Hi there!

My name is Zhiya Guo 郭志娅, and I go by Alice. I am an Assistant Professor of Management in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

My research lies at the intersection of Teams, Leadership, and Hierarchy. Much of my work focuses on the everyday dynamics that shape whether people and teams work well together, such as:

• How team members collaborate and manage disagreements

• How people build relationships across formal and informal boundaries

• How leaders and followers influence one another

My research has been published in leading management and applied psychology journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and the Journal of Business Research. A symposium I co-chaired at the 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting also received the Best Symposium Award from the Organizational Behavior Division.

I received my Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Michigan State University, with a minor in Research Methods. I also hold a Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Human Resource Management from North China Electric Power University.