
Dr Chandana Hewege
Biography
Dr Chandana Hewege holds a PhD in Management from the Monash University, a Master of Business Administration Degree and a BSc.(Bus Admn) Honours Degree from the University of Sri J'pura, Sri Lanka. Chandana's academic and professional experiences are predominantly centered on teaching, research and industry consultancy. He has published about 45 referred research papers and referred conference papers. Chandana's academic research encompasses a wide spectrum of research areas such as corporate social responsibility, management controls of transitional economies, marketing, logistics, international business and research methodology. Chandana is accredited as a teacher in higher education by the Staff Education and Development Association, United Kingdom (SEDA, UK). He possesses about 20 years of teaching experience undergraduate and postgraduate, and local as well as overseas. Chandana has won several awards for his academic and research excellence, including the best critical literature review award, Department of Management, Monash University; Emerald Literati Award-Social Responsibility Journal 2017; the Teaching Execellence Award by the Faculty of Business & Law, Swinburne University of Technology: the best reviewer 2007 award, Contemporary Management Research Journal; and the best student Gold Medal award, Department of Business Administration, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Chandana served the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) journal ranking panel in 2013 for Marketing,Tourism, Logistics and commercial services research areas.
Research interests
Management control and governance issues of international firms in transitional societies; Corporate social responsibility; Supply chain and logistics; Actual vs Virtual issues in the Global marketplace; Organisational and consumer level responses to climate change-related issues; Critical research in international business; Pedagogical practices; Sustainability
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
PhD topics and outlines
Climate change risk perceptions and environmentally conscious consumer
Complex Ties: Investigating the Role of Networks in the Commercialisation of Public Research
Corporate governance of the Australian private education sector
CSR Practices of Multinational Subsidiaries in Vietnam: Legitimacy and Institutional Perspectives
Dynamics of customer loyalty within a highly regulated industry context: An exploration of the triadic interplay among the Seller, Buyer and the Regulator in the Telecommunications Industry
FOREIGN AID: A Critical Look at China's Foreign Aid Engagements with Zimbabwe
Measuring Effectiveness of Resource Integration Processes within a Paid Cloud Computing Service Environments
Modelling graduate employability: Causative factors for job search outcome in Pakistan
Myths & Realities of Consumer Decision Making Power: An Examination of Purchase Decision Making Power of Australian Women in The Financial Product Market
Purchase behaviour of microcredit in bottom of pyramid markets: the case of war-affected youth in Sri Lanka
Supply chain member relationships and their performance outcomes in the Victorian organic fruit and vegetable industry
SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE OF DARK TOURISM: EXPLORING TOURIST MOTIVES OF VISITING DARK TOURIST DESTINATIONS
The Influence of Social Media Integration on the Donation Attractiveness of Food Charities in the Context of Food Waste in Melbourne
The Trust, Privacy and Governance in Blockchain Technology Driven Supply Chains: A Case of Organic Food Industry in Australia
“Buy Now Pay Later” Services and the Financial Wellbeing of Young Australian Adults
Fields of Research
- Marketing - 350600
- International Business - 350706
- Logistics - 350903
- Supply Chains - 350909
Teaching areas
Managing the global marketplace, International Business, Global Logistics and Supply Chains
Awards
- 2016, International, Program Management Excellence Award- Global Leadership Program, Norhteastern Unviersity, Boston, USA
- 2016, International, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence: Research Paper entitled 'Elderly consumers' sensitivity to corporate social performance' published in Social Responsibility Journal being selected by the journal’s editorial team as a Highly Commended paper , Emerald Publishing
- 2014, Swinburne, Vice Chancellor's Global Initiatives Team Award, Swinburne
- 2013, Swinburne, Teaching Excellence Award- Faculty of Business & Law, Swinburne
- 2013, International, Best Paper Award, Society of Interdisciplinary Business Conference (SIBR), Bangkok. (ISSN: 2223-5078)
- 2012, Swinburne, Teaching Excellence Award- Highly commended, Swinburne
- 2009, Other, Best ‘Critical Literature Review’ Award by the International Business Research Group/ Development Unit (IBRG/DRU), , Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
- 2007, International, Best reviewer award , by the International Journal – Contemporary Management Research CMR/ISSN 1813-5498/ CMR-JOURNAL.ORG (ERA B Ranked)
Publications
Also published as: Hewege, Chandana; Hewege, C.; Hewege, C. R.; Hewege, Chandana H.; Hewege, Chandana R.; Hewege, Chandana Rathnasiri; Hewege, R. Chandana; Rathnasiri, Chandana; Rathnasiri, H. C.
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Recent media
- 2021-05-13: what do you need to know about Australian Federal Government's Budget 2021 – 2022 - SBS Radio-Sinhala Language Channel
- 2020-09-11: How does the recession that Australia is currently facing after 29 years affect you: Economic review - SBS Radio-Sinhala Language Channel
- 2020-03-19: How the panic buying of commodities due to the Corona pandemic affects Australian economy - SBS Radio-Sinhala Language Channel
- 2019-10-17: Are you aware of the advantages of RBA’s lowest interest rate cut? - SBS Radio-Sinhala Language Channel
- 2018-08-09: How the State of Victoria became the nation’s strongest economy in Australia? - SBS Radio-Sinhala Language Channel
- 2018-06-10: Australian Federal Budget 2018 - SBS Radio-Sinhala Language Channel
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