LKS Fellows

LIM KIM SAN FELLOWSHIP FOR PHD STUDENTS
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY

LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Are you a PhD student who would be interested in spending anywhere from two weeks to about four weeks conducting research in Singapore with Singapore Management University’s Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources group? Or do you know of any such PhD students? The OBHR group at Singapore Management University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business is planning to award a Lim Kim San Fellowship to PhD students who do research in the area of leadership, broadly defined (that is, topics relevant to leaders, including, but not limited to, decision making, negotiation, power, gender, justice, trust, ethics, mindfulness, creativity, and others). The fellow can expect close interaction with their OBHR faculty host and the OBHR group, a collegial environment, and life in an exciting city.

The ideal applicant will have successfully completed coursework and show great promise as a researcher. Qualified applicants are invited to submit an application, including all elements listed in the Application Procedure section below. The research proposal should be two to three pages single-spaced and describe a specific research project on which the applicant would like to collaborate with a specified LKS faculty host. The cover letter should list any other activities the applicant would like to undertake as a Lim Kim San Fellow, the duration they would like to spend at SMU, the SMU OBHR faculty they would like to collaborate with (their faculty host), as well as anything else they consider relevant. The duration of stay is flexible with a minimum period of two weeks and a recommended period of about four weeks. The starting date should be decided in discussion with the fellow’s faculty host, but the visit should be completed before March 31, 2025.

The successful applicant will carry the title "Lim Kim San Fellow" and will be an integral part of our very collegial OBHR group. Fellows will receive full financial support to cover airfare and accommodation expenses, as well as a per diem to cover daily living expenses. If required, a limited amount of research funding is available. Fellows will have access to our group’s subject pool, the school’s Behavioral Lab, and the university’s online survey system. Lim Kim San Fellows are expected to focus on advancing their research program while collaborating with SMU faculty. Note that there is no opportunity to complete coursework.

The successful applicant will join one of the most productive groups of OBHR researchers in Asia.  Our group is known for its collegiality, which has contributed to our faculty consistently publishing in top-tier OBHR journals. Our faculty regularly publish in top journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Science.

Our OBHR faculty are listed on the SMU website. All of us are active researchers, whose interests include affect and well-being, organizational trust, ethics, creativity, leadership, cross-cultural and intercultural management, motivation, power, negotiation, justice, workplace proactivity, and organizational citizenship behaviors, performance appraisal and selection, knowledge management, and decision making, among other topics. 

The following faculty are accepting fellows in the current fellowship cycle: Professors Devasheesh BHAVE, Filip LIEVENS, Jared NAI, Jochen REB, Kenneth TAI, Nina SIROLA, Ronald BLEDOW and Roy CHUA.