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.

Havovi Heerjee Joshi

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2018

Dissertation
Multinationals in Emerging Markets: A Test Case of the Banking Industry in India

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

Professor Rajendra K. SRIVASTAVA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Saumya SINDHWANI
- Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Hock Seng NG

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
The Relationships of Team Diversity, Social Capital and Ambidexterity

Committee Members
Senior Lecturer Saumya SINDHWANI (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Adjunct Professor Theresa LOO
- New York University, Shanghai
Jimmy TAN Wee Teck

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Foreign Direct Investment, a Movement Toward Investors' Centricity, a Behavioral Perspective

Committee Members
Professor Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA
- School of Business, Indian School of Business (ISB)
Khalid Mirzig M ALHARBI

SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2018

Dissertation
Voting and Commenting Mechanisms in Ongoing Crowdsourcing Platforms

Committee Members
Associate Professor Ted Feichin TSCHANG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Terence FAN Ping-Ching
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Kotaro HARA
- School of Information Systems, SMU
LIM SEOW LING

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Beyond Firm-Customer Interactions to Better Customer Experience

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assoc Prof Yun Fong LIM
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Miguel Angel Soriano

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Factors Driving Financial Inclusion and Financial Performance in Fintech New Ventures: An Empirical Study

Committee Members
Distinguished Professor Howard THOMAS (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Francis KOH
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- School of Business, Singapore Institute of Management
Nina TAN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Leading Mindfully in Dynamic Times: Can a Mindfulness-based Leadership Training and Coaching Program increase Leadership Effectiveness?

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
Dr Jutta TOBIAS
- Senior Lecturer of Organizational Psychology
City, University of London
TAN Boon Heon

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Effect of a Ubiquitous Moral Cue on Ethical Leadership, Moral Disengagement and Goal Difficulty: Real-world Outcomes of a Novel Behavioural Intervention by Mobile Application Technology

Committee Members
Professor Donald L. FERRIN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG (Co-Supervisor)
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Associate Professor Roy CHUA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Abhijeet K. VADERA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
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