Dr. Rajnandini "Raj" Pillai

College Of Business Administration
Service Sector Management

WORK INFORMATION

• University: California State University San Marcos
• Office: 2243 Craven Hall
• Phone: (760)750-4234
• Fax: (760)750-4250
• City: San Marcos State: CA 92096-0001
• Office Hours: T: 9:30- 10:15am / R: 12:30- 1:15pm
  /S: 1:30pm-2pm (before class) and by appointment
• Email: rpillai@mailhost1.csusm.edu

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

RESEARCH

GENERAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Contextual influences on leadership processes with specific emphasis on charismatic leadership; organizational justice; organizational culture and transactional leadership

TEACHING

GENERAL TEACHING INTERESTS

• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership
• International Management

EXPERIENCE

TEACHING

• SUNY at Buffalo, New York
• University of Miami
• California State University, San Marcos

MANAGEMENT

• State Bank of India, Bombay (Mumbai), India

EDUCATION

• Ph.D.(Organizational Behavior) State University of New York at Buffalo
• MBA(Personnel Administration) Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay University
• B.Sc.(Microbiology) St. Xavier's College, Bombay University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Pillai, R., Schriesheim, C.A., & Williams, E.S. (In press), Fairness perceptions and trust as mediators for transformational and transactional leadership. Journal of Management.
  
  
• Pillai, R., Scandura, T. A., & Williams, E. A., (In press). Are there universal models of leadership and organizational justice? An investigation of the U.S., Australia, India, the Middle East, and Colombia. Journal of International Business Studies.
  
  
• Pillai R. & Meindl, J. R. (1998) Context and charisma: A meso level approach to the relationship of organic structure, collectivism and crisis to charismatic leadership. Journal of Management, 24 (5): 643-671.
  
  
• Pillai, R., & Williams, E. A. (1998) Does leadership matter in the political arena? A study of voter perceptions of candidates' transformational and charismatic leadership in relation to the 1996 U.S. presidential vote. Leadership Quarterly, 9 (3): 283-302.
  
  
• Stites-Doe, S., Waite, M., & Pillai, R. (1998) The office makes a difference: An exercise on the politics of space. Teaching note. Journal of Private Enterprise, 13 (2): 156-159.
  
  
• Pillai, R., Stites-Doe, S., Grewal, D., & Meindl, J. R. (1997) Does winning or losing the Presidential election affect perceptions of transformational and transactional leadership? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27 (19): 1716-1726.
  
  
• Pillai R. (1997) Performance cue effects: Are charismatic leadership ratings susceptible? Journal of Management Systems, 9 (1-4): 1-14.
  
  
• Pillai R. (1996) Crisis and the emergence of charismatic leadership in groups: An experimental investigation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26 (6): 543-562.
  

CURRENT COURSE OFFERINGS

• Leadership in Organizations (SSM 452)
• International Organizational Behavior(GBM 490A)
• Management of Complex Organizations(BGA 502)

CURRICULUM VITAE

• Curriculum Vitae

FAVORITE SITES

• Academy of Management
• Western Academy of Management
• Harvard Business Publishing
• CNN
• Fortune
• Cartoons
• India
• India Abroad
• San Diego
• California