Undergraduate Courses

• Anthropology and Sociology Seminar I & II (2015 to present)
• Economic Sociology (2008 to present)
• Industrial Relations (2005 to present)
• Research Techniques and Social Analysis (2002 to 2005)
• Societies and Culture of the Nusantara (2007)
• Human Behavioural Theories and Society (2007)
• Research Methods (2001 to 2005, 2010)
• Philosophy of Social Sciences (2019 to present)

Graduate Courses

• Research Methods (2002 to 2012)
• Cultures and Societies in Asia: Selected Themes (2010 to 2013)

(Name, thesis title; Status; Date completed)

PhD

Dr. Wattanatinnachot Khemmanit. Managers’ Opinions and Responses to Singapore’s Foreign Labour Policy: A Study of the Manufacturing and Manufacturing Related Services Sectors. Main Supervisor. Completed January 2020.

Dr. Koh Ngee Loke. Socioeconomic Life and Work Behaviour of Migrant Contingent Workers: A Study at a Multinational Company in Penang, Malaysia. Main supervisor. Completed, May 2016.

Noor Syafika Ramli. Exploring the Social Consumption Behavior of Current Social Phenomenon on Hipster Style-cafe: A Modern Perspective Analysis. Main supervisor. Current.

Master’s

Yap Chee Yeong. The Impacts of Industrialization on Work Orientation in Malaysian Society. Co-supervisor. Current.

Beh May Ting. Coffee Consumption Culture in Asian Urban Cities: Comparing the Rise of Interest in Specialty Coffees, Indies Cafe and Baristas in Penang, Bangkok and Tokyo. Main Supervisor. Masters in International Studies [Asian Studies]. Completed, June 2014.

Ng Siew Yen. Social Lifestyle and Experience of Online Consumerism among Young Adults in Kuala Lumpur. Main Supervisor. M.Phil. Completed, March 2014.

Adriane Feldmann. Han Jiang Ancestral Temple: A Preservation of the Teochew Identity. Faculty of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. M.Phil. Field work supervisor. Completed, September 2012.

Omar Bin Yusoff. ‘Jawi Peranakan’ Community in Penang: Cultural Issues and Formation of a Plural Society in Malaysia. Main supervisor. Completed, May 2004.

Undergraduate

Puteri Irna Shuhada Binti Mahadi. Analisis Wacana Pembangunan Kapitalisme Cina di Asia Timur dan Asia Tenggara Main. Main supervisor. Completed, June 2017.

Phang Chi Lick. Undergraduates Involvement in Direct Selling: A Case Study at University Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Completed, June 2016.

Chu Choy Teng. Forms and Meanings of Birthday Celebrations: A Study of Young Malaysian Chinese. Main supervisor. Completed, February 2011.

Lau Kwok Hong. The Transformation of Malaysian Chinese Business: An Analysis (Free assessment. Exchange student, City University of Hong Kong). Main supervisor. Completed, February 2011.

Mah Hooi Yin. Perceptions on Counselling among School Counsellors: A Case Study in Secondary School in Penang. Main supervisor. Completed, March 2007.

Hong Ee Chyn. Social-economic Status of a Chinese New Village: A Case Study of Kampung Baru Padang Lembu in Kedah, Malaysia. Main supervisor. Completed, March 2006.

Thilagam A/P Kolasndapayyan. Learning Culture in the University: A Case Study of Universiti Sains Malaysia Students. Main supervisor. Completed, March 2004.

(Title; University; Status; Date)

PhD thesis

Entrepreneurship and Middle Class Parents: A Study of Private Pre-School Educational Centres in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. IKMAS, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. External examiner; February 2017.

Kesan Agihan Tugas Antara Copreneur Wanita dan Lelaki Terhadap Pembentukan Jaringan Usahawan di Kalangan Anak Copreneur. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Malaya; External examiner; August 2016.

Alternative Strategies and Actions in Social Movement Against Hegemony by Orang Rimba, The Hunter-Gatherers of Jambi, Sumatera. School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Internal examiner; May 2014.

Keberkesanan Organisasi dan Pengekalan Identiti dan Budaya Cina: Satu Kajian Dong Jiao Zong. Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; University Malaya; External examiner; April 2014.

Chinese Traditional Culture in Malaysian Chinese Family Business. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Malaya; External examiner; April 2014.

The Influence of Oriental Philosophy on Malaysian Chinese Corporate Leaders. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Malaya; External examiner; May 2013.

Maintaining Domination: State Power and Local Politics in Sibu, Sarawak, 1945-2011. School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Internal examiner; October 2012.

Bumiputera Entrepreneurs and the State: A Study of Dependency Phenomenon in the Malaysian Construction Sector. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Malaysia; External examiner; October 2007.

Master’s thesis

Prison Gangs as a Coping Mechanism for Survivalbility: A Case Study of Kiri-kiri Maximum Security Prison Lagos, Nigeria. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; External examiner; April 2018.

The Experience of Work: A Case Study of Kindergarten Teachers in Penang. School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Internal examiner; October 2016.

Makna Guanxi dan Peranannya Dalam Pemasaran Hasil Pertanian Komuniti Cina: Kajian Kes di Raub, Pahang. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; External examiner; October 2015.

Penglibatan Komuniti Nelayan Dalam Keusahawanan di Bachok Kelantan; External examiner; School of Social Development and Economy, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu; External examiner; March 2015.

Reproduksi Sosial dalam Keluarga Kelas Menengah Melayu: Kajian Kes di Sekitar Lembah Kelang; Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; External examiner; February 2015.

Satu Kajian Tentang Sifat Kerja Jurujual barang Antik di Pulau Pinang; Internal examiner; School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia; September 2013.

Budaya Organisasi dan Kepuasan Kerja di Syarikat Swasta: Kajian Kes di Westports (M) Sdn Bhd; IKMAS, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. External examiner; January 2011.

External assessor for the promotion to Associate Professor.

1. Three candidates from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
2. One condidate from the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

• Editorial board member of Kajian Malaysia (Journal of Malaysian Studies), since 2019.
• Editorial board member of Southeast Asian Social Science Review (SASSR), since 2016.
• Editorial board member of International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 2016-2018.
• Panel Member, Anthropology and Sociology Expert Panel for Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, since 27 February 2013 to 2018.
• Member of the Investigating Tribunal Panel, Lembaga Tatatertib Peguam-peguam Malaysia (Advocates & Solicitors Displinary Board, Malaysia) since 2005 to present.
• Malaysian Social Science Association (Life Member); Executive committee and permanent representative for Universiti Sains Malaysia 2000-2006.
• Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies, Kuala Lumpur. Member since 2005-2011.
• Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, USA. Member since June 2010 to present.
• International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO). Member since May 2010 to 2018.

Scholarships
(Title; Granting agency; Term; Amount)

Awarded as a participant of the 2006 ASDP Institute on Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum; Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) at East-West Center, University of Hawaii; 29th May to 17th June; Fully sponsored.

Interaction of culture and entrepreneurship; Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) grant receiver (98-EY-04) for PhD Incentive Grants for Young Researchers in Southeast Asian Studies, Toyota Foundation, Japan; 1st July 1998 to 30th June 1999.

Fellowships
(Research title; Status; Institution; Duration)

University-Industry Collaborations in Taiwan; Taiwan Fellowship Granted by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Chun Yuan Christian University, Taiwan: 1st March – 31 July 2019.

Global Economics and the SME Business Environment in East and Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints; Visiting Research Fellow; Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; 13th September – 12 October 2010.

The Evolution of Chinese Entrepreneurship in Malaysia: Affiliated Fellow; International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2 May 2007 – 31 July 2007.

China and the Transformation of Malaysian Chinese Business; Visiting Research Fellow; East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore; December 2006 - February 2007.

Research grants
(Title; Granting agency; Collaborators; Term; Amount; Status)

The Evolution of Rubber Merchants in Malaysia with Special Focus in North Malaya; Rubber Trade Association of Penang; Co-researcher; 1st October 2018 – 15th September 2019.

Chinese New Migrant Peddlers in Sibu, Sarawak: New Competition, Identities and Business Networks; USM Short-term Research Grant; Principal Researcher; October 2014 – October 2017. Completed.

Innovative Engineering Solution for System and Process; Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Knowledge Transfer Programme; with Shahrul Kamaruddin, Rahim Othman, and Elmy Abu Bakar; 15 August 2011 - 15 July 2013; Completed.

Adopting Lean Manufacturing Tools and Techniques for Continuous Improvement in the Malaysian Manufacturing Industries; Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Knowledge Transfer Programme; with Ishak Abd Azid, Abdul Rahim Othman and Chin Jeng Feng; June 2011-May 2013; Completed.

Work and Entrepreneurship: A Sociological Study in Malaysia; Universiti Sains Malaysia Research University Grant; Principal Researcher; January 2008 to December 2010; Completed.

Economic Liberalization: Towards Inter-ethnic Business Development and National Unity in Malaysia; CRISE, University of Oxford; September 2006 to August 2007; Principal Researcher; Completed.

Bumiputera-Chinese Partnership in Technology-based Industries in Post NEP and NDP Malaysia; Universiti Sains Malaysia Short-term Research Grant; Principal Researcher; July 2003 to June 2005; Completed.

Services

Excellent Service Award 2006 and 2015 (School of Social Sciences), Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Consultancies

(Title; Granting agency: Collaborators; Term; Amount; Status)

Filed work Consultant for a Study On the Issues and Perspectives Towards National Development 2012; Centre for Strategic Engagement Sdn Bhd; Principal researcher; 1st of November 2012 to 31 December 2012; RM3,000; Completed.

