Prof Vivien LIM
Professor
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (NUS Nursing),
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Teaching Areas
- Leadership
- Management and Organisation
- Research Methods
- Employee and organizational misbehaviors
Vivien Lim is Professor, ALCNS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,NUS and Dept of Management and Organisation, NUS Business School. Dr Lim obtained her PhD in the area of Organizational Behavior from the University of Pittsburgh. She was the first woman to be promoted to full professor at NUS Business School. She is ranked among the top 2% of social scientists in the world in a study conducted by Stanford University from 2020-present. She is also Professor (Courtesy Appointment) at the Institute for Engineering Leadership, CDE, as well as Dept of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Dr Lim’s expertise is in the areas of leadership, workplace health, job loss, employee misbehaviors and discipline, and the impact of technology on the workplace. She has published in refereed journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Journal of Organizational Behavior among others. Her research has been widely cited by media such as The Straits Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, CBS, ABC networks, and practitioner outlets such as the Harvard Business Review and HR Review.
Dr Lim is the recipient of numerous research awards at the faculty and international levels. She was the Editor-in-Chief of Applied Psychology: An International Review (2010-2015) and is currently a member of the journal’s advisory panel. She had served on the editorial boards of Journal of Management and Academy of Management Perspectives.
She has received more than a dozen teaching awards and commendations at the departmental, faculty, & university levels. In 2014, she was placed on the University’s Teaching Honor Roll in recognition of her teaching accomplishments.
Dr Lim was on the Management Board of Human Capital Singapore (HCS). Dr Lim is currently Director of the NUS Leading and Motivating Difficult Employees, Women in Leadership, and Emerging Leaders Programs. She is actively involved in consultancy as well as training programs for major private and public institutions.
Education
- PhD. Organizational Behavior, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
- B. Soc Sc (Hons.) Sociology, National University of Singapore
- B.Arts (1st place student) Sociology, National University of Singapore
Research Interests
- Job insecurity & job search
- Impact of work on well-being
- Impact of information technology on work and well-being
- Cyberloafing and counterproductive behaviors
| Publications | DOI | Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|
| Nie, Q., Lim, V. K. G., & Peng, J. (2024). The mixed blessing of work connectivity demands: Self-regulatory focus as a moderator. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1–21. | https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2813 | 6.2 |
| Wang, Na, Teo, T.S.H. Liu, S. & Lim, V.K.G. (2024). Hotel reviews during the pandemic: Encouraging repeat customers to “speak up” through management response. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 120, 1-10. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2024.103765 | 9.9 |
| Tang, T.L.P., Li, Z., Orzbek, M.F., Lim, V.K.G.,Teo, T. S. H., Ansari, M.A., Sutarso, T., Garber, T, Chiu,R.K., Charles‐Pauvers, B., et al. (2023). Behavioral economics and monetary wisdom: A cross‐level analysis of monetary aspiration, pay (dis)satisfaction, risk perception, and corruption in 32 nations. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. Vol. 7 | https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12505 | 3.6 |
| Mihelic, K., Lim, V.K.G., Culiberg, B. (2023) Cyberloafing among Gen Z students: The role of norms, moral disengagement, multitasking self-efficacy, and psychological outcomes. European Journal of Psychology of Education | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00617-w | 2.7 |
| Lim, V. K. G., & Teo, T. S. H. (2022). Cyberloafing: A review and research agenda. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 1-44 | https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12452 | 4.9 |
| Qian, S., Lim, V.K.G. & Gao, Y. (2022) Can qualitative job insecurity instigate workplace incivility? The moderating roles of self-compassion and rumination. Career Development International. 27(5), 511-525 | https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-11-2021-0280 | 3.4 |
| Koay, K.Y, Lim, V.K.G. Soh, P.C.H., Ong, D.L.T.,Ho, J.Z.Y., Lim, P.K.(2022) Abusive supervision and cyberloafing: A moderated moderation model of moral disengagement and negative reciprocity. Information & Management. 59(2) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2022.103600 | 2.3 |
| Qian, S., Yuan, Q., Lim, V. K. G., Niu, W., & Liu, Z. (2020). Do Job Insecure Leaders Perform Less Transformational Leadership? The Roles of Emotional Exhaustion and Trait Mindfulness. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. 27(4) pp. 376-388 | https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051820938327 | 5 |
| Wei, P., Teo, S.H. Teo, Lim V.K.G., Zhang, Q. (2018) The dark triad and knowledge hiring. International Journal of Information Management. 42: 36-48 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.05.008 | 20.1 |
| Soh, P. C. H., Koay, K. Y., & Lim, V. K. G. (2018). Understanding cyber loafing by students through the lens of an extended theory of planned behavior. First Monday, 23(6). | https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v23i6.7837 | 1.185 |
| Mauno, S., Cheng, T., & Lim, V.K.G. (2017) The Far-Reaching Consequences of Job Insecurity: A Review on Family-Related Outcomes. Marriage and Family Review. Review. Volume 53 (8), 717-743. | https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2017.1283382 | 1.4 |
| Prasad, S., Narayanan, J., Lim, V.K.G., Koh, G.C.H., Koh, D.S.Q., & Mehta, P. H. (2017) Preliminary evidence that acute stress moderates basal testosterone's association with retaliatory behaviour. Hormones and Behavior. 92, 128-140. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.020 | 3.34 |
| Ferris, D. L, Yan, M, Lim V. K. G., Chen, Y. & Fatimah, S. (2016) An Approach/Avoidance Framework of Workplace Aggression. Academy of Management Journal. 59(5). 1777-1800. | https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2014.0221 | 9.5 |
| Lim V.K.G., Chen, D., Aw, S., Tan, M.Z. (2016) Unemployed and exhausted: Job search fatigue and unemployment quality. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 92, 68-78. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.11.003 | 5.2 |
| Ilies, R., Aw, A., & Lim, V.K.G. (2016) A naturalistic multi-level framework for studying transient and chronic effects of psychosocial work stressors on employee health and well-being. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 65(2), 223-258 | https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12069 | 4.9 |
| Yang, L.Q., Chang, (Daisy) (2016) C.H. , & Lim, V.K.G. Novel Methods in Work and Organizational Health Psychology. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 65 (2), 185-189 | https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12067 | 4.9 |
| Tang, T.L.P., Sutarso, T., Ansari, M.A., Lim, V.K.G., Teo, T.S.H., (in press) Monetary Intelligence and Behavioral Economics: The Enron Effect—Love of Money, Corporate Ethical Values, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), and Dishonesty Across 31 Geopolitical entities. Journal of Business Ethics. | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2942-4 | 5.9 |
| Tang, L.P. T., Sutarso, T., Ansari, M.A., Lim, V.K.G., Teo, T.S.H., (in press) Monetary Intelligence and Behavioral Economics Across 32 Cultures: Good Apples Enjoy Good Quality of Life in Good Barrels. Journal of Business Ethics. | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2980-y | 5.9 |
| Krishnan, S., Teo, T.S.H., & Lim, V.K.G. (2013) Examining the relationships among e-government maturity, corruption, economic prosperity and environmental degradation: A cross-country analysis. Information & Management. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2013.07.003 | 8.2 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Kim, T.Y. (2014) The long arm of the job: Parents’ work-family conflict and youths’ work centrality. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 63:1,151-167 | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00527.x | 4.9 |
| Sun, S., Song, Z.L. & Lim, V.K.G. (2013) Dynamics of the Job Search Process: Developing and Testing a Mediated Moderation Model. Journal of Applied Psychology. 98: 5, 771-784 | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033606 | 9.4 |
| Chen, D. J.Q. & Lim, V.K.G. (2012) Strength in Adversity: The Influence of Psychological Capital on Job Search. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 811–839 | https://doi.org/10.1002/job.1814 | 6.2 |
| Wagner, D.T., Barnes, C.M. Lim, V.K.G. & Ferris, D.L. (2012) Lost sleep and cyberloafing: Evidence from the laboratory and a Daylight Saving Time quasi-experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 1068-1076. | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027557 | 9.4 |
| Zhao, X., Lim, V.K.G., & Teo, T.S.H. (2012) The long arm of job insecurity: Its impact on career-specific parenting behaviors and youths' career self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 619-628. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.018 | 5.2 |
| Tang, T L P, T Sutarso, M A Ansari, V K G Lim, T S H Teo, F Arias-Galicia, I Garber, P Vlerick, A Akande, M W Allen, A S Alzubaidi, M G Borg, B Charles-Pauvers, B S Cheng, R K Chiu, L Z Du, C G De La Torre, R C Higgs, A H S Ibrahim, C K Jen, A M Kazem, K S Kim, R Luna-Arocas, E Malovics, A S Moreira, R T Mpoyi, A U O Nnedum, J E Osagie, M F Ozbek, A M Osman-Gani, F C Pereira, R Pholsward, H D Pitariu, M Polic, E G Sardzoska, P Skobic, T L N Tang, M Trontelj, C Urbain, L Canova and A M Manganelli (2011). The love of money is the root of all evil: Pay Satisfaction and CPI as moderators. Best Paper Proceedings of the 71st Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA | https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2011.65869480 | 14.3 |
| Lim, V.K.G., Teo, T.S.H. and Zhao, X. (2013) Psychological costs of support seeking and choice of communication channel. Behaviour and Information Technology. 32 (2) 132-146. | https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2010.518248 | 2.9 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Chen, D.J.Q. (2009) Cyberloafing at the workplace: Gain or drain on work? Behaviour & Information Technology, iFirst Article, 1 – 11. | https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290903353054 | 2.9 |
| Aquino, K., Freeman, D., Reed, A. II, Lim, V.K.G., & Felps, W. (2009).Testing a social cognitive model of moral behavior: The interaction of situational factors and moral identity centrality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 97(1) 123-141 | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015406 | 6.4 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Teo, T.S.H. (2009) Mind your E-Manners: Impact of cyber incivility on employees’ work attitudes and behaviors. Information and Management Journal. 46, 419–425 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2009.06.006 | 2.3 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Teo, T.S.H., Chin, J.Y. (2008) “Bosses and their e-manners: Cyber Incivility and Gender Matters at the Workplace” Communications of ACM. 51(12) 1-3. | https://doi.org/10.1145/1409360.1409391 | 11.1 |
| Kim, T.Y., Shapiro, D., Aquino, K., Lim, V.K.G., & Bennett, R.J. (2008) Workplace offense and victims’ reactions: The effects of victim-offender (dis)similarity, offense-type and cultural differences. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 29 (3), 415-433. | https://doi.org/10.1002/job.519 | 6.2 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Srivastava, A, Sng, Q.S. (2008) Money motives, achievement orientation and motivation to work among youths. Journal of International Business and Economics. 8(3), 104-111 | https://doi.org/10.1037/e518612013-485 | 1.2 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Sng Q.S. (2006) Does parental job insecurity matter? Money anxiety, money motives and work motivation. Journal of Applied Psychology. 91(5), 1078-1087. | https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.91.5.1078 | 9.4 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Teo, T.S.H. (2005) Prevalence, perceived seriousness, justification and regulation of cyberloafing in Singapore: An exploratory study. Information & Management Journal. 42(8), 1081-1093. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2004.12.002 | 2.3 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Loo, G.L. (2003) Effects of parental job insecurity and parenting behaviors on youth’s self-efficacy and work attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior. Vol. 63, 86-98 | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00020-9 | 5.2 |
| Lim, V.K.G, Teo, T.S.H. & Loo, G.L. (2003) Sex, financial hardship and locus of control: An empirical study of attitudes toward money among Singaporean Chinese. Personality and Individual Differences. Vol. 34, 411-429 | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00063-6 | 3.5 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (2003) Managing HIV at the workplace: An empirical study of HIV and HR managers in Singapore. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Vol. 8 (4) 235-246 | https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.8.4.235 | 5.9 |
| Lim, V.K.G (2003) Money matters: An empirical investigation of face, money attitudes and Confucian work ethics. Personality and Individual Differences. Vol. 35, 953-970. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00311-2 | 3.5 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (2003) An empirical study of older workers’ attitudes towards the retirement experience. Employee Relations. Vol. 25(4) 330-346. | https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450310483361 | 2.7 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Feldman, D. (2003) The impact of time structure and time usage on willingness to retire and accept bridge employment. International Journal of Human Resource Management. Vol. 14(7), 1178-1191. | https://doi.org/10.1080/0958519032000114255 | 4.9 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (2003) War with Sars: An empirical study of knowledge of SARS transmission and effects of SARS on work and the organizations. Singapore Medical Journal. Vol. 44(8), 410-417 | PMID: 14740775 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14740775/ | 1.7 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Chow, K.B. (2003) The effects of the Asian economic crisis on undergraduates’ perceived career opportunities, work values and attitudes. Management Development Journal of Singapore. Vol 11 (1), 1-16 | ||
| Lim, V.K.G. (2002) The IT way of loafing on the job: Cyberloafing, neutralizing and organizational justice. Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 23, 675-694. | https://doi.org/10.1002/job.161 | 6.2 |
| Lim, V.K.G, Teo, T.S.H. & Loo, G.L. (2002) How do I loaf here? Let me count the ways: Cyberloafing in an Asian context. Communications of the ACM. Vol. 45(1), 66-70 | https://doi.org/10.1145/502269.50230 | 11.1 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (2002) Gender differences and attitudes towards homosexuality. Journal of Homosexuality. Vol. 43, 85-97. | https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v43n01_05 | 2.4 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and See, S.K.B. (2001) Attitudes towards and intentions to report academic cheating in Singapore. Ethics and Behavior, Vol 11(3), 261-274 | https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327019EB1103_5 | 1.8 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (2001) The effects of perceived justice on satisfaction and behavioral intentions: The case of computer purchase. International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol 29(2), 109-124. | https://doi.org/10.1108/09590550110382039 | 5.5 |
| Lee, S.H. & Lim, V.K.G. (2001) Attitudes towards money and work: Implications for Asian management style following the economic crisis. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 16(2), 159 - 172. | https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940110380979 | 3.1 |
| Lim, V.K.G., Chow, K.B., Pong, K.T., Yeo, A.K.K. (2000) Aspirations of new graduates of tertiary institutions. Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 3(1), 107-120 | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/149167 | 2.3 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (2000) Perceived job image among police officers in Singapore: Factorial dimensions and differential effects. Journal of Social Psychology, Vol 140(6), 740-750 | https://doi.org/10.1080/00224540009600514 | 1.8 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (2000) To work or not to work at home: An empirical investigation of factors affecting attitudes towards teleworking. Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol 15(6), 560-586. | https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940010373392 | 3.1 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (2000) Gender differences in Internet usage and task preferences. Behavior & Information Technology, Vol 19(4), 283-295. | https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290050086390 | 2.9 |
| Lee-Partridge, J.E., Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (2000) Pushing ahead of competition through information technology: The case of the Port of Singapore Authority. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol. 9, 85-99. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0963-8687(00)00035-4 | 8.7 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Loo, G.L. (2000) HIV and the workplace: Organisational consequences of hiring persons with HIV (PWHIV) and attitudes towards disclosure of HIV-related information. International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 21(1), 129-140. | https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720010331062 | 4.6 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (1999) Singapore – An ‘intelligent island’: Moving from vision to reality with information technology. SPP: Science & Public Policy, 26: 27-36. | https://doi.org/10.3152/147154399781782626 | 2.6 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1999) Occupational stress and IT personnel in Singapore: Factorial dimensions and differential effects. International Journal of Information Management, 19, 227-291. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(99)00027-4 | 20.1 |
| Teo, T.S.H., Lim, V.K.G. and Lai, R.Y.C. (1999) Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in Internet usage. Omega – International Journal of Management Science, 27: 25-37. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-0483(98)00028-0 | 6.7 |
| Teo, T.S.H., Lim, V.K.G. and Wai, S.H. (1999) Assessing attitudes towards teleworking among information technology (IT) personnel. Singapore Management Review, 21: 33-48. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(98)00023-1 | 0.103 |
| Lim, V.K.G., Teo, T.S.H., Teo, A.C.Y, and Tan, K.T.L. (1999) HIV and youths in Singapore – Knowledge, attitudes and willingness to work with HIV-infected persons. Singapore Medical Journal, 40: 410-416. | PMID: 10489510 | 1.7 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (1998) An empirical study of attitudes towards teleworking among information technology (IT) personnel. International Journal of Information Management, 18: 329-343. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(98)00023-1 | 20.1 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1998) Effects of individual characteristics on police officers’ work-related attitudes. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 13: 334-342. | https://doi.org/10.1108/02683949810219891 | 3.1 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (1998) Factors influencing personal computer usage among novice and experienced users. Journal of Information Technology Management, IX: 43-55 | https://jitm.ubalt.edu/IX-1/article4.pdf | 0.242 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (1998) Factorial dimensions and differential effects of gender on perceptions of teleworking. Women in Management Review, 13: 253-263. | https://doi.org/10.1108/09649429810237105 | 2.3 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G (1998) Leveraging information technology (IT) to achieve the IT2000 vision: The case of the intelligent island. Behavior & Information Technology, 17: 113-123. | https://doi.org/10.1080/014492998119607 | 1.006 |
