Poon , Wai Ching

Poon , Wai Ching

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Positions

Associate Professor, Management and Humanities Department , Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Member, Centre of Social Innovation , Institute of Smart & Sustainable Living

overview

Assoc. Prof. Wai Ching Poon specialization in Applied Economics, Business Economics and Financial Economics, Sustainable Development (waste, climate change, food and water security), Tourism, Higher Education. Her working experience from 2000 until now. She started working at UTP in 2021 until now.

member of

Management and Humanities Department

selected publications

academic article
- E-Learning Engagement and Effectiveness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Interaction Model. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. 40:393-408. 2024
- Rights awareness and COVID-19 tourism job losses: perspectives from Malaysia. Current Issues in Tourism. 27:171-177. 2024
- A simulation-aided approach in examining the viability of passive daylighting techniques on inclined windows. Energy and Buildings. 282:112739. 2023
- How and when social media influencers' intimate self-disclosure fosters purchase intentions: the roles of congruency and parasocial relationships. Marketing Intelligence & Planning. 41:790-809. 2023
- Is there a CSI-leverage nexus?. International Review of Financial Analysis. 89:102799. 2023
- Measuring long-run housing affordability for Malaysian millennial households: a geospatial and income distribution analysis. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. 2023
- Rationality and Emotionality Interplay and Economic Contributions: A Neuroeconomics Experiment. Review of Behavioral Economics. 10:27-44. 2023
- Students' cyberslacking behaviour in e-learning environments: the role of the Big Five personality traits and situational factors. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 15:521-536. 2023
- The US-China trade war and the volatility linkages between energy and agricultural commodities. Energy Economics. 120:106605. 2023
- Understanding Students’ Cyberslacking Behaviour in e-Learning Environments: Is Student Engagement the Key?. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. 39:2573-2588. 2023
- Gender Discrimination in the Absence of Discrimination Laws: Evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Society. 23:1025-1041. 2022
- Revisiting the role of inflation in financial development: unveiling non-linear and moderating effects. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration. 14:380-401. 2022
- The roles of financial development and urbanization in degrading environment in Africa: Unravelling non-linear and moderating impacts. Energy Reports. 8:1665-1677. 2022
- Hong Kong protests and tourism: Modelling tourist trust on revisit intention. Journal of Vacation Marketing. 27:217-234. 2021
- Water Literacy in the Southeast Asian Context: Are We There Yet?. Water. 13:2311. 2021
- A Micro-Level View of Housing Affordability in Malaysia Using an Age Cohort-housing Type Analysis. Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies. 56:1-22. 2019
- Comments on U.S.–China Trade War: Potential Trade and Investment Spillovers into Malaysia. Asian Economic Papers. 18:138-140. 2019
- Measuring Malaysian housing affordability: the lifetime income approach. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. 12:966-984. 2019
- Subsidiary knowledge flow strategies and purpose of expatriate assignments. International Business Review. 28:450-462. 2019
- Forecasting volatility in the biofuel feedstock markets in the presence of structural breaks: A comparison of alternative distribution functions. Energy Economics. 70:307-333. 2018
- Selection Bias and the Underwriter Certification of the Largest Shareholders in Seasoned Equity Offerings. International Review of Finance. 18:217-251. 2018
- Wealth transfers in rights offerings and the protective instruments. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics. 14:335-357. 2018
- Will you fly with this airline in the future? An empirical study of airline avoidance after accidents. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 35:1145-1159. 2018
- Is there gender gap unequivocally? Evidence from research output 1958–2008. Scientometrics. 111:1687-1701. 2017
- Research output: evidence from economics departments in the Asia-Pacific region. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 22:604-620. 2017
- Conceptions of happiness and life satisfaction: An exploratory study in 14 national groups. Personality and Individual Differences. 102:145-148. 2016
- River and fish pollution in Malaysia: A green ergonomics perspective. Applied Ergonomics. 57:80-93. 2016
- Chinese universities economic research output 2000–2010. Journal of Asian Economics. 40:1-9. 2015
- Fragility of Happiness Beliefs Across 15 National Groups. Journal of Happiness Studies. 16:1185-1210. 2015
- Cross-Cultural Validation of Fear of Happiness Scale Across 14 National Groups. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 45:246-264. 2014
- Do oil prices predict economic growth? New global evidence. Energy Economics. 41:137-146. 2014
- Inflation Targeting in ASEAN‐10. South African Journal of Economics. 82:141-157. 2014
- Monetary Conditions in the Philippines: An Assessment from DOLS and ARDL. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 15:290-306. 2014
- Why are rights offers in Hong Kong so different?. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 26:176-197. 2014
- Exchange-Rate Volatility, Exchange-Rate Regime, and Trade in OIC Countries. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 14:182-201. 2013
- E-Service Quality: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 13:229-262. 2012
- The Outcome of Politically Connected Boards on Commercial Bank Performance in Malaysia. Modern Applied Science. 7. 2012
- Undergraduates' perception on causes, coping and outcomes of academic stress: its foresight implications to university administration. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. 8:379. 2012
- Mobile learning: the economics perspective. International Journal of Innovation and Learning. 7:412. 2010
- An insight into the attributes influencing the acceptance of internet banking: the consumers' perspective. International Journal of Services and Standards. 5:81. 2009
- Users' adoption of e‐banking services: the Malaysian perspective. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing. 23:59-69. 2007
- Are travellers satisfied with Malaysian hotels?. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. 17:217-227. 2005
- A study of Web‐based learning (WBL) environment in Malaysia. International Journal of Educational Management. 18:374-385. 2004
chapter
- China’s Circular Economy Toward Environmental, Social, and Governance. Contemporary Strategic Chinese American Business Negotiations and Market Entry. 369-393. 2023
- Climate Change, Hunger and Food Security in Asia with Special Reference to Sri Lanka: Can the Sustainable Development Goals Be Achieved by 2030?. Exploring Synergies and Trade-offs between Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals. 37-54. 2021
- Millennial tourism. Millennials, Spirituality and Tourism. 104-118. 2021
- High-Rate Anaerobic Digestion of POME for Stable Effluent and Biogas Production. Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry. 45-56. 2020
- Introduction. Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry. 1-4. 2020
- Oil Palm Plantation Wastes. Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry. 5-20. 2020
- Palm Oil Milling Wastes. Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry. 21-44. 2020
- Sustainability of Waste Management Initiatives in Palm Oil Mills. Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry. 57-73. 2020
- Natural Resource Use, Institutions, and Green Ergonomics. Ergonomics and Human Factors for a Sustainable Future. 271-297. 2018

education and training

University Malaya 2001
B.A.E. 1999

full name

Wai Ching Poon

primary email

waiching.poon@utp.edu.my

webpage

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Contact Info

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