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Tyler Okimoto
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# Tyler Okimoto

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2443
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/leaders

Professor

# Tyler Okimoto

Email:
:   [t.okimoto@business.uq.edu.au](mailto:t.okimoto@business.uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 334 68059](tel:+61 7 334 68059)

## Positions

Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
:   UQ Cyber Research Centre
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Associate Dean (Academic)
:   Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

## Overview

### Background

TYLER OKIMOTO is a Professor and Associate Dean (Academic) for the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law at the University of Queensland. He received his Ph.D. in Organisational Psychology from New York University in 2005, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Psychology at Flinders University in Australia, and in the School of Management at Yale University.

Tyler's research aims to better facilitate collaboration and consensus between diverse points of view, and to understand the role of leadership in overcoming those challenges. He often examines consensus/collaboration as a conduit for social justice in organisations and society, both how a lack of consensus contributes to injustice and inequality, and how people can effectively collaborate to move past conflict and repair harmonious relationships.

He is also an award-winning educator, teaching both traditional and online/blended courses on leadership, human resources, conflict/negotiation, and decision-making in the Undergraduate, MBA, and Executive levels. He was also the Program Director and Academic Lead Designer of UQ’s MicroMasters Program in Business Leadership, a series of five postgraduate-level MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses); in its first year, this program reached over 60,000 learners from 193 different countries, and was a 2019 finalist for the global edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions to Online Education.

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### Availability

Professor Tyler Okimoto is:
:   Not available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Qualifications

- Bachelor of Psychology, The University of California, Santa Barbara
- Masters (Coursework), New York University
- Doctor of Philosophy, New York University

### Research interests

- #### Understanding ethical “grey areas”

  – antecedents and consequences of diverging reactions to deviance and diverse views about moral behavior.

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- #### Building moral consensus

  – bridging disagreement and divergent perspectives on injustice/conflict; promoting trust and value consensus within and between groups; improving the long-term effectiveness of prosocial responses to scandals, deviance, incivility, injustice, victimization, etc.

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- #### Justice repair

  – understanding and reconciling diverse ideas about what is required to do “justice” in the aftermath of a transgression (e.g., compensation, punishment, forgiveness, apologies, revenge, restorative conferencing).

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- #### Social disadvantage and inequality

  – understanding stigma and inequity in social, organizational, educational, and political domains, esp. how cognitive biases undermine the advancement of women in leadership.

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### Research impacts

Tyler's published work has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the UK Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, Good Morning America, Netflix Explained, SBS Insights, PBS News, ABC Radio, US National Public Radio, and the Hidden Brain podcast. His work has also been featured in a number of policy reports, inculding the American Association of University Women 2010 report, ‘*[Why so few? Women in STEM](https://www.aauw.org/research/why-so-few/)*’; Harvard University's '*[Gender Action Portal](https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/)*', aimed at closing gender gaps in business, politics, health, and education; and the National Academies Press 2014 policy report promoting equal opportunity in the U.S. military.

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## Works

[Search Professor Tyler Okimoto’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/89236)

[All
(89)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2443/all)
[Journal Article
(77)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2443/4748)
[Conference Publication
(6)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2443/4751)
[Book Chapter
(6)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2443/4752)

Featured

2024

Journal Article

##### How identity impacts bystander responses to workplace mistreatment

Gloor, Jamie L., Okimoto, Tyler G., Li, Xinxin, Gazdag, Brooke A. and Ryan, Michelle K. (2024). How identity impacts bystander responses to workplace mistreatment. Journal of Management, 50 (7), 2641-2674. doi: 10.1177/01492063231177976

[How identity impacts bystander responses to workplace mistreatment](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0d628be)

2024

Journal Article

##### Profiles of diversity and inclusion motivation: toward an employee‐centered understanding of why employees put effort into inclusion and exclusion

