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Christy Zhou Koval

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Overview

Christy Zhou Koval is an Assistant Professor in the Organizational Behaviour area group. Her primary research focuses on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, stereotyping and bias, and intergroup relations. She also conducts research on motivation and self-regulation.

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Appointment Type

Tenure/Tenure-Track

Academic Area

  • Organizational Behaviour

Interest Topics

  • Behaviour & Psychology
  • Ethics
  • Leadership & Teams
  • Management
  • Social Impact & Sustainability

Faculty Details

Profile

Full Bio

Christy Zhou Koval received her Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and her H.B.A. in Business Administration and M.Sc. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Western University. Her primary research focuses on diversity and inclusion in the workplace,  stereotyping and bias, and intergroup relations. She also conducts research on motivation and self-regulation.

Dr. Koval's work has been published in leading management and social psychology journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Research in Organizational Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,  Psychological Science, Social Psychological and Personality Science, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. She has won the Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award and was a runner-up for the Saroj Parasuraman Outstanding Publication Award at the Academy of Management. She was also a finalist for the AMJ Best Paper Award in 2023. Her research has been covered extensively in news and media outlets, such as CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, and Huffington Post. Dr. Koval currently sits on the editorial review board for the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Business and Psychology.

Prior to joining the Smith Business School, Dr. Koval was a faculty member of the Management department at Michigan State University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Academic Degrees

PhD | Management & Organizations (2016)
Duke University, USA

MSc | Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2010)
HBA (2008)
University of Western Ontario, Canada

Academic Experience

Smith School of Business | Queen's University
Assistant Professor (2025 - Present)

Michigan State University | USA
Assistant Professor (2019-2025)

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology | Hong Kong
Assistant Professor (2016-2019)

Publications

Publications

(Google Scholar citations as of September 2026: 2,363; h-index: 12; i10-index: 12; student and postdoctoral co-authors at the initiation of project denoted by *)

Hideg, I., Shen, W. Koval, C. Z. (2024). Hear, hear! A review of accent discrimination at work. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60, 101906.

Lee, Y. H., Koval, C. Z., & Lee, S.* (2023). The glass wall and the gendered evaluation of role expansion in freelancing careers. Academy of Management Journal, 66, 1042-1070. (FT50)   
+Nominated for 2023 AMJ Best Paper Award (one of three finalists)
+Selected media coverage: The Globe and Mail, Smith Business Insight.

Ma, A., Rosette, A. S. & Koval, C. Z. (2022). Reconciling female agentic advantage and disadvantage with the CADDIS measure of agency. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 2115-2148. (FT50)
+Published as a Journal of Applied Psychology Monograph for the potential to make an exceptional contribution to the literature
+Published as a Journal of Applied Psychology Editor’s Choice Article for the December 2022 issue

Koval, C. Z., & Rosette, A. S. (2021). The natural hair bias in job recruitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 741-750.
+Selected media coverage: CNN, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Poynter.org, Fast Company, World Economic Forum, NAACP Legal Defense Fund. 
+Highlight research in a widely used I/O Psychology textbook: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology (8th edition) by Ronald E. Riggio and Stefanie K. Johnson. 

Tang, S., Koval, C. Z., Larrick, R., & Harris, L. (2020). The morality of organization vs. organized members: Organizations are attributed more control and responsibility for negative outcomes than are equivalent members. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 901-919.

Rosette, A. S., Ponce de Leon, R., Koval, C. Z., & Harrison, D. (2018). Intersectionality: Connecting experiences of gender with race at work. Research in Organizational  Behavior, 38, 1-22. 
+Runner up, The Saroj Parasuraman Outstanding Publication Award, Academy of Management, GDO division

Rosette, A. S. & Koval, C. Z. (2018). Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 283-289.   

Bang, M. H., Koval, C. Z., & Wade-Benzoni, K. A. (2017). It’s the thought that counts over time: The interplay of intent, outcome, stewardship, and legacy motivations in intergenerational reciprocity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 73, 197-210.

