Dr Ahmad Usman Shahid

Program Manager (Business and Accounting)

Senior Academic Team

Dr Shahid holds a PhD in Accounting and Corporate Governance from Macquarie University, Australia. He is in the Senior Academic Team at the International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS), and is Program Manager for the Bachelor of Business and the Bachelor of Accounting.

With expertise acquired through hands-on experience in accounting practice and as an academic, he brings a wealth of knowledge to our institution.

His professional journey includes designing and coordinating tertiary-level courses in accounting, alongside engaging in administration, accreditation and impactful research.

Dr Shahid provides academic leadership by supporting faculty and students in enhancing learning and teaching, focusing on student outcomes, program delivery, and overall effectiveness.

His research program adopts an interdisciplinary approach to enhance the quality of accounting, auditing, accountability, sustainability, and governance across international standards.

His contributions are evidenced by publications in esteemed scholarly journals, with his work widely cited extensively in the literature. His dedication extends beyond research as he served on the review board of eight scholarly journals, supervised postgraduate research students, and secured international research grants, reflecting his leadership and expertise in academia.

Before joining ICMS, Dr Shahid served as a Program Director of Accounting at the Canterbury Institute of Management, Darwin, Australia, and as a lecturer at COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan where he actively contributed to the academic community.

Memberships

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)

Publications

1. Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., Baig, W., Ismail, A., and Shahid, J., (2024). The Impact of Financial Analysts’ Spirituality on their Socially Responsible Investing Decisions: A Mediating Role of Social Consciousness. Pacific Accounting Review, 36(2), 234-254.

2. Shahid. A. U., Ali. H. Y., Tufail, H. S., and Jonathan, J., (2023). Financial Analysts’ Perceived Risk and Investment Judgement in evaluating CSR. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 16(4), 716-733.

3. Shahid. A. U., Patel, C., and Pan, P. (2022). Corporate Social Responsibility, Intrinsic Religiosity, and Investment Decisions. Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Finance, 34, 100650.

4. Tahir, M. S., Shahid, A. U., and Richards, D. (2022). The role of impulsivity and financial satisfaction in a moderated mediation model of financial resilience and life satisfaction. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 40(4), 773-790.

5. Kijkasiwat, P., Shahid, A. U., Hassan, M. K., and Hunjra, A. I. (2022). Access to Finance, Social Capital and Improvement of Firm Performance: Evidence from Non-listed Firms in Southeast Asia. Managerial Finance, 48(7), 1047-1068.

6. Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., Shahid, J., and Ismail, A. (2021). Antecedents and Consequences of Perceived Job Security of Professional Accountants. Asian Review of Accounting, 29(5), 601- 616.

7. Rizwan, M., Humayon. A. A., Shahid. A. U., Danish. R. Q., Aslam, N., & Shahid. J. (2016). Antecedents of Job Turnover in the Educational Sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 4(1), 89-101.

8. Danish, R. Q., Khan, M. K., Shahid, A. U., Raza, I., & Humayon, A. A. (2015). Effect of intrinsic rewards on task performance of employees: Mediating role of motivation. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 4(1), 33-46.

Conference Presentations

Shahid, A. U., Patel, C., and Pan, P. (2023). Religion, religiosity, corporate social responsibility assurance, and socially responsible investment decisions. 32nd Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, co-sponsored by the Bond University at Gold Coast, Australia.

Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., Ismail, A., Baig, W., and Shahid, J., (2023). Financial analysts’ spirituality, social consciousness, and socially responsible investing decisions.32nd AsianPacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, co-sponsored by the Bond University at Gold Coast, Australia.

Shahid, A.U., Ali, H. Y., Tufail, H. S., and Jonathan, J., (2023). Financial analysts’ personal values perceived behavioral risk, and investment decisions in evaluating CSR. 2nd International Conference on Business Administration, 10-11 March 2023 at Institute of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., (2022). Antecedents and Consequences of Cleaner Production. 1stInternational Research Conference on Financial Economics and Humanities on 10thDecember 2022 at Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., (2021). Investors’ perceived accountability and socially responsible investing decisions. International Conference on Banking, Insurance and Business Management, 29-30 December 2023, Hailey College of Banking and Finance, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Aamir, M., Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., and Humayon, A. A. (2020). Organizational learning and innovation and its impact on professional accountants’ organizational citizenship behavior. International Conference on Business and Commerce, 24-25 November, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., and Humayon, A. A. (2019). The impact of organizational learning on organizational citizenship behavior of professional accountants with the mediating role of organizational innovation; Evidence from Pakistan. International Conference on Banking Insurance and Business Management, 12-13 December, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., and Humayon, A. A. (2018). Antecedents and consequences of perceived job security of professional accountants. International Conference on Banking Insurance and Business Management, 12-13 December, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., and Humayon, A. A. (2018). Antecedents of job turnover in the educational sector of Pakistan. 9th International Conference on Management Research & Business Excellence in Emerging Markets, 29-30 December, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., and Humayon, A. A. (2018). The impact of the social relationship on the innovative work behavior of employees through psychological well-being: A case of the Pharmaceutical sector of Pakistan. 10th South Asian International Conference; Creating a Niche in the Knowledge Economy, 26-28 November, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., and Tufail, H. S., (2018). The effect of job crafting on job creativity through job engagement; a case of banking sector of Vehari, Pakistan. 6th International Conference on Research in Education, 20-22 November, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., and Humayon, A. A. (2016). Effect of intrinsic rewards on task performance of employees: Mediating role of motivation. 1st Conference on Banking, Insurance, and Business Management, 14-15 December 2016, Lahore, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., Tufail, H. S., and Humayon, A. A. (2016). The impact of harmonious passion on the intention to leave through work engagement in the banking sector of Lahore, Pakistan. International Conference on Business and Economics, 5-7 May, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Shahid, A. U., (2016). The influence of emotion carrying capacity on organizational citizenship behavior of accounting professionals; Evidence from Telecom Sector of Pakistan. International Management and Applied Sciences Conference, 3-4 February, Lahore, Pakistan.

Danish, R. Q., Shahid, A. U., Humayon, A. A., & Nawaz, M. M. (2015). Association of affective commitment with organizational citizenship behavior and task performance of employees in the banking sector. International Conference on Social Responsibility Education and Practices, 3-5 July, Istanbul, Turkey.

Reviewer for Scholarly Journals

• International Journal of Managerial Finance (ABDC-A; IF: 1.7)

• Pacific Accounting Review (ABDC-B; IF: 1.9)

• Asian Review of Accounting (ABDC-B; IF: 1.5)

• Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change (ABDC-B; IF: 1.6)

• International Journal of Bank Marketing (ABDC-A; IF: 4.3)

• International Journal of Emerging Markets (ABDC-B; IF: 2.3)

• Emerging Markets Finance, and Trade (ABDC-B; IF: 3.6)

• Sustainable Development (ABDC-C; IF: 11.1)

• International Journal of Social Economics (ABDC-B; IF: 1.8)

Sources:

• ORCID

• Web of Science