Adriel K S Sim

• Doctor of Philosophy, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
• Master of Business Administration, Curtin University, WA, Australia
• Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Curtin University, WA, Australia
• Bachelor of Science, Winona State University, MN, U.S.A

• Management 
• Master of Business Administration

• Human resource development
• Work-life balance
• Meaningful work
• Psychological capital
• Teaching pedagogy in higher education

Journal Articles:

• Tan, K.-L., Sim, A.K.S., Yap, S.S.-N., Vithayaporn, S. and Rachmawati, A.W. (2023). A systematic review of meaningful work unifying 20 years of theoretical and substantive contributions (2000–2020), Journal of Advances in Management Research, 20 (3):462-512. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-11-2022-0225
• Tan, K-L, Cham, T-H., & Sim, A.K.S. (2023). What Makes Social Work Meaningful? Evidence for a Curvilinear Relationship of Meaningful Work on Work Engagement with Psychological Capital as the Moderator, Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2023.2197020
• Ting, Q.H., Lew, T.Y., Goi, C.L., Sim, A.K.S., & Gim, G.C.W. (2023). Psychological capital and Employee Engagement as Predictors of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 Era: Transfer of Training as a mediator. Current Psychology, DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04595-0
• Tan, K.-L., Sim, A.K.S. and Donohue, T. (2022). Multigroup analysis of bidirectional work-family enrichment on family satisfaction of hospitality employees during pandemic: Where religiosity and marital status matter, The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 157 (1): 48-70, DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2022.2134278
• Tan, K.-L., Sim, A.K.S. and Donohue, T. (2022), To predict and to explain: a multigroup analysis of gender on job and family satisfaction among hospitality employees, Gender in Management, 37 (7): 891-911
• Suo, W., Goi, C., Goi, M., & Sim, A. K. S. (2022). Factors Influencing Behavioural Intention to Adopt the QR-Code Payment: Extending UTAUT2 Model. International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM), 13 (2), 1-22
• Sim, A.K.S., Tan, K.-L., Sia, J.K.-M. and Hii, I.S.H. (2021), Students' choice of international branch campus in Malaysia: a gender comparative study, International Journal of Educational Management, 35 (1): 87-107
• Tan, K.-L., Lew, T.-Y. and Sim, A.K.S. (2021), "Effect of work engagement on meaningful work and psychological capital: perspectives from social workers in New Zealand", Employee Relations, 43 (1): 807-826
• Tan, K.-L., Sim, A.K.S., Chai, D. and Beck, L. (2020), Participant well-being and local festivals: the case of the Miri country music festival, Malaysia, International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 11 (4): 433-451
• Tan, K.L., Lew, T.Y. & Sim, A.K.S. (2019). Is meaningful work the silver bullet? Perspectives from non-profit social service organizations, Journal of Asia Business Studies, 13 (4): 612-632
• Jong, C.Y., Sim, A.K.S. & Lew, T.Y. (2019). The relationship between TQM and project performance: empirical evidence from Malaysian construction industry, Cogent Business and Management, 6 (1): 1 – 31
• Tan, K.L., Lew, T.Y. & Sim, A.K.S. (2019). An innovative solution to leverage meaningful work to attract, retain and manage generation Y employees in Singapore’s hotel industry, Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 12 (2): 1-17
• Mohamed, Y. & Sim, A.K.S. (2016). Critical success factors for international development projects in Maldives, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9 (3): 481 – 504

Conference Papers:

• Ting, Q.H, Lew Tek-Yew, Sim, A.K.S. (2022). The Effects of Remote e-Working on Job Performance and Occupational Wellbeing among Academics in Malaysia. Presented at the Curtin Global Campuses Higher Degree by Research Colloquium 2022. Awarded Best Presenter (Business and Humanities)
• Ting, Q.H., Lew, T.Y., Sim, A.K.S (2022). Psychological capital as a determinant of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour amidst Industrial Revolution 4.0: Mediating role of Transfer of Training. Paper presented at the Global Conference on Business & Social Sciences (GCBSS-2022) June 17-18, 2022

• 2022: Co-investigator. Project: Miri Country Music Festival. Funded by Place Borneo Sdn Bhd
• 2019: Co-investigator. Project: Developing a model of Intangible strategic resources, entrepreneurial orientation and business performance of indigenous-owned SMEs in Sarawak. Funded by Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng Foundation
• 2016: Co-investigator. Project: Students’ choice of higher education institution. Funded by Office of R&D, Curtin University Malaysia

• 3 PhD students in the domain of management

• Recipient of several awards including Student Choice Award, Dean’s Commendation Award, the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
• Fellowship and Membership of Learned and Professional Societies
• Senior Member, International Economics Development Research Center (IEDRC) (2012 - present)
• Member, Asia Academy of Management (2007 – present)
• Member (by invitation), Golden Key National Honour Society (1998 – present)

• Member of the Advisory Board to Rockville Development Sdn Bhd
• Formally involved in consultancy, business development, training and coaching employees in both private and government sectors

• Associate Lecturer/ Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Malaysia
• Head of Department of Marketing and Management, Curtin University Malaysia
• Consultant, Curtin Consultancy Services (M) Sdn. Bhd
• Sessional Lecturer, Open University Malaysia
• Lecturer, Micronet International College, Brunei Darussalam
• Service Assistant, Aramark Services Inc, Winona, MN, USA
• Teacher, SRB Chung San, Malaysia