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 Name: Maimunah bte Ismail
Position: Professor / Deputy Dean (Research & Graduate Studies)
Qualifications : B. S. (Agric) (Malaya), M.S. (U.P. Los Banos), Ph.D. (UPM)
Department: Professional Development and Continuing Education
Areas of Specialization: Gender & Development
Email: mismail@educ.upm.edu.my
Phone: (603) 89468111
Homepage: -
 
 

Profesor Dr. Maimunah Ismail dilahirkan di Kuala Lumpur dan memperolehi B. Agric. Science dari Universiti Malaya. Mula bertugas di UPM pada 1978 dan memperolehi Ph.D. dari universiti tersebut pada tahun 1993 dalam bidang Pendidikan Pengembangan. Beliau dinaikkan pangkat ke jawatan Professor pada tahun 2001, dan kini bertugas sebagai Ketua, Jabatan Pemajuan Professional dan Pendidikan Lanjutan di Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan. Selain pengajaran, beliau telah terlibat dalam penyelidikan dan penerbitan, yang mana beliau telah membentangkan kertas kerja dalam lebih daripada 20 persidangan antarabangsa. Beliau telah menerbitkan 6 buah buku akademik dan sejumlah artikel jurnal dalam pengkhususan pengajian gender dan pembangunan masyarakat.

Professor Dr. Maimunah Ismail was born in Kuala Lumpur and obtained her first degree in B. Agric. Science from University of Malaya. She joined UPM in 1978 as a lecturer and received her Ph.D. from the university in 1993 in Extension Education. She was promoted to Professor in 2001, and currently is the Head, Department of Professional Development and Continuing Education, in the Faculty of Educational Studies. Besides teaching, she has been involved in research and publication, of which she has presented papers at more than 20 international conferences. She has published 6 academic books and a number or journal articles in her specializations of gender studies and community development.
 
CURRENT RESEARCH (2006 - 2008)

  • Career Aspirations of Male and Female R&D Professionals (2007-2008, sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (FRGS, RM57.000.).

  • Individual, Interpersonal, and Organizational Factors as Determinants to Career Advancement: A Comparative Analysis between Academics in Public and Private Institutions of Higher Learning (2007-2008, RU Grant Sheme – RUGS, RM42,800)

Research completed (2001-2007)

  • High-Flying Women Academics: Factors Contributing to Success (2003-2005, sponsored by UNESCO, USD 10,000.)
  • Gender and Career in Science and Engineering (2001-2003, IRPA research, Malaysia, RM 56,000.)
  • Career Plateauing among Administrative and Diplomatic Officers: Job Performance and Work Outcomes (2005-2007, sponsored by the Department of Public Services, Malaysia).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books (1995 – 2007):

  1. Maimunah Ismail and Rodziah Mohd Rasdi (2006) High Flying Women Academics: A Question of Career Mobility. Subang Jaya, Selangor: Pelanduk Publications.
  2. Maimunah Ismail (2001) Malaysian Women in Rural Development and Entrepreneurship: From Rural Producers to Urban Entrepreneurs. London: Asean Academic Press.
  3. Maimunah Ismail and Aminah Ahmad (1999) Women & Work: Challenges in Industrializing Nations. London: Asean Academic Press.
  4. Maimunah Ismail (1999) Extension: Implications for Community Development. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Second Edition).
  5. Maimunah Ismail and Saidin Teh (1996) Challenging the Professions: Frontiers for Rural Development. London. Intermediate Technology Publications (Transalation).
  6. Abu Daud Silong, Maimunah Ismail and Musa Abu Hassan (1995) Handling Change: Challenges and Actions in Extension. Serdang: Center for Extension and Continuing Education Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.
  7. Maimunah Ismail, Steve Eric Krauss, and Ismi Ariff Ismail (2007). Career Development: Advancing Perspective and Practice. Serdang, Malaysia: UPM Press.

