K Thirumaran

@jcu.edu.au

Acting Campus Dean
James Cook University Singapore

K Thirumaran

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary, Cultural Studies
42

Scopus Publications

738

Scholar Citations

13

Scholar h-index

15

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Emerging Technologies and Business Development in the Tropics: A Roadmap for Transformation
    N Noor, TK Lim, H Jang, J Wood, K Thirumaran
    Taylor & Francis , 2026
    2026
  • Cognitive Warfare as a Strategic Dilemma: A Game-Theoretic Model of Censorship and Distrust
    R Dillon, K Thirumaran
    2025
  • Customizing deeper transformational tourism experiences for vulnerable tourists
    S Goh, JK Sabharwal, K Thirumaran
    Journal of Design, Business & Society 10 (2), 203-222 , 2025
    2025
  • Folk Dance and the Quest for Cultural Sustainability
    Z Yang, K Thirumaran, Z Kamble, J Pryce
    The International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism … , 2025
    2025
  • How to Implement a Circular Business Model for Achieving Low-Carbon Tourism: Lessons from Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
    CH Kim, J Wood, K Thirumaran
    The Business of Low-Carbon Tourism, 36-51 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Asia’s Eventful Rise: Exploring Asia’s Visitor Economy Implications of Hosting Global Events
    S Shankar, SR Tan, XW Yeap, H Jang, K Thirumaran, J Wood
    Tourism and Easternisation: Uniting Asian Philosophy, Global Events, and … , 2025
    2025
  • Inspirational Entrepreneurship and Stimulating Tourism: Lessons From the Himalayas in India
    EL Eijdenberg, M Agarwal, K Thirumaran, A Bhati
    Springer Nature , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Will post-Covid tourism be collaborative and regenerative in SIJORI region?
    D Tolkach, Z Kamble, K Thirumaran
    CAUTHE 2025 Conference Proceedings: Transforming Tomorrow: Leveraging … , 2025
    2025
  • Customizing Deeper Transformational Tourism Experiences for Vulnerable Tourists
    K Goh, Sandra. Sabharwal, Jagdeep Kaur & Thirumaran
    Journal of Design, Business & Society 10 (1), 161 - 181 , 2025
    2025
  • and Practice of Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and Beyond
    C Wong, K Thirumaran
    Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia: Theoretical and Practical … , 2024
    2024
  • Luxury hospitality revisited: A Cambodian perspective
    EL Eijdenberg, K Thirumaran, Z Mohammadi
    Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 58, 409-418 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Women's entrepreneurship in the hospitality and tourism industry: A systematic literature review and future research directions
    MPN Swart, VS Bernauer, K Thirumaran
    Routledge Handbook on Gender in Tourism, 270-288 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Business Anthropology Approaches in Tourism: A Scoping Review
    Z Yang, K Thirumaran, Z Kamble, J Pryce
    Detay Yayincilik , 2024
    2024
  • Exploring the intersection of religious festivals and tourism approaches: a scoping review
    J Roe, K Thirumaran, C Wong, Z Mohammadi
    International Journal of Tourism Anthropology 9 (3), 237-260 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia
    EL Eijdenberg, K Thirumaran, P Wang, C Wong
    Palgrave Macmillan , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Women's education in tourism entrepreneurship: Trends and issues emerging from Africa
    M Petronella, S Nellie, VS Bernauer, K Thirumaran
    Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Tourism Sustainability, Planning … , 2024
    2024
  • Analysis of travellers’ experiences with petty crimes using biopsychosocial model A systematic scoping review
    K Thirumaran, JK Sabharwal, S Goh
    7 Experiences Summit 2023 1 (1) , 2023
    2023
  • Introduction to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific: An Organizational Psychology Approach
    ES Ng, JE Ramsay, J Wood, K Thirumaran
    Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific, 2-18 , 2023
    2023
  • Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific: An Organizational Psychology Approach
    ES Ng, JE Ramsay, K Thirumaran, J Wood
    Edward Elgar Publishing , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Assessing consumer adoption of Product-Service Systems: A methodological approach emphasizing customer-centricity
    ATH Kuah, CH Kim, K Thirumaran
    International Conference on Connecting the Dots on Circular Economy for … , 2023
    2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The impact of value perceptions on purchase intention of sustainable luxury brands in China and the UK
    P Wang, ATH Kuah, Q Lu, C Wong, K Thirumaran, E Adegbite, W Kendall
    Journal of Brand Management 28 (3), 325 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 137
  • COVID-19 in Singapore and New Zealand: Newspaper Portrayal, Crisis Management
    K Thirumaran, Z Mohammadi, Z Pourabedin, S Azzali, K Sim
    Tourism Management Perspectives 38, 100812 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 63
  • Integrating souvenirs with tourism development: Vietnam's challenges
    K Thirumaran, MX Dam, CM Thirumaran
    Tourism Planning & Development 11 (1), 57-67 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 53
  • The role of social media in the luxury tourism business: A research review and trajectory assessment
    K Thirumaran, H Jang, Z Pourabedin, J Wood
    Sustainability 13 (3), 1216 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 52
  • Luxury tourism, emerging destinations: research review and trajectories
    KTR Mohit
    Asian Journal of Tourism Research 2 (2), 137-159 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 52
  • Morphology for circular economy business models in the electrical and electronic equipment sector of Singapore and South Korea: Findings, implications, and future agenda
    CH Kim, ATH Kuah, K Thirumaran
    Sustainable Production and Consumption 30, 829-850 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 40
  • Virtual pets want to travel: Engaging visitors, creating excitement.
    JK Thirumaran, K., Chawla, S., Dillon, R., & Sabharwal
    Tourism Management Perspectives 39 (100859) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 31
  • Transformed landscapes, tourist sentiments: the place making narrative of a luxury heritage hotel in Singapore
    K Thirumaran, Z Mohammadi, S Azzali, EL Eijdenberg, G Donough-Tan
    Journal of Heritage Tourism , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 22
  • Renewing bonds in an age of Asian travel: Indian tourists in Bali
    K Thirumaran
    Asia on tour, 143-153 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 22
  • Managing graffiti at tourist attractions
    K Thirumaran
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century … , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 16
  • Robotic life of casino employees: exploring well-being dimensions in the gambling industry in Malaysia
    K Chaichi, A Trupp, M Ranjanthran, K Thirumaran
    Equality, Diversity and Inclusion,, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Luxury hospitality revisited: A Cambodian perspective
    EL Eijdenberg, K Thirumaran, Z Mohammadi
    Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 58, 409-418 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Exploring the intersection of religious festivals and tourism approaches: a scoping review
    J Roe, K Thirumaran, C Wong, Z Mohammadi
    International Journal of Tourism Anthropology 9 (3), 237-260 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Mitigating impact from natural disasters, building resilience in tourism: the case of Kerala.
    WCWJ Azzali S, Kamble Z, Thirumaran K
    Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 11
  • Celebrity chefs and the enhancement of culinary tourism experiences in Singapore
    JHPKT Adam Abidin
    In: Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations. From … , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 11
  • Conceptualising Destination Membership Cards for Elite Travellers
    K Thirumaran, EL Eijdenberg
    Journal of Tourism Science - Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 13 (1), 1-21 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 9
  • A Scoping Review of the Hospitality Industry and Tertiary Partnership to Prepare Work-ready Graduates
    HH Nguyen, K Thirumaran, Z Kamble
    ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism 21 (1), 48-63 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Emerging yachting tourism and luxury policy mobility: Singapore and the Southeast Asian extension
    EL Eijdenberg, K Thirumaran, C Wong
    Luxury yachting: Perspectives on tourism, practice and context, 173-194 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 8
  • Introduction: Service excellence in Asian tourism and hospitality
    D Klimkeit, CM Tang, K Thirumaran
    Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality: Insights from Asia, 1-7 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 8
  • Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality
    K Thirumaran, D Klimkeit, CM Tang
    Springer, Cham , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 8

