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Sheng Yee Zher
IAL Staff
Principal Researcher, Research Division
Areas of Expertise: Assessment, Evaluation & Quality, Workforce and Skills Development, Research & Data Analytics
+65 9695 6565
Sheng Yee Zher is a workforce and adult learning researcher with expertise in skills policy, lifelong learning, programme evaluation, and labour market research. His work focuses on how training systems, such as SkillsFuture Credit and WSQ, support skills development, career progression, and workforce transformation. He has led and contributed to applied research studies involving survey analysis, employer engagement, policy evaluation, and evidence-based recommendations for government and industry stakeholders. Sheng brings strong quantitative research skills, policy understanding, and experience translating complex findings into practical insights for decision-makers. workplace outcomes, and a deeper understanding of how individuals, employers, and institutions can work together to build a future-ready workforce.
Toh, R., & Sheng, Y. Z. (2025). Job burnout and subjective well-being of workers in Singapore: The role of demographic, job-related and social support factors. Singapore Labour Journal.
Sheng, Y. Z., Chia, Y., & Sadik, S. (2025). Skills pathways and deep learning in Singapore’s workforce: Insights from the Skills and Learning Survey 2. Institute for Adult Learning.
Sheng, Y. Z. (Principal Investigator and lead writer). (2025). Well-being of Workers in Singapore. Report published by National Trades Union Congress in partnership with Institute for Adult Learning.
Sheng, Y. Z., & Lee, M. (2024, June). The relationship between workers’ aspirations, learning strategies and training motivation. In A. Fejes & M. Gustavsson (Eds.), Book of Abstracts, RWL13: Researching Work and Learning. International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Linköping, Sweden.
Sheng, Y. Z., & Lin, M. (2023, September). The impact of Singapore’s SkillsFuture Credit on training participation [Paper presentation]. The Asian Conference of Education & International Development 2023, IAFOR.
Sheng, Y. Z., & Tan, J. (2022). Transfer of training: Skills utilisation matters. In P. H. Sawchuk & K. Mirchandani (Eds), Work, learning and social change: Collected papers of the RWL12 Toronto Conference: Volume 2. International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Toronto, Canada.
Chia, Y., Sheng, Y.Z. (2022). From Lifelong Learning to Lifelong Employability: How SkillsFuture Has Re-conceptualised Higher Education for the Future of Work. In: Ng, B. (eds) Higher Education and Job Employability. Knowledge Studies in Higher Education, vol 10. Springer, Cham: Link
Sung, J., Sheng Y.Z., Liau A.K., Choo, A., Liu L, Coates, H. (2022, January). Augmenting the role of higher education institutions in lifelong learning: Designing an indicator framework for policy application. International Journal of Chinese Education. doi:10.1177/22125868211072931
Sheng, Y. Z., Chia, Y., & Sadik, S. (2025). Skills pathways and deep learning in Singapore’s workforce: Insights from the Skills and Learning Survey 2. Institute for Adult Learning.
Sheng, Y. Z. (Principal Investigator and lead writer). (2025). Well-being of Workers in Singapore. Report published by National Trades Union Congress in partnership with Institute for Adult Learning.
Sheng, Y. Z., & Lee, M. (2024, June). The relationship between workers’ aspirations, learning strategies and training motivation. In A. Fejes & M. Gustavsson (Eds.), Book of Abstracts, RWL13: Researching Work and Learning. International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Linköping, Sweden.
Sheng, Y. Z., & Lin, M. (2023, September). The impact of Singapore’s SkillsFuture Credit on training participation [Paper presentation]. The Asian Conference of Education & International Development 2023, IAFOR.
Sheng, Y. Z., & Tan, J. (2022). Transfer of training: Skills utilisation matters. In P. H. Sawchuk & K. Mirchandani (Eds), Work, learning and social change: Collected papers of the RWL12 Toronto Conference: Volume 2. International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Toronto, Canada.
Chia, Y., Sheng, Y.Z. (2022). From Lifelong Learning to Lifelong Employability: How SkillsFuture Has Re-conceptualised Higher Education for the Future of Work. In: Ng, B. (eds) Higher Education and Job Employability. Knowledge Studies in Higher Education, vol 10. Springer, Cham: Link
Sung, J., Sheng Y.Z., Liau A.K., Choo, A., Liu L, Coates, H. (2022, January). Augmenting the role of higher education institutions in lifelong learning: Designing an indicator framework for policy application. International Journal of Chinese Education. doi:10.1177/22125868211072931