Dr Nor Hafizah Zainal Abidin joined the Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University in 2002. Prior to that, she had worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an external auditor. Her Ph.D thesis focused on roles of internal audit and strategic management. Her research focus spanned on internal auditing, shariah auditing, risk management and corporate governance. To date, she has published articles in professional journals and some other reputable journals. She has also presented many papers at local and international conferences. She is actively involved in numerous research projects utilizing internal and external grants. She has served as an Education Committee Member and MIA CARE Program Coordinator in MIA. She is an Associate Member of Institute of Internal Auditors since 2013 and Chartered Accountants of Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2000.
Administratively, she holds position including Finance Advisor in Graduate School of Management IIUM and Practical Training Coordinator at the Department of Accounting. She teaches Auditing, Intermediate Financial Accounting and Management Accounting Fundamentals at the undergraduate level. She also teaches Issues in Auditing and Management Control System at postgraduate level. She has won Best Teacher Award in 2014 and MIA Articles of Merit Award in 2008.

• Economics, Business And Management ~ Economics, Business And Management ~ Accounting ~ Taxation - personal taxation
• Economics, Business And Management ~ Economics, Business And Management ~ Finance ~ Risk Management - auditing, risk management
• Economics, Business And Management ~ Economics, Business And Management ~ Accounting ~ Audit (Including Social Audit, Forensic Audit, Environmental Audit) - external audit

• 2001: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Chartered Accountant ), Malaysian Institute of Accountants
• 2013 - 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Associate Member ), Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia

Completed

2021 - 2022	Writing Teaching Cases - Manufacturing & Construction Company
2021 - 2022	The Implementation of Environmental Auditing Practices in Local Governments in Malaysia
2019 - 2020	KAJIAN KUTIPAN DAN AGIHAN ZAKAT DI WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN
2018 - 2020	Writing Teaching Cases-Cases on Two Manufacturing Companies
2018 - 2021	Internal Audit Quality an Disclosure on Risk and Control among Public Listed Companies in Malaysia.
2016 - 2021	Action research on Specialised Program Which Enhance Graduate Employability Among Low Achievers in Public Universities
2016 - 2018	Shariah Audit in Malaysia: Perceived Effectiveness, Determinants and Implication on Shariah Non-Compliance
2015 - 2019	An Evaluation of Auditor Independence Requirements among Malaysian Audit Firms
2013 - 2014	Tax Knowledge and Attitudes of Individual Tax Payers towards Tax Deductions
2013 - 2016	Exploring the Roles of the Independent Directors and the Motives of Their Appointments
2012 - 2013	Malaysia Taxation-Questions Manual
2011 - 2013	The Efficacy Of Corporate Tax Audit Program In Malaysia (RU 2011)

On-Going

2023 - Present	Writing Teaching Cases- Business Turnaround at Malaysia Airlines Group
2023 - Present	Kajian Penggunaan Standard Dan Pematuhan Di Dalam Organisasi Di Malaysia
2023 - Present	Independence and Competency in Shariah Review Practices in Islamic Banks
2020 - Present	The Evaluation of Internship Employers' Assessment during the Pandemic Outbreak of Covid-19: Current Perceptions, Experience and Improvements
2019 - Present	Financial Management of Zakat in Malaysia
2019 - Present	Shariah Board: Are They Asking The Right Question
2019 - Present	Non-Sampling Audit in Big Data Environment and Its Impact on Audit Judgement Decision Making Process (FRGS/1/2018/SS01/UM/02/1)

