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(as of November 2024)



JAN-JAN SOON [孫欣茵]

  
Associate Professor
School of Economics, Finance & Banking
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
Tel (Office): +60 4 9286834
Tel (Mobile): +60 19 4144666
Email: soon@uum.edu.my
soonjanjan@gmail.com
http://janjansoon.blogspot.my/
ORCID ID  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0647-8833
Researcher ID http://www.researcherid.com/rid/I-7079-2018



Biography

Dr. Jan-Jan Soon is currently an Associate Professor at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). She has been an academic with UUM for more than 2 decades, since 2001. She received a 3-year postgraduate scholarship from New Zealand’s University of Otago and earned her PhD in economics well within the 3-year duration. She then did her year-long postdoctoral studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was also a Visiting Scholar at the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany. She is a UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Expert, and a Global Labor Organization Fellow. She also sits in the 2024-2026 Exco Committee of the Malaysian Economic Association. Her research and publication work straddles the realms of higher education, labour and migration economics. Using micro-econometric estimation analyses, her empirical work mostly addresses issues of policy implications pertaining to migrants’ labour market outcomes, and employment issues of university graduates. She has successfully led 2 FRGS projects totaling to approximately RM150,000 @ USD32,000, produced 3 intellectual properties, published in 8 Q1 and 5 Q2 SSCI/Scopus journals of which she led 10 of the papers as first author. She sits in the editorial board of an international Scopus journal (South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases) and the Malaysian Management Journal. Due to her specific skill set in using a unique type of advanced econometric tool, she was invited to join a consultancy project commissioned by the Malaysian Ministry of Education to evaluate the impact of the Malaysian national early childhood education programme, i.e. the GENIUS programme. She is also a highly sought-after journal paper reviewer for top SSCI/Scopus journals in the field of economics published by reputable academic journal publishers.


Areas of Interest
Labour/Migration Economics, Higher Education, Applied Microeconometrics, Treatment Evaluation


Highest Academic Qualification

2010      Ph.D. (Economics)
Awarded in December 2010 by the University of Otago, New Zealand
Thesis titled “Brain drain from students' non-return: An economic analysis of international students”
(Recipient of the University of Otago Postgraduate Scholarship of NZD20,000 @ RM64,000 per annum for the whole 3-year duration; completed within 3 years, no time extension required; Thesis External Examiners: University of Waikato’s Prof. Jacques Poot & University of Sydney’s Prof. John Matthew Rose)
2005      Master of Science (Decision Science), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
2001      Master of Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
1999      Bachelor of Economics, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Academic Position

  • Nov 2016 – present: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance & Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
  • Oct 2010 – Oct 2016: Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance & Banking, UUM
  • Jan – Dec 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, (Postdoc Supervisors: Prof. Hessel Oosterbeek & Prof. Erik Plug), Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands        
  • March 1st – 31st, 2014: Visiting Researcher, Leibniz Institute for the Social Science (GESIS), Cologne, Germany (received a €2,200 GESIS research grant)
  • March 2001 – Sept 2010:  Lecturer, Economics Department, College of Arts & Science, UUM


Selected Publication

1)      Soon, J.J. & Lim, H.E. (2024). Causal impact of the 2015 European refugee crisis on resident immigrants’ life satisfaction. International Journal of Social Economics (Scopus-Q2; ESCI). Publisher: Emerald Publishing.

2)      Wong, W.C. & Soon, J.J. (2024). The state and performance of affordable government housing initiatives in Malaysia. In S. Vaithilingam, J.W.J. Ng, Q.Y. Hong & M. Nair (Eds.), Malaysian Housing Affordability: Deciphering the Black Box. Berlin: De Gruyter.

3)      Soon, J.J. & Lim, H.E. (2024). Driver of returns to schooling: Education-related policies or family background?. GLO Discussion Paper Series, No. 1471. Essen, Germany: Global Labor Organization (GLO).

