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Mr. Arobindu Dash

Lecturer

M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (University of Dhaka)
B.S. (Honors) in Psychology (University of Dhaka)

Room # 921 |   Ext # 128
E-mail: arobindu.psy@iubat.edu

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology. Born and raised in Bangladesh, I earned a master’s degree (with thesis) in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a bachelor’s (honors) in Psychology from University of Dhaka, with Jagannath Hall Gold Medal for academic excellence.

I have more than six years of research and teaching experience in academia. I joined first the Canadian University of Bangladesh and then the United International University as a part-time faculty member. I have also been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Cambridge Judge Business School in the United Kingdom.

My academic inquiries currently focus on the people side of entrepreneurship and economic development. More specifically, I seek to understand how psychological factors (e.g., psychology theory-based interventions) bolster entrepreneurial actions (e.g., entrepreneurial orientation, mindset, intention and behavior) which eventually facilitate economic outcomes (e.g., tackling unemployment, job creation, poverty reduction). My career goal is to apply psychological science for the public good. My research has contributed to the Psychology and Business literature with over 30 papers in top leading journals like Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Scientific Reports amongst others. My work has been cited over 1,600 times and continues to show an upward trend.

In addition to my research and teaching, I was a developmental entrepreneurship consultant for the World Bank, USA. Outside of academia, I enjoy exploring natural sites with my family, running, and playing Cricket.

M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Dhaka, (Bangladesh)
B.S. (Honours) in Psychology, University of Dhaka, (Bangladesh)

  • General Psychology
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Consumer and Buyer Behaviour
  • Business Research Methodology
  • Entrepreneurial Methods
  • Modern Living

Research Impact:

  • Total Peer reviewed publications (N) = 32
  • Citations = 1610* (*Google Scholar)
  • h-index = 17
  • i10-index = 21

 

Selected Publications:

#indicates big team science, such as the PsyCorona Collaboration, iCARE Study Team etc.

  1. Douglas et al., (2023). Identifying Important Individual-and Country-Level Predictors of Conspiracy Theorizing: A Machine Learning Analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology,53(6), 1191–1203.
  2. Stephan et. al., (2023). Act or wait-and-see? Adversity, agility, and entrepreneur wellbeing across countries during the Covid-19 pandemic. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(3), pp.682-723.
  3. Dash, A. & Gielnik, M. M. (2022). Entrepreneurship as a tool to tackle graduate youth unemployment in developing economies: The role of action-oriented entrepreneurship training. In I. W. Katono (Ed.), Promoting Entrepreneurship to Reduce Graduate Unemployment (pp. 1-24). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  4. Nisa et al., (2021). Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-12.

 

Psychology Field Contributions:

  1. Van Lissa et al., (2022). Using machine learning to identify important predictors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors during the early phase of the pandemic. Patterns, 3(4), 1-14.
  2. Van Breen et al., (2022). Lockdown lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships among feelings of loneliness, social contacts, and solidarity during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), pp.1315-1330.
  3. #Lucas et al., (2022). Justice beliefs and cultural values predict support for COVID-19 vaccination and quarantine behavioral mandates: a multilevel cross- national study. Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research, 12 (2), 284–290.
  4. Enea et al., (2022). Intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19: The role of prosociality and conspiracy beliefs across 20 countries. Health Communication, 1-10.
  5. Eisenbeck et al., (2022). An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaning-centered coping style. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 22(1), 100256.
  6. #Joyal-Desmarais et al., (2022). How well do covariates perform when adjusting for sampling bias in online COVID-19 research? Insights from multiverse analyses. European Journal of Epidemiology, 37(12), 1233-1250.
  7. Schumpe et al., (2022). Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-12.
  8. Randall et al., (2022). Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(1), 3-33.
  9. Mula et al., (2022). Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, 100028.
  10. Keng et al., (2022). COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries. Preventive Medicine Reports, 27, 101764.
  11. Resta et al., (2022). ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 332-347.
  12. Stroebe et al., (2021). Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence. PLOS ONE, 16(10), e0256740.
  13. Kirby et al., (2021). Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international approach. International Journal of Psychology, 57 (1), 49-62.
  14. #Han et al., (2021). Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine, 1-11.
  15. #Han et al., (2021). Associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and mental health during the pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders, 284, 247-255.
  16. #Romano et al., (2021). Cooperation and trust across societies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(7), 622-642.
  17. Jin et al., (2021). Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110535.
  18. #Lemay Jr et al., (2021). The role of values in coping with health and economic threats of COVID-19. The Journal of Social Psychology, 1-18.
  19. #Leander et al., (2020). Towards a globally collaborative behavioral science: An organizational approach from pandemic psychology. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 78(2), 2-5.
  20. Dash, A. and Roy, M., (2019). How does Abstract Reasoning Influence Consumer Buying Motive?. The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 7(1), 70-78.
  21. Goni et al., (2019). Medium‐term effect of early life weather shock on non‐verbal intelligence of Sidr affected children. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(1), 61-69.
  22. Roy et al., (2018). Consumers‟ buying motive assessment tool: rational versus emotional. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 32 (2), 15-25.
  23. Roy et al., (2018). Impact of consumer socialization agents on product involvement among different age groups of consumers. Bangladesh Psychological Studies, 28, 1-10.
  24. Dash, A., & Singha, B. (2016). The translation, adaptation and validation of the Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire in Bangladesh. The Dhaka University Journal of Psychology, 40, 40-56.

Business Field Contributions:

  1. #Ibanescu et. al., (2023). The evolution of job insecurity in spatial contexts in Europe during COVID-19 pandemic. International Regional Science Review, 46(5-6), 552-576.
  2. Stephan et. al., (2021). Agility or Wait-and- See? How the Covid-19 Crisis Impacts Entrepreneurs’ Well-being across Countries. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 11848). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  3. Stephan et.al., (2021). Entrepreneurship during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A global study of entrepreneurs' challenges, resilience, and well-being. King’s Business School Covid-19 Research Impact Papers, 4, 1-62.
  4. Bhuiyan, M. N. U., & Dash, A. (2019). The problems of garments’ workers in Bangladesh: a survey. The Cost and Management, 47 (2), 20-24.

Awards

  • Jagannath Hall Gold Medal-2016, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • University of Dhaka Undergraduate Merit Scholarship-2015, Bangladesh
  • Comilla Board (12th grade) Merit Scholarship-2011, Bangladesh
  • Comilla Board (10th grade) Merit Scholarship-2009, Bangladesh