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TAN Siow Kian (Jane)

School of Economics and Management

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TAN Siow Kian (Jane)

Current Position:
Associate Professor

Office:
A2 # 442

Telephone:
NIL

Email:
siowkian.tan@xmu.edu.my

Research Interest

  • Creative and cultural tourism
  • Creative experience
  • Creative place-making
  • Cultural heritage and sustainability
  • Sense of place
  • Tourism management & sustainable development

Educational Background

  • Bachelor of Communication (Honours) (Radio & Television), School of Communication, University of Science, Malaysia (2000)
  • Master of Science (Travel Management), The Graduate School of Travel Management, National Kaohsiung Hospitality College, Taiwan (2009)
  • Ph. D (Creative Industry Design), Institute of Creative Industries Design, College of Planning & Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2014)

Working Experience

  • Senior Lecturer, Multimedia University, Malaysia (2016-2023).
  • Lecturer, Multimedia University, Malaysia (2013-2016).
  • Journalist, Sin Chew Daily (2000-2006).

Research Experience

Grant (National)

  1. 2017-2019 (Role: Project Leader): An enhanced 'sense of place' framework for the sustainability of cultural / heritage tourism (MOHE: FRGS/2017)
  2. 2014-2017 (Role: Project Leader): Enhanced creativity indicators in cultural businesses (MOHE: FRGS/2/2014)
  3. 2014-2016 (Role: Project Member): Enhanced Investor Sentiment Index in Modeling Non-linear Trading Rules (MOHE: FRGS/1/2014)
  4. 2014-2016 (Role: Project Member): An Integrated Framework of Malaysian Happiness Index (MOHE: FRGS/1/2014) 

Grant (University)

  1. 2022 (Role: Project Leader): Modeling a place-based approach for tourism revitalization
  2. 2018-2019 (Role: Project Member): Crafting Entrepreneurship Strategy to Preserve the Handicraft Industry
  3. 2016-2017 (Role: Project Leader): A Sustainable Framework of Heritage Tourism
  4. 2016-2017 (Role: Project Member): Configuring Malaysian Behaviours and Personalities to Stay Fit through Functional Food Consumption
  5. 2015-2016 (Role: Project Member): Combating Obesity through Slimming Centre Technology Innovations
  6. 2014-2015 (Role: Project Leader): Managing creativity for the innovations of museums 

Representative Publications

  1. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H. (2023, article in press). A creative place-making framework – Story-creation for a sustainable development. Sustainable Development. (SSCI Q1; Scopus Q1). https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2619

  2. Duan, Z.Y., Tan, S.-K.*, Choon, S.-W, Zhang, M.Y. (2023). Crafting a place-based souvenir for sustaining cultural heritage. Heliyon, 9(5), e15761. (SSCI Q2; Scopus Q1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15761

  3. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H. (2020). Clan/geographical association heritage as a place-based approach for nurturing the sense of place for locals at a World Heritage Site. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Vol. 45, pp. 592-603. (SSCI Q1; Scopus Q1; ABDC: A journal) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2020.10.017

  4. Tan, S.-K.*, Lim, H.-H., Tan, S.-H., Kok, Y.-S. (2020). A cultural-creativity framework for the sustainability of intangible cultural heritage. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, Vol. 44 (3), pp. 439-471. (SSCI Q1: Scopus Q1; ABDC: A journal) https://doi.org/10.1177/1096348019886929

  5. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H., Kok, Y.-S., Choon, S.-W. (2018). Sense of place and sustainability of intangible cultural heritage–The case of George Town and Melaka. Tourism Management, 67, pp. 376-387. (SSCI: Q1; Scopus Q1: ABDC: A* journal) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.02.012

  6. Tan, S.-H., Habibullah, M.S., Tan, S.-K., Choon, S.-W. (2017). The impact of the dimensions of environmental performance on firm performance in travel and tourism industry. Journal of Environmental Management, 203, pp. 603-611. (SSCI Q1: Scopus Q1; ABDC: A journal) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.029

