Associate Professor Muhammad Nadeem

Associate Professor

School of Business

+61 7 344 34502

nadeem@business.uq.edu.au

Room 452, Colin Clark Building (39), St Lucia Campus

Researcher biography

Nadeem is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Co-lead of the Business Sustainability Initiative (BSI) research hub at the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School. Before joining UQ, he held academic positions at the University of Otago and Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.

Nadeem's research spans interdisciplinary areas, including corporate governance, corporate social and environmental responsibility, and financial and non-financial disclosures, with a particular focus on climate change reporting. His work has been published in leading journals [ABDC A*/ABS4/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 earned multiple Best Paper Awards at prestigious conferences, including the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and the Corporate Governance SIG of the European Academy of Management (EURAM). Additionally, he has been recognized with awards such as the Best Emerging Researcher and has contributed expert commentary to media outlets like The Conversation and Newsroom.

A sought-after speaker, Nadeem has delivered keynote addresses and research seminars at international universities and conferences. He has also organized multiple international conferences and actively engages with standard-setting bodies, including the External Reporting Board (XRB) in New Zealand and the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), contributing through research forums and panel facilitation. As a dedicated member of the academic community, Nadeem serves on the editorial boards of journals such as Meditari Accountancy Research (Associate Editor) and the Journal of Intellectual Capital (Editorial Advisory Board member) and regularly reviews for top-tier journals.

Nadeem teaches a range of accounting courses, including Sustainability Accounting and Reporting, Cost and Management Accounting, and Advanced Management Accounting, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has successfully supervised six (06) PhD students to completion, with his graduates now holding faculty positions at leading international universities. He continues to welcome new supervisees in his areas of expertise. He has also served as an examiner for several PhD theses.

With a strong leadership background, Nadeem has held several academic leadership roles, including Co-lead of the BSI research hub at UQ, Deputy Associate Dean of Postgraduate Programs, and Director of the Master of Professional Accounting degree at the University of Otago.

Nadeem is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ).

Learn more about his research at the following links:

Google Scholar ID: XFJ46cEAAAAJ

Scopus ID: 57193715133

ResearcherID: AAD-2362-2019

ORCID: 0000-0002-8877-4400

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Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (41)

Conference Papers (2)

Book Chapter

Nadeem, Muhammad and Zaman, Rashid (2021). Measuring intellectual capital efficiency: Going beyond the VAIC model. Research handbook on intellectual capital and business. (pp. 255-272) edited by John Dumay, Christian Nielsen, Morten Lund, Maurizio Massaro and James Guthrie. Cheltenham, Glos., United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781785365324.00022

Journal Articles

Shahab, Yasir, Ye, Zhiwei, Liu, Jia and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). Social Trust, Environmental Violations, and Remedial Actions in China. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10551-024-05818-5

Oradi, Javad, Hesarzadeh, Reza, E-Vahdati, Sahar and Nadeem, Muhammad (2024). CEO succession origin and annual reports readability. The British Accounting Review, 56 (6) 101384, 101384. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2024.101384

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, 93 103111, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103111

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, 32 (5), 890-914. doi: 10.1111/corg.12569

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, 32 (5), 758-785. doi: 10.1111/corg.12567

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

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, 32 (3), 374-390. doi: 10.1111/corg.12545

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, 25 (4), 878-909. doi: 10.1108/jaar-08-2022-0223

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (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, 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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conference Papers

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

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