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Faculty Profile

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Nina SIROLA

Full-time Faculty

Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources; ResWORK Fellow

Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

Education

2018 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
INSEAD
2014 Ph.D. in Business Law
University of Zagreb

Current Appointment(s)

Jul 2018 - Now Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Research Interests

  • Economic crises
  • Employee psychology in conditions of threat and crisis
  • Crisis management
  • Social Ecology

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • Sirola, N. (2024). Job insecurity and well-being: Integrating life history and transactional stress theories. Academy of Management Journal.
  • Sirola, N. (2023). Going beyond the call of duty under conditions of economic threat: Integrating life history and social dilemma perspectives. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
  • Kniffin, K. et al. (2021). COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action. American Psychologist.
  • Sirola, N. (2020). Individuals’ responses to economic cycles: Organizational relevance and a multilevel theoretical integration. Academy of Management Annals.
  • Sirola, N. (2019). Economic cycles as a source of social influences on individuals. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
  • Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2018). The macroeconomic environment and the psychology of work evaluation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
  • Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2017). Economic downturns undermine workplace helping by promoting a zero-sum construal of success. Academy of Management Journal.
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Curriculum Vitae

Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

Highlights
2
Publications
8
H-Index (All Time)
3277
Citations (All Time)
Nina Sirola is an internationally recognized scholar in organizational behavior and business law, specializing in crisis management, adaptivity, and the psychological impacts of macroeconomic environments on workplace dynamics.

Bridges theoretical innovation with practical relevance, advancing understanding of how macroeconomic and crisis contexts affect organizational behavior, resilience, and discrimination; recognized for impactful publications and awarded for teaching excellence and research leadership.

Focused research areas include Investigates how economic cycles, crises, and macroeconomic environments shape individual and organizational responses, including job insecurity, adaptivity, discrimination, and workplace helping behaviors.
Areas of Expertise
Crisis managementorganizational and individual adaptivitychange managementjob insecuritymacroeconomic influences on workplace behaviorbusiness law (corporate liabilitycompany lawcommercial law).
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Education

2018 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
INSEAD
2014 Ph.D. in Business Law
University of Zagreb

Current Appointment(s)

Jul 2018 - Now Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Research Interests

  • Economic crises
  • Employee psychology in conditions of threat and crisis
  • Crisis management
  • Social Ecology

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • Sirola, N. (2024). Job insecurity and well-being: Integrating life history and transactional stress theories. Academy of Management Journal.
  • Sirola, N. (2023). Going beyond the call of duty under conditions of economic threat: Integrating life history and social dilemma perspectives. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
  • Kniffin, K. et al. (2021). COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action. American Psychologist.
  • Sirola, N. (2020). Individuals’ responses to economic cycles: Organizational relevance and a multilevel theoretical integration. Academy of Management Annals.
  • Sirola, N. (2019). Economic cycles as a source of social influences on individuals. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
  • Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2018). The macroeconomic environment and the psychology of work evaluation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
  • Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2017). Economic downturns undermine workplace helping by promoting a zero-sum construal of success. Academy of Management Journal.