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Faculty Profile

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Marko PITESA

Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

Education

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

Current Appointment(s)

Jul 2016 - NowAssociate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2014 - 2016Assistant 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
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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

Highlights
Marko Pitesa is an internationally recognized scholar whose research explores how organizational and economic contexts influence opportunity, evaluation, and ethical conduct at work, with a focus on interventions that promote equity and inclusion.

Combines rigorous experimental and field research with practical interventions that address real-world issues of workplace inequality, discrimination, and socioeconomic mobility; recognized for bridging behavioral science and practice, mentoring junior scholars, and advancing field development through editorial and institutional service.

Focused research areas include Investigates how organizational and economic environments shape opportunity, evaluation, and ethical conduct; develops and tests interventions to improve selection, compensation, and workplace culture; emphasizes socioeconomic mobility, discrimination, and inclusion, particularly in diverse and non-Western contexts.
Areas of Expertise
Organizational behaviorhuman resourcesworkplace inequalitysocioeconomic mobilityethical decision-makingselectioncompensationand organizational cultureexperimental and archival research methodscross-cultural and non-Western organizational contexts.
This highlights are AI-generated content using the faculty's CV.

Education

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

Current Appointment(s)

Jul 2016 - NowAssociate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2014 - 2016Assistant 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