Publications by:
K. Thirumaran
Also publishes as (Thirumaran Kailasam, Thirumaran K, Kailasam Thirumaran)
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Yang, Ziwei, Thirumaran, K., Kamble, Zilmiyah, and Pryce, Josephine (2024) Business Anthropology Approaches in Tourism: A Scoping Review. In: MTCON' 24 Proceedings. p. 136. From: MTCON'24: the 5th Conference on Managing Tourism Across Continents : tourism for a better world, 1-4 May 2024, Istanbul, Turkiye.
Roe, Jasper, Thirumaran, K., Wong, Caroline, and Mohammadi, Zohre (2024) Exploring the intersection of religious festivals and tourism approaches: a scoping review. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 9 (3). pp. 237-260.
Eijdenberg, Emiel L., K, Thirumaran, Wang, Pengji, and Wong, Caroline (2024) Indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia: Theoretical and Practical Implications. Palgrave Studies in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Business . Palgrave MacMillan, Cham, Switzerland.
Eijdenberg, Emiel L., Thirumaran, K., and Mohammadi, Zohre (2024) Luxury hospitality revisited: A Cambodian perspective. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 58 (March 2024). pp. 409-418.
Wong, Caroline, Wang, Pengji, K, Thirumaran, and Eijdenberg, Emiel L. (2024) Reflections on Contributions, Inspiration for the Future: Ideas for Research and Practice of Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and Beyond. In: Wong, Caroline, Wang, Pengji, Thirumaran, K., and Eijdenberg, Emiel, (eds.) Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia: Theoretical and Practical Implications. Palgrave Studies in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Business . Palgrave MacMillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 289-297.
Kim, Chang H., Kuah, Adrian T.H., Wang, Pengji, and Thirumaran, K. (2023) Circular Economy and Consumer Acceptance on Product-Service System: A Customer-Dominant Logic View. In: Proceedings of the 2023 U.S. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2023) From: 2023 U.S. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 4 - 8 August 2023, Boston, MA, USA.
Sabacan, Redeem Faith, Nguyen, Hong Hanh, Eijdenberg, Emiel L., Jang, Haejin, Thirumaran, K., and Wood, Jacob (2023) Economic development along the New Silk Road: A vehicle for driving sustainable tourism. In: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads: proceedings of SRSTDCH 2021. pp. 273-280. From: SRSTDCH 2021: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads, 22-23 November 2021, Online.
Ng, Eddy S., Ramsay, Jonathan E., Thirumaran, K., and Wood, Jacob (2023) Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific: an organizational psychology approach. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 1-439.
Thirumaran, Kailasam, Sabacan, Redeem Faith, Pourabedin, Zahra, Nguyen, Hong Hanh, Jang, Haejin, Atkinson, Benedict, and Wood, Jacob (2023) The Eurasian Economic Union and Silk Road Tourism: Qualifying Resources, Amplifying Messages. In: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads: proceedings of SRSTDCH 2021. pp. 265-271. From: SRSTDCH 2021: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads, 22-23 November 2021, Online.
Bernauer, Vanessa, Bhati, Abhishek, and Thirumaran, K. (2023) Guest editorial: (In)equalities in hospitality and tourism – exploring diversity and equity issues. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 42 (4). pp. 465-467.
Scarinci, Janice, Pryce, Josephine, and Thirumaran, K. (2023) Informing the Curriculum: Graduate Employability Skills for the Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Australia During a Pandemic. In: Broadley, Tania, Cai, Yuzhuo, Firth, Miriam, Hunt, Emma, and Neugebauer, John, (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 250-300.
Ng, Eddy S., Ramsay, Jonathan E., Wood, Jacob, and Thirumaran, K. (2023) Introduction to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific: An Organizational Psychology Approach. In: Ng, Eddy S., Ramsay, Jonathan E., Wood, Jacob, and Thirumaran, K., (eds.) Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 2-18.