4)      Soon, J.J., Abdul-Adzis, A. & Zainal-Abidin, N. (2024). Food expenditure of the poorest deciles: Expected vulnerability and counterintuitive indulgence? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (Scopus-Q1; SSCI-Q3), 29(3), 1239-1256. Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

5)      Kamaruddin, R., Samah, R., Soon, J.J., Musa, R. & Nur Amin, N.A. (2023). Consumers’ preference and willingness-to-pay for GAqP-compliant farmed fish produce: Evidence from Malaysia. Aquaculture, 568, 739305. (SSCI-Q1; Scopus-Q1). Publisher: Elsevier.

6)      Soon, J.J. (2022). Attitune Music: The econometrics of jazz. The CASE Journal (Scopus-Q4), 18(4), 641-655. Publisher: Emerald Publishing.

7)      Soon, J.J. (2022). Quantile analysis of the aspirational middle class in Malaysia: Spending behaviour emulation or dissociation? International Journal of Social Economics (Scopus-Q2; ESCI), 49(7), 993-1008. Publisher: Emerald Publishing.

8)      Wong, W.C. & Soon, J.J. (2022). Causal effects of immigration inflows on house prices in a traditionally non-destination country. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (Scopus-Q2), 15(4), 800-817. Publisher: Emerald Publishing. DOI 10.1108/IJHMA-05-2021-0051.

9)      Birnin-Kebbi, H.S., Soon, J.J. & Cheah, Y.K. (2022). Role of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) educational policy in poverty reduction. Malaysian Management Journal, 26. 187-214.

10)   Soon, J.J., Lim, H.E. & Ismail, R. (2021). Of higher salaries and superior skills: Comparing the worth of public and private university education. Journal of Education and Work (Scopus-Q1. ESCI), 34(2): 217-231. Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

11)   Soon, J.J. (2021). The case method approach: Brewing storms between digital immigrant professors and digital native students?. In Rebuilding Relevance of Case Method for Digital Natives. Dey, A.K. (Ed.), pp. 50-59. ISBN: 978-93-54355-21-9. New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing.

12)   Soon, J.J. & Ismail, R. (2021). Professional jobs and structural unemployment in the post-pandemic world: Is micro-credentialing the missing bridge?. In The New Normal: Reinventing Professional Life and Familial Bonding in the Post COVID-19 Era. Chaturvedi, H. & Dey, A.K. (Eds.), pp. 98-110. ISBN: 978-93-54350-80-1. New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing.

13)   Lim, H.E., Soon, J.J. & Duan, H. (2021). Does entrepreneurial career choice lessen the graduate unemployment problem? The case of Malaysian graduates. Global Business Management Review, 13(1), 37-56. Publisher: UUM Press.

14)   Soon, J.J., Lee, A.S.H., Lim, H.E., Idris, I. & Eng, W.Y.K. (2020). Cubicles or corner offices? Effects of academic performance on employment likelihood and salary. Studies in Higher Education (SSCI-Q1; Scopus-Q1), 45(6), 1233-1248. Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

15)   Soon, J. J. (2020). “Book Review - From migrant to worker: Global unions and temporary labor migration in Asia”, Journal of Contemporary Asia (SSCI-Q1; Scopus-Q1), 50(5): 873-876. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group.

16)   Bakar, L.J.A. & Soon, J.J. (2020). Aura Bengkang Enterprise: How a tapioca cake business taps its creativity to stay competitive. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases (Scopus-Q4), 9(1), 68-81. Publisher: SAGE.

17)   Ismail, R. & Soon, J. J. (2019). Institutional funding and financing: Pursuing financial efficiency and sustainability. Malaysian Ministry of Education Policy Paper (from a research commissioned by the Ministry).

18)   Soon, J. J. (2019). “Book Review - The Labor of Care: Filipina Migrants and Transnational Families in the Digital Age”, Journal of Contemporary Asia (SSCI-Q1; Scopus-Q1), 49(2), 333-335. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group.

19)   Soon, J. J. (2018) Starlight Optical: A new equilibrium? In J.J. Soon (Ed.) Case Studies in Management and Business (Vol. 4). Publisher: UUM Press.

20)   Soon, J.J., Kamaruddin, R. & Anuar, A.R. (2018). Flood victims’ evacuation decisions: A semi-nonparametric estimation. International Journal of Emergency Services (Scopus-Q3), 7(2), 134-146. Publisher: Emerald Publishing.

21)   Soon, J. J. (2018). “Effects of EU expansion on migrants’ employment and income: A natural experiment”, Prague Economic Papers (SSCI-Q3; Scopus-Q3), 27(1), 113-128. Publisher: University of Economics, Prague.

22)   Soon, J. J. (2017). “Flags and anthems: Naturalisation effects on income and employment”, International Journal of Social Economics (Scopus-Q2; ESCI), 44(4), 1-15, Publisher: Emerald Publishing.

23)   Soon, J. J. (2016). “Be your own boss, anyone? Earnings, employment chances and job choice of fresh university graduates”, International Journal of Business and Society (Scopus-Q3; ESCI), 17(3), 511-520. Publisher: UNIMAS.

24)   Soon, J. J. (2016). “Step up the heat: A regression discontinuity analysis of the impact of home heating subsidy on energy consumption”, International Journal of Business and Society (Scopus-Q3; ESCI), 17(1), 81-98. Publisher: UNIMAS.

25)   Noorkatina Mohamad, Lim, H. E., Norhafezah Yusof, Soon, J. J. (2015). “Estimating the effect of entrepreneur education on graduates’ intention to be entrepreneurs”, Education and Training (Scopus-Q1; ESCI), 57(8/9), 874-890. Publisher: Emerald Publishing.

26)   Soon, J. J. (2015). “Willingly or grudgingly? A meta-analysis on the willingness-to-pay for renewable energy use”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (SSCI-Q1; Scopus-Q1), 44, 877-887, Publisher: Elsevier.

27)   Soon, J. J. (2014). “Educated in New Zealand and staying on? A parameter simulation analysis”, Migration Letters (Scopus-Q3), 11(2), 229-244. Publisher: Transnational Press, London.

28)   Soon, J. J. (2014). “Review of student nonreturn determinants: Theoretical-empirical consistency?”, International Journal of Economics and Business Research (IJEBR) (Scopus-Q3), 8(1), 63-81, Inderscience Publishers Ltd.

29)   Soon, J. J. (2014). “Greener pastures abroad?: ‘From study to stay’ intention of the foreign-trained”, Journal of Economics and Development Studies, 2(2): 247-261. Publisher: The American Research Institute for Policy Development, New York, U.S.

30)   Soon, J. J. (2012). “Home is where the heart is?: Factors determining international students’ destination country upon completion of abroad studies”, The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) (SSCI-Q2; Scopus-Q1), 38(1), 147 – 162. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group.

31)   Soon, J. J. (2010). “A change of heart?: A bivariate probit model of international students’ change of return intention”, International Journal of Business and Economics (IJBE), 9(2), 115-129, Publisher: Feng Chia University, Taiwan.

32)   Soon, J. J. (2010). “The determinants of students’ return intentions: A partial proportional odds model”, The Journal of Choice Modelling (SSCI-Q1; Scopus-Q1), 3(2), 89-112, Publisher: Elsevier.

33)   Soon, J. J. (2010). When do students intend to return? Determinants of students’ return intentions using a multinomial logit model. International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS) (Scopus-Q3, ESCI), 11(1), 17-32, Publisher: UNIMAS.

34)   Soon, J. J. (2009). A bivariate probit model of international students’ return intention. The Empirical Economics Letters, 8(10), ISSN 1681 8997.

35)   Soon, J. J., Hassan, A. A. G. & Lim, H. E. (2009). The effectiveness of location incentive: An analytical study of manufacturing SMEs in the Kedah state. International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), 16(2), 123-153.

36)   Lim, H.E. & Soon, J. J. (2006). Job selection criteria and job sector preference of economics students: an analysis of ordered logit model. International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS) (Scopus-Q3, ESCI), 7(1), 53-69, Publisher: UNIMAS.

