Research Areas:

Cross-cultural psychology and organizational behaviour, Culture and work motivation, Methodological issues in cross-cultural business research

Academic Positions:

IIM Bangalore: Assistant Professor, 2010-present

University of Illinois at Chicago, Teaching Assistant/Discussion Section Instructor, Research Methods, Statistics, 2004-2010

Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Consultant, Leadership Development Programme, 2002-2003

Awards

Dean's Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Chicago. The Dean's Scholar Award is the most distinguished award that UIC offers to graduate students, in recognition of a student's scholarly achievement, 2008

University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College Travel Award, 2008,2010

Award-winning essay in the UIC Office of International Students sponsored International Education Week, 2006

Significant Publications:

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.

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.

Research in progress

Tripathi, R., & Cervone, D. (under review). Autonomy and work motivation: Opposite effects among Indian and American corporate professionals.

Tripathi, R (with Daniel Cervone and Jacobson Ainoo) The experience and expression of emotions in three cultures (US, India, and sub-Saharan Africa).