Dr Meryem Altaf

Dr. Meryem Altaf is currently working as a Lecturer in Business & Management at De Montfort University, UK. She has done her PhD in category A1 from Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Her areas of interest are corporate sustainability, strategic management, and multiple stakeholder studies. She has more than five years of experience mainly in academia. She has worked as a seminar leader, examination marker, and research assistant at Newcastle University, United Kingdom. She also has experience in teaching in the areas of management, marketing, and research at both undergrad and postgrad levels in Pakistan and has also been involved in research and administrative roles. Dr. Meryem is a multidisciplinary researcher with experience in both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniques by using software, such as NVivo, SPSS, Excel, and Endnote. 

Publications:

• Altaf, M. (2022). Strategic communication: A tool to engage multiple stakeholders for corporate sustainability. Journal of Management and Research, 9(2), 95–117.
  
• Altaf, M., Khan, M., & Azhar, S. (2015). Role Of Dynamic Capabilities In Activity Mapping System Of An Organization. International Research Journal of Humanities, Engineering & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2 (10), 8-15.
  
• Khan, M. W., & Altaf, M. (2015). Important dimensions influencing employee engagement in organizations of Pakistan. Journal of Business and Management Research, 9, 270-275.
  
• Khan, M., & Altaf, M. (2015). Use of practical wisdom through human capital in enhancing organizational innovativeness. Journal of Business and Management Research, 9, 261-269.
  
• Khan, M., & Altaf, M. (2014). Do Educated Societies Encourage Slavery? International Journal of Applied Research, 3, 151-165.

Work in progress:

• Book chapter accepted in a book entitled “Climate Governance and Corporate eco-innovation: A Framework for sustainable companies”, to be published in the book series “Sustainable Finance” by the Springer Nature Publisher
• An integrated framework for corporate sustainability 

• Corporate sustainability
• Multiple stakeholders
• Strategic management 

• Business Management
• Research Methods

• PhD (Management) from Newcastle University, United Kingdom (2017-2021)
• MBA (Finance) University of the Punjab, Pakistan
• BBA (Banking & Finance) University of the Punjab, Pakistan

• Research methods in business
• Fundamentals of Management
• Strategic management

• Passed PhD in A1 category from Newcastle University, UK, without any corrections
• Student orator at Newcastle University congregation ceremony, Class of 2021

• Awarded with Newcastle University Business School (NUBS) PhD Studentship for three years
• Awarded with Covid-19 Impact Scholarship
• Won best PGR Poster Award competition at NUBS Research Day ‘Knowing Me Knowing You’ at Newcastle University, UK, 2019
• Member of self-assessment team for ATHENA SWAN ECU Gender charter certification at Newcastle University

Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) by UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education 

• Attended conference "Enhancing the Student Experience: The Challenges, Successes and Opportunities" at De Montfort University, UK in Feb 2024
• Attended conference "Learning in Blocks: Evaluating the impact of immersive learning" at De Montfort University, UK in Sep 2023
• Poster presentation on "Corporate sustainability: The role of value co-creation from multiple stakeholders’ perspective in the food and beverage sector of Pakistan", NUBS Research Day ‘Knowing Me Knowing You’ at Newcastle University, UK in 2019
• Paper presentation on "Towards corporate sustainability through multiple stakeholders' value co-creation: A critical review and unexploited prospects"  9th and 10th April, British Accounting and Finance Annual Conference in Birmingham, UK in 2019
• Paper presentation on "Impact of organizational culture on knowledge sharing in the educational sector of Pakistan", 21st and 22nd March, Contemporary issues in Business Management conference, Pakistan in 2018
• Paper presentation on "Knowledge Management Insight towards Enhancing Sustainable Development of an Organization in Changing Circumstances", 3rd and 4th FEB, MASCON, Pakistan in 2016
• Paper presentation on "Dynamic Capability from Knowledge Management Perspective: A Conceptual Framework", 3rd and 4th FEB, MASCON, Pakistan in 2016

Conference contributions:

• Proponent of the proposed track entitled “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Sustainability-Exploring the link”, at the 15th Annual EURAM 2024 Conference to be held 25-28 June 2024 at the University of Bath, United Kingdom.”
• Proponent of the standing track entitled “Workforce Diversity and Sustainable Business Practices” SIG 5, at European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM) held on 14-16 June 2023 at Trinity Business School, Dublin, Ireland.
• Conference organizer and session moderator of Doctoral conference on “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Doctoral research” held on 2-3rd March 2023 at The University of Management & Technology, Pakistan
• Conference organizer at MASCON conference arranged by Imperial College of Business Studies, Pakistan in 2016

Altaf, M., & Khan, N., (2024). Indexicality, accountability, and reflexivity in ethnomethodology: sense-making of social actions of stakeholders for sustainable outcomes. In Sage Research Methods: Business. SAGE Publications, Ltd., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529684155