Ke Michael Mai

Biographic Data

ID	1755547
NAME	Ke Michael Mai
GIVEN NAMES	Ke Michael
FAMILY NAME	Mai
SIGNATURE	MAI K M
AFFILIATIONS	National University of Singapore
ORCID	0000-0002-9215-6381
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	8
TOTAL CITATIONS	9
WORKS AS AUTHOR	8
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	2

Being Left in the Dark
Open AccessYating Wang, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior2026References: 19
In organizations, leaders often have to keep work‐related secrets to protect employees or prevent negative consequences of the information becoming known. Although a growing body of social psychological work examines how keeping secrets can influence one's psychological states, we know relatively little about how leader work‐related secrecy can unintentionally affect employees. By integrating research on secrecy in the social psychology literatur…
Examining the Effects of Interpersonal Competition on Employees’ Reporting of Unethical Behavior in Organizations
Open AccessFeng Qiu, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Business Ethics2025
Examining the Hindering Effects of Receiving Help on Internal Reporting of Unethical Behavior
Open AccessFeng Qiu, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior2025Cited by: 2References: 10
Despite the well‐documented positive individual and interpersonal benefits of receiving help, we argue that it can also lead to potentially damaging moral consequences for the organization. The purpose of this study is to add to our understanding of the moral consequences of receiving help and the inhibitors of reporting unethical behavior in organizations. Drawing from social exchange theory and the moral psychology of obligation, we argue that …
A large-scale field experiment on participatory decision-making in China
Open AccessSherry Jueyu Wu, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2024Cited by: 1References: 30
How Can Women Take Advantage of the High-Tech Era to be Perceived as Effective Leaders? Being Tech-Savvy Helps
Open AccessMahak Nagpal, Jieqiong Cao et al.ARTICLEJournal of Leadership &…2023References: 8
Given the increasing use of intelligent technologies and the resulting requirement for leaders to be tech-savvy, an important question that emerges is whether perceptions of leadership effectiveness are changing too? Drawing from gender role theory and expectation violation theory, we propose and test a model of whether and how females can benefit from being tech-savvy. To explore whether women may stand to gain from the changing nature of the wo…
Supporting Creativity or Creative Unethicality? Empowering Leadership and the Role of Performance Pressure
Open AccessKe Michael Mai, David Welsh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Business Ethics2022
Overcoming the effects of sleep deprivation on unethical behavior
Open AccessDavid Welsh, David T Welsh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2018Cited by: 1References: 65
The Gray Side of Creativity
Open AccessKe Michael Mai, Aleksander P J Ellis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2015Cited by: 5References: 70

The Gray Side of Creativity
Open AccessKe Michael Mai, Aleksander P J Ellis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2015Cited by: 5References: 70
Overcoming the effects of sleep deprivation on unethical behavior
Open AccessDavid Welsh, David T Welsh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2018Cited by: 1References: 65
Supporting Creativity or Creative Unethicality? Empowering Leadership and the Role of Performance Pressure
Open AccessKe Michael Mai, David Welsh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Business Ethics2022
How Can Women Take Advantage of the High-Tech Era to be Perceived as Effective Leaders? Being Tech-Savvy Helps
Open AccessMahak Nagpal, Jieqiong Cao et al.ARTICLEJournal of Leadership &…2023References: 8
Given the increasing use of intelligent technologies and the resulting requirement for leaders to be tech-savvy, an important question that emerges is whether perceptions of leadership effectiveness are changing too? Drawing from gender role theory and expectation violation theory, we propose and test a model of whether and how females can benefit from being tech-savvy. To explore whether women may stand to gain from the changing nature of the wo…
A large-scale field experiment on participatory decision-making in China
Open AccessSherry Jueyu Wu, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2024Cited by: 1References: 30
Examining the Effects of Interpersonal Competition on Employees’ Reporting of Unethical Behavior in Organizations
Open AccessFeng Qiu, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Business Ethics2025
Examining the Hindering Effects of Receiving Help on Internal Reporting of Unethical Behavior
Open AccessFeng Qiu, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior2025Cited by: 2References: 10
Despite the well‐documented positive individual and interpersonal benefits of receiving help, we argue that it can also lead to potentially damaging moral consequences for the organization. The purpose of this study is to add to our understanding of the moral consequences of receiving help and the inhibitors of reporting unethical behavior in organizations. Drawing from social exchange theory and the moral psychology of obligation, we argue that …
Being Left in the Dark
Open AccessYating Wang, Ke Michael Mai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior2026References: 19
In organizations, leaders often have to keep work‐related secrets to protect employees or prevent negative consequences of the information becoming known. Although a growing body of social psychological work examines how keeping secrets can influence one's psychological states, we know relatively little about how leader work‐related secrecy can unintentionally affect employees. By integrating research on secrecy in the social psychology literatur…