Dawson, Niamh E. A., Parker, Stacey L. and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2024). Profiles of diversity and inclusion motivation: toward an employee‐centered understanding of why employees put effort into inclusion and exclusion. Human Resource Management, 63 (1), 45-66. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22186

[Profiles of diversity and inclusion motivation: toward an employee‐centered understanding of why employees put effort into inclusion and exclusion](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0e62b77)

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2022

Journal Article

##### Interpersonal transgressions and psychological loss: understanding moral repair as dyadic, reciprocal, and interactionist

Woodyatt, Lydia, Wenzel, Michael, Okimoto, Tyler and Thai, Michael (2022). Interpersonal transgressions and psychological loss: understanding moral repair as dyadic, reciprocal, and interactionist. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.018

[Interpersonal transgressions and psychological loss: understanding moral repair as dyadic, reciprocal, and interactionist](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:450f1bf)

Featured

2021

Journal Article

##### Downstream Consequences of Post-Transgression Responses: A Motive-Attribution Framework

Gollwitzer, Mario and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2021). Downstream Consequences of Post-Transgression Responses: A Motive-Attribution Framework. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 25 (4) 108886832110070, 1-20. doi: 10.1177/10888683211007021

[Downstream Consequences of Post-Transgression Responses: A Motive-Attribution Framework](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1c8e981)

Featured

2020

Journal Article

##### Evidence that investors penalize female founders for lack of industry fit

Kanze, Dana, Conley, Mark A., Okimoto, Tyler G., Phillips, Damon J. and Merluzzi, Jennifer (2020). Evidence that investors penalize female founders for lack of industry fit. Science Advances, 6 (48) abd7664, eabd7664. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7664

[Evidence that investors penalize female founders for lack of industry fit](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b863527)

Featured

2010

Journal Article

##### The price of power: Power seeking and backlash against female politicians

Okimoto, Tyler G. and Brescoll, Victoria L. (2010). The price of power: Power seeking and backlash against female politicians. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36 (7), 923-936. doi: 10.1177/0146167210371949

[The price of power: Power seeking and backlash against female politicians](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:243508)

Featured

2008

Journal Article

##### Retributive and restorative justice

Wenzel, Michael, Okimoto, Tyler G., Feather Norman T. and Platow, Michael J. (2008). Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behavior, 32 (5), 375-389. doi: 10.1007/s10979-007-9116-6

[Retributive and restorative justice](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:243518)

Featured

2007

Journal Article

##### Why are women penalized for success at male tasks?: The implied communality deficit

Heilman, Madeline E. and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2007). Why are women penalized for success at male tasks?: The implied communality deficit. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92 (1), 81-92. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.81

[Why are women penalized for success at male tasks?: The implied communality deficit](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:243522)

2026

Journal Article

##### Refusing to forgive can have psychological benefits

Quinney, Blake, Zubielevitch, Elena and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2026). Refusing to forgive can have psychological benefits. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 122 104848, 104848. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2025.104848

[Refusing to forgive can have psychological benefits](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5ddba8d)

2026

Journal Article

##### How diversity and disadvantage frames shape employee reactions to affirmative action: Social identity threat, stereotype threat, and fairness perceptions

Greig, Samantha M., von Hippel, Courtney and Okimoto, Tyler (2026). How diversity and disadvantage frames shape employee reactions to affirmative action: Social identity threat, stereotype threat, and fairness perceptions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 122 104831, 104831-122. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2025.104831

[How diversity and disadvantage frames shape employee reactions to affirmative action: Social identity threat, stereotype threat, and fairness perceptions](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ecf3b5c)

2025

Journal Article

##### Conditional but Collaborative: Offering Offenders Voice Improves Their Engagement With the Conditions of Forgiveness

Quinney, Blake, Okimoto, Tyler G. and Zubielevitch, Elena (2025). Conditional but Collaborative: Offering Offenders Voice Improves Their Engagement With the Conditions of Forgiveness. Social Psychological and Personality Science 19485506251385274. doi: 10.1177/19485506251385274

