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TAO Houyong
Date:2025-03-21



TAO, Houyong

Professor

Department of Technological Economics & Innovation Management

Email: taohouyong@whu.edu.cn

Phone: 027-68753203

PhD, Business Administration, Nanjing University, China (2006-2009)



TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Teaching Focusing: Organizational Behavior and Management; Organizational Behavior; Behavioral Science Research Methods

Research Areas: Organizational Behavior; Human Resource Management


ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2022-Present  Wuhan University, Professor

2009-2022  Wuhan University, Associate Professor


INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-2015  Visiting Scholar, San Diego State University, USA


MANAGERAL AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Executive Director of Hubei Society of Human Resources (2018 to date)

Member of Academy of Management (AOM)

The International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR)

Special Assistant to Representative of IACMR for Europe "Special Assistant to Representative of IACMR for Europe"


CONSULTING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE (GOVERNMENT OR CORPORATE)


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (International)

Field top journals:

Ling Li, Houyong Tao (corresponding author). Leveraging employee creativity through playfulness climate: The mediating role of working smart[J]. Social Behavior and PersonalityForthcoming

Other journals

Journal Papers (Domestic)

Tao Houyong, Zhang Juan, Liu Yiting. External supervision, face need and commitment upgrade of corporate executives [J]. Nankai Management Review, 2019,22 (04) : 199-211+224.

Tao Houyong, Zhang Juan, Li Ling. The impact of differential leadership on employees' pro-social behavior [J]. China Industrial Economy, 2016,3:114-129. (Reprinted by Academic Digest of Colleges and Universities, 2016,3:45-47.)

Tao Houyong, WU Qianqian, HU Wenfang. Research on the impact of paradoxical Leadership Behavior on employee creativity [J]. Management Review, 202, 34(02) : 215-227. (in Chinese)

Tao Houyong, Shi Jingxian, Zhang Meng. Sustainable entrepreneurship realization mechanism of platform-based transformation enterprises from the perspective of attention: a case study based on Shenglong Group boss System. Foreign Economy and Management, 2012, 8:24-41.

Tao Houyong, Huang Liangliang, Cao Wei. Are obedient and ambitious employees more likely to succeed? Analysis of JD-R model [J]. Human Resource Management Review, 2021(02) : 75-88.

Tao Houyong, Chen Shaojia. Humility vs. Authority: A Comparative study on the Influence of Leadership Style on Proactive and Compliant Behavior of New Generation Employees [J]. Luo Jia Management Review, 2022(05) : 107-123.

Tao Houyong, Cao Wei. Principle and Application of polynomial regression and Response Surface Analysis [J]. Statistics and Decision, 20, 36(08) : 36-40.

Tao Houyong (#), Han Lingling, Zhang Juan. How to achieve work prosperity? The benefits of work support and family support [J]. China Human Resources Development, 2019, (03): 117-132.

Tao Houyong, Cao Wei. Leader-following Behavior Model Based on Dual psychological Orientation and its empirical Research [J]. Luo Jia Management Review, 2019,21 (1) : 91-108.

[Tao Houyong. Research on Training model of Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents in Universities: A case study of Hubei Province.] Education Modernization, 2018, (7) : 19-20.

Tao Houyong, Sun Weimin. Research on innovation of engineering talent development strategy in Mobile Internet era [J]. Journal of Jiangsu University (Social Science Edition), 2018, 20 (2) : 55-62. (in Chinese)

Tao Houyong, Yang Tianfei. The Evolution of "Differential Pattern" Theory and Its impact on Enterprises and Countermeasures [J]. Learning and Practice, 2016, 10:16-25.

Tao Houyong, Li Ling. The Cross-boundary "Double-edged Sword" of Executive Identity and the growth of Private Enterprises [J]. Management Review, 2016,28 (10) : 153-168.

Tao Houyong, Yang Tianfei. Research on the application of flipped classroom and micro-course teaching method in HRM major [J]. Education and Teaching Forum, 2016, 21:196-197.

Tao Houyong, Hu Wenfang. Research on the impact of social comparison exchange relationship on career success of New Generation employees [J]. Journal of Management, 2015,12 (12) : 1764-1772. (Renmin University Photocopy of Enterprise Management Research, 04, 2016)

Tao Houyong, Zhang Juan, Li Ling. The driving force of innovation investment of small and medium-sized private enterprises: Government subsidies or credit financing: Empirical evidence from small and medium-sized board enterprises in Shenzhen Stock Market [J]. Science and Technology Progress and Countermeasures, 2015,32 (22) : 83-88.

Tao Houyong, Hu Wenfang, Guo Qiqian. Research on the formation path of new employee followership in the process of Superior/Subordinate interaction [J]. China Human Resources Development, 2015,15:24-33.

Tao Houyong, Hu Wenfang, Li Ling. Measurement of identity "differential pattern" and its effects [J]. East China Economic Management, 2015,29 (6) :170-179. (in Chinese)

Tao Houyong, Zhang Juan. Research on the influence mechanism of Dual-track Employment System on Employees' Sustainable Engagement [J]. Luo Jia Management Review, 2015, 1:179-191.

Tao Houyong, Li Wei, Chen Jian 'an, Li Ling. Research on leader-follower interaction: from the perspective of dual psychological orientation [J]. China Industrial Economics, 2014, 12:104-117.


Cases and Practical Papers

Conference Papers (International)

Textbooks


Monography

Tao Houyong. Research on the Impact of Employee Relationship on Organizational Behavior [M]. China Social Sciences Press, May 2016 (Only)


Others

Book Chapter

Yanping Li and Xiyuan Li, eds. Human Resource Management (3rd edition) [M]. Wuhan University Press, December 2020 (Participated in: Chapters 10 and 12, total 50,000 words)

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

2023-2026 Formation Mechanism and Frugal Innovation Tracking of Adversity Bricolage Dual Models in SMEs during Digital Transformation, National Science Foundation Grant, CNY450,000 (Grant # 72272116)

2019-2022 Staying True to the Fun: Multiple Impact Effects of Playfulness in Teams and Coping Strategies, National Science Foundation Grant, CNY480,000 (Grant # 71872134)

2015-2018 The Mechanism of Leader-Follower Behavioral Interaction on New Employees' Followership: A Dyadic Psychological Positioning Perspective, National Science Foundation Grant, CNY572,000 (Grant # 71472140)

2011-2013 The Mechanism of the Impact of Employees' 'Differential Order Pattern' on Their Engagement, National Science Foundation Grant, CNY180,000 (Grant # 71002099) (Rated as "Excellent" by the National Natural Science Foundation of China upon completion)

2015-2017 Research on the Development Mechanism of Engineering and Technology Talents in the Mobile Internet Era: From the Perspective of Industry-University-Research Collaboration, Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Special Task Project (Engineering and Technology Talent Training Research), CNY100,000 (Grant # 15JDGC016)

2019-2023 Research on Organizational Change and Its Management in a Changing Environment, National Science Foundation Key Project, CNY2,250,000 (Grant # 71832006) (Participant)

2021-2023 Research on the Long-term Mechanism of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Poverty Alleviation in Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology Soft Science Research Project (General), CNY50,000 (Grant # 2021JDR0179)

2019-2020 Research on the Implementation Path of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Poverty Alleviation in Hubei Province from the Perspective of Breaking Involution, Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology Soft Science Research Project (General), CNY30,000 (Grant # 2019ADC138)

2016-2017 Investigation of Entrepreneurship Education in Hubei Universities and Research on Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talent Training Models, Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology Soft Science Research Project (General), CNY50,000 (Grant # 2016ADC067)

Corporate-funded grants

International collaborative grants

AWARDS AND HONORS

EDITORIAL BOARDS

REFEREE SERVICES

National Natural Science Foundation communications review expert              

Journal of Management Science

Nankai Management Review                            

INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE