Yan Yi Lance Du | Psychology at Illinois

Research Areas

Biography

Lance Du is a PhD student from the I/O psychology program at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He graduated First Class Honors from the Singapore University of Social Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Prior to attending grad school, Lance has had professional experience as a civil servant and a research associate at a large public university in Singapore.

Research Interests

Organizational Behavior
Cross-cultural Research
Personality
Vocational Interests
Measurement
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Awards and Honors

Academy of Management Best Paper Award – Research Methods Division (2023)

Psychology Department Summer Fellowship Award

William and Katherine Estes Travel Award Nominee (2022)

Taylor and Francis Gold Award (2018)

Cengage Learning Asia Book Prize for Outstanding Academic Performance (2018)

Dean’s List, School of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences (2016, 2017, 2018)

Singapore University of Social Sciences Scholarship (2015)

Courses Taught

Writing Center Lead Writing Mentor

PSYC245 - Introduction to I/O psychology

Recent Publications

Du, Y. Y. L., Jain, D., Guntuku, S. C., Hou, X., Ungar, L. H., & Tay, L. (2023). "That’s interesting!": Using Facebook language to predict vocational interests. Academy of Management Proceedings. **Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Research Methods Division

Du, Y. Y. L., & Templer, K. J. (2022). The happy subclinical psychopath: The protective role of boldness in successful psychopathy. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 1143–1168.

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^{Conference Presentations}

Du, Y. Y. L. (2024). “Re-entry Shock”: Perceptions of Workplace Re-entry Injustice and Turnover Intentions. [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Du, Y. Y. L., Drasgow, F., & Rounds, J (2024). Gender Differences in the Network Structure of Basic Interests. [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Foster, J. F., Bovenschen, M., Delgado, K., Du, Y. Y. L., Harms, P., Mayfield, D., Stone, T, Butera, H. (2024). New innovations and advancements in personality assessment (Round 3) [Ignite]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Du, Y. Y. L.*, Meurer, M. M., D. Garcia, D., Glaser, A., Verzat, C., & Radic, M. (2023). *Session Moderator for "Using Social Media and Text Data in Management Research, 83^rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, 2023.

Du, Y. Y. L., Jain, D., Guntuku, S. C., Hou, X., Ungar, L. H., & Tay, L. (2023). That’s interesting!: The language of vocational interests on social media. Paper to be presented at the 83^rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.

Du, Y. Y. L. & Rounds, J. (2023). Visualizing Interests-Personality Relationships With Network Analysis [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States.

Foster, J. F., Connelly, B. S., Delgado, K., Du, Y. Y. L., Guiterrez, S., Harms, P., Mayfield, D., Stone, T., Lewis, J., Rounds, J., Pringle, V., Dunlop, P.., & Carlson, E. (2023). New innovations and advancements in personality assessment (Round 2) [Ignite]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States.

Du, Y. Y. L. & Templer, K. J. (2022). Relations of HEXACO personality traits and goal orientation to job performance. [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Foster, J. F., Connelly, B. S., Delgado, K., Chu, C., Priest, L. I., Du, Y. Y. L., Lahti, K., Ong, X., Stone, T. H., Wiedenroth, A., McAbee, S. T., Fang, R., Greco, A., Hoff, K., Kidder, Q., Moore, C., Peters, J., & Templer, K. J. (2022). New innovations and advancements in personality assessment [Ignite]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Du, Y. Y. L., Templer, K. J., & Schweiger, M. (2021 July). Employee Psychopathy: Effects on Job Performance and Well-being. Presented at 32^ndInternational Congress of Psychology (2021, July). (Virtual), Prague, Czech Republic.

Du, Y. Y. L., & Templer, K. J. (2020 August). Psychopathy facets and their effects on job satisfaction and well-being: Boldness as a moderator. Presented at 80^th Academy of Management Meeting (Virtual), Vancouver, B. C., Canada.