University of Southern Punjab

Dr. Mishal Khosa

Brief Bio

Dr. Mishal Khosa is an accomplished academician, researcher, and mentor with specialization in Human Resource Management, leadership, and organizational sustainability. She holds a PhD in Management from Universiti Utara Malaysia, an internationally accredited institution, where her research focused on employee engagement, occupational stress, and social support within the banking sector of Pakistan.

With over a decade of combined experience in academia, research, and industry, Dr. Khosa has served in various teaching and academic leadership roles at reputable institutions, including the University of Southern Punjab and ILMA University. She has extensive experience in teaching undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses, particularly in research methods, strategic management, and organizational behavior. Dr. Khosa has made significant scholarly contributions through her publications in high-impact journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, including top-tier (Q1) journals. Her research primarily focuses on green human resource management, sustainable leadership, employee engagement, artificial intelligence applications in HR, and organizational innovation.

In addition to her research and teaching, she is actively involved in supervising PhD and MPhil students, contributing to curriculum development, and serving as a reviewer for internationally recognized journals. Her work reflects a strong commitment to advancing academic excellence, fostering research culture, and addressing contemporary organizational challenges through evidence-based insights.

Education
PhD – Management
Universiti Utara Malaysia
2016 – 2021
MBA – Finance
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
2010 – 2012
BA – Economics
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
2006 – 2008
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor
University of Southern Punjab, Multan.
2025 – Till now
Assistant Professor
ILMA University, Karachi
2023 – 2025
Assistant Professor (Visiting)
BZU, Multan
2020 – 2021
Senior Teacher
Bloomfield Hall School
2012 – 2016

Research Interests

Publications

  • Multiple publications in WoS & Scopus indexed journals

    Key journals include:

    • International Journal of Hospitality Management
    • Business Process Management Journal
    • Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
    • Sustainability
Title Year
Can subordinate personality, norms, and performance promotion motives impact abusive supervision to influence turnover intention?
2026
Top Management’s Green Inclusive Leadership and Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Manufacturing Firms: The Enabling Role of Internal CSR Communication
2025
Navigating green innovation in the manufacturing sector: The roles of green entrepreneurial orientation, digital transformation, and international opportunities
2025
Orchestrating Digital Capabilities for Supply Chain Resilience: Evidence from China Pakistan Economic Corridor
2025
The road to eco-excellence: How does environmentally specific empowering leadership foster hospitality employees’ green creativity through green creative self-efficacy and green learning orientation
2024
Bridging High-Performance Work System and Hotel’s Innovation Performance. A serial mediation of Human Resource Flexibility and Knowledge Absorptive Capacity
2024
Double-edged sword effects of green human resource management on employee organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment: Interactive effects and mediation mechanisms
2024
Green HRM fostering followers’ green creativity: Unfolding the role of environmental concern and employee engagement with eco-initiatives as a serial mediation
2024
Entrepreneurial leadership and green innovative work behavior: The role of green soft and hard talent management with a dual theoretical lens
2024
Green entrepreneurial leadership as a catalyst of green innovation: A serial mediation model with a dual theoretical lens
2024
Towards sustainable development in the manufacturing industry: Does green human resource management facilitate green creative behaviour? A serial mediation model
2023
Linking Transformational and Despotic Leadership to Employee Engagement: Unfolding the Role of Psychological Distress as a Mediator
2022
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Learning Effectiveness in the Banking Sector: The Mediating Roles of Technological Self-Efficacy and Learning Orientation
2025
Pathways to Career Adaptability in the Manufacturing Industry: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence, Technical Anxiety and Job Crafting
2025
Antecedents of employee engagement with the mediating effect of occupational stress in the banking sector of Pakistan
2020
Antecedents of employee engagement with the mediation of occupational stress and moderation of co-worker’s support in the banking sector of Pakistan
2020
Impact of employee turnover on organizational effectiveness in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan
2016

APA 7 References

  1. Tahir, S., Ahmed, Z*., Khosa, M., Khan, A. R. (2026). Can subordinate personality, norms, and performance promotion motives impact abusive supervision to influence turnover intention? Journal of Foodservice Business Research.

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15378020.2026.2636805

  1. Siddiquei, A. N., Ahmed, Z., Zaman, K., Badar, K., Khosa, M., Zameer, H. (2025). Top Management’s Green Inclusive Leadership and Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Manufacturing Firms: The Enabling Role of Internal CSR Communication. Journal of Environmental Management

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725038010

  1. Nguyen, N. T., Ahmed, Z*., Hassan, S., Khosa, M., Faqera, A. F. O., Hashmi, A. (2025). Navigating green innovation in the manufacturing sector: The roles of green entrepreneurial orientation, digital transformation, and international opportunities. International Journal of Ethics and Systems

Link:https://www.emerald.com/ijoes/article-abstract/doi/10.1108/IJOES-12-2024-0420/1312156/Navigating-green-innovation-in-the manufacturing?redirectedFrom=fulltext

  1. Khan, M. I. M., P, S. Q., Ahmed, Z., Han, Z. R., Khosa, M. (2025). Orchestrating Digital Capabilities for Supply Chain Resilience: Evidence from China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Systems (MDPI)

Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/11/981

  1. Meirun, T., Ahmed*, Z., Alzoubi, R. H., Khosa, M., Nguyen, N. T. (2024). The road to eco-excellence: How does environmentally specific empowering leadership foster hospitality employees’ green creativity through green creative self-efficacy and green learning orientation. International Journal of Hospitality Management (Published).