| Teo, T.S.H and Lim, V.K.G. (1998) Usage and perceptions of the Internet: What has age got to do with it? Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 1: 371-381. | https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.1998.1.371 | 6.135 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Yuen, E.C.C. (1998) Doctors, patients and perceived job image: An empirical study of stress and nurses in Singapore. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21: 49-62. | https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018769000750 | 2.8 |
| Teo, T.S.H., Lee-Partridge, J.E. and Lim, V.K.G. (1998) Managing information systems at Singapore Airlines. International Journal of Information Management, 8: 195-203. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(98)00004-8 | 20.1 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (1997) Moderating effects of work-based support on the relationship between job insecurity and its consequences. Work & Stress, 11: 251-266. | https://doi.org/10.1080/02678379708256839 | 5.6 |
| Teo, T.S.H. and Lim, V.K.G. (1997) Factors influencing personal computer usage: The gender gap. Women in Management Review, 11: 18-26. | ttps://doi.org/10.1108/09649429610148746 | 2.3 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1997) Sex, money and financial hardship: An empirical study of attitudes towards money among undergraduates in Singapore. Journal of Economic Psychology, 18: 369-386. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-4870(97)00013-5 | 2.5 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1997) Stress among sales personnel: Factorial dimensions and gender differences. International Review of Women and Leadership, 3: 32-42. | ||
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1997) Usage patterns and perceptions of the Internet: The gender gap. Equal Opportunities International, 16: 1-8. | https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010696 | 0.79 |
| Teo, T.S.H., Lim, V.K.G. and Lai, R.Y.C. (1997) Users and uses of the Internet: The case of Singapore. International Journal of Information Management, 17: 325-336. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(97)00014-5 | 20.1 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (1996) Job insecurity and its outcomes-moderating effects of work-based and non-work based social support. Human Relations, 49: 171-194. | https://doi.org/10.1177/001872679604900203 | 4.5 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1996) Gender differences in occupational stress and coping strategies among information technology (IT) personnel in Singapore. Women in Management Review, 11: 20-28. | https://doi.org/10.1108/09649429610109299 | 2.3 |
| Lim, V.K.G. and Teo, T.S.H. (1996) Occupational stress among information technology (IT) personnel in Singapore. International Journal of Management, 13: 456-465. | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-4012(99)00027-4 | 20.1 |
| Yuen, E.C.C. and Lim, V.K.G. (1992) Normative and behavioral predictors of effective experiential learning. Journal of Management Education, 16: 72-80. | https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562992016004071 | 6 |
| Lim, V.K.G. (2001) Working ageing and retiring: An empirical study of attitudes towards retirement among older workers in Singapore. Delta, 1: 3-5. | https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450310483361 | 2.7 |
| Awards and Honors | Year |
|---|---|
| Best Paper Award Facilitating returning customers’ content contributions through management responses: an online approach to help hotels cope with the post-pandemic review crisis, 2022 Workshop on Information Systems in Asia Pacific (ISAP), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 10, 2022. | 2022 |
| Citation Award for Research Impact as evidence by citation counts of 6,184 and H index of 36 from IASPER, 2017 | 2017 |
| Faculty Outstanding Educator Award (for teaching achievement in AY 2014/2015) | 2015 |
| Placed on the University’s Honour Roll for Teaching Excellence | 2013 |
| Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) (for teaching achievement in AY 2011/2012) | 2013 |
| Faculty Outstanding Educator Award (for teaching achievement in AY 2011/2012) | 2013 |
| Annual Teaching Excellence Award (for teaching achievement in 2010/2011) | 2012 |
| Faculty Outstanding Educator Award (for teaching achievement in 2010/2011) | 2012 |