Rosette, A. S., Koval, C. Z., Ma, A. & Livingston, R. (2016). Race matters for women leaders: A Comprehensive consideration of agentic deficiencies and penalties. Leadership Quarterly, 27, 429-445. 

Proudfoot, D., Kay, C. A., & Koval, C. Z. (2015). A gender bias in the attribution of creativity: Archival and experimental evidence for the perceived association between masculinity and creative thinking. Psychological Science, 26, 1751-1761.
+A version of this paper won the Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, GDO division
+Selected media coverage: Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Innovation Hub, Psychology Today, Scientific American, Inc. Magazine, Huffington Post, Pacific Standard.

Koval, C. Z., vanDellen, M. R., Fitzsimons, G. M., & Ranby, K. W. (2015). The burden of responsibility: Interpersonal costs of having high self-control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 750-766.
+Selected media coverage: Times Magazine, The Economist, Huffington Post, The Times of  London, NY Magazine, The Atlantic, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Wisconsin Public  Radio, Texas Public Radio, Psychology Today, World Economic Forum.

vanDellen, M. R., Shea, C. T., Davisson, E. K., Koval, C. Z., & Fitzsimons, G. M. (2014). Motivated misperception: Self-regulatory resources affect goal appraisals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 53, 118-124. 

Book Chapters

Koval, C. Z., Wong, H. W.*, Ferris, D. L., Hideg, I. (2026). The hidden costs of DEI work: Understanding identity taxation in contemporary organizations.  In King, E., Roberson, Q., & Hebl, M. (Eds.), Research on Social Issues in Management: A Call to Action: Transforming Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Norms, Leadership Practices, and Mindset (Volume 2). Emerald Publishing.
+Selected media coverage: Smith Business Insight

Publications for Practitioner Audience

Koval, C. Z., Lee, Y. H., & Lee, S. (April 28, 2026). Women who expand their freelance careers hit a different kind of glass ceiling — the glass wall. The Conversation, https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.3cqpxfw6v.

Koval, C. Z. (February 26, 2026). Self-control is a strength, but being too good at discipline can backfire. The Conversation, https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.6apnhvhwk.

  • Reprinted on Smith Business Insight, https://smith.queensu.ca/insight/content/self-control-is-asuperpower-with-a-dark-side.php. 
  • Translated for The Conversation French edition. https://theconversation.com/la-maitrise-de-soi-estune-force-mais-un-exces-de-discipline-peut-se-retourner-contre-nous-281897 

Lee, Y. H., Koval, C. Z., & Lee, S.* (April 11, 2023). How the “Glass Wall” Can Hold Female Freelancers Back. Harvard Business Review, digital article. https://hbr.org/2023/04/how-the-glass-wall-can-hold-female-freelancers-back

Koval, C. Z. (2018). Are men from Mars and women from Venus? Gender stereotypes and their implications for gender equality in the workplace. HKUST Business School Magazine, reprinted on South China Morning Post (translated into Chinese).

Editorial

Hideg, I., Jones, K., Koval, C. Z., Sabat, I. (names listed alphabetically) (2026). Paving New and Inclusive Theoretical Paths in Organizational Research on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Special Issue Introduction. Organizational Psychology Review. 

Working Papers

Koval, C. Z. & Fitzsimons, G. F. Topic: Language bias.  

Koval, C. Z., Guarana, C. L., & Hernandez, M. Topic: Language fluency and team performance.  

Gai, S.L., Maric, S., & Koval, C. Z. Topic: Antecedents and Consequences of Overachieving CEOs.  

Koval, C. Z., Daniels, D. P., Yong, H.* & Boyton, D. Topic: Gender bias in freelancing labor market. 

Daniels, D. P., Koval, C. Z. & Neale, M. Topic: Gender and negotiation. 

Blocker, V.*, Koval, C. Z., Cho, A.*, Boora, L.* & Hollenbeck, J. Topic: Construal level diversity in teams. 

Koval, C. Z., Lee, S., & Lee, Y.H. Topic: Gender and collaborative work.

Research in Progress

Koval, C. Z., Lee, S.. Topic: Intersectional effects of maternity leave.

Koval, C. Z., Ferris, D. L., Wong, H. W.*, Hideg, I. Topic: Diversity, equity and inclusion.

Koval, C. Z. & Kong, T. Topic: language in the workplace.

Koval, C. Z., Walker, D., Lian, H., Wang, F. Topic: Accents and incivility. 

Koval, C. Z., Tsolmon, U., & Leung, A.* Topic: Gender bias in top management teams. 

Koval, C. Z. & Wong, K. F. E. Topic: Diversity and decision bias.  

Koval, C. Z., Hays, N., Li, J.*, & Lian, H. Topic: Subordinate status and supervisor mistreatment.  

Koval, C. Z. & Ferris, D. L. Topic: Language in the Workplace.

Koval, C. Z. & Fitzsimons, G. F. Topic: Language bias II. 

Manuscripts Under Review & Revision

Koval, C. Z., Ferris, D. L., Chen, M., Cai, W.J. Topic: Agency and incivility. First round R&R at Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes.

Summers, C.*, Koval, C. Z., Vickers, C., Hunt., M.T., Opie, T., & Neeley, T. Topic: Accent-based bias. First round R&R at Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes.

Koval, C. Z., Young, H.*, Lee, H., Hahn, R.*, & Johnson, R. E. Topic: Intergenerational group interactions and job performance. First round R&R at Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Kim, J., Gao, H., & Koval, C. Z. Topic: Gender bias in top management teams. First round R&R at Leadership Quarterly.

Ong, M., Lee, Y. E., & Koval, C. Z. Topic: Helping. Under review at Personnel Psychology.

Young H.*, Koval, C. Z., Hahn, R.*, Li,* J., Johnson, R. E., & Ferris, D. L. Topic: Work dress and job performance. Under review at Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes.

Koval, C. Z., Ferris, D. L., Wong, H.*, Hideg, I. Topic: Diversity, equity and inclusion. Under review at Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Teaching

Teaching Experience

Course Instructor
Negotiations (undergraduate), Queen’s Fall 2026
Negotiations (undergraduate), Queen’s Spring 2026
Negotiation and Conflict Management (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2024
Foundations of Negotiation (Master’s in Accounting), MSU Fall 2024
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2024
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Spring 2024
Negotiation and Conflict Management (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2023
Negotiation and Conflict Management (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2022
Foundations of Negotiation (Master’s in Accounting), MSU Fall 2022
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2022
Managing the Workforce (Full-time MBA), MSU Spring 2022
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Spring 2022
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2021
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2020
Managing Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2019
Negotiation and Conflict Management (undergraduate), MSU Fall 2019
Foundations of Negotiation (Master’s in Accounting), MSU Fall 2019
Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), HKUST Fall 2018
Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), HKUST Fall 2017
Organizational Behavior (undergraduate), HKUST Spring 2017
Negotiations, LEAD Business Summer Institute, Duke University Summer 2013

Executive Education
Women in Executive Leadership, MSU Fall 2021, 2022
Women in Senior Executive Leadership, MSU Fall 2021, 2022

Course Development (Spring 2022)
Revamped MSU Broad’s MBA Organizational Behavior core course with new cases. Introduced curriculum focuses on Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion and Behavioral decision making.

