Educational Qualifications

2017
Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

2011
M.S. in Applied Psychology, Beijing Normal University

2008
B.S. in Psychology, Beijing Normal University

Academic and Professional Experience

2025 – Present
Senior Lecturer, S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2019 – Present
Lecturer, S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2011 – 2017
Teaching Assistant, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

Awards and Honours

2022
The Best Paper Award, 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition

2021
The Best Paper Presentation Award, Asia Conference on Computers and Communications, Singapore

2015
Excellent Graduate Student Teacher, NBS, NTU

2015
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Non-Chinese-Government Funded Students Abroad, Keynote Speaker, Ministry of Education of China

2015
The Best Presentation Award, National Psychology Graduate Student Conference, Singapore

2015
IACM-AC4 Scholar Award, International Association of Conflict Management, 28th Annual Conference, Florida, USA

2014
IACM-DRRC Scholar Award, International Association of Conflict Management, 27th Annual Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands

2009
Outstanding Master's Thesis Proposal Defense, BNU

2008
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, BNU

2008
Outstanding Graduate of Liyun Experimental Class, BNU

2007
China National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China

2007
First Class Excellent Academic Scholarship, School of Psychology, BNU

2007
Second Prize of Thesis Competition, Social Psychology Division, Chinese Psychological Society

2007
Advanced Individual in Social Practice, School of Psychology, BNU

2006
Second Class Excellent Academic Scholarship, School of Psychology, BNU

2006
Third Prize of Contest of Diplomatic Protocol & Social Etiquette, Beijing

2005
Outstanding Executive of Union of Students' Associations, BNU

Selected Publications

Journals and Book Chapters

Nagpaul, T., & W. Shan. (in press). The impact of a diversity course on undergraduate students’ multicultural awareness and inclusive behavioral intentions: A mixed-method investigation. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. (Impact Factor = 1.7)

Xiao, Y., Wang, Z., Zhao, Q., W. Shan, & Chu, Y. (2025). Bi-directional supervised clustering via graph convolutional networks for very large categories of data. Information Sciences, 122296. (Impact Factor = 8.23)

W. Shan, Chew, J., Wang, Z., Sharma, A., Ng, A. B., & See, S. (2024). Examining the cultural influence on online stances toward COVID-19 preventive measures and their impact on incidence and mortality: A global stance detection analysis of tweets. SSM – Population Health. (Impact Factor = 4.1)

Kang, S.-H., Fang, Z., Sim, N., Chua, S., W. Shan, & May, M. (in press). Slowing workforce growth: Predicting labour trends and investigating perspectives of mature workers and women with caregiving responsibilities. Singapore Labour Journal.

W. Shan, Wang, Z., Zhao, Q., & Chu, Y. (2023). Different cultures, different gateways: Culture shapes stratified job descriptions on LinkedIn. Human Resource Development International, 1–22. (Impact Factor = 6.3)

W. Shan, Wang, Z., & Su, Y. (2022). The impact of public responses toward healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic on their work engagement and well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. (Impact Factor = 4.23)

Li, H., & W. Shan. (2022). Carpe diem or carpe mañana? Emotion priming affects intertemporal choice among Internet addicts and normal Internet users. Frontiers in Psychology. (Impact Factor = 4.23)

Zhao, Q., Li, L., Chu, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, Z., & W. Shan. (2022). Efficient supervised image clustering based on density division. Remote Sensing, 14(15), 3768. (Impact Factor = 5.35)

Semnani-Azad, Z., Toosi, N., W. Shan, Mor, S., & Amanatullah, E. (2020). How perceptions of negotiations are shaped by culture, race, and gender. In O. Mara & J. Jessica (Eds.), Research handbook on gender and negotiation. Edward Elgar Publishing.

W. Shan, Keller, J., & Joseph, D. (2019). Are men better negotiators everywhere? A meta-analysis of how gender differences in negotiation performance vary across cultures. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(6), 651–675. (Impact Factor = 10.08)

W. Shan, Keller, J., & Imai, L. (2016). What’s a masculine negotiator? What’s a feminine negotiator? It depends on the cultural and situational context. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 9(1), 22–43. (Impact Factor = 1.56)

Liu, X., W. Shan (joint first authors), & Jin, S. (2015). Civilised behavior: A Chinese indigenous intergroup perception dimension. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 9(2), 108–119. (Impact Factor = 2.30)

W. Shan & Jin, S. (2013). Evolutionary and cultural psychological perspectives of risk taking. In J.-P. Assailly (Ed.), Psychology of risk taking. Nova Science Publishers.

W. Shan et al. (2012). Mating strategies in Chinese culture: Female risk avoiding vs. male risk taking. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(3), 182–192. (Impact Factor = 5.10)

Jin, S., W. Shan (corresponding author), et al. (2011). The values orientation of the people living in a backcountry and its influencing factors. Youth Studies, 3, 1–10.

Jin, S., & W. Shan. (2011). Self-worth orientation theory: A new integration of social psychology theories. In R. L. Zhou (Ed.), Advances in psychology. Beijing Normal University Press.

Jin, S., W. Shan, & Zhang, H. (2010). Stereotype and attribution. In S. H. Jin (Ed.), Social psychology (2nd ed., pp. 140–161). Higher Education Press.

Jin, S., W. Shan, & Zhang, Q. (2010). Interpersonal relation. In S. H. Jin (Ed.), Social psychology (2nd ed., pp. 270–297). Higher Education Press.

W. Shan, Jin, S., Zhang, W., & Sheng, R. (2010). Risk taking of males and females from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Advances in Psychological Science, 18, 1828–1838.

Jin, S., & W. Shan. (2008). Psychological assistance and rehabilitation after disaster: Self-coping guide after the 5.12 earthquake. China Light Industry Press.

Zhu, Z., Xu, Y., W. Shan, & Zhang, H. (2008). Effect of the identity of targets in suicide reports on the attitudes of college students toward suicide. China Journal of Health Psychology, 3, 299–301.

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