- Associate Professor
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Academic Background
- PhD, organizational behavior, Stanford University
- MA, counseling psychology, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
Research Interests
Moral attitudes and beliefs; inclusive practices and allyship; neurodiversity and mental health.
Selected Publications
Coll, K., Bain, K., Kreps, T.A., & Tenney, E.R. (2025). Silenced by incivility. Journal of Business Ethics, 198, 107–125..
Phillips, L.T., Kreps, T.A., & Chugh, D. (2024). Different ally motivations lead to different outcomes: How self-transcendence and self-enhancement values predict effectiveness of self-identified allies. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 182, 104333.
Lin, S. C., Reich, T., & Kreps, T. A. (2022). Feeling good or feeling right: Sustaining negative emotion following human suffering. Journal of Marketing Research, 60(3), 543–56.
Bain, K., Kreps, T. A., Meikle, N. L., & Tenney, E. R. (2021; all authors contributing equally). Amplifying voice in organizations. Academy of Management Journal, 64(4), 1288-1312.
Jago, A. S., Kreps, T. A., & Laurin, K. (2019). Collectives in organizations appear less morally motivated than individuals. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(12), 2229–2244.
Kreps, T.A., Laurin, K., & Merritt, A.C. (2017). Hypocritical flip-flop, or courageous evolution? When leaders change their moral minds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(5), 730-752.
Halevy, N., Kreps, T.A., Weisel, O., & Goldenberg, A. (2015). Morality in intergroup conflict. Current Opinion in Psychology, 6, 10-14.
Kreps, T.A., & Monin, B. (2014). Core values vs. common sense: consequentialist explanations appear less rooted in morality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1529-1542.
Kreps, T.A., & Monin, B. (2011). “Doing well by doing good”? Ambivalent moral framing in organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior, 31, 99-123.
Cooper, J.C., Kreps, T.A., Wiebe, T., Pirkl, T., & Knutson, B. (2010). When giving is good: Ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation for others’ outcomes. Neuron, 67, 511-521.
Awards & Honors
Shidler College Faculty Fellow, University of Hawai’i, 2018-2027
Ethics Center Fellow, Stanford University, 2013 and 2014-15
Jaedicke Family Fellowship, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2009
Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 2009
Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement, Stanford University, 2009
Riggs Memorial Prize for Excellence in the Humanities, Yale University, 2006