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Supporting and Sustaining Well-Being in the Workplace

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Supporting and Sustaining Well-Being in the Workplace: Insights from a Developing Economy

Written by

Sharmila Jayasingam

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Safiah Omar

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Norizah Mohd Mustamil

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Rosmawani Che Hashim

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Raida Abu Bakar

University of Malaya, Malaysia

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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To our family members, who have been patient while we write …

Acknowledgement

Writing a book can be a lonely journey. Apropos to this, we have taken an approach as a team to write this book together and what an amazing journey it has been! At a time when the world is facing a global pandemic, we found that this book could not have been written at a better time. While writing the book, we realized that, like any human endeavours, sustaining a particular effort is more easily said than done. Essentially, we hope this book helps readers cope with our ever complicated world and provide comforts to those that are battling with their wellbeing. While our readers may live and work in different countries, we certainly share a common philosophy: Our aim to protect and enhance our well-being.

This project is fully supported by Equitable Society Research Cluster (ESRC), University of Malaya, under award grant number SG005A-18SBS.

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Author Biographies

Raida Abu Bakar is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Policy and Strategy, University of Malaya. Her areas of research interest are organisational psychology/employee motivation. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Management from Purdue University, United States, an MBA from the University of Malaya, and the PhD from RMIT University, Australia. Her research has been published in International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Training and Development, and so on. She has 15 years of experience in consultancy and research projects. She was a consultant to numerous projects, that is, Ministry of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development, Master Builder Association of Malaysia, ANGKASA, Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan, and others.

Rosmawani Che Hashim is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Malaya (UM) with 25 years’ teaching experience. Her areas of expertise are Commercial Law, International Trade Law, and Islamic Banking and Finance Law. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree in 1992 and Bachelor of Shariah Law (Hons) degree in 1993 from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Following her Bachelor degrees, she obtained her Masters in International Commercial Law from the University of Nottingham, UK, in 1995. She holds her PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance Law at the International Islamic Banking and Finance Institute (IIiBF) IIUM. She started her carrier as a Lecturer at the Universiti Utara Malaysia in 1995 before transferring to UM in 2005. Currently, she is teaching Commercial Law and Legal Aspect of Banking Law at the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, (FBA), UM, and serves as a Coordinator for Industrial Training. Apart from her considerable teaching experience and administration posts, she is active in literary pursuits. Her articles have been published in various law journals as well as proceedings in national and international conferences.

Sharmila Jayasingam received her MBA and PhD from the University of Science Malaysia in the field of Management. She is currently a Associate Professor in leadership and organisational behaviour at the Faculty of Business and Accounting, University of Malaya. Prior to joining the University of Malaya, she was teaching courses such as management, leadership, and knowledge management at the Universiti Tenaga Nasional and Multimedia University. Her research is in interdisciplinary and addresses knowledge management issues, leadership, and organisational behaviour. Her current interest includes the influence of social media on leadership effectiveness. She has written several journal articles which have been published in Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Industrial Management and Data Systems, International Journal of Human Resources Management, Management Research, and many other outlets. She has several years of experience in consultancy projects with agencies such as Permodalan Nasional Berhad, FELDA, HC Consultancy, and so forth.

Norizah Mohd Mustamil is currently a Senior Lecturer in business ethics and human resource management at the Faculty of Business and Accounting, University of Malaya. She received her MBA from the University of Malaya and DBA from the Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. Her research is in interdisciplinary and addresses ethical issues in business practices and human resource management area. Her current research interest includes the antecedent factors on individuals’ ethical behaviours in organisations. She has written several chapters in books and journal articles which have been published in the Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journal Management & Marketing, and many other outlets. She has several years of experience in consultancy projects with government and private agencies such Ministry of Human Resources, National Population and Family Development Board, Institute of Labour Market Information and Analysis, ANGKASA, ASWARA, and so forth.

Safiah Omar is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Policy and Strategy, University of Malaya. Her areas of research interest are organisational strategy, organisational psychology, and employee motivation. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Sunderland, UK, MBA and PhD from the Universiti Teknologi MARA. She has eight years of experience in training, consultancy, and research projects. She was a consultant to numerous projects, that is, Ministry of Higher Educations, Cooperative College of Malaysia, Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, Ministry of Education Malaysia, and others. She is also the Founder of SmartAKAL, an association that provides free education seminars for schools in Malaysia.