Nadeem joined the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School as an Associate Professor of Accounting in 2022. Previously, he held academic positions at the University of Otago and Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
Nadeem has interdisciplinary research interests that include, but are not limited to, corporate governance, corporate social and environmental responsibility, corporate misconduct, environmental accounting and reporting, and intellectual capital. He regularly publishes in high-quality journals (ABDC A*, ABS/AJG4 & FT50) such as The British Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and Corporate Governance: An International Review, among others. His research has featured in several media outlets (e.g., The Conversation, newsroom) and has received multiple Best Paper Awards at international conferences such as Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ 2017) and the Corporate Governance SIG of the European Academy of Management (EURAM 2022). He was also recipient of the Best Emerging Researcher award at the University of Otago.
Nadeem has been invited by several international universities for research seminars and he has also delivered keynote speeches at international conferences, including the 3rd CEFGroup Climate Finance Symposium. He was also the sole organiser of the 12th Sustainability Accounting Research Network (SARN) conference, 2022, at the University of Otago. Nadeem regularly reviews papers for top-ranked journals, and also serves the editorial boards of several journals such as Meditari Accountancy Research (Associate Editor) and Journal of Intellectual Capital (Editorial Advisory Board member).
Nadeem believes in research-informed teaching and has taught accounting courses such as Sustainability Accounting and Reporting, Management Accounting, and Advanced Management Accounting, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He loves interacting with students and helping them to achieve their goals. Nadeem has supervised three PhD students to completion, and he is keen to accept new supervisions in his areas of interest. His PhD graduates hold key faculty positions at international universities. He has also examined several PhD theses.
Nadeem enjoys serving in the leadership roles. He has held several academic leadership roles in his academic career, including the Deputy Associate Dean of Postgraduate programmes and Director of the Master of Professional Accounting degree, among others.
Nadeem is member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ).
Journal Article: CEO succession origin and annual reports readability
Oradi, Javad, Hesarzadeh, Reza, E-Vahdati, Sahar and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). CEO succession origin and annual reports readability. The British Accounting Review 101384, 101384. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2024.101384
Journal Article: Board gender reforms and voluntary disclosure: international evidence from management earnings forecasts
Wang, Yujie, Nadeem, Muhammad, Malik, Ihtisham and Xiong, Ling (2024). Board gender reforms and voluntary disclosure: international evidence from management earnings forecasts. Corporate Governance: An International Review. doi: 10.1111/corg.12569
Journal Article: The presence and composition of sustainability committee and waste management practices
Gull, Ammar Ali, Carvajal, Mariela, Atif, Muhammad and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). The presence and composition of sustainability committee and waste management practices. International Review of Financial Analysis 103111, 103111. doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103111
CEO early-life experiences and corporate environmental orientation
Doctor Philosophy
The impact of investment sentiment and macroeconomic shocks on stock prices
Doctor Philosophy
CEO succession origin and annual reports readability
Oradi, Javad, Hesarzadeh, Reza, E-Vahdati, Sahar and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). CEO succession origin and annual reports readability. The British Accounting Review 101384, 101384. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2024.101384
Wang, Yujie, Nadeem, Muhammad, Malik, Ihtisham and Xiong, Ling (2024). Board gender reforms and voluntary disclosure: international evidence from management earnings forecasts. Corporate Governance: An International Review. doi: 10.1111/corg.12569
The presence and composition of sustainability committee and waste management practices
Gull, Ammar Ali, Carvajal, Mariela, Atif, Muhammad and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). The presence and composition of sustainability committee and waste management practices. International Review of Financial Analysis 103111, 103111. doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103111
Gull, Ammar Ali, Luong, Hoa and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). Board co‐option and corporate environmental orientation: new insights from the waste management perspective. Corporate Governance: An International Review. doi: 10.1111/corg.12567
Financially material sustainability reporting and firm performance in New Zealand
