Madeline Ong

Madeline (Maddy) Ong is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M’s Management department. Prior to joining Mays, she was on the faculty at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Singapore Management University. She was also a visiting scholar at INSEAD Business School.

Her research interests include ethics, corporate social responsibility and leadership. Her research primarily examines how individuals can pursue work and lead others in ways that are aligned with their moral values, improve others’ lives, and benefit society. Her work has been published in Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Education

• PhD University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business (2011 — 2016)
• BBM Singapore Management University

PUBLICATIONS

• Mayer, D. M., Ong, M., Sonenshein, S., & Ashford, S. J. (2019). The money or the morals? When moral language is more effective for selling social issues. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(8), 1058- 1076.
• Lee, J. J., Ong, M., Parmar, B, & Amit, E. (2019). Lay theories of effortful honesty: Does the honestyeffort association justify making a dishonest decision? Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(5), 659-677.
• Ong, M., Mayer, D. M., Tost, L. P., & Wellman, N. (2018). When corporate social responsibility motivates employee citizenship behavior: The sensitizing role of task significance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 144, 44-59.
• Bauman, C. W., Tost, L. P., & Ong, M. (2016). Blame the shepherd not the sheep: Imitating higherranking transgressors mitigates punishment for unethical behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 137, 123-141.
• Wellman, N., Mayer, D. M., Ong, M., & DeRue, D. S. (2016). When are do-gooders treated badly? Legitimate power, role expectations and reactions to moral objection in organizations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(6), 793-814.