Dr Brandon Koh

Selected Publications

Journals:

Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2025). A time for creativity too? How past-versus future-oriented thinking facilitates creativity.  The Journal of Creative Behavior, 59, e70062. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.70062 Impact Factor2025 = 3.84

Leung, A. K.-y., Koh, B., Lua, V. Y., Liu, J. H., Choi, S. Y., Lee, I. C., ... & Chen, S. X. (2023). The role of cosmopolitan orientation in Covid-19 related attitudes: Perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05039-5 Impact Factor2024 = 4.30

Sibo, I. P. H, Celis, D. A. G., Liou, S. Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2023) The role of augmentation on high- and low-creative performing groups: A structuration analysis of undergraduate students' group discussion. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 47, 101217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101217 Impact Factor2023 = 3.65

Tam, K.-p., Leung, A. K.-y., & Koh, B. (2022). Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivates climate action and support for climate policy. Climatic Change, 171(12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03337-8 Impact Factor2023 = 5.30

Leung, A. K.-y., Koh, B., Phang, R., Lee, S., Huang, T. J. (2021). Linking creativity to psychological well-being: Integrative insights from the instrumental emotion regulation theory. Journal of Creative Behavior, 56(2), 194-214. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.524 IF2022 = 3.90

Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2019). A time for creativity: How future-oriented schemas facilitate creativity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 84, 103816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103816 Impact Factor2020 = 3.60, SJR2021 General Psychology Rank 12

Lee, S., Hartanto, A., Yong, J., Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2019). 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, 23(1), 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12390 Impact Factor2022 = 2.43

Leung, A. K.-y., & Koh, B. (2019). Understanding pro-environmental intentions by integrating insights from social mobility, cosmopolitanism, and social dominance. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 22, 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12348 Impact Factor2022 = 2.43

Tsai, M. H., & Wee, S., & Koh, B. (2019). Inter-rater calibration training versus frame-of-reference training and its effects on rater consistency and accuracy. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 40(6), 740-757. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2368 Impact Factor2020 = 8.17, SJR2021 Organizational Psychology Rank 3

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S.+, Tsai, M. H.+, & Koh, B. (2018). Mood-creativity relationship in groups: The role of equality in idea contribution in temporal mood effects. Journal of Creative Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.353 Impact Factor2022 = 3.90

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S.+, Miron-Spektor, E.+, Koh, B., 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. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000160 Impact Factor = 7.67, SJR2021 General Psychology Rank 4

Edited Books and Book Chapters:

Koh, B. (2024). Work Motivation. Singapore: Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Leung, A. K.-y., Koh, B., & Lee, S. (2020). Culture and creativity in multicultural teams. In Oxford research encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.568 

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

Leung, A. K.-y., & Koh, B. (2018). The role of culture in 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.

Conference Proceedings:

Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2023, Feb 24). How past and future time-orientations and their schemas impact creative cognition. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention 2023. Atlanta, GA

Koh, B., Wee, C., Chong, K. M., Leung, A. K.-y., (2022, Feb 19). The lay theories of leisure in today's culture of busyness and its impact on work and well-being. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention 2022. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Huang, T. J., Koh, B., Miron-Spektor, E., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2022, Feb 19). Harnessing paradox mindset to promote working motherhood through career-motherhood enrichment. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention 2022. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2021, May 26). How time-oriented projections foster creativity and social innovation. 2021 Association for Psychological Science Virtual Convention.

Meurzec, R. W., Koh, B., Koronis, G., Kang, J., Yogiaman, C., Silva, A. (2019, August 5-8). 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. [Top 10% Papers Award]

Koh, B., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2019, Feb 7-9). 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, Portland, OR.

Leung, A. K.-y., & Koh, B. (2019, July 13). 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.

Koh, B. (2018, May 28-30). 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. [Symposium Chair and Organizer for “Moral and Creative Benefits of a Broadened Sense of Self”]

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S., Miron-Spektor, E., Koh, B., Chan, D., Eisenberg, R., Schneider, I. (2017, August 11-15). East Asia and middle ground approach: The case of creativity. Symposium conducted at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.

Leung, A. K.-y., Koh, B., & Phang, R. (2017, August 6). 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, Atlanta, Georgia.

Leung, A. K.-y., Miron-Spektor, E., Liou, S., Koh, B., & Chan, D. (2017, March 9-11). Creative benefits of paradox: Middle ground vs. integration approach. Paper presented at the second biennial International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Vienna, Austria.

Phang, R., Leung, A. K.-y., Qiu, L., & Koh, B. (2017, March 9-11). Win, but not so much: The ideal percentage hypothesis. Poster presented at the second biennial International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Vienna, Austria.

Leung, A. K.-y., Tam, K., & Koh, B. (2017, Aug 6). Cosmopolitan orientation benefits the environment by increasing perceived threat of cultural sustainability by climate change. Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference. Auckland, New Zealand.

Leung, A. K.-y., Miron-Spektor, E., Liou, S., Chan, D. & Koh, B. (2016, Aug). 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, Nagoya, Japan.

Hartanto, A. Yang, H. & Koh, B. (2015, May). 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, New York, NY.

Koh, B. (2015, March). 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, Singapore.

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