: The case of banking industry. Proceedings of UWS‟09: Sustainability Research Symposium. NSW, Australia: University of Western Sydney.

2008

Ather, S.  M., Sobhani, F.  A., & Chowdhury, A.  H.  (2008).  Depreciation Methods of the Listed Companies in Bangladesh. The Cost and Management36(1), 11-13.

Sobhani, F.  A., Zainuddin, Y.  B., & Amran, A.  B.  (2008).  Current state of corporate social and environmental disclosure in Bangladesh. Conference Proceedings of ICoSSH 2008:  The 2nd USM Penang International Postgraduate Convention. Malaysia: Universiti Sains Malaysia.

2007

Ather, S.  M., & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2007).  Managerial Leadership – An Islamic Perspective.  IIUC Studies, 4(1), 7-24.

Sobhani, F.  A., & Ather, S.  M.  (2007).  Islamic management in Bangladesh:  status, issues and solutions. Conference Proceedings of IIUM-2007: International Conference on Management from   Islamic   Perspectives:   Kuala   Lumpur, Malaysia:  International   Islamic   University Malaysia.

2006

Huda, S.S.M.S., Sobhani, F.  A., & Zubayer, M.  (2006).  Management Historians in the 1990s: A Review of their Lives and Prime Contributions. IIUC Studies3(1), 73-82.

Rana, M.  B., & Sobhani, F.  A.  (2006).  Interrelationship Between Globalization and National Responsiveness: An Analytical Approach. IIUC Business Review1(1), 33-40.

2005

Khan, M. S. U., Sobhani, F. A., & Ali, M. H. (2005). Social Capital: A Multidimensional Approach of Socioeconomic Development. Journal of Social Sciences3(1), 124-128.

2004

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2004).  Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh:  A Case Study of the Textile Sector. IIUC Studies, 1(1), 9-23.

Sobhani, F. A. (2004). Management Practices of Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Case Study of International Islamic University Chittagong. IIUC Studies, 2(1), 24-59.

7.2 Articles in Magazines and other Periodicals

Sobhani, F. A. (2019). ‘Does Human Capital Matter?’ Souvenir of the 2nd FBHRO-UIU National HR Convention 2019, held on 20 December 2019 at UIU Auditorium, Dhaka.

Sobhani, F. A. (2018). Engaging Human Resources for Corporate Sustainability, Souvenir of the 1st UIU National HR Convention 2018, held on 24 November 2018 at BICC, Dhaka.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2018).  HR Integration for Corporate Sustainability, Souvenir of the BSHRM  7th International HR Conference, held on 28 April 2018 at Sena Malancha, Banani, p.46

Sobhani, F. A. (2018). Does HR Matter? Souvenir of the BSHRM 2nd HR Summit at Radisson Blu Chittagong, held on 9 March 2018 at Sena Malancha, Banani, p.26-28

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2017). All Resources – HR = Zero, Souvenir of the BSHRM  1st HR Summit in Chittagong, held on 24 February 2017 at Radisson Blu Chittagong, p.27

Sobhani, F. A. (2016). Lean and Six Sigma Tools for Sustainability. HRD Journal, Vol. 2, p.32-33.

Sobhani, F. A. (2016). Career Opportunities for Bangladeshi Graduates. Magazine of Career Fest Chittagong, p.24-25.

Sobhani, F. A. (2014).  IIUC with a Difference in Developing Human Resources.  The Chittagong Digest– a monthly magazine in Chittagong, Bangladesh in June Issue, p.75-76.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2013).  Book Review -Good to Great by Jim Collins.  The WHEEL, a Quarterly Business Magazine in Bangladesh, 1(4), p.74-78.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2013).  An Ideal Teacher for Students and Society.  The Magazine of Bangladesh Ideal Teachers Council, p.15-21.

Sobhani, F. A. (2005). Managerial Leadership. Magazine of IIUC Business Club, p.20-23.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2005). Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh-A Trend Analysis. Magazine of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), Bangladesh on the eve of 13th Chittagong International Trade Fair, p.22-28.

Sobhani, F. A. (2004). Executive MBA Program: Why and How. Executive Views– a publication of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, IIUC, 2(1), p.61-67.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2004).  Career Opportunities for MBA Graduates. Magazine of 1st Reunion MBA Alumni Association, IIUC, p.28-31.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2003).  Uccho  Shikkhay  Grading  Boishammoy:  Kichu  Prostabona  (In  Bengali) [Discrimination    of    Grading    Systems    in    Higher    Education    of    Bangladesh:    Some Recommendations]. The Dainik Purbokone – a daily newspaper in Chittagong, Bangladesh on 23 August 2003.

Sobhani, F. A. (2003). Tour as a Learning Process.  The Explorers- a Souvenir of SAARC Study

Tour of DBA-IIUC, p.11-12.

Sobhani, F. A. (2003). Salary and Wages Administration. Training Guide of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Training Center, Chittagong in August Issue, p. 24-35.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2003). Leadership, Team Development and Team Spirit. Training Guide of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Training Center, Chittagong in July Issue, p. 42-51.

Sobhani, F. A. (2003). Career Opportunities for the Business Graduates in Bangladesh. Magazine of IIUC Job Fair, p. 16-19.

Sobhani, F.  A.  (2003).  BBA and MBA:  The Need Based Programs of IIUC.  The Guardian-a monthly magazine in Bangladesh in the issue of December, p.38-39.

Sobhani, F. A. (2000). Executive MBA: A Prestigious Graduate Program at IUC. Executive Views– a publication of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, IIUC, 1(1), p.11-16.

Sobhani, F. A. (1994). Bangladesher Shikkhah Bebostha: Ekti Porjalosona (In Bengali), [Education Systems of Bangladesh: A Critical Review]. Alaol Hall Magazine, University of Chittagong, p.35-38.