We have received great support from both well-known academics worldwide and colleagues from TMC Educational Group. We are greatly thankful to the reviewers for their precious time and great efforts to review the manuscripts within a short period of time. Without their continuous support, it is impossible for us to handle a large number of submissions.
Here is the list of our reviewers with their bio-data.
Dr. Azmat, Fara (PhD, Monash) is an Associate Lecturer from Bowater School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Her main areas of interests are international governance, governance in developing countries and corporate social responsibility issues in emerging economies. Recent publications include: Azmat, F. and Samaratunge, R. (2007), “Poverty and deficits linger”, Monash Business Review, 3(3):18. Azmat, F. and Coghill, K. (2005), ‘Good Governance and Market-based Reforms: A Study of Bangladesh’ International Review of Administrative Sciences. 71(4): 625-38. Azmat, F., Coghill, K. and Alam, Q. (2005), “Integrated Governance: A Key to a Sustainable Private Sector led Development in Bangladesh”, Monash Business Review, 1(3):44.
Dr. Appavoo, Kumaravel finished his PhD in Theoretical Computer Science at Anna University, India in 1990. He published around 12 papers in IEEE proceedings and computing journals and presented at international and national level conferences. His current interests are in DNA computing and related algorithms.
Dr. Balasooriya, Asoka F. is currently working for the Australian Public Sector. She completed her PhD at Monash University in 2007 on liberalization of telecommunications sector and regulatory arrangements in Sri Lanka. Prior to migrating to Australia, she was a member of Sri Lankan civil service and has completed 20 years of service. Her research interests include; public administration and public policy; governance and strategic management issues.
Ms. Baravikova, Anjelika holds four Master degrees from Webster University (Wien), University of London (UK) and University Vienna (Wien). She is currently working at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Department of Safeguards in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Bignall, Robert was an academic staff member of Monash University from 1986 to 2005. His senior appointments at Monash included Head of the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, Director of the Monash Centre for Electronic Commerce and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Malaysia. He currently works as a consultant in higher education development and is a member of the TMC Academic Advisory Board. He has been a visiting professor at a number of universities, the most recent being Minnesota State University and the University of Cagliari His present research interests include universal algebra, algebraic logic and quantum logic.
Ms. Carpio, Jennifer Gay Espiritu is currently a Lecturer teaching Psychology at TMC Educational Group (Singapore). She holds a Master of Arts in Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology from the University of the Philippines, Diliman in the Philippines. As a graduate student, she was one of the grantees of the Presidential Scholarship and College Scholar for two semesters. She has many years of working experience in the academia, sales and human resources. Her research interests include counselling, burnout, stress and current social issues.
Ms. Chia, Ee Hsuan finished her Master degree of Information Technology at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, in 2003. She did some research in digital libraries and information resources. Her current interest is in problem-based learning. She is currently teaching GCE 'O' Level Maths and Physics, Monash College Diploma and TMC proprietary computer courses. She also assisted in editing the research articles for TMC Academic Journal.
Ms. Contreras, Manuelita dela Torre finished her Bachelor Degree in Journalism from the University of the Philippines in Manila and her Master of Mass Communication from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is a contributing writer of the book Philippine Communication Today and copresented a paper at the 15th Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) annual conference held in Penang, Malaysia (2006). She is currently working full-time as a financial journalist based in Singapore.
Mr. Fareed, Kaleem, Senior lecturer at TMC Educational Group, Singapore, obtained his Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. As part of his project development in MCA, he did two projects in Mainframe with JCL and IDMS for Integral Coach Factory (an ISO 9000 certified Government Organization), Indian Railways, Perumbur, Chennai. He went on to do his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India. His basic qualification is Bachelor in Computer Science, University of Madras, Chennai, India. He has extensive experience in the field of teaching as well as programming. He has worked in this line for more than 13 years and obtained many certifications. Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Philosophy (Computer Science), Periyar University, Salem, India, on a distance education mode.
Prof. Finkelstein, Joanne is a sociologist trained in the Chicago School and supervised by Norman K Denzin. She has published six monographs including
Dining Out – a study of modern manners; After A Fashion; The Sociological Bent
– a study of metro Culture; The Art of Self Invention. She has undertaken
research consultancies in the food, science, communications and insurance industries. She is currently Executive Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich, UK.
Ms. Juffri, Irdawati is a Senior Lecturer at TMC Educational Group. She holds a Bachelor Degree of Arts (Public Relations) with Distinction from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia). She is completing her Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore, specializing in Strategy and Organization. At TMC, Ms. Irdawati teaches Mass Communication and Business subjects to students from the Diploma and Higher Diploma programmes, as well as off-campus students from Monash University and Deakin University. Her research interest revolves around measurement and evaluation of public relations. In 2008, Ms. Irdawati presented a paper at the Liverpool John Moores University-TMC Research Symposium, based on her exploratory study on measuring PR effectiveness conducted in Melbourne.
Dr. Knapp, Kenneth is an Associate Professor of Management at the United States Air Force Academy. He earned his PhD in Information Technology Management from Auburn University in 2005. His articles have been published in numerous academic and practitioner outlets including Information Systems Management, Communication of the AIS, and Information Systems Security.
Dr. Kuenzel, Sven (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing. His teaching covers research methods, relationship marketing and marketing communications at both under-graduate and postgraduate levels. Sven also acts as a supervisor to a number of PhD students. His main research interests are in relationship marketing, consumer behaviour and multivariate data analysis. He has received the prestigious Alfred-Geradi Award (1st Place) from the German Direct Marketing Association for his PhD thesis. He publishes in a range of journals, including the Journal of Product & Brand Management, Managerial Auditing Journal, Service Industries Journal, Marketing Review, and International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing. Prior to working as an academia, he was a consultant for a major strategic management consultancy. His previous clients include House of Fraser, The Mueller Group, Saab, Procter & Gamble, Churchill, Kraft Foods and General Motors.
