Founder of Emotivity | Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator of HELP University
Dr Eugene Tee is presently Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator at the Department of Psychology, HELP University. He attained his Ph.D. in Management from the University of Queensland in 2010 and has research interests in the study of emotions-related processes in both social and organizational interactions. He has presented his research work in conferences internationally and regionally, and has published his work on emotions in Leadership Quarterly, Advancing Relational Leadership Theory, Research on Emotions in Organizations and Followership in Action: Cases and Commentaries. Dr. Tee has given over 70 presentations, both locally and internationally, on psychology-related topics such as emotions and emotional intelligence. He has also been featured on BFM’s “The Big Picture” discussing emotional intelligence in the workplace, providing suggestions on creating emotionally-healthy work environments, as well as “Night School,” where he discusses the importance, and impact of emotions in everyday life.
Dr. Tee has also conducted emotions management training sessions for both the public and private sector organizations both in Malaysia such as The New Zealand High Commission, Great Eastern Life, Petronas, MSIG, MalaysiaKini, World Vision, Royal Canin, Comfori, Cosmotots, Taylor’s University as well as in Australia, where he consulted with the Housing Industry Association (HIA) and Relationships Australia. He is also a member of the International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), Asian Association for Social Psychology (AASP), Academy of Management (AoM) and the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). Dr. Tee is the founder of Emotivity, a web portal featuring research on emotions, and resources on developing emotional intelligence (www.emotivity.my). He is the author of two books: Of Bromances and Biting Cute Babies: Questions about Emotions You (Probably) Never Thought of Asking and the forthcoming Mindfulness and Emotions: Understanding Your Mind and the Benefits of Being Present.
