School of Social Sciences Most Popular Papers (Nov 2020-Jan 2021)

Check out the list of ten most downloaded School of Social Sciences papers* from Institutional Knowledge (InK) at SMU for the period of November 2020-January 2021. Click on the links below to read the papers!

1. Elderly Population in Singapore: Understanding Social, Physical and Financial Needs

John A. DONALDSON, Catherine J. SMITH, Balambigai Balakrishnan, Mumtaz Md. KADIR, Sanushka MUDALIAR

2. The Importance of Employee Well-being

William TOV, David CHAN

3. Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the adaptation theory of well-being

Ed DIENER, Richard E. LUCAS, Christie N. SCOLLON

4. A handbook on inequality, poverty and unmet social needs in Singapore

Catherine J. SMITH, John A. DONALDSON, Sanushka MUDALIAR, Mumtaz Md. KADIR, Lam Keong YEOH

5. The Construction of National Identity through the Production of Ritual and Spectacle: An Analysis of National Day Parades in Singapore

Lily KONG, Brenda S. A. YEOH

6. Towards a cleaner Singapore: Sociological study on littering in Singapore

Paulin Tay STRAUGHAN, Narayanan GANAPATHY, Daniel GOH, Everold HOSEIN

7. Labour protection for the vulnerable: An evaluation of the salary and injury claims system for migrant workers in Singapore

Tamera FILLINGER, Nicholas HARRIGAN, Stephanie CHOK, Amirah AMIRRUDIN, Patricia MEYER, Meera RAJAH, Debbie FORDYCE

8. Vital yet vulnerable: Mental and emotional health of South Asian migrant Workers in Singapore

Nicholas HARRIGAN, Chiu Yee KOH

9. New Well-Being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings

Ed DIENER, Derrick WIRTZ, William TOV, Chu KIM-PRIETO, Dong-won CHOI, Shigehiro OISHI, Robert Biswas-DIENER

10. Country roads, take me home ... to my friends: How intelligence, population density, and friendship affect modern happiness

Norman P. LI, Satoshi KANAZAWA

* Based on the average number of full-text downloads per day since the paper was posted.

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