Biography

Sana Ahmed has been at the University of Memphis- Lambuth for 2 years and teaches our MBA Leadership and Negotiation course, Communications and Career Readiness, and International Management. Her teaching experience covers various other business-related courses, including Human Resource Management and Principles of Marketing. Additionally, her professional experience in the analytics and data analysis field adds practical knowledge and value to her teaching. She has worked at eBay Inc. as an Attribution Analyst and is a cofounder of Lambda Crunch Inc. 

Teaching

Dr. Ahmed has taught face-to-face, online, and asynchronous undergraduate and graduate classes including Leadership & Negotiation, International Management, Business Communications, Human Resources, Principles of Marketing, Business and Society, Career Information, Business Writing, and Organizational Behavior.

Professional Memberships

• Academy of Management
• British Academy of Management
• International Leadership Association
• Western Academy of Management

Research

Representative Publications

Simha, A., Prasad, R., Ahmed, S., Rao, N., and Dinesh, A. (2022). Effect of national cultural dimensions and HIV prevalence rates on stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS. Psychology, Health & Medicine (CPHM). https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2057557

Simha, A., Prasad, R., Ahmed. S., and Rao, N. (2020). Effect of gender and Clinical-financial vulnerability on Mental Distress due to COVID-19. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 

Simha, A., Ahmed, S., Prasad, R., Dinesh, A., Kandasamy, A., and Rao, N. (forthcoming in 2021). Effect of national cultural dimensions and consumption rates on stigma towards alcohol and substance use disorders. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640211028611

Published Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries

Ahmed, S. & Simha, A. (2021). “Autocratic Leadership and Abuse.” In D. Poff & A.C. Michalos (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics.  

Ahmed, S. & Simha, A. (2021). “Differences between Transactional and Transformational Leadership.” In D. Poff & A.C. Michalos (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics.

Recent Presentations/Invited Talks

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. (accepted). Relationships Between Ethical Leadership, Employee Loyalty, Work Family Conflict and Ethical Behavior Performance. Presentation at 2023 Society of Business Ethics (SBE) in Boston, MA.

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. (accepted). A Moderated-Mediated Relationship Between Ethical Leadership, Employee Loyalty, Work Family Conflict and Ethical Behavior Performance. Presentation at 2022 International Association for Business and Society (IABS) in San Francisco, California.

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. (accepted). A Moderated-Mediated Relationship Between Ethical Leadership, Employee Loyalty, Work Family Conflict and Ethical Behavior Performance. Presentation at 2021 International Leadership Association (ILA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. April 21-23, 2021. Ethical Leadership and Ethical Behavior of Employees in the Workplace: A Moderated-Mediated Link. Presentation at 2021 Western Academy of Management (WAM) remote.

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. (accepted). Ethical Leadership and Ethical Behavior of Employees in the Workplace: A Moderated-Mediated Link. Presentation at 2020 Western Academy of Management (WAM) in Hawaii, USA.

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. October 24-27, 2019. The Moderating Effects of Autocratic Leadership on the Mediated Link between P-O Fit and Employee Loyalty. Presentation at 2019 International Leadership Association (ILA) in Ottawa, Canada.

Ahmed, S., & Simha, A. September 4-6, 2018. The Moderated Relationship between P-O Fit and Employee Loyalty. Presentation at 2018 British Academy of Management (BAM) in Bristol, U.K.