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Tiong Ying Ying

Tiong Ying Ying

Senior lecturer, Management, Marketing & Digital Business

Location: Room 39, Heron 2
Office No: +60 85 630 100 ext. 2755
Email: tiongyingying@curtin.edu.my

Academic qualifications

  • PhD in Marketing, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 2018
  • Master of Business Administration, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 2013
  • Bachelor of Business Studies (Hons), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 2010

Academic society committee membership

Fellow Higher Education Academy UK (FHEA). 2021 to present

Employment history

  • Associate Dean, Faculty of Business, Curtin University Malaysia. June 2020 to present
  • Lecturer, Department of Marketing of Faculty of Business, Curtin University Malaysia. February 2018 to present
  • Higher Degree Research Programme Coordinator, Faculty of Business, Curtin University Malaysia. August 2019 to June 2020
  • Grant Research Assistant, Research and Innovation Management Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 2017 to 2018

Unit taught

  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Services Marketing
  • International Marketing
  • Digital Communication Management
  • Managing Social Media Platform
  • Small Business Planning

Research interests

Sustainable marketing, green marketing strategy, green branding strategy, branding, competitive advantage, firm performance, social innovation, country of origin, public communication, gamification

Publications

Academic journal articles

  • Tiong, Y. Y., Sondoh Jr, S. L., Tanakinjal, G. H., & Iggau, O. A. (2021). Cleaner operations in hotels: Recommendation for post-pandemic green recovery. Journal of cleaner production283, 124621.
  • Tiong, Y.Y., Sondoh, S.L., Igau, O.A., Tanakinjal, G.H. (2017). Green employee empowerment and green physical evidence: The green service strategy to enhance firm performance. Asian Journal of Business Research, 7(2), pp. 94-124.

Conference proceedings/presentations

  • Tiong, Y.Y., Sondoh, S.L., Tanakinjal, G.H., Igau, O.A., (2018). The extended Ps of green marketing mix, differentiation advantage and social quality performance. Presented at 3rd Applied International Business Conference, 23-24 Oct 2018, Labuan.
  • Tiong, Y.Y., Sondoh, S.L., Igau, O.A. (2016). Green branding strategy: Towards service differentiation and superior performance. Presented at 6th Global Business and Finance Conference, 27-29 October 2016, Taipei, Taiwan.  ISBN: 978-1-925488-19-7.

Research projects

  • Co-supervisor, “Achieving customer loyalty through green branding during COVID-19”. December 2020 to current
  • Co-supervisor, “The Effective Use of Celebrity Endorsers through Social Media to Influence the Brand Choice Behavior of the Smartphone Buyer”. September 2020 to current
  • Co-investigator, “Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Planning: Enhancing Visibility of Cultural Tourism Through Digital Technologies During COVID-19”. July 2020 to current
  • Co-investigator, “Keeping Miri Beautiful: How Social Media Can Conserve & Promote Miri – Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park (MSCRNP)”. November 2019 to current
  • Co-investigator, “Social Media Marketing in Rural Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurship”. September 2019 to current
  • Principle investigator, “Digital inclusion in community-based rural entrepreneurship for rural economic development”. August 2019 to current
  • Co-investigator, “Community entrepreneurialism: The role of community branding in building sustainable entrepreneurship among independent, palm oil smallholders in rural Sabah, Malaysia”. February 2019 to February 2020
  • Co-investigator, “The research of the usage of the fresh agro-Food in Malaysia within three market segments: Households, factories and hospitality services (Zone Borneo – Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan)”. September 2018 to February 2019
  • Co-investigator, “Mulberry plantation and production research (community project brainstorming and competition): Social innovation through team entrepreneurial learning (SITEL) research workshop”. 25 to 29 June 2018
  • Principle investigator, “Green service marketing mix in stimulating firm performance: The moderating effect of urbanisation level in the west versus east Malaysia”. April 2017 to March 2018
  • “Green marketing strategy, competitive advantage and firm performance in the hotel industry”. March 2015 to June 2018
  • Principle investigator, “The relationship of country-of-origin, consumer’s attitudes and purchase intention: A study of automotive products in Kota Kinabalu”. July to September 2013

HDR supervision

  • Co-supervisor for Abul Kalam, PhD
  • Co-supervisor for Jaweria Iqbal, MPhil

Teaching awards

  • Nominee for Curtin Malaysia Learning and Teaching Excellence Awards 2020
  • Student Choice Award for Department of Marketing, Curtin Malaysia 2020
  • Student Choice Award for Department of Marketing, Curtin Malaysia 2019

Professional affiliations

  • Chair, Curtin Malaysia Faculty of Business Research and Development Committee
  • Committee member, Association of Social Innovation Movement Association
  • Committee member, Curtin Malaysia Graduate School Committee
  • Committee member, Curtin Malaysia Office of Research and Development
  • Member, Institute of Marketing Malaysia
  • Advisor, Curtin Oratory and Debating Society