Mr. Muhammad Rehan Masoom
Assistant Professor (Category 2) , School of Business & Economics (SoBE)
ROOM: 337 (1-3) A
PABX: 5114
Email: masoom@bus.uiu.ac.bd
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
MSS | Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka Result: First Class, Position: 1st Year: 2008, Session: 2003-2004 |
MBA | Department of Marketing
Evening MBA Program University of Dhaka CGPA: 3.67 out of 4 Year 2009, Session: 2005-2006 |
BSS | Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka Result: First Class, Position: 9th Year: 2005, Session: 1999-2003 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor | From October, 2012 to Present
School of Business and Economics United International University |
Senior Lecturer | From February, 2012 to October 2012
School of Business and Economics United International University |
Lecturer | From September, 2010 to February, 2012
School of Business and Economics United International University. From June, 2009 to September, 2010 Faculty of Business Administration Eastern University. |
ACHIEVEMENTS
- ‘UNFPA fellowship award for Master’s Thesis Research for Students studying Under the Faculty of Social Sciences’.
- Third Prize on “Book Reading Competition” organized by Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK).
- Third Prize on “Inter School Science Projects” organized by Government Laboratory High School, Dhaka.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH WORKS
- Scopus-indexed International Publications
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2024). “Social capital and health beliefs: Exploring the effect of bridging and bonding social capital on health locus of control among women in Dhaka.” Heliyon, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28932
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2023). “The Effect of Social Capital on Perceived Stress: A Comparative Analysis of Employed and Non-Employed Women of Bangladesh”.Human Affairs, DOI: 10.1515/humaff-2023-0033
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2022). “What potential traits do adolescents and early adults look for in mate preferences?”Heliyon 8.12. DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12169
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, and AI Mahbub Uddin Ahmed (2022). “The religious consciousness of the muslim minority in the muslim majority country: the case of Haidar Baba followers of Bangladesh.”Cogent Social Sciences 8 (1): 2060541. DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2060541
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2022). “Religious Beliefs and Practices of the Urban Consumer Class of Bangladesh: A Sociological Interpretation of Muslim Religiosity.” The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 12 (1): 237-254. doi:10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v12i01/237-254.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2022). “Perceived Stress in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Sense of Control and the Mediation Effects of Religiosity and Materialistic Values.”Human Affairs. Vol 32, no. 1 (2022): 48-62.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2021). “Teachers’ Perception of Their Work Environment: Evidence from the Primary and Secondary Schools of Bangladesh.”Education Research International. Vol- 2021, Article ID# 4787558 (2021).
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2021). “The Stressful Life of the Urban Consumers: The Case of Dhaka City Residents.” Frontiers in psychology (2021): Article ID# 12:747414. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.747414
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2021). “The digital habitus of the unwedded emerging adults: a sociological interpretation of male-female differences in Facebook behavior.” Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication (2021). Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-04-2021-0075
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2021). “Educators’ self-esteem: the effect of perceived occupational stress and the role of organizational support.”International Journal of Educational Management . Vol. 35 No. 5, pp. 1000-1015. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-11-2020-0550
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2020). “Measuring Muslim Religiosity and Outlining Gender-Age Differences: The Case of Urban Middle Class in Bangladesh.” Comparative SociologyVolume 19, Issue 1: 122-149.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, and Md Moniruzzaman Sarker (2017). “The Effect of Materialistic Value-Orientation on Religiosity in Bangladesh: An Empirical Investigation.” Religions Volume 9, Issue 1, Article Id-6, Pages 14, doi:10.3390/rel9010006.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, and Md Moniruzzaman Sarker (2017). “Rising materialism in the developing economy: Assessing materialistic value orientation in contemporary Bangladesh.” Cogent Business & Management Volume 4, Issue 1, (Article ID 1345049. 12 pages)
- Pasha, Syed Habib Anwar, and Muhammad Rehan Masoom (2012). “Determining subscribers’ attitude towards and satisfaction from Airtel and Citycell: An empirical assessment of the Martin Fishbein multiattribute model.”Indian Journal of Marketing 42(7): 23-35.
