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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farha Abdol Ghapar

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farha Abdol Ghapar

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farha Abdol Ghapar

Dean
Faculty of Business, Accountancy and Social Sciences

Research Area

  • Financial
  • Economics and management empirical studies

Academic Qualifications: 
PhD in Economics from Monash University, Australia

Biodata (Brief):

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farha is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Business, Accountancy and Social Sciences (FBASS) in KUPTM, KL Malaysia. She is currently the Dean for FBASS.  She holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia.  The title of her thesis was Patenting Activity and Financial Performance at the Malaysian Firm Level: An Empirical Study (1994 – 2008).

Prior to joining KUPTM, she was with UiTM Johor for 13 years in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Business Management. She joined KPTM in KL since April 2015, in which later transformed into a college university as KUPTM in October 2015.

She has attended conferences around the world and her articles have been published in international and local journals such as International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Asian Profile and Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.  She also has been granted research grants from the Malaysian government such as Intensification of Research in Priority Areas (IRPA) and Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS).

Research Area:

Financial, economics and management empirical studies

Research Grant

Research Grants: 

Grant Name: KUPTM Seed Grant

Received from: KUPTM

Amount:  RM8,000

Duration: October 2018 to Sept 2019

Research Title: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation in Bursa Malaysia – A Study of KUPTM Staff

Principal Investigator: Dr Farha Abdol Ghapar

Members: Mohd Hadli Shah Mohamad Yunus, Suhaily Mohd-Ramly,  Ahmad Fauzi Ahmad Zaini, Muhamad Nizam Jali

Grant Name: Skim Geran Penyelidikan dan Inovasi MARA (SGPIM)

Received from: Majlis Amanah Rakyat MARA

Amount:  RM13,000

Duration: December 2015 to November 2016

Research Title: Employees Perception and Intention to Leave the Organization: A Study on Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Kuala Lumpur

Principal Investigator: Dr Farha Abdol Ghapar

Members: Iswana Binti Ismayatim, Nurshuhaida Binti Abdul Razak, Farah Yusnida Binti Mohd Tap and Nadiatul Akma Binti Rosle

Grant Name: Fundamental Research Grants Scheme (FRGS)

Received from: Ministry of Education (MOE)

Amount:  RM71,000

Duration: November 2013 to October 2016

Research Title: Theorizing Profit Maximization Model on Intellectual Property of Malaysian Firms

Principal Investigator: Dr Farha Abdol Ghapar

Members: Assoc Prof Dr Chandran Govindaraju and Dr. Veera Pandiyan.

Grant Name: Fundamental Research Grants Scheme (FRGS)

Received from: Ministry of Education (MOE)

Amount: RM76,000

Duration: November 2013 to October 2016

Research Title: Internal and External Supply Chain Integration: Revisiting Resource-Based View Theory

Principal Investigator: Dr. Veera Pandiyan

Members: Dr. Farha Abdol Ghapar and Assoc Prof Dr Chandran Govindaraju.

Grant Name: Intensification of Research in Priority Areas (IRPA)

Received from: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)

Amount: RM146,000

Duration: June 2004 to May 2007

Research Title: Technology Commercialization among Researches in Malaysian Public Universities and Research Institutions

Principal Investigator: Assoc Prof. Dr Mohamed Hashim Mohd Kamil

Members: V.G.R Chandran, Veera Pandiyan, Assoc Prof. Zin Ibrahim and Farha Abdol Ghapar.

18

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed : 12
Scoopus : 6

05

RESEARCH GRANT

International : -
National : 4
University : 1

102

CITATION INDICES

Citation : 96
H-index : 6

01

SUPERVISION

On-going PhD

Supervisor : 1
Co-supervisor : -

 

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