pensyarah universiti
ukm-graduate school of business (ukm-gsb)
zafir@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Transformasi Sosial dan Ekonomi,
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Zafir Khan Bin Mohamed Makhbul merupakan profesor dalam bidang pengurusan sumber manusia dan pengurusan organisasi di UKM-Graduate School of Business (UKM-GSB) serta Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan. Bermula tahun 2021, Profesor Zafir telah dilantik sebagai Dekan di UKM-GSB. Beliau berpengalaman lebih 27 tahun dalam pengajaran dan penyelidikan bersama UKM, dan pengalaman industri di Motorola, Hong Leong Finance dan Agrobank. Sepanjang kerjaya sebagai ahli akademik, beliau pernah dipinjamkan sebagai Timbalan Pengarah di Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi. Lebih 50 buah buku hasil nukilan beliau menjadi rujukan utama dan sampingan di Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi Awam dan Swasta. Di samping itu, beliau juga merupakan kolumnis dan penulis prolifik media arus perdana termasuklah sebagai kolumnis Dewan Ekonomi dan Dewan Masyarakat, DBP. Sehingga kini, lebih 200 artikel tulisan beliau sebahagian besarnya merupakan hasil penyelidikan telah disiarkan di media arus perdana. Beliau juga adalah pemilik 20 hak cipta di UKM yang digunakan dalam penyebaran ilmu kepada masyarakat dan industri. Beliau juga sering menerima undangan sebagai penceramah dan pelatih di beberapa buah organisasi besar seperti Maybank, KWSP, RHB Bank, TNB, Tabung Haji, JPA, MPSJ, INTAN, NIOSH, Agensi Nuklear Malaysia, dan seumpamanya. Beliau turut memegang keahlian badan profesional iaitu Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management, The American Institute of Stress dan Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association. Antara pengiktirafan yang diterima atas kecemerlangan beliau ialah Anugerah Tokoh Akademik Bahasa Melayu Peringkat Kebangsaan, Anugerah Buku Negara, Anugerah Bitara Bahasa Melayu UKM, Anugerah Kecemerlangan Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA) UKM, Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang UKM, Anugerah Prestasi Cemerlang KPT, Pingat Emas dan Perak dalam Pameran Rekabentuk dan Inovasi UiTM.
Dr. Zafir Khan Bin Mohamed Makhbul is a human resource management and organisational management professor at UKM-Graduate School of Business (UKM-GSB) and the Faculty of Economics and Management. Professor Zafir has been appointed as Dean of UKM-GSB starting on March 2021. He has more than 27 years of experience teaching and researching with UKM and industrial experience in Motorola, Hong Leong Finance, and Agrobank. Throughout his career as an academician, he was seconded as Deputy Director at the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. This prolific writer has written more than 50 books, and they have become the primary source and additional references at Public and Private Higher Learning Institutions. He is also a columnist and a prolific writer in the mainstream media, including a columnist in Dewan Ekonomi and Dewan Masyarakat Magazine by the Institute of Language and Literature (DBP). To date, he has written more than 200 articles, most of which are research outcomes that have been published in the mainstream media. He is also the owner of 20 copyrights in UKM used to contribute to the community and the industry. He is also often invited as a speaker and trainee at several prominent organisations, such as Maybank, EPF, RHB Bank, TNB, Tabung Haji, JPA, MPSJ, INTAN, NIOSH, Malaysian Nuclear Agency and so on. He also has a position in professional bodies, namely the Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management, The American Institute of Stress, and the Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association. Among his achievements and recognitions are the Tokoh Akademik Bahasa Melayu Award MOHE, National Book Award, UKM Bitara Malay Language Award, Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA) Excellence Award UKM, Excellent Service Award by UKM etc.
qing yang , abdullah al mamun, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, mohammad nurul hassan reza, muhammad mehedi masud. (2026). the nexus of big data, internet of things-enabled agro-technologies, and farm performance. - smart agricultural technology. 1 - 12.
nor hafizah ibrahim, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, raze norshyahman shahril, ishfaq ahmed. (2026). exploring the role of religiosity and demographic factors in shaping counterproductive work behavior. - journal of advanced research in social and behavioural sciences. 31 - 39.
