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Ramadhar Singh

Distinguished University Professor

PhD (Purdue University)

+91.7490002156

singhr@ahduni.edu.in

http://ramadharsingh.wordpress.com


Research Interests: Organisational Behavior, Psychology, Public Policy, Research Methods.


Profile

Ramadhar Singh, an experimental social psychologist trained at Purdue University, served as a faculty member at Patna University (1968-73), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1973-79), and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1979-88). He moved to Singapore in 1988 and retired as a Professor of Psychology from the National University of Singapore in 2010. He spent his sabbaticals at the University of Rochester and the University of Oxford  (2003-04) and at Purdue University (2008). During 2010-16, he was the Distinguished Professor of Management at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 
Singh’s articles on diversity and fairness, impression formation, interpersonal attraction, intergroup relations, job satisfaction, judgment and decision making, leadership, models of humans, prediction of performance, and research productivity have appeared in prime journals of applied, developmental, and social psychology and of management. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, British Psychological Society, National Academy of Psychology (India), Singapore Psychological Society, and Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The Association for Psychological Science, Washington DC lists him among the Faces and Minds of Psychological Science. Singh is currently a Consulting Editor of the Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology and the Review of General Psychology.

Research

Areas of Research:

  • Cross-cultural and Developmental Differences
  • Impression Formation
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Attraction
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Justice and Fairness
  • Leadership
  • Models of People


Research Grants:
 

  • 2015–2016: Three Issues in Causal Analyses of Human Relationship from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Rs. 6,40,000/-
  • 2014–2015: New Light on the Mechanisms Underlying the Attitude Similarity and Attraction Link from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Rs. 3,40,000/-
  • 2005–2009: Loci of East-West differences in dealing with norm–violations from the National University of Singapore, S$45,450/-
  • 2004-2005: Adaptive response to in-group and out-group leaders: Are people intuitive pragmatic politicians from the National University of Singapore, S$ 36,910/-
  • 2000–2004: Adaptive processes in interpersonal and group relations from National University of Singapore, S$1,84,500/
  • 1995–1999: Articulating one's judgments: On determinants of how the response scale is used from National University of Singapore, S$30,765/
  • 1990–1994: Collectivism as a Dimension of Personality from National University of Singapore, S$41,200/–.
  • 1988–1995: Information Organization and Generation in Judgment and Decision Making from National University of Singapore, S$20,954/–.
  • 1987–1988: Two-Stage Models for Prediction of Performance from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Rs. 6,000/–.
  • 1981–1986: Attribution of Performance by Children, Parents, School Teachers, and Managers from Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, Rs. 78,390/–.
  • 1980–1983: Prediction and Postdiction in Social Judgments from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Rs. 6,800/–.
  • 1979–1981: Norms of Reward Allocation from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Rs. 10,000/–
  • 1978–1981: Children's Judgments of Personal Happiness from National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, Rs. 19,600/–


Doctoral Students Supervised -

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  • Ajit Kumar Dalal, Ph. D., 1978: Expected Job Attractiveness and Satisfaction as Information Integration
  • Retired Professor of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211 002
  • Meenakshi Gupta, Ph. D., 1978: An Information Integration Analysis of Developmental Trends in Attribution of Scholastic Performance
  • Professor of Psychology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 07
  • N. R. Mrinal, Ph. D., 1980, Enhancement of Trying through Vicarious Learning: A Developmental Investigation
  • Retired Professor of Psychology, University of Nagpur, Nagpur 440 010, Maharastra


Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

  • Shivganesh Bhargava, Ph. D., 1983: Developmental Trends in Prediction of Life Performance
  • Professor and Head, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai  400 076
  • Sneh Shobha, Ph. D., 1985: Achievement Judgments by School Teachers: An Information Integration Analysis
  • Retired Principal, C/o Dr. Rakesh K. Srivastava, Degree College, Malikpura, Ghazipur 233 310
  • Shushil K Upadhyaya, Ph. D., 1985: Managerial Information Processing: The Case of Prediction of Job Performance
  • Retired Research Officer, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B–21, Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 016
  • Mridula Mehta, Ph. D., 1986: Prediction and Evaluation of Son's Exam Performance: An Attribution–Integration Theoretical Analysis"
  • Retired Reader in Psychology, S. L. U. College for Arts and Commerce, Ahmedabad 380 006


Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

  • Mithileshwar Jha, Fellow, 1984: An Attribution Theoretical Analysis of Consumers' Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Products
  • Pro Vice Chancellor, Jain University, Bangalore 560 076
  • P. B. Nagananda Kumar, Fellow, 1986: Identification and Measurement of Work Dedication
  • Former Director, Myra School of Business, Mysore 571 130
  • C. M. Ramesh, Fellow, 1988: Do Stress and Personality Determine Health of the Indian Executives?"
  • Professor, Goa Institute of Management, Ribandar, Goa 403006


National University of Singapore

  • Smita Singh, Ph.D.: Abstract Construal of Top Leaders: Respect as a Mediator
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, James Cook University Australia, 600 Upper Thompson Road, Singapore 574421

Publications

Post Doctoral Research

  • Singh, R., & Rai, H. (2021). Desiring to punish leaders: A new test of the model of people as intuitive prosecutors. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, Revised version submitted.
  • Singh, R., & Pandey, N. (2020). Psychological foundations of the cleanliness initiative in Ahmedabad city of India. Global Journal of Human Social Science, 20(8), 23-27. DOI: 10.34257/GJHSSAVOL20IS8PG23
  • Singh, R. (2020). Indian idols drinking milk: Understanding the phenomenon and its implications for social reform. Global Journal of Human Social Science, 20(2), 15-18. DOI: 10.34257/GJHSSAVOL20IS2PG1
  • Singh, R., Bhullar, N., & Sankaran, K. (2019). Leader-versus-member and fair-versus-biased categorisations as safeguards against negative effects of demographic diversity on group attraction. IIMB Management Review, 31, 7-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.iimb.2018.08.003
  • Singh, R. (2015/2018). Attribution of causation and assignment of responsibility: Intuitive prosecution for enjoying freedom but dodging responsibility. Sandhan: A Journal of the Center for Studies in Civilization, 15, 89-124. (Submitted in 2017; Protests made to the Editors and the Publisher for publishing the article in the back issue of 2015 without the knowledge of the author)
  • Singh, R., Lim, H. K., Sankaran, K., & Bhullar, N. (2018). Punishing an ‘unfair” leader: People as pragmatic politicians with in-group but fair-but-biased prosecutors with out-group. IIMB Management Review, 30, 77-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.iimb.2018.01.002
  • Singh, R., Teng, J. S. Q., Bhullar, N., & Sankaran, K. (2018). Positive affect as a moderator of liking effects on trust and attraction. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 21, 13-21. DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12192
  • Singh, R., Tay, Y. Y., & Sankaran, K. (2017). Causal role of trust in interpersonal attraction from attitude similarity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34, 717-731. DOI: 10.1177/0265407516656826
  • Singh, R., Wegener, D. T., Sankaran, K., Bhullar, N., Ang, K. Q. P., Chia, P. J. L., Cheong, X., & Chen, F. (2017). Attitude similarity and attraction: Validation, positive affect, and trust as sequential mediators. Personal Relationships, 24, 203-222. DOI: 10.1111/pere.1278.
  • Sahoo, B., Singh, R., Mishra, B., & Sankaran, K. (2017). Research productivity in management schools of India during 1968-2015: A directional benefit-of-doubt model analysis. Omega, 66, 118-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2016.02.004
  • Singh, R., Goh, A., Sankaran, K.., & Bhullar, N. (2016). Similarity and liking effects on interpersonal attraction: A test of the two-dimensional trust-respect model. Psychologia, 59, 1-18.
  • Singh, R., Wegener, D. T., Singh, S., Sankaran, K., Lin, P. K. F., Seow, M. X.., Teng, J. S. Q., & Shuli, S. (2015). On the importance of trust in interpersonal attraction from attitude similarity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32, 829-850. DOI: 10.1177/0265407515576993
  • Singh, R., Chen, F., & Wegener, D. T. (2014). The similarity-attraction link: Sequential versus parallel multiple-mediator models involving inferred attraction, respect, and positive affect. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 36, 281-298. DOI:10.1080/01973533.2014.912583
  • Singh, R., Bell, P. A., Sinha, R. B. N., Singh, S., & Sankaran, K. (2014). Crime against woman and punishment goals: Social order and country moderate the public protest effect. IIMB Management Review, 26, 82-90. DOI:10.1016/j.iimb.2013.12.005
  • Singh, R., Ramasamy. M. A., Self, W. T., Simons, J. J. P., & Lin, P. K. F. (2013). Age-moderated effects of consequence and intent information on punishment: An intuitive prosecutorial interpretation. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 174, 1-24. DOI:10.1080/00221325.2011.635913
  • Singh, R., Simons, J. J. P., Self, W. T., Tetlock, P. E., Zemba, Y., Yamaguchi, S., Osborn, C. Y., Fisher, J. D., May, J., & Kaur, S. (2012). Association, culture, and collective imprisonment: Tests of a causal-moral model. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 34, 269-277. DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.674763
  • Singh, R., Simons, J.J P., Self, W. T. Tetlock, P. E., Bell, P. A., May J., Crisp, R. J., Kaur, S., Benfield, J. A., & Sziemko, W. J. (2012). From wrongdoing to imprisonment: Test of a causal-moral model. IIMB Management Review, 24, 73-78. DOI:10.1016/j.iimb.2012.02.001
  • Singh, R., Kaur, S., Junid, Z. B., & Self, W. T. (2011). Reacting to headline news: Circumstances leading to causal explanations versus implicational concerns. International Journal of Psychology, 46, 63-70. DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2010.516829
  • Singh. R., & Lin, X. (2011). The severity effect on the compensation and imprisonment recommendations: Deterrence as a mediator in Singapore. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 14, 36-49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01324.x
  • Singh, R., & Simons. J. J. P. (2010). Attitudes and attraction: Optimism and weight as explanations for the similarity-dissimilarity asymmetry. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 1206-1219. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00328.x
  • Tetlock. P. E., Self, W. T., & Singh, R. (2010). The punitiveness paradox: When is external pressure exculpatory- and when a signal just to spread blame? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 388-395. DOI:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.11.013
  • Jia, L., & Singh, R. (2009). Asymmetrical attention allocation to dissimilar and similar attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1259-1265. DOI:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.07.012
  • Singh, R., Simons, J. J. P., Young, D. P. C. Y., Sim, B. S. X., Chai, X. T., Singh, S.,& Choiu, S. Y. (2009). Trust and respect as mediators of the effects of other- and self-profitable trait on interpersonal attraction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 1021-1038 DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.605
  • Singh, R., Lin, P. K. F, Tan, H. L., & Ho, L. J. (2008). Evaluations, attitudes, and interpersonal attraction: Testing the hypothesis of weighting interference across responses. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 241-252. DOI: 10.1080/01973530802375052
  • Singh, R., & Lee, C. Y. (2008). Mediators of the effects of cold-warm communication on attraction toward online service providers. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 375-377. DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.3.375-378
  • Singh, R., & Tor, X. L. (2008). The relative effects of competence and likableness on interperson attraction. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 253-255. DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.2.253 256
  • Singh, R., Ng, R., Ong E. L., & Lin, P. K. F. (2008). Different mediators of the age, sex, and attitude similarity effects on interpersonal attraction. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/01973530701665165
  • Singh, R., Poh, W. Y., & Chang, A. P. M. (2008). Competitive versus cooperative attitude in crossed-categorization effects: Testing the category dominance and equivalence models. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 5-20. DOI:10.3200/SOCP.148.1.5-21
  • Singh, R. Yeo, S. E., Lin, P. K. F. & Tan, L. (2007). Multiple mediators of the attitude similarity-attraction relationship: Dominance of inferred attraction and subtlety of affect. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 61-74. DOI: 10.1080/01973530701331007
  • Tor, X. L. & Singh, R. (2007). Inferred negative trait in the attitude similarity-attraction relationship. Journal of Social Psychology, 147, 190-192. DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.147.2.190-192
  • Singh, R., Ho, L. J., Tan, H. L., & Bell, P. A. (2007). Attitudes, personal evaluations, cognitive evaluation, and interpersonal attraction: On the direct, indirect, and reverse-causal effects. British Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 19-42. DOI: 10.1348/014466606X104417
  • Tetlock, P. E., Visser, P., Singh, R., Polifroini, M., Scott, A., Elson, B., & Mazzocco, P. (2007). People as intuitive prosecutors: The impact of social-control goals on punitiveness and attributions of responsibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 195-209. DOI:10.1016/j.jesp.2006.02.009
  • Singh, R., & Goh, H. Y. (2006). Gender and group versus individual target as moderators of the models of crossed categorization effects. Psychology and Developing Societies, 18, 139-166. DOI: 10.1177/097133360601800201
  • Sin, H. P., & Singh, R. (2005). Age and outcome allocation: A new test of the subtractive model. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 8, 211-223. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2005.001
  • Singh, R., Sharmini, & Choo, I. (2004). Intergroup perception as a compromise between in-group bias and fair-mindedness. Journal of Social Psychology, 104, 373-387. DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.4.373-388
  • Singh, R., Chong, S. S. K., Leow, H. C., & Tan, R. C. H. (2002). Cognitive and social effects in allocation behavior: A new view on loci of developmental differences. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 5, 21-47. DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00092
  • Singh, R. & Kaur, S. (2002). Psychology at the National University of Singapore: The first 15 years. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 51, 191-203. DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00086
  • Singh, R., & Teoh, J. B. P. (2000). Impression formation from intellectual and social traits: Evidence for behavioral adaptation and cognitive processing. British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 537-554. DOI: 10.1348/014466600164624
  • Singh, R., & Ho, S. Y. (2000). Attitudes and attraction: A new test of the attraction, repulsion, and similarity-dissimilarity asymmetry hypotheses. British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 197-211. DOI: 10.1348/014466600164426
  • Singh, R., & Teoh, J. B. P. (1999). Attitudes and attraction: A test of two hypotheses about the similarity-dissimilarity asymmetry. British Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 427-443. DOI:10.1348/014466699164257
  • Singh, R., Choo, W. M., & Poh, L. L. (1998). In-group bias and fair-mindedness as strategies of self-presentation in intergroup perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 147-162. DOI: 10.1177/0146167298242004
  • Singh, R. (1998). Causal analyses in interpersonal relations: On importance of the control condition. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 1, 33-50. DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00004
  • Singh, R. (1997). Group harmony and interpersonal fairness in reward allocation: On the loci of the moderation effect. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 72, 158-183.
  • Singh, R., Yeoh, B. S. E., Lim, D. I., & Lim, K. K. (1997). Cross categorization effects in intergroup discrimination: Adding versus averaging. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 121-138. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1997.tb01123.x
  • Singh, R., Onglatco, M. L., Sriram, N., & Tay, A. G. B. (1997). The warm–cold variable in impression formation: Evidence for the positive-negative asymmetry. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 457-477. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1997.tb01144.x
  • Singh, R. (1996) Subtractive versus ratio model of "fair" allocation: Can group level analyses be misleading? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 68, 123-144.
  • Tan, D. T. Y., & Singh, R. (1995). Attitudes and attraction: A developmental study of the similarity–attraction and dissimilarity–repulsion hypotheses. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 975-986. DOI:10.1177/0146167295219011
  • Singh, R. (1995). "Fair" allocations of pay and workload: Tests of a subtractive model with nonlinear judgment function. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 62, 70-78.
  • Lee, J. W., Yates, J. F., Shinotsuka, H., Yen, N. S., Singh, R., Onglatco, M. L. U., Gupta, M., & Bhatnagar, D. (1995). Cross-national differences in overconfidence. Asian Journal of Psychology, 1, 63-69.
  • Singh, R., & Huang, A. S. T. (1995). Locus of age effects in "fair" allocations. Asian Journal of Psychology, 1, 36-44.
  • Singh, R., & Singh, P. (1994). Prediction of performance using motivation and ability information: New light on integrational capacity and weighing strategies. Cognitive Development, 9, 455–496. DOI:10.1016/0885-2014(94)90015-9
  • Singh, R., & Tan, L. S. C. (1992). Attitudes and attraction: A test of the similarity–attraction and dissimilarity–repulsion hypotheses. British Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 227–238. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1992.tb00967.x
  • Chik, W. Y. L., & Singh, R. (1992). What makes a job attractive to Singaporean students? Singapore Psychologist, 4, 19–32.
  • Sim, T. N., & Singh, R. (1991). Peer and maternal factors in the manifestation of conduct problems. Psychologia, 34, 164–170.
  • Norman, K. L., & Singh, R. (1989). Expected performance at human/computer interface as a function of user proficiency and system power. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2, 179–195. DOI : 10.1002/bdm.3960020305
  • Srivastava, P., & Singh, R. (1988). Age and task differences in prediction of performance from motivation and ability information. Child Development, 59, 769–781. DOI : 10.2307/1130575
  • Singh, R. (1988). Life Performance ¹ Motivation x Ability x Opportunity: Individual differences in predictive models. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 114, 191–210.
  • Singh, R., & Mehta, M. (1988). Differences between mothers and fathers in prediction of son's performance in easy through difficult exams. International Journal of Psychology, 23, 433–447. DOI: 10.1080/00207598808247777
  • Kelley, K., Cheung, F. M., Rodriguez–Carrillo, P., Singh, R., & Wan, C. K. (1986). Chronic self-destructiveness and locus of control in cross-cultural perspective. Journal of Social Psychology, 126, 573-577. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1986.9713629
  • Dalal, A. K., & Singh, R. (1986). An integration–theoretical analysis of expected job attractiveness and satisfaction. International Journal of Psychology, 21, 555–564. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1986.9713629
  • Singh, R., & Bhargava, S. (1986). Constant–weight versus relative–weight averaging in the prediction of exam performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 22, 547–566. DOI: 1016/0022-1031(86)90050-8
  • Singh, R., & Bhargava, S. (1985). Motivation, ability, and exam performance: Tests of hypotheses of cultural difference and task difficulty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 21, 466–479. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1031(85)90030-7
  • Singh, R. (1985). A test of the relative ratio model of reward division with students and managers in India. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 111, 363–384.
  • Singh, R. (1983). Leadership style and reward allocation: Does least preferred co–worker scale measure task and relation orientation? Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 32, 178–197. DOI: 10.1016/0030-5073(83)90146-0
  • Gupta, M., & Singh, R. (1981). An integration–theoretical analysis of cultural and developmental differences in attribution of performance. Developmental Psychology, 17, 816–825. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.17.6.816
  • Singh, R., Gupta, M., & Dalal, A. K. (1979). Cultural difference in attribution of performance: An integration–theoretical analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 1342–1351. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.37.8.1342
  • Singh, R., Bohra, K. A., & Dalal, A. K. (1979). Favorableness of leadership situations studied with information integration theory. European Journal of Social Psychology, 9, 253–264. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2420090304
  • Singh, R. (1978). Disciplinary judgments as information integration. Journal of Social Psychology, 104, 197–205. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1978.9924061
  • Singh, R., Sidana, U. R., & Saluja, S. K. (1978). Playgroup attractiveness studied with information integration theory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 25, 429–436. DOI: 10.1016/0022-0965(78)90066-8
  • Singh, R., Sidana, R., & Saluja, S. K. (1978). Integration theory applied to judgments of personal happiness by children. Journal of Social Psychology, 105, 27–31. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1978.9924086
  • Singh, R., Sidana, U. R., & Srivastava, P. (1978). Averaging processes in children's judgment of happiness. Journal of Social Psychology, 104, 123–132. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1978.9924044
  • Singh, R. (1976). Affective style and person perception. Journal of Social Psychology, 98, 289–290. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1976.9923401
  • Singh, R. (1976). Set–size effect in impression formation as a function of set homogeneity–heterogeneity. Psychologia, 19, 108–113.
  • Singh, R. (1976). Trait meaning in impression formation as a function of trait variance. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 7, 364–366. DOI: 10.3758/BF03337217
  • Sidana, U. R., Singh, R., & Srivastava, P. (1976). Social agents in children's happiness. Journal of Social Psychology, 99, 289–290. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1976.9924782
  • Singh, R. (1975). Information integration theory applied to expected job attractiveness and satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 621–623. DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.60.5.621
  • Singh, R. (1975). Reinforcement, affect, and interpersonal attraction. Psychologia, 18, 142–148.
  • Singh, R., & Jack, R. M. (1975). Personal evaluations, laughter, and affective judgments. Journal of Social Psychology, 97, 53–59. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1975.9923312
  • Singh, R., & Brink, J. H. (1975). Regression effect in interpersonal judgment. Journal of Social Psychology, 97, 295–296. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1975.9923352
  • Singh, R., Byrne, D., Gupta, N. C., & Clouser, M. (1974). Informational set–size as a determinant of interpersonal judgment in a between–subjects design. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 5, 17–26.
  • Singh, R. (1974). Reinforcement and attraction: Specifying the effects of affective states. Journal of Research in Personality, 8, 294–305. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1974.9923198
  • Singh, R., & Memering, M. (1974). Trait repetition and interpersonal judgment. Journal of Social Psychology, 94, 151–152. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1974.9923198
  • Singh, R. (1973). Attraction as a function of similarity in attitudes and personality characteristics. Journal of Social Psychology, 91, 87–95. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1973.9922650
  • Singh, R. (1973). Evaluative response and certainty of its accuracy as a function of proportion of positive information. Psychologia, 16, 218–223.
  • Capaldi, E. D., & Singh, R. (1973). Percentage body weight and the successive negative contrast effect in rats. Learning and Motivation, 4, 405–416. DOI: 10.1016/0023-9690(73)90006-4

Predoctoral Research

  • De, B., & Singh, R. (1972). A cross–cultural study of the Maudsley personality inventory and the manifest anxiety scale. Behaviorometrics, 2, 40–44.
  • Singh, R. (1971). Academic motivation as a determinant of school attendance and attainment. Indian Educational Review, 6(2), 233–237.
  • Singh, R., & Byrne, D. (1971). Cognitive certainty and affective neutrality as a function of stimulus homogeneity–heterogeneity. Psychonomic Science, 25, 207–208. DOI: 10.3758/BF03329094
  • De, B., & Singh, R. (1971). Induced goals as determinants of verbal learning. Indian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 5, 32–34.
  • De, B., Singh, R., & Sinha, P. (1971). A note on family size, birth order, and intelligence. Journal of Psychological Researches, 15, 45–47.
  • Singh, R. (1971). Incidental and intentional learning of perceptual–motor skill. Indian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 5, 29–31.
  • De, B., & Singh, R. (1970). Home adjustment as a determinant of academic motivation. Indian Educational Review, 5(2), 52– 58.
  • De, B., & Singh, R. (1970). A Hindi adaptation of the Aberdeen academic motivation inventory. Indian Educational Review, 5(1), 71–74.
  • Shanker, U., & Singh, R. (1970). Recall of completed and interrupted tasks as a function of intolerance of ambiguity. Indian Journal of Psychometry and Education, 1, 27–32.
  • Hazari, A., & Singh, R. (1969). Social maladaptation as a factor in the recall of completed and interrupted tasks. Indian Psychological Review, 5, 122–125.
  • Roy, B. P., & Singh, R. (1968). Learning and retention of paired–associates as a function of nature of stimulus item. Indian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2, 45–49.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • Singh, R. (2011). Imputing values to missing information in social judgment. In R. M. Arkin (Ed.), Most underappreciated: 50 prominent social psychologists describe their most unloved work (pp. 159-164). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Singh, R. (2011). Information integration as a basic cognitive process. In G. Mishra (Ed.), Handbook of psychology in India (pp.73-98). New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Singh, R., Simons, J. J. P., Self, W. T., Tetlock, P. E., Bell, P. A., Ong, P., & Kaur, S. (2011). Cultural and developmental differences in norm and meta-norm enforcement: Does collective blame compensate for individual blame? In P. Singh, P. Bain, C. H. Leong, G. Misra, & Y. Ohtsubo (Eds.), Psychological, group, and cultural processes in changing societies: The Progress in Asian social psychology series (Vol. 8, pp. 109-122). New Delhi: MacMillan.
  • Singh, R. (2010). Religious majority-minority and gender differences in models of crossed categorization effects: Some evidence for social development. In J. Pandey, T. N. Sinha, & A. K. Sinha (Eds.), Dialogues for development (pp. 230-251). New Delhi, India: Concept.
  • Singh, R. (2006). Gender among multiple categories: Social attraction in women but interpersonal attraction in men. In R. Crisp & M. Hewstone (Eds.), Multiple categories and cross- categorizations: Processes, models, and applications (pp. 189-208). East Sussex: UK: Psychology Press.
  • Singh, R. (2006). Dealing with norm and meta-norm violators: Cultural differences in thoughts or motivated actions? In Q. Jing, M. R. Rosenzweig, G. d'Ydewalle, H. Zhang, H.C. Chen, & K. Zhang (Eds.), Progress in psychological science around the world (Vol. 2: Social and applied issue, pp. 261-278). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.
  • Singh, R. (2000). [Psychology in] Southeast Asia. In A. R. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 7, pp. 403-411). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Singh, R. (1991). Two problems in cognitive algebra: Imputations and averaging–versus–multiplying. In N. H. Anderson (Ed.), Contributions to information integration theory (Vol. II, Social, pp. 143–180). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Singh, R. (1988). Attitudes and social cognition. In J. Pandey (Ed.), Psychology in India: The state–of–the–art (Vol. 2, pp. 19–54). New Delhi: Sage.
  • Singh, R. (1981). Prediction of performance from motivation and ability: An appraisal of the cultural difference hypothesis. In J. Pandey (Ed.), Perspectives on experimental social psychology in India (pp. 21–53). New Delhi: Concept Learning.
  • Singh, R. (1981). Experimental social psychology is real and scientific: A reply to Durganand Sinha. In J. Pandey (Ed.), Perspectives on experimental social psychology in India (pp. 229–239). New Delhi: Concept Learning.
  • Singh, R., Palaniswamy, S. P., & Pradhan, Y. N. (1981). An information integration theory analysis of attractiveness of bus systems. In N. K. Jaiswal (Ed.), Scientific management of transport systems (pp. 335–345). Amsterdam: North Holland.
  • Singh, R. (1977). Set–size of information and interpersonal judgment: Methodological and theoretical considerations. In B. De & D. Sinha (Eds.), A perspective on psychology in India (pp. 75–101). Allahabad: D. Sinha.

Research Monograph

  • Singh, R. (1982). Children's judgments of personal happiness (PSG Monograph 42). Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management.

Book Reviews

  • J. B. Minor's (1992) Industrial–organizational psychology. New York: McGraw–Hill in Vikalpa, 1992, 17, 58–59.
  • M. R. Real's (1989) Super media: A cultural studies approach. Newbury Park: Sage in Media Asia, 1991, 18, 208–209.
  • J. P. Campbell, R.L. Daft, & C.L. Hulin's (1982) What to study: Generating and developing research questions. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage in Vikalpa, 1986, 11, 89–90.
  • J. B. P. Sinha's (1980) The nurturant task leader: A model of the effective executive. New Delhi: Concept Learning Press in Psychological Studies, 1981, 26, 133–134.
  • B. Krishnan's (Ed., 1974) Studies in psychology. Mysore: University of Mysore in Indian Journal of Psychology, 1975, 50, 69–70.

Remembrances and Obituaries

  • Singh, R. (2016). Obituary: Kwok Leung. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 19, 88-89. DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12135
  • Fisher, W. A., Fisher, J. D., Singh, R., & Baron, R. A. (July-August 2015). Obituary: Donn Byrne (1931-2014). American Psychologist, 70, 477. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039175
  • Singh, R. (2014, December). Remembering Donn Byrne: December 19, 1931-August 10, 2014. APS Observer, 27(10), 27-28. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2014/december-14/remembering-donn-byrne.html

Miscellaneous Publications

  • Singh, R. (1993, January). Management development in Nepal: A civic perspective. The Social Engineer, 2, 15–18.
  • Singh, R. (1992, October). Social advertising in Singapore (Japanese). Bulletin of Nikkei Advertising Research Institute, 141, 21–25.
  • Singh, R. (1991, December). Contemporary ads in Singapore (Japanese). Bulletin of Nikkei Advertising Research Institute, 140, 24–28.
  • Singh, R. (1987). Towards a better campus recruitment. Vikalpa, 12, 63–65.
  • Singh, R. (1987). On redesign of application form for better selection decisions. Vikalpa, 12, 67–69.
  • Singh, R. (1985). Stress–resistant executives: The hardy personality. Vikalpa, 10, 463–465.

Interviews

  • Sustaining impactful multidisciplinary contributions over five decades: An interview with Ramadhar Singh. IIMB Management Review, 2017 June, 29, 36-151. DOI: 10.1016/j.iimb.2017.03.009
  • World advertising (Chinese). The Thinking Chinese's Magazine, 1992 February, 65, 39–41.
  • Advertising in Singapore (Japanese). Bulletin of Nikkei Advertising Research Institute, 1990 December, 139, 35–37.

