Alpha Lab

Amrit Panda

Amrit Panda

PhD Student

Exploring how personality, morality and environmental ambiguity shape entrepreneurial strategy and market creation using econometric modeling, linguistic analysis, and comparative qualitative research.

Mahija Ratnoo

Mahija Ratnoo

PhD Student

Exploring the intersection of behavioral psychology and data analytics to understand how leadership traits influence organizational outcomes and strategic decision-making.

Publications

Founders

Leadership & Open Science

Personality & Behavior

Organization Science (2025)
Courting the Sharks: The Influence of CEO Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry on New Venture Funding
1 citations
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (2023)
Do the Personal Attributes of CEOs Matter in the IPO Pricing Process? An Examination of Charisma and Humility
19 citations
The Leadership Quarterly (2022)
Let's Agree About Nice Leaders: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Agreeableness and Its Relationship with Leadership Outcomes
98 citations
Best Paper Nominee; Featured in The Economist
Journal of Management (2023)
Improving Our Field Through Code and Data Sharing
5 citations
Invited editorial
Emerald Publishing (2024)
The SMART Tool: Encouraging Standardized and Replicable Research in Management to Enhance Credibility
Social Psychological and Personality Science (2017)
A Snapshot of the Life as Lived: Wearable Cameras in Social and Personality Psychological Science
83 citations
European Journal of Psychological Assessment (2020)
Personality Assessment Through the Situational and Behavioral Features of Instagram Photos
29 citations
APA Books (2020)
Wearable Cameras, Machine Vision, and Big Data Analytics: Insights into People and the Places They Go
20 citations
Frontiers in Psychology (2020)
Commentary: Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence from Three Time-Use-Diary Studies
24 citations
Journal of Homosexuality (2020)
Increased Support for Same-Sex Marriage in the US: Disentangling Age, Period, and Cohort Effects
49 citations
Journal of Adolescence (2021)
Worldwide Increases in Adolescent Loneliness
409 citations
Cited in U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory; Featured in The Washington Post
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (2021)
Associations Between Adolescent Depression and Self-Harm Behaviors and Screen Media Use in a Nationally Representative Time-Diary Study
50 citations

Contact

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas