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Employment (2)

Universiti Malaysia Sabah: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MY

1998-02-16 to present | Associate Professor (Faculty of Business, Economics & Accountancy)
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

UMS GmbH: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MY

2022-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | Director (Borneo Tourism Research Centre, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy)
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Surrey: Guildford, Surrey, GB

2003-09-15 to 2007-11-16 | Ph.D (School of Hospitality & Tourism Management)
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

University of Surrey: Guildford, Surrey, GB

1996-09-01 to 1997-09-30 | MSc Tourism Management (Department of Management Studies)
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

Oxford Brookes University: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

1992-09-20 to 1996-07-01 | BA (Hons) Tourism & Hospitality Management (School of Business & School of Hotel Management)
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

Professional activities (1)

Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MY

2022-04-02 to 2024-04-27 | EXCO Member (Executive Committee)
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

Works (15)

Sunsets, seafood and sea gypsies: A qualitative content analysis on the alternative destination image of Malaysian Borneo among Chinese outbound tourists

Turyzm/Tourism
2024-11-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.18778/0867-5856.34.2.13
Contributors: Ke Zhang; Balvinder Kaur Kler; Siao Fui Wong
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Meaning of work for tourist guides in Malaysia: an exploration through Attribution Theory

Current Issues in Tourism
2024-06-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2024.2359535
Contributors: Yen Phin Ng; Balvinder Kaur Kler; Oscar Dousin; Leila Afshari
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Nurturing Sense of Place: Host Community Perspectives for Social Sustainability

Asian Tourism Sustainability
2022 | Book chapter | Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5264-6_4
Part of ISBN: 9789811652639
Part of ISBN: 9789811652646
Part of ISSN: 2509-4203
Part of ISSN: 2509-4211
Contributors: Balvinder Kaur Kler
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Cultivating Sense of Place

2022-10-12 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.4324/9781003197041-23
Contributors: Balvinder Kler; Paulin Wong
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Sense of Place: Narrating Emotional Experiences of Malaysian Borneo through Western Travel Blogs

Tourism and Hospitality
2022-07-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/tourhosp3030041
Contributors: Siao Fui Wong; Balvinder Kaur Kler; Bamini KPD Balakrishnan
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Conceptualizing Person-environment Fit and the Meaning of Work for Tourist Guides in Malaysia During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Human Resource Studies
2022-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5296/ijhrs.v12i1.19435
Contributors: Yen Phin Ng; Oscar Dousin; Balvinder Kaur Kler
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The experience of work-life balance for women doctors and nurses in Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7941.12282
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2-s2.0-85099870753

Part of ISSN: 17447941 10384111
Contributors: Dousin, O.; Collins, N.; Kler, B.K.
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Balvinder Kaur Kler via Scopus - Elsevier

Towards Computer-Generated Cue-Target Mnemonics for E-Learning

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
2020 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0058-9_37
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2-s2.0-85072952762

Part of ISSN: 18761119 18761100
Contributors: Mountstephens, J.; Wi, J.T.T.; Kler, B.K.
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Balvinder Kaur Kler via Scopus - Elsevier

The world’s toughest mountain race: Key success factors of 25 years of the Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon: The world’s toughest mountain race

International Journal of Event and Festival Management
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/IJEFM-02-2016-0011
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2-s2.0-84983448889

Part of ISSN: 17582962 17582954
Contributors: Kler, B.K.
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Experience, interpretation and meanings

Scuba Diving Tourism
2013 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000327728300012
Contributors: Kler, Balvinder; Moskwa, Emily
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Experience, Interpretation and Meanings

Scuba Diving Tourism
2013 | Book chapter | Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Part of ISBN: 9781138081895
Contributors: Balvinder Kaur Kler
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Balvinder Kaur Kler

Flourishing through SCUBA: Understanding the pursuit of dive experiences

Tourism in Marine Environments
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3727/154427312X13262430524027
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2-s2.0-84858009783

Part of ISSN: 1544273X
Contributors: Kler, B.K.; Tribe, J.
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Balvinder Kaur Kler via Scopus - Elsevier

Tourism and restoration

Philosophical Issues in Tourism
2009 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84890131598
Contributors: Kaur Kler, B.
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Tourism and Restoration

Philosophical Issues in Tourism
2009 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000305995900007
Contributors: Kler, Balvinder Kaur
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The use of sports tourism to promote destinations: The case of Sabah, Malaysia

Tourism and Hotel Industry in Indo-china and Southeast Asia: Development, Marketing and Sustainability
2000 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000088855400001
Contributors: Kler, BK
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal of Sustainability Science and Management. (2)
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