Name: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES)
Address: Bidholi, Via Prem Nagar, ,, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, india
Telephone: +91-1800-102-8737

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Owais Nazir

Assistant Professor-Senior Scale

Academic Background:

Doctoral Candidate and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Management Studies, IIT-Roorkee

Career Graph:

Owais Nazir is an Assistant Professor-Senior Scale at UPES, Dehradun, India. He has published in journals such as the International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management, and Current Issues in Tourism, among others. Owais Nazir is the recipient of the Emerald Literati Network Awards 2018, for Outstanding Paper 2018.

Honours and Achievements:

Special Acknowledgement in the Indian adaptation of the book on Strategic Market Management (11ed) by David Aakar, Moorman, Jamid Islam and Zillur Rahman -Wiley Publishers, 2021. ISBN 978-9354243387
Elsevier Reviewer Recognition presented by International Journal of Hospitality Management-Aug-2021.
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship at the Department of Management studies-IIT-Roorkee in December 2020.
Outstanding Paper Award for the article “Enhancing organizational commitment and employee performance through employee engagement” published in the South Asian Journal of Business Studies in 2018, Emerald Literati Awards. DOI.10.1108/SAJBS-04-2016-0036.
Awarded National Eligibility Test (NET) in Management for lectureship conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) in June 2013.

Research Interests:

Sustainability
Employee Engagement

Recent Publications:

Nazir, O., & Islam, J. U. (2020). Effect of CSR activities on meaningfulness, compassion, and employee engagement: A sense-making theoretical approach. International Journal of Hospitality Management. (SSCI, IF 10.427) (ABDC-'A*').
Nazir, O., Islam, J. U. & Rahman, Z. (2021). Effect of CSR participation on an employee sense of purpose and experienced meaningfulness: A self-determination theory perspective. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. (SSCI, ABDC-A, IF 7.629).
Nazir, O., & Islam, J. U. (2019). Influence of CSR-specific activities on work engagement and employees’ innovative work behaviour: an empirical investigation. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-19. (SSCI, ABDC-A, IF 7.57).
Nazir, O., & Islam, J. U. (2017). Enhancing organizational commitment and employee performance through employee engagement: An empirical check. South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 6(1), 98-114. (ABDC, ESCI, Scopus).
Nazir, O., and Rao, M.K. (2018), “A conceptual framework for CSR and Work Engagement from a motivational perspective”, Paper presented at PANIITIMC-18: 1st PAN IIT International Management Conference 2018 Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, November 30-December 2, 2018.