Student Advising

Queen's University
PhD Dissertation Committee
Andrew Hall (Social Psychology), 2026
MSc Supervisor
Ryleigh Bakker (Organizational Behaviour), 2026-2027
Undergraduate
Supervisor for Sharanya Sivasathiyanathan, Undergraduate Summer Student Research Program, Summer 2026

MSU
PhD Dissertation Committee
Joie Magalona (Organizational Psychology), 2024
Junghyun Mah (Management), 2023
Sarah Kuang (Organizational Psychology), 2023
Lauren Collier-Spruel (Organizational Psychology), 2021
Master’s Thesis Proposal Committee
Jo Alanis (Organizational Psychology), 2020

HKUST
PhD Dissertation Committee
Prasad Subramanya, defended 2018
Mingyun (Mia) Huai, defended 2018
Master’s Thesis Committee
Jie (Kassie) Li, defended 2017
Susie Lee, defended 2018
Undergraduate
Supervisor for Siddhartha Datta, HKUST Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Summer 2018
Faculty mentor for Geras Artis, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Global Research Internship Program, Summer 2018

Presentations

Conference Presentations

(*denotes presenter)

2026 Koval, C. Z., Wong, H.*, Ferris, D. L., Hideg, I. Legitimating Allies: Perceptions of EDI Leaders in Organizations. Poster presentation at 3rd Equitable Opportunities Conference, Montreal, QC. 

2026 Wong, H.*, Koval, C. Z., Ferris, D. L., Hideg, I. Leadership of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Organizations. Poster presentation at Canadian Psychological Association conference, Montreal, QC. 

2026 Blocker, V.*, Koval, C. Z., Boora, L., Cho, A., Hollenbeck, J. R. Construal harmony or chaos: The role of leadership and team variability in performance. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

2025 Summers, C.*, Koval, C. Z., Vickers, C., Thomas-Hunt, M. Lost in pronunciation: English mandates and accent-based bias in global hiring. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2025 Blocker, V.*, Koval., C. Z., Boora, L., Cho, A., Hollenbeck, J. R. Construal harmony or chaos: The role of leadership and team variability in performance. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2024 Ong, M., Lee, Y. H.*, & Koval, C. Z. Spotlight vs. Shadows: Attributions of helper’s motives in public versus private acts of helping. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

2024 Ong, M., Lee, Y. H.*, & Koval, C. Z. Spotlight vs. Shadows: Attributions of helper’s motives in public versus private acts of helping. Southern Management Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

2023 Daniels, D. P.*, Kang, P. & Koval, C. Z. Understanding and Reducing Racial Gaps and Disparities in Negotiations, Organizations, and Conflict Settings. Symposium at International Association of Conflict Management, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2023 Daniels, D. P.*, Koval, C. Z. & Neale, M. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. International Association of Conflict Management, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2023 Daniels, D. P.*, Koval, C. Z. & Neale, M. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2023 Koval., C.Z., Wong, H. W.*, Ferris, L., & Hideg, I. Legitimating allies: Perceptions of EDI leaders in organizations. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2022 Lee, Y.*, Koval, C. Z., & Lee, S. Glass wall and the Gendered Evaluation of Role Expansion in Freelancing Career. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2022 Koval, C. Z., Hahn, R.*, Young, H. R., & Johnson, R. E. The Cost of Dress to Impress. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2020 Lee, Y.*, Koval, C. Z., & Lee, S. Glass wall: Gendered generalist-discount in freelance career. 13th People and Organizations Conference, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA.

2020 Daniels, D. P.* & Koval, C. Z. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. Talk given at Virtual International Association of Conflict Management.

2020 Koval, C. Z., & Lee, S.* Asian women and the motherhood penalty: An intersectional perspective on the agentic penalty for working mothers. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, virtual.

2019 Daniels, D. P.* & Koval, C. Z. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. Talk given at Society for Judgment and Decision Making Conference, Montreal, Canada.

2019 Daniels, D. P.* & Koval, C. Z. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. Talk given at Boston JDM Conference, Boston, MA.

2019 Rosette, A. R., Ponce de Leon, R.*, Koval, C. Z., Harrison, D. An Interdisciplinary Path for Intersectional Research. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

2019 Koval, C. Z., Li, J.*, Lian, H. The Effects of Subordinate Ascribed and Achieved Status on Supervisor Incivility. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

2019 Hideg, I.*, Ferris, D.L., & Koval, C. Z. Diversity policies supporting racial minority women: Not so supported. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

2019 Daniels, D. P.* & Koval, C. Z. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. Talk given at the InGroup Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

2019 Daniels, D. P.* & Koval, C. Z. What happens if women do ask? Gender and negotiation in an online labor market. Talk given at the International Association of Conflict Management, Dublin, Ireland.

