Rate My Professor Azka Ghafoor

Dr Azka Ghafoor is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management, Otago Business School, at the University of Otago, where she joined the faculty in 2021. Prior to this appointment, she taught and coordinated courses at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), served as a diploma coordinator at AUT, worked as a researcher on the National Science Challenge (Science for Technological Innovation), and held positions in business development and training at international firms. Ghafoor earned her PhD, for which she was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, combining academic expertise with practical industry experience to inform her teaching and research.

Azka Ghafoor's research interests include human-AI interaction, creativity and innovation from behavioural, contextual, and organisational perspectives, organisational stressors, work demands and strain, and workplace well-being. She explores the intersection of human-AI ecosystems, workplace dynamics, and organisational behaviour, particularly how AI-driven environments influence human behaviour, creativity, and interactions, utilising mixed-methods and quantitative approaches. She has published in ABDC-ranked journals, with key works such as Ghafoor, A., & Haar, J. (2025). 'Exploring the mechanism to understand workaholism effects on positive and negative behaviors: a moderated mediated study.' International Journal of Manpower, 46(1), 92-110; Ghafoor, A., & Haar, J. (2022). 'Does job stress enhance employee creativity? Exploring the role of psychological capital.' Personnel Review, 51(2), 644-661; Ghafoor, A., & Haar, J. (2022). 'Under what conditions can stressors and strain positively influence creativity? A repeat-measure study of psychological resources.' International Journal of Stress Management, 29(3), 241-252; and contributions to Haar, J., et al. (2021). 'A study of Aotearoa New Zealand enterprises: how different are Indigenous enterprises?' Journal of Management & Organization, 27, 736-750, and Haar, J., et al. (2021). 'High-performance work systems and manager creativity behaviours: what role do contextual factors play?' Evidence-based HRM, 9(4), 391-409. Her scholarship provides actionable recommendations for businesses to enhance employee well-being, creativity, and innovation in complex, technology-infused workplaces. Ghafoor teaches in areas of entrepreneurship and strategy, human resource development, and organisational behaviour, including courses MANT 250 Managing People, MANT 303 Fundamentals in Entrepreneurship, and MANT 339 Human Resource Development. She supervises master's and doctoral students on organisational behaviour and well-being topics, encouraging interdisciplinary collaborations for impactful research.