About Dr. Andiappan

Meena Andiappan is an Assistant Professor of Management & Organization at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. She was previously an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Montpellier Business School, France. She received her doctorate in Organization Studies from Boston College. Her work has been published in Academy of Management Review, Health Services Management Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, and PLOS One, amongst other outlets. Dr. Andiappan's research focuses on the intersections of ethics, emotions, AI, and health. Her current projects include theoretical studies on healthcare workers' moral emotions; quantitative work on jealousy, envy, and ostracism; longitudinal qualitative work on misconduct evolution; the effects on necessary evil enactment on healthcare workers; and attitudes towards AI in healthcare organizations. She is a phenomenon-driven researcher. 

 Dr. Andiappan has received funding for her research from numerous SSHRC grants and the University of Toronto-University of Manchester Joint Translational Centre for Digital Health. She works with scholars across Europe and North America. Her work, published in the Academy of Management Review, has been featured in AOM Insights, which translates academic findings into useful insights for managers and practitioners. Her papers and review work have won several awards at conferences such as AOM and EURAM. She regularly publishes case studies for classroom use based on her research findings. Her work has received media attention from the World Economic Forum, ScienceAlert, Zoomer, Phys.org, Daily Maverick, Flipboard, Newsify (App), ScienceX, Business Insider, Knowable, and Discover magazine. Dr. Andiappan's recent work on prosocial behaviors and mental health has received attention from various media morning shows, such as Global News and CBC Radio's Fresh Air, where she provided interviews reaching audiences across Canada.