Education Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1990 BBA/BBA(Honours), 1983

Academic and Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, NUS, 1990 - present Senior Tutor, NUS, 1984 - 1987 Investment Officer, Nomura Singapore, 1982 - 1984

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

The glass ceiling phenomenon in the Singapore hotel industry, with See, V, Sasin Journal of Management, accepted for publication, 2000 Transformational leadership, psychological, with Bruce Avolio, W C Zhu, B Puja, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2004 The impact of employee-organisation relationship on temporary employees, with Yer, L.K., International Journal of Human Resource Management, 11:366-387, 2000 An experimental analysis of the impact of pay for performance on employee satisfaction, with Neo, A., Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 8(2): 29-47, 2000 Work motivation, job satisfaction and behavioural intention of part-timers in Singapore., with Ten, M. C., Research & Practice in Human Resource Management, 6(1): 35-50, 1998 The effects of interactive leadership on human resource management in Singapore, with Li Ji, Heng S.H., International Journal of Human Resource Management, 8(2) 697-706, 1997 Stress in social work: Testing a Singaporean sample, with Lim, C., Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 4 (1): 25-41, 1996 The effects of transformational leadership on teacher attitudes and student performance in Singapore, with Steer, R.M. & Terborg, J.R., Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 16: 319-333., 1995

Books/Monographs Authored

The Top Toast: Ya Kun and the Singapore breakfast tradition, Cengage Learning Asia, 2009 Sakae! Cooking up a Global Food Business, Cengage Learning Asia, 2008 I believe I can fly (In Chinese), Global Publishing Co Inc, 2003 I believe I can fly, McGraw-Hill, 2002

Chapters In Books

Leadership challenges and excellence in Singapore, with W S Wong, World Scientific, 2004 Human resource management for the new competitive environment, Singapore University Press, 1998 Quality control circles: From vision to reality, with B L Koh, W Oei, National Productivity Board, 1995

Published Reports

Series of Leadership Practices of Successful Entrepreneurs, Association of Small Medium Sized Enterprises, 2009 Series of Leadership Practices of Successful Entrepreneurs, Association of Small Medium Sized Enterprises, 2008

Consultation and Executive Experience

AKAL, Malaysia Home Team Institute of Policy Development KUB, Malaysia Maritime and Port Authority MINDEF Ministry of Manpower Motorola NUS Extension (Consultation work in Libya) NUSSU PSA UCB Films Employee Attitude Surveys Executive Teaching in Faculty programmes In house training for Johnson and Johnson; SGH; NOL

Research Interests

Human Resource Management Leadership