Articles in Refereed Journals (2000 – 2008)

1.      Maimunah Ismail, Efizah Sofiah Ramly & Roziah Mohd Rasdi (2008) Career aspirations of R&D professionals in Malaysian organizations. Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 4(1), 210-217 (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

2.      Maimunah Ismail & Lawrence Arokiasamy (2008) Workforce Diversity: A human resorce development perspective towards organizational performance. European Journal of Social Sciences. 6(2), 244-251 (Indexed in Scopus, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases, EMBASE, Ulrich, DOAJ, Cabell, Compendex, GEOBASE, and Mosby.)

3.      Ali Hassan Obaid Khalil, Maimunah Ismail, Abu Daud Silong & Turiman Suandi(2008). Extension worker as a leader to farmers: Influence of extension leadership competencies and organizational commitment on extension workers’ performance. The Journal of International Social Research, 1/4 Summer 2008, 369-387. Indexed in  EBSCO, DOAJ, Scientific Commons, ICAAP, Public Knowledge Project (PKP), Index Copernicus and Journal Seek.

4.      Maimunah Ismail & Roziah Mohd Rasdi (2008). Leadership in academic career: Uncovering the experience of women professors. International Studies in Educational Administration, 36(3),

5.      Maimunah Ismail & Nor Wahiza Wahat (2008). Action research:  A strategy in communy education. Journal of Global Business Management, 4(1) April 2008., 224-231. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

6.      Ali Hassan Obaid Khalil, Maimunah Ismail, Abu Daud Silong & Turiman Suandi (2008). Influence of leadership competencies on extension workers’ performance in Yemen.  Journal of Global Business Management, 4(1) April 2008, 388-394. Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

7.      Munirah Hassan, Rahim Md. Sail, Maimunah Ismail & Khairuddin Idris (2008). Women in cottage industry development project in Sarawak, Malaysia: Undersatanding of participation and reasons for leaving the programme. European Journal of Social Sciences, 6(3),391-401.

8.      Maimunah Ismail (2008) Career plateauing: Constructs, causes and coping strategies. European Journal of Social Sciences. 5 (4), 112-121 (Indexed in Scopus, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases, EMBASE, Ulrich, DOAJ, Cabell, Compendex, GEOBASE, and Mosby.)

9.      Maimunah Ismail & Mariani Ibrahim (2008). Barriers to career progression faced by women: Evidence from a Malaysian multinational oil company. Gender in Management Review, 23 (1 & 2), 51-66. (Abstracted and indexed in SCIMA, Scopus, Cabell’s Directory.

  1. Maimunah Ismail & Roziah Mohd Rasdi (2007). Impact of networking on       career development: Experience of high-flying women academics. Human       Resource Development International. 10(2), 157 – 172. (Abstracted and indexed in IBSS, EBSCO (Business Source Corporate, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, TOC Premier), OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, PIRA International: Management and Marketing, British Education Index PsycINFO.)
     
  1. Maimunah Ismail, AAhad M Osman-Gani, Shamsuddin Ahmad, Steven Eric Krauss, Ismi Arif Ismail & Syahidatul Khafizah Hajaraih. Human Resource Development in Asia – Thriving on Dynamism and Change:  Reflections from 2006 Asian HRD Conference. Human Resource Development International. 10(2), 217 – 225. (Abstracted and indexed in IBSS, EBSCO (Business Source Corporate, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, TOC Premier), OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, PIRA International: Management and Marketing, British Education Index PsycINFO.)

