Teaching
- Leading People and Teams
- Strategic Human Resource Management
Qualifications
- PhD in Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (2015)
Research interests
- Leadership
- Motivation and Behavior
- Work Teams
Work Experience
Academic
- Associate professor, Management & Organisation Academic Area, Rennes School of Business, (September 2019-Present)
- Assistant professor, Business School, Nankai University, (2015-2019)
Service
Service to Profession
Reviewer
- Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology; The International Journal of Human Resource Management; Business Ethics: A European Review; Journal of Management & Organization; Chinese Management Studies; Current Psychology; Australian Journal of Management; Frontiers of Business Research in China; Nankai Business Review International
Intellectual contributions
Refereed Articles – Basic or Discovery Scholarship
- The curvilinear effect of benevolent Leadership on team performance: The mediating role of team action processes and the moderating role of team commitment.
Authors: Li, G., Rubenstein, A., Lin, W., Wang, M., & Chen, X.
Published in: Personnel Psychology, 71, 369-397.
Date:2018
- Directive versus participative leadership: Dispositional antecedents and team consequences.
Authors: Li, G., Liu, H., & Luo, Y.
Published in: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 645-664.
Date: 2018
- Linking transformational leadership and knowledge sharing: The mediating roles of perceived team goal commitment and perceived team identification.
Authors: Liu, H., & Li, G*.
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1331.
Date: 2018
- You don’t actually want to get closer to the star: How LMX leads to workplace ostracism.
Authors: Zi, Wang., & Li, G*.
Published in: Frontiers of Business Research in China, 12, 1-13.
Date: 2018
- To gain or not to lose? The effect of monetary reward on motivation and knowledge contribution.
Authors: Liu, H., & Li, G*.
Published in: Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(2), 397-415.
Date: 2017
- When does perceived leader regulatory-focused modeling lead to subordinate creativity? The moderating role of job complexity.
Authors: Li, L., Li, G*., Shang, Y., & Xi, Y.
Published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(22), 2872-2887.
Date: 2015
- Differentiated transformational leadership and knowledge sharing: A cross-level investigation.
Authors: Li, G., Shang, Y., Liu, H., & Xi, Y.
Published in: European Management Journal, 32(4), 554-563.
Date: 2014
- Leader Feedback and Knowledge Sharing: A Regulatory Focus Theory Perspective.
Authors: Li, G., Liu, H., Shang, Y., & Xi, Y.
Published in: Journal of Management & Organization, 20(06), 749-763.
Date: 2014
- A model for consumer knowledge contribution behavior: The roles of host firm management practices, technology effectiveness, and social capital.
Authors: Liu, H., Zhang, J., Liu, R., & Li, G.
Published in: Information Technology & Management, 15(4), 255-270.
Date: 2014
- Adding dynamics to a static theory: How leader traits evolve and how they are expressed..
Authors: Xu, L., Fu, P., Xi, Y., Zhang, L., Zhao, X., Cao, C., Liao, Y., Li, G., & Ge, J.
Published in: Leadership Quarterly, 25(6), 1095-1119.
Date: 2014
- Understanding indigenous leadership research: Explication and Chinese examples.
Authors: Zhang, X., Fu, P., Xi, Y., Li, L., Xu, L., Cao, C., Li, G., Ma, L., & Ge, J.
Published in: Leadership Quarterly, 23(6), 1063-1079.
Date: 2012
Refereed proceedings – Discipline-Based Scholarship
- Voicing up: How team voice shapes leaders’ regulatory focus and behaviors.
Authors:Li, G., Kark, R., & Morrison, E. W.
Published in:The 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA.
Date: August 4-8, 2017
- Directive versus participative leadership: Dispositional antecedents and team consequences. The 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 4-8, 2017. Atlanta, USA.
Authors: Luo, Y., Li, G., & Liu, H.
Published in: The 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA.
Date: August 4-8, 2017
- Benevolent leadership and team performance: The role of team commitment.
Authors: Li, G., Lin, W., & Chen, X.
Published in: The 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA.
Date:August 5-9, 2016
- Monetary reward and knowledge contribution: A motivational explanation.
Authors: Li, G., & Liu, H.
Published in: The 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA.
Date: August 5-9, 2016
- Institutional change, managerial political ties and performance: The red leaders in China.
Authors: Li, G., & Xi, Y.
Published in: 6th Biennial IACMR conference, Beijing, China.
Date: June 18-22, 2014
- Leader feedback and knowledge sharing: A regulatory focus theory perspective.
Authors: Li, G., Li, L., & Xi, Y.
Published in: 5th Biennial IACMR conference, Hong Kong, China.
Date: June 20-24, 2012
- Leader role modeling, job complexity, work regulatory focus and creativity: A mediated moderation.
Authors: Li, L., Li, G., Xi, Y.
Published in: The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, USA.
Date: August 9-13, 2013