| Annual Teaching Excellence Award (for teaching achievement in 2009/2010) | 2011 |
| Dean’s Recognition for Outstanding Researcher | 2009 |
| Runner up for outstanding publication in OB, Academy of Management Meeting, August 2006, Atlanta. | 2006 |
| Faculty Recognition for Excellence in Research, 2006 | 2006 |
| Faculty Outstanding Educator Award (for teaching achievement in 2004/2005) | 2006 |
| Best Paper Award for sole-authored paper titled “Face-to-Face with AIDS in the Workplace: Concern for face, fear of AIDS and its Consequences”. Healthcare Management Division, Academy of Management Meeting, 2005, Honolulu. | 2005 |
| Best Paper Award for sole-authored paper titled “Face-to-Face with AIDS in the Workplace: Concern for face, fear of AIDS and its Consequences” by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). This award was given for a paper that has significant implication for research and practice. | 2005 |
| Lim, V.K.G. & Loo, G.L. (2003) Effects of parental job insecurity and parenting behaviors on youth’s self-efficacy and work attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 63(1), 86-98. Nominated for the Annual Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. January 5, 2005. | 2005 |
| Recognition in excellence as outstanding educator (for teaching achievement in 2002/2003) | 2004 |
| Department Outstanding Educator Award (for teaching achievement in 2001/2002) | 2003 |
| Citation of Excellence Award for sole-authored (Lim, V.K.G) paper titled “The IT Way of Loafing on the Job: Cyberloafing, Neutralizing and Organizational Justice” published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior. This paper was recognized by the Emerald Management Reviews’ Independent Review Board as the top 50 management articles published in 2002. | 2002 |
| Dean’s Commendation for Teaching Excellence (for teaching achievement in 1999/2000) | 2001 |
| Top 2% scientists in the world by Stanford University Study | 2000-present |
| Dean’s Commendation for Teaching Excellence (for teaching achievement in 1998/1999) | 2000 |
| Year | Project title | Funding Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2024 - Aug 2025 | Impact of parents’ job insecurity and expectations on youth’s work-related outcomes | HSS Seed Funding (PI) |
| Sept 2021 - Sept 2023 | Gender and Technology-Related Stress in the Healthcare Workplace – Impact on Gender Equality, Human Capital and Potential Solutions | Equal Opportunities & Career Development (EOCD) and NUHS Women in Science & Healthcare (WISH) Seed Grant 2021 (Collaborator) |
| Jul 2021 - Jun 2024 | Cyberloafing and Socially Responsible HRM Practices | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS), Higher Ministry of Education, Malaysia (Collaborator) |
| Jun 2019 - Jun 2022 | Overcoming tough times: Job insecurity, work outcomes and future work selves | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Jan 2017 - Jul 2020 | Feeling the heat of the mid-life pause: Impact of menopause on work and well-being | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Feb 2016 - Aug 2017 | Did you have a good commute: Antecedents and Outcomes of Commuting Stress | HSS Seed Funding (PI) |
| Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 | Information technology and rude awakenings: Cyber incivility at work | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Jun 2011 - Mar 2015 | Factors affecting mature employees’ reemployment success | Tier 2, MOE (PI) |
| Jan 2011 - Jan 2014 | Sleep, work and non-work | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Apr 2006 - Dec 2010 | Managing workplace deviance | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Jul 2002 - Dec 2006 | Eyeball the media: An exploratory study of media relations for organizations in Singapore | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Nov 2002 - Nov 2005 | A cross-cultural study of money ethic and motives, work attitudes and unethical behaviors | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Jul 1999 - Jul 2003 | Managing in an economic crisis | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Jul 1994 - Jul 1997 | Occupational Stress Among Managers in Singapore: An Exploratory Study | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Jul 1997 - Jul 2001 | Managing Aids at the Workplace | Tier 1, MOE (PI) |
| Dec 2008 - Nov 2011 | Job search, job interview and affective experiences of college students | Tier 1 MOE Grant (Collaborator) |
| Sept 2008 - Aug 2010 | Bringing Work Home: Parents’ Work-Family Conflict, Frustration, and Youths’ Work Beliefs | Hong Kong Grant (Collaborator) |
| Jul 1995 - Jul 1998 | Job stress among nurses in Singapore | Tier 1 MOE Grant (Collaborator) |
| Dec 1998 - Dec 2001 | Aspirations of New Graduates of Tertiary Institutions | Tier 1 MOE Grant (Collaborator) |
| Developing A Multi-Disclipinary Model of Civil Servants Support for Digital Transformation Projects -A Machine Learning Approach | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS), Higher Ministry of Education, Malaysia (Collaborator) |
