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Associate Prof. Dr. Zarifah Bt Abdullah
UUM College of Business
Perakaunan Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz
zarifah@uum.edu.my
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

12011, PhD Perakaunan Pengurusan, USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia
21996, Master of Science Sarjana Sains - Pengurusan, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia
31992, Bachelor Degree wiht Honours Perakaunan dan Sains Pengurusan, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom

AWARD

1 Best Paper Award, TISSA-UUM, 2018, Antarabangsa

RECOGNITION

1 PERAKAUNAN PENGURUSAN,MANAGING EDITOR,Antarabangsa,2021
2 ACCOUNTING,MANAGING EDITOR,Antarabangsa,2020
3 AKADEMIK,PENILAI,Antarabangsa,2022
4 PERAKAUNAN PENGURUSAN, PENILAI,Kebangsaan,2021
5 PERAKAUNAN PENGURUSAN,AHLI SIDANG PENGARANG,Kebangsaan,2020
6 AKADEMIK,AHLI BERSEKUTU,Kebangsaan,2024
7 PERAKAUNAN PENGURUSAN,FELO PENYELIDIK KANAN,Universiti,2021
8 PERAKAUNAN PENGURUSAN,FELO PENYELIDIK BERSEKUTU KANAN,Universiti,2021
9 JURULATIH, ,Universiti,2022
10 AHLI JAWATANKUASA,AHLI JAWATANKUASA BELANJAWAN,Universiti,2023
11 PANEL PENILAI,PENILAI PERTAMA,Universiti,2023
12 PANEL PENILAI,PENILAI,Universiti,2023
13 AHLI PANEL,AUDITEE,Universiti,2023
14 KETUA PENGAWAS PEPERIKSAAN AKHIR,KETUA PENGAWAS,Universiti,2023
15 PENYELIA PRAKTIKUM,PENYELIA LAPORAN,Pusat Pengajian/Jabatan,2023
16 JURI,JURI,Pusat Pengajian/Jabatan,2023
17 VOLUNTEER TRANSLATOR,PANEL SUNTINGAN DAN TERJEMAHAN,Pusat Pengajian/Jabatan,2023
18 PANEL PENILAI,PENILAI,Pusat Pengajian/Jabatan,2023
19 PERAKAUNAN PENGURUSAN,AHLI JAWATANKUASA BELANJAWAN,Daerah,2021

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Management Accounting (Including Strategic Management Accounting, Performance Management, Cost Management, Management Accounting Control System)
Human Resource Accounting
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RESEARCH AREA

