Dr Raja Sumayyah Raja Arif

Lecturer

Discipline of Strategic Communication

  • Lecturer
    Discipline of Strategic Communication
  • University of Technology Sydney, Strategic Communication School of Communication, 15 Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia

BIO

Dr Raja Sumayyah Raja Arif (PhD) researches internal communication, strategic employee behaviours, employee engagement, leader-member exchange and social license to operate (SLO) within organisational contexts. Her PhD research conceptualises the attributes of a strategic subordinate, how they could be influenced by internal communication, employee engagement, and perceived organisational SLO. She is an active member of the QUT Centre for Decent Work & Industry. She currently teaches university students mainly in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and publishes peer reviewed journal articles from her PhD research. 

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, Strategic Communication, School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, Sydney, Australia17 Jun 2024 - present
  • Sessional Academic
    University of Technology Sydney, Strategic Communication, School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, Sydney, Australia1 Feb 2023 - 24 May 2024
  • Sessional Lecturer
    Queensland University of Technology, School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Faculty of Business and Law, Brisbane, Australia5 Jun 2023 - 14 Jun 2024
  • Sessional Lecturer
    Queensland University of Technology, School of Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Brisbane, Australia1 Nov 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
  • Sessional Lecturer
    University of Southern Queensland, Public Relations, Springfield Brisbane Campus, Australia1 Feb 2022 - 30 Nov 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Assistant
    Queensland University of Technology, School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Brisbane, Australia1 Nov 2023 - 1 Feb 2024
  • Lead Research Assistant
    Queensland University of Technology, School of Economics and Finance, Brisbane, Australia4 Feb 2019 - 27 Nov 2020
  • Research Assistant
    Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries, Brisbane, Australia8 Feb 2021 - 25 Nov 2022

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • District English Language Coordinator
    Ministry of Education, Putrajaya, Malaysia1 Aug 2016 - 2 Jul 2018
  • English Language Teacher
    Ministry of Education, Putrajaya, Malaysia4 Jan 2010 - 1 Aug 2016

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects

DISCIPLINES