Chaichi, Kamelia, Trupp, Alexander, Ranjanthran, Mageswari, and Thirumaran, K. (2023) Robotic life of casino employees: exploring well-being dimensions in the gambling industry in Malaysia. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 42 (4). pp. 512-529.
Wood, Jacob, Jang, Haejin, Pourabedin, Zahra, Sabacan, Redeem, Atkinson, Benedict, Nguyen, Hong Hanh, and Thirumaran, K. (2023) The Role of the Belt and Road Initiative in Driving Tourism in the Post COVID-19 Era. In: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads: proceedings of SRSTDCH 2021. pp. 255-263. From: SRSTDCH 2021: Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads, 22-23 November 2021, Online.
Nguyen, Hong Hanh, Kailasam, Thirumaran, and Kamble, Zilmiyah (2023) A Scoping Review of the Hospitality Industry and Tertiary Partnership to Prepare Work-ready Graduates. ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism, 21 (1). pp. 48-63.
Thirumaran, K., Mohammadi, Zohre, Azzali, Simona, Eijdenberg, Emiel, and Donough-Tan, Gerardine (2023) Transformed landscapes, tourist sentiments: the place making narrative of a luxury heritage hotel in Singapore. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 18 (2). pp. 243-264.
Swart, Nellie, Bernauer, Vanessa S., and Thirumaran, Kailasam (2023) Women's education in tourism entrepreneurship: Trends and issues emerging from Africa. In: Morrison, Alastair M., and Buhalis, Dimitrios, (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Tourism Sustainability, Planning and Development, Management, and Technology. Routledge, Abingdon, England, pp. 220-231.
Thirumaran, K., Eijdenberg, Emiel L., and Wong, Caroline (2023) A scoping review of luxury yachting and wellness: Study trends and research prospects. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 15 (4). pp. 371-385.
Wood, Jacob, Chaiechi, Taha, and Thirumaran, K. (2022) Business, Industry, and Trade in the Tropics. Routledge, Abingdon, UK.
Eijdenberg, Emiel L., Thirumaran, K., and Wong, Caroline (2022) Emerging yachting tourism and luxury policy mobility: Singapore and the Southeast Asian extension. In: Gladkikh, Tatiana, Séraphin, Hugues, Gladkikh, Victoria, and Vo-Thanh, Tan, (eds.) Luxury yachting. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 173-194.
Pryce, Josephine, Thirumaran, K., and Scarinci, Janice (2022) Graduate Employability Skills for the Hospitality Industry in Singapore: A comparison between onset and recovery stages of COVID-19. In: [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management, and Sustainability]. From: BEMAS 2022: 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management, and Sustainability, 1-3 July 2022, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
K., Thirumaran, Azzali, Simona, Kamble, Zilmiyah, Prabhugaonkar, Yash, and Agarwal, Manisha (2022) In focus 5 – religious tourism in the urban setting of Varanasi in India. In: Novelli, Marina, Cheer, Joseph M., Dolezal, Claudia, Jones, Adam, and Milano, Claudio, (eds.) Handbook of Niche Tourism. Research Handbooks in Tourism series . Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 328-330.
Xuan Minh, Dam, and Thirumaran, K. (2022) Luxury Tourism in Vietnam: A Political Economy Analysis. In: Kotur, Anupama S., and Dixit, Saurabh Kumar, (eds.) The Emerald Handbook of Luxury Management for Hospitality and Tourism. Emerald Publisher, Bingley, UK, pp. 83-100.
Kim, Chang H., Kuah, Adrian T.H., and Thirumaran, K. (2022) Morphology for circular economy business models in the electrical and electronic equipment sector of Singapore and South Korea: findings, implications, and future agenda. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30. pp. 829-850.
Scarinci, Janice, Pryce, Josephine, and Thirumaran, K. (2022) A New World During COVID-19: employability skills in tourism, hospitality and events. In: Batabyal, Debasish, and Das, Dillip Kumar, (eds.) Domestic Tourism and Hospitality Management: issues, scope, and challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Apple Academic Press, Palm Bay, FL, USA, pp. 111-133.