Developing a Scale for the Measurement of Unity Index; Ministry of National Unity and Society Development, Government of Malaysia.; with eight other researchers; 1st of October 2004 to 28th February 2005; RM200,000.00; Completed.

Training Programme for SMEs in Relation to the Implementation of AFTA & WTO; Socio-Economic & Environment Research Institute (SERI, now Penang Institute), a Penang State Government think-tank; team member; 1st of March 2003 to 30th of September 2003; RM3,000; Completed.

Workshops

Principal organizer. “Beyond Borders: Connectivity and Identities of Change in East Asia,” School of Social Sciences International Workshop, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 13 December 2012.

Co-organizer. “Jointly Organized International Workshop on SMEs in East and Southeast Asia” by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia and Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 30 September to 1 October 2010.

Conferences

Head of Programme. “Asia-pacific University-Community Engagement Network (APUCEN) Summit”, Georgetown, Penang, 13-14 July 2011.

Director of Operation and Head of Secretariat. “The 7th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC7), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16-18 March 2010.

Secretariat. “University-Community Engagement Conference 2009”, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 23-26 November 2009.

Business Programmes

Advanced Business Development Programme: Global Management and International Business, Malaysia, Penang, E&O Hotel, 24-28 March 2014. Co-organized with the Danish Center for Management, Copenhagen, Denmark and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.

Advanced Business Development Programme: Global Management and International Business, Malaysia, Penang, E&O Hotel, 4-8 March 2013. Co-organized with the Danish Center for Management, Copenhagen, Denmark and the Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Advanced Business Development Programme: Global Management and International Business, Malaysia, Penang, E&O Hotel, 26^th to 30^th March 2012. Co-organized with the Danish Center for Management, Copenhagen, Denmark and the Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Advanced Business Development Programme: Global Management and International Business, Malaysia, Penang, E&O Hotel, 7-11 March 2011. Co-organized with the Danish Center for Management, Copenhagen, Denmark and the Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Chair. Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS 2015), Session B, School of Social Sciences, Univeriti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 12 November 2015.

Chair: The 8th International Malaysian Studies Conference, “Transition and Transformation: State, Market and Culture in a Period of Rapid Change”, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, 9 – 11 July 2012.

Chair: International Workshop on SMEs in East and Southeast Asia: “Global Economic and the SME Business Environment in East and Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints”, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, 30 September to 1 October 2010.

Chair and Discussion. The 7th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC7). “Critical Transitions: Repositioning the State, market and Society”, (Session D – Education and Health), Dewan Persidangan Universiti, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 16-18 March 2010.

Chair and Discussion. The 6th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC6).
‘Engaging Malaysian Modernity: Years & Beyond”, (Session 7B – Economic & Social Development), Crowne Plaza Riverside Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, 5-7 August 2008.

Chair. “The 8th Conference of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association on “Asia Pacific Region: Societies in Transformation”, (Session C1, Cities and Regions), Penang, Malaysia, Evergreen Laurel Hotel, 19-21 November, 2007.

Chair and Discussant. “The 5th International Malaysian Studies Conference. ‘After Development in Malaysia: Reflections on the Development Agenda and the Future”, (Panel 18: Entrepreneurship), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 8th -10th August 2006.

Chair. “Workshop on Possibilities of Religious Pluralism: Transdisciplinary Perspectives from Malaysia and Sweeden,” School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2nd March 2005.

Chair and discussant. “Colloquim on Chinese Scholarship on the Malay World,” organised by Institute Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) (Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 16th -17th September 2002.

Discussant. A Roundtable on “Malaysian Social Science: International Competitiveness, Local ”, School Of Social Sciences, USM, Penang 24th August 2002.

Books

1. Chin Yee Whah, Nor Hayati Sa'at, Sity Daud (Eds.). 2014. Sains Sosial dan Kajian Pembangunan: Kumpulan Rencana Penghormatan untuk Profesor Abdul Rahman Embong. [Social Science and Development Studies: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Abdul Rahman Embong]. Kajang: Malaysian Social Science Association & Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia, 409 pages.
2. Chin, Yee Whah. 2003. Budaya dan Keusahawanan Cina di Malaysia (Culture and Chinese Entrepreneurship in Malaysia). Bangi, Malaysia: National University of Malaysia Press. 262 pages.

Special issues (Guest Editor)

1. Chin, Yee Whah, Benny Teh Cheng Guan and Norzarina Mohd. Zaharim (Guest Eds.). 2015. Beyond Borders: Connectivity and Changed Identities in East Asia. Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 33 (2), 96 pages.
2. Chin Yee Whah and Jakobsen, M. (Guest Eds.). 2012. East and Southeast Asian SMEs in the Global Economy. Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 30 (1), 134 pages.
3. Abdul Rahman Embong and Chin, Yee Whah (Guest Eds.). 2011. Community, identity, politics, and healthcare in Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, 29 (Supplement 1). 274 pages.

Journal Articles

1. Chin, Yee Whah. 2019. State Intervention, Globalization and the Evolution of Malaysian Banks’ Identities. Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 37(1): 74-102.
2. Chin, Yee Whah and Lim Ee Shiang. 2018. Policies and Performance of SMEs in Malaysia. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 35(3): 470-487.
3. Chin, Yee Whah, Lim Ka Tiek, Khoh Soo Beng and Shahrul Kamaruddin. 2018. Knowledge and Talent Development in the Electronics and Electrical (EE) Industry of Malaysia: State-Industry-University Collaboration. Asian Journal of Social Science, 46(6): 668-705.
4. Chin Yee Whah. 2017. The State and Malaysian Chinese Business: Past, Present and Future. Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies, 6 (1&2): 1-30.
5. Chin, Yee Whah and Benny Teh Cheng Guan. 2017. Malaysia’s Protracted Affirmative Action Policy and the Evolving Bumiputera Commercial and Industrial Community. SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 32(2): 336-73. DOI:10.1355/sj32-2d.
6. Chin, Yee Whah. 2015. State Intervention in Business and Malaysian Chinese Entrepreneurship. Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies, 4(2): 1-26.
7. Chin, Yee Whah. 2015. Introduction: Dynamics of the Social Construction of East Asia. Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 33(2): 5-11.
8. Chin Yee Whah. 2012. The Evolution of Malaysia’s Development Strategies and the Global Economy: Responses from SMEs and Civil Societies. Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 30 (1): 11-35.
9. Chin Yee Whah and Lim Ka Tiek. 2012. Networking and Knowledge Transfer in Malaysian SMEs through University–Industry Engagement and the State. Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 30 (1): 96-116.
10. Chin, Yee Whah and Lee Yok Fee. 2012. Chambers of commerce and Chinese business enterprise in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies, 1(1), 1–18.
11. Chin, Yee Whah. 2011. Towards Inter-ethnic Business Development and National unity in Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, 29, Suppl. 1: 141-174.
12. Abdul Rahman Embong and Chin Yee Whah. 2011. Introduction: Community, Identity, Politics and Healthcare in Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, 29, Suppl. 1: 1-10.
13. Chin Yee Whah. 2008. The Evolution of Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurship: From British Colonial Rule to Post New Economic Policy, Journal of Chinese Overseas, 4(2): 203-237.
14. Chin Yee Whah. 2008. Knowledge Management: Business Development in Chinese-Bumiputera Partnerships in Malaysia, Journal of Asian Business, 22(2)/22(3)/23(1): 189-212.
15. Chin, Yee Whah. 2006. Penang Small and Medium Enterprises: Struggles, Accommodation and New Challenges, Akademika No. 69 July: 17-35.
16. Gomez, E.T. and Chin Yee Whah. 2006. 马来西亚企业在中国的跨国活动，商业网络和企业发展（下）。(Malaysia in China: Transnationalism, Business Networks and Enterprise Development, Part 2)，Southeast Asian Studies: A Quarterly Journal of Translation, 161 (1): 17-25.
17. Gomez, E.T. and Chin Yee Whah. 2005. 马来西亚企业在中国的跨国活动，商业网络和企业发展（上）。(Malaysia in China: Transnationalism, Business Networks and Enterprise Development, Part 1)，Southeast Asian Studies: A Quarterly Journal of Translation, 160(4): 43-55.
18. Chin, Yee Whah. 2003. The ‘Bumiputera Policy’: Views from the Chinese Business Community. Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, Vol. XXI, Nos. 1 & 2: 363-377.
19. Chin, Yee Whah. 2003. The 1997 Financial Crisis and Local Responses: Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia. Journal of Malaysian Chinese Studies. Vol. 6: 101-119.
20. Chin, Yee Whah. 2002. Beberapa Pendekatan dan Tema dalam Kajian Usahawan dan Keusahawanan Cina (Approaches and Themes in the Studies of Chinese Entrepreneurships). Akademika No. 60 Januari: 41-66.
21. Chin, Yee Whah. 2001. Transformasi Budaya Niaga Usahawan Cina di Semenanjung Malaysia (The Transformation of Chinese Business Culture in Peninsular Malaysia). Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, Vol. XIX, No. 1 Jun: 60-101.
22. Chin, Yee Whah. 2000. Perkembangan Kapitalisme di Malaysia (The Development of Malaysian Capitalism). Akademika No. 57 Julai: 107-114.
23. Chin, Yee Whah. 1998. Usahawan Cina dalam Industri Kecil dan Sederhana di Semenanjung Malaysia: Modenisasi dalam Perniagaan Keluarga Cina. (Chinese Entrepreneurs in the Small and Medium Industries in Peninsular Malaysia: Modernization of the Family Firms). Akademika No. 53 Julai: 9-32.

