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Qualification: MBA (Universiti Utara Malaysia); DBA (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Teaching Interest: Logistics Management; Supply Chain Management; Operations and Technology Management; Project Management

Research Interest: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Research Profile:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2ur_9RQAAAAJ&hl=en
SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57003650900
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gunalan-Nadarajah?ev=hdr_xprf
UUM Directory of Experts: http://experts.uum.edu.my/Researcher_Info.aspx?nopkj=4956

Biography: Gunalan Nadarajah is Senior Lecturer of Supply Chain Management. Gunalan is Certified in Hazardous Material Handling (Pudong, China) and a Certified Teambuilding Facilitator (Penang Skills Development Centre). He has been very instrumental in university-industry engagement via Public Private Research Network under the Ministry of Higher Education. He has over 18 years of manufacturing industry experience as senior manager in plant management, logistics and supply chain management before joining UUM. He is currently supervising 6 doctoral candidates (PhD and DBA) in the areas of operations and supply chain management. He is presently involved in three research projects. In addition to writing articles for local and international journals, Gunalan also reviews manuscripts for publication in various journals, such as Journal of Technology and Operations Management, Asian Social Science, International Postgraduate Business Journal, etc. He is also prominent in consultancy job where his expertise has contributed to huge cost savings and productivity improvements as well as ergonomics and safety improvements in several local and multinational organisations. Recognizing his excellence of three years in service with UUM, Gunalan received the Excellence Service Award in 2016.

Selected Publications:

1. Ramalu, S.S., Nadarajah, G., Aremu, A.Y.. (2020). Turning students from job seekers into job creators: The role of high impact entrepreneurship educational practices. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change13(4), pp. 347–372 https://www.ijicc.net/images/vol_13/Iss_4/13436_Ramalu_2020_E_R.pdf (SCOPUS Q3)

2. Taghizadeh, S.K., Karini, A., Nadarajah, G., Nikbin, D. (2021). Knowledge management capability, environmental dynamism and innovation strategy in Malaysian firms. Management Decision, 59(6), pp. 1386–1405. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MD-01-2020-0051 (SCOPUS Q1)

3. Taghizadeh, S.K., Nikbin, D., Alam, M.M.D., Rahman, S.A. and Nadarajah, G. (2021). Technological capabilities, open innovation and perceived operational performance in SMEs: the moderating role of environmental dynamism. Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 1486-1507. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JKM-05-2020-0352 (SCOPUS Q1)