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Faculty Profile

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Kenneth TAI

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources; Member, Institutional Review Board; PGR Coordinator, Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources

LKCSBFull-time Faculty
Email
kennethtai@smu.edu.sg
Phone
68085481
Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Areas

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  • Lee Kong Chian School of Business
    • Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
      • Positive Organisation (Mindfulness, Humility, Proactivity)
      • Power and Status
      • Well-being and Stress
    • Social Inclusion
  • School of Social Sciences
    • Group & Organizational Dynamics
    • Human Development, Well-being & Ageing
    • Psychology
      • Social & Personality Psychology
      • Psychology of Emotions & Wellbeing
      • Industrial & Organisational Psychology
    • Society, Environment & Sustainability

Education

2013Ph.D., Management & Organization
National University of Singapore
2008B.Soc.Sci. (Honours), Psychology

Current Appointment(s)

2022 - NowAssociate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2013 - 2022Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
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. (2022) Envy Influences Interpersonal Dynamics and Team Performance: Roles of Gender Congruence and Collective Team Identification. Journal of Management, 50, 556-587.
 
  • Anyi, M., Savani, K., Liu, FZ., Tai, K., & Kay, A. (2023). The Mutual Constitution of Person and Culture: The Bidirectional Relationship between Individuals’ Perceived Control and Cultural Tightness-Looseness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 901-916.
 
  • Tai, K., Lin, K., Lam, CK., & Wu, L. (2023). Biting the Hand That Feeds: A Status-Based Model of When and Why Receiving Help Motivates Social Undermining. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108, 27-52.
    *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. (2022). Gender, Bottom-line Mentality, and Workplace Mistreatment:  The Roles of Gender Norm Violation and Team Gender Composition. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 854-865.
    *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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