Dr. Rajnandini "Raj" Pillai
WORK INFORMATION
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
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.
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