Permanent home address: 
32 Chestnut Crescent 
Singapore 679388 
Telephone/Fax: (65) 767-6413 or (65) 767-6427 
Personal E-mail: chankimyin@usa.net 

Date & Place of birth:  January 10, 1966, Singapore. 

1999 .
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Major: Industrial and Organizational Psychology 
Minor: Quantitative Psychology 
Thesis title:  Toward a Theory of Individual Differences and Leadership: Understanding the Motivation to Lead.
Director and Chair of dissertation committee: Dr. Fritz Drasgow
Committee members: Dr. Dov Cohen, Dr. James Rounds, Dr. Janet Sniezek, Dr. Harry Triandis.
Passed final examination: 13 Apr 99

1997
A.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Major: Industrial and Organizational Psychology 
Thesis title:  A Comparative Psychometric Evaluation of a New Military Aptitude Test Battery.
Director and Chair of thesis research: Dr. Fritz Drasgow 

1988
B.Sc. with First Class Honors, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London, U.K. 
Major: Psychology
Honors thesis title:  Self-stereotype similarity: An Idiographic approach to the Study of Personality.
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Robert West 

1982
GCE “A” Levels, Raffles Junior College, Singapore. 
Subject Combination: Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics) 
 

1983 to 1985
Basic Military Training, Infantry Training Depot, Singapore Armed Forces.
Officer Cadet Course, Officer Cadet School, Singapore Armed Forces. 
Platoon Commander, 6th Singapore Infantry Regiment. 
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, March 1985. 

1988 to 1989 
Company 2nd-in-Command, 1st Singapore Infantry Regiment. 
Assistant Secretary, 1989 National Day Parade Executive Committee. 
Promoted to Captain, August, 1989. 

1989 to 1993
Field Psychologist, Ministry of Defense, Singapore.
Head of Field Psychology Branch, Ministry of Defense, Singapore. 

1993 to 1994 
Company Tactics Course, School of Advanced Training for Officers, Singapore Armed Forces. 
Company Commander, 1st Singapore Infantry Regiment. 
Promoted to Major, July, 1993. 

1994 to 1995
Head of Field Psychology Branch, Ministry of Defense, Singapore. 
Battalion Tactics Course, Army Officer Advanced School, Singapore Armed Forces.

1999 onward
Head of Training Psychology Branch, Ministry of Defense, Singapore. 
 

Publications

Chan, K. (1989).  Professionalism in the Singapore military. Pointer: Journal of the Singapore Armed Forces. 

Chan, K., Drasgow, F., & Sawin, L. L. (in press).  What is the shelf life of a test?  The effect of time on the psychometrics of a cognitive ability test battery. Journal of Applied Psychology.

Chan, K. (1998).  Cohesion in the military: A review of the literature. Catalyst: Journal of the Applied Behavioral Sciences Department of MINDEF and the SAF.

Chan, K. (in press).  The criterion problem in the military: Implications for the design and evaluation of personnel systems. Catalyst: Journal of the Applied Behavioral Sciences Department of MINDEF and the SAF. 

Chan, K., Rounds, J. B., & Drasgow, F.  (in press). The relationship between vocational interests and the motivation to lead. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 
 

Technical Reports

Chan, K., Chernyshenko, O.S., & Stark, S. Factor analysis of the fifth edition of 16PF. (Technical report, Fall 1997).  Institute of Personality and Ability Testing Champaign, IL. 

Chan, K., Chernyshenko, O.S., & Stark, S. Psychometric evaluation of the fifth edition of 16PF: IRT analysis. (Technical report, Spring 1998). Champaign, IL : Institute of Personality and Ability Testing. Institute of Personality and Ability Testing Champaign, IL. 

Chan, K. (June 20, 1997).  Interim technical report 1: Preliminary findings of multigroup DIF study of item parameter drift in the ASVAB 8A.  Unpublished technical report, Armstrong Laboratory, Manpower and Personnel Research Division, Human Resources Directorate, Brooks Air Force base, San Antonio, TX. 

