Professor Christopher Selvarajah

Christopher is currently Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University having held the substantive position as Professor of International Business at the Faculty of Business and Enterprise at Swinburne University in Melbourne since 2004. He is also Visiting Professor/External Assessor at UCSI University in Malaysia, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, and Adamson University in the Philippines. He is a Malaysian by birth, educated in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. His previous academic appointments have been at RMIT University as Director of the MBA Programmes, at Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Brunei Darussalam and Deakin University in Melbourne. In the years of service at universities in Asia, New Zealand and Australia he has held senior levels of appointment. In these institutions, he has been involved in policy decisions at the university, faculty and school levels.

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In Brunei, from 1990 to 1994, he was instrumental in setting up the MBA School. -In 1994, with the establishment of a new Massey University campus in Auckland, he was appointed Visiting Professor and Graduate Academic Adviser to establish postgraduate programmes in business.

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As Director of the MBA Programmes at RMIT between 2000 and 2004 he held responsibilities for programme development and management in new locations internationally and locally.

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At Swinburne University of Technology, he has held the positions of Deputy Dean of Research and Director of Research at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship.

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He has also been involved in areas of policy making outside of his employment and in support of educational initiatives at other institutions. For example: -Appointment to the Malaysian Accreditation Board as Panel Member -Appointment as an External Examiner to the Faculty of Management at the Multimedia University in Cyber Jaya and in Melaka, Malaysia. -Appointed Fellow of the Graduate Management Association of Australia -Board of Key Solutions, a non-profit-making organisation catering for training and employment needs in the community. -As Visiting Professor to the University of Technology and Management at Shah Alam in Malaysia, Built Bright University in Cambodia, and the University of Colombo. These appointments are both local and international recognition of his leadership role in academia. Chris has also worked in the private sector as a bank officer in Kuala Lumpur, as a restaurateur having owned and operated the business and featured in Vogue International as restaurant of the month, and as a property entrepreneur and as owner developer of a software company with educational programs retailed through the international company, Scholastic. In his tenure as an academic he has earned an international reputation for his achievements as author, researcher, and scholar. He has: -Co-authored 8 books/monographs -Co-edited 2 book -Authored 2 theses -Authored 3 Instructor Manuals -Authored/co-authored 17 book chapters -Authored 27 case study chapters -Authored/co-authored 54 refereed papers in scholarly journals -Authored/co-authored 58 refereed conference papers -Authored 27 refereed management case studies -Authored 11 refereed staff papers -Authored 15 major reports and -Provided 31 media interviews -Examined 36 PhD & Master theses -Supervised 23 Doctoral theses to completions -Supervised 33 Master theses completions as Coordinating Supervisor - Recipient of 2.1 million worth of grant monies In his scholastic endeavours, he has accepted the dictum of research-based teaching as an academic priority. He has adequately satisfied this priority in utilising, his published articles as class references and his published case studies as classroom resources. Chris's research in acculturation studies, for example, have been publicised widely. His research findings were cited in 26 different news releases, including newspapers, television and radio. He has been invited to write chapters for research books such as: -The Current State of Business Disciplines published by Spellbound Publication. -International Business Reader published by Addison Wesley -Managing Economic Liberalisation in South Asia, published by MacMillan -Contemporary Issues in International Business and Marketing published by Academic Press International His book publication activities have mainly been driven by frontline research. -His first book title Quality Circles: A Participative Approach was in response to Malaysia's 'Look East Policy' and industries need to understand participative management techniques. -His interest in the broader management disciple enabled him to publish two co-authored books, published by Longman Cheshire, titled Management: A Behavioural Approach, and a case study book titled Management Case Studies. Both books had numerous reprints. -His research in International Business began with his teaching of the subject at Massey University in New Zealand. His initial effort produced a Reader in International Business published by the university. As there was no Australasian text in International Business and with acquired expertise in developing the subject further at Deakin University and Swinburne University of Technology, he co-edited a text titled International Business and again published by Longman Cheshire. -With globalisation and the growing importance of Asia in world trade, he produced 2 monographs to cover these emerging areas of interest in business education. Global Business: The New Realignment and Asia in Transition by Massey University. - With the growth of management education and the dearth of case studies in Australia, he co-authored another case study book titled Cases in Management. This book was release by Tertiary Press in Melbourne. His contributions in journal publications have followed a similar pattern to other publications. His publication interests are in management generally, and with a growing interest and narrowed focus in leadership and cross-cultural research. His publications have been published in reputable journals such as: -Management International Review -Leadership & Organization Development Journal -Asia Pacific Business Review -International Journal of Management -Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy -Human Systems -Journal of Enterprise Research -Asia Pacific HRM -Journal of Cross-cultural Management -Equal Opportunities International -Research News -Journal of Development Entrepreneurship.