Andrew L. Molinsky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Brandeis University International Business School

Necessary Evils

Refereed Journals

Grant, A.M., Molinsky, A.L., Margolis, J.D., Schiano, W. & Kamin, M. 2009. The performer's reactions to procedural injustice: When prosocial identity reduces prosocial behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39: 319-349.
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Margolis, J.D. & Molinsky, A.L. 2008. Navigating the bind of necessary evils: Psychological engagement and the production of interpersonally sensitive behavior. Academy of Management Journal, 51: 847-872.
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Molinsky, A.L. & Margolis, J.D. 2006. The emotional tightrope of downsizing: Hidden challenges for leaders and their organizations. Organizational Dynamics, 35: 145-159.
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Molinsky, A.L., & Margolis, J.D. 2005. Necessary evils and interpersonal sensitivity in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 30: 245-268.

Paper nominated as runner-up for the 2005 Academy of Management Review Best Paper Award.
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Molinsky, A.L. 1999. Sanding down the edges: Paradoxical impediments to organizational change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 35: 8-24.

Paper published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Cincinnati, August 1997.
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Book Chapters

Grant, A.M., Margolis, J.D. & Molinsky, A.L. 2005. Expanding ethical standards of human resource management: Necessary evils and the multiple dimensions of impact, in T. Campbell, R. Macklin & A. Pinnington (Eds.), Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Margolis, J.D. & Molinsky, A.L. 2005. Three practical challenges of moral leadership. In D. Rhode (Ed.) Moral Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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Cross-Cultural Code-Switching

Refereed Journals

Molinsky, A.L. A situational approach for assessing and teaching acculturation. Journal of Management Education. Forthcoming.

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Molinsky, A.L. & Perunovic, W.Q.E. 2008. Training wheels for cultural learning: Poor language fluency and its shielding effect on the evaluation of culturally inappropriate behavior. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27:284-289.
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Molinsky, A.L. 2007. Cross-cultural code-switching: The psychological challenges of adapting behavior in foreign cultural interactions. Academy of Management Review, 32: 622-640.
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Molinsky, A.L. 2005. Language fluency and the evaluation of cultural faux pas: The case of Russians interviewing for jobs in the United States. Social Psychology Quarterly, 68: 103-120.
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Molinsky, A.L., Krabbenhoft, M., Ambady, N. & Choi, Y.S. 2005. Cracking the nonverbal code: Intercultural competence and the diagnosis of gestures across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36: 380-395.
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