Biography
Dr. Tan Consilz has over 15 years of experience in academics. She is a Senior Lecturer from the School of Economics and Management at Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM). She holds a doctorate from Murdoch University, specialising in statistics and economics.
Prior to her current position at XMUM, she was an Academic Department Head at one of the higher education institutions in Malaysia. In recognition of her expertise, she is appointed as a Fellow by the Centre for Market Education. She plays a role as a reviewer for refereed journals and has reviewed journal and conference articles related to business management, economics, housing, and real estate markets. She has supervised postgraduate and undergraduate students to completion and published articles in several journals. She has experience in teaching a wide range of students from secondary schools to master’s degrees. She is involved in industry collaboration projects and plays a role as a consultant in both academic and industry.
In research, she has published her research mainly in the areas of behavioural economics, real estate investment, and teaching and learning. Tan is a certified trainer and she is regularly invited to conduct training on descriptive and inferential statistics, research methodology, dissertation supervision, and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). She is also well-versed in the usage of other statistical packages such as Stata, Econometric Views (EViews), SmartPLS, and MaxQDA.
Research Interest
Behavioural economics, real estate investment, teaching and learning, and decision-making.
Educational Background
PhD (Economics), School of Business and Governance, Murdoch University, Australia (2015)
Master in Applied Statistics (Applied Statistics), University Malaya (2008)
Bachelor of Economics (Applied Statistics), University Malaya (2006)
Working Experience
Senior Lecturer, Internship Coordinator, Xiamen University Malaysia (2020-present)
Senior Lecturer, Academic Department Head cum Program Leader, UOW Malaysia KDU University College (2010-2020)
Lecturer, Program Leader, KDU College (2007-2010)
Research Experience
Research Grant by Xiamen University Malaysia – XMUMRF/2022-C9/ISEM/0034
Prospects and Challenges of Malaysia Housing Policy in Providing Affordable Green Homes
Research Grant by UOW Malaysia KDU UC – UOWMKDU/2020/1/003
Characterizing the Role of Technology Producers and Real Estate Developers in Mediating Demand and Technological Acceptance among Home-buyers
Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Malaysia) - FRGS/1/2020/SS0/KDU/03/1
Feasibility of Smart Agriculture in ASEAN: Investigating Social Dimensions and Policy Mechanisms to Enhance Technology Adoption and Upgrading in the Rice Sector
Global Challenges Research Fund UK/EU
Climate related disaster aid and relief for vulnerable families and women in Malaysia: Accessibility, recourse and legal avenue
Consultancy services: using Focus Group Interview to understand Parents’ Decision Making Process
External Research Grant by Paramount Property
Decision Making of Individual Real Estate Investors: The Bounded Rational Behaviours
Internal Grants by UOW Malaysia KDU UC
- Strategic Niche Development through Research Linkages: Case Studies of South Korea and Taiwan in the Herbal Medicine Sector
- Multi Learning Styles and Attributes of Lecturers: The Preferences of Malaysian Undergraduates from Various Disciplines
Representative Publications
Wang, Q., Lin B., and Tan, C. (2024) A Modified Spatial House Price to Income Ratio and Housing Affordability Drivers Study: Using the Post-Lasso Approach. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-12-2023-0169 [ISI-indexed (ESCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
Wei S., Ge, Z., and Tan, C. (2024) The Public Interest in the Digital Age: Exploring the Emerging Roles and Governance Models of AI as a Common Good. Journal of Ecohumanism. Vol. 3 No. 7, pp. 2529-2544. https://doi.org/10.62754/joe.v3i7.4397. [SCOPUS indexed journal]
Tan, C. and Ferlito, C. (2024) Measuring housing affordability: Challenges and Directions Forward. In M.S. Nair, S. Vaithilingam, J.W. Jian Ng and H. Qing Yeng (Eds.), Malaysian Housing Affordability: Deciphering the Black Box, Berlin and Boston, De Gruyter, pp. 5-25. ISBN: 978-3-11-125217-6. DOI: 10.1515/9783111252520-002Boo, S.Y. and Tan, C. (2024) Electric Vehicles Purchase Intention: The Role of Mediators using an Extended TPB Model. Journal of Contemporary Marketing Science. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCMARS-11-2023-0042 [ISI-indexed (SSCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
Tan, C. and Liew C.Y. (2023) Health belief and behaviour: an analysis of the predictors for receiving COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia. Public Administration and Policy: An Asia-Pacific Journal. [ISI-indexed (ESCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal] https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PAP-02-2022-0015/full/html
Tan, C. (2022) Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Challenges in Emerging Countries and the Way Forward. In Wiedemann A., Stein V., and Fonseca M. (eds), Stimulus for Risk Governance – an impetus for development, University of Siegen, German. ISBN: 978-3-96182-126-6. https://doi.org/10.25819/ubsi/10154
Tan, C. and Lee, S.Z. (2021) Adoption of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Evidence from Malaysia. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. [ISI-indexed (ESCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
Tan, C. (2021) The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Student Learning Performance from the Perspectives of Community of Inquiry. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. Vol. 21 No. 6, pp. 1215 - 1228. [ISI-indexed (ESCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
Ferlito, C., Chirumbolo, S., Tan, C., Singh, V., Fries, J., Sieff, S., Lavazzo, C., Lee, Y.C., and Calzolari, S. M. (2021) Fighting Covid-19 in Malaysia: Mass Testing and Other Reasonable Proposals. CME Policy Paper No. 2, Center for Market Education, Malaysia.
Tan, C. (2021) A Study of Boundedly Rational Behaviour in Housing Choice: Evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. Vol. 15 No. 5. [ISI-indexed (SSCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
Lim, Y.X. and Tan, C. (2021) Do negative events really have deteriorating effects on stock performance? A Comparative Study on Tesla (US) and Nio (China). Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies. Vol. 29 No. 2. [ISI-indexed (ESCI) journal]
Tan, C. (2021) Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Challenges in Emerging Countries and the Way Forward. In Wiedemann A., Stein V., and Fonseca M. (eds), Stimulus for Risk Governance – an impetus for development, University of Siegen, German.
Fung, H-N., and Tan, C. (2020) Networking universities and hospitals: A case study of research and commercialization in the Taiwanese herbal medicine sector. East Asian Science, Technology and Society. Manuscript accepted for publication. [ISI-indexed (SSCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
Tan, C. (2020) The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Motivation, Community of Inquiry, and Learning Performance. Asian Education and Development Studies. Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 308-321 [ISI-indexed (ESCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal] https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-05-2020-0084
Soon, A. and Tan, C. (2019) An Analysis on Housing Affordability in Malaysian Housing Markets and the Home Buyers Preference. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. Vol. 13 No. 3. [ISI-indexed (ESCI) and SCOPUS indexed journal]
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-01-2019-0009
Wong, B. K. M. and Tan, C. (2019). A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development, R. Sharpley & D. Harrison (Eds.). Elgar Research Agendas (2019). xi + 239pp., (Hbk.), £81.00, ISBN-13: 978-1-78811-240-6. International Journal of Tourism Policy, Vol. 9, No. 4. (SCOPUS indexed journal)
Tan, C. (2019) Impact of New Partnership on Bhutan Economy: India and Canada. EMERiCs, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP).
Tan, C., Entrekin, L. and Butler, D. (2018) Bounded Rationality and Malaysian Housing Policy. Thammasat Review of Economic and Social Policy, 4 (1).
Tan, C., Entrekin, L. and Butler, D. (2018) Exploring boundedly rational real estate investors. Real Estate Finance, 35 (1).
Tan, C., Entrekin, L. and Butler, D. (2017) Investment Decision in Real Estate: Rational and Boundedly Rational Behaviours, Proceedings of the International Conference on Business, Big-Data, and Decision Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. ISSN 2521-3806
Tan, C., Entrekin, L. and Butler, D. (2016) Decision-making behaviour of real estate investors: A Delphi study in Australia and Malaysia, Proceedings of the 2nd UUM International Qualitative Research Conference 2016, Penang, Malaysia.
Tan, C. (2008) Teacher-as-Researcher and the Importance towards Malaysia’s Education Prospect, SEGi Review, ISSN 1985-5672