My conference engagement reflects a scholarly trajectory from corporate governance and human resource management through performance appraisal and public-sector performance management to an increasingly focused programme of research on Military Performance Management, military effectiveness, leadership and command.
2026
Leadership Style, Organizational Politics, and Military Performance Management: The Moderating Role of Command Continuity in the Nigerian Army
Suleiman Abubakar Babagana
9th International Conference — Building Capacities for Sustainable Futures: Bridging Global Challenges and Local Realities (BCFS–2026)
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
25–27 August 2026
2025
Leadership style as a moderator of organizational politics in management succession: A conceptual framework from Nigerian universities
S. A. Babagana, E. L. Balami & O. O. Adedoyin
2025 Faculty of Management Sciences Annual Conference
Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
25–26 November 2025
2025
A conceptual paper on military performance management: Insights from recent literature and empirical studies
S. A. Babagana
19th Annual International Conference/AGM
Southern Delta University, Ozoro, Delta State, Nigeria
24–25 September 2025
2023
Military performance management: A catalyst for personnel performance
S. A. Babagana
1st International Conference, Faculty of Management Sciences
University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
31 January–2 February 2023
2021
Performance management in military context: Performance monitoring for improvement
S. A. Babagana
Maiden International Conference, UNN Business School
University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria
25 March 2021
2021
Towards military performance management in the Nigerian Army: A game changer
S. A. Babagana
2nd International Conference, Faculty of Management Sciences
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
23–25 February 2021
2020
Academics’ participation and appraisal fairness on effective performance appraisal (EPA): Moderating role of perceived supervisor support (PSS)
S. A. Babagana
6th International Conference on Accounting, Business and Economics (ICABEC)
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
16–17 December 2020
2019
360-degree feedback: The ‘ghosts’ that academics fear
S. A. Babagana
International Conference on Business and Management (ICBM 2019)
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNISZA), Terengganu, Malaysia
18–19 December 2019
2019
Assessing academics’ performances and competences: Does students’ participation matter?
S. A. Babagana
Sintok International Conference on Social Science and Management (SICONSEM 2019)
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
26–27 November 2019
2019
Why feedback matters in academics’ performance management
S. A. Babagana
1st International Conference on Business, Management and Information Systems (ICBMIS)
Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei
13–14 November 2019
2019
Processes, perceptions and politics: An evaluation of performance management in the public sector
S. A. Babagana
2019 International Conference, Faculty of Social Sciences
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
25–26 August 2019
2018
Academic staff leadership and fairness perceptions of effective performance appraisal
S. A. Babagana, N. B. Mat & H. B. Ibrahim
3rd International Conference on Business Management (ICBM 2018)
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
7–8 October 2018
2018
Effectiveness of performance appraisal (EPA): Does employee participation matter?
S. A. Babagana, N. B. Mat & H. B. Ibrahim
8th National Human Resource Management Conference
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
7–8 October 2018
2016
Why the need for effective performance management in Nigeria’s public higher education institutions (HEIs)
S. A. Babagana
4th African Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Conference
UNESCO (NBTE) Centre of Excellence, Kaduna, Nigeria
27–28 October 2016
2014
Perceptions of the impact of human resource (HR) practices on lecturers’ performance in a Nigerian polytechnic
S. A. Babagana
3rd International Social and Management Science Research Conference
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
25–27 February 2014
2010
Managing global financial crisis in financial institutions through corporate governance in Nigeria
S. A. Babagana
International Conference, Faculty of Administration
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
20–22 July 2010
