ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. SHARMILA A/P JAYASINGAM

Sharmila Jayasingam received her MBA and PhD from the University of Science Malaysia in the field of Management. She is currently an Associate Professor in Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. Prior to joining University of Malaya, she taught courses such as management, leadership, and knowledge management at Universiti Tenaga Nasional and Multimedia University. Her research is interdisciplinary, spanning knowledge management, leadership, and organizational behavior. Her current work explores the influence of social media on leadership effectiveness, as well as issues of happiness and well-being in the workplace. She has secured multiple research grants at both national and institutional levels, including funding from the Asian Institute of Finance (AIF), Permodalan Nasional Berhad, the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Ministry of Higher Education), and the UM Impact-Oriented Interdisciplinary Research Grant (University of Malaya).  She has written several journal articles which have been published in Journal of Knowledge Management, Current Psychology, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Industrial Management and Data Systems, International Journal of Human Resources Management, Management Research, Studies in Higher Education, and many other outlets. Beyond academia, she has several years of experience in consultancy projects with agencies such as Malaysian Aviation Group, FELDA, HC Consultancy, and others. She strongly believes that theories from academic research need to be translated into practical solutions for the workplace. Open to Supervision: I am available to supervise research in work psychology and leadership. I especially welcome students interested in using creative methods such as experiments, multi-level studies, and other innovative approaches to explore workplace and leadership issues.

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DR. MOHAMED REZAL BIN ABDUL AZIZ

Graduate of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dr Rezal, completed Basic Surgical Training in Midwestern Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland. He is the first Malaysian awarded, the Irish Scholarship for Research Fellow in University of Milwaukee and presented his research on Neuroblastoma in the Annual Congress Surgical meeting in New Orleans in 2003. He completed the MRCS(Ire) in 2007 and further obtained a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery in Strasbourg, France in 2006. He pursued in Master of Surgery in University Malaya, National Colorectal Surgery Fellowship and in 2022, completed Subspecialty Training in Advanced Colorectal and Peritoneal Malignancy with special interest in Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with Hyperthemic Intraoperative Chemotherapy (HIPEC) and Pressurized IntraPeritioneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in HUKM and National Cancer Centre in Singapore and Singapore General Hospital respectively. He sits as a member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia,Malaysian Society of Colorectal Surgeons and International Society for the study of Pleura and Peritoneum (ISSPP).

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DR. MOHD HAFYZUDDIN BIN MD YUSUF

Dr Hafyz is a lecturer at Emergency Medicine Academic Unit in Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. Having earned his degree from Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland in 2010, he later completed his Clinical Master in Emergency Medicine in 2019 through Universiti Malaya Trainee Lecturer program. Awarded for his service excellence by UMMC in 2014 and Universiti Malaya in 2023, he currently oversees Paediatric Emergency at UMMC. With a keen interest in paediatric emergencies and emergency cardiac care, he has contributed to several studies, including the development of a Covid test kit by Seegene, Korea, and a study on emergency and trauma service in Malaysia by TXP Medical, Japan. Dr Hafyz shares his expertise on CPR on Berita TV Al-Hijrah and instructs courses in basic life support, paediatric advanced life support and advanced cardiac life support. He also proudly represents Universiti Malaya in the MAKSWIP badminton tournament.

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RECENT PUBLICATION

  • Islam, Ameena; Md Syed, Md Azalanshah (2026). Journalistic Professionalism in a Time of Paradoxes: ntv Online and "alternative Voice" in Bangladesh. Journalism Practice


  • Adams, Donnie; Sothinathan, Jayanti S.; Radzi, Norfariza Mohd (2026). Science Mapping The Evolution of Middle Leadership Research, 2002-2023. Educational Management Administration & Leadership


  • Azahari, Ahmad Fikri Azfar Ahmad; Naim, Wan Naimah Wan Ab; Sari, Nor Ashikin Md; Lim, Einly; Mokhtarudin, Mohd Jamil Mohamed (2026). Advancement in Computational Simulation and Validation of Congenital Heart Disease: a Review. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering


  • Furuoka, Fumitaka; Gil-Alana, Luis; Yaya, OlaOluwa S.; Vo, Xuan Vinh (2026). Convergence of Gender Unemployment Gaps in Africa: New Evidence from Fourier Adf and Kpss Unit Root Tests With Break. Applied Economics


  • Uchiyama, Yosuke; Furuoka, Fumitaka (2026). Uberisation and Resistance to Online Food Delivery Gig Work in Asia: Lessons from Malaysia. Journal of Contemporary Asia


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