37)   Zakariah A.R. & Soon, J.J. (2002). Linkages and Imports of Malaysia: An Input-Output Approach.  ANALISIS Jurnal (now known as International Journal of Management Studies, (IJMS), 9(1&2), 135 –155.

 

Popular Media Publication

1)      Soon, J.J. (2024). Parents’ education or compulsory schooling laws: Driver of returns to schooling. Northern Malaysia Economic Bulletin. Publisher: UUM Press.

2)      Soon, J.J. (2024, February 21st). Returns to schooling: Driven by family background or education-related policies? Singapore's The HEAD Foundation, Policy Governance & Reform Commentary Section. https://digest.headfoundation.org/2024/02/21/returns-to-schooling-driven-by-family-background-or-education-related-policies/

3)      Soon, J.J. (2023, March 28th). Nurture mantra of relearn and reskill to cope with AI stampede. New Straits Times. https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2023/03/893651/nurture-mantra-relearn-and-reskill-cope-ai-stampede ; https://www.nst.com.my/authors/dr-soon-jan-jan

4)      Soon, J.J. (2023, March 7th). Need to accord priority for impactful research. New Straits Times. https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2023/03/886637/need-accord-priority-impactful-research ; https://www.nst.com.my/authors/dr-soon-jan-jan

5)      Soon, J.J. (2023, March 7th, Interviewed by 南洋商报 @ Nanyang Press). [独家, 下篇] (Exclusive, Part 2: From daily living to medical care, endless opportunities for comfortable retirement) https://www.enanyang.my/node/530366

6)     Soon, J.J. (2023, March 5th, Interviewed by 南洋商报 @ Nanyang Press). [独家, 上篇] 医护旅游金融科技教育 银发商机扭转经济 (Exclusive, Part 1: Healthcare, tourism, finance, technology, and education opportunities in the silver economy) https://www.enanyang.my/node/530208

7)      Soon, J.J. (2023, February 24th, Interviewed by 南洋商报 @ Nanyang Press). [预算案回响] 国债料逾1.2兆 学者忧沦落像斯里兰卡 (Budget response: National debt expected to exceed RM1.2 trillion, scholars fear a Sri Lankan-like descent) https://www.enanyang.my/node/528727

8)      Soon, J.J. (2023, January 20th, Interviewed by 南洋商报 @ Nanyang Press). [独家] 新春料至少10万人敲国门 中国客来马派5亿红包 (Exclusive: At least 100,000 knocking on Malaysia’s door, Chinese tourists’ RM500 million red packets) https://www.enanyang.my/node/522665

9)      Soon, J.J. (2022, June 22nd, Interviewed by BFM 89.9 The Business Station). SPM’s done, now what? Podcast accessible at: https://www.bfm.my/podcast/evening-edition/inside-story/spm-results-university-degree-education

10)   Soon, J.J. (2022). Que sera sera, whatever my job will be?. Northern Malaysia Economic Bulletin. Publisher: UUM Press. http://webdev3.uum.edu.my/sefb-ecofi/images/NEB/ogos2022/NMEB2022_print_version.pdf

11)   Soon, J.J. (2021). Sir, can you spare me a job?. Northern Malaysia Economic Bulletin. Publisher: UUM Press. Accessible at: http://webdev3.uum.edu.my/sefb-ecofi/images/NEB/ogos2021/NMEB2021_printver_20210801.pdf

12)   Soon, J.J. (July 30th, 2021). Factors that affect graduates’ salaries. New Straits Times. Accessible at: https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2021/07/713011/factors-affect-graduates-salaries

13)   Soon, J.J. (2020). Covid-19 and the Prihatin/Penjana economic stimulus packages: Variants of UBI?. Northern Malaysia Economic Bulletin, Issue August 2020. Sintok: UUM Press. Accessible at: http://webdev3.uum.edu.my/sefb-ecofi/images/NEB/2020/NMEB2020_compressed.pdf

