[Mingli Lecture Hall 2022 Issue 28]

Time: May 25 (Wednesday) 10:00-11:30am

Venue: Tencent Conference 731 584 679

Speaker: Associate Professor Wu Lusi, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Speaker Profile:

  Wu Lusi, School of Economics and Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Associate professor of management, Ph.D. from Purdue University, USA. Her research focuses on leadership-subordinate relationships, work-family relationships, and employee recruitment. Research results have been published in academic journals such as Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Management Engineering. She is currently the Corresponding Editor of the Journal of International Management, the Associate Editor of Chinese Management Studies, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Introduction to the report:

  In this talk, I will present our research on how emotions emerge and impact member behaviors in their daily exchanges with supervisors. Results from a preregistered experimental study with 247 participants and an experience sampling study with time-lagged reports from 79 leaders and 145 members show that a positively imbalanced exchange increases members’ subsequent leader-directed helping via gratitude and that a negatively imbalanced exchange increases members’ subsequent risk-taking via pride. Moreover, the intensity of such effects hinges upon the average level of resource contributions of leader–member dyads. Our research casts light on the role of transient emotions in dynamic resource exchanges between leaders and members and enriches our knowledge of within-dyad fluctuations of social exchanges.

(Organizer: Department of Organization and Human Resource Management, Research and Academic Exchange Center)