Samantha Sim

Samantha is an Assistant Professor at Nova SBE. She received her Ph.D. in Business from Singapore Management University.

Her research interests are in compassion and mindfulness at the workplace, as well as organisational justice, and cross-cultural differences. Currently, she is interested in how the emotion of compassion can affect job outcomes. For instance, how does feeling compassion for others change the way we view and respond to workplace rules? What does compassionate leadership look like?

Samantha’s research has been published in top management journals, such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Academy of Management Journal.

Samantha teaches Organisational Behaviour- and Human Resource- related courses. She is also a member of the Leadership for Impact Centre at Nova SBE and Mindfulness Initiative at Singapore Management University. She also is a faculty adviser for the student-led Nova Mindfulness Club at Nova SBE.

Education

Ph.D. in Business (OBHR) – Singapore Management University, Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Research Master in Social Sciences (Social Psychology) – Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) – Singapore Management University, School of Social Sciences

Research Interests

Compassion at work, Mindfulness at work, Organisational justice, Cross-cultural differences

Publications

• Kousi, Sofia, Sim, Samantha (2021). El bienestar de los empleados 2.0. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 307, 40-42.
• Masters-Waage, Theodore C., Nai, Jared, Reb, Jochen, Sim, Samantha, Narayanan, Jayanth, Tan, Noriko (2021). Going far together by being here now: mindfulness increases cooperation in negotiations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 167, 189-205.
• Zejnilovic, Leid, Lavado, Susana, Martinez, Inigo, Sim, Samantha, Bell, Andrew (2020). Algorithmic long-term unemployment risk assessment in use: counselors’ perceptions and use and practices . Global Perspectives, 1 (1).
• Hu, Chuan Peng, Yin, Ji Xing, Lindenberg, Siegwart, Dalğar, İlker, Weissgerber, Sophia C., Vergara, Rodrigo C., Cairo, Athena H., Čolić, Marija V., Dursun, Pinar, Frankowska, Natalia, Hadi, Rhonda, Hall, Calvin J., Hong, Youngki, Joy-Gaba, Jennifer, Lazarević, Dušanka, Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Parzuchowski, Michal, Ratner, Kyle G., Rothman, David, Sim, Samantha, Simão, Cláudia, Song, Mengdi, Stojilović, Darko, Blomster, Johanna K., Brito, Rodrigo, Hennecke, Marie, Jaume-Guazzini, Francisco, Schubert, Thomas W., Schütz, Astrid, Seibt, Beate, Zickfeld, Janis H., IJzerman, Hans (2019). Data from the Human Penguin Project, a cross-national dataset testing social thermoregulation principles. Scientific Data, 6 (1), 32.
• Ferris, D. Lance, Reb, Jochen, Lian, Huiwen, Sim, Samantha, Ang, Dionysius (2018). What goes up must.keep going up? Cultural differences in cognitive styles influence evaluations of dynamic performance. Journal Of Applied Psychology, 103 (3), 347-358.

Books and Book Chapters

• Reb, Jochen, Sim, Samantha, Chintakananda, Kraivin, Bhave, Devasheesh P. (2015). Leading with mindfulness: Exploring the relation of mindfulness with leadership behaviors, styles, and development. Mindfulness in organizations. : Foundations, research, and applications. Reb, M., Atkins, P. W. B. (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, 256-284.