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278431924001026

  1. Hassan, S., Tahir, F., Ahmed, Z., Raza, S., Nawaz, Mishal. K., (2024). Bridging High-Performance Work System and Hotel’s Innovation Performance. A serial mediation of Human Resource Flexibility and Knowledge Absorptive Capacity. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights

Link: https://www.emerald.com/jhti/article-abstract/8/5/1825/1247259/Bridging-high-performance-work-system-and-hotel-s?redirectedFrom=fulltext

  1. Ahmed, Z., Khosa*, M., Nguyen, N. T., Faqera, A. F. O., Ibikunle, A. K., Raza, S. (2024). Double-edged sword effects of green human resource management on employee organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment: Interactive effects and mediation mechanisms. Business Process Management Journal

https://www.emerald.com/bpmj/article-abstract/30/5/1369/1235809/Double-edged-sword-effects-of-green-HRM-on?redirectedFrom=fulltext

  1. Ahmed*, Z., Khosa, M., Nguyen, N. T., Faqera, A. F. O., Rehman, S. U. (2024). Green HRM fostering followers’ green creativity: Unfolding the role of environmental concern and employee engagement with eco-initiatives as a serial mediation. Creativity and Innovation Management

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/caim.12614

  1. Yan, Li., Ahmed*, Z., Khosa, M., Faqera, A. F. O., Ibikunle, A. K., (2024). Entrepreneurial leadership and green innovative work behavior: The role of green soft and hard talent management with a dual theoretical lens. Sustainability

Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/18/8136

  1. Ahmed, Z., Khosa*, M., Nguyen, N. T., Ibikunle, Abbass, J., Akhtar, A. (2024). Green entrepreneurial leadership as a catalyst of green innovation: A serial mediation model with a dual theoretical lens. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies

https://www.emerald.com/jeee/article-abstract/17/4/955/1252215/Green-entrepreneurial-leadership-as-a-catalyst-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext

  1. Ahmed*, Z., Khosa, M., Rehman, S. U., Faqera, A. F. O (2023). Towards sustainable development in the manufacturing industry: Does green human resource management facilitate green creative behaviour? A serial mediation model. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

https://www.emerald.com/jmtm/article-abstract/34/8/1425/229060/Towards-sustainable-development-in-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext

  1. Song, X., Khosa, M., Ahmed*, Z., Faqera, A. F. O., Nguyen, N. T., Rehman, S. U., & He, Y. (2022). Linking Transformational and Despotic Leadership to Employee Engagement: Unfolding the Role of Psychological Distress as a Mediator. Sustainability

Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/14/8851

  1. Iftikhar, F., Ahmed*, Z., Khosa, M., Rasheed, M. (2025). Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Learning Effectiveness in the Banking Sector: The Mediating Roles of Technological Self-Efficacy and Learning Orientation. Indus Journal of Social Sciences, 3(3), 531-550

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395581171_Harnessing_Artificial_Intelligence_for_Learning_Effectiveness_in_the_Banking_Sector_The_Mediating_Roles_of_Technological_Self-Efficacy_and_Learning_Orientation

  1. Nawaz, K., Ahmed*, Z., Khosa, M., Rasheed, M. (2025). Pathways to Career Adaptability in the Manufacturing Industry: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence, Technical Anxiety and Job Crafting. The Critical Review of Social Sciences Studies, 3(3), 2559-2578.

http://thecrsss.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/865?captcha

  1. Ahmed*, Z., Sabir, S., Khosa, M., Ahmed, I., Bilal, M. A. (2016). Impact of employee turnover on organizational effectiveness in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan. IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 11(2016), 88-96.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Bilal%2C+M.+A.+%282016%29.+Impact+of+employee+turnover+on+organizational+effectiveness+in+the+telecommunication+sector+of+Pakistan&btnG=

Research Supervision

PhD Supervision-5 ongoing

MPhil Supervision-Multiple completed and ongoing

MBA/BBA Projects-Several supervised

Teaching Areas

PhD/MS Level: Advance Research Methods, Strategic Management

Master Level: HRM, Leadership, Business Research

Bachelor Level: Fundamentals of Management, HRM

Skills

  • Statistical Tools: SPSS, PLS-SEM

    Soft Skills: Leadership, Teamwork, Communication

    Languages: English, Urdu

Workshops & Training

PLS-SEM, AMOS, SPSS Workshop-UUM Malaysia

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