Chan, K. (June 30, 1997).  Interim technical report 2: Differential test functioning (DTF) study in the ASVAB 8A over five periods from 1980 to 1996.  Unpublished technical report, Armstrong Laboratory, Manpower and Personnel Research Division, Human Resources Directorate, Brooks Air Force base, San Antonio, TX. 
 

Papers in preparation/uder review

Chan, K., & Drasgow, F. (under review).  Toward a Theory of Individual Differences and Leadership: Understanding the Motivation to Lead.  Journal of Applied Psychology.  

Chan, K., & Lee, D. C. S. (in preparation).  A 1 year longitudinal study of the motivation to lead.  

Chernyshenko, O. S., Stark, S., & Chan, K. (under review).  Examining the factor structure of the Fifth Edition 16PF: An application of the Schmid-Leiman procedure.

Lee, D. C. S., & Chan, K. (in preparation).  Measuring dimensions of leadership development. 

Lee, W., & Chan, K. (in preparation).  The effect of language ability on the psychometrics of  personality measures.  

Robert, C., & Chan, K. (in preparation).   A study of Differential Item Functioning of an Individualism-Collectivism scale across four cultures. 
 

Presentations

Chan, K., Ong, K.C., & Chah, C. C. L. (Nov 1999). Research and theory on the motivation to lead: Implications for officer selection.  Paper to be presented at NATO Research & Technology Organization workshop on officer selection, Monterey, CA.

Chan, K. (1999).  Understanding individual differences in the motivation to lead.  Paper presented at 1999 Industrial-Organizational and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Fairfax, VA. 

Chernychenko, O., Chan, K., Stark, S., & Drasgow, F. (1999). Fitting IRT models to personality data.  Paper presented at 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA. 

Stark, S., Chan, K., Chernyshenko, O. (1999).  Faking on personality measures: Is it a function of the person or the test?  Paper presented at 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. 

Chan, K., Drasgow, F. & Sawin, L. (1998).  Stability and change in the psychometric properties of the ASVAB.  Paper presented at 13th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. 

Chan, K., Mischel, L. J., Probst, T., Cha, Y. S., & Drasgow, F. (1997).  Psychometric evaluation of a theoretically battery of cognitive tests.  Paper presented at 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, MI. 

Probst, T., Cha, Y. S., & Chan, K. (1997).  An IRT evaluation of a cognitive-based ability battery: DIF and DTF analyses across racial groups.  Presented at 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, MI. 
 
 

Educational Fellowships/Scholarships

Defense Training Award for postgraduate study (full pay), 1995-1999,  Ministry of Defense, Singapore. 

Overseas Training Award (Academic) for undergraduate study (full pay), 1985-1988, Ministry of Defense, Singapore. 
 

Awards

Second Prize/"Honorable Mention", 1999 Walter F. Ulmer, Jr. Applied Research Award, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC.  

Nancy Hirschberg Award for Outstanding Scholarly Research by a Graduate Student in Psychology, 1999.  Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"Honorable Mention", 1998-1999 International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) Student Paper Competition. 

Third Prize, 1989 Chief of General Staff Essay Writing Competition, Singapore Armed Forces. 

Sir Cyril Burt Prize for Best Research on Individual Differences, 1988. University of London, U.K. 

Dorothy Farrar Research Prize for Outstanding Research Project in Psychology, 1988.  Royal Holloway and Bedford College, University of London, U.K. 

Vera Doniach Prize for Excellent work as a Second Year Student in Psychology, 1987.  Royal Holloway and Bedford College, University of London, U.K. 

Beatrice-Edgell Prize for Best Performing Student in Psychology, 1986.  Royal Holloway and Bedford College, University of London, U.K. 
 

Professional Affiliations

Full Member, British Psychological Society, 1988 to present. 

Full Member, Singapore Psychological Society, 1989 to present. 

Student affiliate, American Psychological Association, 1995 to present.