Director’s message

Dr. Fidella Tiew has been involved in higher education teaching for more than 24 years. Her research interests include event management and impacts, destination and services marketing. Her career at Curtin University has seen her holding different portfolios – Head of Student Services, a Lecturer teaching Services Marketing, Event Management and Public Relations, a Department Head of Marketing, to the current position of Director. Prior to working in Higher Education field, Fidella has worked in hospitality industry, holding various management positions in food and beverage, events and banquets, human resources and public relations.

Academic qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (Marketing), Curtin University, Australia
• MBA major in Marketing, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
• Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Curtin University
• BSc (Hons) Hotel and Restaurant Management, Middlesex University, London

Research Grant

• FOB AMES Grant. 2022-2023. Assessing relationship building factors associated with Chabot’s for stakeholder-organization relations. Grant total: RM2,500 (co-researcher).
• Curtin Malaysia Teaching Innovation Project (CMTIP). August 2020. Student emotions and online class engagement in the time of post-pandemic. Grant total: RM2,000 (Principal researcher)
• Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) awarded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. 2019-2020. Information-Seeking Behaviour of the Rural Dwellers in the Digital Age: The Savolainen’s Model Grant total: RM 75,000 (Principal researcher)
• Curtin Sarawak Research Fund. 2014-2016. Stakeholder Role and Salience in Event Tourism: Perspectives from Sarawak   Grant total: RM 10,000 (Principal researcher)
• Curtin Sarawak Research Fund. 2007-2009. Business Graduate Attributes: An Exploratory Study on Curtin Sarawak Grant total: RM 10,000 (co-researcher)

Publications

Journal Articles

• Tiew, F., Holmes, K., & de Bussy, N. (2022). Investigating Stakeholder Salience across the Event Management Lifecycle. Event Management, Vol. 26, pp. 1297-1313. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599522X16419948390925
• Ho, J.M., Tiew, F., & Adamu, A.A. (2022), The determinants of festival participants’ event loyalty: a focus on millennial participants. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 13 No. 4 pp. 422-439. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-01-2022-0006
• Amoah, Y. S-A., Tiew, F. N. H. & Yap, C.S. (2022). Internationalisation Strategies of Emerging Market Firms: Evidence from Sarawak, Malaysia. Review of International Business and Strategy, Vol. 32 No. 4 pp. 655-676. DOI 10.1108/RIBS-07-2021-0099
• Tiew, F., Holmes, K., & de Bussy, N. (2021). Events’ external stakeholders and their influence strategies in tourism: perspectives from Borneo. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 33 No.7, pp. 2465-2484. doi: 10.1108/IJCHM-08-2020-0941
• Ray, R., Tiew, F. N. H., Adeyinka-Ojo, S.F., Chitra, S.S., Hossain, M.I., & Sadar, S. (2021). Micro and Small Enterprises Engagement in Pro-poor Tourism: Challenges and Solutions, Review of International Geographical Education Online 11(8): 46 – 53.
• Yap, C. S., Tiew, F. N. H, Ngadan, A. & Ho, P. L. (2020). Information Needs and Information Seeking Behaviour of Rural Dwellers in Sarawak, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol. 25 No. 2, August 2020, pp. 77-94.
• Tiew, F., Holmes, K., & de Bussy, N. (2015). Tourism Events and the Nature of Stakeholder Power. Event Management, Vol. 19, pp. 525-541. doi: 10.3727/152599515X14465748512768
• Tiew, F. (2010) Business Students’ Views of Peer Assessment on Class Participation, International Education Studies, Vol 3. No. 3 August 2010, pp. 126 – 131.
• Ng, P. Y., Abdullah, S.K., Nee, P. H. and Tiew, F. N. H. (2009) Employers’ Feedback on Business Graduates: An Exploratory study in Curtin Sarawak, International Review of Business Research Papers, Vol 5 No. 4 June 2009, pp. 306 -321.

Conference Papers

• Yeo, H. H., Tiew, F. H., Yap, C. S. (2021), Factors Affecting the Use of Digital Information Sources for Work Purposes Among Rural Entrepreneurs. Proceedings of 4^th International Conference on Management & Entrepreneurship (i-CoME), 22-24 July 2021, Swinburne Sarawak. ISBN 978-602-5446-15-3
• Ling, Y. H., Tiew, F., Chieng, Y. L. & Law, W. (2020), Student Emotions and Online Class Engagement in the Time of Pandemic. Scholarship of Tertiary Teaching Conference, 13 & 14 October, 2020.
• Chong, A., Sia, J. & Tiew, F. (2018), Impact of Community-based Festivals on Local Residents’ Quality of Life: Sarawak Perspective. Proceedings of One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference (OCPC), 26-28 November 2018, Curtin Malaysia.
• Amoah Y. S., Yap C. S., Tiew F., & Winterton J. (2017), Motivations and market choices of emerging market firms’ internationalization: the case of Sarawak, Proceedings of One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference (OCPC), 10 – 12 December 2017, Curtin Malaysia.
• Tiew, F. & Abdullah, S.K. (2013), Curtin’s Graduate Attributes: Malaysia Employers’ Views on Importance and Performance.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference, Curtin Sarawak Malaysia.
• Tiew, F. & Goi, C. L. (2011), Grading classroom participation through peer assessment: perception and experience of marketing students. Proceedings of the Enhancing Learning: Teaching and Learning Conference 2011, Curtin Sarawak Malaysia.
• Tiew, N. H., Ng, P. Y. & Goi, C. L. (2009), University Student Travel Motives: A Comparative Study on Students of Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia. Proceedings of the 3^rd International Colloquium on Tourism & Leisure, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Ng, P. Y., Abdullah, S.K., Nee, P. H. and Tiew, F. N. H. (2009), Employers’ Feedback on Curtin Graduates Attributes: An Exploratory Study on Curtin Sarawak, Proceedings of the International Business Research Conference 2009, Dubai.
• Ng, P. Y., Abdullah, S.K., Nee, P. H. and Tiew, F. N. H. (2008), Business Graduate Attributes: An Exploratory Study on Curtin Sarawak, Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Information 2008, South Korea.
• Tiew, F., Ng, P. Y. & Goi, C. L. (2007), University Student Travel Preferences: An Exploratory Study on Students of Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Proceedings of the 5^th Tourism Educators’ Conference on Tourism & Hospitality, Penang, Malaysia.