[Conditional but Collaborative: Offering Offenders Voice Improves Their Engagement With the Conditions of Forgiveness](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:979c3da)

2025

Book Chapter

##### Indigenous perspectives on workplace inclusion in Australia

Cooms, Samantha and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2025). Indigenous perspectives on workplace inclusion in Australia. International perspectives of diversity, equity, and inclusion. (pp. 11-26) edited by Eden King, Quinetta Roberson and Mikki Hebl. Leeds, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-83708-960-420251002

[Indigenous perspectives on workplace inclusion in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fac2ff4)

2025

Journal Article

##### Examining Motivational Profiles of Forgiveness in the Workplace: An Employee-Centered Approach

Okimoto, Tyler G., Low, Eng Zhi, Dawson, Niamh, Zubielevitch, Elena, Thai, Michael and Wenzel, Michael (2025). Examining Motivational Profiles of Forgiveness in the Workplace: An Employee-Centered Approach. Journal of Business Ethics. doi: 10.1007/s10551-025-06128-0

[Examining Motivational Profiles of Forgiveness in the Workplace: An Employee-Centered Approach](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f517532)

2025

Journal Article

##### Transformative moral repair following interpersonal transgressions: post-transgression relationship growth

Quinney, Blake, Wenzel, Michael, Okimoto, Tyler G., Thai, Michael and Woodyatt, Lydia (2025). Transformative moral repair following interpersonal transgressions: post-transgression relationship growth. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1461672251358619. doi: 10.1177/01461672251358619

[Transformative moral repair following interpersonal transgressions: post-transgression relationship growth](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:24cc248)

2025

Journal Article

##### Empathy expectations: trait empathy exacerbates apologetic offenders' negative reactions to non‐forgiveness

Quinney, Blake, Wenzel, Michael, Thai, Michael, Okimoto, Tyler and Woodyatt, Lydia (2025). Empathy expectations: trait empathy exacerbates apologetic offenders' negative reactions to non‐forgiveness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64 (3) e70001, e70001. doi: 10.1111/bjso.70001

[Empathy expectations: trait empathy exacerbates apologetic offenders' negative reactions to non‐forgiveness](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ae5c8c7)

2025

Journal Article

##### Conflicting loyalties: cognitive abstraction drives whistleblowing behavior among those who value loyalty

van Houwelingen, Gijs, Bobocel, D. Ramona and Okimoto, Tyler (2025). Conflicting loyalties: cognitive abstraction drives whistleblowing behavior among those who value loyalty. Social Justice Research, 38 (1), 48-74. doi: 10.1007/s11211-024-00447-9

[Conflicting loyalties: cognitive abstraction drives whistleblowing behavior among those who value loyalty](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7489fc5)

2025

Journal Article

##### The social psychology of justice repair

Okimoto, Tyler G. and Gollwitzer, Mario (2025). The social psychology of justice repair. Annual Review of Psychology, 76 (1), 693-716. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-030124-114525

[The social psychology of justice repair](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9e773f5)

2024

Journal Article

##### Recovery and recidivism: the aftermath of helping the organization unethically

Yan, Hongmin, Okimoto, Tyler G. and Solnet, David (2024). Recovery and recidivism: the aftermath of helping the organization unethically. Journal of Business and Psychology, 40 (3) 103911, 753-767. doi: 10.1007/s10869-024-09988-x

[Recovery and recidivism: the aftermath of helping the organization unethically](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c51202e)

2024

Journal Article

##### Keeping score: past victimization reduces offenders’ conciliatory sentiments for their present transgressions

Thai, Michael, Wenzel, Michael, Quinney, Blake, Woodyatt, Lydia and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2024). Keeping score: past victimization reduces offenders’ conciliatory sentiments for their present transgressions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54 (6), 1228-1246. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.3075

