Deputy Dean,
Faculty of Business and Management
Qualifications:
- PhD in Business and Management (2015), Lord Ashcroft International School, Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Master in Business Administration (2010), Graduate Institute of Management, Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
- Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) (1997), Faculty of Life Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Administrative Appointments / Committee Involvements:
- Deputy Dean, (Faculty of Business and Management), December 2018 to present
- Programme Coordinator (MBA ODL)
- Member of Postgraduate Research Committee
- Member of Internal Research Grant Committee
- Member of the Joint Committee on Issues related to Animal Care, Use and Research Ethics, QIU
Research Interest
- The value of stories and narratives in leading and managing.
- Models of leading, managing and organising in a humanistic manner.
- Spiritual well-being in the workplace, in the meaning and purpose of work, and in the intersection between personal and professional values.
- Qualitative (interpretive) methodologies, particularly narrative inquiry.
Teaching Interests
- Leading and managing people
- Qualitative methodologies
Teaching and Industry Experience
Teaching
Subjects taught in the postgraduate levels:
Professional and Organisational Development; International Leadership; Leadership and Change; Leading, Managing and Developing People; Organisational Behaviour; Marketing Management; Business Research Methods
Subjects taught in the undergraduate levels:
Sales Management; Human Resource Management; Business Ethics; Business Research Methods; Critical Thinking; Strategic Marketing; Marketing Research; Introduction to Research Methods; Organisational Behaviour
Industry experience
- Assistant Sales Manager, Johnson and Johnson (Medical) Malaysia (2008-2010)
- Northern Territory Manager, Dyamed Biotech (M) Sdn Bhd (2006-2007)
- Product Specialist and District sales Manager, Eli Lilly (Msia) Sdn Bhd (1998 – 2005)
- Safety Administrator, Seagate Industries (M) Sdn Bhd – (1997)
Industry training
- Sales Greatness & Customer Loyalty with the Ziglar Sales System by the Institute of Training and Development (2010)
- Situational Self-Leadership by General Manager of Johnson and Johnson (Malaysia) (2009)
- Managerial Success by Henry R. Meyer (2005)
- Situational Leadership Workshop by The Ken Blanchard Companies (2004)
- Insights into Personal Effectiveness by Insights Training and Development Ltd. (2000)
Academic Conference
- Yee, J.K.L. (2021, October 20-23). Watching out for blind spots: Towards a balanced conception of spiritual well-being in management research and practice. [Conference presentation]. 10th International Qualitative Research Conference 2021, Malaysia.
- Yee, J.K.L. (2017, August 25-26). Scratching beneath the surface: Using narrative inquiry in organisational research. [Conference presentation]. 9th International Qualitative Research Conference, Berjaya University College of Hospitality, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Yee, J.K.L. (2014, May 19-21). Spirituality and workplace performance: Meaning in a target-driven environment. [Conference presentation]. 3rd International Conference of the British Association of the Study of Spirituality, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
- Yee, J.K.L. (2014, May 15-17). Spirituality and performance at work in Malaysia. [Conference presentation]. 2nd International Conference of the British Association of the Study of Spirituality, Northampton, United Kingdom.
Professional Membership / Certification
- Certified ‘Train The Trainer’ (HRDF Malaysia)
- Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom.
- Appointed Trainer and life member of the Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (QRAM).
Professional Activities
- Co-trainer for International Quest Business Conference (IQBC) 2024 preconference workshop “Analysing Qualitative Data: Engaging with Nvivo”, 6 November 2024.
- Conducted workshop for Pusat Penyelidikan Sosio Ekonomi, Risikan Pasaran dan Agribisnes of Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) under Qualitative Research Association Malaysia, 4th – 5th March 2024.
- Co-conducted a preconference workshop titled “Doing Qualitative Data Analysis using Narrative and Phenomenographic Approaches” during the International Qualitative Research Conference, 23rd November 2023.
- Conducted workshop for Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia titled “Qualitative Interviewing – Avoiding the pitfalls”, 11th February 2023.
- Reviewer for Malaysian Journal of Qualitative Research (MJQR)
- Conducted workshop for Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia titled “Using Narrative Inquiry and Narrative Interviews in Research”, 26th June 2021.
- Editorial Review Board Member of Journal of Global Responsibility (Emerald Publishing)
- Reviewer for Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
- Reviewer for Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd.
- Seminar speaker for ‘Analysing Qualitative Data: Engaging with Talk’, 11 Jan 2018.
- Seminar speaker for ‘Exploring Possibilities: Learning how to use qualitative interviewing in research’, 11th January 2017.
- Seminar speaker for ‘Eliciting Talk: Optimising the Qualitative Interview’, 11th July 2017.
Journal Publication
- Yee, J. K. L. (2025). Seeing anew: Transitioning from positivism to interpretivism. In Chong, S.L. (Ed.), Qualitative Research in Malaysia: Bringing Voices from the Margins to the Mainstream. Routledge
- George Visuvasam, J. & Yee, J.K.L (2022). Coping Strategies Among White-Collar Employees in Malaysia Affected by Toxic Leadership. Journal of Social Science and Business, 1(2).
- Yee, J.K.L. (2021). Watching out for blind spots: Towards a balanced conception of spiritual well-being in management research and practice. Malaysian Journal of Qualitative Research, Special Issue 26.
- Yee, J.K.L, Smith, J.A., & Robinson, S. (2021). Spiritual Well-being and Work Performance among Ground-level Employees: Unravelling the Connection. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 29(3).
- Yee, J.K.L. (2019). The value of stories in qualitative interviews: using narrative inquiry as a methodology. The Malaysian Journal of Qualitative Research, 5(1), pp.17-27.
