SESP Faculty

Ritu Tripathi

Faculty Profile

Dr. Ritu Tripathi is an applied social and cross-cultural psychologist. In her last appointment, she worked as an Assistant Professor (tenured/permanent) at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Ritu received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with Dr. Daniel Cervone as her Ph.D Advisor. Her dissertation focus was on cultural variations in the motivational impact of autonomy and obligations among Indian and American corporate professionals. At UIC, she was the recipient of the the prestigious Dean’s Scholar Award. which is the most distinguished award that UIC offers to graduate students, in recognition of a student’s scholarly achievement. Prior to UIC, Ritu received her B.A. and M.A. degrees (merit rank holder) in Psychology from the University of Allahabad, India. Ritu has published in high-impact scholarly journals such as Human Resource Management, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Research in Personality, Cross-cultural and Strategic Management –among others. Her viewpoints and opinion pieces have appeared in mainstream media outlets such as Forbes (India), Live Mint, Times of India. She has taught the core course of the MBA-curriculum Managing People and Performance in Organizations and a popular MBA-elective called Cross-cultural Management. Besides her MBA teaching, she has successfully designed and taught short modules of her courses for working executives and business leaders to keep the teaching relevant to industry and to make working professionals appreciate the importance of scholarly insights and knowledge. Such modules have got very positive feedback from the industry.

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Tripathi, R., & Karumathil, A. (forthcoming) Humanistic Leadership and the Paradoxical Pursuit of Sustainability and Profitability: A Case Study of the Tata Group in India. Chapter submitted to Humanistic Leadership and Sustainability: Exemplary Cases from Different Cultures. US: Palgrave

Karumathil, A., Tripathi, R. (2022) Mere algorithms can be demotivating. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00112-5

Karumathil, A., & Tripathi, R. (2022) Combating survey bots: An integrative literature review of insights and strategies. Academy of Management Proceedings 2022

Karumathil, A., & Tripathi, R. (2022) What Motivates Gig Workers? An Integrative Review and Research Agenda. Academy of Management Proceedings 2022

Tripathi, R., Bhullar, N. (2022) Seeking convergence between experimental and survey methods for investigating organizational behaviour in a virtually connected world. In R.C. Tripathi, B.R. Kar, N. Pande (Eds.) Towards An Integrative Psychological Science: Issues, Approaches and Applications (pp. 45-62).New Delhi: Springer

Tripathi, R., Thite, M., Varma, A., Mahapatra, G. (2021) Appraising the revamped performance management system in Indian IT multinational enterprises: The employees’ perspective. Human Resource Management, 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22061

Karumathil, A*., & Tripathi, R. (2021). Culture and Attitudes Towards Euthanasia: An Integrative Review. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820984655

Tripathi, R., & Kumar, A. (2020). Humanistic leadership in the Tata group: the synergy inpersonal values, organisational strategy and national cultural ethos. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management. 27(4), 607-626. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-01-2020-0025

Ramesh, G., Tripathi, R., & Raj, P. (2020) Kumbh 2019: An Integrative Assessment. Report submitted to the Prayagraj Mela Pradhikaran, Uttar Pradesh State Government, India

Singh, B., Selvarajan, T. T., & Tripathi, R. (2019). Psychological Empowerment and Employee Outcomes in Mexico: The Role of Individual Power Distance Orientation and Perceived Organizational Support. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 84(4),4.

Tripathi, R., Cervone, D, & Savani, K. (2018) Are the Motivational Effects of Autonomy-Supportive Conditions Universal? Contrasting Results among Indians and Americans. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44 ( 9), 1287-1301.

Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Hilpert, P., Cantarero, K., Frackowiak, T., …Tripathi, R., … Yoo, G. (2017). Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(4), 577-592.

Tripathi, R. (2016). Motivation and values. In R.C.Tripathi and R. Dwivedi (Eds.), Organizational Studies In India (pp.37-60). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan.

Cervone, D., & Tripathi, R. (2009). The moral functioning of the person as a whole: On moral psychology and personality science. In D. Narvaez & D. K. Lapsley (Eds.), Moral Self, Identity, and Character: Prospects for New Field of Study (pp.30-51). NY:Cambridge University Press.

Tripathi, R., & Cervone, D. (2008) Cultural variations in achievement motivation despite equivalent motivational strength: Motivational concerns among Indian and American corporate professionals. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 456–464.