Qualitative Case Study Research
Management Accounting And Control Change

OVERVIEW
I am a Senior Lecturer in the area of Management Accounting in Universiti Utara Malaysia. I have more than 20 years experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate management accounting-related courses. My research interests are in the area of Management Accounting and Control Change, Behavioural Accounting and Qualitative Case Study Research. Currently I have 5 active postgraduate students, pursuing their PhD, under my supervision employing qualitative, as well as quantitative approaches.
PUBLICATION CHART
LIST OF PUBLICATION
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Natrah binti Saad, Halimah @ Nasibah binti Ahmad, Ayoib bin Che Ahmad, G.V. Muralidhara, (2022). Jade Sdn Bhd: should it acquire Tulip Garden Hotel?. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 12(4), 1 - 23.
Muhammad Rosni bin Amir Hussin, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Hafizah binti Abd Mutalib, (2022). Glimpses of Glory to remember and to learn. Proceedings of the 7th International Case Study Conference (ICSC), (), 49 - 54.
Chek B Derashid, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Halimah @ Nasibah binti Ahmad, Natrah binti Saad, Ayoib B Che Ahmad, (2021). Tulip Garden Hotel: To Purchase or Not to Purchase. Proceeding of the 6th International Case Study Conference , (), 94 - 115.
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Hafizah binti Abd Mutalib, Muhammad Rosni bin Amir Hussin, (2021). Managing the Change Processes in UUM Teaching and Learning During Covid19 Pandemic. 6th International Case Study Conference (ICSC 2021) E-proceeding, (), 130 - 136.
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Natrah binti Saad, Noor Afza binti Amran, Marhaiza binti Ibrahim, (2020). Leadership Styles and Attributes of Prominent Women Business Leaders: A Case Study. Journal of Business Management and Accounting, 10(1), 1 - 27.
Yong Dirgiatmo Bin Sukadi , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Raja Haslinda binti Raja Mohd. Ali, (2020). Social media practices in Indonesian SMEs . International Journal of Business and Information System, 35(1), 3 - 26.
Hafizah binti Abd Mutalib, Hazeline bt. Ayoup, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, (2019). Maintaining Business Survival in Fitrah Garment. 4th International Case Study Conference 2019, (), - .
Marhaiza binti Ibrahim, Natrah binti Saad, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Noor Afza binti Amran, (2019). Transformational and Paternalistic Leadership Styles among Prominent Women Business Leaders. OPCION, 20(35), 994 - 1008.
Marhaiza binti Ibrahim, Natrah binti Saad, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Noor Afza binti Amran, (2019). Transformational and Paternalistic Leadership Styles among Prominent Women Business Leaders. OPCION, 35(-), 994 - 1008.
Faeq Malallah Mahmood, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Hasnah Bt Kamardin, (2019). The Influence of External Contingency Factors and Activity-Based Costing Implementation on Organisational Performance. Jurnal Pengurusan, 55(1), 1 - 21.
Yong Dirgiatmo Bin Sukadi, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Raja Haslinda binti Raja Mohd. Ali, (2019). THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION IN INTERVENING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF EXPORTER SMEs IN INDONESIA.. International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 12(2), 97 - 129.
Nashwan Talal SaadAllah Al-Taria, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Che Zuriana Bt Muhammad Jamil, (2019). MEDIATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED ATTRIBUTES AND PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF ABC SYSTEM IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND THE INTENTION TO ADOPT ABC SYSTEM.. International Journal of Management and Economics Invention, 5(6), 2076 - 2082.
Nashwan Talal SaadAllah Al-Taria, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Che Zuriana Bt Muhammad Jamil, (2019). A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND THE INTENTION TO ADOPT ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING: MEDIATING EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED ATTRIBUTES AND PERCEIVED BENEFITS.. Account and Financial Management Journal, 4(5), 1929 - 1935.
Inuwa Umar , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Haslinda binti Hassan, (2017). Assessing the Effect of Cooperative Learning on Financial Accounting Achievement among Secondary School Students. International Journal of Instruction, 10(3), 31 - 46.
, Inuwa Umar , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, , Haslinda binti Hassan, (2018). A Mixed-Method Study of the Effect of the Demonstration Method on Students’ Achievement in Financial Accounting. International Journal of Instruction, 11(4), 577 - 592.
