Professional Doctorate Graduates’ Profiles

SMU's first Professional Doctorate Programme was launched in 2012 and we had our first graduate in 2015.

You can view details of SMU's Professional Doctorate graduates.

Victor KWAN Yao Han

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Motivations to Engage in Word of Mouth from Non-market Participants: A Study using Automotive Business as the Field of Investigation

Committee Members
Professor Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Gregor HALFF (Co-Supervisor)
- Copenhagen Business School
Assistant Professor Ernst Christiaan OSINGA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Zafar Abdulmajid Momin

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Identifying The Competencies of Middle Managers Leading Successful Strategy Implementation

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Assistant Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ (Practice)

- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Professor Goutam CHALLAGALLA

- International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Chi Kwan YUEN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Can Honesty Reminders Reduce Budgetary Slack?

Committee Members
Associate Professor Chee Yeow LIM (Chair/Supervisor)
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Associate Professor Gary PAN
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Associate Professor Poh Sun SEOW
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Fermin Augusto DIEZ

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Pay for Performance: What Type of Scheme is Best for Achieving Business Results?

Committee Members
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Senior Lecturer Saumya SINDHWANI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Genaro Jesus GUTIERREZ
- Department of Information Risk and Operations Management, University of Texas
Flocy Joseph

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Responsible Leadership: A Behavioural Perspective

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Senior Lecturer Saumya SINDHWANI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Mansour JAVIDAN
- Director of the Najafi Global Mindset Institute
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Henry CHAN Hing Lee

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Evaluating the Conditions for China's Fourth Industrial Revolution Plan: A neo-Schumpeterian Analysis

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Kian Guan LIM
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
John WONG
- Professorial Fellow, East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore
Hsin Ning YONG

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
"More Free Time, More Overtime?" An Examination of the Overtime Paradox for Part-time Employees through the Lens of Non-work Time

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Elizabeth Layne PADDOCK
- Affliated Researcher, Scientific Staff, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Janice WONG Huei Ling

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
The Role of Internal Corporate Communication during Organizational Acculturation of Acquired Companies

Committee Members
Professor Gregor HALFF (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Gary GREGURAS
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Anne GREGORY
- University of Huddersfield
Karen Yoke Wah Gan

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Gender Effects in Hedge Funds Performance

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor) [Marketing]
Professor Kian Guan LIM [Finance]
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Associate Professor Dr LIM Chu Yeong
- Singapore Institute of Technology
Moses KOH Tong Por

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Relation of Teachers' Mindfulness with Classroom and Student Outcomes: Examining Potential Mediating Mechanisms

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Patrick TAN Siong Kuan

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
A Study of Innovating and Non-innovating Firm's Perception of Environmental Dynamism and Innovation in a Matured Regulated Industry

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Datuk Dr. Paul CHAN
- Vice Chancellor and President of Higher Education Learning Philosophy (HELP) University, Malaysia
Raikar Sandesh Dayanand

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017

Dissertation
Information Technology Prioritization in Merger Integration: A Grounded theory Approach

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Senior Lecturer Saumya SINDHWANI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Goutam CHALLAGALLA
- Marketing and Strategy, IMD Singapore
Richard Raymond Smith

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
Human Capital in the Human Resources Function: The Positioning and Impact of the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Committee Members
Professor Toru YOSHIKAWA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Heli WANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Distinguished Professor Howard THOMAS
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKOHFF
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Stephen Richard Wyatt

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
Dynamic Advantage

Committee Members
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Li YAN
- Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Bernie JAWORSKI
- Peter F. Drucker Chair in Management and the Liberal Arts,
Professor of Management, Drucker School of Management,
Claremont Graduate University, USA
Tejpavan Singh Gandhok

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
Essays on Managing Intuition for Strategic Option Generation

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Joseph PORAC
- Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Management & Organisation), New York University
Professor Dan LOVALLO
- The University of Sydney
Vikram BANSAL

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
How Much is Enough? Determining the Optimal Frequency Levels in Internet Display Advertising

Committee Members
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Marcus LEE (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Seh-Woong CHUNG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Kyong Jin SHIM (Practice)
- School of Information Systems, SMU