12.   Maimunah Ismail (2007). Technical versus managerial line: Career route preference of senior men and women engineers. Journal of International Management Studies. 2(1), 13-21. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

13.   Roziah Mohd Rasdi & Maimunah Ismail (2007). Gender differences in management style. Journal of International Management Studies. 2(1), 93-102. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

14.   Muhammad Madi Abdullah, Jegak Uli,  Maimunah Ismail & Shamsuddin Ahmad (2007). The influence of critical soft factors on quality improvement and organizational performance: Evidence of Malaysia’s electrical and electronics sector. Journal of Global Business Management, 3(1). 22-30. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

15.   Le Ngoc Thach, Maimunah Ismail, Jegak Uli & Khairudin Idris (2007)           Individual Factors as Predictors of Extension Agents’ Performance in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 3(1), 93-102. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

16.   Novel Lyndon, Maimunah Ismail (2007) Reasons for Differences in Educational Attainment and Employment Participation of Bidayuh Men and Women. Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 3(1), 10-20. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

17.   Aida Hafitah & Maimunah Ismail (2007). Cross-cultural challenges and adjustments of expatriates: A case study in Malaysia. ALTERNATIVES: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 6 (3 & 4) Fall & Winter, 72 – 99. (Abstracted and indexed in OCLC Public Affairs Information Service, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Academic Search Premier, Index Islamicus, Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, and Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts.)

18.   Wu Hwei Ming, Aminah Ahmad & Maimunah Ismail (2007).  Antecedents of Career Aspirations among Women in Middle Management. Journal of Global Business Management, 3(1), 157-166. (Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

19.   Maimunah Ismail & Roziah Mohd. Rasdi (2007) Uniqueness of Academic Career: Voices of Malaysian Women Professors. European Journal of Social Sciences.  July, 2007, 5 (3): (Indexed in Scopus, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases, EMBASE, Ulrich, DOAJ, Cabell, Compendex, GEOBASE, and Mosby.)

20.   Maimunah Ismail and Roziah Mohd Rasdi (2006) Career mobility of high       flying women  academics: A study at selected universities in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 11(2), 155-171. (Australian Education Index, Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS), Contents Pages in Education, EBSCO online, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), PsycINFO).

21.   Maimunah Ismail and Roziah Mohd Rasdi (2006) Uniqueness of Career in       Academia: Experience of High-Flying Women Academics. Journal of Global       Business Management, 2(2), 175 – 181. Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

22.   Mat Sani Hassan, Maimunah Ismail & Jegak Uli (2006) Moderating Role of      Job Performance on the Relationship between Career Plateauing and Work      Outcomes among Administrative and Diplomatic Officers in Malaysia.      Journal of Global Business Management, 2(3), 12-18. Indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing).

  1. Maimunah, I. and Roziah, M. R., and Nor Wahiza, A. W. (2005) High-flying women academicians: Factors contributing to success. Women in Management Review, 20, 2:117-132. (Indexed and abstracted in Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management, Emerald Management Reviews, Ergonomics Abstracts, Helecon, Human Resources Abstracts, Management Training & Development Alert, Personnel Management Abstracts, SCIMA, Studies on Women Abstracts, zetoc (British Library)
     
  1. Maimunah Ismail (2003) Men and Women Engineers in a Large Industrial Organization: Interpretation of Career Progression Based on Subjective-Career Experience. Women in Management Review, Vol. 18 (1/2): 60 – 67.( Indexed and abstracted in Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management, Emerald Management Reviews, Ergonomics Abstracts, Helecon, Human Resources Abstracts, Management Training & Development Alert, Personnel Management Abstracts, SCIMA, Studies on Women Abstracts, zetoc (British Library)
     

25.   Mohd Azmi Md Shah and Maimunah Ismail (2003) Learning Program among the converts: A case study in the State of Malacca, Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 11, 1, 81 – 95.
 

  1. Maimunah Ismail (2003) Men and women engineers: Determinants of career growth. Australian Journal of Psychology. 55 (Supplement), 130.
     
  1. Nur Naha Abu Mansor and Maimunah Ismail (2001) Satisfaction of Distance Learners towards Information Technology Usage. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 9 (1): 1-10.
     
  1. Maimunah Ismail (2000) Family business influence on women’s entrepreneurial career choice. Journal of Asian Regional Association for Home Economics, 7(2): 105-115.