Tolkach, Denis, Kamble, Zilmiyah, Thirumaran, K., and Ko, Nicole (2022) Regenerative tourism in a cross-border urban region: A post-Covid opportunity. In: CAUTHE 2022: Handbook of Abstracts of the 32nd Annual Conference. p. 73. From: CAUTHE 2022 Conference: Shaping the Next Normal in Tourism, Hospitality and Events, 7-9 February 2022, Online.
Thirumaran, K., Khan, Gohar, and Wood, Jacob (2022) Tourism in the Tropics: Emerging themes and keyword analysis. In: Wood, Jacob, Chaiechi, Taha, and Thirumaran, K., (eds.) Business, Industry, and Trade in the Tropics. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 267-284.
Wang, Pengji, Kuah, Adrian T. H., Lu, Qinye, Wong, Caroline, Thirumaran, K., Adegbite, Emmanuel, and Kendall, Wesley (2021) The impact of value perceptions on purchase intention of sustainable luxury brands in China and the UK. Journal of Brand Management, 28. pp. 325-346.
Thirumaran, K., and Azzali, Simona (2021) Adapting to constraints: businesses and societies in the Tropics. In: Azzali, Simona, and Thirumaran, K., (eds.) Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations. Managing the Asian Century . Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 1-5.
Thirumaran, K., Mohammadi, Zohre, Pourabedin, Zahra, Azzali, Simona, and Sim, Karen (2021) COVID-19 in Singapore and New Zealand: newspaper portrayal, crisis management. Tourism Management Perspectives, 38. 108849.
Thirumaran, K., and Eijdenberg, Emiel L. (2021) Conceptualising destination membership cards for elite travellers. Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, 13 (1).
Tang, Chun Meng, Klimkeit, Dirk, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) Conclusion: The future of service excellence in Asia. In: Thirumaran, K., Klimkeit, Dirk, and Tang, Chun Meng, (eds.) Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality: insights from Asia. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management . Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 217-220.
Minh, Xuan Dam, Sabacan, Redeem Faith J., Sim, Karen S., and Thirumaran, K. (2021) Geophysical and cultural realities: tourism policy of Bhutan and Maldives. In: Azzali, Simona, and Thirumaran, K., (eds.) Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations: businesses and communities. Managing the Asian Century . Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 115-130.
Fiala, Serafin, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) Hospitality and tourism management: adopting Lean Six Sigma, achieving service excellence. In: Thirumaran, K., Klimkeit, Dirk, and Tang, Chun Meng, (eds.) Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality: insights from Asia. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management . Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 167-176.
Klimkeit, Dirk, Tang, Chun Meng, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) Introduction: Service excellence in Asian tourism and hospitality. In: Thirumaran, K., Klimkeit, Dirk, and Tang, Chun Meng, (eds.) Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality: insights from Asia. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management . Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 1-7.
Sabharwal, Jagdeep Kaur, Goh, Sandra, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) Sequential exploratory mixed methods and scale development: investigating transformational tourism readiness. In: Promoting Creative Tourism: current issues in tourism research: proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Tourism. pp. 250-258. From: ISOT 2020: 4th International Seminar on Tourism, 4-5 November 2020, Bandung, Indonesia.
Thirumaran, K., Klimkeit, Dirk, and Tang, Chun Meng (2021) Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality: insights from Asia. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management . Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland.
Azzali, Simona, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations: businesses and communities. Managing the Asian Century . Springer Nature, Singapore.
Thirumaran, K., Chawla, Shailey, Dillon, Roberto, and Sabharwal, Jagdeep Kaur (2021) Virtual pets want to travel: engaging visitors, creating excitement. Tourism Management Perspectives, 39. 100859.
Goh, Sandra, Sabharwal, Jagdeep Kaur, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) A paradigmatic shift in a hallmark event extending well-being to a non-host city: "One people one nation, one Singapore". In: Jepson, Allan Stewart, and Walters, Trudie, (eds.) Events and Well-being. Routledge Critical Event Studies Research Series . Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 70-88.
Selvaraj, Rupesh, Xuan Dam, Minh, DuBos, Lance, Jang, Haejin, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) A political economy perspective: attracting foreign direct investments into Sri Lanka and Vietnam. In: Azzali, Simona, and Thirumaran, K., (eds.) Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations: businesses and communities. Managing the Asian Century . Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 151-166.
Thirumaran, K., Jang, Haejin, Pourabedin, Zahra, and Wood, Jacob (2021) The role of social media in the luxury tourism business: a research review and trajectory assessment. Sustainability, 13 (3). 1216.
Azzali, Simona, and Thirumaran, K. (2021) A tropical agenda for future research. In: Azzali, Simona, and Thirumaran, K., (eds.) Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations. Managing the Asian Century . Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 243-247.
Bhushan Prabhugaonkar, Yash, Minh, Dam Xuan, Thirumaran, K., Sim, Karen S., Pruhtpahon, Sapon, and Raghav, Mohit (2020) Asian entreprenuership in tourism and hospitality: financial support, business sustainability. In: Masouras, Andreas, Maris, Georgios, and Kavoura, Androniki, (eds.) Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation in Family Businesses and SMEs. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, pp. 1-21.
Azzali, Simona, Kamble, Zilmiyah, Thirumaran, K., Wong, Caroline, and Wood, Jacob (2020) Mitigating impact from natural disasters, building resilience in tourism: the case of Kerala. In: Chaiechi, Taha, (ed.) Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and tools. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 119-129.
Thirumaran, K., and Chun Meng, Tang (2019) Industry Report 2019: Introduction. In: Enhancing Siem Reap's Attractiveness as a Leading MICE Destination, Industry Technical Report 2019. Report Section. JCU Singapore, Singapore.
Klimkeit, Dirk, and K., Thirumaran (2018) Conclusion to "Management of Shared Service Centers in Asia: examples from Malaysia and Singapore". In: Klimkeit, Dirk, and K., Thirumaran, (eds.) Management of Shared Service Centers in Asia: Examples from Malaysia and Singapore. GRIN Verlag, Munich, Germany, pp. 109-113.
Klimkeit, Dirk, and K., Thirumaran (2018) Management of Shared Service Centers in Asia: Examples from Malaysia and Singapore. GRIN Verlag, Munich, Germany.
K., Thirumaran, and Klimkeit, Dirk (2018) Introduction to "Management of Shared Service Centers in Asia: examples from Malaysia and Singapore". In: Klimkeit, Dirk, and K., Thirumaran, (eds.) Management of Shared Service Centers in Asia: Examples from Malaysia and Singapore. GRIN Verlag, Munich, Germany, pp. 9-13.
Abidin, Adam, Panchal, Jenny H., and K., Thirumaran (2017) Celebrity chefs and the enhancement of culinary tourism experiences in Singapore. In: Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations: Proceedings of the Tourism Outlook Conference 2015. pp. 109-115. From: Tourism Outlook Conference 2015, 29-31 July 2015, Lombok, Indonesia.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2017) Chiang Mai, Thailand. In: Lowry, Linda L., (ed.) The Sage International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, p. 256.
Thirumaran, K., and Raghav, Mohit (2017) Luxury tourism, emerging destinations: research review and trajectories. Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 2 (2). 137 -159.
K., Thirumaran, and Raghav, Mohit (2017) Marketing sustainable beach holidays: a tropical agenda. In: Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations: Proceedings of the Tourism Outlook Conference 2015. pp. 401-409. From: Tourism Outlook Conference 2015, 29-31 July 2015, Lombok, Indonesia.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2017) Myanmar. In: Lowry, Linda L., (ed.) The Sage International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, pp. 859-860.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2017) Tour operators. In: Lowry, Linda L., (ed.) The Sage International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, pp. 1231-1232.
Thirumaran, K. (2016) Challenges in emerging research on luxury destinations. Journal of Tourism Research & Hospitality, 5 (2). 1000e111. pp. 1-2.
Thirumaran, K., and Arumynathan, Pamela (2016) Destination ASEAN, beyond 2015. In: Mandal, Purnendu, and Vong, John, (eds.) Development of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry in Southeast Asia. Managing the Asian Century . Springer, Singapore, pp. 1-11.
Pham, Vo Phuoc Quang, and Thirumaran, K. (2016) Managing development of resort destinations in Southeast Asia: emerging and peripheral Phu Quoc Island. In: Mandal, Purnendu, and Vong, John, (eds.) Development of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry in Southeast Asia. Managing the Asian Century . Springer, Singapore, pp. 83-95.
Tran, Nhi Bach Van, K, Thirumaran, Duong, Thi Hoang Yen, and Nguyen, Ngoc Anh (2015) Vietnam's visa policy for tourists. Global Review of Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Management, 1 (1). pp. 286-298.
Thirumaran, K., Dam, Minh Xuan, and Thirumaran, Carol Marie (2014) Integrating souvenirs with tourism development: Vietnam's challenges. Tourism Planning & Development, 11 (1). pp. 57-67.
Thirumaran, K. (2013) Interpretations of the hidden. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 12 (1). pp. 22-32.
Thirumaran, K. (2013) Managing graffiti at tourist attractions. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century. pp. 575-581. From: ICMAC 2013: International Conference on Managing the Asian Century, 11-13 July 2013, Singapore.
Thirumaran, K. (2013) Sustainable principles versus evolutionary approaches to cultural tourism. Tourism Tribune, 28 (12). pp. 8-9.
Thirumaran, K. (2012) Business innovations in a recession: a meso perspective of inbound tour operators. In: Journal of Hotel & Business Management (1) p. 20. From: International Conference on Hotel & Business Management, 14-15 September 2012, Hyderabad, India.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2011) Indian Airlines. In: Kaminsky, Arnold P., and Long, Roger D., (eds.) India Today : an encyclopedia of life in the republic. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, USA, p. 340.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2011) Tourism. In: Kaminsky, Arnold P., and Long, Roger D., (eds.) India Today : an encyclopedia of life in the republic. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, USA, pp. 708-710.
Thirumaran, K. (2009) Keeping tourist performances Indigenous in Bali and Bhutan. London Journal of Tourism, Sport and Creative Industries, 2 (1). pp. 43-52.
Thirumaran, K. (2009) Posadas de Puerto Rico v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico. In: Schultz, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of The United States Constitution. Infobase Publishing, New York, USA, pp. 560-562.
Thirumaran, K. (2009) Renewing bonds in an age of Asian travel: Indian tourists in Bali. In: Winter, Tim, Teo, Peggy, and Chang, T. C., (eds.) Asia On Tour: exploring the rise of Asian tourism. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, pp. 127-137.
Thirumaran, K. (2006) Book review of "Power and Political Culture in Suharto's Indonesia: the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and decline of the new order (1986-98)" by Stefan Eklof, NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2004. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 36 (3). pp. 412-413.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2006) The politics of tourism: ethnic Chinese spaces in Malaysia. In: Burns, Peter, and Novelli, Marina, (eds.) Toursims and Polics: Global Frameworks and Local Realities. Advances in Toursim Research . Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 193-209.
Thirumaran, K. (2004) Book Review: "Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia: the case of the automotive industry" by J.P. Abbott, London and New York, Routledge Curzon, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-41525-5-820. Journal of Asian Studies, 63 (2). pp. 541-543.
Thirumaran, Kailasam (2004) Book review: "Crisis and Recovery in Malaysia; the role of capital controls" by P. Athukorala. Cheltenham, UK, Elgar, 2001. ISBN: 1-8406-462-17. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 160 (1). pp. 155-157.
Thirumaran, K. (2004) Book review: "Malaysia: mahathirism, hegemony and the new opposition" by J. Hilley. London, Zed Books, 2001. ISBN: 1-85649-917-0. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 160 (1). pp. 157-158.