Research and Publications

Journal article

Abdul Kadir, I., & Woo, Y. N. (in press). Micromobility adoption in an urban heritage city: Insights from young tourists in George Town, Penang.
Abdul Kadir, I., & Rodrigo, M. (in press). Micromobility adoption in heritage settings: A case study of George Town, Penang.
Mustaffa, A. S., Radakrishnan, R., & Abdul Kadir, I. (in press). Sustainable hotels in Penang: Concept of green in hoteliers’ perspectives.
Cheah, Y.K., & Abdul Kadir, I. (2026). The mediating roles of smoking-related perception: Smoking, education and awareness. Med & Health, 21(1), 215–227. https://doi.org/10.17576/MH.2026.2101.1
M. Rodrigo, I. Ajala, A.K. Irhanida (2025) A tourism area life cycle model with an index-dependent growth rate for modelling the poststagnation stage. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, Volume 6, Issue 1, 100177, ISSN 2666-9579, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2025.100177
Alrefai, A. A., Omar, S. I., & Kadir, I. A. (2025). The Mediating Role of Electronic Word of Mouth (e-WOM) on Tourist Decisions Using (TAM) Model. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 15(3), 116–140 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v15-i3/24696
Alaa A., Omar S.I., Abdul Kadir I., Kalbouneh N.Y., Ahmad A.Y. (2024) The Impact of Social Media Influencers on Destination Choice Among Millennial Travelers in Jordan. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 8(1) S2 2024, 2038–2066, https://doi.org/10.70082/esiculture.vi.2021
Abdul Kadir I., and Chew L.N. (2024) Stimulating SDGs in Rural Tourism Development: The Mediation Effect of Motivation, Opportunity, and Ability in the Relationship of Perception for Tourism Development and Community Participation. Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners Volume 22 Issue 5 38-51. https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v22i34.1572
Ajala, I., Rodrigo, M., Abdul Kadir I., (2024). Strategies of Differentiation and Sustainable Tourism: The Case of the Gulf Countries. In: Gartner, W.C. (eds) New Perspectives and Paradigms in Applied Economics and Business. ICAEB 2023. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 161-174 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49951-7_12
Abdul Kadir I., & Chew, L. N. (2024). Assessing tourism potential for rural tourism development: Promoting SDGs and economic opportunities to the B40 community - a mixed method approach. Smart Tourism, 5(1), 2477. https://doi.org/10.54517/st.v5i1.2477
M Rodrigo, I Ajala and Abdul Kadir I.,(2023) Qualitative Analysis of a Tourism Area Life Cycle Model for Interacting Tourist Destinations, Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 4 (1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2023.100093
Marzuki A., Khoshkam M., Mohamad D., Abdul Kadir I., (2017) Linking nature-based tourism attributes to tourists’ satisfaction, Anatolia, 28:1, 96-99, DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2016.1277432
Hamzah, Amran and Abd. Kadir, Abdul Kadir I., (2008) Cultural & Nature-Based Tourism Corridors: Pilot Project at Terengganu Darul Iman / Amran Hamzah and Irhanida Abd. Kadir, (2008) Cultural & Nature-Based Tourism Corridors: Pilot Project at Terengganu Darul Iman. Project Report. UTM, Skudai, Johor. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34704.52489

Commentary

Abdul Kadir, I. (2025). Social Science for Inclusive and Sustainable Futures: A Commentary. Social Science Insights and Applications, 1(1), 1 2. https://journals.explorerpress.com/index.php/ssia/article/view/7

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Grants Received

Name of Grant: UOW Malaysia Internal Research Grant (2023)

Title of Project: Leveraging Micro Mobility in George Town UNESCO Heritage Sites. A Potential of Sustainable Development Strategy in an Urban Heritage Destination – A Delphi Method.

Amount (RM): 5,292.00

Co-Researchers/Collaborators: Ms Noor Haiza Masri (UOWM)

Name of Funder: UOW Malaysia KDU University College

Name of Grant: UOW AEGiS Research Grant Scheme (2023)

Title of Project: Modelling the Post-stagnation Stage of a Tourism Area Life Cycle: Applications to Australia and Malaysia

Amount (RM): RM 31,540.00 (AUD 10,000)

Co-Researchers/Collaborators: Dr M Rodrigo UOW A(Leader), Dr. Diny Zulkarnaen (Uni.Islam Sunan Gunung Djati, Ms Azwa Azhar (UOWM).

Name of Funder: University of Wollongong Australia.

Name of Grant: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (2022)

Title of Project: Assessing Potential Tourism Site at Bukit Tengah to Promote Sustainability and Economic Opportunity to the B40 communities- A Weighted Score Method and Principal Component Analysis Approach.

Amount (RM): 80,000.00

Co-Researchers/Collaborators: Prof.Dr Azizan Marzuki, Dr Cheah Swee Ting

Name of Funder: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE)

Name of Grant: 2022 UOW Global Research Small Grants Scheme

Title of Project: Modelling the Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism Area Life Cycles (TALC)

Amount (RM): RM 25,457.99 (A$8,500)

Co-Researchers/Collaborators: Dr M Rodrigo UOW A(Leader), Asst. Prof. Ajala Imene

Name of Funder: University of Wollongong Australia.