Carvajal, Mariela and Nadeem, Muhammad (2023). Financially material sustainability reporting and firm performance in New Zealand. Meditari Accountancy Research, 31 (4), 938-969. doi: 10.1108/medar-06-2021-1346
Board demographic, structural diversity, and eco-innovation: International evidence
Zaman, Rashid, Asiaei, Kaveh, Nadeem, Muhammad, Malik, Ihtisham and Arif, Muhammad (2023). Board demographic, structural diversity, and eco-innovation: International evidence. Corporate Governance: An International Review. doi: 10.1111/corg.12545
A CEO's expertise power and bank diversification
Ali, Maisam, Gan, Christopher and Nadeem, Muhammad (2023). A CEO's expertise power and bank diversification. Accounting and Finance, 63 (4), 3815-3840. doi: 10.1111/acfi.13070
Talpur, Shabana, Nadeem, Muhammad and Roberts, Helen (2023). Corporate social responsibility decoupling: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Applied Accounting Research. doi: 10.1108/jaar-08-2022-0223
Walking the Talk? A Corporate Governance Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling
Ali Gull, Ammar, Hussain, Nazim, Akbar Khan, Sana, Nadeem, Muhammad and Mansour Zalata, Alaa (2022). Walking the Talk? A Corporate Governance Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling. British Journal of Management, 34 (4), 2186-2211. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12695
Do capital markets reward corporate climate change actions? Evidence from the cost of debt
Ali, Khurshid, Nadeem, Muhammad, Pandey, Rakesh and Bhabra, Gurmeet Singh (2022). Do capital markets reward corporate climate change actions? Evidence from the cost of debt. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32 (6), 3417-3431. doi: 10.1002/bse.3308
Nadeem, Muhammad (2022). Board gender diversity and managerial obfuscation: evidence from the readability of narrative disclosure in 10-K reports. Journal of Business Ethics, 179 (1), 153-177. doi: 10.1007/s10551-021-04830-3
Environmental innovation and firm value: The moderating role of organizational capital
Iqbal, Umer, Nadeem, Muhammad, Gull, Ammar Ali and Kayani, Umar Nawaz (2022). Environmental innovation and firm value: The moderating role of organizational capital. Journal of Environmental Management, 316 115253, 115253. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115253
Institutional Ownership and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Comparative Study of the UK and the USA
Benlemlih, Mohammed, Arif, Muhammad and Nadeem, Muhammad (2022). Institutional Ownership and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Comparative Study of the UK and the USA. British Journal of Management, 34 (2), 623-647. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12613
Toxic chemical releases and idiosyncratic return volatility: A prospect theory perspective
Bahadar, Stephen, Nadeem, Muhammad and Zaman, Rashid (2022). Toxic chemical releases and idiosyncratic return volatility: A prospect theory perspective. Accounting & Finance, 63 (2), 2109-2143. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12951
Boardroom gender diversity and investment inefficiency: New evidence from the United Kingdom
Farooq, Sanaullah, Gan, Christopher and Nadeem, Muhammad (2022). Boardroom gender diversity and investment inefficiency: New evidence from the United Kingdom. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 31 (1), 2-32. doi: 10.1111/corg.12443
Do liquid assets lure managers? Evidence from corporate misconduct
Zaman, Rashid, Atawnah, Nader, Nadeem, Muhammad, Bahadar, Stephen and Shakri, Irfan Haider (2022). Do liquid assets lure managers? Evidence from corporate misconduct. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 49 (7-8), 1425-1453. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12591
Nadeem, Muhammad, Bahadar, Stephen, Zaman, Rashid and Farooq, Muhammad Bilal (2021). Does organisational capital influence environmental strategies? Evidence from environmental innovation. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30 (8), 4121-4135. doi: 10.1002/bse.2860
Arif, Muhammad, Gan, Christohper and Nadeem, Muhammad (2021). Regulating non-financial reporting: evidence from European firms' environmental, social and governance disclosures and earnings risk. Meditari Accountancy Research, 30 (3), 495-523. doi: 10.1108/MEDAR-11-2020-1086
Carvajal, Mariela, Nadeem, Muhammad and Zaman, Rashid (2021). Biodiversity disclosure, sustainable development and environmental initiatives: Does board gender diversity matter?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31 (3), 969-987. doi: 10.1002/bse.2929
Corporate governance and supplemental environmental projects: a restorative justice approach
Nadeem, Muhammad (2021). Corporate governance and supplemental environmental projects: a restorative justice approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 173 (2), 261-280. doi: 10.1007/s10551-020-04561-x
CEO ability, career concerns, firms’ lifecycle and investments in intellectual capital
Nadeem, Muhammad, Zaman, Rashid, Suleman, Tahir and Atawnah, Nader (2021). CEO ability, career concerns, firms’ lifecycle and investments in intellectual capital. International Review of Economics and Finance, 75, 237-251. doi: 10.1016/j.iref.2021.04.023
Does corporate eco-innovation affect stock price crash risk?
