College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Pennsylvania State University, 2009
M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management at Calcutta, 1998
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, 1995

Manager, Consumer & Market Knowledge, ASEAN, Austrialia & India, Procter & Gamble, 1999-2003
Area Sales Manager, Cadburys India Limited, 1998-1999

Gajendran, R., Joshi, A. 2012. Innovation in Globally Distributed Teams: The Role of LMX, Communication Frequency, and Member Influence on Team Decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 1252-1261

Gajendran, R., Joshi, A. 2011. Inclusion and Identification in Virtual Teams: When Does Leader-Member Virtual Communication Matter. Academy of Management Annual Conference Best Papers Proceedings, 1-6

Gajendran, R., Harrison, D. 2007. The good, the bad, and the unknown about telecommuting: Meta-analysis of psychological mediators and individual consequences.. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92: 1524-1541

DeSanctis Award, Academy of Management, 2012
Nominee, William H Newman Award, Academy of Management, 2012
List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent By Their Students, UIUC, 2010, 2011, 2012
Outstanding Reviewer Award, OB Division of the Academy of Management, 2009

My research interests lie in the fields of organizational behavior and human resource management, with an emphasis on understanding how information and communication technologies impact different facets of organizational life. Specifically, I am interested in a) exploring how virtual interactions influence team processes and outcomes, b) explicating mechanisms and outcomes associated with virtual work arrangements such as telecommuting), and c) studying interpersonal processes such as self-presentation via virtual interactions.