Faeq Malallah Mahmood Albalaki, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Hasnah Bt Kamardin, (2018). The Link Between Competitive Strategies, Activity-Based Costing Implementation and Organisational Performance. International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 7(2), 59 - 68.
Faeq Malallah Mahmood , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Hasnah Bt Kamardin, (2018). Decentralized Structures and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Activity-Based Costing Implementation. Account and Financial Management Journal, 3(2), 1331 - 1339.
Faeq Malallah Mahmood , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Hasnah Bt Kamardin, (2018). The Link between Competitive Strategies, Activity Based Costing (ABC) Implementation and Organizational Performance. International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 7(2), 59 - 68.
Natrah binti Saad, Noor Afza binti Amran, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Marhaiza binti Ibrahim, (2016). Leadership Attributes and Style of an Iron Lady in Security Industry. Journal of Business Management and Accounting, 6(1), 15 - 28.
, Faeq Malallah Mahmood , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, , Hasnah Bt Kamardin, (2018). Decentralised Structures and Organisational Performance: The Mediating Role of Activity-Based Costing Implementation. Account and Financial Information Journal, 3(2), 1331 - 1339.
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Salniza Bt Md. Salleh, Ku Nor Izah Binti Ku Ismail, (2017). Survey of Household Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimisation in Malaysia: Awareness, Issues and Practices.. International Journal of Environmental & Agriculture Research , 3(12), 38 - 48.
Rosliza Bt Mat Zin, Siti Norezam Bt Othman, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, (2016). A Case Study of Solid Waste Management in Malaysia: Issues, Challenges and Its Business Management Practices. Journal of Business Management and Accounting, 6(2), 91 - 104.
Umar Inuwa, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Haslinda binti Hassan, (2017). Assessing the effect of cooperative learning on financial accounting achievement among secondary school students. International Journal of Instruction, 10(3), 31 - 46.
Bashir Abdisamad Hared , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, (2017). Understanding Management Control Systems in Traditional Clannish Society: An Interpretive Case Study in Somalia. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 8(2), 103 - 116.
Noor Afza binti Amran, Natrah binti Saad, Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Marhaiza binti Ibrahim, (2016). Gender Diversity Creates Leadership Style. Information, 19(7A), 2649 - 2654.
Bashir Abdisamad Hared , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammed Rafiul Huque, (2014). Management Control Practices in Somalia’s Traditional Clannish Society . Malaysian Journal of Social Administration, 164(-), 415 - 420.
Bashir Abdisamad Hared , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammed Rafiul Huque, (2013). Management Control Patterns in the Traditional Societies: A Case Study in Somalia. Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, 3(9), 1 - 15.
Bashir Abdisamad Hared , Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammed Rafiul Huque, (2013). Management Control Systems: A Review of Literature and A Theoretical Framework for Future Researches. European Journal of Business and Management , 5(26), 1 - 13.
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Siti Nabiha Bt Abdul Khalid, Siti-Nabiha Abdul Khalid, (2011). Management Control in Multinational Firms: Future Research Directions. International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, 1(2), 221 - 235.
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Siti Nabiha Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha Bt Abdul Khalid, (2012). Analysing Accounting and Organisational Change:The Theoretical Development. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 4(1), 29 - 46.
Zarifah Bt Abdullah, Siti Nabiha Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha Bt Abdul Khalid, (2012). Leadership and Change Management: A Case Study of Pemancar. Asian Case Research Journal, 16(1), 115 - 132.
RESEARCH PIE
LIST OF RESEARCH
MODEL PENANAMAN PADI METOD SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) BAGI PROJEK SMART SAWAH LZNK (2022), Member, Kementerian/agensi lain
PUTERI PARK HOTEL: TO INVEST OR NOT TO INVEST (2020), Member, Universiti
MANAGING THE CHANGE PROCESSES IN UUM TEACHING AND LEARNING DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC (2020), Leader, Universiti
A NEW DAWN : THE TURNAROUND OF FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD (2019), Member, Universiti
MAINTAINING BUSINESS SURVIVAL IN FITRAH GARMENT (2019), Member, Universiti