General International Publications
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2020). “Acquisition Centrality, Locus Of Control And The Influence Of Religion In Everyday Life: The Case Of Urban Consumer Class Of Bangladesh Muhammad Rehan Masoom” European Review of Applied Sociology. Volume 13, Issue 21, Pages 1–14, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2020-0006
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2018). “The Life is “Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish”, But Not Short: The Deserted Old in the Extreme Reality.”European Review Of Applied Sociology 11, no. 17: 16-19.
- Masoom, M. R., & Hoque, M. (2018). “The Effect of Gender, Age, Experience and Industry on Employees’ Perceived Stress: The Case of Bangladesh”. Romanian Journal of Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 1, Page 18-27, DOI: 10.24913/rjap.20.1.04.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan. (2017) “The Control of Externality among the Street Children and Marginalized People of Dhaka City: A Key Indicator to Ensure Sustainable Livelihood.” Asian Journal of Humanity, Art and Literature Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages-17-24.
- Alam, L., & Masoom, M. R. (2018). “Green Investing as an Approach to Make ‘Green Bangladesh’: the Role of Stock Exchanges”. American Journal of Trade and Policy, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 51-60.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, Md Nahid Alam and Rubaiyat Bin Arif (2017). ”The Social Presences in Text-Based Collaborations via Electronic Devices: Measuring the ‘Online-Self’ of the Young Generation in Bangladesh” European Review of Applied Sociology. Volume 9, Issue 13, Pages 39–53, ISSN (Online) 2286-2552, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2016-0009.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan. (2017). “Ensuring the First Breath: A Growing Accountability of Midwifery in Bangladesh.”, International Journal of Population Research, (Article ID 1539584; 7 pages)
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan. (2016) “Social Isolation: A Conceptual Analysis”. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Volume-7, Issue-4), Pages-277-281.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, and Fareen Zaman.(2017).”Managerial Accounting and Society: Emerging Factors for ‘Decision Making’ of Accountants in the Modern Era.”American Journal of Trade and Policy. Volume-3. Issue-3, Page-119-124.
- Alam, Lamia, and Muhammad RehanMasoom.(2016).”The Role of Institutional Investors as the Next Frontier in Corporate Governance: A Case on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).”Asian Journal of Management. Volume-7, Issue-4, Page-263-271.
- Nodee, Mahpara, and Muhammad Rehan Masoom. (2016) “Accounting in Context: An Interpretive Approach to the Effect of Social Indicators in the Accountancy of Managerial Decisions.” Asian Journal of Management. Volume-7, Issue-4, Page-287-291.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, AL-TAIMUR Abdula, and Jubaerul ISLAM. (2016). “One Dimensional ‘Social Values’ in the Globalized World: Empirical Evidence from Netherland, Singapore, Zimbabwe and Rwanda.”Management Dynamics in the Knowledge EconomyVolume-4, Issue-3, Page-357-385.
- Masoom, M. R. (2016).“Social Isolation of the Stateless and the Destitute: A Study on the Refugee-Camp and the Sullied Slum of Dhaka City,”Urban Studies Research, Volume- 2016, Article ID 9017279, 10 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/9017279.
- Masoom, M. R. (2015).“Market on social fabric: Social relations in ‘free enterprises’ economy”, Socioeconomica – The Scientific Journal for Theory and Practice of Socio-economic Development, Volume-4, Issue-8, Page- 553-568.
- Masoom, M. R. &Toufique, M. M. K. (2016). “Protecting environment, managing e-waste and ensuring development: perspective on ‘waste electrical and electronic equipment’situation in Guiyu, Agbogbloshie and Dhaka.” International Letters of Natural Sciences , Volume 52, Page-88-96
- Masoom, M. R. (2015). “GrameenPhone Faces Problem in Rural Economy – A Case-study”, Ushus-Journal of Business Management,Volume-14, Issue-4, Page 61-79.
- Toufique, M. M. K., &Masoom, M. R. (2015). “The Economics of Deposit-Refund Systems: Exploring the Market-Based Environmental Policies to Sustain the Ecological Balance of Dhaka City”.Asia Pacific Journal of Energy and Environment, Volume-2, Issue-2, Page 69-74.
- M. Asif-Ur-Rahman, M. Junayed, M. R. Masoom. (2015), “Students’ Perception of the Effects of Online Social Networking: An Empirical Assessment”, International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Volume-65, Page152-161.
