Dr Munazzah Iqbal

Dr Munazzah Iqbal BBA (Hons), MBA, PhD, PGCE (HE), FHEA, MCMI

Teaching Fellow in Business Management

Dr Munazzah Iqbal is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Greenwich and currently serves as Interim Programme Leader for the BA Business Studies programme. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. She is passionate about enhancing the student learning experience and believes that fostering motivation and a drive to learn makes the educational process more engaging and enjoyable.

Dr Iqbal holds a PhD in Business and Social Sciences from Aston University, Birmingham. She previously completed an MBA in Global Business at Coventry University in 2017, where she was recognised as a high achiever. She also holds a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Sciences, which she completed alongside her doctoral studies.

She is currently involved in student-led co-creation research projects at the University of Greenwich, focusing on student belonging and the creation of safe and inclusive learning spaces. She is also contributing to projects aimed at promoting academic integrity in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) among students.

Her PhD research examined the team-level effects of deep-level diversity on fairness perceptions, with particular attention to sense-making processes, ethical leadership, diversity management practices, performance, and team cohesion. Using a multi-method approach, her research explored these dynamics among diverse populations, including employees and managers in the Middle East.

Her broader research interests include diversity and inclusion, fairness perceptions, ethical leadership, team dynamics, and diversity management. She is particularly interested in how individuals and teams navigate differences in increasingly diverse workplaces and how leadership and organisational practices can contribute to more inclusive and equitable working environments.

Business and management

Responsibilities within the university
  • Programme Leadership (Interim) BA Business Studies
  • Module Leadership International Human Resource Management (INDU-1130)
  • Teaching activities and tutorial guidance for several modules in the school of Business, Operations and Strategy
  • Research and other scholarly activities
  • Administration and related activities

Awards

  • Collaboration Award Nomination, This Is Our Time Staff Awards, Greenwich Business School (2026)
  • Inspirational Teacher Award, Student-Led Teaching Awards, Greenwich Business School (2025)
  • Introduction to Learning and Teaching Practice Achievement Award, Aston Business School, Birmingham (2019)
  • Future Finance Scholarship for MBA (Global Business), Coventry University London (2017)
  • Bronze Award for Contribution to Mentoring Cloud Society, Coventry University London (2017)
  • Dean’s Merit Award for Academic Excellence, BBA (Hons), University of Management and Technology, Lahore (2015)

Recognition
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (Now Advance HE)
  • Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE)

Research / Scholarly interests

    Research Interests

    • Organisational justice and fairness
    • Ethical and moral leadership
    • Deep-level diversity: perspectives and challenges
    • Diversity management practices

    Pedagogical Research Interests

    • Academic integrity and the responsible use of AI
    • Student belonging and inclusive learning environments
    • Experiential and play-based learning

Key funded projects

GBS Student Accelerate & Progress Funding towards the student-led project titled: “Nudging Towards Integrity: Peer Mentoring in Academic Success”.

Recent publications
  • Iqbal, M. (2022). Fairness in Diverse Teams and Team Performance (Doctoral dissertation, Aston University).
  • Wu, Y., Patel, R., Pappu, A., Huang, J., Iqbal, M., & Meza, A. V. (2025). Nudging toward integrity: peer mentorship in academic success. In: Learning and Teaching Festival 2025, 26th June, 2025, University of Greenwich, London.
  • Iqbal, M. (2026). When Learning Feels Like Play: Rethinking Seminars. Scholarship Excellence in Business Education, Greenwich Business School.

Presentations
  • Learning and Teaching Festival, University of Greenwich 2025
  • European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology 2022-2023
  • WON Colloquium Aston University 2022
  • Midlands Conference 2019