27 Aug, 2019

MIA Articles of Merit Award on PAIB 2018 - Malaysian Institute of Accountants

National

Article

2023	Audit fiasco: Serba Dinamik ‘serba tak kena’. IIUM Journal of Case Studies in Management, 14 (1) pp. 37-47
2023	The internal auditors’ responses in environmental auditing practices: problem solvers vs checker. Corporate Governance and Organizational Behavior Review, 7 (3) pp. 177-187
2022	Environmental auditing practices: understanding the flow between two Malaysian local governments. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 12 (3) pp. 139-169
2022	The governance structure on the role of internal auditors in environmental auditing practices: cases of Malaysian local organisations. Environmental Challenges, 9 () pp. 1-9
2022	The implementation of environmental auditing practices in Malaysian local governments. Environmental Excellence, 9 () pp.
2021	Ensuring auditor independence: the case for small-medium practices in Malaysia. Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives, 14 (2) pp. 98-119
2021	Internal audit quality and disclosure on risk management and internal control. International Journal of Business, Economics and Management, 8 (3) pp. 154-164
2021	Makin dirasa makin terasa: the case of Mamart Food. Emerging Markets Case Studies, 11 (3) pp. 1-22
2020	Graduate employability among low academic achievers. The New Educational Review, 62 (4) pp. 46-56
2020	Independence from the perspective of the Shari'ah Committee. Asian Journal of Accounting Research, ahead-of-print () pp. 1-14
2020	Lean manufacturing system at Rainbow Enterprise. IIUM Journal of Case Studies in Management, 11 (1) pp. 1-14
2020	Shari'ah governance in Islamic banks: practices, practitioners and praxis. Global Finance Journal, () pp. 1-39
2020	Shariah audit practices in Malaysia: moving forward. Journal of Islamic finance, 9 (2) pp. 1-14
2019	Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges. Journal of Business and Social Development, 7 (2) pp. 29-36
2019	Internal shariah audit effectiveness and its determinants: case of Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia. Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, 12 () pp. 8-28
2017	Factors influencing the implementation of risk-based auditing. Asian Review of Accounting, 25 (3) pp. 361-375
2017	Internal audit and risk management practices among public universities in Malaysia. IPN Journal of Research and Practice in Public Sector Accounting and Management, 7 () pp. 1-14
2016	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors . Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 219 () pp. 26-32
2016	The appointment process of independent directors in Malaysian listed companies. Corporate Ownership and Control, 14 (1) pp. 519-531
2014	Carotenoid contents in anoxygenic phototrophic purple bacteria, Marichromatium Sp. and Rhodopseudomonas Sp. of tropical environment, Malaysia . Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 30 (2) pp. 607-613
2011	Expectation gap: roles of internal audit function in governance, risk management and control processes. Keeping In Touch, (3) pp. 15-20

Conference or Workshop Item

2019	Independence from the perspective of Shari’ah Committee. In: 10th Foundation of Islamic Finance Conference 2019,
2018	Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges. In: The 5th International Conference on Accounting, Business and Economics (ICABEC2018),
2018	Behaviour towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia. In: The 5th International Conference on Accounting, Business and Economics (ICABEC2018),
2017	Optimization of management control systems: Roles of internal audit. In: International Academic Conference On Business And Economics 2017 (IACBE 2017),
2015	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors. In: 3rd Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences on “Contemporary Issues in Management & Social Science Research” (CIMSSR 2015),
2015	Internal audit and risk management practices in Malaysian higher education institutions. In: The 11th Asian Academy of Management International Conference 2015 (AAMC 2015),
2015	The impact of Malaysian financial reporting standards on Audit Report Lag. In: 6th IIUM International Accounting Conference VI (INTAC VI),
2013	Corporate taxpayers’ audit experience: Moving forward. In: 25th Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference,
2011	Corporate governance and risk-based auditing: The Malaysian evidences. In: 9th Asian Academic of Management Conference,
2011	Determinants of internal audit contribution to strategic management: Malaysian evidences. In: 12th Asian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference,
2010	Determinants of internal audit contribution to strategic management . In: 8th European Academic Conference on Internal Audit and Corporate Governance ,

Book Section

2012	Expectation gap: roles of internal audit . In: Pearson Malaysia Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-349-199-5, pp. 61-78
2008	Internal Audit in Strategic Decision Making - The Unheard Voice?. In: Malaysian Institute of Accountants , ISBN: 9789834084141, pp. 126-148

Monograph

2018	Internal shari’ah audit in Malaysia: perceived effectiveness, determinants and implication on non- shari’ah non-compliance risk. In: ,
2013	Malaysia taxation-questions manual. In: s.n,
2012	Malaysian Taxation Questions Manual. In: IIUM ,
2009	Expectation Gap- Roles of Internal Audit Function in Governance, Risk Management and Control Processes. In: Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia,