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

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

Current Appointment(s)

Jul 2017 - Now Lee Kong Chian Fellow
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
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)

  • Hussain, I., Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Schaerer, M. (2023) Pay suppression in social impact contexts: How framing work around the greater good inhibits job candidate compensation demands. Organization Science.
  • Lim, G., 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.
  • 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
  • He, T., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M. (2019) Financial vulnerability and the reproduction of disadvantage in economic exchanges. Journal of Applied Psychology
  • 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 Journa/
  • 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 selfserving decisions under moral hazard. Journal of Applied Psychology