Dr Tania Nagpaul

S R Nathan School of Human Development

2012 - 2017
PhD in Psychology, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Cumulative GPA: 4.75/5.0 Thesis Title: Contingent self-esteem, materialism and wellbeing: the mediating effects of need for autonomy.

2001 - 2003
Masters in Applied Psychology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

1998 - 2001
Bachelor (Honours) in Psychology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

2020 - Present
Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management Programme, S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2017 - 2020
Programme Manager (Research), Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Singapore Management University, Singapore.

2016 - 2020
Adjunct Lecturer, Division of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Developed and taught a course on "Psychology for Sustainability".

2012 - 2017
PhD Candidate, Division of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2006 - 2009
Lecturer, Division of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Taught a course entitled, "Coping with Cultural Transition".

2006 - 2010
Associate Chair and Tutor, Department of Psychology, SIM, Singapore.

Nagpaul, Tania, C-H. Leong, C-S. Toh, A. B. Amir, R. Chin, and S. Tan. (2022).
Exploring Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Quit among Security Officers: The Role of Work Hygiene and Motivator Factors. Social Sciences 11: 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11110497

Nagpaul, T. & Koh, C. B. (2022)
“SimplyGood: From a Mission to Rescue Waste to a Passion for Reducing Single-use Plastics”. in Foo, M. D., Koh, C, B., Pua, M. (Ed). Towards a Sustainable Future: Delivering positive economic, environmental and social impact. (pp. 23–40). Asian Business Case Center.

Nagpaul, T., Sidhu, D., & Chen, J. (2021)
Food Insecurity Mediates the Relationship between Poverty and Mental Health, Journal of Poverty, Published online: 14 Apr 2021. DOI: 10.1080/10875549.2021.1910102 (Impact Factor-Citescore: 1.4)

TAN, Qiuyi; DAVIS, Christy; SIDHU, Dalvin; and NAGPAUL, Tania. (2020)
Crisis and connection. (2020). 1-29. Lien Centre for Social Innovation: Research. Available at https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/17

Nagpaul, T., Sidhu, D., & Chen, J. (2020)
The hunger report: An in-depth look at food insecurity in Singapore. (2020). 1-27. Lien Centre for Social Innovation: Research. hhttps://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/15

Nagpaul, & Chen. (2019)
Self-determination theory as a Framework for understanding needs of youth at-risk: Perspectives of social service professionals and the youth themselves. Children and Youth Services Review, 99, 328-342. (Impact Factor: 2.04)

Nagpaul, T., & Pang, J.S. (2017)
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Contingent self-esteem and materialism: A correlational and experimental investigation. Psychology and Marketing. DOI:10.1002/mar.21009 (Impact Factor: 2.02)

Nagpaul, T., & Pang, J.S. (2017)
Materialism lowers well-being: The mediating role of need for autonomy — correlational and experimental evidence. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 20(1), 11–21. doi: 10.1111/ajsp.12159. (Impact Factor: 0.74)

Self-determination theory intervention research, occupational well-being, social issues such as food insecurity, youth at –risk, single parent families and mixed methods research.

Diversity education and training research, evaluating effectiveness and social experiments to demonstrate existence of bias.

Jul 2023

Commentary published in Today entitled: Diversity and inclusion — mere buzzwords or life skills to be taught in school?

Dec 2022
Comments published in askSTJobs article entitled: Overcoming impostor syndrome at work.

Nov 2022
Commentary published in Today entitled: What youth want most from a job, and what bosses should do to get the best out of them

Jul 2022
Comments published in Lianhe Zaobao feature story entitled: Decoding workplace personality tests (translated).

Jan 2022
Commentary published in CNA entitled: Do we dump office chores no one wants to do on admin staff?

Nov 2021
Commentary published in Today entitled: Understanding the psychology of vaccine hesitancy could help to change minds.

Mar 2024
Awarded the MOE-SUF research funding for project titled, “Investigating the effectiveness of a university level diversity and inclusion course in influencing students’ diversity related attitudes and behaviours”.

Jul 2022
Received the SUSS Award for Teaching Excellence 2022 – Honorable Mention Certificate.

2015 & 2016
Won the Best Speaker award at the Humanities and Social Sciences colloquium, NTU, Singapore for two consecutive years.

Nagpaul, Tania. (2021). Exploring Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Quit among Security Officers: The Role of Work Hygiene and Motivator Factors. WAPOR Asia 4th Annual Conference, Bangkok

Nagpaul, T. & Pang, J.S. (2016). Materialism lowers well-being: The mediating role of need for autonomy—correlational and experimental evidence. Paper presented as an individual presentation at the 3rd Canadian Conference for Positive Psychology to be held at Niagara, Ontario, Canada in June 2016.

Nagpaul, T. & Pang, J.S. (2015). Psychological resources can attenuate the effects of materialism- an investigation of gratitude and mindfulness as possible solutions. Paper presented at the 4th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioural Psychology, Singapore, February 2015.

Dr Tania Nagpaul

Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management Programme

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Academic and Professional Experience