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Jennifer Tham is currently a Regional Communications Specialist at Roche Services  Solutions (Asia Pacific) for an ongoing enterprise-wide digital transformation program. She obtained her PhD from Monash University under the supervision of Professor Pervaiz and Dr. Yit Sean Chong. The career change narratives and career construal model introduced in this book are based on the phenomenological study of career change conducted for her doctoral study. Prior to joining Roche, she worked as a management consultant in Deloitte Consulting (SEA) specialising in Organizational Change Management and has contributed to various business and practice development activities in the firm. In the academic space, she has experience in teaching first and second-year university students in Monash University for Business Management units. As an individual, Jennifer has a keen interest in studying the human perception, motivation and emotion thatcontributes to a unique experience, be it as an employee, customer or individual. And she takes absolute pleasure in translating complex findings into meaningful narratives and practical frameworks that create value for organizations and the community.   Yit Sean (Esther) Chong is currently a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of GraduateResearch in Monash University Malaysia. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Esther worked with Accenture in delivering business solutions to major clients such as Shell Malaysia, Hong Kong Exchange and Sakhalin Energy, Russia. She was also a certified facilitator for the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey) and Development Dimensions International (DDI) programmes. Her broad research interests are in the fields of higher education, service management and career change behaviour. Dr. Chong was awarded a research grant by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia to examine career change intentions of STEM undergraduates via behavioural neuroscience and narrative approaches. In acknowledgement to her endeavours in the scholarly and educational frontiers, she was a recipient of the Highly Commended Award by Journal of Service Management (Emerald Publishing Group), Best Paper Awards by Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) and Academy of Marketing, and Monash University Vice Chancellor's Award (Innovation in Learning and Teaching).   Pervaiz K. Ahmed is a management scholar exploring innovation and strategic dynamics of entrepreneurial change. He is currently the Director of The Institute of Global Strategy and Competitiveness at Sunway University, Malaysia. Before coming to Malaysia, Professor Ahmed held academic and professional positions in the UK. He has extensive experience working with and advising blue-chip companies and public sector organizations, such as Unilever, Ford, AT&T,NCR, British Telecommunications, and the NHS in Europe.  He has also been involved with corporate clients in Asia and government agencies, such as the Singapore National Productivity Council.

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