SK Tasthekur Hossain Kowshik, PhD

SK Tasthekur Hossain Kowshik holds the position of Senior Lecturer at the ULAB School of Business. Supported by Monash University's fully funded Graduate Research Merit Scholarship, he is in the final stage of completing his PhD in Management (AACSB-accredited School of Business). Prior to enrolling in the PhD program, he completed a one-year postgraduate research degree in Management at Monash University and obtained a BBA with a specialization in HRM & Marketing from the American International University-Bangladesh. Throughout his academic journey, he has been awarded several prestigious scholarships, including Merit Scholarships from Monash University, Umeå University, and the University of Salford. His research focus is on knowledge management and expatriate management research, with further expansion of his interests into tourism management. His qualitative research work has been featured at top-tier management and education conferences, such as the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (USA), the British Academy of Management Conference (UK), and the Asian Conference on Education & International Development (Japan). He has actively contributed to these conferences as a reviewer. Leveraging his extensive qualitative research experience, Kowshik incorporates valuable insights into his teachings, particularly in Introduction to Business and Change Management courses at ULAB.

Department of Business Administration

PhD in Management (Thesis under examination), School of Business (AACSB-accredited), Monash University, Australia. Award Date: Expected 2024.

Postgraduate Diploma in Business & Commerce (PgDip), School of Business (AACSB-accredited), Monash University, Australia. Award Date: 4 Apr 2020.

BBA in HRM & Marketing, Faculty of Business Administration, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Bangladesh. Award Date: 11 Feb 2017.

Knowledge Management, Cross-Cultural Management, Expatriate Management, Organizational Behaviour, Tourism Management, Qualitative research, Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Academic Awards & Honours

1. Monash University Graduate Research Merit Scholarship for PhD [Fully Funded], Monash University [Scholarship Accepted, 2019-2023].
2. Monash University Graduate Research Pathway Scholarship for PgDip [Partially Funded], Monash University [Scholarship Accepted, 2018-2019].
3. Umeå School of Business and Economics Scholarship for Masters [Fully Funded], Umeå University [Scholarship Offered].
4. Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship for MSc [Partially funded], University of Salford [Scholarship Offered].
5. School of Business Graduate Research Travel Grant, Monash University (Utilised the fund to attend a conference in Tokyo, Japan, 2023).

1. Academy of Management (AOM), USA.
2. British Academy of Management (BAM), UK.
3. The International Academic Forum (iafor), Japan.

1. Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, USA. Human Resource Division & International Management Division. (2023-).
2. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Belgium. Global Mobility Track. (2024-).
3. Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, USA. International HRM, Global Leadership, and Cross-Cultural Management Track. Global Strategy, Organization, and Value Chains Track. Knowledge, Innovation, and Technology Track. (2024-).

1. Kowshik, S. T. H., Shabnaz, S., & Rodrick, S. S. (2018). Relationship of Individual Factors and HRM Practices on Employee Retention in Private Banking Sector of Bangladesh. International Journal of Business & Management Study, 5(1), 151-154. (International peer-reviewed).
2. Kowshik, S. T. H., Shabnaz, S., Rodrick, S. S., & Islam, H. (2018). Factors Persuading the Intention of Using E-recruitment by Job Seekers in Bangladesh. International Journal of Business & Management Study, 5(1), 146-150. (International peer-reviewed).
3. Shabnaz, S., & Kowshik, S. T. H. (2017). Organizational Factors Affecting Employees Retention: A Study on Private Commercial Banks of Bangladesh. International Journal of Business and Management Study, 4(1), 19-24. (International peer-reviewed).

1. Kowshik, S. T. H., Lee, S. W. H., & Chew, E. Y. T. (2023). Meta-Analysis of Knowledge Management Process: Learning, Absorptive Capacity, and Innovation as Outcomes for the International Development of Multinational Corporations. In Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Education & International Development, Tokyo, Japan, 27-30 March, 2023.
2. Kowshik, S. T. H., & Chew, Y. T. (2022). A Systematic Literature Review of Knowledge Management: Directions for Future Research. In Academy of Management Proceedings (AOM 2022) (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 17172). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA: Academy of Management.
3. Kowshik, S. T. H., & Chew, Y. T. (2021). Expatriate Job Embeddedness in Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM 2021), United Kingdom, 31 August – 3 September 2021.
4. Kowshik, S. T. H., & Chew, Y. T. (2020). Understanding Expatriate Adjustment in Bangladesh: An Examination of the Theory of Work Adjustment. In Academy of Management Proceedings (AOM 2020) (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 21610). Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510, USA: Academy of Management.
5. Kowshik, S. T. H., Shabnaz, S., & Rodrick, S. S. (2018). Relationship of Individual Factors and HRM Practices on Employee Retention in Private Banking Sector of Bangladesh. In Eighth International Conference on Advances in Economics, Management and Social Study - EMS 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 03-04 February 2018.
6. Kowshik, S. T. H., Shabnaz, S., Rodrick, S. S., & Islam, H. (2018). Factors Persuading the Intention of Using E-recruitment by Job Seekers in Bangladesh. In Eighth International Conference on Advances in Economics, Management and Social Study - EMS 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 03-04 February 2018.
7. Shabnaz, S., & Kowshik, S. T. H. (2016). Organizational Factors Affecting Employees Retention: A Study on Private Commercial Banks of Bangladesh. In Sixth International Conference on Advances in Economics, Management and Social Study - EMS 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-27 November 2016.