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 specialises in Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Leadership, with particular expertise in public-sector leadership, organisational climate, employee voice, job crafting, work engagement, employee well-being and work performance. Her research examines how leadership and organisational conditions shape employee behaviour, well-being and performance, particularly within public institutions and complex organisational environments, using multilevel and longitudinal research designs.

She currently serves as the Director of the Research Grant Management Centre under the Portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Universiti Malaya, where she leads university-wide initiatives to strengthen research excellence, grant governance and innovation. She previously served as a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom, and 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 has been published in 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. She is actively involved in international research collaborations and academic networks focusing on leadership, employee behaviour, psychosocial work environments and public-sector management.

Before entering academia, Nurul gained several years of industry experience as a Human Resource Executive at Pharmaniaga Berhad. This professional background enables her to connect academic research with practical human resource and organisational challenges. She is the Deputy Editor of Institutions and Economies and serves as a reviewer for established journals, including Management Decision, Current Psychology, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, and Journal of Management & Organization. She previously served as the Membership Officer of the Asia Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work (APAPFAW) and remains actively engaged in international professional and scholarly networks.

An experienced educator and research supervisor, Nurul teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. She has successfully supervised PhD candidates who completed their studies within the stipulated period and continues to supervise doctoral 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 academic and professional contributions have been recognised through several awards and international appointments, including the Universiti Malaya Excellent Service Award and the Erasmus+ International Grant for Staff Mobility for Teaching.

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