Book Chapters (2001 – 2007)

 
29.   Novel Lyndon, Maimunah Ismail, Jegak Uli and Khairuddin Idris (2007). The Differences Between Educational Attainment and Employment Participation of Bidayuh Men and Women in Development. In Roznah Ismail, Mahmud Nazar & Nwaini M. Noor (Eds.) Women and Work: Perspectives on Workplace and Family (Chapter 1, pp 1-17). Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah Press.
 
30.   Wu Hwei Ming, Aminah Ahmad & Maimunah Ismail (2007). Towards a model of career aspiration for women employees. In Maimunah Ismail, Steven Eric Krauss & Ismi Arif Ismail (Eds.) Career Development: Advancing Perspective and Practice. Serdang: UPM Press.
 
31.   Maimunah Ismail & Mariani Ibrahim (2007) Women and barriers to career progression: Evidence from a Malaysian oil company. In Maimunah Ismail, Steven Eric Krauss & Ismi Arif Ismail (Eds.) Career Development: Advancing Perspective and Practice. Serdang: UPM Press.
 
32. Maimunah Ismail (2006). Conflicting understanding about gender and development.    In Jamilah Othman, Rahim M. Sail and Aminah Ahmad (eds.) Women and Peace: Issues, Challenges and Strategies. Serdang: Institute for Community and Peace Studies and Women’s Studies Unit, UPM.
 
33. Khuan Wai Bing, Asma Ahmad, Maimunah Ismail and Azimi Hamzah (2006). Women       headteachers and gender strategies in decision-making. In Jamilah Othman, Rahim M. Sail and Aminah Ahmad (eds.) Women and Peace: Issues, Challenges  and Strategies. Serdang: Institute for Community and Peace Studies and Women’s  Studies Unit, UPM.
 
34. Maimunah Ismail (2001). The motivations and working strategies of women in Malaysian entrepreneurship-cum-politics: Voices and experiences. In Kinnear, A. & Green, L. (Editors). Commemorative Issue on Women in Leadership. Perth: Edith Cowan University.

Paper presentation (1995-2007)

Presented 30 papers at international conferences held in Beijing, Berlin, Baguio City, Bangkok, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Manila, Melbourne, Perth, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Yogjakarta, in the areas of Community Development, Gender Studies, Non-Formal Education and Human Resource Development.

 

Professional and Study Awards

  • One silver award at UPM Innovation & Research Expo 2008

  • Best Research Award 2007 (for Publication in Social Sciences) of UPM

  • Two silver awards at UPM Innovation & Research Expo 2007

  • Best Author Award, The Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 2007.

  • Excellent Service Award of UPM 2007.

  • One silver award at UPM Innovation & Research Expo 2006 

  • Best Paper Finalist Award at AHRD Conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, 2005  

  • One silver award at UPM Innovation & Research Expo 2005  

  • Two research awards at UPM Innovation & Research Expo 2003

  • Excellent Services Award of UPM in 1994, 1998 and 1999

  • SEARCA Study awards (to pursue Ph. D program in 1988-92 and M. S. Program in 1976-1978).

  • Language award for writing a book on Extension Education and Community Development (1990) sponsored by Public Bank and Malaysian Language Society.

  • British Council & Government of Malaysia Technical Cooperation study awards, to pursue a 3-month course on Gender & Development at IDS, Sussex, England (1989); and to attend a professional course on Working Strategies with Rural Women: An International Perspective in July 1987, Coventry, England.

  • Commonwealth Science Council Travel Grants to attend ICTE ’99 International Conference on Technology and Education at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 29-31 March 1999.

 

Teaching experience:

30 years teaching experience in the areas of Extension Education & Community Development, Research Methods in Social Sciences, and Gender Studies at undergraduate and graduate levels. Have supervised 40 graduate students and currently supervising 8 MS and 7 PhD students.

 

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