  7. Tan, S.-H., Habibullah, M.S., Tan, S.-K. (2017). Corporate governance and environmental responsibility. Annals of Tourism Research, 63, pp. 213-215. (SSCI: Q1; Scopus Q1: ABDC: A* journal) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2016.12.008

  8. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H., Luh, D.-B. and Kung, S.-F. (2016). Understanding Tourist Perspectives in Creative Tourism.  Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 19, No. 10, pp. 981-987. (SSCI Q1: Scopus Q1; ABDC: A journal) https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2015.1008427

  9. Tan, S.-K.*, Luh, D.-B. and Kung, S.-F. (2014). A Taxonomy of Creative Tourists in Creative Tourism. Tourism Management, Vol. 42, pp. 248-259. (SSCI: Q1; Scopus Q1: ABDC: A* journal) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2013.11.008

  10. Tan, S.-H. and Tan, S.-K.* (2014). Are Shocks to Singapore’s Tourist Arrivals Permanent or Transitory? An Application of Stationarity Test with Structural Breaks. Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 17, No. 6, 480–486. (SSCI Q1: Scopus Q1; ABDC: A journal) https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2013.822854

  11. Tan, S.-K.*, Kung, S.-F. and Luh, D.-B. (2013). A Model of ‘Creative Experience’ in Creative Tourism, Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 41, pp. 153-174. (SSCI: Q1; Scopus Q1: ABDC: A* journal) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2012.12.002

  12. Tan, S.-H. and Tan, S.-K. (2013). Research Note: Are Singapore’s Tourism Markets Converging with Structural Breaks? Tourism Economics, Vol. 19 No. 1, pp. 209-216. (SSCI Q2: Scopus Q1; ABDC: A journal) https://doi.org/10.5367/te.2013.0193

Book Chapter

  1. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H. (2021). Place-based education, cemetery visitation and the tourist experience. In R. Sharpley (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience (pp 577-587). London: Routledge. 

  2. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H. (2019). Nurturing the creative tourist in Malaysia. In N. Duxbury & G. Richards (Eds.), A Research Agenda for Creative Tourism (pp. 17–27). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 

  3. Tan, S.-K.*, Tan, S.-H., Kok, Y.-S., and Choon, S.-W. (2019). Somut Olmayan Kültürel Miras?n Sürdürülebilirli?i ve Mekân Duygusu: George Town ve Melaka Örne?i. In Nebi Özdemir & Adem Öger (Eds.), Kültürel Miras Yönetimi (pp. 439-472). Turkey: Grafik-Ofset Matbaac?l?k Reklamc?l?k San. ve Tic. Ltd. ?ti

Conference papers

  1. Chong, P.-K., Tan, S.-K., Tan, B.-C. (2020). A sense of place model to enhance guided tour experience in Melaka. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences – EpSBS, Vol. 88, pp. 1051-1057.

  2. Tan, S.-K., Tan, S.-H., Choon, S.-W., Kok, Y.-S. (2016). A framework of creative cultural trades in World Heritage Site, in Academic Fora International Conference, BESSH, 12-13 November 2016.

  3. Kok, Y.-S., Tan, S.-K., Choon, S.-W. (2016). A review on cultural and creative ‘matters’. International Journal of Innovation and Business Strategy (IJIBS), Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2017, pp. 40-46. 

  4. Tan, S.-K., Kung, S.-F. and Luh, D.-B. (2011). Creating ‘conversations’: An innovation model of creative tourism’s online marketing, in the 2011 TOSOK (Tourism Sciences Society of Korea) International Tourism Conference, 3-6 July 2011.   

  5. Tan, S.-K., Kung, S.-F. and Luh, D.-B. (2010). Constructing a model of experience for Muslims at leisure farms, in the 11th World Leisure Congress 2010, ChunCheon, Korea, 28 August- 2 September 2010. 

  6. 林若慧、張德儀、陳垗鄄（2009）休閒農場遊客樂趣體驗模式之研究，2009第11屆休閒、遊憩、觀光學術研討會暨國際論壇，26 September 2009.

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