ABSTRACT

Asian researchers to collaboratively engage with knowledge production and scholarship building beyond the Western world (Chen, 2010; Ha, 2011; Ha & Baurain, 2011). For example, Chen (2010) proposed the notion of Asia as method as a framework for Asian scholars. He encouraged scholars to take up the challenge to contribute to the growing fields of cultural studies or Asian studies in Asia and to address and incorporate local cultures and values into the process of meaning making. It is under these circumstances that we discuss our concerns related to applied psychology research in the specific cultural context of Malaysia Paragraph: use this for the first paragraph in a section, or to continue after an extract.