[Keeping score: past victimization reduces offenders’ conciliatory sentiments for their present transgressions](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:66d196a)

2024

Conference Publication

##### What do we actually do to include each other: Exploring the content of employee inclusion behaviors

Dawson, Niamh, Okimoto, Tyler Gene, Parker, Stacey L. and Steffens, Niklas (2024). What do we actually do to include each other: Exploring the content of employee inclusion behaviors. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024), Chicago, IL United States, 9-13 August 2024. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2024.19325abstract

[What do we actually do to include each other: Exploring the content of employee inclusion behaviors](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7e0117c)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2024 - 2027

  Mapping the psychology of accent-based discrimination

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/62160)
- 2023 - 2027

  Well-being and Productivity in Metricised Employee Performance Systems

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/57082)

### Past funding

- 2019 - 2022

  Dynamics of forgiveness and self-forgiveness (ARC Discovery Project administered by Flinders University)

  Flinders University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37584)
- 2016

  UQ Business School Research Laboratory

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/28300)
- 2013 - 2016

  Identifying and resolving challenges to the effectiveness of collective apologies (ARC Discovery Project administered by Flinders University)

  Flinders University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15701)
- 2012 - 2013

  Ingroup Bias in the Enactment of Fairness in Organisations

  UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45172)
- 2012

  Why so few women in upper management?: Impression management, social facilitation, and the enactment of stereotypical behaviour

  UQ Early Career Researcher

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13876)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Tyler Okimoto is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Senior academic appointments in STEM: Understanding organisational efforts to progress the careers of women.

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Terrance Fitzsimmons](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1854)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Strengthening Community in Third Places: Developing a Theory-Informed Intervention for Social Connection and Behaviour

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor David Solnet](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/805)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Stereotype threat: The impact of organisational policies on engagement, affect and perceived opportunity for females

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Courtney von Hippel](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1700)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Wellbeing and productivity in algorithmic employee performance systems

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Stacey Parker](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1812), [Professor Martin Edwards](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24802)

#### Completed supervision

- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [From Intent to Impact: Spotlighting the Understudied Role of Employee Inclusivity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:92db6d2)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Stacey Parker](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1812), [Associate Professor Nik Steffens](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2864)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Employee responses to jerks at work: Understanding the underlying motives of justice repair following workplace transgressions](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0e0a036)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Kirsten Way](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/23391)
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Influencing others: Gender matters to third-parties who observe your interactions at work](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:83ab388)

  Principal Advisor
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Knowledge transfer upon repatriation: A qualitative analysis of Malaysian corporate executives](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:406496)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Miriam Moeller](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2556)
- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Enabling Employee Acceptance of Workplace Wearable Devices](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5791a5d)

  Associate Advisor
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Helping the organisation by doing bad things: Frontline service employee unethical pro-organisational behaviour](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b2ecebe)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor David Solnet](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/805)
- 2020

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Playing Favourites: Examining the Nature of Abusive Supervision Dispersion](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ba0a0b6)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Yiqiong Li](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/11667), [Emeritus Professor Neal Ashkanasy](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/319)
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The case for strategic emotional intelligence: Extension and test of a model](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:724327)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Emeritus Professor Neal Ashkanasy](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/319)
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Comparison of barriers to migrant and Australian-born managers' career advancement in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:489886)

  Associate Advisor

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## Media

### Enquiries

Contact Professor Tyler Okimoto directly for media enquiries about:

- Apologies
- Conflict management
- Forgiveness
- Gender bias
- Gender bias in organisations
- Injustice
- Responses to injustice
- Revenge

#### Need help?

For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:

[communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-6826)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/D-6634-2011)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=15769908500)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=vQIyaUcAAAAJ)

## Personal links

- [Personal profile](https://business.uq.edu.au/profile/788/tyler-okimoto)
- [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tyler_Okimoto)
- [Personal Website](https://www.okimoto.com/)

## Social media

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