Book Chapters

1. Chin, Yee Whah. 2018. Chinese Female Migrant Peddlers in Sibu, East Malaysia. In Samuel C.Y. Ku and Herlin Chien. Southeast Asia: Beyond Borders and Boundaries, pp. 27-49. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Wenzao University Press. ISBN: 9789866585494.
2. Chin, Yee Whah. 2016. Shēn Chǔyú Quánqiú Jīngjì Zhōng de Mǎláixīyà Zhōng Xiǎoxíng Gǐyè: Guójiā Yǔ Jīngjì (Malaysian SMEs and the State in the Global Economy). In Lean Hooi Hooi. Contemporary Malaysia: Economy and Finance, pp. 187-210. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
3. Chin, Yee Whah, Nor Hayati Sa'at, & Sity Daud. 2014. Pendahuluan (Introduction). In Chin Yee Whah, Nor Hayati Sa'at & Sity Daud. Sains Sosial dan Kajian Pembangunan: Kumpulan Rencana Penghormatan untuk Profesor Abdul Rahman Embong (Social Science and Development Studies: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Abdul Rahman Embong), pp.3-16. Kajang: Malaysian Social Science Association (MSSA) & Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia (UKM). ISBN: 9789839731033.
4. Nor Hayati Sa'at and Chin Yee Whah. 2014. Kisah Hidup dan Zaman Seorang Sarjana Sains Sosial Malaysia yang Komited: Interviu dengan Profesor Abdul Rahman Embong (Life Story and Times of a Committed Malaysian Social Science Scholar: Interview with Professor Abdul Rahman Embong). In Chin Yee Whah, Nor Hayati Sa'at & Sity Daud. Sains Sosial dan Kajian Pembangunan: Kumpulan Rencana Penghormatan untuk Profesor Abdul Rahman Embong, pp.19-33. Kajang: MSSA & IKMAS, UKM.
5. Chin, Yee Whah. 2014. Perniagaan Cina di Malaysia: Etnisiti, Pengurusan Pengetahuan dan Pembangunan Negara (Chinese Business in Malaysia: Ethnicity, Knowledge Management and Nation Building). In Chin Yee Whah, Nor Hayati Sa'at, & Sity Daud. Sains Sosial dan Kajian Pembangunan: Kumpulan Rencana Penghormatan untuk Profesor Abdul Rahman Embong, pp.56-92. Kajang: MSSA & IKMAS, UKM.
6. Chin, Yee Whah. 2013. Chinese Business in Malaysia: Ethnicity and Knowledge Management. In Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay, Hans-Dieter Evers and Chang Yau Hoon. Catalysts of Change: Chinese Business in Asia, pp.73-106. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.
7. Chin, Yee Whah. 2010. Sino-Bumiputera Business Partnership in Malaysia: Promoting Inter-ethnic Relations at Mid Level. In Francis Loh Kok Wah. Building Bridges, Crossing Boundaries: Everyday Forms of Inter-Ethnic Peace Building in Malaysia, pp. 199-222. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Social Science Association, Jakarta: The Ford Foundation.
8. Chin, Yee Whah. 2009. 马来西亚华人的商业活动―开拓海外市场与接受挑战 (Malaysian Chinese Businesses: Pioneering Foreign Markets and Meeting Challenges). In Voon Phin Keong. Qin Jian Xing Bang: Malaysia Hua Ren De Gong Xian, pp. 329- 365. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
9. Chin, Yee Whah. 2007. Chinese Economic Activities in the Emerging Malaysian Nation-state: Changing with the Time. In Voon Phin Keong. Malaysian Chinese and Nation-Building: Before Merdeka and Fifty Years After, pp. 269-306. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
10. Chin, Yee Whah. 2007. Chinese-Bumiputera partnership in Technology-based Industries in Post-NEP and Post-NDP Malaysia. In Leo Suryadinata. Chinese Diaspora Since Admiral Zheng He With Special Reference to Maritime Asia, pp. 205-224. Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre and HuayiNet.
11. Chin, Yee Whah. 2007. The ‘Made in China’ Label: Imported Goods and the Challenge to Penang Manufacturers. In Voon, Phin Keong. China: Emerging Relations and Development, pp. 65-84. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
12. Gomez, E.T. and Chin, Yee Whah. 2007. Contextualizing the Problem: Promoting Malaysian Investments in China. In Voon, Phin Keong. China: Emerging Relations and Development, pp. 41-63. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
13. Salfarina Abdul Gapor, Chin Yee Whah, Noreha Haji Hashim, Nor Hafizah Selamat, Mohamad Zaini Abu Bakar. 2006. Tahap Perpaduan di Sungai Rambai dan Pekan Nibong Tebal: Analisis Bandingan Mikro antara Lokasi (Level of Unity in Sungai Rambai and Pekan Nibong Tebal: A Micro Comparative Analysis). In Zahara Hassan at el. Readings on Ethnic Relations in a Multicultural Society: Perspectives and Research on National Unity and Integration, pp. 166-179. Seri Kembangan: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
14. Chin, Yee Whah. 2005. Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia: New Challenges and Future Research. In Voon Phin Keong. Riding the Winds and Waves, Bridging the Deep Blue Seas, pp.144-148. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
15. Chin, Yee Whah. 2004. Ethnicity and the Transformation of the Ali-Baba Partnership in the Chinese Business Culture in Malaysia. In Cheah Boon Kheng. The Challenge of Ethnicity: Building a Nation in Malaysia, pp. 54-88. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International.

