Dr Singh’s Doctoral research focus was studying the effects of psychological distance on construal and judgement of organizational leaders. This research is now extending into exploring group-related domains of decision making, social judgement, and impression formation.

Apart from her academic work experiences, she has spent time working with children with special needs at Varanasi and also worked with an organizational development consultancy firm based in Hyderabad, India.

She aims to bring this medley of experiences to her lectures and provide students with diverse, active, and engaging classroom learning experiences

Teaching

• PY3102: Social Psychology in Everyday Life (Level 3; SIN)
• PY3105: Working it: Psychology in the Work Force (Level 3; CNS & SIN)

Interests

Research

• Helping, Prosocial Behaviour, and Social Support. Leadership Research: Perception and Judgment of Leaders in Different Domains. Interpersonal Judgment, Role of Trust in Decision Making. Student Evaluation of Teaching. Social Cognition and Application of Construal Theories

Teaching

• Introduction to Psychology; Social Psychology; Advances in Social Psychology and Research Methods and Organisational Psychology

Experience

• 2016 to present - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Singapore (Singapore)
• 2010 to 2015 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Singapore)
• 2006 to 2009 - Teaching Assistantship, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Research Disciplines

• Psychology (1701)
• Cognitive Sciences (1702)
• Curriculum and Pedagogy (1302)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Specific Population Health (9205)
• Communication (9502)

Awards

• 2015 - Best Research Paper Award at Asian Congress of Applied Psychology (ACAP 2015) at Singapore

Memberships

• 2007 to 2015 - Member of Association for Psychological Science
• 2011 to 2014 - Member of Asian Association of Social Psychology
• 2012 to 2013 - Member of the International Congress of Psychology

Other

• 2012 - Research Grant at JCU Singapore
• 2011 - Research Grant at JCU Singapore
• 2008 - Graduate Research Support Scheme, NUS Doctoral Research Grant for field work
• 2005 to 2009 - Graduate Research Scholarship- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences(FASS), National University of Singapore (NUS)
• 2002 to 2004 - Teaching Assistantship during MPhil at Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Powai, India

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Singh R, Wegener D, Sankaran K, Singh S, Lin P, Seow M, Teng J and Shuli S (2015) On the importance of trust in interpersonal attraction from attitude similarity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32 (6). pp. 829-850
• Singh S, Mak W, Ko C, Choo S and Suárez L (2012) The role of morality in driving our social support decisions. International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, 53. pp. 59-63
• Suárez L, Thio C and Singh S (2012) Attachment styles, motivations, and problematic use of massively multiplayer online games. International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, 53. pp. 45-49
• Singh R, Simons J, Young D, Sim B, Chai X, Singh S and Chiou S (2009) Trust and respect as mediators of the other- and self-profitable trait effects on interpersonal attraction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39 (6). pp. 1021-1038

Book Chapters

• Singh S (2019) Understanding the Indian worker: role of Indian thought and Indian psychology. In: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Intercultural Psychology. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 99-117
• Singh S (2013) Perception and metaperception of leaders: trust and respect as mediators. In: Towards Social Harmony: A New Mission in Asian Social Psychology . Progress in Asian Social Psychology Series, 9. Education Science Publishing House, pp. 5-23

Conference Papers

• Ganesan M and Singh S (2015) Exploring the relationship between abstract mindedness, self-regulation, and prosocial behaviour. Proceedings of the Asian Congress of Applied Psychology. In: ACAP 2015: Asian Congress of Applied Psychology, 19-20 May 2015, Singapore
• Tan T and Singh S (2015) Exploring the relationship between attitude similarity, likeability,and construal of student leaders. Proceedings of the Asian Congress of Applied Psychology. In: ACAP 2015: Asian Congress of Applied Psychology, 19-20 May 2015, Singapore
• Elango S, Singh S, Yap J and Filho A (2013) Role of affect in construal of life stressors. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2013). 25-26 February 2013, Singapore
• Teoh Y and Singh S (2013) Abstract mindset encourages prosocial behaviour. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2013). 25-26 February 2013, Singapore

Other research outputs

• V P and Singh S (2015) Role of warmth and competence in the evaluation of teachers. Abstracts from the Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology. In: CTLT 2015: Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology, 10-11 June 2015, Singapore
• Singh S and Teoh V (2014) Enhancing prosocial behavior among college students: exploring the role of abstract mindset. GSTF International Journal of Law and Social Sciences , 3 (2). p. 28

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