Faculty Profile

Muhammad Shahid Shams

Academic TitleAssistant Professor
Contact InformationMobile: +93 707119798
Official Email: sshams@kardan.edu.af
Research InterestsOrganizational performance, Working Engagement, Human Resource Management, Management and Leadership, and Entrepreneurship.
Education1. Ph.D. Human Resource Management School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia (2017 - 2021)
2. • M.Phil. (HRM) from Gandahara University, Peshawar (2011-2013)
3. • MBA (Finance) from the University of Peshawar (1999-2001)
4. • MA (Economics) from the University of Peshawar (2001-2003)
5. • BSc (Maths A+B and Statistics) from the University of Peshawar (1997-1998)
Service at Kardan UniversitySince Feb. 2007
Professional Experience1. Kardan University, Kabul Afghanistan
• Assistant Professor: 22nd Feb 2012- present
• Research thesis Supervisor: April 25th, 2015- Present
• Director Students’ services: July 2011-March 2014
• Head of the Economics department: April 2009-July, 2011
• Lecturer and training project coordinator: Feb 2007-
April 2009
2. Lecturer: Feb. 2005- Feb. 2007
Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan.
3. Lecturer: Oct. 2003-Oct.2005
Preston University, Peshawar, Pakistan.


Courses Taught• Principles of management
• Human resource management
• Leadership
• Human resource development
• Total quality management
• Strategic management
• Organizational theory and Design
• Project management
• Advance professional development
• Executive business communication
• International Business
• Employee engagement
• Micro Economics
• Macro Economics
• Economic theory and Practice
• Agricultural economics
• International economics
• Managerial economics
• Econometrics
• Advance entrepreneurship
• Financial Accounting
• Cost accounting
• Financial management
• Small business finance
• Financial statement analysis
• Business Research methods
Recent Publications• Momand, K., & Shams, M.S. (2019). Exploring Factors leading to an Effective Performance Appraisal System in Telecom Sector. Kardan Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2(1)

• Shams, M.S., & Niazi, M. M.,& Bangash, K. (2018). Examining organizational citizenship behavior in the banking sector of Afghanistan: A partial least square approach. Kardan Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 1(4)

• Shams, M. M. S., & Niazi, M. M.,& Haseebullah. (2018). Analysis of job satisfaction, job security and employee engagement in relation with employee commitment: A case of Mohmand Jahed group of companies (MJC), Kabul. Kardan Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 1(3)

• Shams, M. M. S., & Niazi, M. M. (2018). Fostering Faculty Engagement in Public Sector Universities: A Proposed Conceptual Model. Kardan Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 1(2).

• Nasri, N., & Shams, M.S. (2018). Factors A ecting Female Entrepreneurial Intentions in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kardan Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 1(1).


• Farooq, S. U., Shams, M. S., & Niazi, M. M. (2015). Factors Affecting Employees' Performance: A Case of Kabul-Based Telecom Firms. Business & Economic Review, 7(2), 71-84.

• Shah, I., Farooq, S. U., Shah, T., & Shams, M. S. (2010). A comparative study of English reading skills and socio-economic factors of Pakistani universities students. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 47(1), 108-113.

• Farooq, S. U., Khan, Z., Ullah, Z., & Shahid, S. M. (2012). The impact of tourism on local livelihood: A case study of Galliyat, District Abbotabad. European Journal of Scientific Research, 68(1), 10.
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There are 20 research articles on my credit.
Please click the below link for the list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jeaR1WMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Trainings & Workshops Attended1. 1. Panelist: “Universities’ leadership role in implementing SDGs, 2019. A conference held by Kardan University, Kabul, Afghanistan.