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Faculty Profile

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Kenneth TAI

Full-time Faculty

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

Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

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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Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

Highlights
8
Publications
14
H-Index (All Time)
1685
Citations (All Time)
Kenneth T.S. Tai is a leading scholar in organizational behavior, renowned for his research on envy, deviance, and interpersonal dynamics in teams, with extensive contributions to both academic literature and executive education.

Kenneth Tai’s work bridges theoretical innovation and practical relevance, advancing understanding of emotions and social dynamics in organizations; his research has shaped perspectives on envy, deviance, and team performance, and is widely cited in both academic and mainstream media. He is recognized for methodological rigor, interdisciplinary collaboration, and impactful teaching, with a strong record of mentoring and service to the academic community.

Focused research areas include Envy and its impact on interpersonal and team dynamics; deviance and counterproductive work behaviors; social comparison and status-based models; effects of physical fitness and personality on workplace behavior; cultural tightness-looseness and perceived control; forgiveness and social exclusion; gender norms and workplace mistreatment.
Areas of Expertise
Social exclusionenvydecision-making
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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.