 

Teaching

Employment

2016- Distinguished University Professor Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad

2010–2016 Distinguished Professor Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

1997–2010 Professor National University of Singapore

1990–1997 Associate Professor National University of Singapore

1988–1990 Senior Fellow National University of Singapore

1979–1990 Professor Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

1973–1979 Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

1968–1973 Lecturer Patna University, Patna

Visiting Positions

2008–2008 Visiting Professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

2007–2008 Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India

2006–2006 Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India

2005–2006 Visiting Faculty Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad

2004–2004 Visiting Scholar University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

2003–2004 Visiting Professor University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

1984–1984 Visitor University of California, San Diego, USA

Administrative Positions

1997–2000 Deputy Head Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of Singapore (NUS)

1982–1984 Chairman Organizational Behavior Area, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

1980–1982 Chairman Research & Publications, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Professional Service

Editorships

Editor

1994–1995 Asian Journal of Psychology

Associate Editor

2016–2018 Asian Journal of Social Psychology

2010– IIMB Management Review

Consulting Editor

2017- 2018 Review of General Psychology

2017- Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology

2014- 2016 Review of General Psychology

2011- South Asian Journal of Management

2011-2013 Advances in Applied Psychology (AA Society)

2000–2015 Psychological Studies

1998–2015 Asian Journal of Social Psychology

1995– The Social Engineer

1991–1997 Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

1991–1993 Singapore Psychologist

1989–2011 Psychology and Developing Societies

1989–1996 Indian Journal of Psychology

1986–1988 Vikalpa: The Journal of Decision Makers

Issue Consultant

2018 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

2018 Basic and Applied Social Psychology

2016 Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

2014 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

2014 Review of General Psychology

2013 Basic and Applied Social Psychology

2012 Australian Journal of Psychology

2011 Psicológica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology

2011 Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology

2010 British Journal of Developmental Psychology

2009 Social Psychological and Personality Science

2006 Developmental Psychology

2006 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

1999 Research and Practice in Human Resource Management

1998 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

1996 British Journal of Social Psychology

1994 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

1994 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

1991 Psychological Bulletin

1980 European Journal of Social Psychology

Advisory Panels

2015- Member, Kwok Leung Scholarship Fund, Asian Association of Social Psychology

2014- Member, Advisory Board, South East Asia CEO Association, Indonesia

2012–2014 Member, Academic Council, International Management Institute, New Delhi

2011–2014 Member, Doctoral and Research Committee, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

2010– Member, Centre of Social Development (Asia), National University of Singapore

2006– Member, International Advisory Panel, Asian Association of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Korea

2006– 2015 Member, International Advisory Panel, Foundation of Liberal and Management Education (FLAME), Pune, India

2007–2009 Member, International Advisory Board, Mudra Institute of Communication Research (MICORE), Ahmedabad, India

2002–2006 Chair, Psychology Cluster, East Asian University Press. Times Media Publications, Singapore

Consulting Assignments

2011–2012 Test Banks of the National Level Examinations, Aptech Limited, Mumbai

1996–1997 Volunteers' participation, Ministry of Community Development, Government of Singapore

1990–1991 Industrial Safety, Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, P. Bukom, Singapore

1988–1989 Motivation and Communication, Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore

1986–1988 Manpower Planning and Training Needs in Irrigation Management, Ministr of Irrigation, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

1985–1986 Foreign Students in India, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

1983–1984 Team Building, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Power Group), Vadodara

1982–1983 Image of ATIRA in Member Mills, Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, Ahmedabad

1981–1982 Human Resource Development, Petrofils Cooperative Ltd., Vadodara

1980–1981 Selection Tests, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., New Delhi


Services to Committees

2018-2022 Member, Mentor Award Committee, Association of Psychological Science


2017-2018 Member, Liberal Arts Committee, NMIMS University, Mumbai


2015-2016 Member, Faculty Norms Committee, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode


2015- Member, Kwok Leung Scholarship Committee, AASP

2005–2009 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, LKY School of Public Policy, NUS

2001–2009 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Design & Environment, NUS

2002–2010 Member, University Disciplinary Board, NUS

2007–2008 Chair, Department Search Committee (Senior Hires), NUS

2005–2006 Chair, Department Search Committee, NUS

2002–2003 Member, University Scholarship Committee, Arts and Social Sciences, NUS

2002–2003 Member, International Advisory Panel, School of Management, NUS

2000– 2006 Member, NUS Research Review Panel: Humanities, Management, & Architecture

1998–2001 Member, NUS Board of Selection

1998–2001 Member, Faculty Review Committee, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, NUS

1986–1988 Member, Expert Committee, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

1987–1988 Member, Task Force on Staff Motivation, Telecom Mission, Government of India, New Delhi

1985–1988 Member, UGC Standing Advisory Committee on Center of Advanced Study, Department under Special Assistance, and Departmental Research Support

1983–1987 Member, Psychology Panel, UGC, New Delhi

1982–1988 Reviewer Panel, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi

1980–1988 Reviewer Panel, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi

Awards and Honors

Honors

  • 2020 Keynote Speaker, Doctoral Symposium, IIM Kozhikode
  • 2020 Keynote Speaker, Induction of Doctoral Students, Symbiosis International University, Pune
  • 2020 Expert on Faculty Selection Committee, IIM Kashipur
  • 2020 Chief Guest, 10 th Inauguration of the EFPM at IIM Indore
  • 2019 Guest of Honor: 19 th Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, IIT Roorkee
  • 2019 Invited Speaker, International Conference of School Psychology, PDPU, Gandhinagar
  • 2018 Resource Person, Workshop on Science and Scientific Writing, NAoP, Delhi University
  • 2018 Resource Person, Orientation Program for Younger Faculty, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
  • 2018 Keynote Speaker, Annual Conf. of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Puducherry
  • 2017 Bharat Vikash Award, Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • 2017 Resource Person, Winter School for FPM Participants, IIM Ranchi Dec 1-5, 2017
  • 2017 Resource Person, Summer School for FPM Participants, IIM Ranchi
  • 2017 Resource Person, Workshop on Science and Scientific Writing at the Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE), IIM Indore
  • 2016 Durganand Sinha Memorial Lecture, 26 th Annual Conference of NAOP, IIT Madras
  • 2016 Resource Person, National Workshop on Research Methods, Ganpat University, Mehsana
  • 2016 Resource Person, Regional Workshop for VCs of the Central Universities of North East India
  • 2015 Featured in Legends of HRD in Business Manager (July 2015), 18, 40-43.
  • 2015 Featured among Top Thinkers on Mind, Brain, and Behavior: http://cognobytes. wordpress.org/2015/06/07/ramadhar-singh/
  • 2015 Keynote Speaker, Faculty Development Program, IFM Business School, Bangalore, India
  • 2014 Workshop on International Publications at the 2 nd Pan-IIM World Conference, Kozhikode, India
  • 2014 Convocation Address, Myra School of Business, Mysore
  • 2014 Keynote Speaker, Conference on Excellence in Research and Education, IIM Indore
  • 2014 Workshop for Students & Faculty, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • 2014 Sir J C Bose Memorial Award from the Indian Science Monitor, Chennai
  • 2013 Listed among the APS Faces and Minds of Psychological Science: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/faces-minds/inferring-missing-information.html
  • 2013 Resource Person, Doctoral Summer School, IIM Lucknow, UP
  • 2013 Resource Person, Doctoral Summer School, IIM Kozhikode, Kerala
  • 2012 Invited Speaker, 4rth IMR Doctoral Conference 2012, IIM Bangalore, India
  • 2011 Chair, Fellowship Committee, National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India
  • 2011 Invited Speaker: 21 th Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India, Anand,
  • 2011 Invited Speaker, 3 rd IMR Doctoral Conference 2011, IIM Bangalore, India
  • 2011 Chair, Education & Training, Asian Association of Social Psychology
  • 2011 Invited Speaker: Asian Association of Social Psychology, Kunming, China
  • 2011 Principal, 3 rd Asian Summer School of Social Psychology, Kunming, China
  • 2010 Chair, Education & Training, Asian Association of Social Psychology
  • 2009 Resource Person: 2 nd Asian Winter School of Social Psychology, New Delhi, India
  • 2009 Inspiring Mentor Award, Office of Alumni Relations, National University of Singapore
  • 2009 Long Service Award, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
  • 2007 Special Lecture: 17 th Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NOAP), Kanpur, India
  • 2007 Resource Person: 1 st Asian Summer School of Social Psychology, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 2007 Keynote Speaker: 7 th Conf. of Asian Assoc. of Social Psychology, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 2006 Plenary Speaker: 16 th Conference of National Academy of Psychology (NOAP), Mumbai, India
  • 2006 Invited Speaker: Asia’s Educational Miracle, Incheon, Korea
  • 2006 Keynote Speaker: 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece
  • 2004 State–of–the–art Lecturer: 25 International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China
  • 2002 Co–Chair, Scientific Committee, 25th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Singapore
  • 1999 Member, Misumi Award Committee, Asian Association of Social Psychology (until 2001)
  • 1993 Resource Person for the Workshop on Self-Development, First Asian Conference of Psychology in Singapore, Singapore Psychological Society
  • 1993 Psychology National Award for 1990: S. P. Psychology Trust of India
  • 1985 UGC National Lecturer: Banaras Hindu University; Sri Venkateswara University; and University of Poona, India
  • 1970 Fulbright–Hays Scholar: US Department of State
  • 1969 Mahendra Vidya Bhushan Gold Medal: H. M. King of Nepal
  • 1965 Postgraduate Merit Scholar: Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, India

Professional Affiliations

  • 2008- Fellow, National Academy of Psychology (India)
  • 1993– Fellow: American Psychological Association
  • 1993– Fellow: Association of Psychological Science
  • 1992– Fellow: The British Psychological Society
  • 1992– Fellow: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1992– Fellow: The Singapore Psychological Society
  • 1989– Life Member: Indian Psychological Association
  • 2018– Life Member: Indian Science Congress Association
  • 2018- Life Member, Indian Academy of Applied Psychology
  • 1989– Member: Academy of Management
  • 1990–2008 Member, National Academy of Psychology (India)
  • 1992–2014 Member: International Association of Cross–Cultural Psychology
  • 1984–2004 Member: Society for Judgment and Decision Making
  • 1974–1990 Foreign Affiliate, American Psychological Association
  • 1971–1973 Student Member, American Psychological Association

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