Marko Pitesa

Marko Pitesa is a PhD graduate at Grenoble Ecole de Management. He teaches and conducts research in the field of organizational behavior. His interests involve evolutionary and social psychological analysis of behavior, particularly behavior important for organizations. He teaches different courses (organizational behavior, organizational theory, business ethics), all of which seek to provide scientifically based and practically relevant insights into why people do and do not engage in behaviors that underlie successful functioning of organizations.

Similarly, his research seeks to explain the conditions promoting socially desirable behaviors in organizations (e.g., ethical behavior, trust) and in so doing find ways of fostering more productive and thriving organizations. His research has been published in such outlets as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Psychological Science.

Education

• 2014 Grenoble Ecole de Management; Ph.D. in Business Administration
• 2012 London Business School; Visiting Ph.D. student, Organisational Behaviour
• 2010 Grenoble Ecole de Management; Master in International Business
• 2009 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb; B.A. in Philosophy
• 2007 Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb; B.S. in Economics

Current Appointment(s)

• Jul 2017 - Now Lee Kong Chian Fellow at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
• Jul 2016 - Now Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
• 2014 - 2016 Assistant Professor of Management & Organization at University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Research Interests

My research examines workplaces from the perspective of inclusion and ethics.

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

• Tai, K., Liu, Y., Pitesa, M., Lim, S., Kwan, T.Y., Arvey, R. (2021) Fit to be good: Physical fitness is negatively associated with deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology.
• Nault, K., Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2020) The attractiveness advantage at work: A cross-disciplinary integrative review. Academy of Management Annals.
• Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M. (2020) Motivation purity bias: Expression of extrinsic motivation undermines perceived intrinsic motivation and engenders bias in selection decisions. Academy of Management Journal.
• Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M. (2019) Socioeconomic mobility and talent utilization of workers from poorer backgrounds: The overlooked importance of within-organization dynamics. Academy of Management Annals
• He, T., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M. (2019) Financial vulnerability and the reproduction of disadvantage in economic exchanges. Journal of Applied Psychology
• Baker, B., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M., Johnson, M. (2019) Stock market responses to unethical behavior in organizations: An organizational context model. Organization Science
• Pitesa, M., Goh, Z. Thau, S. (2018) Mandates of dishonesty: The psychological and social costs of mandated attitude expression. Organization Science
• Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2018) The macroeconomic environment and the psychology of work evaluation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
• Lee, M., Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M., Thau, S. (2018) Perceived entitlement causes discrimination against attractive job candidates in the domain of relatively less desirable jobs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2018) Resource scarcity, effort, and performance in physically demanding jobs: An evolutionary explanation. Journal of Applied Psychology
• Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Pillutla, M.M. (2017) Workplace trust as a mechanism of employee (dis)advantage: The case of employee socioeconomic status. Research in Organizational Behavior
• Lee, M., Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M., Thau, S. (2017) Male immorality: An evolutionary account of sex differences in unethical negotiation behavior. Academy of Management Journal
• Sirola, N., Pitesa, M. (2017). Economic downturns undermine workplace helping by promoting a zero-sum construal of success. Academy of Management Journal
• Lee, S.Y., Pitesa, M., Pillutla, M.M., Thau, S. (2015). When beauty helps and when it hurts: An organizational context theory of attractiveness discrimination in selection decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
• Lee, S.Y., Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Pillutla, M.M. (2015). Discrimination in selection decisions: Integrating stereotype fit and interdependence theories. Academy of Management Journa/
• Thau, S., Derfler-Rozin, R., Pitesa, M., Mitchell, M.S., Pillutla, M.M. (2015). Unethical for the sake of the group: Risk of social exclusion and pro-group unethical behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology
• Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2015). A Lack of material resources causes harsher moral judgments. Psychological Science
• Pitesa, M., Thau, S., Pillutla, M.M. (2014). Cognitive control and socially desirable behavior: The role of interpersonal impact. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
• Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2013). Compliant sinners, obstinate saints: How power and self-focus determine the effectiveness of (un)ethical social influences. Academy of Management Journal
• Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (2013). Masters of the universe: How power and accountability influence selfserving decisions under moral hazard. Journal of Applied Psychology