Publications

Books

K Thirumaran, Dirk Klimkeit and Tang Chun Meng. Eds. (2021). Service Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism Management: Insights from Asia. Springer Nature, Frankfurt, Germany.

Simona Azali and K Thirumaran. Eds. (2021). Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations. Springer, Singapore.

Dirk, Klimkeit and K Thirumaran. Eds. (2018). Management of Shared Service Centers in Asia: Examples from Malaysia and Singapore. GRIN Verlag, Munich, Germany.

Foo Koong Hean and K Thirumaran, Eds. (2015). First Class Behaviours for First World Nation. JCU Singapore: Singapore. [ISBN 978-981—09-8281-2]
Goh, S., Sabharwal J.K. & Thirumaran K. (2021). A Paradigmatic Shift in a Hallmark event extending well-being to a non-host city: “One People One Nation, One In Allan Stewart Jepson and Trudie Walters (Eds.) Events and Well-Being. Routledge, New York, pp. 70- 88.

Fiala, Serafin and Thirumaran, K. (2021). Hospitality and Tourism Management: Adopting Lean Six Sigma, Achieving Service Excellence. In K Thirumaran, Dirk Klimkeit and Tang Chun Meng (Eds.) Service Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism Management: Insights from Asia. Springer Nature, Frankfurt, Germany, .

Klimkeit, Dirk, Tang Chun Meng, and Thirumaran, K. (2021). Service Excellence in Asian Tourism and Hospitality. In K Thirumaran, Dirk Klimkeit and Tang Chun Meng. (Eds.) Service Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism Management: Insights from Asia. Springer Nature, Frankfurt, Germany,