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2026). mengurus perubahan bukan tugas mudah. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2026). struktur organisasi tunggak tadbir urus cekap, mantap. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). perkasa kesihatan mental warga pendidik. - utusan malaysia. .
mahalasmi radhakrishnan, mohammad nurul hassan reza, abdullah al mamun, muhammad mehedi masud, zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). behavioral insights into insurance purchase among flash flood survivors in malaysia. - humanities and social sciences communications. 1 - 14.
qing yang, abdullah al mamun, mohammad masukujjaman, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, xueyun zhong. (2024). adoption of internet of things-enabled agricultural systems among chinese agro-entreprises. - precision agriculture. 2477 - 2504.
ishfaq ahmed, zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2024). abusive supervision, dehumanization, knowledge hiding behavior and psychological capital: a daily diary method study. - journal of knowledge management. 1676 - 1698.
guan hui, abdullah al mamun, mohammad masukujjaman, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, mohd helmi ali. (2024). the relationship between mass customization and sustainable performance: the role of firm size and global e-commerce. - heliyon. 1-18.
wang zihan, zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2024). green human resource management as a catalyst for sustainable performance: unveiling the role of green innovations. - sustainability. 1-22.
naeem hayat, anas a. salameh, abdullah al mamun, mohd helmi ali, zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2022). tax compliance behaviour among malaysian taxpayers: a dual-stage pls-sem and ann analysis. - sage open. 1-14.
sulaiman mohammed khalid, khairul anuar mohd ali, zafir khan mohamed makbul. (2019). assessing the effect of higher education service quality on job satisfaction among lecturers in premier polytechnics using hedperf model. - logforum scientific journal of logistics. 425-436.
mohd helmi ali, azman ismail, syed shah alam, zafir mohd makhbul, nor asiah omar. (2018). exploring the theory of planned behaviour (tpb) in relation to a halal food scandal: the malaysia cadbury chocolate case. - international food research journal. 79-86.
qing yang , abdullah al mamun, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, mohammad nurul hassan reza, muhammad mehedi masud. (2026). the nexus of big data, internet of things-enabled agro-technologies, and farm performance. - smart agricultural technology. 1 - 12.
wang limei, norhafizah abu hasan, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, elaina rose johar. (2025). exploring the impact of performance pressure on organizational career growth. - international journal of advanced and applied sciences. 210 - 223.
zafir khan mohamed makhbul, mohd sharif mohamad, nor hafizah ibrahim. (2025). kekuatan karakter: penyederhana hubungan di antara tekanan pekerjaan dan niat untuk berhenti. - jurnal pengurusan. 1 - 13.
syed shah alam, mohammad masukujjaman, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, mohd helmi ali, ismail ahmad, nor asiah omar. (2025). negative and positive antecedents of intention to resume hotel consumption in new normal settings in malaysia: insight from three psychological theories. - journal of tourism futures. 38 - 61.
nor hafizah ibrahim, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, abu hanifah ayob, anitawati mohd lokman. (2025). navigating workplace morality: unveiling trends in counterproductive work behavior. - jurnal ilmiah peuradeun - the indonesian journal of the social sciences. 379 - 408.
nur izzaty mohamad, zafir mohd makhbul, mara ridhuan che abd rahman, maryam zulkifli, mohd helmi ali. (2025). creating a culture of care: how supportive leaders can reduce workplace stress and improve employee psychological well-being?. - . 26 - 33.
zafir mohd makhbul, mara ridhuan che abdul rahman, mohd helmi ali. (2025). ethics, innovation, and community well-being: the new face of healthcare management. - . 13 - 25.
ummu ajirah abdul rauf, mazzlida mat deli, mohd helmi ali, zafir khan mohd makhbul. (2025). opportunities, challenges and risks in tech-driven healthcare. - . 70 - 85.
mohd helmi ali, zafir khan mohd makhbul, ummu ajirah abdul rauf. (2025). healthcare reform on technology and innovation. - . 17 - 25.
sauda salim hamdun al marhoobi, zafir khan mohamed makhbul, suguna sinniah. (2025). the role of digital leadership capability and organizational culture on innovation ecosystems in omani e-commerce stores: mediating roles of digital literacy and innovative work behavior. - . 249 - 279.
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2026). mengurus perubahan bukan tugas mudah. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2026). struktur organisasi tunggak tadbir urus cekap, mantap. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). dilema penilaian prestasi. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). kepimpinan matang wujud keharmonian dalam organisasi. - berita harian. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). ukm-gsb cipta sejarah, raih tempat kedua terbaik di malaysia dalam qs global mba rankings. - astro awani. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2026). struktur organisasi tunggak tadbir urus cekap, mantap. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2026). mengurus perubahan bukan tugas mudah. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). peningkatan gejala bunuh diri: pencetus masalah lain. - harian metro. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). hijrah para cendekiawan gugat masa depan negara. - utusan malaysia. .
zafir khan mohamed makhbul. (2025). biar orang muda sahaja ambil alih sektor pekerjaan. - utusan malaysia. .
MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT :MANAGEMENT
Organizational Management
Pengalaman / Experience : 21 tahun/years(s)