Brandon Koh

Dr Brandon Koh

Lecturer, Human Resource Management Programme

S R Nathan School of Human Development

Tel: +65 6248 9329

Email: YnJhbmRvbmtvaHlyQHN1c3MuZWR1LnNn

Educational Qualifications

2014 - 2019
Ph.D. in Psychology

2014 - 2016
MSc. Psychology

2010 - 2012
BSc (Hons) in Psychology

Academic and Professional Experience

2019 - Present
Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2019
Adjunct Lecturer, Temasek Polytechnic

2018 - 2019
Graduate Instructor, Singapore Management University

2016 - 2018
Teaching Assistant, Singapore Management University

2014
Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2013 - 2014
Adjunct Lecturer, Temasek Polytechnic

2012 - 2014
Research Associate, Singapore University of Social Sciences

Brandon Koh, & Leung, A. K.-y. (2019).
A time for creativity: How future-oriented schemas facilitate creativity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 84, online first.

Tsai, M. H., & Wee, S., & Brandon Koh (2019)
Inter-rater calibration training versus frame-of-reference training and its effects on rater consistency and accuracy. Journal of Organizational Behavior. Online first.

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S.+, Miron-Spektor, E.+, Brandon Koh, Chan, D., Eisenberg, R., & Schneider, I. (2018)
Middle ground approach to paradox: Within- and between-culture examination of the creative benefits of paradoxical frames. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(3), 443-464. + The authors contributed equally to this work.

Lee, S., Hartanto, A., Yong, J., Brandon Koh, & Leung, A. K.-y. (in press)
Examining the Cross-Cultural Validity of the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) between an Asian (Singaporean) Sample and a Western (American) Sample. Asian Journal of Social Psychology.

Leung, A. K.-y., & Brandon Koh (2019)
Understanding pro-environmental intentions by integrating insights from social mobility, cosmopolitanism, and social dominance. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 22, 213-222.

Leung, A. K.-y., & Brandon Koh (2019)
Psychological science of multiculturalism. In S. Kitayama, & D. Cohen (Eds.), Handbook of cultural psychology (2nd edition). New York: Guilford.

Leung, A. K.-y., & Brandon Koh (2018)
The role of culture in theories of creative cognition. In A. K.-y. Leung, L. Y-Y. Kwan, & S. Liou (Eds.), Culture and creativity: Basic processes and applied innovations (pp.3-33). New York: Oxford University Press.

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S.+, Tsai, M. H.+, & Brandon Koh (2018)
Mood-creativity relationship in groups: The role of equality in idea contribution in temporal mood effects. Journal of Creative Behavior. +The authors contributed equally to this work.

Press Media

Brandon Koh & Leung, A. K.-y. (2018, Aug 10)
Feeling busy could be useful for you. The Business Times

Brandon Koh (2018, Feb 13)
A time for creativity. TEDx Talks, TEDxNTU 2017.

Conference Proceedings

Invited Addresses:

Brandon Koh (2017)
A time for creativity. Invited speaker at the TEDxNTU 2017: “Here’s to the Game Changers”, October 2017, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Brandon Koh (2017)
The schema for future innovation. Invited presentation at the CrossRef LIVE Annual Conference, November 2017, Singapore.

Brandon Koh (2017)
How future-oriented schemas facilitate creativity. Invited presentation at the Behavioral Science Institute (BSI), September, 2017, Singapore.

Conference Papers and Symposium Presentations:

Brandon Koh, & Leung, A. K.-y. (2019)
The instrumental self-regulated pursuit of busyness affect in the culture of busyness. Poster presented at the 2019 Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Feb, 2019, Portland, OR.

Meurzec, R. W., Brandon Koh, Koronis, G., Kang, J., Yogiaman, C., Silva, A. (2019)
Assessing regulatory focus differences in creative ideation: An examination of prevention and promotion mindsets on novelty and usefulness. International Conference on Engineering Design 2019, Delft, Netherlands. [Awarded Design Society Reviewers’ Favorite, 10% of papers]

Leung, A. K.-y., & Brandon Koh (2019)
Understanding pro-environmental intentions by integrating insights from social mobility, cosmopolitanism, and social dominance. Symposium paper presented at the 13th Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference, Taipei, July, 2019.

Brandon Koh (2018)
How schemas of future societal progress broaden our creative thinking. Symposium paper presented at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, May, 2018.

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S., Miron-Spektor, E., Brandon Koh, Chan, D., Eisenberg, R., Schneider, I. (2017)
East Asia and middle ground approach: The case of creativity. Symposium conducted at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2017, Atlanta, GA.

Leung, A. K.-y., Brandon Koh, & Phang, R. (2017)
The creative and well-being benefits of instrumental emotion regulation. Paper presented at the 2017 Academy of Management Meeting under the Academy of Management Perspective Showcase Symposium, August 2017, Atlanta, Georgia.

Leung, A. K.-y., Miron-Spektor, E., Liou, S., Brandon Koh, & Chan, D. (2017)
Creative benefits of paradox: Middle ground vs. integration approach. Paper presented at the second biennial International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Leung, A. K.-y., Tam, K., & Brandon Koh (2017)
Cosmopolitan orientation benefits the environment by increasing perceived threat of cultural sustainability by climate change. To be presented at the Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference, August 2017, Auckland, New Zealand.

Phang, R., Leung, A. K.-y., Qiu, L., & Brandon Koh (2017)
Win, but not so much: The ideal percentage hypothesis. Poster presented at the second biennial International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Leung, A. K.-y., Miron-Spektor, E., Liou, S., Chan, D. & Brandon Koh (2016)
Unpacking the creative benefits of paradoxical frames: Between-person and between-culture analyses. In L. Kwan (Chair), Culture, creativity, and innovation. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 23rd International Congress, August 2016, Japan.

Hartanto, A. Yang, H. & Brandon Koh (2015)
Investigating the relationship between early onset of actively playing video games and shifting aspects of executive control. Poster presentation at the 27th APS Annual Convention, May, 2015, New York, NY.

Brandon Koh (2015)
Refusal to believe that one has been deceived: Persistence of placebo effects after debriefing. Poster presentation at National University of Singapore, National Psychology Graduate Student Conference, March, 2015, Singapore.

Chan, C., Tan, K., Mehta, K., Chui, Y. P., Hassan, S., & Brandon Koh (2013)
Designing e-Services for an Aging Society. Paper presented at the Thirty Fourth International Conference of Information Systems, December 2013, Milan, Italy.

2018 - 2019
Master of Ceremonies, Behavioural Sciences Institute, Singapore Management University

2018
Symposium Chair, 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention

2016 - Present
Reviewer, Journal of Social Psychology

2015 - Present
Reviewer, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

2016
Research Consultant, Singapore University of Technology and Design

2016
Research Consultant, Decision Science

2012 - 2014
Research Consultant, Performance Leadership Pte Ltd

2012 - 2014
Training & Development Consultant, Grace Counselling Centre

2018 - 2019
Presidential Doctoral Fellowship Award, Singapore Management University

2018
School-Level Winner, 3-Minute Thesis Competition, Singapore Management University

2017
National-Level Winner, 3-Minute Thesis Competition Singapore, Springer Nature

2017
School-Level Winner, 3-Minute Thesis Competition, Singapore Management University

  • Motivation, Mindsets, and Emotions
  • Creativity, Inspiration, and Innovation
  • Culture and Diversity
  • Decision Making
  • Environmentalism
  • Psychometrics and Statistics
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