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 people's creativity as well as promote better health and overall well-being - both within and outside the workplace. Through his teaching positions held at the Singapore Management University, Prep-Zone Academy Singapore, and, presently, James Cook University Singapore, he has accumulated a wealth of teaching experiences - having taught classes consisting of demographically-diverse students from the IGCSE and IB Diploma level up to the PhD level. He is a full member of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and Singapore Psychological Society (SPS), and currently serves as Editorial Board Member at the Asian Journal of Social Psychology and Review Editor at Frontiers in Psychology (Emotion Science Section). He also conducts ad hoc peer-reviews for other notable academic journals, such as Organizational Psychology Review, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health.

Students who are interested in pursuing a PhD/Masters or any Higher Degree in Research (HDR) program in JCU Singapore under my supervision may choose to develop and lead a research project in any of the areas listed below:

Creativity and Innovation - Examining factors that facilitate or impede the production of creative ideas (either alone or in work groups/teams).

Emotions, Health and Subjective Well-Being - Exploring ways to improve our physical and mental health (in any area, such as school, workplace, day-to-day life, etc.).

Psychometrics - Testing whether our scales and measures mean the same for different groups of participants. Projects aimed at creating new psychological test measures are also welcome.

Psychological impact of COVID-19 (including mental and physical health correlates)

Regarding scholarships, it should be noted that allocations are not decided by the academic supervisor. Instead, these are strictly assessed and decided upon by the university's committee. At present, these are only available on a competitive basis and are extremely limited. Hence, you can expect fewer administrative and/or logistical hurdles if you are prepared to be self-funded.

Students who are interested in volunteering/assisting in an existing research projects (Research Assistantship experience) may also drop an expression of interest via email. For senior/post-graduate students, there may also be opportunities for you to lead research projects (with supervision).

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

2023 to present - Voluntary Research Assistantship Coordinator, James Cook University Singapore
2022 to present - Learning & Teaching Coordinator, James Cook University Singapore, School of Social and Health Sciences
2021 to present - Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Social Psychology
2020 to present - Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (Emotion Science Section)
2021 to 2023 - Advisor, James Cook University Singapore Psychology Society
2021 to 2023 - Bachelor of Arts Program Coordinator, James Cook University Singapore, School of Social and Health Sciences
2017 to 2019 - Research Award Reviewer, Association for Psychological Science

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2022 - Early Career Researcher Award
2020 - Teaching Excellence Award
2019 - Presidential Doctoral Fellowship Award
2019 - Multidisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship Award
2019 - Fred Long Award for Research Excellence

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

Dillon D and Lee S (2023) Green Spaces as Healthy Places: Correlates of Urban Green Space Use in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (17).
Lee S, Choy B and Yong J (2022) A bubble of protection: examining dispositional optimism as a psychological buffer of the deleterious association between negative work-family spillover and psychological health. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 31 (1). pp. 35-46
Leung A, Brandon K, Phang R, Lee S and Huang T (2022) Linking creativity to psychological well-being: integrative insights from the instrumental emotion regulation theory. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 56 (2). pp. 194-214
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.
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
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
Lee S and Park G (2020) Does diversity in team members' agreeableness benefit creative teams? Journal of Research in Personality, 85.
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.
Hartanto A, Lee S and Yong J (2019) Dispositional gratitude moderates the association between socioeconomic status and interleukin-6. Scientific Reports, 9.

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

Lee S (2019) Revisiting the Miller-Kanazawa debate: should Asia Be afforded more attention From evolutionary psychologists? Frontiers in Psychology, 10.
Lee S (2018) A proposed nomenclature and framework of emotional labor. Southeast Asia Psychology Journal, 6. pp. 41-58

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 13+ research outputs authored by Dr Sean Lee from 2018 onwards.

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

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