Dr Rodney Toh Seong Yuen

Dr Rodney Toh Seong Yuen

  • Principal Teaching Fellow
Department of Management

Biography

Dr Toh teaches leadership and business ethics in Sunway University for 7 years. Before joining the academia, he worked in retail operations for 20 years in retail operations, in publishing for 4 years, and in production operations for 6 years. A combination of work experience and academic interest served him well in teaching. He serves in various undergraduate and postgraduate programme committees and currently chairs the AACSB assurance of learning committee. Dr Toh loves reading and thinks cats are smarter than dogs.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Business (Sunway University), 2018
  • Master of Business Administration (Victoria University), 2006
  • Graduate of Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (UK), 1995, 2007
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Christian Thought (Kairos Research Centre), 1997

Research Interests

  • Leadership Studies (My Stellar Padlet)

Teaching Areas

  • Leadership
  • Business Ethics

Courses Taught

  • Leadership MGT3073
  • Business Ethics MGT3044

Notable Publications

2022 -

Toh, S-Y., Su-Ann Ng, S-A, Siok-Tien Phoon, S-K. . Accentuating Technology Acceptance Among Academicians: A Conservation of Resource Perspective in the Malaysian Context. Education and Information Technologies. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11288-x (Scopus Q1, impact factor 2.917)

2022 -

Toh, S-Y., Yuan, S. W. & Kaur, R. . Do materialistic consumers buy more during the Covid-19 pandemic? Social consumption motivation of anxious Malaysians in the face of existential threat of death. International Journal of Consumer Relationship Marketing Management, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcrmm.289203

2022 -

Toh, S-Y., Tehseen, S., Mahmoud, A. B., Cheok, J. B., & Kaur, R. . Stress Amongst Private University Students in Malaysia: Do Personality Differences Matter?. International Journal of Public Sociology and Sociotherapy (IJPSS), 2(1), 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJPSS.292014

2022 -

Toh, S-Y. . (Re)constructing Leadership: Complexity and Flexibility. In S. Khan (Eds.), Leadership and Followership in an Organizational Change Context (pp. 22-56). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-2807-5.ch002

2021 -

Toh, S-Y., Kaur, R. & Tehseen, S. Why Am I So Stressed Out? The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society, 12(1), 79-93. https://doi.org/10.18848/2156-8960/cgp/v12i01/79-93

2021 -

Toh, S-Y., Tehseen, S., Mahmoud, A. B., Cheok, J., Grigoriou, N., & Opute, J. . Mission Statement Effectiveness: Investigating Managers’ Sensemaking Role. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 27(2), 329-34.5 https://doi.org/10.1108/ccij-03--0031 (Scopus Q1, impact factor 1.835)

2017 -

Toh, S-Y. & Koon, V. Y. , Determining mission statement effectiveness from a fit perspective. Studies in Business and Economics, 12(2), 220-240. https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe--0031 (Scopus Q3)

Hossain, S. M., Uddin, M. J., Fujimoto, Y., & Toh, S-Y. The impact of social capital-based selection practices on talent management: Evidence from telecom MNCs in Bangladesh. European Journal of International Management http://dx.doi.org/10./EJIM.2021.10034513 (Scopus Q2, Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2022, 2.294)

Achievements & Accolades

H.G. Morgan Prize for Economics

Professional Associations

  1. Academy of Management (USA)
  2. Chartered Management Institute (UK)
  3. Health, Wellness, & Society Research Network (USA).