Dr Sean Lee - Research Portfolio - James Cook University

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About

Sean’s primary specialization is industrial and organizational psychology. His secondary specializations include emotions, well-being and psychometrics. His studies focus on how we may enhance employees’ creativity, as well as promote better health and overall well-being. In terms of teaching, he has experience in teaching up to the postgraduate level. He currently serves as an Editorial Board Member at the Asian Journal of Social Psychology and Review Editor Board Member at Frontiers in Psychology (Emotion Science Section). He also conducts ad hoc peer-reviews for journals such as Organizational Psychology Review, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health.

I am currently seeking expressions of interest from potential PhD students wishing to work in any area(s) listed below:

Creativity and Innovation

Individual context
Team context

Emotions, Health and Subjective Well-Being

Workplace context
Daily life context

Psychometrics (e.g., scale development, validation, etc.)

Teaching

PY3107: Psychological Assessment in Action (Level 3; SIN)
PY5406: Organisational Systems: Teams and Culture (Level 5; SIN)
PY5407: Personnel Assessment, Selection, and Development (Level 5; SIN)

Interests

Research

Creativity (Individual and Team)
Emotions, Health, and Subject Well-Being
Psychometrics

Experience

2021 to present - Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Social Psychology
2021 to present - Advisor, JCU Singapore Psychology Society
2020 to present - Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (Emotion Science section)
2017 to 2019 - Research Award Reviewer, Association for Psychological Science

Research Disciplines

Honours

Awards

2020 - Teaching Excellence Award
2019 - Presidential Doctoral Fellowship Award
2019 - Multidisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship Award

Publications

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU.

Journal Articles

Hartanto A, Yong J, Toh W, Lee S, Tng G and Tov W (2020) Cognitive, social, emotional, and subjective health benefits of computer use in adults: a 9-year longitudinal study from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS). Computers in Human Behavior, 104, Article: 106179, DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2019.106179.
Hartanto A, Yong J, Lee S, Ng W and Tong E (2020) Putting adversity in perspective: purpose in life moderates the link between childhood emotional abuse and neglect and adulthood depressive symptoms. Journal of Mental Health, 29 (4), pp. 473-482, DOI:10.1080/09638237.2020.1714005.
Lee S, Hartanto A, Yong J, Koh B and Leung A (2020) Examining the cross‐cultural validity of the positive affect and negative affect schedule between an Asian (Singaporean) sample and a Western (American) sample. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 23, pp. 109-116, DOI:10.1111/ajsp.12390.
Lee S and Park G (2020) Does diversity in team members' agreeableness benefit creative teams? Journal of Research in Personality, 85, Article: 103932, DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103932.
Lee S (2020) Inflammation, depression, and anxiety disorder: a population-based study examining the association between Interleukin-6 and the experiencing of depressive and anxiety symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 285, Article: 112809, DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112809.
Hartanto A, Lee S and Yong J (2019) Dispositional gratitude moderates the association between socioeconomic status and interleukin-6. Scientific Reports, 9, Article: 802, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-37109-1.

Book Chapters

Leung A, Koh B and Lee S (2020) Culture and creativity in multicultural teams. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press, New York, USA

Other research outputs