Kenneth Tai
Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources at Singapore Management University
Schools
- Singapore Management University
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Biography
Singapore Management University
Education
- 2013 Ph.D., Management & Organization - National University of Singapore
- 2008 B.Soc.Sci. (Honours), Psychology
Current Appointment(s)
- 2022 - Now Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
- 2013 - 2022 Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
Research Interests
- Envy
- Deviance
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, 2022 - 2023
- Dean’s Teaching Honor List, 2013 - 2015, 2021
- Della Suantio Fellowship, 2017 - 2018
- Singapore Management University Research Grant, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021
- President’s Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore, University-wide award in recognition of outstanding performance from 2010 to 2012
Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
- Tai, K., Keem, SJ., Lee, KY., & Kim, E. Envy Influences Interpersonal Dynamics and Team Performance: Roles of Gender Congruence and Collective Team Identification (in press). Journal of Management.
- Anyi, M., Savani, K., Liu, FZ., Tai, K., & Kay, A (in press). The Mutual Constitution of Person and Culture: The Bidirectional Relationship between Individuals’ Perceived Control and Cultural Tightness-Looseness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Tai, K., Lin, K., Lam, CK., & Wu, L. Biting the Hand That Feeds: A Status-Based Model of When and Why Receiving Help Motivates Social Undermining (in press). Journal of Applied Psychology. *The first two authors contributed equally and their authorships were determined randomly.
- Tai, K.,* Lee, KY,* Kim, E.,* Johnson, T., Wang, W., Duffy, MK., & Kim, SS. Gender, Bottom-line Mentality, and Workplace Mistreatment: The Roles of Gender Norm Violation and Team Gender Composition. (in press). Journal of Applied Psychology. The first three authors contributed equally to this work and are listed in reverse alphabetical order.
- Tai, K., Liu, YC., Pitesa, M., Lim, S., Tong, Y. K., & Arvey, R. D. (2022). Fit to be Good: Physical Fitness is Negatively Associated with Deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 389 - 407.
- Lim, JH., Tai, K., & Kouchaki, M. (2021). Ambivalent Bosses: An Examination of Supervisor Expressed Emotional Ambivalence on Subordinate Task Engagement. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 165, 139 - 152.
- Lim, J. H., Tai, K., Bamberger, P., & Morrison, E. W (2020). Soliciting resources from others: An integrative review. Academy of Management Annals, 14, 122-129.
- Zheng, X., Fehr, R., Tai, K., Narayanan, J., & Gelfand, M. J. (2015). The unburdening effects of forgiveness: Effects on slant perception and jumping height. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 431-438.
- Wang, C.S., Ku, G., Tai, K & Galinsky, A.D (2014). Stupid doctors and smart construction workers: Perspective-taking reduces stereotyping of both negative and positive targets. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 430-436.
- Lim, S., & Tai, K. (2014). Family incivility and job performance: A moderated mediated model of core self-evaluations and psychological distress. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 351-359.
- Wang, C.S., Tai, K., Ku, G., & Galinsky, A.D. (2014). Perspective-taking increases willingness to engage in intergroup contact. PLoS ONE, 9(1).
- Narayanan, J., Tai, K., & Kinias, Z. (2013). Power motivates interpersonal connection following social exclusion. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 122, 257-265.
- Tai, K., Narayanan, J., & McAllister, D. (2012). Envy as pain: Rethinking the nature of envy and its implications for employees and organizations. Academy of Management Review, 37, 107-129.
- Tai, K., Zheng, X., & Narayanan, J. (2011). Touching a teddy bear mitigates the negative effects of social exclusion. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 618-626.
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