Rifat Mahmud

Biographic Data

ID4036956
NAMERifat Mahmud
GIVEN NAMESRifat
FAMILY NAMEMahmud
SIGNATUREMAHMUD R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Barishal
ORCID0000-0003-2096-1346
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Crisis Management of the Anti-quota Student Movement in Bangladesh

    Open AccessRifat MahmudARTICLEJournal of Developing Societies2025References: 26

    This study assesses the governance capacity of Bangladesh’s recently ousted government, the Bangladesh Awami League (BAL), led by Sheikh Hasina, on August 5, 2024, in managing the anti-quota student movement. This study finds major weaknesses in crisis management, including poor preparedness, coordination, and implementation by the last BAL government in Bangladesh. This study used a netnographic approach—a qualitative research method involving s…

  • Determinants of Citizen Trust in Public Institutions in Bangladesh

    Open AccessRifat MahmudARTICLEJournal of Developing Societies2024References: 50

    Institutional trust is an essential indicator in the governance mechanism involving citizens’ confidence in public institutions. The article main goal is to shed light on the theoretical insights into the field of trust in public institutions and what determines the degree of citizen trust in public institutions in Bangladesh. Methodologically, the article is a content analysis involving a literature review of vast secondary materials on books, j…

  • Is a powerful but corrupt public manager more trustworthy? Lessons from the case of rural local government in Bangladesh

    Shahriar Islam, Abu Hossain Muhammad Ahsan et al.ARTICLELocal Government Studies2024References: 50

    A survey experiment was conducted at the Union Council level in Bangladesh to gauge if citizens emphasise the power of the public manager (popularly known as Chairman of the Union Council) more than their corrupt practices. The analysis gauges that perspective based on citizens' perception of public managers' trustworthiness at the local level. The chronic absence of empirical research on local government public managers in a country from the Glo…

  • Trust in Government during Covid-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

    Shahriar Islam, Rifat Mahmud et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Public…2023

    The study aims to understand social media users’ trust in government during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Social Media Users’ trust in government is analyzed based on their perceived misinformation and knowledge about government measures taken to deal with the pandemic at that earlier stage. The study found that social media users who perceive a lesser amount of misinformation have a higher knowledge of government measur…

  • Trust in Governance in Bangladesh

    Open AccessShahriar Islam, Md Shahriar Islam et al.ARTICLEMillennial Asia2015Cited by: 2References: 4

    The era of globalization presents both opportunities and challenges to the field of public administration. Dealing with the myriads of anomalous situations including wars, transnational epidemics, terrorism, financial crises, serious security-related accidents and transportation casualties has become a very important part of the public administrators’ daily work. The traditional practice of public administration is becoming more difficult due to …

  • State of Bangladesh Civil Service Management (2009–2012)

    Open AccessShahriar Islam, Md Shahriar Islam et al.ARTICLESouth Asian Survey2013

    The Awami League (AL)-led Grand Alliance came to power with a ‘Charter for Change’ in 2009 in order to ensure good governance in Bangladesh. From 2009 to 2012, the government has taken various steps to make the civil service efficient and capable. This article strives to explore what the AL government has done to manage the civil service during 2009–12. The article analyses newspaper articles on the AL government’s actions on recruitment, promoti…