Weichun Zhu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management and Organization

Management

Expertise

    • Transformational and charismatic leadership
    • Crisis leadership
    • Ethical decision making 

Professional Activities

    • Editorial Board: Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies; Leadership Review    
    • Ad hoc Reviewer:
      • Journals: The Leadership Quarterly, Human Relations, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Group and Organization Management, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
    • Conferences: AOM Annual Conference, SIOP Annual Conference, Conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference, Asia Academy of Management Conference
    • Assistant to AOM OB Program Division Chair, Dr. Bruce Avolio, 2003
    • Session chair:  “Leader member exchange, Justice, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior.” The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2003, Seattle, Washington
    • Invited discussant: “Research Seminar on the Globalization of Chinese Firms.” The Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University. Nov., 2006

Honors

    • 2007, Certificate of Best Poster Paper at the 22nd SIOP Annual Conference, April, 2007, New York, NY
    • 2003, AOM's OB Division. Certificate of Appreciation for Constructing the Organizational Behavior Program

Education

    • Ph.D. - University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Management)
    • M.S. - National University of Singapore (Management)
    • M.A. - Shandong University of Science and Technology (Management Engineering)
    • B.S. - Shandong University of Science and Technology (Mining Engineering)

Courses

    • Full Range Leadership (LEAD 555)
    • Strategic Leadership (LEAD 562)
    • Leadership Development Across a Lifespan (LEAD 501)
    • Organizational Behavior (MGMT 501)

Research Interests

    • Transformational and charismatic leadership and their influence processes
    • Crisis leadership and its antecedents, consequences, and influence mechanisms
    • Ethical leadership and ethical decision making in organizations

Citations

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Sosik, J. J., Zhu, W., & Blair, A. L. (forthcoming). Felt-authenticity and demonstrating transformational leadership in faith communities. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

Riggio, R. E., Zhu, W., Reina, C., & Maroosis, J. A. (forthcoming). Virtue-based measurement of ethical leadership: The Leadership Virtues Questionnaire. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.  

Chang, S. & Zhu, W. (forthcoming). Enhancing a firm’s reputation for market expansion in China: The effect of product and service quality on corporate reputation. Journal of Strategic Marketing

Zhu, W., Avolio, B.J., Riggio, R., & Sosik, J. (Forthcoming). The effect of authentic transformational leadership on follower and group ethics. The Leadership Quarterly.

Hadley, C., Pittinsky, T.L., Sommer, A., & Zhu, W. (in press). Measuring the efficacy of leaders to assess information and make decisions in a crisis: The C-LEAD scale. The Leadership Quarterly. 

Wang, P., & Zhu, W. (in press). Transformational leadership and individual/group creativity: Mediating role of follower individual/group creative identity.  Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Zhu, W., Riggio, R., Avolio, B.J., & Sosik, J. J. (in press). The effect of leadership on follower moral identity: Does transformational/transactional style make a difference?  Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.    

Zhu, W., Avolio, B.J., & Walumbwa, F.O. (2009). Moderating role of follower characteristics with transformational leadership and follower work engagement. Group & Organization Management, 34(5), 590-619.

Walumbwa, F.O., Avolio, B.J., & Zhu, W. (2008). How transformational leadership weaves its influence on individual job performance: The role of identification and efficacy beliefs. Personnel Psychology, 61, 793-825. 

Zhu, W. (2008). The impact of ethical leadership on follower moral identity: The mediating role of psychological empowerment. Leadership Review, 8 (Spring): 62-73.

Zhu, W., Peng, Z., Norman, S., & Riggio, R. (2008). The impact of ethical executive leadership on the citizens: An empirical investigation in the USA (in Chinese). China Public Administration Review, 1(7): 24-42. Tsinghua University, CHINA. 

Zhu, W., Luthans, F., Chew, I., & Li, C. (2006). Potential expats in Singaporean Organizations.  Journal of Management Development, 25: 763-776. 

Luthans, F., Zhu, W., & Avolio, B. J. (2006). The impact of efficacy on work attitudes across cultures. Journal of World Business, 41(2): 121-132.

Zhu, W., Chew, I., & Spangler, W. D. (2005). The effect of CEO transformational leadership on organizational outcomes: Mediating role of human capital enhancing HRM. The Leadership Quarterly, 16:39-52.

Avolio, B. J., Zhu, W., Koh, W., & Puja, B. (2004). Transformational leadership and organizational commitment: Mediating role of psychological empowerment and moderating role of structural distance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25: 951-968.

Zhu, W., May, D., & Avolio, B. J. (2004). Impact of ethical leadership behavior on employees’ organizational commitment and trust in leaders: Mediating role of psychological empowerment. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 11(1): 16-26.

Chew, I., & Zhu, W.  (2002). Factors influencing Singapore managers’ international aspiration. Career Development International, 7: 96-108.

Book Chapters

Liu, Y., Zhu, W., & Perrewe, P. M. (2008). Authentic leadership and follower emotional reactions to major obstacles at work.  In R.H. Humphrey (Ed.) Affect and Emotion: New Directions in Management Theory and Research, Volume 7 of Research in Management. Information Age Publishing.

Selected Conference Presentations

The effect of authentic transformational leadership on follower and group ethics. Presented at The Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting. Aug. 2010, Montreal, Canada. 

I’ve got to be me: Felt-authenticity and demonstrating transformational leadership in faith communities. Presented as part of symposium titled “New Horizons in Authentic Leadership Research and Development” at The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug. 2010, Montreal, Canada. 

Enhancing corporate reputation for market expansion. Presented at The International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference, Jun. 2010, Shanghai, China.

The impact of transformational leadership on organizational identification: The role of psychological empowerment. The 25th Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference. Apr., 2010, Atlanta, GA. 

Virtue-based measure of ethical leadership. The Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting. Aug. 2009, Chicago, Illinois.

The effects of leadership on follower ethical decision making. The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug. 2009, Chicago, Illinois.

The impact of ethical leadership on follower moral identity: The mediating role of psychological empowerment. The International Leadership Association (ILA) Annual Conference. Nov., 2008, Los Angeles, CA. 

The effect of leadership on follower moral identity: Does transformational/transactional style make a difference?  The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2008, Anaheim, CA. 

Authentic transformational leadership and follower moral decision making: The role of follower moral identity and moral intensity. The 23rd Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference. Apr., 2008 San Francisco, CA.

Authentic leadership and follower moral decision making. Part of symposium titled “Recent Experimental Research on Positive Forms of Leadership.” The 22nd SIOP Annual Conference. Apr., 2007, New York, NY.

The effect of transformational leadership on follower work engagement. The 22nd SIOP Annual Conference. Apr., 2007, New York, NY.

Leadership and means efficacy at work.  The 22nd SIOP Annual Conference. Apr., 2007, New York, NY.

The synechdochal fallacy and the seven competencies of public leadership. The 2nd Biennial Gallup Leadership Institute Summit. Oct., 2006, Washington, D.C.

Transformational leadership and follower moral development: An integrative perspective. The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2006, Atlanta, Georgia.

Transformational leadership and follower creativity: Mediating role of creative efficacy. The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2006, Atlanta, Georgia.

Transformational leadership, cultural orientation, and team performance. The 21st SIOP Annual Conference. May, 2006, Dallas, Texas.

Authentic transformational leadership and followers’ sustained identification: Mediating role of individual psychological empowerment and collective empowerment climate. The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Followers’ rating of leadership in predicting organizational commitment and self-perceived capability: A longitudinal study. The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii.

A missing link between transformational leadership and employees’ identification: Mediating role of psychological empowerment. The Gallup Leadership Institute Inaugural Summit. Jun., 2004, Omaha, Nebraska.

Employees’ intention to accept international assignment: The role of impact on family members and individuals’ entrepreneurial characteristics. The 19th SIOP Annual Conference. Apr., 2004, Chicago, Illinois.

Leadership, distance, and organizational commitment. The AOM Annual Meeting. Aug., 2003, Seattle, Washington.

The influence of frequent business travel on the family: Moderating effects of family characteristics and perception of business travel. The 17th SIOP Annual Conference. Apr., 2002, Toronto, Canada.