CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Name               : Mr. Choong Yuen Onn

Designation      : Tutor

Department      : Department of Business

Faculty               : Faculty of Business and Finance

E-mail               : choongyo@utar.edu.my

Phone                 : 014-6495348

 

 

 

CAPSULE BIOGRAPHY

 

Mr. Choong Yuen Onn is a Tutor at the Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. He obtained his First Class Honour in Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) at Department of Business, Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia in 2010. Currently, he is pursuing Master of Philosophy at Faculty of Business and Finance, UTAR. He has obtained satisfactory with minor amendment for his Master Thesis Work Completion Seminar on 12th January 2012. The final presentation for his Master Thesis (VIVA) is expected in the Month of August, 2012.

 


 

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

 

*          Proposal Defense held on 27th January 2011 and obtained a satisfactory grade with major amendment.

*          Work Completion Seminar held on 12th January 2012 and obtained a satisfactory grade with minor amendment.


 

AREAS OF CURRENT RESEARCH AND INTEREST

 

 

 


 

International Refereed Journal (Thomson Reuters (ISI): Non-Web of Knowledge)

 

  1. Choong, Y.O. and Lau, T.C. (2011). The effect of psychological empowerment on job satisfaction: the development of conceptual framework. International Journal of Academic Research, Volume 3, Issue 2, pg. 873 – 878. (Indexed/abstracted in Thomson Reuters (Zoological), Ulrich’sWeb, DOAJ, Scirus-Elsevier, EBSCO-Academic Search Complete, Zentralblatt MATH, IndexCopernicus International, Genamics, Google Scholar and Periodiques /ISI - Zoological)

 

  1. Choong, Y.O., Tan, C.E., Keh, C.G, Lim, Y.H. and Tan, Y.T. (2012). How demographical factors impact organisational commitment of academic staffs in Malaysian private universities: a review and research agenda. International Journal of Academic Research, Volume 4, Issue 3, pg.. (Indexed/abstracted in Thomson Reuters (Zoological), Ulrich’sWeb, DOAJ, Scirus-Elsevier, EBSCO-Academic Search Complete, Zentralblatt MATH, IndexCopernicus International, Genamics, Google Scholar and Periodiques /ISI - Zoological)

 

International Refereed Journal (Non-ISI and non-SCOPUS)

 

  1. Choong, Y.O., Wong, K.L. and Lau, T.C. (2011). Intrinsic motivation and organizational commitment in the Malaysian private higher institutions: an empirical study. Journal of Arts Science & Commerce, Volume 2, Issue 4, pg. (Indexed/abstracted in Cabell Publishing, DOAJ, Georgetown University Library, Index Copernicus International, EBSCO Publishing, Open J-Gate, The Ohio Library and Information Network, New York University Libraries and Asian Education Index)

 

  1. Choong, Y.O., Wong, K.L. and Lau, T.C. (2011). Psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in the Malaysia private higher education institution: a review and research agenda. Journal of Opinions and Academic Research, Volume 1, Issue 3. (Indexed/abstracted in Ulrichs' Web, Index Copernicus International, EBSCOHost Research Database/Electronic Journal Services, Research Gate Germany, Die Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek(ZDB), Germany,  ourGlocal Academic Resources Japan, Open J-Gate, Google Scholar)

 

  1. Choong, Y.O., Wong, K.L. and Lau, T.C. (2012). Organizational commitment: an empirical investigation on the academics of Malaysian private universities. Journal of Business and Economic Research, Volume 3, Issue 3, Forthcoming (Indexed/abstracted in EBSCOhost Business Search Complete, Cabell’s Directories, Ulrich’s periodicals Directory, Directory of Open Access Journal, ASOS Index, Index Corpernicus, Econlit)

 

International/National Conference Proceedings

 

  1. Choong, Y.O., Wong, K.L. and Lau, T.C. (2011). Psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in the Malaysia private higher education institution: a review and research agenda. In Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Business and Economic Research, March 14-16, 2011, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. [967-5705-02-01]

 

  1. Choong, Y.O., Wong, K.L. and Lau, T.C. (2012). Antecedents of organizational commitment: an empirical study on academic staff of private universities in Malaysia. In Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Arts, Social Sciences & Technology, March 3-5, 2012, Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia. []

 

Working Journals and Conference Papers (Under writing process)

 

(*Titles are Subject to Change)

  1. Affective commitment and psychological empowerment among academic staff in Malaysian private universities.

 

  1. Turnover Intention among academic staff in Malaysian private universities: an empirical study.

 

CURRENT APPOINTMENT IN UTAR

 

 


 

External Service to Other Professional Body

 

 

 

 


 

Training Attended

 

  1. ICT Integration in Learning and Teaching on 30 September 2010
  2. Structural Equation Modeling on 6 & 7 October 2010
  3. The Essence of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education on 31 January 2011
  4. SAS Training on 24 March 2012

 


 

 

 

Teaching History and Experiences

 

Subject

Trimester

No. of Students

Institutions (UTAR)

Management Principle

October 2010 (ST)

82 Students

FBF, FS and FICT

Organisational Bahavior

January 2011 (LT)

158 Students

FBF

Management Principle

May 2011 (LT)

87 Students

FBF, FAS and FS

Organisational Behavior

May 2011 (LT)

49 Students

FS

Organisational Behavior

October 2011 (ST)

64 Students

FBF

Management Principle

January 2012 (LT)

170 Students

FBF

Business Research

May 2012 (LT)

143 Students

FBF

Note: Faculty of Business and Finance – FBF, Faculty of Science – FS, Faculty of Information and Computer Technology – FICT, Faculty of Arts and Social Science – FAS, Long Trimester – LT and Short Trimester – ST

                        


 

Internship Supervision History

 

Trimester

Period

No. of Students Supervision

From

To

Academic Supervision

Visiting Supervision

Oct, 2011

03.10.2011

07.10.2012

9 Students’

8 Students’

 


 

Academic Advisor History

 

Trimester

Period

No. of Advisee

From

To

Jan, 2011

17.01.2011

24.04.2012

25

May, 2011

30.05.2011

04.09.2011

26

Oct, 2011

17.10.2011

04.12.2011

36

Jan, 2012

16.01.2012

22.04.2012

36

May, 2012

28.05.2012

02.09.2012

36

 


 

Awards and Letter Commendations

 

1.         Mr. Choong Yuen Onn has received three times Dean List for good results in 2009 and 2010.

2.         Mr. Choong Yuen Onn has received Book Prize from President of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR).

3.         Received PTPTN Scholarship for three years degree study.  

4.         Mr. Choong Yuen Onn has received letter commendation for excellence teaching from President of UTAR