Kim Huynh

a headshot photo of Kim Huynh
School: The Business School 
Department: Business & Innovation
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: kim.huynhthien@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0000-0002-6241-8205

Dr. Kim Huynh has earned her PhD degree from Macquarie University, Australia. She completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the US. Kim has taught at several Vietnamese International and Australian Universities for 7 years. She also has run her own business in education for 5 years. With her passionate in corporate governance, strategic and branding areas, she has published and reviewed at the top-ranking journals articles. Kim has received several awards and funding supports, such as the best conference paper in Service Marketing track at ANZMAC 2015, the top 10% PhD Thesis 2021, and up to 30,000 AUD internal funding projects from RMIT.

  • PhD Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2021 (Top 10% Thesis).
  • MBA California Coast University, California, USA, 2013 (Summa Cum Laude, the top 5%).
  • BA, Bemidji State University, Minnesota, USA, 2012 (Magna Cum Laude, the top 10%).

Consumer behaviour, Marketing communication, Services marketing, Strategic marketing, Global branding, Marketing Research, and Marketing management.

Branding, Strategic and Corporate governance

  • Huynh, K.T., Wilden, R. and Gudergan, S.P. The Interface of Top Management and the Board in Dynamic Capability Deployment, submitted journal: Long Range Planning. 4th Review. (A ranking)
  • Ngo L.V; Nguyen N.P; Huynh, T. K; Gregory G; Cuong P.H, 2019, Converting internal brand knowledge into employee performance, Journal of Product and Brand Management, vol. ahead-of-print, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-10-2018-2068 (A ranking)
  • Huynh, T. K, Wilden, R., Gudergan, S. (2019). The Interaction between Top Management Team Members and Board of Directors in Dynamic Capability Deployment. Presented at the EIASM, June, Passau, Germany. 
  • Huynh, T. K, Gudergan, S. Wilden, R. (2018). The Interaction Between Top Management Teams and Board of Directors in Dynamic Capabilities. Presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, August, Chicago, USA. 
  • Huynh, T. K, Ngo, V. L., Pham, H. C., Kim, D.(2015). Enhancing Employee Performance: A Cognitive –Effective- Behavioral Model. Paper presenting at the meeting of the ANZMAC, Sydney, Australia. 

  • Internal and External Fundings
  • A Ranking 2021 CoBL Research Publication Scheme (Chief Investigator) Oct 2021. Awarded by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne ($1,500)
  • Learning and Teaching Projects Funding (Associate Investigator) Aug 202. Awarded by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Vietnam (20,000 USD)
  • Student Scholarships and Support
  • Faculty of Business and Economics Special Scholarship. 2019 – 2020. Awarded by the Macquarie University (Approx. 90,000 AUD)
  • International Postgraduate Research Scholarship & Research Scholarship Central 50:50. 2016 – 2018. Awarded by The University of Newcastle (Approx. 160,000AUD)

  • Top 10% PhD Thesis, University of Macquarie. Australia. 2021
  • Student Nomination for Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching Awards, Macquarie University, Australia, 2020.
  • Top 3 – Three Minutes Thesis Competition, Faculty of Business & Law, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2018
  • Best conference paper of Service Management Track at ANZMAC Conference, Australia, 2015.
  • Summa Cum Laude (The top 5%, GPA 3.92/4.00), MBA, USA, 2013.
  • Magna Cum Laude (The top 10%, GPA 3.89/4.00), BA, USA, 2012.

Business Owner and Founder of American Australian English Centre, Binh Duong, Vietnam, 2016 to Current.

  • Casual Teaching Staff, Macquarie University and University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2018 – 2020.
  • Lecturer, Eastern International University, Binh Duong, Vietnam 2013-2016.