Nasreen Sultana

Dr. Nasreen Sultana is a Lecturer in the UQ Business School at The University of Queensland, affiliated with the School of Business within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Queensland, completing her PhD thesis titled 'Comparison of barriers to migrant and Australian-born managers’ career advancement in Australia' in 2017 through UQ Business School. Her academic work centers on managerial career progression, with a particular emphasis on the challenges faced by migrant managers, including the influences of race, foreign accents, and migration status in the Australian context. Sultana actively contributes to teaching at UQ, serving as course coordinator and lecturer for subjects such as MGTS7608 Business and Society, MGTS7601 Managing Performance, MGTS3607 Managing Performance, and IBUS7302 International Business in the Asia Pacific. She is available for higher degree research supervision.

Sultana's key publications include the 2023 journal article 'The effect of race and foreign accent on managers’ career progression,' published in the International Journal of Cross Cultural Management (volume 23, issue 2, pages 247-278; co-authored with Andre A. Pekerti, Tyler G. Okimoto, and Charmine E. J. Härtel). In 2020, she co-authored 'Migrants’ perspectives of managerial career progression: lessons from Australia,' presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with Charmine E. J. Hartel and Andre Pekerti). Her 2013 book chapter 'The effect of race and migration on the managerial advancement of women' appears in the Handbook of Research on Promoting Women's Careers (edited by Susan Vinnicombe et al.; co-authored with Charmine E. J. Härtel and Günter F. Härtel). Earlier contributions encompass her 1999 conference paper 'The position of migrant women in the Australian workforce,' delivered at the First Annual Research Student Colloquium at Emmanuel College, University of Queensland. She is involved in research initiatives such as the Alliance for Social Impact at UQ Business School. Professional Email: n.sultana@business.uq.edu.au