Elaine Chew

School: The Business School
Department: Management
Position: Associate Professor
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: elaine.chew@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID-ID: 0000-0002-3275-6174

Elaine has the teaching experience in management, HRM, international business, entrepreneurship and MBA. She led education innovation in her past teaching of capstone courses related to business strategy. Her passion for teaching excellence has led her revamp of the entrepreneurship course to win the Impactful (i5) PRME ASEAN competition (2023) for the Malaysia chapter. Elaine’s continuous improvement has also been rewarded with five PVC Teaching Excellence awards.

  • Ph.D. (International Development), Nagoya University, Japan
  • Master of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce, Japan
  • Bachelor of Business, Monash University, Australia

  • Human Resources Management
  • Master of Business Administration

  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Tourism
  • Consumer Psychology
  • Sustainability

Journal articles:

  • Bayraktaroglu, S.  Chew., E.Y.., Atay, E., & Aras, M. (2022). A Moderated Moderation Effects of Employer Branding and Religiosity on the Relationship of Affective Commitment and Quit Intention. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-022-09426-1
  • Chew, E.Y.T, Atay E., Bayraktaroglu, S. (2020). Female Engineers’ Happiness and Productivity in Organizations with Paternalistic Culture, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 146 (6),05020005. DOI: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CO.1943-7862.0001834 [A* ranked journal, 5.6 impact factor; Journal Metrics CiteScore:8.0]
  • Chew, Y.T., Ghurburn, A., Jane L.Y., Terspstra-Tong, Perera, K.H. (2021). Multiple intelligence and expatriate effectiveness: the mediating roles of cross-cultural adjustment. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 32 (13), 2856-2888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1616591 [A ranked journal, 5.6 impact factor; Journal Metrics CiteScore: 10.0]
  • Perera, H. Chew, Y.T. & Nielsen, I. (2017). A psychological contract perspective of expatriate failure. Human Resource Management, Vol. 56(3), 479-499; DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hrm.21788 [A* ranked journal, 6.6 impact factor]
  • Perera, H. Chew, Y.T. & Nielsen, I. (2017). A qualitative study of expatriates’ perceptions of and process of responses to psychological contract breach. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 29 (8), 1454-1484. DOI: https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1080/09585192.2016.1244101 [A ranked journal, 5.6 impact factor; Journal Metrics CiteScore: 10.0] 
  • Kwok, A.O.J. & Chew, E.Y.T. (2017). The valley for dry bones: A city’s revival for tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 66, p.199 – 203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.06.008 [A* ranked journal, 13.2 impact factor; Journal Metrics CiteScore: 15.9]
  • Chew, Y.T. & Jahari A. (2014). Destination image as a mediator between perceived risks and revisit intention: A case of post-disaster Japan. Tourism Management, Vol. 40, 382-393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2013.07.008 [A* ranked journal, 12.7 impact factor; Journal Metrics CiteScore: 22.9] 

Book chapters:

  • Teh, Y.Y., & Chew, E.Y.T. (2022). A holistic approach to teaching final-year business students in Malaysia during COVID-19. In M. G. Jamil & D.A. Morley, Agile learning environments amid disruption: Evaluating academic innovations in higher education during COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Chew, Y.T. & Onggo, S. (2016). Service collaboration between healthcare service providers and tourism agencies. In Metin Kozak , Nazmi Kozak (ed.) Tourism and Hospitality Management (Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Volume 12, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.19 – 30. 
  • Chew, Y.T., & Jahari, S. A. (2015). A Study of the Role of Country Image in Destination Image. In Kozak, M. & Kozak, N., Destination Marketing: An International Perspective, Routledge, pp. 9 -17.
  • Chew, Y.T., & Darmasaputra, A. (2015). Identifying research gaps in medical tourism. In Kozak, M. & Kozak, N., Destination Marketing: An International Perspective, Routledge, pp. 119 -125.

Taxpayers' Perception: The Effects of Tax and Superannuation Reforms on Retirement Savings in Addressing Inclusiveness, Simplicity and Transparency in Pandemic, 2023-01 to 2024-01. Funding Body: CPA Australia (Southbank, Victoria, AU). URL: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/about-cpa-australia/our-organisation/grants-honours-and-awards/global-research-perspectives-program

Talent Management: Is the Deeply Rooted Paternalistic Culture in South Korea, Japan and Turkey important to the Millennial workforce? 2020-04 to 2021-07. Funding Body: Academy of Korean Studies (Seongnam-si, KR)

Evaluating the Extent of Tax Evasion" A Malaysian Study, 2018-09 to 2020-12. Funding Body: Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MY)

A Model of Global CSR Integration for Corporate Survival and Growth for MNCs in Malaysia, 2016 to 2018. Funding Body: Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (Putrajaya, MY)

A study of the effects of perceived risk, risk reduction strategies and government interventions on the intention to revisit Japan among Malaysian tourists, 2012-04 to 2013-03. Funding Body: Sumitomo Foundation (Tokyo, JP)

  • PhD supervision completion: 10 graduates
  • PhD supervision (Current): 7 (In Monash University Malaysia)

  • Teaching award: 5 PVC Teaching Excellence Awards (Monash University Malaysia)
  • Research award: 1 PVC Research Excellence Award (Monash University Malaysia) 

Published report in 2023. Collaboration with: Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) Hong Kong and KPMG Hong Kong. Charting a New Course in Asia Pacific: Regional Trends in Global Sourcing

Published report in 2022 (in Japanese). Commissioned by: Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Japan. Electrical and Electronics Industry in Malaysia: A case of Semiconductor sector

  • 2023 July - Present: RMIT University Vietnam
  • 2007 July - 2023 July: Monash University Malaysia
  • 2006 - 2007 June: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
  • 2005 - 2006: Kolej Bandar Utama, Malaysia