14)   Lim, H.E., Soon, J.J., Duan, H. (2020). Entrepreneurial career choice: To be or not to be?. Northern Malaysia Economic Bulletin, Issue August 2020. Sintok: UUM Press. Accessible at: http://webdev3.uum.edu.my/sefb-ecofi/images/NEB/2020/NMEB2020_compressed.pdf

15)   Soon, J.J. (November 25th, 2020). Universal basic income concept – saviour during Covid-19 economic fallout?. New Sarawak Tribune. Accessible at: https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/universal-basic-income-concept-saviour-during-covid-19-economic-fallout/

16)   Soon, J. J. (2010). “Go East, young man!... and stay East?”, EcoNZ@Otago Magazine, Issue 25, 1-4. Publisher: Department of Economics, University of Otago, New Zealand. Accessible at: https://www.otago.ac.nz/economics/otago712626.pdf

  

Research Grants

Principal Investigator (PI/Leader)

2022  A meta-analysis of the causal impact of education on job earnings; University Grant USD2,300 @ RM10,000; research team leader; since December 2022, completed.

2019  Food expenditure of the B40 households: Developing a decision-support system for food price determination in Malaysia; FRGS national grant, USD20,000 @ RM80,000; research team leader; since January 2019, completed.

2018  Attitune Music: The econometrics of jazz; university teaching-case grant, USD1,500 @ RM6,000, research team leader, completed.

2016  Developing The Public-Private University Worth Index (PPUWI): A Fundamental Analysis Of The Costs And Returns To Higher Education; FRGS national grant, USD16,500 @ RM66,200; research team leader; since August 2016, completed.

2015   Starlight Optical: In search of a new equilibrium?; university teaching-case grant, USD2,500 @ RM10,000, research team leader, since October 2015, completed.

2014  Skilled migration: A regression discontinuity design approach; international research grant from Leibniz Institute for the Social Science (GESIS), Cologne, Germany. GESIS Grant No. El-2014-126, €2,200 @ RM11,000 (international research grant); sole researcher, completed.

2012    The determinants of student nonreturn: A meta-analysis on a subtler form of brain drain (university grant; USD1,500 @ RM6,000; research team leader, completed)

2005    The effectiveness of location incentive: An analytical study of Kedah state (university grant; USD2,500 @ RM10,000; research team leader, completed)

2002  Technical inefficiency of selected capital intensive and non-capital intensive manufacturing industries in Malaysia (funded by faculty grant; USD750 @ RM3,000; research team leader, completed)

 

Co-Investigator (Member)

2024  Developing a socio-economic well-being model for gig workers in the sharing economy: Evidence from Malaysia; USD21,500 @ RM100,000; FRGS national grant; research team member; since June 2024, ongoing.

2022   Higher education as a field of study: A Malaysian context. Joint research grant from the National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN), Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF), and Malaysian Society for Higher Education Policy & Research Development (PenDaPat), RM15,000; research team member; since August 2022, completed.

2020  The determinants of housing developers’ selling prices: Price distortion and market power of developers. NAPREC Grant by the National Institute of Valuation; USD4,800 @ RM20,000; research team member; since November 2020, ongoing.

2020   National GENIUS Programme Evaluation Study. Consultancy research project commissioned by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), USD33,000 @ RM137,000; research team member; since January 2020, completed.

2019   Developing an interactive MADA paddy estate decision-making system: Way forward to increase rice self-sufficiency level in Malaysia; FRGS national grant, USD23,600 @ RM99,000; research team member; since September 2019, completed.

2019   Ensuring Malaysian food security: Developing a sustainable aquaculture framework of GAqP-compliant fish produce; FRGS national grant, USD19,000@ RM79,900; research team member; since September 2019, completed.

2019   Consolidation and harmonization of the Malaysian higher education acts and governance system; Consultancy research project commissioned by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, USD73,000 @ RM300,000; research team member; since February 2019, completed.

