Delon Chai Wei How
Academic Qualifications
Master of Business Administration (Finance)
Open University Malaysia | 2015
Bachelor of Commerce (Major in Accounting & Finance)
Curtin University | 2009
Office No.
+60 85 630100 ext. 2739
Room No.
No. 13, Row 1
Employment History
- Lecturer
Department of Foundation Studies
Faculty of Business
Curtin University Malaysia
2012 – Present - Senior Finance Officer
Highline Shipping Sdn Bhd (A member of Hubline Berhad)
2011 – 2012 - Finance and Administration Supervisor
Dai Lieng Machinery Sdn Bhd
2009 – 2011 - Trainee Accounts Executive
Samling Housing Products Sdn Bhd
2009
Professional Affiliations
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) UK – Since 2019
- Member of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MMIM) – Since 2015
Units Taught
- Economics 062 | Semester 2, 2012 to present
- Business Statistics 061 | Semester 1, 2015 to present
- Commerce Mathematics 061 | Semester 2, 2012 to Semester 2, 2014
- MGMT 2004 Sustainable Event Development | Semester 2, 2019 to present
- MGMT 1002 Communication, Culture and Indigenous Perspectives in Business | Semester 1, 2020 to present
- MGMT 3005 Event Management | Semester 1, 2021 to present
Research Interests
Higher education teaching, Economics
Teaching Awards
Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Faculty of Business, Curtin University
Semester 1, 2017
Student’s Choice Award
Curtin University
Year 2013 to 2017
Research Fundings
Funder: Curtin Malaysia Teaching Innovation Project
Title: Online learning self-efficacy and learning satisfaction among foundation level students
Amount: RM2,000
Team members: Michelle Phua Siew Huei, Delon Chai Wei How
Duration/Status: 2020-2021/On-going
Journal Publications
Tan, Kim-Lim, K. S. Sim Adriel, Delon Chai, and Louise Beck. 2020. “Participant well-being and local festivals: the case of the Miri country music festival, Malaysia.” International Journal of Event and Festival Management 11 (4): 433-451. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-02-2020-0007. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-02-2020-0007.
Conference Proceedings
Chai, W.H. “Customer perceptions and factors affecting adoption of internet banking in Miri, Sarawak”, One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference 2018: Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technologies, 26-28 November 2018, Miri, Malaysia.
Phua, S.H., Chai, W.H., Tan, S.S., “Comparison of effectiveness between teacher-centered and student-centered approaches in teaching Commerce Mathematics: A case study of foundation studies in Curtin University Malaysia” One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference 2018: Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technologies, 26-28 November 2018, Miri, Malaysia.
Published Works
The Borneo Post – “Online Learning as the Way Forward.” By Delon Chai Wei How, Apr 2021
The Borneo Post – “Does GDP capture a country’s social well-being, human progress?” by Delon Chai Wei How, Jun. 4, 2019, p.9.