Education
| 2017 |
Ph.D. in Business Administration
The Pennsylvania State University , Smeal College of Business |
Current Appointment(s)
| 2017 - Now |
Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Research Interests
My program of research is centered on the study of workplace proactivity and motivation. Through my research I aim to both extend and challenge current understanding of 1) what motivates employees to be proactive; 2) how employees navigate the processual dynamics inherent in implementing proactive initiatives; and 3) the socio-political consequences of proactive behaviors. Notably, to create fundamental knowledge for how employees may successfully initiate and implement change, I adopt an interdisciplinary approach and integrate the proactivity literature with (and contribute to) research on social movements and employee activism. From a practical standpoint, by shedding light on the socio-political consequences of proactive behaviors (e.g., psychological power, managerial trust), my research offers a toolkit for employees to gain influence while challenging the status quo at work.
Selected Awards
- Singapore Management University - Ministry of Education Singapore Research Grant, $36,000 (2022)
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- Singapore Management University - Ministry of Education Singapore Research Grant, $30,550 (2019)
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- Singapore Management University - Ministry of Education Singapore Research Grant, $34,700 (2018)
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- Singapore Management University - Dean’s Teaching Honor List (2017, 2019)
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- Singapore Management University - Faculty Start-Up Grant, $10,000 (2017)
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- Pennsylvania State University - Grace G. Albrecht Scholarship for Women in Management (2016-2017)
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- Pennsylvania State University - Ossian R. MacKenzie Teaching Award Nominee (2016)
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- Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business, Small Research Grant (2013, 2015-2017)
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- Pennsylvania State University - Frank and Mary Jean Smeal Endowment Fund (2013-2014)
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- Pennsylvania State University - Management and Organization Excellence Fund (2012-2017)
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Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
- Fatimah, S., Lee, H., Ferris, L, & Young, H. 2024. A regulatory focus theory perspective on the dynamics between action and power. Forthcoming at Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001198
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- Poulton, E., Lin, S., Fatimah, S., Ho, M., Ferris, L., & Johnson, R. 2024. My manager endorsed my coworkers’ voice: Understanding observers’ positive and negative reactions to managerial endorsement of coworker voice. Forthcoming at Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001180
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- Ferris, D. L., Fatimah, S., Liang, L. H., Lian, H., & Brown, D. J. 2019. Being sensitive to positives has its negatives: An approach/avoidance perspective on reactivity to ostracism. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 152: 138-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.05.001
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- Ferris, D. L., Yan, M., Lim, V. K. G., Chen, Y., & Fatimah, S. 2016. An approach-avoidance framework of workplace aggression. Academy of Management Journal, 59: 1777-1800. DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0221
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- Spitzmuller, M., Sin, H. P., Howe, M., & Fatimah, S. 2015. Investigating the uniqueness and usefulness of proactive personality in organizational research – A meta-analytic review. Human Performance, 28: 351-379. DOI: 10.1080/08959285.2015.1021041
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