Sikandar Ali Qalati

Title：Associate Professor

Address：301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China 212013

E-mail: 1000005772@ujs.edu.cn, sidqalati@gmail.com

A motivated Associate Professor with excellent educational credentials and hands-on experience in activities/event management, education, and research field. Skilled at performing quality control and managing several projects, while meeting deadlines under pressure. Creates, develops, and fine-tunes various experimental study designs. Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills with a keen eye for details; collaborate with faculty and students across different departments to conduct interdisciplinary research. Superb facilitator thrives in making maximum use of managerial, interpersonal, communication, presentation, and persuasive abilities, to conduct training programs and organize high-end professional courses.

[Area of Expertise]

Teaching & Professional Development | Quantitative & Qualitative Research | Survey Data Analysis | Creative Lesson Planning | Research Interpretation | Research Design | Analytical Skills | Communication Skills | SMARTPLS 3.0. | AMOS | Thematic Analysis

[Area of Research Interest]

SMEs performance, Energy efficiency, Technology adoption, Entrepreneurship, Social media usage.

[Education]

01/2007 – 02/2009 – University of Sindh, Pakistan; Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration.

04/2010 – 08/2014 – Sukkur Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan; Degree: Master of Business Administration.

09/2018 – 06/2021 – Jiangsu University, China; Degree: PhD in Management Science and Engineering.

[Publications]

[1]. Qalati, S. A., Kumari, S., Tajeddini, K., Bajaj, N. K., & Ali, R. (2023). Innocent devils: The varying impacts of trade, renewable energy and financial development on environmental damage: Nonlinearly exploring the disparity between developed and developing nations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 386, 135729. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135729 [SCIE = 11.072, Q1]

[2]. Qalati, S. A., Ostic, D., Sulaiman, M. A. B. A., Gopang, A. A., & Khan, A. (2022). Social Media and SMEs’ Performance in Developing Countries: Effects of Technological-Organizational-Environmental Factors on the Adoption of Social Media. SAGE Open, 12(2), 21582440221094594. doi:10.1177/21582440221094594 [SSCI = 2.032, Q2]

[3]. Qalati, S. A., Kumari, S., Soomro, I. A., Ali, R., & Hong, Y. (2022). Green Supply Chain Management and Corporate Performance Among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan. Frontiers in Environmental  Science,  10.  Retrieved  from https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2022.873837[SCIE = 5.411, Q2]

[4]. Qalati, S. A., Qureshi, N. A., Ostic, D. (2022). An extension of the theory of planned behavior to understand factors influencing Pakistani households’ energy-saving intentions and behavior: a mediated–moderated model. Energy Efficiency, 15(6), 40. doi:10.1007/s12053-022-10050-z [SSCI/SCIE = 3.134, Q3]

[5]. Qalati, S. A., Zafar, Z., Fan, M., Limon, M. L. S., Khaskheli, M. B. (2022). Employee performance under transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior: a mediated model. Heliyon, 8(11), e11374. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11374. [SCIE = 3.776, Q2]

[6]. Qalati, S. A., Yuan, L. W., Khan, M. A. S., & Anwar, F. (2021). A mediated model on the adoption of social media and SMEs’ performance in developing countries. Technology in Society, 64, 101513. doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101513. [SSCI = 6.879, Q1]

[7]. Qalati, S., Li, W., Ahmed, N., Ali Mirani, M., & Khan, A. (2021). Examining the Factors Affecting SME Performance: The Mediating Role of Social Media Adoption. Sustainability, 13(1), 75. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/1/75. [SSCI = 3.889, Q2]

[8]. Qalati, S. A., Ostic, D., Shuibin, G., & Mingyue, F. (2021). A mediated–moderated model for social media adoption and small and medium-sized enterprise performance in emerging countries. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(3), 846-861. doi:10.1002/mde.3422. [SSCI = 1.379, Q2]

[9]. Fan, M., Qalati, S. A., Khan, M. A. S., Shah, S. M. M., Ramzan, M., & Khan, R. S. (2021). Effects of entrepreneurial orientation on social media adoption and SME performance: The moderating role of innovation capabilities. PLOS ONE, 16(4), e0247320. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247320. [SCIE = 3.752, Q2]

