Faculty and staff

Dr. Masud Khawaja is an Associate Professor in the School of Business. He completed his graduate studies in Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour, and obtained his master and doctoral degrees from the Michigan State University and the Case Western Reserve University, USA, respectively. Dr. Khawaja also has a specialization in International Development from the Michigan State University and a certification in Emotional Intelligence techniques from the Case Western Reserve University. He is a HayGroup (Boston) certified Executive Coach and Motivational Interviewer. He received Ethics training from the Collaborative Institutional Training Institute in Miami, and has served as a member of the Research Ethics Board of the University of Manitoba and honorary Director of the Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance.

Dr. Khawaja has experience in both teaching and research from several institutions of higher learning in Canada and USA. His primary research goal is directed towards understanding and improving the human condition in organizational life. He is particularly interested in exploring psychosocial perspectives of workers and management, and how they could be applied to gain better outcomes. He likes to work at the intersections of disciplines, and therefore most of his research work is collaborative and interdisciplinary. He has published a number of refereed articles, reviewed a textbook on Human Resource Management, and presented at international conferences. A research paper by Dr. Khawaja and co-authors was given the Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management conference in Montreal in 2010. A student team supervised by Dr. Khawaja created history for UFV in 2023 by defeating top-ranking US business schools and winning a prestigious international case competition in Los Angeles, USA.

Students are the most important part of Dr. Khawaja’s professional life. As a teacher and mentor, he is committed to student-centered pedagogy. Three key values guide his teaching philosophy which reflect his beliefs about learning. These include fostering student passion and curiosity, developing their critical thinking by challenging assumptions, and establishing the classroom as a microcosm of an organization to provide in-the-moment learning. Dr. Khawaja’s teaching experiences in the province of Manitoba have also given him a unique understanding of indigenous student perspectives. His aim is to always make learning a memorable experience that remains with his students even after they leave the classroom.

Courses recently taught at UFV:

• BUS 305 –  Industrial Relations
• BUS 314 –  Recruitment and Selection
• BUS 416 –  Training and Development
• BUS 418 –  Workplace Health and Safety

Khawaja, M., & Khawaja, A. (2024, March). Expansion of Physician-Assisted Death for Mental Health Patients in Canada – A Slippery Slope. Paper presentation at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Khawaja, M., & Khawaja, I. (2024, March). Truth-telling in Terminal Diagnoses: Navigating Ethical Challenges Amongst South Asian Patients in Canada. Paper presentation at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Holden, M., Opeyemi, A., Campbell, R., Barbara, F., & Khawaja, M. (2021, October). Flexible Job-Shop Scheduling with Changeover Priorities. Paper presentation at the Seventh International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science, Grasmere, England, UK.

Khawaja, M. (2021, June). Managing Assisted Suicide and the Geriatric COVID-19 Patient Conundrum. Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (Virtual), John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Khawaja, M. (2020, June). Using Appreciative Inquiry to Explore Effective Medical Interviews. Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (Virtual), Memorial University, St. John, Newfoundland, Canada.

Khawaja, M. (2019, May-a). Effective Medical Interviewing. Poster Presentation at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Khawaja, M. (2019, May-b). Back to the basics – Clinical interview skills trump COWs technology. Presentation at the International Conference on Technology, Innovation and Sustainability in Business Management, Middlesex University, Dubai Campus, UAE.

Sisler, J., Khawaja, M., & Taylor-Brown, J. (2014, November). “I know where I’m going” Exploring Transitions of Follow-up Care from Specialist to Primary Care. Poster presentation at the Family Medicine Forum, Quebec City, QC, Canada.

Sisler, J., Shu, E., Katz, A., Seo, B., Khawaja, M., & Chateau, D. (2012, December). Who’s Doing What? The Role of Physician Specialties in Colorectal Cancer Surveillance in Manitoba. Paper presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Khawaja, M. (2012, May). The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors between Psychosocial Correlates of Doctor-Patient Relationship and Treatment Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes. Paper presentation at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Boyatzis, R. E., Jack, A. I., Cesaro, R., Passarelli, A., & Khawaja, M. (2010. August). Coaching with compassion: An fMRI study of coaching to the positive or negative emotional attractor. Symposium conducted at the Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada. (BEST PAPER AWARD).

Cesaro, R.L., Boyatzis, R.E., Khawaja, M., Passarelli, A., Barry, K.P., Begany, K., & Jack, A.I. (2009, October). Neural Correlates of Inspirational Mentoring. Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA.

Boyatzis, R. E., & Khawaja, M. (2009, June). Resonant Leaders Leveraging Community and Country Sustained, Desired Change: The Case of the Amazing Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan. Paper presentation at the Business as an Agent of World Benefit Global Conference, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Majeed, W., Khawaja, M., Rana, N., de Azevedo Koch, E. B., Naseem, R., & Nargis, S. (2022). Evaluation of insect diversity and prospects for pest management in agriculture. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 42(3), 2249-2258.

Khawaja, M., & Khawaja, A. (2021). The Ethics of Dying: Deciphering Pandemic-Resultant Pressures that Influence Elderly Patients’ Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Decisions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8819.

Khawaja, M. (2021). Ethics of the Dialectic Dichotomy in Physician-Patient Relationships. Turkish Journal of Bioethics, 8(2), 90-99.

Majeed, W., Khawaja, M., & Rana, N. (2021). Assessing fluctuation of ant populations in a distinct ecological habitat to track climate change effects. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 22(5).

Khawaja, M. (2021). Consequences and Remedies of Indigenous Language Loss in Canada. Societies, 11(9), 116.

Khawaja, M. (2021). Using Appreciative Inquiry to Explore Effective Medical Interviews. Behavioral Sciences, 11(3), 89.

Berge, S., & Khawaja, M. (2016). Food Cooperatives in Canada. In P. B. Thompson & D. M. Kaplan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics (pp. 1-7). Dodrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Khawaja, M. (2015). Review of the textbook In P. Nel & A. Werner (Eds.), Human Resources Management (9th ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Boyatzis, R. E., & Khawaja, M. (2014). How Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan Led a Change Process That Started a Movement. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 50(3), 284-306.

Sisler, J., Khawaja, M., & Taylor-Brown, J. (2014). "I know where I'm going." Exploring transitions of follow-up care from specialist to primary care. European Journal of Cancer Care, 23(SI), 26-27.

Jack, A. I., Boyatzis, R. E., Khawaja, M. S., Passarelli, A. M., & Leckie, R. L. (2013). Visioning in the brain: an fMRI study of inspirational coaching and mentoring. Social neuroscience, 8(4), 369-384.

Sisler, J. J., Taylor-Brown, J., Nugent, Z., Bell, D., Khawaja, M., Czaykowski, P., et al. (2012). Continuity of care of colorectal cancer survivors at the end of treatment: the oncology -- primary care interface. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 6(4), 468-475.