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Professor Dr. Salmi Mohd Isa

Professor
Graduate School of Business
Universiti Sains Malaysia

Education

  • Ph.D., Management, University of Hull, United Kingdom.
  • MBA, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
  • BBA, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

Biography

Salmi teaches in the Master of Business Administration and Master of Cognitive Neurosciences programs, specializing in marketing research. She has published in leading journals such as Tourism Geographies, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, The Service Industries Journal, and International Journal of Consumer Studies. Salmi serves on the Editorial Boards of Neuroscience Research Notes, Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives, and Journal of Global Marketing. She has secured several competitive international and local research grants, totaling over RM 1 million to date, and is an affiliated member of the University of Glasgow for various projects. Her research interests cover a broad range of marketing topics, including tourism marketing, neuromarketing, business ethics, marketing innovation, marketing communication, branding, and consumer behaviour. Prior to her academic career, Salmi gained significant industry experience at MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia’s leading research and development organisation. Recently, her work has focused on neuromarketing, using eye-tracking and electroencephalogram (EEG) techniques to gain deeper insights into consumer behaviour.

Teaching and Research Areas

Teaching Subjects

  1. Business Ethics and Governance
  2. Introduction to Neuromarketing and Consumer Behaviour
  3. Research Project Stage 1 and Stage 3
  4. Teaching Pedagogy

 

Research Interest

Tourism marketing, neuromarketing, business ethics, marketing innovation, marketing communication, branding, and consumer behaviour.

Consultancy and Industrial Experience

Industrial Experience:

MIMOS Berhad

Duration: August 2000 to December 2006

Position: Customer Service Executive

Consultancy:

  1. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) Pulau Pinang
  2. Year: 2022 until to date 
  3. Syarikat Air Darul Aman (SADA) Kedah
    Year: 2020
  4. Eastern Decorator Sdn Bhd Perak
    Year: 2019
  5. Company: Koperasi Universiti Sains Malaysia Berhad, Pulau Pinang
    Year: 2017
  6. Company: G Fitness Sdn Bhd, Pulau Pinang
    Year: 2016
  7. Company: Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Pulau Pinang
  8. Year: 2015
  9. Company: Nay@dam, Batam, Indonesia
    Year: 2013