Zaman, Rashid, Atawnah, Nader, Haseeb, Muhammad, Nadeem, Muhammad and Irfan, Saadia (2021). Does corporate eco-innovation affect stock price crash risk?. The British Accounting Review, 53 (5) 101031. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2021.101031
AccountAbility’s AA1000AP standard: a framework for integrating sustainability into organisations
Farooq, Muhammad Bilal, Zaman, Rashid and Nadeem, Muhammad (2021). AccountAbility’s AA1000AP standard: a framework for integrating sustainability into organisations. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 12 (5), 1108-1139. doi: 10.1108/SAMPJ-05-2020-0166
Gyapong, Ernest, Ahmed, Ammad, Ntim, Collins G. and Nadeem, Muhammad (2021). Board gender diversity and dividend policy in Australian listed firms: the effect of ownership concentration. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 38 (2), 603-643. doi: 10.1007/s10490-019-09672-2
Ilyas, Muhammad, Khan, Aamir, Nadeem, Muhammad and Suleman, Muhammad Tahir (2021). Economic policy uncertainty, oil price shocks and corporate investment: evidence from the oil industry. Energy Economics, 97 105193, 105193. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105193
Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility synergies: evidence from New Zealand
Zaman, Rashid, Nadeem, Muhammad and Carvajal, Mariela (2021). Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility synergies: evidence from New Zealand. Meditari Accountancy Research, 29 (1), 135-160. doi: 10.1108/MEDAR-12-2019-0649
Are women eco-friendly? Board gender diversity and environmental innovation
Nadeem, Muhammad, Bahadar, Stephen, Gull, Ammar Ali and Iqbal, Umer (2020). Are women eco-friendly? Board gender diversity and environmental innovation. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29 (8), 3146-3161. doi: 10.1002/bse.2563
Economic policy uncertainty and firm performance
Iqbal, Umer, Gan, Christopher and Nadeem, Muhammad (2020). Economic policy uncertainty and firm performance. Applied Economics Letters, 27 (10), 765-770. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1645272
Nadeem, Muhammad, Gyapong, Ernest and Ahmed, Ammad (2020). Board gender diversity and environmental, social, and economic value creation: does family ownership matter?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29 (3), 1268-1284. doi: 10.1002/bse.2432
Nadeem, Muhammad (2020). Does board gender diversity influence voluntary disclosure of intellectual capital in initial public offering prospectuses? Evidence from China. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 28 (2), 100-118. doi: 10.1111/corg.12304
Nadeem, Muhammad, Suleman, T. and Ahmed, A. (2019). Women on boards, firm risk and the profitability nexus: does gender diversity moderate the risk and return relationship?. International Review of Economics and Finance, 64, 427-442. doi: 10.1016/j.iref.2019.08.007
Does female representation on corporate boards improve intellectual capital efficiency?
Nadeem, Muhammad, Farooq, Muhammad Bilal and Ahmed, Ammad (2019). Does female representation on corporate boards improve intellectual capital efficiency?. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 20 (5), 680-700. doi: 10.1108/JIC-01-2019-0007
If you can measure it, you can manage it: a case of intellectual capital
Nadeem, Muhammad, Dumay, John and Massaro, Maurizio (2019). If you can measure it, you can manage it: a case of intellectual capital. Australian Accounting Review, 29 (2), 395-407. doi: 10.1111/auar.12227
Family business governance: what’s wrong? What’s right? What’s next?
Saleem, Irfan, Khalid, Faiza and Nadeem, Muhammad (2019). Family business governance: what’s wrong? What’s right? What’s next?. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 9 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1108/EEMCS-02-2018-0011
The importance of intellectual capital for firm performance: evidence from Australia
Nadeem, Muhammad, Gan, Christopher and Nguyen, Cuong (2018). The importance of intellectual capital for firm performance: evidence from Australia. Australian Accounting Review, 28 (3), 334-344. doi: 10.1111/auar.12184
Sustainability reporter classification matrix: explaining variations in disclosure quality
Farooq, Muhammad Bilal, Ahmed, Ammad and Nadeem, Muhammad (2018). Sustainability reporter classification matrix: explaining variations in disclosure quality. Meditari Accountancy Research, 26 (2), 334-352. doi: 10.1108/MEDAR-09-2017-0218
Religiosity and corporate social responsibility practices: evidence from an emerging economy
Zaman, Rashid, Roudaki, Jamal and Nadeem, Muhammad (2018). Religiosity and corporate social responsibility practices: evidence from an emerging economy. Social Responsibility Journal, 14 (2), 368-395. doi: 10.1108/SRJ-10-2017-0204
Boardroom gender diversity and intellectual capital efficiency: evidence from China
Nadeem, Muhammad, De Silva, Tracy-Anne, Gan, Christopher and Zaman, Rashid (2017). Boardroom gender diversity and intellectual capital efficiency: evidence from China. Pacific Accounting Review, 29 (4), 590-615. doi: 10.1108/PAR-08-2016-0080
Nadeem, Muhammd, Zaman, Rashid and Saleem, Irfan (2017). Boardroom gender diversity and corporate sustainability practices: evidence from Australian Securities Exchange listed firms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 149, 874-885. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.141
Nadeem, Muhammad, Gan, Christopher and Nguyen, Cuong (2017). Does intellectual capital efficiency improve firm performance in BRICS economies? A dynamic panel estimation. Measuring Business Excellence, 21 (1), 65-85. doi: 10.1108/MBE-12-2015-0055
Gender diversity in the board room and corporate social responsibility decoupling
Gull, Ammar Ali, Hussain, Nazim, Jain, Tanusree, Nadeem, Muhammad and Zalata, Alaa (2022). Gender diversity in the board room and corporate social responsibility decoupling. AOM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States, 4-10 August 2022. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.10295abstract
CSR practices among New Zealand firms: myth or reality
Zaman, Rashid and Nadeem, Muhammad (2019). CSR practices among New Zealand firms: myth or reality. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management , Boston, MA, United States, 9-13 August 2019. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.16620abstract
CEO early-life experiences and corporate environmental orientation
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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The impact of investment sentiment and macroeconomic shocks on stock prices
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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