Nurul Liyana Mohd Kamil is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia. She currently serves as the Director of the Research Grant Management Centre under the Portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), where she leads initiatives to strengthen research excellence, grant management, and innovation across the university. She served as a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom. She was also appointed as a Visiting Scholar at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, under the Erasmus+ International Staff Mobility Programme. She holds a PhD in Human Resource Management from Universiti Sains Malaysia, a Master of Business Administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia.
Her research interests include leadership, organisational climate, employee voice, work engagement, employee well-being, and work performance, with a particular interest in multilevel and longitudinal research. Her research has been published in various Web of Science and Scopus-indexed journals, including the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Personnel Review, Current Psychology, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, and Journal of Management & Organization.
Nurul also brings valuable industry experience to her academic work, having previously worked for several years as a Human Resource Executive at Pharmaniaga Berhad. This experience allows her to connect academic knowledge with practical organisational and human resource management issues. She is the Deputy Editor of Institutions and Economies and serves as a reviewer for several recognised journals, including Management Decision, Current Psychology, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, and Journal of Management & Organization. She also serves as the Membership Officer of the Asia Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work (APAPFAW) and is actively involved in international research collaborations and academic networks.
An experienced educator and research supervisor, Dr. Nurul teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in human resource management and organisational behaviour. She has successfully supervised several PhD candidates who graduated on time (GOT) and continues to supervise PhD and Master of Public Administration students. She is also an invited lecturer at Akademi Kepimpinan Wanita Malaysia, where she contributes to leadership and professional development programmes. Her contributions have been recognised through several awards and international appointments, including the Universiti Malaya Excellent Service Award (2023) and the Erasmus+ International Grant for Staff Mobility for Teaching.
Nurul's profile is available at https://umexpert.um.edu.my/nurulliyana.html, and she can be contacted at nurulliyana@um.edu.my.