Faculty Profile

Marko PITESA

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources

LKCSBFull-time Faculty

Email
mpitesa@smu.edu.sg

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Areas

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Lee Kong Chian School of Business
- Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
- - Ethics, Trust, Fairness
  - Power and Status

Education

2014	Ph.D. in Business Administration Grenoble Ecole de Management

Current Appointment(s)

Jul 2016 - Now	Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2014 - 2016	Assistant Professor of Management & Organization University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Research Interests

My research examines workplaces from the perspective of ethics and equality of opportunity.

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

Lim, G.J.H., Pitesa, M. (2025) Bridging the social class capital gap: A psychological intervention in the newcomer adjustment context. Journal of Applied Psychology

Hussain, I., Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Schaerer, M. (2024) Pay suppression in social impact contexts: How framing work around the greater good inhibits job candidate compensation demands. Organization Science

Lim, G.J.H., Pitesa, M., Vadera, A. (2023) Cheating constraint decisions and discrimination against workers with lower financial standing. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Pitesa, M., Gelfand, J.M. (2023) Going beyond Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) samples and problems in organizational research. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (Editorial)

Tai, K., Liu, Y., Pitesa, M., Lim, S., Kwan, T.Y., Arvey, R. (2021) Fit to be good: Physical fitness is negatively associated with deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology

Nault, K., Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2020) The attractiveness advantage at work: A cross-disciplinary integrative review. Academy of Management Annals

Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M. (2020) Motivation purity bias: Expression of extrinsic motivation undermines perceived intrinsic motivation and engenders bias in selection decisions. Academy of Management Journal

He, T., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M. (2020) Financial vulnerability and the reproduction of disadvantage in economic exchanges. Journal of Applied Psychology

Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M. (2019) Socioeconomic mobility and talent utilization of workers from poorer backgrounds: The overlooked importance of within-organization dynamics. Academy of Management Annals

Baker, B., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M., Johnson, M. (2019) Stock market responses to unethical behavior in organizations: An organizational context model. Organization Science

Pitesa, M., Goh, Z. Thau, S. (2018) Mandates of dishonesty: The psychological and social costs of mandated attitude expression. Organization Science

Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2018) The macroeconomic environment and the psychology of work evaluation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Lee, M., Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M., Thau, S. (2018) Perceived entitlement causes discrimination against attractive job candidates in the domain of relatively less desirable jobs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2018) Resource scarcity, effort, and performance in physically demanding jobs: An evolutionary explanation. Journal of Applied Psychology

Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Pillutla, M.M. (2017) Workplace trust as a mechanism of employee (dis)advantage: The case of employee socioeconomic status. Research in Organizational Behavior

Lee, M., Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M., Thau, S. (2017) Male immorality: An evolutionary account of sex differences in unethical negotiation behavior. Academy of Management Journal

Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2017). Economic downturns undermine workplace helping by promoting a zero-sum construal of success. Academy of Management Journal

Lee, S.Y., Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M., Thau, S. (2015). When beauty helps and when it hurts: An organizational context theory of attractiveness discrimination in selection decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Lee, S.Y., Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Pillutla, M.M. (2015). Discrimination in selection decisions: Integrating stereotype fit and interdependence theories. Academy of Management Journal

Thau, S., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M., Mitchell, M.S., Pillutla, M.M. (2015). Unethical for the sake of the group: Risk of social exclusion and pro-group unethical behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology

Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2015). A Lack of material resources causes harsher moral judgments. Psychological Science

Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Pillutla, M.M. (2014). Cognitive control and socially desirable behavior: The role of interpersonal impact. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2013). Compliant sinners, obstinate saints: How power and self-focus determine the effectiveness of (un)ethical social influences. Academy of Management Journal

Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2013). Masters of the universe: How power and accountability influence self-serving decisions under moral hazard. Journal of Applied Psychology

Research Advisor / Co-Research Advisor To

Rhoda YAP Jin Lyn (rhoda.yap.2022@phdgm.smu.edu.sg), PhD in Business (General Management)

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