As an institute that champions excellence in Continuing Education and Training, IAL undertakes research projects that examine the various aspects of adult learning and development. The data we gather and the results we analyse enable us to further the advancement of the CET sector in Singapore, and inform policy making and decisions.
Ongoing
2025
Work Redesign for a Future-Ready Workforce
Ruby Toh
This study seeks to have a deeper understanding of the implications of work redesign for upskilling/reskilling, adaptability and other work outcomes such as commitment, job satisfaction, and productivity, the factors associated with work redesign, measures of success in work redesign and workforce transformation.
Ongoing
2025
TAE Landscape 3: Profiling the TAE sector
Chen Zan
TAE 3 is a third iteration of the TAE landscape series. It will build on TAE 1 and 2 to track the changes in the TAE sector and inform policy-makers and practitioners on the performance of TAE landscape, including areas done well and areas for improvement
Ongoing
2025
Employment Vulnerability in Singapore (EV2)
Ruby Toh
This study seeks to provide further understanding of the employment vulnerability (EV) of workers in Singapore, with comparative analysis across young, mature and ageing workers and contrasting vulnerable vs less vulnerable cohorts.
Ongoing
2024
Evaluation of Adult Education and Training Programmes
Sheng Yee Zher
The aim of the SSG commissioned study is to evaluate the Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) and the SkillsFuture Credit (SFC). The evaluations seek to understand stakeholders’ perceptions of the initiatives and investigate their effectiveness and outcomes.
Ongoing
2023
Changing Forms of Work Arrangements and Boundaryless Careers: Implications for Skills Development and Career Management
Ruby Toh
This project examines the changing forms of work arrangements and how companies and individuals manage work practices, training, and careers.
Ongoing
2023
Enhancing Skills for Lifelong Employability: A Longitudinal Study on Learning Motivation for Employability & Career Progression
Ruby Toh
This study seeks to examine the impact of an intervention programme in encouraging learning for enhanced employability and career progression, and to understand the motivation of individuals toward learning, any actions they take or intend to take towards reskilling and upskilling.
Completed
2023
Workplace Misbehaviour and Mistreatment (WM): Workplace Discrimination, Harassment and WM-Related Injury
Ruby Toh, Prof Philippe Blanchard, James P Sampson Jr, Tanja Schmidt, Julie Falcon, Ong Yong Liang
This mixed methods study seeks to better understand the impact of workplace discrimination, harassment and related injury (DHI) on career trajectories and employment vulnerability, and to help inform policy decisions on navigating any challenges faced in workplace DHI in order to ensure fair, inclusive and safe work practices (including recruitment, dismissal, promotion and access to training) and the work environment.
Completed
2022
Wealth of Talent
Sahara Sadik, Candice Chong, Catherine Tangen, Phillip Brown
This project seeks to facilitate change management in enterprises towards adopting a ‘build model’ through changes in key workplace practices including recruitment, talent management and job framing, thereby strengthening the employer pillar of SkillsFuture. It involves industry and the TAE community to jointly co-create change management methodology and tools, to support future intervention studies.
Completed
2022
Skill Accumulation Study
Chia Ying, Bryan Ang and Jamie Lee
Investigate the impact of lifetime skills accumulation, giving particular focus to the contributions of CET, on employment outcomes in Singapore