TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Organizational Behavior (Proactivity, voice, leadership, and newcomer socialization)

Human Resources Management (Employee learning, rewarding, training, and developing)

AI-based interdisciplinary research (Human-AI collaboration, human-AI teams, and AI threat)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Wuhan University, 2024.10 - now

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, 2021.10 - 2024.09

Research Assistant, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2019.12 – 2021.04

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (International)

Li, C. J., Li, H., Dong, J., Li, K., & Tao, H. (2025). I Can’t Keep It to Myself Much Longer! How daily affective shifts shape employees’ constructive and destructive voice behaviors. Journal of Business Research, 189, 115130.

Xu, C., Li, K., Li, C. J., Xu, H., & Sun, Y. (2024). Covid-19 pandemic, social normative compliance, and sustainable consumption: Evidence from experiments. Social Science & Medicine, 351, 116952.

Li, C. J., Li, F., Chen, T., & Crant, J. M. (2022). Proactive personality and promotability: Mediating roles of promotive and prohibitive voice and moderating roles of organizational politics and leader-member exchange. Journal of Business Research, 145, 253-267.

Wei, Z., Li, C. J.*, Li, F., & Chen, T. (2021). How proactive personality affects psychological strain and job performance: The moderating role of leader–member exchange. Personality and Individual Differences, 179, 110910. (equal contribution to the first author)

Li, C. J.*, Li, F., Fan, P., & Chen, K. (2020). Voicing out or switching away? A psychological climate perspective on customers’ intentional responses to service failure. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 85, 102361.

Conference Papers (International)

Li, C. J.*, Li, K., Huang, X., & Dong, J. (2024). Employee Deep Learning and Surface Learning in the Workplace. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 19150). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management. Chicago, USA.

Li, C. J.* (2023). Leadership Influence and Newcomer Socialization: Dual-path Model of Servant and Directive Leadership. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 14044). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Boston, USA.

Li, C. J.*, Li, H., & Dong, J. (2023). How Daily Affective Shift Can Shape Employees’ Constructive and Destructive Voice Behaviors. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 13994). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Boston, USA.

Li, C. J.*, Xu, E., & Huang, Xu. (2023). Let It Go and Bounce Back! Action-oriented (vs. State-oriented) Rumination Increases Employees’ Positive Mood and Job Performance After Customer Mistreatment Experience. International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) biennial conference. Hong Kong, China.

Li, C. J.* (2023). Leadership influence and newcomer socialization: A dual-process model of servant leadership, directive leadership, and newcomer job performance. International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) biennial conference. Hong Kong, China.

Sheetal, A., Li, C. J., & Li, F. (2022). Which Traits and Leadership Styles Best Predict Job Performance? A Machine Learning Approach. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 11213). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Seattle, USA.

Li, H., Shen, Q., Li, C. J., Wei, Z. S., & Liu, L. (2022). How and When Does Performance-Prove Goal Orientation Promote Creativity. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 13676). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Seattle, USA.

Li, C. J.*, Deng, H., & Wang, Y. (2019). Anticipated guilt and proactive behaviors: A discrepancy-regulation model. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 16141). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Boston, USA.

Li, C. J.*, Li, F., Chen, T., & Crant, M. (2019). A dual-stage moderated model linking proactive personality to career success in adverse situations. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 16002). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Boston, USA.

Bai, Y. & Li, C. J. (2020). How and when expertise dependence on leader hinders creative performance: Roles of leader-member exchange and elaboration of supervisory information. International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) biennial conference. Xi’an, China.

Li, C. J.*(2019). Flying against the wind through promotive voice: Proactive personality and promotability under adverse situations. International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) methods workshop. Harbin, China.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund Project, 2024-2026.

PI, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2023-2024.

AWARDS AND HONORS

First Prize in the 12th Young Teachers’ Teaching Competition at Wuhan University (2024)

Second Prize in the Young Teachers’ Teaching Competition at the School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2024)

Second Prize Nationally in the 2nd China Graduate Student Enterprise Management Innovation Competition (Advisor) (2024)

Excellent Teacher in the Annual Assessment at the School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2023)

Top 10 in Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation at the School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2023)

Excellent Paper Award at the Annual Conference of Hubei Human Resources Society (2023)

First Prize in the Wuhan University Students Empowering SMEs Innovation Competition (Advisor) (2023)

Third Prize in the 11th Young Teachers’ Teaching Competition at Wuhan University (2022)

First Prize in the Young Teachers’ Teaching Competition at the School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2022)

Outstanding PhD Graduate in Shaanxi Province (2022)

Best Reviewer Award from the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) (2021)

Excellent Paper Award at the Annual Conference of China Human Resources Development Association (2021)

Special Scholarship at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2020)

Li Huaizu Scholarship at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2020)

Outstanding Graduate Student at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2017, 2020)

Outstanding Graduate Student Leader at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2017)

Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate in Beijing (2016)

National Scholarship, Ministry of Education. (2015)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Editorial Board member (2024-now)

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Reviewer

Journal of Business Research, Reviewer

Applied Psychology, Reviewer

International Journal of Hospitality Management, Reviewer

Personality and Individual Differences, Reviewer

Academy of Management (AOM), Reviewer

International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Reviewer

MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS

Academy of Management (AOM), Member

International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Member

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Member

INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE