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  Keeping fit to curb workplace deviance

  Kenneth TAI and SMU Office of Research

  If you feel that work is wearing you down, you are not alone. The economic value that organisations strive to create comes at a cost to employees in terms of reduce physical fitness. Research co-authored by SMU Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Kenneth Tai sheds light on the relationship between economic production and physical fitness by uncovering a significant cost associated with low physical fitness – deviance.

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  Understanding information sharing among equity analysts

  An-Ping LIN and SMU Office of Research

  While analysts are known to be experts of the industries they cover, there is a lack ofevidence about how information is shared about the industries they do not cover. SMU Assistant Professor of Accounting Lin An-Ping and his collaborators used the interdependence between an analyst’s covered industry and their colleagues’ covered industries to measure the extent of cross-industry information sharing among analysts.

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  Predicting an end to one's relationship

  Kenneth TAN and SMU Office of Research

  Breakups happen from time to time, and research has shown that people who actively consider breaking up start taking steps to end the relationship. However, breakup decisions do not typically revolve around just one person. We tend to consider our partner’s thoughts and feelings too! In a paper by SMU Assistant Professor of Psychology Kenneth Tan and his co-researchers, they wondered if people also thought about whether their partners had plans to break up – also termed perceived partner dissolution consideration (PPDC). If so, how accurate are these perceptions?

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  Future-Proofing Companies with Climate Strategies

  Sim Kee Boon Institute and SMU Office of Research

  Scientists have shown that humans significantly contributed to global warming through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the last two centuries. The 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) and 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) focused on setting goals and collective action to address and reverse these negative consequences. Climate and sustainability experts discussed key insights from COP27 and COP15 at a recent panel discussion organized by the Sim Kee Boon Institute (SKBI) at SMU.

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  The "Dark Side" of Digital Product Upgrades

  Liang CHEN and SMU Office of Research

  Companies can constantly release improved products to capture value from digital innovations, but there is a ‘dark side’ to doing so. A study by SMU Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Chen Liang and his co-researchers argues that while product upgrades are intended to capture value, they can also impose learning costs on customers, potentially destroying the value.

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  Improving Healthcare through Data

  Sarah Y. GAO, Zhichao ZHENG, and SMU Office of Research

  At a recent Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Healthcare Analytics and Operations Workshop, researchers, practitioners and policymakers shared their views on the Healthier SG movement and how investing in regular screening, counselling and vaccination can support preventative care.

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  What is Well-being?

  William TOV and SMU Office of Research

  Well-being refers to all the ways one can evaluate and experience life positively. SMU Associate Professor of Psychology William Tov and his collaborators identified eight key findings about well-being and reviewed the evidence from research in psychology and a variety of other disciplines.

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  How Can Conflicts Reduce Stress

  TSAI Ming-Hong and SMU Office of Research

  In a recent seminar organised by SMU's Behavioural Sciences Initiative (BSI), SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Tsai Ming-Hong explains how mild types of conflict can minimise stress and offers pointers on how to express conflict in more beneficial ways.

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  Are wealthier people more likely to share?

  Lynn Tan and SMU Office of Research

  Lynn Tan, a SMU PhD candidate in Psychology, is working on research that suggests that rich people are more likely to share when population density is high.

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  Financial wellness of Singaporean youth

  Aurobindo Ghosh and SMU Office of Research

  Financial wellness is an important aspect of an individual’s overall wellness. Individuals with sufficient financial wellness can make better informed economic decisions and judgements. Financial wellness includes four broad categories: Earning, Saving, Risk Appetite, and Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digitalisation. SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh conducted a benchmarking survey to assess the state of financial wellness of Singaporean youth.

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  A recipe for ageing well

  Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA) and SMU Office of Research

  Singapore is getting older, and its citizens may now be living longer than ever, but a longer lifespan is only one part of the equation of ageing well. Healthspan, the period of time that one remains in good health, matters too! SMU’s Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA) strives to conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary research on issues relating to the well-being of ageing populations. At a Policy Roundtable that was supported by The Ngee Ann Kongsi philanthropic organisation and the Ministry of Education, Singapore, ROSA researchers presented their findings aimed at increasing the healthspan of Singapore’s older population.

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  Engaging individuals in disease prevention behaviours during a pandemic

  Su Lin YEO and SMU Office of Research

  While research has shown that individuals’ belief in a dangerous world can lead to disease prevention behaviours, the combined effects of this belief and the perception of the effectiveness of government’s messages in adopting disease prevention behaviours were not known previously. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided SMU Associate Professor Yeo Su Lin and her collaborators the opportunity to study the influence of the two constructs and the effectiveness in driving disease prevention behaviours.

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  What drives subjective well-being in Singapore’s youth?

  Kong Weng HO and SMU Office of Research

  Subjective well-being, which is the scientific term for happiness and life satisfaction, can impact productivity and health. It is driven by three determining factors – the quality of relationships (relationship stocks), life aspirations and perceived opportunities. Research conducted by SMU Associate Professor Ho Kong Weng examined how these factors affect the subjective well-being of Singapore’s youth.

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  Looking at candidates' Facebook profiles as a recruiter: Think Twice!

  Filip LIEVENS and SMU Office of Research

  In a research paper recently published in the prestigious Journal of Applied Pyschology, SMU Professor Filip Lievens and a team of researchers from the top universities in the United States and Australia revealed that it is not a good idea for recruiters to conduct social media checks on candidates.

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  Boosting employee motivation with loving- kindness

  Jochen REB, William TOV, and SMU Office of Research

  New research at SMU, conducted by Professor Jochen Reb and his collaborators, Assosiate Professor William Tov and PhD student Theodore Masters-Waage, shows that loving-kindness can increase employee motivation and cultivate a positive mental state. This can impact job performace and job satisfaction.

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  The Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative

  Aurelio GURREA-MARTINEZ and SMU Office of Research

  The SMU School of Law has recently launched the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative (SGRI) with the support of Ministry of Law. Led by Assistant Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez, the SGRI is working on a variety of projects that seek to promote a better understanding of corporate insolvency laws.

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  Fostering creativity at the workplace

  Marko PITESA, Roy CHUA, and SMU Office of Research

  A study recently conducted by SMU researchers has shown that the environment in which one grew up in may influence the amount of creativity he/she displays at the workplace. Managers and parents alike can intervene to enhance the individuals' creativity.

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  Love a restaurant? Swipe right on FoodRecce

  Hady W. LAUW and SMU Office of Research

  A bunch of your friends wants to meet for dinner, but nobody can agree on where and what to eat? FoodRecce can help! FoodRecce is an app, developed under the Preferred.AI initiative, that provides recommendations on restaurants based on users' locations and past preferences.