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Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
BA MSc (Queen's) PhD (Northwestern)
Dr Niro Sivanathan’s research and teaching have received international recognition. His research explores how the psychology of the self – specifically our motivation to maintain the integrity of the self – influences decision-making. In addition, he explores how social hierarchy, through the psychological experience of power and status, regulates our judgment and behaviours.
His work has been presented at leading international conferences and published in the top international journals in the field of Management and Psychology, such as: Organisational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, Administrative Science Quarterly, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. His research has also garnered international press coverage at CNN, Financial Times, Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Sunday Times and Forbes.
Before joining the London Business School in 2008, Niro was a visiting Assistant Professor at the Johnson School of Management, at Cornell University, and recently has been a visiting Scholar at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr Sivanathan earned his PhD in Management & Organisations from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also holds an MSc in Management and a BA in Psychology (Honours) from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.
Best Teacher Award for MBA, London Business School 2014
Best Teacher Award for MiM (Runner-up), London Business School 2010
Excellence in Teaching “4.5 Club”, Johnson School of Management 2008
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science Humanities Research 2004-2007
Excellence in Ethics Dissertation Proposal Competition Award, University of Notre Dame Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
Doctoral Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management 2007
Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Meetings 2007
Best Paper Finalist & Proceedings, Academy of Management Meetings 2006
Graduate Travel Scholarship, Australian Research Council & Economic Decision Network 2006
Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Meetings 2005
Visiting Graduate Scholar Grant, International Foundation for Experimental Economics 2004
International Positive Psychology Fellow Travel Grant, Gallup Organization 2003
Queen’s School of Business Scholarship, Queen’s University 2002
R. Samuel McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen’s University 2001-2002
Geoffrey Wood Award, Queen’s University 2001-2002
Queen’s Graduate Award, Queen’s University 2001-2002
Dean’s Honor List for Graduating Class, Queen’s University 2001
2020
Deng Y; Wang C S; Aime F; Wang L; Sivanathan N; Yun Chung K
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2020 Vol 47:1 p 20-41
Kakkar H; Sivanathan N; Gobel M
Academy of Management Journal 2020 Vol 63:2
Kakkar H; Sivanathan N; Pettit N C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019 Vol 116:46 p 23011-23020
2017
Sivanathan N; Kakkar H
Scientific American 2017 Online
Vermeulen F; Sivanathan N
Harvard Business Review 2017 Vol 95:6 p 110-117
Wu Y; Eisenegger C; Sivanathan N; Crockett M J; Clark L
Scientific reports 2017 Vol 7 11803
Sivanathan N; Kakkar H
Nature: human behaviour 2017 9th October 2017
Kakkar H; Sivanathan N
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017 Vol 114:26 p 6734-6739
Kakkar H; Sivanathan N
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles 2017
2014
Pan C; Pettit NC; Sivanathan N; Blader SL
Journal of Social Applied Psychology 2014 November Vol 44:11 p 708-716
2013
Pierce J R; Kilduff G J; Galinsky A D; Sivanathan N
Psychological Science 2013 Vol 24:10 p 1986-1994
Pettit N C; Sivanathan N; Gladstone E; Carson Marr J
Psychological Science 2013 Vol 24:8 p 1579-1584
Gunia B C; Swaab R I; Sivanathan N; Galinsky A D
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2013 Vol 39:12 p 1547-1558
2012
Fast N J; Sivanathan N; Mayer N D; Galinsky A D
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2012 March Vol 117:2 p 249-260
Pettit N C; Sivanathan N
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2012 Vol 38:5 p 570-582
2011
Wang C; Sivanathan N; Narayanan J; Bauer M; Bodenhausen G; Murnighan J
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2011 Vol 116:1 p 46-54
Jordan J; Sivanathan N; Galinsky A D
Administrative Science Quarterly 2011 Vol 56:4 p 530-558
Pettit N C; Sivanathan N
Social Psychological and Personality Science 2011 Vol 2:2 p 146-153
2010
Zhong C B; Strejcek B; Sivanathan N
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2010 Vol 46:5 p 859-862
Sivanathan N; Pettit N C
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2010 Vol 46:3 p 564-570
2009
Fast N J; Gruenfeld D H; Sivanathan N; Galinsky A D
Psychological Science 2009 Vol 20:4 p 502-508
Gunia B C; Sivanathan N; Galinsky A D
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2009 Vol 45:6 p 1238-1244
2008
Lount R B; Zhong C; Sivanathan N; Murnighan J K
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2008 Vol 34:12 p 1601-1612
Galinsky A D; Jordan J; Sivanathan N
In Hoyt C L; Goethals G R; Forsyth D R (eds), Leadership at the crossraods: Psychology and leadership (Vol 1), 2008
Sivanathan N; Pillutla M M; Murnighan J K
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2008 Vol 105:2 p 135-146
Sivanathan N; Molden D; Galinsky A; Ku G
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2008 Vol 107:1 p 1-14
2007
Hershcovis S; Turner N; Barling J; Arnold K A; Dupre K; Inness M; Leblanc M; Sivanathan N
Journal of Applied Psychology 2007:92 p 228-238
Sytch M; Sivanathan N
Personnel Review 2007:36 p 6-6
2005
Sivanathan N; Turne N; Barling J; Stride C B; Axtell C M; Davies S
Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings 2005
2004
Kelloway E K; Sivanathan N; Francis L; Barling J
In Barling J, Kelloway E K & Frone M R, eds.,Handbook of Work Stress, Sage Publications, 2004, pp. 89-112.
Sivanathan N; Arnold K; Turner N; Barling J
In Linley A; Joseph S, eds, Positive Psychology in Practice, Wiley, 2004, pp. 241-255
2002
Sivanathan N; Fekken G C
Leadership and Organization Development Journal 2002:23 p 198-204
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