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Dr Ong Liap Teck

Lecturer in Business
PhD (SUT), MBA (Project Management)

Faculty of Business, Design and Arts

Office No:+60 82 260 692
Fax No:+60 82 260 815
Room No: B339
Email: long@swinburne.edu.my
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Biography

Dr Ong is a second-career academic who joined Swinburne University, Sarawak campus in March 2010. He completed his PhD in November 2015 at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Kuching, Sarawak. His PhD research focuses on the re-entry experiences of second-career academics in Malaysian business schools. Leveraging on his extensive work experience across industrial sectors and geographical boundaries, he coordinates industry consulting projects that connects undergraduate students with the business. At the faculty, he teaches International Business study units encompassing global logistics, regional comparative business studies and industry consulting projects. Prior to joining academia, he held leadership positions in automobile retailing, construction, consulting, and turnkey contracting for major infrastructure works, including the RM140 Million New Limbang Airport Project, Sarawak, Malaysia completed in 2006.

Research Interests

Second-career academics
Higher education particularly business education at tertiary level
Academic career
Narrative inquiry
International business

Research Grant

Swinburne Sarawak Research Grant (SSRG) for RM30,000.00 in 2012.
  • Research Outputs

Research Outputs

  • Research Work: Co-researcher. Criteria and Guidelines for Self-regulation or Co-regulation Practices in the Malaysian private higher education sector, Higher Education Policy Study. Administered by Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus commencing 15 September 2015.
  • Public Media: Ong, L. T. (2014, June 8). The role and challenges of second-career academics. The Borneo Post, p. 21. http://swinburne.edu.my/media/campus_beyond/2014/beyond_details060814.html
  • Public Media: Ong, L. T. (2015, November 11). Reflections of a second-career academic researcher. The Borneo Post, p. 30. http://swinburne.edu.my/media/campus_beyond/2015/beyond-details-111115.html
  • Public Media: Ong, L. T. (2016, January 17). It’s the nobility of the job that matters. The Star, p 16. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/education/2016/01/17/its-the-nobility-of-the-job-that-matters/
  • Seminar: Ong, L. T. (2013, June). Lived Experience of a Second-career Academic in Formulating a Research Focus. Seminar conducted at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus.
  • Seminar: Ong, L. T. (2013, November). Introduction to Narrative Research: Please Tell me Your Story, Seminar conducted at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus.
  • Conference paper: Ong, L. T. (2013, August). Factors Affecting the Performance of Second-Career Academics in Business Schools in Malaysia. Paper presented at Borneo Research Education Conference 1, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia.
  • Conference paper: Ong, L. T. (2014, July). Experiencing a Re-entry: Second-Career Academics in Business Schools in Malaysia. Paper presented at Borneo Research Education Conference 2, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia.