{"id":80,"date":"2025-03-11T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T20:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/exed\/?post_type=dmsb_person&#038;p=80"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:35:52","slug":"jayanth-narayanan","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_person","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/exed\/people\/jayanth-narayanan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayanth Narayanan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jayanth (Jay) Narayanan is an Associate Professor in the Management &amp; Organization Development group at Northeastern. He also holds a joint appointment with the Bouve School of Health Sciences. Before joining Northeastern, Jay was an Associate Professor of Management &amp; Organizations at the NUS Business School. He received his PhD from the London Business School and has held academic positions at IMD Business School in Switzerland. Jay is a highly published researcher, with work appearing in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and the Journal of Personality &amp; Social Psychology. His research interests include the impact of human biology on workplace phenomena, the nature, and effects of mindfulness on well-being, and the role of social power and status dynamics in organizations. He is currently focused on studying the impact of psychedelics on well-being in healthy individuals. In addition to his academic pursuits, Jay has taught executives around the world and has provided coaching to startup founders on the importance of personal well-being for the success of their ventures. Before entering academia, Jay was an entrepreneur in India and co-founded one of the country's largest skills assessment companies. He was also recognized as a distinguished alumnus by his alma mater, XLRI Jamshedpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards &amp; recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Distinguished Alumni Award, XLRI Jamshedpur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding Educator Award, National University of Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andrighetto et al. (In Press). Changes in Social Norms During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 43 Countries. Nature Communications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lavanchy, M., Reichert, P., Narayanan, J., &amp; Savani, K. (2023). Applicants' fairness perceptions of algorithm driven hiring procedures. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-26.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simonsson, O., et al (2023). Mindfulness in politics: a qualitative study on mindfulness training in the UK. Mindfulness. 14, 1362-1370.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simonsson, O., Goldberg, S. B., Marks, J., Yan, L., &amp; Narayanan, J. (2022). Bridging the (Brexit) divide: Effects of a brief befriending meditation on affective polarization. PloS one, 17(5), e0267493.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simonsson, O, Narayanan, J. &amp; Marks, J. (2022). Love Thy (Partisan) Neighbor: Brief Befriending Meditation Reduces Affective Polarization. Group Processes &amp; Intergroup Relations. 25(6): 1577-1593.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Masters-Waage, T., Nai, J., Reb, J., Sim, S., Narayanan, J., Tan, N. (2021). Going far together by being here now: Mindfulness increases cooperation in negotiations. Organizational Behavior &amp; Human Decision Processes. 167, 189-205.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kniffin, K. M., Narayanan, J., Anseel, F., Antonakis, J., Ashford, S. P., Bakker, A. B., \u2026 &amp; Vugt, M. V. (2021). COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action. American psychologist, 76(1), 63.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nai, J., Narayanan, J., Hernandez, I., &amp; Savani, K. (2018). People in more racially diverse neighborhoods are more prosocial. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(4), 497.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tai, K., Narayanan, J., &amp; McAllister, D. J. (2012). Envy as pain: Rethinking the nature of envy and its implications for employees and organizations. Academy of Management Review, 37(1), 107-129.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narayanan, J., Tai, K., &amp; Kinias, Z. (2013). Power motivates interpersonal connection following social exclusion. 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