Faculty of Business and Information Science
Faculty of Business and Management

Marcia Edna Santhanarajan

UCSI Graduate Business School

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MARCIA EDNA SANTHANARAJAN

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Marcia Edna Santhanarajan

Lecturer | Department of Accounting and Finance
 

Academic Qualifications

MBA
BBus

Areas of Interest
Retirement financial planning
Individual financial planning
Research

Current Research Project

  1. PhD in Business Economics (Finance) at UPM, Malaysia.
  2. Rajan, M. E. S., Selvaraja, M., Singh, K., Andre. (accepted). The Effect of Real Estate Prices on Stock Market Investment: Evidence from Malaysia. Journal of Economic & Management Perspectives, Special Issue. (Indexed in SCOPUS), eISSN: 2523-5335.

Publication

To date, I have published 1 journal article; and 2 conference proceedings, from the year 2016 to present. I am the first author and/or the corresponding author for these papers.

The complete list of my publications are as given below:

Journal Publications

  1. ​Rajan, M. E. S., & Abdullah, A. (2017). An Exploratory Review of Retirement Savings Investment Decisions: A Malaysian Perspective. Global Business & Management Research: An International Journal(ERA), Vol: 9, 1s (pp.771-786), ISSN:1947-5667 (online).

 Conference proceedings

  1. Rajan, M. E. S., & Abdullah, A. (2016). An Exploratory Review of Retirement Savings Investment Decisions: A Malaysian Perspective. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Leadership and Management 2016 (ICLM 2016).
  2. Rajan, M. E. S., Selvaraja, M., Singh, K., Andre. (2016). The Effect of Real Estate Prices on Stock Market Investment: Evidence from Malaysia. In Proceedings of the 2016 Advanced Research on Business, Management and Social Sciences International Conference (BIMASA).

Completed research project (undergraduate-level main research supervisor)

  1. Name:              Sim Su Yee & Tan Siew Wei
    Title:                Factors influencing auditors’ intention to quit in Klang Valley, Malaysia.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance  
  2. Name:              Andre & Kevandeep Singh
    Title:                The effect of real estate prices on investment in stock market among   young working adults in Kuala Lumpur.
    Programme:    Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting   
  3. Name:             Alwin Loh & Khoo Seng Khaw
    Title:                Accuracy of management predictions of earnings per share.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting   
  4. Name:              Julius Nathaniel & Marsha Serena
    Title:                The perception on becoming qualified accountants of accounting bodies among university graduates.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting  
  5. Name:              Chow Pei San & Tan Kai Jien
    Title:                Influence of board gender diversity and board independence on firm performance in Malaysian industrial products sector.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting   
  6. Name:              Chua Min Yee & Leong Kar Yee
    Title:                Internal factors affecting SME performance in Malaysia.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting   
  7. Name:              Yap Li Tzun & Chow Li Queen
    Title:                The effect of corporate governance on stock liquidity in Malaysia: A study on the services sector.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance 
  8. Name:              Amanda Goo & Wong Ching Mun
    Title:                Factors influencing decisions to use credit cards among university students.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance 
  9. Name:              Tee Kien Hui & Loon Ann Chi
    Title:                Factors influencing life insurance consumption in Malaysia.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance 
  10. Name:              Wong Cheng Wai & Oh Boon Yang
    Title:                Factors influencing tax non-compliance attitude among individual taxpayers in Malaysia.
    Programme:     Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance 

Awards and Achievements

  1. PhD Scholarship – Sponsored by the Government of Malaysia under the MyBrain PhD Scholarship.