[10]. Ostic, D., Qalati, S. A., Barbosa, B., Shah, S. M. M., Galvan Vela, E., Herzallah, A. M., & Liu, F. (2021). Effects of Social Media Use on Psychological Well-Being: A Mediated Model. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(2381). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.678766. [SSCI = 4.232, Q1]

[11]. Fang, G. G., Qalati, S. A., Ostic, D., Shah, S. M. M., & Mirani, M. A. (2021). Effects of entrepreneurial orientation, social media, and innovation capabilities on SME performance in emerging countries: a mediated–moderated model. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 1-13. doi:10.1080/09537325.2021.1957816 [SSCI = 3.745, Q2]

[12]. Li, W., Qalati, S. A., Khan, M. A. S., Kwabena, G. Y., Erusalkina, D., & Anwar, F. (2020). Value Co-creation and Growth of Social Enterprises in Developing Countries: Moderating Role of Environmental Dynamics. Entrepreneurship Research Journal 12(4), 501-528.. doi:10.1515/erj-2019-0359. [SSCI = 2.610, Q4]

[13]. Fan, M., Epadile, M., Qalati, S. A., & Qureshi, N. A. (2022). The Effects of eGovernment Efficiency on Subjective Wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. Retrieved from https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.768540[SSCI = 4.232, Q1]

[14]. Fan, M., Ndavi, J. W., Qalati, S. A., Huang, L., & Pu, Z. (2022). Applying the time continuum model of motivation to explain how major factors affect mobile learning motivation: a comparison of SEM and fsQCA. Online Information Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi:10.1108/OIR-04-2021-0226 [SSCI = 2.901, Q2]

[15]. Wang, J., Deng, Y., Qalati, S. A., & Qureshi, N. A. (2022). Urban Resilience and Transportation Infrastructure Level in the Yangtze River Delta. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.893964 [SCIE = 5.411, Q2]

[16]. Fan, M., Khalique, A., Qalati, S.A. (2022). Antecedents of sustainable e-waste disposal behavior: the moderating role of gender. Environ Sci Pollut Res, 29(2022), 20878-20891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17275-y[SCIE = 5.190, Q2]

[17]. Fan, M., Huang, Y., Qalati, S. A., Shah, S. M. M., Ostic, D., & Pu, Z. (2021). Effects of Information Overload, Communication Overload, and Inequality on Digital Distrust: A Cyber-Violence Behavior Mechanism. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(1060). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643981. [SSCI = 4.232, Q1]

[18]. Ahmed, N., Li, C., Qalati, S. A., Rehman, H. u., Khan, A., & Rana, F. (2020). Impact of Business Incubators on Sustainable Entrepreneurship Growth with Mediation Effect. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 12(2), 137-160. doi:10.1515/erj-2019-0116. [SSCI = 2.610, Q4]

[19]. Li, C., Ahmed, N., Qalati, S. A., Khan, A., & Naz, S. (2020). Role of Business Incubators as a Tool for Entrepreneurship Development: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Business StartUp and Government Regulations. Sustainability, 12(5), 1822. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/5/1822. [SSCI = 3.889, Q2]

[Book Editor]

Strengthening SME Performance Through Social Media Adoption and Usage, IGI Global https://www.igi-global.com/book/strengthening-sme-performance-through-social/297140[Published]

[Achievements and Awards]

1. Awarded University Scholarship for BBA degree.

2. Awarded Sindh Endowment Scholarship for MBA degree.

3. Awarded Jiangsu Presidential Scholarship for PhD degree.

4. Awarded Jiangsu Provincial Scholarship for the year 2019.

5. Awarded Best PhD Thesis award

6. Awarded School of Management Scholarship for the year 2018 and 2019.

7. Awarded outstanding students award of Yale Lecture

8. Secured 3 position in Synergy 2014 competition in Supply Chain Simulation held at Lahore University of Management Science, Pakistan.