Overview

Research Interests

Levels and Themes

• Individual: Decision-making, Impression formation, Interpersonal attraction
• Group: Age-related changes, Intergroup relations
• Organization: Job satisfaction, Leadership effectiveness, Prediction of performance, Reward allocation
• Society: Cross-cultural differences, Intuitive prosecution, Justice and fairness, Prediction of donation

Methods

• Experimentation
• Quantitative data analyses
• Tracing roots of Western psychological facts in ancient Indian thoughts

Education

• 1973: Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Purdue University
• 1972: MS in Social Psychology, Purdue University
• 1968: MA in Experimental Psychology, Bihar University
• 1965: BA in Experimental Psychology (Honors), Bihar University

Previous Employment

• 2010-2016: Distinguished Professor of Management, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• 1997-2010: Professor of Psychology, National University of Singapore
• 1990-1997: Associate Professor of Social Work & Psychology, National University of Singapore
• 1988-1990: Senior Fellow in Social Work & Psychology, National University of Singapore
• 1979-1988: Professor of Organizational Behavior, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• 1973-1979: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• 1968-1973: Lecturer in Psychology, Patna University