Tyler G. Okimoto
Yale School of Management
135 Prospect Street
P.O. Box 208200
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8200
United States
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Phone: (203) 432-6032
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Tyler Okimoto's research investigates reactions to deviations from normative expectations, and the relationship between perceived norm violations and people's understanding of what is "just" and "unjust." Why and when do norm violations demand "justice," eliciting the desire for punitive (or reparative) sanctions? What psychological motives influence people's attitudes and behaviors under such conditions? Dr. Okimoto approaches these questions in intragroup and intergroup contexts, attempting to better understand individual responses to deviance by examining people's underlying desire to protect, restore, and develop their social identities. From this perspective, his work examines reactions to and preferences for various justice interventions (e.g., apologies, punishment, compensation, forgiveness, restorative conferencing, etc.) following norm violations and rule-breaking more generally. Dr. Okimoto also conducts research investigating stereotype-based expectations, and the processes by which such expectations can lead to bias in organizational settings.
 Journal Articles:
 Heilman M. E., & Okimoto, T. G. (2008). Motherhood: A potential source of bias in employment decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(1), 189-198.
- Heilman, M. E., & Okimoto, T. G. (2007). Why are women penalized for success at male tasks? The implied communality deficit. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92(1), 81-92.
- Okimoto, T. G. (in press). The moderating and mediating role of group identification in observers' reactions to intragroup disrespect. European Journal of Social Psychology.
- Okimoto, T. G. (2008). Outcomes as affirmation of membership value: Material compensation as an administrative response to procedural injustice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44(5), 1270-1282.
- Okimoto, T. G., & Tyler, T. R. (2007). Is compensation enough? Relational concerns in responding to unintended inequity. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 10(3), 399-420.
- Okimoto, T. G., & Wenzel, M. (in press). Punishment as restoration of group and offender values following a transgression: Value consensus through symbolic labelling and offender reform. European Journal of Social Psychology.
- Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T. G., Feather, N. T., & Platow, M. J. (2008). Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 375-389.
Other Publications:
- Okimoto, T. G., & Wenzel (2008). The symbolic meaning of transgressions: Towards a unifying framework of justice restoration. In K. A. Hegtvedt & J. Clay-Warner (Eds.), Advances in Group Processes: Justice (Vol. 25, pp. 291-326). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
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