1. “Do Diversity and Inclusion Improve Employee Retention and Attraction During the Great Resignation?” with Hun Lee, Congcong Li and John Yang
· Under 3rd round Review, Journal of Applied Psychology
2. “Does the Pressure to Deliver Financial Performance Affect Product Safety? Empirical Evidence from Product Recalls” with Gilles Hilary and Wenjia Yan
· Under 3rd round Review, Journal of Operations Management
3. “Are Meritless Whistleblower Complaints Detrimental?” with Gilles Hilary and Yangyang Fan
· Invited for Resubmission, Journal of Accounting and Economics
· Featured by Columbia Law School Blue Sky Club Blog, “Do Meritless Whistleblower Claims Hurt Companies and Shareholders?” November 7, 2023
4. “Return to Office Mandates” with Yuye Ding
· Featured by Financial Times as One of the Business School Research Studies with Highest Real-World Impact
· Reported by News Media for Over 500 Times and Received Over 2 billion Views in 2024
· Top 300 Most Downloaded Study on SSRN Across All Disciplines as of January 2025
5. “Return to Office Mandates and Brain Drain” with Yuye Ding, Zhao Jin, Betty Xing and John Yang
6. “Is Working from Home Good for the Environment? Evidence from Satellite Imagines” with Betty Xing and Ling Zhang
7. “How Do Emerging Market Firms Respond to Environmental Taxation?” with Wei Liu, Jiaxing You and Kaishu Wu
· Featured by Katz Center for Business Substantiality
8. “Adoption of Artificial Intelligent in Accounting and Management Earnings Forecast” with Congcong Li, John Yang and Michael Shen
9. “Is Cryptocurrency the New Haven for Tax Evaders? Exposé of Financial Secrecy in Tax Havens and Bitcoin Trading by Tax Evaders” with Congcong Li
"Seeking Justice: Inequitable Management Compensation and Employee Whistleblowing " with Harry Evans and John Yang, Accounting, Organization and Society, forthcoming
"Torpedo Your Competition: Strategic Reporting and Peer Firm IPO " with Matt Billet and Xiaoyun Yu, The Accounting Review, forthcoming.
“ Tax Avoidance and Firm Value: Does Qualitative Disclosure in Tax Footnote Matter?” with Tom Omer, Le Luo and Hong Xie, Review of Accounting Studies, 2024.
“Do Firms Mimic Industry Leaders’ Accounting? Evidence from Financial Statement Comparability” with Gus De Franco, and Yu Hou, The Accounting Review, 2023.
"Economic Consequences of Operating Lease Recognition " with Wayne Thomas , Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2023
"Is Silence Golden Sometimes? Management Guidance Withdrawals During the COVID-19 Pandemic" with Ole-Kristian Hope, Congcong Li and Xijiang Su , Review of Accounting Studies, 2023
Featured by Columbia Law School Blue Sky Club Blog, "Management Guidance Withdrawals During the Pandemic" October 19, 2021
"Are Tax Havens and Offshore Financial Centers Cracked Down? A Study on the International Standard of Exchange of Information on Request" with Yijun Li , The Accounting Review, 2022
“Director Foreign Experience and Corporate Information Environment” With Guanmin Liao and Xiaoyun Yu, Journal of International Business Studies, 2022
Best paper award, 10th International Symposium of Corporate Governance
“The Effect of Tax Avoidance Crackdown on Corporate Innovation” with Qin Li and Terry Shevlin, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2021
Cited by 5 Policy Reports by Government Agency and International Organizations
Featured by Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, February 6, 2022.
Featured by Duke University School of Law FinReg Blog, “Crackdown on Tax Avoidance Could Impede Corporate Innovation “January 26, 2021.
"Agency Costs and Tax Planning when the Government is a Major Shareholder" with Mark Bradshaw and Guanmin Liao , Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2019
“Economic Links and the Spillover Effect of Earnings Quality on Market Risk”, The Accounting Review, 2017
“Tax Avoidance and Geographic Earnings Disclosure” With Ole-Kristian Hope and Wayne B. Thomas, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2013
Cited by 5 Policy Reports by Government Agency and International Organizations
Featured by Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, "Tax Avoidance and Geographic Earnings Disclosure" August 6, 2013
S&P Global, “COVID's Impact: Employee engagement key to unlocking AI productivity gains” May 22, 2025 https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/5/covids-impact-aging-us-workforce-stokes-labor-supply-risk-amid-recalibration-88827850
Fortune, “Jamie Dimon says he’s not against remote workers—but they ‘will not tell JPMorgan what to do’” May 19, 2025 https://fortune.com/2025/05/19/jamie-dimon-remote-workers-jpmorgan/
S&P Global, “COVID's Impact: Aging US workforce stokes labor supply risk amid recalibration” May 19, 2025 https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/5/covids-impact-aging-us-workforce-stokes-labor-supply-risk-amid-recalibration-88827850
The Hill, “Return-to-office mandates are already causing major US brain-drains” May 06,2025 https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5281444-return-to-office-mandates-are-already-causing-major-us-brain-drains/
Yahoo Finance, “Working from home is turning into 'return to the office or lose your bonus'” April 7, 2025 https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/work-from-home-return-to-office-lose-bonus-050017122.html
The Hill, “Government workers, managers cling to remote work despite mandates” March 25, 2025 https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5210886-government-return-to-office-challenges/
CNBC, “5 years into the remote work boom, the return-to-office push is stronger than ever—here’s why” March 23, 2025 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/23/5-years-into-the-remote-work-boom-the-return-to-office-push-is-stronger-than-everheres-why.html
New York Magazine, “Managers Have Won the War on Remote Work. But Where Does Everyone Sit?” Mar. 20, 2025 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/remote-work-from-home-jobs-in-office-space-nyc.html
Inc.Com, “Workers Are Coming to Offices Less in 2025 Despite Rise in RTO Orders” March 12, 2025 https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/workers-are-coming-to-offices-less-in-2025-despite-rise-in-rto-orders/91160336
CNBC, “Women want flexibility at work, but worry it could hurt their careers and struggle to find remote and hybrid jobs” March 7, 2025 https://business.pitt.edu/return-to-office-mandates-dont-improve-employee-or-company-performance/
The Hill, “Red states reject data, force office mandates on government workers” March 4, 2025 https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5163506-red-states-reverse-remote-work/
Forbes, “Flexibility: The Missing Ingredient For A Thriving Workplace” March 4, 2025 https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2025/03/04/flexibility-the-missing-ingredient-for-a-thriving-workplace/
The Economist, “How to get people to resign” https://www.economist.com/business/2025/02/13/how-to-get-people-to-resign
Toronto Star, “Donald Trump’s rigid return-to-office mandate will fail. Why Ottawa should take note” February 15,2025 https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/donald-trumps-rigid-return-to-office-mandate-will-fail-why-ottawa-should-take-note/article_f99f7560-e7cb-11ef-9f63-dbe58374d2b8.html
Barron’s, “Trump’s Return-to-Office Mandate Could Drive Out the Wrong Workers” February 12,2025 https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-rto-mandate-remote-work-07bd25d3
Scientific American, “Return-to-Office Demands Don’t Benefit Employees or Businesses” February 12,2025 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/return-to-office-demands-dont-benefit-employees-or-businesses
The Hill, “Biden’s in-office work policy harmed federal employee retention. Trump’s could destroy it.” February 11,2025 https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5136401-trump-return-to-office-mandate-federal-workforce/
Fortune, “High performers are the notable exception to strict return-to-office rules. Their colleagues aren’t happy about it” February 9,2025 https://fortune.com/2025/02/09/top-performers-rto-rules-favoritism-toxic-workplace/
Washington Post, “Bosses are exerting their power. What Trump’s crackdown could mean for your job.” February 3, 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/03/work-culture-strict-policies-trump-trends/
CNBC, “What’s in store for remote work and RTO in 2025: ‘Hybrid will be dominant,’ says expert” February 2, 2025 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/02/whats-in-store-for-remote-work-and-rto-in-2025.html
Barron’s, “Pressure Won’t Bring People Back to the Office. Something Else Might.” February 2, 2025 https://www.barrons.com/articles/rto-stop-wfh-strategies-0e7de228
The Business Journals, “The latest salvo in return-to-office push could be a game-changer” January 21, 2025 https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2025/01/21/trump-executive-order-remote-work-return-to-office.html
LinkedIn News, “As more banks mandate a return to the office, parts of Wall Street are holding out with work flexibility” January 17, 2025 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-banks-mandate-return-office-parts-wall-street-holding-wwz7e/
Inc. Magzine, “Nearly Half of Remote Workers Would Consider Quitting If Given a Return-to-Office Mandate” January 16, 2025 https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/nearly-half-of-remote-workers-would-consider-quitting-if-given-a-return-to-office-mandates/91108294
Forbes, “Return To Office? This Leader Treats Employees Like Adults” January 8, 2025 https://www.forbes.com/sites/niritcohen/2025/01/08/return-to-office-this-leader-treats-employees-like-adults/
AP News, “Working Well: Returning to the office can disrupt life. Here are some tips to navigate the changes” December 26, 2024 https://apnews.com/article/remote-work-return-to-office-mandate-commute-7ab9bb7e9b658f430167f2a613b49008
Toronto Star, “Push to return workers to office might be spurring brain drain in top firms” December 21, 2024 https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/push-to-return-workers-to-office-might-be-spurring-brain-drain-in-top-firms/article_12a2c10a-acc3-11ef-9eb8-c77cdcb5b0a9.html
Marketplace Morning Report, “RTO? More Like Gotta Go” December 20 2024 https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/rto-more-like-gotta-go/
Washington Post, “Companies that mandate return to office see slower workforce growth, studies show” December 18 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/return-to-office-mandate-workforce-growth/
Morning Brew, “Companies requiring in-office work grow more slowly” December 18 2024, https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2024/12/18/companies-requiring-in-office-work-grow-more-slowly?utm_source=&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=feed
Ars TECHNICA, “Amazon’s RTO delays exemplify why workers get so mad about mandates” December 18 2024, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/amazons-rto-delays-highlight-why-workers-get-so-mad-about-mandates/
Bloomberg, “AT&T, Sweetgreen Demand More Days in Office, Joining Amazon” December 18 2024, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/at-t-sweetgreen-up-mandatory-days-in-office-for-rto-policy
Inc. Magazine, “Why Valuable Employees Often Leave After Tighter Return-to-Office Mandates” December 12 2024, https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/why-valuable-employees-often-leave-after-tighter-return-to-office-mandates/91064851
Fortune, “Return-to-office mandates are associated with an exodus of high performers, research finds”, December 11 2024, https://fortune.com/2024/12/11/return-to-office-mandate-employees-study/
Fortune, “The return to office wars are far from over: Half of workers say they’d leave or quit to avoid 5 days a week” , December 11 2024, https://fortune.com/2024/12/11/the-return-to-office-wars-are-far-from-over-wfh-research/
Forbes, “Working Through Where To Work From”, December 9 2024, https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/12/10/working-through-where-to-work-from/
Yahoo Finance, “Working in an office is just about 'looking busy': Readers weigh in on the workplace battle of 2025”, December 8 2024, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/working-in-an-office-is-just-about-looking-busy-readers-weigh-in-on-the-workplace-battle-of-2025-163053979.html
Washington Post, “Return-to-work mandates are an invisible pay cut”, December 6 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/06/return-to-work-mandate-pay-cut/
Australian Financial Review, “‘Brain drain’: When return-to-office mandates backfire” December 1 2024, https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/brain-drain-when-return-to-office-mandates-backfire-20241127-p5ktuh
The Straits Times, “Return to office: What is happening globally” November 28, 2024
Bloomberg, “A Safe Jobs Haven for Tech Majors Suddenly Looks Dicey” November 26, 2024 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-26/will-doge-halt-a-wave-of-tech-majors-applying-for-government-jobs?srnd=undefined
Financial Times, “Research paper downloads act as proxy for academics’ real-world influence” November 8, 2024 https://www.ft.com/content/94a63515-d197-4d88-b176-d177ac1226be
Money Geek, "Federal Income Tax Bracket and Rates Guide for 2022 and 2023" September 10, 2024 https://www.moneygeek.com/financial-planning/resources/federal-income-tax-brackets/#expert=mark-ma
Fortune, “Work-from-home warriors workers just got more ammo in the RTO crusade: Jobs with WFH options have better stock returns, new study reveals” October 30, 2024 https://fortune.com/2024/10/30/work-from-home-rto-debate-better-stock-returns/
Forbes, “The Real Impact Of Return-To-Office Mandates On Productivity At Work” October 7, 2024, https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2024/10/06/impact-of-return-to-office-mandates-on-productivity/
CNBC Squawk Box, “Going back to the five-day, in-office workweek is 'wishful thinking'” October 4, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUQF-cCJD34
Washington Post, “Who will follow Amazon back into the office?” September 30,2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/30/remote-work-amazon-office-jobs/
Fast Company, “How will Amazon’s strict RTO policy impact workers?” September 25, 2024 https://www.fastcompany.com/91196046/how-will-amazons-strict-rto-policy-impact-workers
CNBC, “Why a five-day return to office is unlikely, Stanford economist says” June 6,2024 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/why-a-five-day-return-to-office-is-unlikely-stanford-economist-says.html
CBS News, “Some companies plan to increase return-to-office requirements, despite risk of losing talent” May 29, 2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/return-to-work-in-office-2025/
Higher Education Digest, “Helping Shape the Future of Vibrant Workplaces” May 20, 2024 https://www.highereducationdigest.com/helping-shape-the-future-of-vibrant-workplaces/
News.com.au, “When Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX mandated a return to the office post-Covid, they copped serious consequences” May 19, 2024 https://www.news.com.au/national/when-apple-microsoft-and-spacex-mandated-a-return-to-the-office-postcovid-they-copped-serious-consequences/news-story/c8e747c62a666759b9caabd2e749b64c
Fortune, “Some of the most talented, high-ranking workers at Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX jumped ship after return-to-office mandates, new study reveals” May 16, 2024 https://fortune.com/2024/05/16/apple-microsoft-spacex-employees-quit-return-office-study/
Thomson Reuters, “Office attendance policies & employee satisfaction: How law firms differ from other businesses” April 22, 2024 https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/legal/office-attendance-policies-employee-satisfaction/
The Hill, “Don’t believe the naysayers: Hybrid remote work is improving employees’ mental health” April 22, 2024 https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4600390-dont-believe-the-naysayers-hybrid-remote-work-is-improving-employees-mental-health/
AOL, Feeling lonely and depressed. Is working from home really to blame?” April 19, 2024 https://www.aol.com/feeling-lonely-depressed-working-home-093816068.html
Forbes, “Is The Return To Work Working?” April 10, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/04/10/is-the-return-to-work-working/?sh=71a2ebc5ae28
Federal News Network, “Return to office in 4 parts: Feds facing the pressure to reduce telework” April 1, 2024 https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2024/04/return-to-office-in-4-parts-fed-facing-the-may-5-deadline/
Psychology Today, “Unraveling the Corporate Control Agenda Behind RTO Mandates” March 25, 2024 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intentional-insights/202403/unraveling-the-corporate-control-agenda-behind-rto-mandates
Toronto Star, “Return to office mandates do little for profit or productivity. So why are many firms insisting?” March 16, 2024, https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/return-to-office-mandates-do-little-for-profit-or-productivity-so-why-are-many-firms/article_4447212c-da43-11ee-af7a-07de07ef920a.html
City Journal, “Remote Work Is Here to Stay” March 15, 2024, https://www.city-journal.org/article/remote-work-is-here-to-stay
Euronews. “56% of managers say it’s a 'major red flag' when employees don’t want to come into the office” March 13, 2024, https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/13/56-of-managers-say-its-a-major-red-flag-when-employees-dont-want-to-come-into-the-office
Toronto Star, “What's the secret agenda behind return to office mandates? Corporate control” March 9, 2024, https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/whats-the-secret-agenda-behind-return-to-office-mandates-corporate-control/article_9afe236e-da4b-11ee-9040-6b4a770e2328.html
CEO WORLD Magazine, “Return To Office: Is It All About CEO Wants Instead Of Employee Needs?” March 5, 2024, https://ceoworld.biz/2024/03/05/return-to-office-is-it-all-about-ceo-wants-instead-of-employee-needs/
Canberra Times, “Mandated return-to-office decisions benefit no one” February 29 2024 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8539525/mandated-return-to-office-decisions-benefit-neither-party/#comments
Inc. Magazine, “3 Leadership Strategies for Boosting Your Employees' Mental Health and Wellbeing” February 27, 2024, https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/3-leadership-strategies-for-boosting-your-employees-mental-health-wellbeing.html
The London Economic, “Working from home can help reduce your carbon footprint” February 26, 2024, https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/jobs/working-from-home-can-help-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-369362/
Future of Work Institute, “Evidences of Return-to-Office Mandates on Firm Performance and Employee Satisfaction” February 22, 2024, https://www.futureforwork.com/en/evidences-of-return-to-office-mandates-on-firm-performance-and-employee-satisfaction/
BBC, “The executive hubris driving five-day in-office mandates ” February 19, 2024, https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240216-the-executive-hubris-driving-five-day-in-office-mandates
WorkersCompensation.com “New Study Reports that Forcing Remote Workers Back to the Office Hurts Productivity and Morale” https://www.workerscompensation.com/daily-headlines/new-study-reports-that-forcing-remote-workers-back-to-the-office-hurts-productivity-and-morale/
Australian Financial Review, “Work from home if you want, but don’t expect a pay rise” February 19, 2024, https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/work-from-home-if-you-want-but-don-t-expect-a-pay-rise-20240219-p5f5xe
Financial Times, “Work from home if you want but don’t expect a pay rise” February 18, 2024, https://www.ft.com/content/b8ac6288-6b63-4d1b-bc9b-d8e81c45a098
The New Zealand Herald, “Work from home if you want but don’t expect a pay rise” February 18, 2024, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/work-from-home-if-you-want-but-dont-expect-a-pay-rise-pilita-clark/N2I2M55SAZCADE2YM3CPWA4B3E/
The Straits Times, “Work from home if you want, but don’t expect a pay rise” February 18, 2024, https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/work-from-home-if-you-want-but-don-t-expect-a-pay-rise
The National News, “Do tech improvements and staff demands mean working from home is here to stay?” February 17, 2024, https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2024/02/17/do-tech-improvements-and-staff-demands-mean-working-from-home-is-here-to-stay/
The Economic Times, “Return to office mandates don’t improve employee or company performance: Study” February 16, 2024, https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/workplace-4-0/return-to-office-mandates-dont-improve-employee-or-company-performance-study/107760694
The Register, “Dell staff not alone in being squeezed to reduce remote work” February 16, 2024, https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/return_to_office/
Business Insider, “Companies forcing workers to come back to the office are creating a 'massive disruption' in their lives, workplace expert says” February 13, 2024, https://www.businessinsider.com/rto-mandates-creating-huge-disruption-in-workers-lives-experts-2024-2
Financial Post, “Ordering workers back to the office a 'power grab' by bosses, research suggests” February 13, 2024, https://financialpost.com/fp-work/return-to-office-mandates-power-grab-by-bosses-research
Inc. Magazine, “Elon Musk Says Employees Are 'More Productive' in the Office. A New Study Says He's Wrong” February 12, 2024, https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/elon-musk-employees-more-productive-office-new-study-wrong.html
U.S. News “Who Will Save Corporate Real Estate?” February 09, 2024, https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-09/return-to-office-mandates-wont-save-corporate-real-estate
Inc. Magazine, “Do In-Office Fridays Actually Help?” February 6, 2024 https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/do-in-office-fridays-actually-help-loreal.html
Business Insider, “Dell tells 'hybrid' workers to come into the office 3 days a week” February 5, 2024 https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-hybrid-workers-return-office-three-days-week-progression-innovation-2024-2
Australian Financial Review, “Office mandates offer no financial benefit and staff hate them: study”, February 4, 2024 https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/office-mandates-offer-no-financial-benefit-and-staff-hate-them-study-20240202-p5f1xt
Washington Post, “Companies’ hard-line stance on returning to the office is backfiring” February 2, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/02/return-to-office-punishments-remote-hybrid-work/
The Register, “Return to Office mandates boost company profits? Nope” February 2, 2024 https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/return_to_office_mandates_do_not_boost_profits/
Channel Asia, “Women, high-performers and millennials flee return-to-office policies” January 31, 2024 https://sg.channelasia.tech/article/709991/women-high-performers-millennials-flee-return-to-office-policies/
CBS News, “Pitt professor's study finds return to office mandates hurt worker morale and company performance” February 1, 2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pitt-professors-study-finds-return-to-office-mandates-hurt-worker-morale-and-company-performance/
WTAE ABC News, “Pitt study suggests return-to-office policies aren't good for employees, employers” Jan 31, 2024 https://www.wtae.com/article/work-from-home-return-to-office-pitt-study/46601061#
NPR, “Has remote work really been tragic for big companies' bottom lines?” January 30, 2024 https://www.npr.org/2024/01/30/1227828564/has-remote-work-really-been-tragic-for-big-companies-bottom-lines \
POTUS Sirus XM, “The Michael Smerconish Podcast: Return-To-Office Mandates: Are they working?” January 30, 2024 https://the-smerconish-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/return-to-office-mandates-are-they-working-kMp23qnM
Business Insider, “Return-to-office mandates aren't making companies more valuable and productive, study finds” January 30, 2024 https://www.businessinsider.com/return-to-office-mandates-remote-work-stock-returns-productivity-2024-1