Associate Prof. Lee, Romeo B. holds a doctorate degree in demography from the Australian National University. A Filipino, he has been attached with the Behavioural Sciences Department of De La Salle University-Manila for more than a dozen years now, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on gender, population studies and introductory Sociology. His research interest revolves around men and their health and non-health-related issues. He has undertaken research and published articles on men's issues involving such topics as sexual behaviour patterns and change, penile enhancement practices, domestic violence and family planning, among others. Romeo has recently completed a third book on the broader contexts of men's sexual behaviour change, highlighting their implications for AIDS behavioural research and prevention.
Prof. McGregor, Sue L.T. (PhD) is a Canadian home economist and Director of Graduate Education at the Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She explores and pushes the boundaries of consumer studies and home economics philosophy and leadership, especially from transdisciplinary, transformative, new sciences, and ethical and moral imperatives. She is a member of the IFHE Research Committee, a Kappa Omicron Nu Research Fellow, a board member of the Iowa State University Family and Consumer Sciences doctoral Leadership Academy, and an Executive Board member for the International Journal of Consumer Studies (in addition to sitting on the Board of 10 other consumer, home economics and peace journals). She has delivered over 20 keynotes in 12 countries, and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications as well as seven book chapters, and two monographs. She recently published a book on Transformative Practice (2006). Email: sue.mcgregor@msvu.ca, http://www.consult mcgregor.com.
Mr. Ong, Colin TS is the Managing Director of MR=MC Consulting and Founder of Mentors4Startups which provides a professional platform to match business startups with mentors. He is an Economist by training and a recognised Futurist. Colin is currently in the midst of completing a workbook about organisational mentoring.
Dr. Quek, Mary is a Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management in the Business School of University of Hertfordshire (UK). She gained her Bachelor Degree from the National University of Singapore (Singapore), and her Master Degree in International Tourism and Hospitality Management and Doctorate Degree from Oxford Brookes University (UK). She worked in the service industry for more than 10 years in Singapore and USA. Her research interest is in the area of Business History and in a selection of UK hotel companies.
Dr. Rungruang, Parisa received her doctorate in Human Resource Management from Monash University, Australia. Currently a full-time faculty at College of Management, Mahidol University (CMMU), Dr. Rungruang teaches Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Her research interests include organizational commitment, organizational support, organizational justice, and medical tourism. Prior to joining CMMU, Dr. Rungruang taught at Suan Dusit Rajabhat University where she was also a committee member of the Master’s Degree program. She worked for Assumption University (ABAC) as a full-time faculty and a subject coordinator between 1999 and 2003, and for KPN Holding Co., Ltd where she was a Business Development Executive during 1998-1999.
Mr. Sadiq, Hassnain is currently working as Program Coordinator (Marketing) and Offshore Coordinator at Monash College, Monash University, Melbourne. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia, and is currently undertaking research qualification from Monash University, Australia. He has many years of teaching experience in tertiary educational institutions and working experience in marketing research, sales and marketing and business development in Australia and South East Asia. His research interests include international education, cross-cultural issues, branding and consumer perception. He has reviewed text books in the areas of Consumer Behaviour and Marketing.
Dr. Squire, David is a senior lecturer at the Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia. Prior to joining Monash in 2000, he was a Research Fellow in the Computer Vision Group at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has worked on invariant pattern recognition, machine learning, multimedia indexing and retrieval (including the development of the GNU GIFT CBIR system), and model-based image segmentation. He is also the developer of the Damocles plagiarism detection system.
Ms. Sulkowski, Nadine is Director of Studies of the International Learning Partnership Programme at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, and is responsible for overseeing the academic health of Business programmes delivered by overseas partners. After completing her M.Sc. in International Hotel & Tourism Management at Oxford Brookes University, Nadine held a position as undergraduate programme manager at IIMT, a partner of Oxford Brookes in India, and has been a frequent visiting lecturer to the International School of Management in Germany. Her academic interests centre on resort and spa management and the competitive strategies of tourism firms. She currently researches negotiation processes within the resort and tourism industry. Inspired by her experience in teaching students from diverse cultural backgrounds, Nadine is also actively involved in researching the influence of culture on students' approaches to learning and teaching
Ms. Tabal, Gladys Virtudazo is currently a Senior Lecturer at TMC Educational Group, Singapore. She holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology with distinction from MSU-IIT (Phils.), and completed her Master degree in Psychology from Ateneo de Cagayan Xavier University (Phils.). She worked as Guidance Coordinator at De La Salle University (Phils.) whereby her experience deals with counseling, admissions and testing tertiary students. At TMC, Ms. Tabal teaches Higher Diploma Psychology students as well as off-campus degree students from Monash University.
Mr. Wilson, Jon A. J. is the Senior Lecturer in Advertising and Marketing Communications, at the University of Greenwich, UK. Lecturing to undergraduates, postgraduates and marketing professionals, Jon’s research areas focus on branding, cross-culture, management, consumer behaviour and marketing communications. Jon holds a degree in Chemistry and an MBA, both from the University of Dundee, Scotland. With over ten years of practitioner experience in magazine print media, online, advertising and marketing communications, Jon previously held full-time positions at Emap Advertising (now Bauer Media) and the Haymarket Media Group. His consultancy work spans across the commercial, sports, music, education and not-for-profit sectors.
Dr. Walet, Monica earned her Master and PhD from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila in Psychology. Her research interests are geared towards Psychological Test Development using indigenous contrasts. She authored a psychometric scale on the Psychomoral and Self-regulation for Filipinos in the workplace and it has been marketed in the ASEAN region.
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