Book Reviews

1. 2015. "Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Malaysia: On Contextualisation in International Business Studies" by Michael Jakobsen. London and New York: Routledge, 2015. 147 pp., Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 32(3) December: 416-418.
2. 2009. “The Overseas Chinese of South East Asia: History, Culture, Business” by Ian Rae and Morgen Witzel. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. vi + 171pp., Bridagen tot de taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde (BKI) (Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania), 165 November : 139-140.
3. 2008. “Networks, Trust and Social Capital: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations from Europe” edited by Sokraits M. Koniordos. Hants: Ashgate, 2005, Comparative Sociology, 7 (4) 2008: 491-493.
4. 2005. “Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941, Kedah and Penang” by Wu Xiao An. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 in J ournal of Chinese Overseas Vol.1, No. 2 November: 296-298.

Other publications (selected)

1. Tan Tai Wai, Chin Yee whah, Lai Yew Wah and Suresh Narayanan. 2019. “The Evolution of Rubber Merchants in Malaysia with Special Focus on North Malaya”. In Centenary Celebration of The Rubber Trade Association of Penang 1919-2019. Pp. 16-76. Penang: The Rubber Trade Association of Penang. ISBN 9789671750506.
2. Tan Tai Wai, Chin Yee whah, Lai Yew Wah and Suresh Narayanan. 2019. 马来亚橡胶商人
   的发展史, 含北马橡胶商专辑. In Centenary Celebration of The Rubber Trade Association of Penang 1919-2019. Pp. 8-51. Penang: The Rubber Trade Association of Penang. ISBN 9789671750506.
3. Chin, Yee Whah and Lim Ee Shiang. 2018. SME Policies and Performance in Malaysia. ISEAS Economics Working Paper No. 3 July, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.
4. Chin, Yee Whah and Benny Teh Cheng Guan. 2015. Malaysia’s Protracted Affirmative Action Policy and the Evolving Bumiputera Commercial and Industrial Community. ISEAS Economics Working Paper No. 3 December, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.
5. Chin, Yee Whah. 2015. Changes of Ownership and Identities of Malaysian Banks: Ethnicity, State and Globalization. Copenhagen Discussion Papers No. 51 August, Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School.
6. Chin Yee Whah. 2010. Towards Inter-ethnic Business Development and National Unity in Malaysia. CRISE Working Paper No. 73, January. UK: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
7. Chin Yee Whah. 2007. Malaysian Chinese Business Community’s Response to the Economic Rise of China. East Asian Institute Background Brief No. 327. National University of Singapore.
8. Chin, Yee Whah. 2007. From Tin to Ali Baba’s Gold: The Evolution of Chinese Entrepreneurship in Malaysia. IIAS Newsletter #45, Autum, p.8.
9. Chin, Yee Whah. 2004. The State and Chinese Entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia. NIASnytt, No 3 September: 14-16. Denmark: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
10. Chin, Yee Whah. 2003. 槟州的中小型企业 [Small and Medium Enterprises in Penang]. In Centennial Magazine of Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, p.p.292-306. Penang: Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

