Faculty Profile

Jochen REB

Full-time Faculty

Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources; Director, Mindfulness Initiatives; PGR Coordinator, Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources; Lee Kong Chian Fellow

Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

Education

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

Current Appointment(s)

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

Awards, Recognition and Honors

Lee Kuan Yew Fellow for Research Excellence, Singapore Management University, 2008

Research Interests

Decision Making in Management, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategy

Mindfulness in Leadership, Organizations, Entrepreneurship

Sustainability in Business

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

Reb, J., Luan, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Smart management: How simple heuristics help leaders make good decisions in an uncertain world. MIT Press.

Tan, N., Peters, E. K., & Reb, J. (2023). Effects of a mindfulness-based leadership training on leadership behaviors and effectiveness. Mindfulness.

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.

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

Connolly, T., Reb, J., & Kausel, E. E. (2013). Regret salience and accountability in the decoy effect. Judgment and Decision Making, 8(2), 136-149. Full text

Barnes, C. M., Reb, J., & Ang, D. (2012). More than just the mean: Moving to a dynamic view of performance-based compensation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 711-718. Full text

Connolly, T., & Reb, J. (2012). Regret aversion in reason-based choice. Theory and Decision, 73, 35-51. DOI 10.1007/s11238-011-9269-0. Full text

Connolly, T., & Reb, J. (2012). Towards interactive, internet-based decision aid for vaccination decisions: Better information alone is not enough. Vaccine, 30, 3813-3818. Full text

Reb, J. (2010). Integrating IOOB and JDM through process-oriented research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 3, 445-447.

Reb, J., & Greguras, G. J. (2010). Understanding performance ratings: Dynamic performance, attributions, and rating purpose. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 213-220. Full text

Reb, J., & Connolly, T. (2009). Myopic regret avoidance: Feedback avoidance and learning in repeated decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109, 182-189. Full text

Reb, J. (2008). Regret aversion and decision process quality: Effects of regret salience on decision process carefulness. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 169-182. Full text

Brockner, J., Fishman, A. Y., Reb, J., Goldman, B., Spiegel, S., & Garden, C. (2007). Procedural fairness, outcome favorability and judgments of an authority’s responsibility. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1657-1671. Full text

Reb, J., & Connolly, T. (2007). Possession, feelings of ownership, and the endowment effect. Judgment and Decision Making, 2, 107-114. Full text

Reb, J., & Cropanzano, R. (2007). Evaluating dynamic performance: The influence of salient gestalt characteristics on performance ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 490-499. Full text

Reb, J., Goldman, B. M., Kray, L. J., & Cropanzano, R. (2006). Different wrongs, different remedies? Reactions to organizational remedies after procedural and interactional injustice. Personnel Psychology, 59, 31-64. Full text

Connolly, T., & Reb, J. (2005a). Regret in cancer-related decisions. Health Psychology, 24, S29-S34. Full text

Kray, L. J., Reb, J., Galinsky, A. D., & Thompson, L. (2004). The effect of stereotype activation on claiming and creating value in mixed-gender negotiations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 399-411. Full text

Cropanzano, R., Weiss, H. M., Hale, J. M. S., & Reb, J. (2003). The structure of affect: Reconsidering the relationship between negative and positive affectivity. Journal of Management, 29, 831-857. Full text

Connolly, T., & Reb, J. (2003). Omission bias in vaccination decision: Where’s the “omission”? Where’s the “bias”? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 91, 186-202. Full text