Yahoo Finance, “Less CEOs prioritizing return-to-office in 2024: Survey” January 30, 2024 https://finance.yahoo.com/video/less-ceos-prioritizing-return-office-172519263.html
Forbes, “More Research Questions RTO Mandates, Reducing Friction On The Job And More” January 29, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2024/01/29/more-research-questions-rto-mandates-reducing-friction-on-the-job-and-more/?sh=4361cdef4a5e
Forbes, “CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Management” January 26, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/qhamirani/2024/01/26/ceos-are-using-return-to-office-mandates-to-mask-poor-management/?sh=630005786c2b
Fortune, “How unpopular are return-to-office mandates? 99% of companies who had one saw a drop in employee satisfaction, study finds” January 26, 2024 https://fortune.com/2024/01/26/return-to-office-job-satisfaction-financial-performance-study/
Business Insider, “Remote employees are more likely to be laid off than in-office peers — but they quit more, too” January 26, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmylucas/2024/01/26/as-ceos-mandate-office-returns-mounting-evidence-suggests-fewer-upsides/?sh=3aa8d26c14f3
Forbes, "As CEOs Mandate Office Returns, Mounting Evidence Suggests Fewer Upsides" January 26, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmylucas/2024/01/26/as-ceos-mandate-office-returns-mounting-evidence-suggests-fewer-upsides/?sh=3aa8d26c14f3
LinkedIn, "RTO mandates don't work: study" January 25, 2024 https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/rto-mandates-dont-work-study-6571002/
Washington Post, “No, office mandates don’t help companies make more money, study finds” January 24, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/24/return-to-office-mandates-company-performance/
News Nation “Study: Return-to-office mandates often about control, not profits” January 24, 2024 https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/return-to-office-control-profits-leadership
The Business Journal “Remote-work battle rages on as big companies keep calling for a return to the office “January 24, 2024 https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2024/01/10/remote-work-return-to-ofice-hybrid.html
Inc. Magazine “Do RTO Mandates Boost Company Performance? New Research Suggests No” January 24, 2024 https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/do-rto-mandates-boost-company-performance-new-research-suggests-no.html
Irish Times, “Working from home isn’t hurting companies” January 14, 2024 https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2024/01/16/working-from-home-isnt-hurting-companies
Fortune, “Bosses are using RTO mandates as a way to ‘blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance,’ new research finds” January 12, 2024 https://fortune.com/2024/01/13/managers-scapegoating-workers-return-to-office/
WCBS Live Radio, “Are employees more productive working from home? ” January 12, 2024 https://omny.fm/shows/wcbsam-on-demand/newsline-are-employees-more-productive-working-fro
HRM Asia “Do RTO mandates actually raise productivity? Nope.” January 10, 2024 https://hrmasia.com/do-rto-mandates-actually-raise-productivity-nope/
Business Insider, “The data is in: RTO policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care” January 8, 2024 https://www.businessinsider.com/rto-policies-dont-improve-employee-performance-company-value-controlling-bosses-2024-1
The Wire China, “Why is it so hard to know what multinational companies make in China?” June 5,2022. https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/06/05/puzzling-profits/
BBC News, “Is there a best time of year to buy stocks?” December 15, 2018 http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20181214-is-there-a-best-time-of-year-to-buy-stocks
American University, “Spotify's 'Non-IPO'” March 15, 2018 http://www.american.edu/kogod/news/mark-ma-spotify-kogod.cfm
NBC Nightly News, “Why did the Dow Jones industrial average take such a dive on Monday?” February 5, 2018 https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Why-Did-Wall-Street-Plunge-Happen_Washington-DC-472858443.html
Newswise.com, “Jail is the Answer to Corporate Tax Avoidance, says American University Professor” November 15, 2017 https://www.newswise.com/articles/jail-is-the-answer-to-corporate-tax-avoidance-says-american-university-professor
American University, “Real World Research at Kogod”, October 13, 2015 https://www.american.edu/kogod/news/ 20151013_ksbnews_profma.cfm
Washington Post, “Big business wants to keep these four things secret” December 11, 2013 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/12/11/big-business-wants-to-keep-these-four-things-secret/
Wall Street Journal/CFO Journal, “Companies Offer Little Regional Financial Information” September 5, 2012
2024: AAA Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting (Orlando, FL), The Sustainability, ESG, and Accounting Conference (Washington DC), Syracuse University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of West Virginia, Harvard University, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Remote Work Conference.
2023: University of Waterloo, University of Oklahoma, Ball State University, Nanyang Business School ESG conference.
2022: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Beijing Normal University, AAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, University of Maryland.
2020: AAA Financial Reporting Section Midyear Meeting (Tennessee TN), Kent State University, Southern Methodist University, University of Florida
2019: Carnegie Mellon University, Virginia Area Research Conference, University of California-Los Angeles; AAA Auditing Midyear Conference (Nashville); National University of Singapore; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore Management University; ATA Midyear Meeting (Washington DC)
2018: University of Central Florida; University of Pittsburgh; National Tax Association Annual Conference (New Orleans); University of Illinois Auditing Symposium, Tsinghua University; Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research annual conference (Singapore); Washington Area Research Symposium; Beijing University
2017: American University, Financial Economics and Accounting Conference (Philadelphia), China Central University of Finance and Economics; AAA Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA), MIT Asia Conference in Accounting (Hangzhou), China International Conference of Finance (Hangzhou), EAA Annual Meeting (Valencia), AAA Financial Reporting Section Midyear Meeting (Charlotte NC), ATA Midyear Meeting (Phoenix, AZ)
2016: China Central University of Finance and Economics; Washington Area Research Symposium; AAA Annual Conference (NYC); AAA International Accounting Section (IAS) Midyear Meeting (New Orleans), ATA Midyear Meeting (Orlando), University of North Carolina Tax Symposium, AAA Mid Atlantic Regional Conference (Morgantown)
2015: Beijing Normal University, Washington Area Research Symposium, AAA International Accounting Section (IAS) Midyear Meeting (Palm Springs), ATA Midyear Meeting (Washington DC)
2014: China Central University of Finance and Economics; George Mason University; Washington Area Research Symposium
2013: American University; Oklahoma State University ;University of Toronto; University of Miami; Queen’s University ; CUNY-Baruch College; Beijing University; Renmin University (China); China Central University of Finance and Economics; AAA Annual Conference.
2012: Auditing Section Midyear Meeting (Savannah); Beijing Normal University; Renmin University (China); China Central University of Finance and Economics; AAA Annual Conference.
2011: University of Oklahoma; Auditing Section Midyear Meeting (Albuquerque).
Harvard Business Review 2024-Current
International Journal of Accounting 2017-Current
Journal of International Accounting Research 2018-Current
PNAS, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Operations Management, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, Review of Finance, The International Journal of Accounting, Journal of International Accounting Research, Accounting Horizon, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, International Review of Finance, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Advances in Accounting, incorporating Advances in International Accounting
Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong 2017-2024
Katz Graduate School of Business Excellence in Research Award (3 Times)
Journal of Accounting Research Excellence in Reviewing Award
Journal of International Accounting Research Best Reviewer Award
FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award
ConocoPhillips Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
AAA/Deloitte/Michael J. Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow
AAA International Accounting Section Ph.D. Student Travel Grant
Michael Price College of Business Summer Research Award
Graduate Assistantship, the University of Oklahoma
National Scholarship, China
Olympics Volunteer, Beijing, China