1. Chin Yee Whah, Chung Tsair-Wang, Wee Hui Ming. 2019. Understanding Taiwan's University-Industry-Government Collaboration Model: A Case Study of a Private University. Executive Operation Office for Industry-Academia Cooperation, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, 30 July. http://taiwanfellowship.ncl.edu.tw/eng/scholar_detail.aspx?sn=58466
2. Chin Yee Whah. 2017. Chinese Female Migrant Peddlers in Sibu, East Malaysia. The 2017 Wenzao International Conference on Southeast Asian Studies. Qiuzhen Hall, Wenzao Ursuline University (WZU), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 27-28
3. Chin Yee Whah. 2016. 政府与马来西亚华商:過去,現在與未來 (The State and Malaysia Chinese Entrepreneurship: Past, Present and Future). The1st International Conference on Southeast Asian Chinese Studies: “Malaysian Chinese in the Past, Present and Future” UTAR, Bandar Sungai Long, Cheras, Selangor, 16-17 April 2016.
4. Chin Yee Whah and Lim Ee Shiang. 2015. Roles of SMEs in Malaysia. Paper presented at a workshop on “The Malaysian Economy Towards 2020: Issues and Challenges" Organised by ISEAS-Ishak Yusof and The University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus), The University of Nottingham Teaching Centre, Level 2, Chulan Tower, Kuala Lumpur, 26 October 2015.
5. Chin Yee Whah. 2014. State Investment Institutions and Malaysian Chinese Entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the workshop on "Conference on Exploring and Revising Issues in Malaysian Chinese Research" New Era College, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia, 8-9 November 2014.
6. Chin Yee Whah. 2014. Chinese Business Networks and Economic Development in East and Southeast Asia. Paper presented at a workshop on “Global Management and International Business: Economies of Southeast Asia and their Business Systems” Organized by Danish Center for Management, Copenhagen, Denmark and Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen held in Malaysia, Penang, E&O Hotel, 24-28 March 2014.
7. HM Wee, Joshua YW Chin, TC Kuo, and Yugowati P, 2013/10, Two-stage newsboy problem for healthcare products and medical devices with channel integration, ORSTW conference 作業研究學會研討會, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, 19 October 2013.
8. Chin Yee Whah. 2013. From State-led to ‘Private Investment-led’ Growth: New Strategy to Further Enlarge the Wealth Ownership of Bumiputeras. Paper presented at the International workshop on “Exploring Key External Factors Affecting State Performance in Contemporary Southeast Asia", Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30-31 August 2013.
9. Lim Ka Tiek and Chin Yee Whah. 2013. Knowledge and Talent Development in the Electronics and Electrical Sub-sector of Malaysia: Responses from Government, MNCs, SMEs and University. Paper presented at the International workshop on “Exploring Key External Factors Affecting State Performance in Contemporary Southeast Asia", Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30-31 August 2013.
10. Chin Yee Whah. 2013. Network and Knowledge Transfer: Government, Industry and University Collaboration in Penang. Paper presented at an international workshop on “Advanced Business Development Programme: Global Management and International Business”, Organized by Danish Center for Management and Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen held in Malaysia, Penang, E&O Hotel 4-8 March 2013.
11. Chin Yee Whah. 2012. Malaysian Banks in Merger and Acquisition: From Local to Cross-Border Identities and Connected Markets in the Regions. Paper presented at an international workshop on “Beyond Borders: Connectivity and Identities of Change in East Asia”, School of Social Sciences International Workshop, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 13-14 December.
12. Chin Yee Whah. 2012. Development of Chinese SMEs in Malaysia from the 1960s to the Present. Paper presented at the conference on “Malaysian Chinese in Historical Context: Interpretation and Assessment”, New Era College, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia, 24-25 November.
13. Chin Yee Whah and Ong Beng Kok. 2012. A preliminary critical discussion about some basic concepts of work and the issues of unemployment in Northern Peninsula of Malaysia. Paper for the 8th International Malaysian Studies Conference, “Transition and Transformation: State, Market and Culture in a Period of Rapid Change”, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia”, 9 – 11 July.
14. Chin Yee Whah. 2010. Repositioning Malaysian SMEs in the Global Economy: The Economy, Society and the State. Paper presented at the International Workshop on SMEs in East and Southeast Asia: “Global Economic and the SME Business Environment in East and Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints”, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, 30 September to 1 October.
15. Lim Ka Tiek and Chin Yee Whah. 2010. Networking and Knowledge Transfer: Developing A Model to Enhance Malaysian SMEs Competencies in the Competitive Global Economy. Paper presented at the International Workshop on SMEs in East and Southeast Asia: “Global Economic and the SME Business Environment in East and Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints”, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, 30 September to 1 October.
16. Chin Yee Whah and Ong Beng Kok. 2009. Multiplicity of Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of Chinese, Malay and Indian Entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference of Institutes & Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies, “Interaction and Innovation: Multiple Perspectives on Chinese Overseas Studies,” Guangzhou, China, May 9-11.
17. Chin Yee Whah and Lee Yok Fee. 2009. Creation of Favorable Business Environment and Enterprise Development: The Role of Malaysian Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industries. Paper presented at the 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES 2009) on “Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity”, Kunming, China, July 27-31.