- Masoom, M. R. (2015) “Islam and Contemporary Society: Emerging Paradigms to Explain Muslim Communities”, International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 62, Page 116-125.
- Masoom, M. R., Pasha, S. H. A., &Asif-Ur-Rahman, S. M. (2015). “Consumer Attitude towards the quality of Perishable Foods in Dhaka City: An Empirical Study”. Published inAsian Journal of Management, Volume-6 Issue-3, Page 181-192.
- Masoom, M. R. (2015) “বাজারের সমাজ, সমাজের বাজার: গ্রাম–বাংলার সাধারণ মানুষের ‘বাজার’ ও ‘অর্থ‘ সংক্রান্ত অভিমত ও তার তাত্ত্বিক বিশ্লেষণ” (The Market, the Money and the Rural Community: A study on the Sociocultural Attitudes of Sherkandi Villagers of Bangladesh). Published in PRATIDHWANI the ECHOVolume-4, Issue-2. Page 1-7.
- Masoom, M. R., H. A. Pasha & S. A. U. Rahman (2015) “Factors Affecting the Consumer Purchasing Decisions of Perishable Foods: Exploring the Attitudes and the Preferences” Management Dynamics in the Knowledge EconomyVolume-3 Issue-3, Page509-531.
- Masoom, M. R. (2015) “The Paradox of Social Identity and Changing Values of the Young Males in Urban and Rural Areas of Democratic Bangladesh” International Journal of Social Science, Volume-4 Issue-1, Page 141-158.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan and Rubaiyat Bin Arif (2014). “Socio-political Fabric of Muslim Societies: A Theoretical Approach to Frame ‘Islam’ in Empirical World”, Published in Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Volume-3, Issue-5, Page 86-91.
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan (2012). “STRUCTURE OF INTELLECTUAL TREND IN RECENT RESEARCHES ON ‘ISLAM’: AN APPROACH TO CONSOLIDATE THE EMPIRICAL STUDIES.Published in Journal Al-Tamaddun, Volume-7 Issue- 2, page 89-103.
- S M Asif Ur Rahman and Muhammad RehanMasoom (2012) Effects of Relationship Marketing on Customer Retention and Competitive Advantage: A Case Study on Grameen Phone Ltd. Published in Asian Business Review, Volume-1, Issue-1, Page, 97-102.
National Publication
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, S M Asif Ur Rahman and S. H. Anwar Pasha (2011) “Does Top of the Mind Awareness Lead to Product Purchase: An Empirical Assessment of Bangladeshi Consumers”, published in Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, Volume-34.
Conference Proceeding
- Fahim, T. A. &Masoom, M. R. (2016) Transformation of Academic Atmosphere: The Role of Networks and Networking Technology, Presented at International Conference on Teaching and Learning 2016.Organized by Centre for Pedagogy (CP), Independent University, Bangladesh. Conference Date 22-23 April, 2016.
Book Chapter
- Masoom, Muhammad Rehanand Md. MoniruzzamanSarker, (December 2016). “Rising Consumerism of Contemporary Bangladesh: Measurement Properties and Scale Validation”. In Contemporary Issues in Business Research, Volume-2.Page-89-109. ISBN-978-984-34-1057-3
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Verified Reviews: Total Manuscript Reviewed-108 (June 2023) Subject Area-Economic Sociology, Organizational Sociology, Social Psychology. Formally appointed as Review Editor in Organizational Psychology in Frontiers in Psychology (Scopus-indexed journal)
- Principle Investigator: Project title- “Rising Consumerism or Growing Religiousness: Understanding the ‘Culture Shift’ of Contemporary Bangladesh” [UIU-RG-161005]; Date- February 16, 2016 to 5th September 15, 2016. Fund- UIU Research Grants
- Principle Investigator: Project title- “Materialistic Value-Orientation and Perceived Social Stress: The Role of Religiosity and Locus of Control” [Grant#IAR/01/19/BE/04]. Date-October 01, 2019 – September 30, 2021. Fund- Institute of Advanced Research.
- Principle Investigator: Project title- “Gender, Health, Education and Social Capital: The Determinants of Marginality and Crisis of Social Lives in Bangladesh” [Grant# UIU/IAR/01/2021/MD/10]; Date- January 01, 2022 – December 31, 2023. Fund- Institute of Advanced Research.