Professor Chia-Huei Wu

Email: chiahuei.wu@kcl.ac.uk

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My research in organizational behaviour concerns the person–environment dynamics and has two research streams: Employee Proactivity (i.e., why, when, and how employees can use their proactivity to change and improve the work environment) and Work and Personality Development (i.e., whether and how work experiences shape one’s personality development). Building on these two research streams, I have investigated topics in innovation and voice, leadership, work design, career development, workplace wellbeing, job change, and overqualification. I have published over 100 journal articles and book chapters. My work has appeared in top-tier journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Management, among others. I take doctoral students who (1) have a psychology background and are interested in research topics in employee proacivity, job design, personality development, overqualification, or workplace ostracism, (2) have experiences or interested in using structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling or fixed effect modeling for survey data, and (3) are keen to have an academic career in organizational behavior. 

Who I work for

King's College London, Mar 2023 - 

Professor, Human Resource Management & Employment Relations Department


University of Leeds, Mar 2023 – Feb 2026 

Visiting professor in Organizational Psychology, Management Department


University of Leeds, Jan 2020 – Feb 2023 

Professor in Organizational Psychology, Management Department

  Director of Workplace Behavior Research Centre, Sep 2020 – Feb 2023

  Head of organizational behaivor group, April 2021- Feb 2023


Durham University, July 2018 - Jan 2020 

Associate Professor, Department of Management and Marketing


London School of Economics, Sep 2013- June 2018 

Assistant Professor, Department of Management

Awards

2023 Annual Award for Research and Development in Sport Science, Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) ((中華民國行政院教育部體育署112年度運動科學研究及發展佳作獎勵):  Wang, Y., Wu, C-H., & Chen, L H. (2023). A longitudinal investigation of coaches’ autonomy support in reducing athletes’ experiential avoidance: The mediating role of subjective vitality. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 64, 102304.


2023 Joyce and Robert Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. [Li, W.-D., Li, S., Feng, J. (J.), Wang, M., Zhang, H., Frese, M., & Wu, C. H. (2021). Can becoming a leader change your personality? An investigation with two longitudinal studies from a role-based perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 882-901.]

2022 Dean’s Awards for Research Excellence. Leeds University Business School. University of Leeds.

2021 Annual Award for Research and Development in Sport Science, Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) ((中華民國行政院教育部體育署109年度運動科學研究及發展甲等獎勵):  Chen, L. H., Wu, C.-H., Ni, Y.-L., & Kuo, C.-C. (2021). The differential interaction effect of mastery and performance climate on athletes’ emotional and physical exhaustion: The role of athletes’ gratitude. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 10(3), 394–407.

2020 Annual Award for Research and Development in Sport Science, Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) ((中華民國行政院教育部體育署109年度運動科學研究及發展佳作獎勵):  Chang, W. H., Chi, L., Wu, C.-H., & Chen, L. H. (2019). Perceived coach autonomy support and athlete burnout: The role of athletes’ experiential avoidance. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 50(6), 503-522.  . 

2019 Best scientific paper award at the 19th congress of the EAWOP. Wu, C. H., Wang, Y., Parker, S. K., & Griffin, M. A. (2019). Effects of prolonged job insecurity on Big Five personality change. The 19th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy, 29 May – 1 June. 

2019 Annual Award for Research and Development in Sport Science, Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) ((中華民國行政院教育部體育署108年度運動科學研究及發展佳作獎勵):  Chang, W. H., Wu, C. H., Kuo, C. C., & Chen, L. H. (2018). The role of athletic identity in the development of athlete burnout: The moderating role of psychological flexibility. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 39, 45-51. 

2018 Annual Award for Research and Development in Sport Science, Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) ((中華民國行政院教育部體育署107年度運動科學研究及發展甲等獎勵):  Chen, L. H., Wu, C. H., Lin, S-H., & Ye, Y-C. (2018). Top-down or button-up? The reciprocal longitudinal relationship between athletes’ team satisfaction and life satisfaction. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 7, 1-12. 

2018 Academy of Management - Careers Division 2018 Best Overall Paper Award: Zhou, Y., Zou, M., Woods, S. A., M., & Wu, C. H. (2018). The restorative effect of work after unemployment. Academy of Management 2018 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, US, August 10-14. In Guclu Atinc (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Online ISSN: 2151-6561

2014 Annual Award for Research and Development in Sport Science, Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (R.O.C.)) ((中華民國行政院教育部體育署103年度運動科學研究及發展甲等獎勵): Chen, L. H. & Wu, C. H. (2014). Gratitude enhances change of athlete’s self-esteem: The moderating role of trust in coach. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 26, 349-362. 


Services

Human Resource Management, Special issue guest editor, 2023

Journal of Organizational Behavior, Special issue guest editor, 2023

Journal of Management, Associate editor, 2020 - 2023

Personnel Psychology, Editorial board member, 2023 -

Human Relations, Editorial board member, 2015 -

Journal of Business and Psychology, Editorial board member, 2016 - 

Journal of Business Research, Editorial board member, 2016 –

SIOP (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Award committee, 2016, 2022

IACRM (International Association for Chinese Management), Research committee, 2021-2023

Grants

Key publications

Books 

Journal articles

Invited presentations

Wu, C. H. (2023). Unleashing potential: Nurturing proactivity in the workplace (keynote speaker). The 13th Division Conference of the Division of Industrial, Organizational and Business Psychology ("Proactive Adaptation to a Changing World of Work"). Kassel, Germany, Sep, 12-15.

Wu, C. H. (2022). Organizational resilience: A human capital perspective (keynote speaker). 2022 Taiwan Psychological Annual Conference, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, Oct, 16. 

Wu, C. H. (2022). Work experiences and personality development (featured speaker). 12th Conference for Chinese Psychologists. Academia Sinica, Taiwan, July, 13-15.  

Wu, C. H. (2021). The role of work design in shaping employee proactivity (Keynote speaker). The 7th EAWOP Early Career Summer School, Durham University, UK, Sep, 13.

Wu, C. H. (2019). Appreciation that inspires: The impact of leader gratitude on team innovation from an other-praising perspective (Keynote speaker). International Symposium 2019: Fueling the Proactivity by Emotions ‘Energy’: Prospect and Dialogue. Hong Kong Shue Yan University, May, 9.