Dr Thi Bach Yen Tran
Lecturer

Dr Thi Bach Yen Tran

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Supported Research
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BIO

Dr Yen (Nicole) Tran is a Lecturer and Course Coordinator at Canterbury Institute of Management (CIM), Darwin Campus. She teaches and coordinates a range of undergraduate business and management units, including Management, Marketing, and Cross-Cultural Management, and has extensive experience in curriculum design, assessment moderation, and academic supervision.

She holds a PhD in Marketing from Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia, where her doctoral research focused on consumer behaviour and purchase intentions through the Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) and PAD frameworks. She also completed a master in International Business at Monash University, Australia, further strengthening her expertise in global business and management. Her broader research interests include cross-cultural management, AI adoption in workplaces, digital innovation, and green business practices, and she continues to develop academic publications and collaborations in these areas.

Dr Tran has more than 15 years of teaching experience, beginning her academic career at the School of Economics, Can Tho University (Vietnam), where she lectured in management and business subjects. At CIM, she continues to bring this deep experience to her teaching, creating engaging and supportive learning environments for diverse student cohorts. She integrates theory with practical applications, encouraging students to connect management concepts to real-world issues.

Previous Research
  • Tran, T. B. Y., Nguyen, N., Greenland, S., & Saleem, M. A. (2023). Unrestricted tobacco marketing prompts young adults to smoke in an emerging market: a study of emotional responses. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 1-15 (A, Q1)
  • Quyen, N.T.K., Yen, T.T.B. (2022). An analysis of Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) scheme implementation in small-scale shrimp farming: A study of Toan Thang Cooperative, Soc Trang Province, Vietnam. Agricultural Economics Review
  • Quyen, N.T.K., Yen, T.T.B., & Riple, A.K.L. (2022). Adoption of Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) in Aquaculture: Evidence from Small-Scale Shrimp Farming
  • Yen, T.T.B. & Quyen, K.T.N. (2021). Factors driving export intensity of Vietnam fisheries to APEC markets: An application of gravity model. Research in World Economy. 12(3).
  • Yen, T.T.B., Luong, T.H., & Cam, N.M.N. (2021). Impacts of innovation on the business performance of SMEs in emerging markets: an empirical case of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. International Journal of Innovation Scientific Research & Review, 3(03), 990-995
  • Yen, T., Ly, H., & Hoang, N. (2020). Determinants trigger Vietnamese young consumers to purchase eco-friendly products. Management Science Letters, 10(15), 3701-3706. DOI: 0.5267/j.msl.2020.6.023 
  • Yen, T.T.B., Le, B.M., & Tran, T.H. (2019). Analysing Barriers to Innovation Development in Emerging Economies: Vietnamese Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as an Empirical Case. Asian Economic & Financial Review, 9(1), 64. 
  • Tu, A., Yen, T., & Thuy, L. (2020). The existence of W-shaped relationship between internationalisation & firm performance: An empirical study of enterprises in Cameroon, Decision Science Letters, DOI: 10.5267/j.dsl.2020.7.001.
Supported Research
  • Project: Decoding AI decision-making under impacts of managers’ perspectives via the lens of individual perception.
  • Project leader: Dr. Tran Thi Bach Yen
  • Host organization: Can Tho University (CTU)
  • Sponsor: Can Tho University
Organisation/Leadership
  • Beyond academia, Dr Tran is actively involved in entrepreneurship and community engagement. She is the founder/director of PTE Direct, a specialised English training centre, and serves as Senior Education Advisor for the Vietnam–Australia Startup & Innovation Association (VASIA). Through these roles, she combines her expertise in business education with a commitment to community development and cultural exchange.
Lecturing & Tutoring
  • KT101 – Microeconomics
  • BUSC101 – Business Communication 
  • MKTG101 – Fundamentals of Marketing 
  • MGMT101 – Management 
  • MGMT201 – Organisational Behaviour 
  • MGMT202 Cross -cultural management. 
  • MKTG403 – Marketing Research and Methodology 
  • MGMT301 – Contemporary Issues in Management