18. Chin Yee Whah and Andrew Aeria. 2008. Malaysian Construction Companies Foray into Foreign Countries: A Preliminary Analysis and Theoretical Implications. Paper resented at the 6th International Malaysian Studies Conference, “Engaing Malaysian Modernity 50 Years & Beyond,” Crown Plaza Riverside Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian, 5-7 August.
19. Chin Yee Whah. 2007. Chinese Malaysian Entrepreneurship: Response to Rulers, Politics, Events and Changing with the time. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association on “Asia Pacific Region: Societies in Transformation”, Penang, Malaysia, Evergreen Laurel Hotel, 19-21 November.
20. Gomez, E.T. and Chin Yee Whah. 2007. Malaysia in China: Transnationalism, Business Networks and Enterprise Development (in Chinese, Part 1 and part 2). Southeast Asian Research Centre (SEARC), Working Paper Series No. 95, October, City University of Hong Kong.
21. Chin Yee Whah. 2007. Economic Liberalisation: Towards Inter-ethnic Business Development and National Unity in Malaysia. Paper presented at the ‘Workshop on Evaluating Affirmative Action: Malaysia in International Comparative Perspective’ organized by the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, and Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford, at ARI, Singapore, 22-23, October.
22. Chin Yee Whah (甄义华）.2007. 马来西亚华人的商业活动―开拓海外市场与接受挑战
    (Malaysian Chinese Businesses: Pioneering Foreign Markets and Meeting Challenges). Paper presented at the conference on “Malaysian Chinese Contributions and National Progress,” organized by The Federation of Malaysian Chinese Town Hall and the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies, Palace of Golden Horses, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia, 6-7 October.
23. Chin Yee Whah. 2007. The Evolution of Chinese Malaysian Entrepreneurship: From British Colonial Rule to Post NEP Policies. Lecture presented at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, The Netherland, 20 June.
24. Chin Yee Whah. 2007. Malaysia’s Chinese Business Community’s Response to the Economic Rise of China. Paper presented at an East Asian Institute seminar, National University of Singapore, Singapore 23^rd February 2007.
25. Chin Yee Whah. 2006. Inter-ethnic Business Partnership in Malaysia: Moving Towards Peace Building. The 5^th International Malaysian Studies Conference. ‘After Development in Malaysia: Reflections on the Development Agenda and the Future.’ (Panel 18: Entrepreneurship), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 8^th -10^th August 2006.
26. Chin Yee Whah. 2006. Knowledge Governance: Business Development in Chinese – Malay Partnerships in Malaysia. Paper presented at The Third International Research Conference on ‘Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks’ on Value Creation through Knowledge Governance, at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 20-21 March.
27. Chin Yee Whah. 2005. Chinese-Bumiputera Partnership in Technology-based Industries in Post NEP and NDP Malaysia. Paper to be presented at the Third International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies, “Maritime Asia and the Chinese Overseas, 1405-2005”, Singapore, 18-20 Ogos.
28. Salfarina Abdul Gapor, Chin Yee Whah, Noreha Haji Hashim, Nor Hafizah Selamat, Mohamad Zaini Abu Bakar. 2005. Tahap Perpaduan Etnik di Sungai Rambai dan Pekan Nibong Tebal: Analisis Bandingan Mikro antara Lokasi [Level of Ethnic Unity in Sungai Rambai and Pekan Nibong Tebal: A Micro Comparative Analysis]. Paper presented at the “Seminar Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional Peringkat Nasional”, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, 19-22 May.
29. Chin Yee Whah. 2004. Penang: Struggle, Accomodation and Challenges. Paper presented at the 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC4), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 3-5 August.
30. Chin Yee Whah. 2004. The ‘Made in China’ Label: Imported Goods and the Challenge to Penang Manufacturers. Paper presented at the Internatinal Conference on Malaysia-China Relation in A New World Order, Pearl International Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, 27-28 November.
31. Terence Gomez and Chin Yee Whah. 2004. Malaysia in China: Transnationalism, Buisness Networks and Enterprise Development. Paper presented at the Internatinal Conference on Malaysia-China Relation in A New World Order, Pearl International Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, 27-28 November.
32. Chin Yee Whah. 2003. The Bumiputera Policy: Views From the Chinese Business Community. Paper presented at the National Seminar, “The Bumiputera Policy: Dynamics and Dilemmas”, Equatorial Hotel, Penang, Malaysia 23-25 September.
33. Chin Yee Whah. 2003. Does Culture count? Chinese SMEs in Malaysia and Singapore. Paper presented at “The Second International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies,” The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 13-15 March.
34. Chin Yee Whah. 2002. The Evolution of Chinese-Bumiputera Partnership in Post-NEP Malaysia. Paper presented at the Centre of Policy Research for the Seminar Series on “Race and Ethnic Relation”, USM, Penang, Malaysia 26th July 2002.
35. Chin, Yee Whah. 2002. Globalisation and Small and Medium Industries (SMIs): Strategies for Survival. Paper presented at the Project Workshop and Business Meeting on “Globalization, National Governance and Local Responses,” Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia 17-18 April.
36. Chin, Yee Whah. 2001. Transformation of Chinese Business Culture in Malaysia. Paper presented at the “Third International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC3),” Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 6-8 August.
37. Chin, Yee Whah. 1998. “Usahawan Cina dalam Industri Kecil dan Sederhana, Semenanjung Malaysia: Satu kajian tentang budaya, ideologi dan transformasi keusahawanan.” Seminar paper presented at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM for the conversion from M.Phill. to Ph.D. March.