Jayanth Narayanan

ORCID: 0000-0003-2720-1593
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Research Areas
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Conflict Management and Negotiation
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child Therapy and Development
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Knowledge Management and Sharing
  • Construction Project Management and Performance

Northeastern University
2024-2025

Health Sciences North
2024

Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States)
2024

National University of Singapore
2013-2023

DePaul University
2018

Nanyang Technological University
2018

Nanyang Polytechnic
2018

Singapore Management University
2018

International Institute for Management Development
2016-2017

London Business School
2006-2015

Although envy has been characterized by resentment, hostility, and ill will, researchers have begun to investigate envy's benign manifestations. We contend that the substance of confounded with its consequences. conceptualize as pain at another's good fortune. This reconceptualization allows result in both positive negative then examine how affects interpersonal behaviors job performance, contingent on core self-evaluation, referent cognitions, perceived organizational support.

10.5465/amr.2009.0484 article EN Academy of Management Review 2011-12-17

COVID-19’s impacts on workers and workplaces across the globe have been dramatic. This broad review of prior research rooted in work organizational psychology, related fields, is intended to make sense implications for employees, teams, organizations. preview relevant literatures focuses on: (i) emergent changes practices (e.g., working from home, virtual teamwork) (ii) (e.g, social distancing, stress, unemployment). In addition, potential moderating factors (demographic characteristics,...

10.31234/osf.io/gkwme preprint EN 2020-06-11

The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether norms also changed. Specifically, this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which generally have strong norms), specific (e.g. stealing, hand washing), about enforcement, using survey data from 30,431 respondents in 43 countries recorded before the early stages following COVID-19. Using variation disease intensity, shed light on mechanisms predicting changes norm...

10.1038/s41467-024-44999-5 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2024-02-16

Abstract We examine the influence of genetics on economic risk preferences by administering a measure these to monozygotic (MZ) (i.e., identical) and dizygotic (DZ) non‐identical) twin pairs. Our analysis supports dominant genetic effect virtually no additive preferences, with heritability estimated at 0.63. These findings suggest that over half variation in such can be explained factors, remainder variance environmental influences not shared among sibling twins. discuss implications our for...

10.1002/bdm.643 article EN Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 2009-06-04

There is little empirical research to date that looks at how the deleterious effects of social exclusion can be mitigated. We examined touching an inanimate object—a teddy bear—might impact effect on prosocial behavior. Across two studies, we found socially excluded individuals who touched a bear acted more prosocially as compared just viewed from distance. This was only observed for participants and not included (or control) participants. Overall, findings suggest mitigates negative...

10.1177/1948550611404707 article EN Social Psychological and Personality Science 2011-04-12

We examine whether mindfulness can neutralize the negative impact of COVID-19 stressors on employees' sleep duration and work engagement. In Study 1, we conducted a field experiment in Wuhan, China during lockdown between February 20, 2020, March 2, which induced state by randomly assigning participants to either daily practice or mind-wandering practice. Results showed that condition, compared with control was less impacted (i.e., increase infections community). 10-day diary study United...

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.610156 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2020-12-21

Five studies tested the hypothesis that people living in more diverse neighborhoods would have inclusive identities, and thus be prosocial. Study 1 found residing racially metropolitan areas were likely to tweet prosocial concepts their everyday lives. 2 following 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, spontaneously offer help individuals stranded by bombings. 3 ethnically countries report having helped a stranger past month. Providing evidence of underlying mechanism, 4 identify with all humanity,...

10.1037/pspa0000103 article EN Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2018-04-01

Abstract Background Findings from contemporary clinical trials suggest that psychedelics are generally safe and may be effective in the treatment of various psychiatric disorders. However, less is known about risks associated with psychedelic use outside medically supervised contexts, particularly populations typically excluded participation trials. Methods Using a preregistered longitudinal observational research design purposive sample US residents between 18 50 years old ( N =21,990), we...

10.1017/s0033291725000716 article EN Psychological Medicine 2025-01-01

10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.08.006 article EN Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2013-09-23

We examine whether mindfulness can neutralize the negative impact of COVID-19 stressors on employees’ sleep duration and work engagement. In Study 1, we conducted a field experiment in Wuhan, China during lockdown between February 20, 2020, March 2, which induced state by randomly assigning participants to either daily practice or mind-wandering practice. Results showed that condition, compared with control was less impacted (i.e., increase infections community). 10-day diary study United...

10.31234/osf.io/wuh94 preprint EN 2020-03-20

The rising partisan animus between Democrats and Republicans has significant consequences for American society, both political nonpolitical. present study used two preregistered randomized controlled designs to investigate whether scalable meditation interventions could reduce affective polarization, relative baseline scores measured 1 week earlier, in adults (Study 1: N = 353; Study 2: 246) who affiliated with either the Democratic Party or Republican Party. results suggest that a brief...

10.1177/13684302211020108 article EN cc-by-nc Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 2021-07-13

Research shows that in the aftermath of conflict, forgiveness improves victims’ well-being and victim–offender relationship. Building on research embodied perception economy action, we demonstrate also has implications for perceptions behavior physical domain. Metaphorically, unforgiveness is a burden can be lightened by forgiveness; show people induced to feel perceive hills less steep (Study 1) jump higher an ostensible fitness test 2) than who are unforgiveness. These findings suggest may...

10.1177/1948550614564222 article EN Social Psychological and Personality Science 2014-12-23

Abstract Objectives While mindfulness in the workplace has received substantial scientific attention past decades, it is not yet well-understood if, under what circumstances, and ways training may be helpful for individuals working political environments. The aim of this study was to explore experience among British politicians, as well facilitators who had taught politicians UK Parliament. Method Between September November 2021, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with ( n =...

10.1007/s12671-023-02156-x article EN cc-by Mindfulness 2023-05-29
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