Chandra Pathki is an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources management at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the University of Illinois. His research focuses on leadership, workplace interactions and individual differences. His research has been published in top management journals including Journal of Management and Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Conference Presentations and Proceedings:

Pathki, C. S. R., Swab, G. R., Johnson, P. D., & Kluemper, D. H. (2021, November). Hypercompetitiveness Congruence Between the Leader and the Follower and Employee Outcomes. Southern Management Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.
Meuser. J. D., Harms, P. D., Kluemper, D. H., McLarty, B. D., Pathki, C. S. R., Smallfield, J., & Perrewé, P. L. (2021, November). Innovations in Personality Research. Panel symposium to be held at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association, New Orleans, LA.
Pathki, C. S. R., Gooty, J., Williams, C., Kluemper, D. H., & Little, L. M. (2020, August). The Role of a LMX Defining Memory and Relationship Emotions in Leader-Follower Relationships. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Vancouver, Canada. Best Paper Proceedings.
Puranik, H., Vough, H. C., & Pathki, C. S. R. (2020, October). Oops I Did It (Again)! Social Gaffes in the Workplace and their Emotional, Behavioral and Relational Outcomes. To be presented at the Southern Management Association Annual Meetings, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Pathki, C. S. R., Kluemper D. H. & Meuser J. D. (2019, October). A Review of Work Frame-of-Reference Personality Measurement and Introduction of the Org-B5. Presented at the Southern Management Association Annual Meetings, Norfolk, VA.
Vadera, A.K., Aquino, K., & Pathki, C. S. R. (2015, June). Effects of Competition on Unethical Behaviors. Presented at the Asian Management Research Consortium, Singapore.
Vadera, A. K., Srivastava, V., Aquino, K., & Pathki, C. S. R. (2014, August). Effects of Competition on Unethical Behaviors. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Vancouver, Canada.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2020: Best Paper Proceedings Award at the 80th Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
2020: Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship Award.
2019: Greenleaf Scholars’ Grant.
2019: Honorary Member at the Beta Gamma Sigma Society.
2018: Greenleaf Scholars’ Grant.
2016-2020: Liautaud Doctoral Fellowship & College of Business Administration Fellowship.


PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2018-2021: Instructor (Part-Time) – Organizational Behavior, University of Illinois at Chicago.
2016-2021: Research Assistant (Part-Time) – Organizational Behavior, Under Dr. Don Kluemper, University of Illinois at Chicago.
2019-2021: Research Assistant (Part-Time) – Organizational Behavior, Under Dr. Harshad Puranik, University of Illinois at Chicago.
2016-2018: Research and Teaching Assistant (Part-Time) – Strategy, Under Dr. Steve Sauerwald, University of Illinois at Chicago.
2015-2016: Research and Teaching Assistant (Full-Time) – Organizational Behavior, Under Dr. Amit Nandkeolyar, Indian School of Business.
2013-2015: Research and Teaching Assistant (Full-Time) – Organizational Behavior, Under Dr. Abhijeet Vadera, Indian School of Business.

Leadership, workplace interactions and individual differences

Talent Management

Human Resource Management

Organizational Behavior