Charissa Tan

Dr Charissa Tan

Deputy Head, Human Resource Management Programme

S R Nathan School of Human Development

Tel: +65 6248 0357

Educational Qualifications

  • 2024
    Doctor of Philosophy (Occupational Health Psychology and Management), University
    of Nottingham, UK

  • 2014
    Master of Science in Occupational Psychology, University of Leicester, UK

  • 2008
    Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 2001
    Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2025 - Present
    Deputy Head (HRM), SR Nathan School of Human Development, SUSS

  • 2022 - 2024
    Senior Lecturer, SR Nathan School of Human Development, SUSS

  • 2020 - 2021
    Head of Programme (HRM), SR Nathan School of Human Development, SUSS

  • 2018 - 2020
    Member, Institutional Review Board of SUSS

  • 2016 - 2019
    Senior Lecturer, SR Nathan School of Human Development, SUSS

  • 2015 - 2016
    Senior Lecturer, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

  • 2011 - 2015
    Regional Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness Solutions, Federal Express

  • 2001 - 2005
    Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, Ministry of Defence

Tan C. (2024).
Psychosocial working conditions and wellbeing in contract workers in Higher Education in Singapore. (PhD thesis in Occupational Health Psychology and Management), University of Nottingham, UK.

Tan, C. (2018).
E-learning and development. In Mohan Thite (Ed.), e-HRM: Digital Approaches, Directions & Applications (pp. 214-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315172729.

Tan, C. (2014).
The validation of an existing operations training programme for newly-hired employees in a Fortune 100 company. (Masters thesis in Department of Occupational Psychology), University of Leicester, UK.

Tan, C. (2008).
Manifestations of hope in music therapy with hospitalized paediatric patients. (Masters thesis in Department of Creative Arts Therapy), Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Conference Presentations:

Scholz, T. & Tan, C. (2024, October 30–November 1).
Transferable skills from esports to international business environments: An intercultural management perspective. Esports Research Network Conference, London, UK.

Tan, C. (2019, January 9-11).
Wellbeing and performance of the contract workforce: A systematic review. Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference, Chester, UK.

Siow, C.N., Voogt, T., & Tan, C. (2013).
Vitalizing person-to-person contact in customer serving relationships. Organization Development Network Annual Conference, San Jose, USA.

Tan, C., Soh, S., & Lim, B.C. (2003).
Further understanding of attitudes toward national defence and military service in Singapore. International Military Testing Association 45th Annual Conference, Pensacola, Florida.

  • 2024 - Present
    World at Work, Total Rewards Association

  • 2022 - Present
    Society for Occupational Health Psychology

  • 2016 - Present
    Society of Human Resource Management

  • 2012 - 2015
    British Psychological Society

  • 2004
    Certification for British Psychological Society Level A & B for Occupational Testing

  • 2003
    Accredited administrator of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  • 2023 - 2025
    Member, HR Advisory Committee, Breast Cancer Foundation

  • 2023 - 2024
    Member, School Advisory Committee, Bendemeer Primary School

  • 2006 - 2011
    Associate Consultant, Civil Service College
  • Work-related stress and wellbeing, contract and flexible workforces
  • Transferable skills and esports
  • Adult learning in workplaces, mobile technology in learning, training evaluation
  • Organizational development and effectiveness
  • Achieving customer service through person-centred approaches

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