THE 1MDB FUND SCANDAL (2018), Member, Universiti
ATTRIBUTES OF PROMINENT MALAYSIAN WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS (2013), Member, Universiti
EMKAY GROUP: Taking Over From An Entrepreneurial Father (2013), Leader, Universiti
Managing Solid Waste: A Case Study Of Freshair (2012), Leader, Kpt
MCS AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN A COOPERATIVE ORGANISATION (2011), Member, Universiti
AN EVALUATION ON OPERATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE (2003), Member, Kpt
ACTIVITY - BASED COSTING SYSTEM AMONG MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS (2003), Member, Kpt
COSTING OF SERVICES:A CASE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN MALAYSIA (2002), Leader, Universiti
THE NON - COMPLIANCE OF STRATEGY AUDIT REQUIREMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COMPANIES (1999), Member, Kpt
CONSULTATION
Year Title Membership Funder Level Status
2019 Bengkel pengurusan kewangan dan celik it Member Government National Completed
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES
Year Reference No IP Type Title of Inventor (Principal Inventor/Member) Status of IP
2022 20210456 Copyright MANAGING THE CHANGE PROCESSES IN UUM TEACHING AND LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC - ( PRINCIPAL INVENTOR ) FILED
2019 20190040 Copyright Modul Asas Perakaunan & Perancangan Kewangan - ( MEMBER ) FILED
2014 20140074 Copyright Management Control Systems: The Case of KTC Berhad - ( MEMBER ) FILED
UNDERGRADUATE
Course Code Course Name
KM2013 Management accounting i
KM3023 Management accounting ii
BKAM2013 Management accounting i
KX2016 Practicum
KM3043 Costing for specialised industry
BKAM3023 Management accounting ii
VQ2223 Practicum
KAM3023 Management accounting ii
KE3023 Public sector accounting
KM3033 Advanced management accounting
KX3018 Practicum
BKAM3033 Seminar in management accounting
SDG3011 Management ethics
BKAX4912 Practicum
BKAL3063 Integrated case study
BKAM3083 Performance strategy
KF1012 Accounting principles
KF2023 Financial accounting i
SDG2031 Living in the multi-cultural society
KM3053 Selected issues in managerial accounting
SDG1031 Personal development and character building
EEP2032 Living in the multi-cultural society
BKAX4908 Practicum
SDG1011 High touch communication
BKAM3073 Enterprise strategy
SDG3021 Patriotism and volunteerism
KE1013 Business accounting
POSTGRADUATE
Course Code Course Name
KA5013 Management accounting
BPMN6073 Research methodology
SUPERVISION
Matric Name Status Title
93550 Bashir Abdisamad Hared Completed Management Control Systems in the Traditional Clannish Society: A Case Study of a Telecommunication Company in Somalia
95294 NASHWAN TALAL SAADALLAH AL-TARIA Completed The Diffusion of Activity-Based Costing System's Adoption in the Malaysian Manufacturing Firms through Technology Acceptance Model
95435 Faeq Malallah Mahmood Completed The Effect of Contingency Factors and ABC Implementation Success on Organizational Performance in Iraqi Manufacturing Sector
95742 YONG DIRGIATMO Completed The Role of Social Media Usage in Enhancing Indonesian SMEs Performance Mediated by Entrepreneurial Orientation
96001 Khaled Ahmed Hamood Al-Mandi Not Active Intial Proposal About Evaluation of The Internal Control Systems At The Financial Institution
99008 Inuwa Umar Completed Effects of Instructional Approaches, Attitude, and Gender on Financial Accounting Achievement among Secondary School Students in Nigeria
900818 Rozman Bin Hussin Not Active Perlaksanaan Sistem "Just in Time" Dalam Industri ICT
901657 Umar Abdulaziz Not Active EXPLORATION OF OPPORTUNITIES INHERENTS IN THE NON-OIL SECTOR AS ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF REVENUE. A CASE OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY.
901663 OSMAN ELSHEIKH ABDELRAHMAN Not Active MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND PEFRFORMANCE OF SUDANESE SMES
906766 LI HUIMIN Active Research on the impact of digital economy development on enterprise innovation performance
907641 CHANG,QING Active The Role of Management Accounting In Performance Measurement and Decision Making
93964 Hazim Hashim Mohammed Not Active The role of management accounting in performance evaluation of commercial Banks
96145 Akpan Edem Okon Not Active Corporat Social Responsibility and the Community Development: The Mediating Effect of Community Leaders.
900112 Salim Khaleel Khalid Not Active Effectiveness Of The Environmental Dimension In The Development of the Balanced Scorecard To Evaluate Performance And Its Impact On Sustainable Development: An Empirical Study In A Sample of Iraqi Companies
907926 ZHAO YANBING Active The Comprehensive Application of Management Accounting Tools and Enterprise Innovation Performance under Environmental Dynamics
 
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