Soo Min Toh

Soo Min Toh

Title/Position
Professor (Organizational Behaviour & HR Management)
Management

 

REAL WORLD EXPERTISE & COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Soo Min Toh's main research interests deal with the interactions of sojourners with their host country co-workers and supervisors. She is interested in how these relationships affect the psychological, socio-cultural, and economic adaptation of the sojourners. She is also interested in the role of social undermining on the outcomes of immigrants. Currently, Soo Min is engaged in a research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council examining how the experiences of new immigrants in Canada affect their long-term career success. 

SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH

Soo Min’s research has been published in premier journals such as the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Psychological Science, as well as numerous international conferences. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of World Business. She has taught courses in international management, as well as courses and workshops in organizational behaviour and human resource management since her appointment to UTM in 2003. Prior to joining UTM, Soo Min obtained her Ph.D. in Management at the Texas A&M University, and her Bachelors of Business Studies in the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
B.B.A., Nanyang Technological University

Publications

Publications - Paper

Publications - Books and Chapters

  • The perspective of host country nationals in socializing expatriates: The importance of foreign-local relations; With DeNisi, A. S., & Leonardelli, G.; In C. Wanberg (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Socialization. New York: Oxford University Press.; 2011
  • Building Expatriate-Host Country National Relationships: The Effects of Human Resources Practices, International Strategy, and Mode of Entry.; DeNisi, A. S., Toh, S. M., & Connelly, B.; In Morley, M. J., Heraty, N., & Collings, D. (Eds.), International HRM and International Assignments. Palgrave Macmillan Publishers; 2006

 

Research

Knowledge transfer between groups, Expatriate Management, Workplace Experiences