Dr. Hui Liao is the Long Jiang Endowed Chair in Business in the Department of Management and Organization at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Professor Liao received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and her BA in International Economics from the Renmin University of China.
Professor Liao’s current research interests include leadership, proactivity and creativity, human capital, and cross-cultural management. Professor Liao has conducted field research in the United States, China, Switzerland, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, the UAE, and many other cultural contexts, involving both small business and multinational companies’ worldwide operations. Professor Liao has published numerous papers in top academic journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, and Personnel Psychology. Her work has also appeared in popular presses such as the Harvard Business Review, and the Washington Post.
Professor Liao received the Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award from the Academy of Management’s Organizational Behavior (OB) Division, the Scholarly Achievement Award and the Early Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Management’s Human Resources (HR) Division, and the Dorothy Harlow Distinguished Paper Award from the Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division. Professor Liao also received the Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award and the Williams A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award from the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP). She has served as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
Professor Liao has been inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Management (AOM), the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
In addition to her research accomplishments, Professor Liao has been recognized for her dedicated teaching of undergraduate, MBA, PhD, and executive classes. Professor Liao has taught topics such as Leadership Development, Leadership and Human Capital, Cross-cultural Communication and Teamwork, Emotional Intelligence, Strategic Human Resource Management, and Data-based Decision Making to different audiences.
Primary Research Areas
- Leadership
- Service Behavior/Quality
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Creativity and Proactivity
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Cross-Cultural Management