2017   Socio-demographic and lifestyle factors as determinants of mental health condition among adults in Malaysia (UUM University Research Generation grant; USD1,250 @ RM5,000; research team member, since September 2017, completed.

2016  Development of university good governance index for the APEX, research, comprehensive, focus and technical universities; institutional grant from the Higher Education Leadership Academy, AKEPT), USD37,500 @ RM150,000 research grant; research team member, since January 2016, completed.

2015   Disaster safety net: Evaluating the MKN 20 Directive; national grant from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education; USD17,500 @ RM70,000 research grant; research team member; since April 2015, completed.

2014  Agropreneurial triggering model: Inferring predisposed factors for potential agro-based entrepreneurs in Malaysia; national grant from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education; USD12,500 @ RM50,000 research grant; research team member; completed.

2012  Estimating a brain waste index: A case of Malaysian pure science graduates (university grant; USD2,500 @ RM10,000; research team member, completed)

2003   Factors that influence housing choice: A multinomial logit analysis of two townships in Kedah state (funded by faculty grant; USD750 @ RM3,000; research team member, completed)

2002   Service quality and economic worth of customers in referral processes: A cluster analysis approach (funded by university grant; USD2,500 @ RM10,000; research team member, completed)


Postgraduate Teaching: Labour Economics, Advanced Econometrics, Research Methods

Undergraduate Teaching: Labour Economics, Applied Economics, Econometrics, Research Methods, Statistics for Economics, Mathematics for Economics, Operations Research, Development Economics, Economics of Demography, History of Economic Thought



Postgraduate Supervision

Graduated

  • Haruna Sani Birnin Kebbi, “A Critical Assesment Of Poverty Alleviation Programmes In Nigeria: A Case Study Of Sokoto Zone (Sokoto , Kebbi And Zamfara States”, Principal Supervisor, PhD supervision, completed & graduated.
  • Kirttana Kalimuthu, “Economic Analysis of the paddy production in MADA Paddy Estates, Malaysia”, Co-supervisor, MEc supervision, completed & graduated.
  • Noraliza Mohamad Ali, "Mismatch and labour mobility in Malaysia", MEc supervision, Principal Supervisor, completed & graduated.
  • Suleiman Gambiyo Purokayo, “Implications of transport infrastructure on the Nigerian economy”, Principal Supervisor, PhD supervision, completed & graduated.
  • Mohammad Adamu, “Efficiency of labour: A study of academic staff of Nigerian universities”, Principal Supervisor, PhD supervision, completed & graduated.
  • Noorkatina Mohamad, “An economic analysis on graduate entrepreneurship: Education, communication skills and happiness”, Co-supervisor, PhD supervision, completed & graduated.
  • Luka Bastiaans (5876095), “Does foreign aid foster corruption? With a special focus on the differences between bilateral and multilateral aid”, Principal/Sole Supervisor, Masters’ thesis supervision at Amsterdam School of Economics, completed & graduated.
  • Jayanthi R. Alaganthiran, “Labour migration and the effects on Malaysian economic growth”, Principal/Sole Supervisor, Masters’ thesis supervision, completed & graduated.
  • Low Choon Wei, “The intention of undergraduates to further studies”, Principal/Sole Supervisor, Master of Economics thesis supervision, completed & graduated.

 Ongoing

  • Qiu Wenwen, “Empirical Analysis of Digital Economy on the Impacts of China's Employment Structure in the Post-pandemic Era”, Principal Supervisor, PhD supervision.
  • Khoo Sheng Peng, “The impact of Covid-19 on GDP in India, US, and selected ASEAN countries”, Principal Supervisor, MEc supervision.

Professional/Academic Affiliations

  • UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, Expert
  • Global Labor Organization (GLO), Fellow
  • European Commission, Registered Expert (EX2024D1004323)
  • European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST), External Expert
  • Malaysian Economic Association, 2024-2026 Exco Committee & Lifetime Member
  • American Economic Association (AEA), Member
  • South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases (Scopus-indexed; Publisher: SAGE), Advisory Editorial Board Member
  • Malaysian Management Journal (MMJ), UUM, Section Editor & Editorial Board Member
  • Northern Malaysia Economic Bulletin, UUM, Chief Editor
  • National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN), Associate Research Fellow
  • School of Management, Hebei University (China), Research Associate
  • Centre for Higher Education Research, Sunway University (Malaysia), Associate Member
  • Cooperative and Entrepreneurship Development Institute, UUM, Research Fellow
  • Economics and Financial Policy Research Institute (ECOFI), UUM, Associate Research Fellow
  • Malaysian Society for Higher Education Policy & Research Development (PenDaPat), Lifetime Member (SH-0104)
  • Meta-Analysis of Economics Research (MAER) Network, Member

  

Reviewer/Referee for Journals
International Journals:
  • Applied Economics (Taylor & Francis, SSCI-Q3)
  • Applied Geography (Elsevier, SSCI-Q1)
  • British Journal of Sociology (Wiley, SSCI-Q2)
  • Building and Environment (Elsevier, SCI-Q1)
  • China Economic Review (Elsevier, SSCI-Q2)
  • Cogent Economics and Finance (Taylor & Francis, ESCI, Scopus-Q2)
  • Cogent Social Sciences (Taylor & Francis, ESCI, Scopus-Q2)
  • Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja (Taylor & Francis, SSCI-Q2, Scopus-Q1)
  • Geoforum (Elsevier, SSCI-Q1, Scopus-Q1)
  • International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (Taylor & Francis, Scopus-Q2)
  • International Journal of Emergency Services (Emerald, ESCI, Scopus-Q3)
  • International Journal of Manpower (Emerald, Scopus-Q1)
  • International Journal of Social Economics (Emerald, ESCI, Scopus-Q2)
  • Journal of Contemporary Asia (Taylor & Francis, SSCI-Q1)
  • Journal of International Migration and Integration (Springer, ESCI, Scopus-Q1)
  • Population, Space and Place (Wiley & Sons, SSCI-Q1)
  • Regional Studies (Taylor & Francis, SSCI-Q1)
  • Research in Globalization (Elsevier)
  • Singapore Economic Review (World Scientific Publishing, SSCI-Q4, Scopus-Q3)
  • Studies in Higher Education (Taylor & Francis, SSCI-Q1, Scopus-Q1)
Malaysian Journals:
  • Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies (UM, ESCI/Scopus-Q3)
  • Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction (UUM, ESCI/Scopus-Q1)
  • International Journal of Business and Society (UNIMAS, ESCI/Scopus-Q3)
  • Institutions and Economies (UM, Scopus-Q3)
  • Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia (UKM, Scopus-Q3)
  • International Journal of Economics & Management (UPM, Scopus-Q3)


Awards & Recognition
  • 2022 Best Author Award (Book Chapter), SEFB UUM
  • 3rd Prize Winner, 2017 IMBRe National Case Writing Competition, “Aura Bengkang Enterprise: Of Entrepreneurship and Economics” by Bakar, L.J.A. & Soon, J. J.
  • Special Jury Award (for Best Presentation), 2017 International Case Study Conference, “Starlight Optical: Embracing all that glitters?” by Soon, J. J.  
  • Best Paper Award, 2016 International Management and Accounting Conference, “To evacuate or not: An empirical analysis on the effectiveness of the Malaysian NSC’s Directive 20 in flood disaster management” by Soon, J. J., Kamaruddin, R. & Anuar, A.R.
  • Best Paper Award, 2015 International Conference on Rural Development and Entrepreneurship, “Be your own boss, anyone? Earnings, employment chances & job choice of fresh university graduates” by Soon, J. J.
  • 2022 Excellent Service Award, UUM
  • 2015 Excellent Service Award, UUM
  • 2011 Excellent Service Award, UUM
  • Eligible Candidate, Distinguished Teaching Award 2021
  • Eligible Candidate, Distinguished Teaching Award (2012/13 Academic Session)
  • Outstanding Teaching Performance (2004/5 Academic Session)


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