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Professor Huang received his PhD from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), MA from Lancaster University (UK), and Honors Diploma from Lingnan University (Hong Kong). Currently, he is the Associate Dean of the School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University. He is also the Director of the MBA program and MSc Business Management Program of the School of Business. He has served as a Visiting Professor in Xian Jiaotong University since 2019. He is a member of editorial board for Academy of Management Journal and Human Relations. Professor Huang is now serving as an Independent Director of the board of Giodano International Limited.
Professor Huang's research interests include leadership, power, proactive and abnormal work behaviors, employee well-being, cross-cultural psychology, and management issues in China. He has published more than 70 papers in international journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Management and Organization Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology, Human Relations, Leadership Quarterly, and so forth.
Research Interests
Professor Huang's research interests include leadership, power, proactive and abnormal work behaviors, employee well-being, cross-cultural psychology, and management issues in China.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Could You Let Me Finish? The Effect of Interruptions in Group Meetings on Women’s Participation
1/01/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research project
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Petty tyrants or prosocial agents? Higher-up managers’ behavioural integrity as a regulatory force of subordinate managers’ use of power
HUANG, X. (PI) & LI, F. (External CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Why do managers view Millennial employees as more entitled? Power, managers’ entitlement, and destructive leadership behavior toward Millennial employees
HUANG, X. (PI)
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project
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An exchange-based theory of knowledge sharing: Knowledge inclusiveness, integrative understanding, and individual creativity
HUANG, X. (PI)
1/01/18 → 29/02/20
Project: Research project
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Why Does Large Vertical Pay Dispersion Increase Turnover Among Both Employees and Senior Managers?
Liu, J., Huang, X., Dong, J., Xiao, J., Bamberger, P. A. & Lyu, J., 22 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Human Resource Management. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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A dual cognitive pathway model of leadership influence on creativity
Chen, T., Huang, X., Li, F., Wong, Y. Y. & Gröschke, D., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 98, 1, 25 p., e70006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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A Social Hierarchy Perspective on the Detrimental Effects of Leader–Member Exchange Differentiation on Team Functioning: Leader-Conferred Status Versus Member-Conferred Status
Xu, J. (Co-first author), Xu, E. (Co-first author) & Huang, X., Dec 2025, In: Personnel Psychology. 78, 4, p. 724-743 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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How to Contain the Corruptive Force of Subordinate Managers’ Use of Power
Huang, X., Li, F., Xu, E. & Fan, P., 1 Jul 2025, Academy of Management Proceedings 2025. Taneja, S. (ed.). Academy of Management, (Academy of Management Proceedings; vol. 2025, no. 1).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Passion ignites: Effect of expert worker passion on employee performance in knowledge worker teams
Tang, Y., Pu, X., Xu, E., Huang, X., Zhang, G. & Xiao, J., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Business Research. 188, 15 p., 115052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)