Key details
Dr B M Razzak
Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Programme Leader MBA Global
Dr B M Razzak is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the Executive Business Centre of the Greenwich Business School, University of Greenwich, UK. In his previous academic roles, Razzak was involved in delivering modules for PhD, DBA and MPhil programmes in the Department of Organisation Strategy and Leadership, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Razzak also taught at London Metropolitan University and the University of Northampton in the UK. Before his UK academic career, Razzak held academic positions at the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology and Northern University Bangladesh. Overall, he has over 20 years of teaching experience at Both Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels in the UK and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
Razzak obtained his PhD in Human Resource Management in 2017 and MSc in Management in 2014 from Kingston University, both of which were funded by Kingston University Business School. Before that, he earned an MA in Management from the University of Greenwich in 2009, following his BBA (Hons) in Management and MBA in Human Resource Management from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Area of expertise:
- Human Resource Management
- Management
- Organisational Behaviour
Responsibilities within the university
- Module Leader BUSI 1815
- Teaching module on the BUSI 1815 Leading and Managing Change
- Teaching tutorials on the Foundations of Scholarship and Research and Managing Across Cultures
- Academic Tutor
- Research on the ethnic minority business in the UK
- Current research project on the significance of the macro, meso and enterprise context on generating precarious employment conditions in EMEs, the robotic working pattern of EMBs in the UK, immigration control, a broken promise and continuum of social harm of ethnic minority curry houses.
- Programme-led MBA Global, at the Executive Business Centre.
Awards
- MSc and PhD Scholarship from Kingston University Business School in 2012.
- Nominated for the Mentor of the Year Award 2025 at the University of Greenwich.
- Nominated for the Collaborative Leadership Award 2025 at the University of Greenwich.
Recognition
- 2018-Present: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA: PR103683), UK
- 2016-2018: Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA: PR103682), UK
Research / Scholarly interests
Area of expertise
* Human Resource Management
* Management
* Organisational Behaviour
Razzak is a researcher of small and medium enterprises of Bangladeshi origin in the UK. His research interest is:
- Employees' working life
- SMEs
- Job satisfaction
- Employees' training and development
- Talent management and
- HRM in contemporary organisations.
Recent publications
- Ukil, M. I., Ullah, M. S., Islam, K.Z., Razzak, B. M., Saridakis, G. and Alamoudi, S. M. (2024). “Examining the emotion–entrepreneurial intention link using the theory of planned behavior”, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-08-2023-0398.
- Razzak, B. M., Saridakis, G. and Georgellis, Y. (2024), "The impact of robotic working patterns on employee work life and job satisfaction: evidence from ethnic minority businesses in the UK", Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-06-2024-0215
- Razzak, B. M., Idris, B., Hasan, R., Saridakis, G. and Hansen, J.M. (2023), "The impact of Covid-19 on struggling ethnic minority entrepreneurs' business strategy: the case of Bangladeshi curry houses in the United Kingdom", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2021-0389.
- Razzak, B. M., Blackburn, R. and Saridakis, G. (2022), ‘Employees' working life and performance of UK ethnic minority restaurants: a qualitative approach’, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-08-2020-0436.
Presentations
- Razzak, B. M. and Saridakis, G. (2025) ‘Qualitative Insights into the Relocation of European Union Ethnic Minorities to the United Kingdom: Perceived as Economic Blessing or Burden?’ In: the BAM Conference, 1-5 September 2025, University of Kent, UK.
- Ahmed, S. and Razzak, B. M. (2025) ‘Immigration Control, Broken Promise of Brexit and Continuum of Social Harm: Insights from the UK’s Ethnic Curry Houses’. In: the BSA Work, Employment & Society Conference 2025, the University of Manchester, on 8-10 September 2025.
- Razzak, B. M. and Blackburn, R. (2022) ‘The significance of the macro, meso and enterprise context on generating precarious employment conditions in ethnic minority enterprises’. In: RENT Conference, 17-18 November 2022, Naples, Italy.
- Razzak, B. M., Idris, B., Hasan, R. and Saridakis, G. (2021) ‘Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurs’ Business Strategy. A Case Study on Ethnic Minority Restaurant Sector in the UK’. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference, 28-29 October 2021 at Cardiff City Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff.
- Razzak, B. M. and Blackburn, R. (2017) ‘Employee Job Satisfaction of Bangladeshi Restaurants Industry in the UK’. In: INBAM Publishing Workshop for emerging scholars, 23-25 May 2018, hosted by Kingston University London.
- Razzak, B. M. and Blackburn, R. (2017) ‘The Working Life of Employees’: An Empirical Study on Bangladeshi Restaurants Industry in the UK’. In: 8th Annual Research Conference; 6th June 2017, Kingston University London.
- Razzak, B. M. (2009) ‘Managing Careers’. In: MBA Conference; 1st January 2009, University of Greenwich, London, UK and achieved the best category certificate.