Aslam Mia

Biographic Data

ID352464
NAMEAslam Mia
GIVEN NAMESAslam
FAMILY NAMEMia
SIGNATUREMIA A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Malaya
ORCID0000-0002-6452-1126
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS21
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Does the efficiency wage reduce the credit risk of microfinance institutions? Global evidence

    Open AccessMd Imran Hossain, Aslam Mia et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2025References: 8

    From a relational lending or banking perspective, offering higher than industry average wages, known as efficiency wages (EWs), can boost employee productivity and, specifically, improve loan recovery within microfinance institutions (MFIs). This underscores the significance of EWs in managing credit risk, a persistent challenge in the microfinance industry. Accordingly, this study investigates the relationship between EWs and credit risk in MFIs…

  • Gender pay gap in the microfinance industry

    Open AccessAslam Mia, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2023References: 6

    We use a database composed of 2,545 Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) worldwide for the period 2008–18 to explore the effect of a larger share of women's workforce on both staff wages and overall monetary compensation within MFIs. MFIs are different from other industries, as they are traditionally women‐centered, i.e. they have a significant share of women employees at every level of the corporate hierarchy and mostly serve women clients. Applying…

  • Can South Asian Countries Cope with the Mental Health Crisis Associated with Covid-19

    Open AccessAslam Mia, Mark D GriffithsARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2021

  • Psychological and Mental Health Issues Due to Covid-19 Among Bangladeshi Tertiary Educational Institution Students

    Open AccessHasanul Banna, Aslam Mia et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2021

  • Brain drain in microfinance institutions

    Open AccessMohammad Nourani, Aslam Mia et al.ARTICLEGender in Management An…2021References: 9

    Purpose Uncontrollable brain drain (employees’ turnover) has been found to hamper humanitarian and sustainable objectives of socially oriented organizations. Hence, this study aims to explore the roles of gender and organizational-level factors on the rate of employees’ turnover in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Design/methodology/approach The study used an unbalanced panel data of 235 MFIs spanning the period 2010–2019. Based on the availabil…

  • Factors affecting borrowers’ turnover in microfinance institutions

    Open AccessAslam Mia, Hasanul Banna et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2021Cited by: 2References: 9

    In the era of competitiveness, clients or borrowers remain an important asset for financial institutions, as they are the ultimate source of revenue. Although the departure of clients from one microfinance institution (MFI) to another is a common phenomenon, the manner in which organizational characteristics affect turnover is largely unknown in the context of the microfinance industry. Hence, by utilizing recent (2010–18) data on 235 MFIs from t…

  • Participation of women in the South Asian microfinance industry

    Open AccessAslam MiaARTICLEJournal of Public Affairs2020References: 6

    Considering the definitive role of women in microfinance industries, the study has examined the participation of women in various management roles and clients base of the South Asian microfinance market. By so doing, secondary data were obtained from the World Bank database, which incorporated the microfinance information exchange (MIX) dataset for free and easy access to global data on microfinance institutions (MFIs). The data used in this stud…

  • Drivers of export competitiveness

    Miao Zhang, Aslam MiaARTICLEJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy2020Cited by: 1References: 12

    With cognizance to firms’ heterogeneity in an industry, this paper employs the most recent, unpublished and large-scale firm-level data of 14,687 manufacturing firms in Malaysia in 2015 to revisit the drivers of manufacturing exports. Applying the OLS and logistic regressions, we observed a strong positive relationship between a firm’s labor productivity and export intensity. Firms’ foreign ownership, size and age are positively connected to thei…

  • History of microfinance in Bangladesh

    Aslam Mia, Hwok-Aun Lee et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2019Cited by: 5References: 80

    This study aims to conceptualise and document the historical evolution of microfinance in Bangladesh using the life cycle theory (LCT). Based on the LCT nomenclature, the microfinance sector in Bangladesh shows characteristics broadly consistent with the saturation phase (2006–2015) – which potentially has adverse impacts on both microfinance clients and institutions. The maturity phase (1996–2005) of microfinance has corresponded with competitio…

  • Are microfinance institutions in South-East Asia pursuing objectives of greening the environment

    Aslam Mia, Miao Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy2018Cited by: 4References: 8

    Microfinance institutions (MFIs) were initially established to alleviate extreme poverty by providing a wide array of customized financial products. However, today's MFIs’ roles have been diversified into providing not only basic financial products but also a great variety of non-financial products, such as incentives and assistance to promote environment-friendly practices in the developing countries. By using an unbalanced panel data of 274 MFI…

  • City profile

    Open AccessAbu Hanifa Md Noman, Aslam Mia et al.ARTICLECities2016References: 9

  • Measuring Financial and Social Outreach Productivity of Microfinance Institutions in Bangladesh

    Open AccessAslam Mia, G R Chandran et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2016Cited by: 6References: 54

  • Chittagong, Bangladesh

    Open AccessAslam Mia, Shamima Nasrin et al.ARTICLECities2015Cited by: 3References: 19