Associate Professor Muhammad Ali

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law

PhD (The University of Melbourne)

Muhammad Ali (Ali) commenced his career as a full-time academic in March 2010. He has achieved the following qualifications:

• 2009: PhD from Melbourne University
• 2003: MBA from California State University (CSU)
• 1998: MPA from Quaid-i-Azam University
• 1995: BCom from Punjab University

Prior to joining the MBA program at CSU, Ali worked in industry in HR positions:

• Assistant Branch Officer in a life insurance company. He received appreciation letters from the Managing Director and the Branch Manager for passing the professional development exam and excellent performance
• Assistant Manager HR in a manufacturing organisation. His team was responsible for most HR and general administration matters in a factory of 500 employees

Research interests

• Diversity management policies and practices
• Work-life programs
• Corporate governance

Ali's research focuses on measuring effectiveness of workforce diversity management policies and practices and work-life programs. He also investigates the human resource elements of corporate governance. His research has provided important insights in the areas of board age and gender diversity, managerial and non-managerial gender diversity, work-life programs, gender-focused HRM, age diversity practices, board size and firm performance. He has published several papers in high quality peer-reviewed journal. Awards

• 2017: Best Paper Award, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
• 2013: Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award, Academy of Management
• 2010: The Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis
• 2009: Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award, Academy of Management
• 2009: Best Student Paper Award, Academy of Management
• 2005 - 2009: Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship
• 2005 - 2009: Melbourne International Research Scholarship

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