2017 Koval, C. Z.*, & Rosette, A. S. Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2017 Ma, A.*, Rosette, A. S., & Koval, C. Z., & Livingston, R. The multiple facets of agency. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2017 Koval, C. Z., Lee, Y.G.*, Lee, S. J., Gender gap in career diversification in the creative industry. Presented at the Academy of Management Journal Workshop, Hong Kong.

2017 Koval, C. Z.*, Lee, Y.G., Lee, S.J., Gender gap in career diversification in the creative industry. Invited presentation at the Annual Research Symposium for the Centre for Leadership and Innovation, Hong Kong.

2016 Koval, C. Z.*, & Fitzsimons, G. M., & Huang, L. Can’t help the way they speak: Accent controllability beliefs and bias against nonnative English speakers. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

2016 Koval, C. Z.*, & Rosette, A. S., The hair style penalty: Discrimination based on women’s hairstyles in job interviews. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

2016 Tang, S.*, Larrick, R. P., Koval, C. Z., Harris, L. Organizations are attributed more responsibility for bad outcomes. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

2016 Koval, C. Z.* Does it pay to be bilingual in the labor market? It depends on who’s talking. Talk given at the Harvard Business School Gender & Work Symposium, Boston, MA.

2015 Bang, M. H.*, Koval, C. Z., & Wade-Benzoni, K. Good intentions never go bad: The role of intention, outcome, and intergenerational stewardship. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

2015 Rosette, A. S., Koval, C. Z.*, & Ma, A. Race matters for women leaders: Agentic penalties and deficiencies revisited. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

2015 Proudfoot, D.*, Kay, C. A., & Koval, C. Z. Creativity is gendered: The perceived association between masculinity and creative ability. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

  • Selected for Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
  • Winner of The Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award, GDO division

2015 Rosette, A. S. & Koval, C. Z.* Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration. Poster presentation at INGRoup Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

2015 Koval, C. Z.* & Fitzsimons, G. M. Accent as a choice: Implicit theories about the malleability of accents affect discrimination against non-native English speakers. Talk given at the Carolina Research in Social Psychology conference, Durham, NC.

2014 Koval, C. Z.*, vanDellen, M. R. & Fitzsimons, G. M. The effect of self-regulatory resource depletion on perceived need to monitor. Talk given at the Academy of Management annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2014 Koval, C. Z. & Milovac, M. To conform or deviate? Situational dynamics of the norm-behavior relationship. Organized symposium at the Academy of Management annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2014 Koval, C. Z.* & Gelfand, M. J. Situational strength and aggression: The mediating role of self-regulatory resources. Talk given at the Academy of Management annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2014 Zhou, C.*, vanDellen, M. R., Fitzsimons, G. M., & Ranby, K. W. The burden of responsibility: Interpersonal costs of having high self-control. Talk given at the Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Consortium, London, UK.

2013 Zhou, C.*, vanDellen, M. R., Fitzsimons, G. M., & Ranby, K. W. The burden of responsibility: Interpersonal costs of having high self-control. Talk given at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Toronto, Canada.

2013 Proudfoot, D.*, Zhou, C., & Kay, C. A. Risk propensity stereotypes contribute to gender inequality in the workplace. Talk given at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Invited Talks & Presentations

