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Faculty Profile

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Jochen Reb is an internationally recognized scholar in organizational behavior, decision making, and mindfulness at work, known for pioneering research and leadership in integrating mindfulness into management science and practice.

Combines theoretical innovation in decision science and mindfulness with practical applications in leadership, talent management, and organizational well-being; recognized for bridging research and practice, advancing mindfulness-based interventions, and mentoring the next generation of scholars; strong track record of research funding, editorial service, and international collaboration.

Focused research areas include Decision making in work contexts; mechanisms and effects of mindfulness in organizations; mindful leadership; adaptive and ecological rationality; emotion regulation; performance trends and appraisal; workplace well-being; sustainability and stakeholder decision making.
Areas of Expertise
Mindfulness at WorkBehavioral Decision Theory

Education

2005Ph.D. in Management
University of Arizona
2000Master (Diplom-Kaufmann) in Business Management
Berlin University of Technology

Current Appointment(s)

2025 - NowLee Kong Chian Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2021 - 2025Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2009 - 2021Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2014 - NowDirector of Mindfulness Initiative @ SMU
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Lee Kong Chian Fellow, Singapore Management University, 2020, 2024.
  • Academy of Management Conference, ODC Division, Rupe Chisolm Award for Best Theory-to-Practice Paper, 2018.
  • Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management Discoveries, 2018.

Research Interests

  • Decision Making in Work Contexts
  • Mindfulness in Leadership, Organizations, Entrepreneurship

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

* denotes equal contribution of authors; ^ denotes (former) PhD student; #denotes (former) post doc
  • Lee, R. P., & Reb, J. (2025). “Waste-to-products” for the sustainability transformation of megacities: Case analysis of impacts of public knowledge and perception on chemical recycling deployment in Singapore. Cleaner Waste Systems. 
  • ^Maistry, G., Reb, J., Luan, S., & Menkhoff, T. (2025). Can a simple rules training improve decision making quality? A field intervention study in the context of underwriting decision making. Journal of Business Research.
  • ^Peters, E. K., Sim, S., Reb. J., Young, J. H., & Elser Young, M. (2025). Minding well-being: Validation of the Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT) for non-clinical populations. Mindfulness. 
  • Lyddy, C. J., Good, D. J., Yuan, S., Michel, E. J., Ahlvik-Garrison, C., & Reb, J. (2025). Reperceiving personal resources within JD-R: Mindfulness drives burnout and work engagement by shaping perceptions of job demands and job resources. Journal of Business Research, 193. 
  • Goldman Schuyler, K., Watson, L. W. & Reb, J. (2025). Seeking new ground for managing — An introduction to the special issue on “Awakening to Ourselves, One Another, and the Earth: Awareness Practices and Systems Change”. Humanistic Management Journal. 
  • Reb, J., & ^Neal, J. (2024). Smart heuristics in business relationships: Towards a typology. Management Decision, 62(11), 3457-3472.  Full text
  • ^Tan, N., ^Peters, E. K., & Reb, J. (2023). Effects of a mindfulness-based leadership training on leadership behaviors and effectiveness. Mindfulness, 14, 2181-2194. Full text
  • Kay, A., *^Masters-Waage, T. C., *Reb, J., & *Vlachos, P. (2023). Mindfully outraged: Mindfulness increases deontic retribution for third-party injustice. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 176, 104249. Full text
  • Gigerenzer, G., Reb, J., & Luan, S. (2022). Smart heuristics for individuals, teams, and organizations. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9, 171–98. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-090506. Full text
  • Masters-Waage, T. C., Reb, J., Tov, W., & Bandara, U. (2022). An initial examination of state and longitudinal effects of loving-kindness practice on affective and motivational states at work. Mindfulness, 13, 174–187. Full text
  • Wihler, A., Hüsheger, U., Reb, J., & Menges, J. (2022). It’s so boring – or is it? Examining the role of mindfulness for work performance and attitudes in monotonous jobs. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(1), 131–154. Full text
  • Shaffakat, S., Otaye-Ebede, L., Reb, J., Chandwani, R., & Vongswasdi, P. (2022). Mindfulness attenuates both emotional and behavioral reactions following psychological contract breach: A two-stage moderated mediation model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(3), 425–443. Full text
  • Masters-Waage, T. C., Nai, J., Sim, S., Reb, J., Narayanan, J., & Tan, N. (2021). Going far together by being here now: Mindfulness increases cooperation in negotiations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 167, 189-205. Full text
  • Dietl, E., & Reb, J. (2021). Examining mindful self-regulated attention and political skill as antecedents of leader authenticity and leadership effectiveness. Human Relations, 74(4), 473-501. Full text
  • Howes, S. S., Kausel, E. E., Jackson, A.T., & Reb, J. (2020). When and why narcissists exhibit greater hindsight bias and less perceived learning. Journal of Management, 46(8), 1498-1528. Full text
  • Reb, J., Allen, T., & Vogus, T. (2020). Mindfulness arrives at work: Deepening our understanding of mindfulness in organizations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 159, 1-7. Full text
  • Luan, S., Reb, J., & Gigerenzer, G. (2019). Ecological rationality: Fast-and-frugal heuristics for managerial decision making under uncertainty. Academy of Management Journal, 62, 1735–1759. Full text
  • Reb, J., Narayanan, J., Chaturvedi, S., & Kudesia, R. (2019). Leader mindfulness and employee performance: A sequential mediation model of LMX quality, interpersonal justice, and employee stress. Journal of Business Ethics, 160, 745-763. Full text
  • Ferris, D. L., Reb, J., Lian, H., Sim, S., & Ang, D. (2018). What goes up must… keep going up? Cultural differences in cognitive styles influence evaluations of dynamic performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 347-358. Full text
  • Luan, S., & Reb, J. (2017). Fast-and-frugal trees as noncompensatory models of performance-based personnel decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 141, 29–42. Full text
  • Reb, J., Narayanan, J., Chaturvedi, S, & Ekkirala, S. (2017). The mediating role of emotional exhaustion in the relationship of mindfulness with turnover intentions and job performance. Mindfulness, 8(3), 707-716. Full text
  • Reb, J., Narayanan, J., & Ho, Z. W. (2015). Mindfulness at work: Antecedents and consequences of employee awareness and absent-mindedness. Mindfulness, 6(1), 111-122. Full text
  • Reb, J., Narayanan, J., & Chaturvedi, S. (2014). Leading mindfully: Two studies on the influence of supervisor trait mindfulness on employee well-being and performance. Mindfulness, 5(1), 36-45. Full text
  • Reb, J., & Narayanan, J. (2014). The influence of mindful attention on value claiming in distributive negotiations: Evidence from four laboratory experiments. Mindfulness, 5(6), 756-766. Full text

Research Advisor / Co-Research Advisor To

  • Denny Adrian HANAFY (dahanafy.2022@dba.smu.edu.sg), DBA