Faculty

Shayama Akhter

Adjunct Faculty

Department of General Education

Address

147/I, Green Road, Panthapath, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh

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Personal Information

Joining Date: January 2019
Employment Type: Adjunct
Biography: Ms. Shayama Akhter has served as Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Sonargaon University since January 2019. She holds an MS in Psychology from the University of Dhaka with a major in Organizational Behaviour and Management Psychology, and secured first class positions at both master and bachelor level. She has taught at university level continuously since 2009. She joined Northern University Bangladesh as Lecturer in 2009, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011 and to Assistant Professor in 2014, serving until September 2018. She also taught Organizational Behaviour as Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Jahangirnagar University from 2015 to 2017. Her teaching covers industrial psychology, organizational behaviour, stress and conflict negotiation, principles of psychology, socio-economic studies of Bangladesh, comparative social systems and environment management. Her published research addresses occupational stress and health hazards among industrial workers and tannery workers, self-esteem and social responsibility among undergraduates, and comparative perceptions of the higher education system in Bangladesh. Alongside teaching she has led cultural, debating and branding activities, including service as Convener of the NUB Cultural Club from 2011 to 2016.

Academic Qualification

MS, Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, 2005. First Class, 7th position. Major in Organizational Behaviour and Management Psychology.
B.Sc., Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, 2001 session (examination held 2008). First Class, 2nd position.
HSC, Rifles Public School and College, Dhaka Board, 2000. First Division.
SSC, B.C.S.I.R. High School, Dhaka Board, 1998. First Division.

Training Experience

Effective Teaching and Learning, under Prof. Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan, Auburn University at Montgomery, USA, January 2012
Effective Teaching Methods, under Prof. Dr. Siddiqur Rahman, IER, University of Dhaka, July 2009
Counselling course under Prof. Dr. Shaheen Islam, University of Dhaka
Research Methods, questionnaire design and sampling techniques, June 2018

Teaching Area

Industrial psychology, organizational behaviour, stress and conflict negotiation, principles of psychology, socio-economic studies of Bangladesh, comparative social systems, environment management

Publication

Akhter, S., & Mohammad, A. S. (2012). Working hazards as indicator of occupational stress of industrial workers in Bangladesh. Asian Business Review, 1, 140-144.
Akhter, S., & Hossain, S. (2012). Determinants of self-esteem and social responsibility among undergraduates of Dhaka city: Effects of gender, family pattern and university type. Journal of Business and Technology (Dhaka), IX(2).
Rahman, M., Jafar, S. A., & Akhter, S. (2014). Occupational health hazards of tanners at Hazaribagh tannery industries, Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Journal of Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part D, 31(2), 57-76.
Akhter, S., & Chowdhury, F. (2019). A comparative study of perception and realization of public and private university students about the higher education system of Bangladesh. Book of Abstracts, International Council of Psychology Educators Conference, p. 61.
Submitted: Is glass ceiling influenced by employees' job satisfaction and organizational commitment: A comparative study on public and private banking sectors of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies.
Ongoing research: personality pattern of stock holders of Dhaka city; expectations and realizations of undergraduate students about the educational system of Bangladesh.

Research

Award & Scholarship

Presented a paper at the joint 5th Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Conference and International Council of Psychology Educators Conference, March 2019.
Institutional development work at Northern University Bangladesh including a 2015 programme honouring freedom fighters, a career planning workshop, inter-university debate competitions and a three day film festival with the Dhaka University Film Society.

Membership

Convener, NUB Cultural Club, Dhanmondi Campus, 2011 to 2016.
Former Member Secretary, Psychology Debating Club.
Member, Debating Club and Disciplinary Committee, Northern University Bangladesh.

Previous Employment

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sonargaon University, January 2019 to present.
Assistant Professor, Northern University Bangladesh, February 2014 to September 2018.
Senior Lecturer, Northern University Bangladesh, February 2011 to February 2014.
Lecturer, Northern University Bangladesh, from February 2009.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Jahangirnagar University, June 2015 to June 2017, teaching Organizational Behaviour.
Departmental service at NUB: Convener of the Cultural Committee, member of the Debating Club, member of the Disciplinary Committee, Member Secretary of the high power, peer and branding cell.

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