2027 Seminar speaker, Ivey School of Business, Organizational Behaviour Area Group (Scheduled) 

2026 EDII Flash Talk, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University

2024 Workshop facilitator, Dashney Women’s Leadership Accelerator, Broad College of Business

2024 Guest, Broad Matters Podcast, Broad College of Business

2024 Guest speaker, MSU MBA/EMBA Women in Negotiations

2023 Seminar speaker, Michigan State University, Social/Personality Psychology

2022 Invited speaker, Business and Bagels event, Broad School of Business, MSU

2022 Seminar speaker, MSU Center for Gender in Global Context

2022 Invited speaker, Department of National Defense, Government of Canada

2021 Seminar speaker, Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Management

2020 Seminar speaker, Michigan State University, Organizational Psychology

2018 Keynote speaker, HKUST Business Insights Presentation Series, Hong Kong.

2017 Keynote speaker, The Chartered Insurance Institute Diversity & Inclusion Event, Hong Kong

2017 Keynote speaker, Division of Industrial Organizational Psychology Gender Diversity Event, hosted by Freshfields Brahaus Deringer LLP, Hong Kong

Awards

Advancing EDII Research Fund, McDonald Institute of Astroparticle Physics ($12,000) 2026
SSHRC Institutional Grant ($9,985 CAD), Queen’s University 2026
Undergraduate Summer Student Research Award, Queen’s University 2026
Monieson Research Grants, various ($19,349 CAD), Queen’s University 2025-2026
Broad Summer Research Grants, MSU 2019-2024
Runner up for the Saroj Parasuraman Outstanding Publication Award, GDO division, AOM 2019
Nominated for the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, HKUST 2018
Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, HKUST 2017, 2018
Recipient of “Taking Your Favorite Faculty to Lunch” program, HKUST 2017, 2018
Outstanding Reviewer Award, MOC Division, Academy of Management 2017
OB Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management 2017
Myra & William Waldo Boone Fellowship ($22,030 USD), Duke University 2015-2016
Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award, GDO division, Academy of Management 2015
Departmental Nominee, Academy of Management OB Doctoral Consortium 2014
IBRC Research Grant ($500 USD), Duke University 2014
Doctoral Student Fellowship, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University 2010-2015
Canadian Graduate Scholarship Master’s ($17,500 CAD), SSHRC of Canada 2009-2010
UWO Graduate Research Scholarship ($8,000 CAD), University of Western Ontario 2008-2009
HBA HHBA Leadership Award, Richard Ivey School of Business 2008
McCormick Canada HBA Award ($2,000 CAD), Richard Ivey School of Business 2006-2008
Continuing Admission Scholarship ($10,000 CAD), University of Western Ontario 2004-2008

Service

Professional Service

Guest Editor
Organizational Psychology Review Special Issue, Paving New and Inclusive Theoretical Paths in Organizational Research on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, 2024.

Editorial Board
Journal of Business and Psychology, 2024-present
Academy of Management Journal, 2024-present
Management and Organization Review, 2018

Ad-hoc Reviewer for Management Journals
Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science.

Ad-hoc Reviewer for Social Psychology Journals
American Behavioral Scientist, Emotion, Journal of British Social Psychology, Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Sex Roles, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Grant Proposal Reviewer
External reviewer for the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, 2023, 2024, 2025

Discussant
Acing the Job Talk: Tips from Experts and Recent Grads, OB Doctoral Consortium PDW, Academy of Management 2017, 2018, 2019

Session Chair
International Association of Chinese Management Research Conference 2018

Committee member
MOC Best Paper with Practical Implications Award Committee, Academy of Management, 2024

Academic Service

Queen's University
General Research Ethics Board, member 2026-2028
Graduate Committee for Business, OB rep 2025-2026
Co-organizer, International Women’s Day Event 2026
OB faculty representative, Commerce Virtual Academic Fair 2026

MSU
Seminar Speaker Coordinator 2021-present
PhD Committee 2022, 2023
Entrepreneurship Faculty (Fixed-term) Search Committee 2024

HKUST
MGMT 2110 Course Coordinator 2017-2018
Seminar Speaker Co-Coordinator (OB track) 2017-2018
Interviewer for faculty recruitment at AOM Meetings Summer of 2017, 2018
PhD Admissions Committee 2018-2019; 2023-2024
Panelist for Undergraduate Admission Interviews (JUPAS) 2018

Professional Memberships

Academy of Management
Canadian Psychological Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology