Dr Feng Jiang

I am an Associate Professor in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at the School of Business, University of Leicester. Prior to this, I served at the University of Greenwich (UK) and the Central University of Finance and Economics (China). My research, centred on culture and social cognition, has successfully secured several external grants from the Royal Society, National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. I am an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Research and serve on the editorial boards of various journals.

In terms of leadership roles, I have been the Co-Director of the Management Inquiry Group (MIG), a governance board member of Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW), and the Vice Dean of Business School at Central University of Finance and Economics.

Outside of academia, I am a big fan of ParkRun.

My research interests are diverse, encompassing culture and social cognition, with a particular focus on 1) the impact of culture on performance and well-being through the provision of autonomy, and 2) the influence of culture on judgment and decision-making processes.

I have secured several external grants from prestigious bodies like the Royal Society and the National Natural Science Foundation. My research has been featured in various media outlets, including Behavioraleconomic, Chinadaily, and the Chinese edition of Businessweek. In addition to my academic pursuits, I have offered managerial consultancy services to companies.

• Yuan, W. Y., Chang, J. Y., Jiang, F., & Jiang, T. L. (in press). Be kinder to yourself: Awe promotes self-compassion via self-transcendence. Emotion. 
• Zou, H. Y., Wang, H. J., Sheng, Z., Liu, W., & Jiang, F. (2024). When is more (not) better? On the relationships between the number of information ties and newcomer assimilation and learning. Human Resource Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12545
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Ji, L.-J., & Wang, H.-J. (2023). Culture and the way of granting job autonomy: Goal or execution? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 96(3), 624-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12438
• Fan, C., Jiang, F., Yu, M., & Tao, X. (forthcoming). Telling more or less? The impact of blank-leaving narrative style on story immersion and brand attitude. Journal of Product & Brand Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-04-2023-4449
• Zhu, X. J., Yang, D., Sun, C., Jiang, F., Han, J., & Fan, C. (2023). Stereotype reactance of employees with disabilities: the role of perspective‑taking and performance self‑esteem. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05375-6.
• Lu, S., Jiang, F*., Lan, J., & Wang, T. (2023). The funnier, the happier? The interplay between interpersonal humor styles on mental health via gratitude. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04665-3
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Zhang, R., & Zhang, N. (2022). Revisiting Cross-Cultural Psychology on International Business: Challenges and Opportunities. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:941217. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.941217.
• Park, J.,……Jiang, F.,……Yadav, R. (2022). Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the big five inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts. Personality and Individual Differences, 196: 111751. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751
• Jiang, F., Zhang, R., & Lu, S. (2021). Red and Risk Preferences: The Effects of Culture and Individual Differences. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 34, 625-638. DOI: 10.1002/bdm.2233
  Media report: When red means “Go”: Color and cultural reactance in risk preferences. www.behavioraleconomics.com 
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Zhu, X., & Song, X. (2021). Social media impacts the relation between interpersonal conflict and job performance. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 59, 420-441. DOI: 10.1111/1744- 7941.12250
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Wang, H., Zhu, X., & Lin, W. (2021). The Roles of Leader Empowering Behavior and Employee Proactivity in Daily Job Crafting: A Compensatory Model. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30, 58-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1813110
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Jiang, T., & Jia, H. (2020). Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-being Vary across Culture and Age? A Meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11: 2213. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02213
• Ogunbode, C. A., ……Jiang, F.,.....& Lomas, M. J. (2021). Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries. Current Psychology, 1-10.
• Sorokowska, A., ……Jiang, F.,......Croy, I. (2021). Affective interpersonal touch in close relationships: A cross-cultural perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 1705-1721. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988373.
• Jia, H., Xu, Z., Lin, S, & Jiang, F. (2021). Does persistence make you healthy? An empirical study on female entrepreneurs from China. BMC Women's Health, 21: 327. DOI: org/10.1186/s12905-021-01471-6
• Walter, K., ......Jiang, F., ...... Zupancic, M. (2020). Sex differences in mate preferences across 45 countries: A large-scale replication. Psychological Science, 31, 4:408-423. DOI:10.1177/09567720904154.
• Chen, J., Jiang, F., & Lin, S. (2020). How coping combination affects innovation ambidexterity in business failure situations. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1409. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01409
• Dobrowolska, M.,......Jiang, F.,......& Sorokowska, A. (2020). Global perspective on marital satisfaction. Sustainability, 12(21), 8817.
• Lu, S., Au, W-T., Zhu, Y., Jiang, F.* (2019). True versus strategic fairness in a common resource dilemma: Evidence from the dual-process perspective. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 32, 3: 255-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2111
• Lin, W., Ma, J., Zhang, Q., Li, C., & Jiang, F. (2018). How is benevolent leadership linked to employee creativity? The mediating role of Leader-Member exchange and the moderating role of power distance orientation. Journal of Business Ethics, 152, 1099-1115. DOI 10.1007/s10551-016- 3314-4 
• Conroy-Beam, D., ......Jiang, F., ......& Zupancic, M. (2019). Assortative mating and evolution of desirability covariation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40, 479-491.
• Li, Y. J., Lu, S., Lan, J., & Jiang, F.* (2019). Feel safe to take more risks? Insecure attachment increases consumer risk-taking behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00874
• Hou, Y., Jiang, F.*, Wang, X. (2019). Marital commitment, communication and marital satisfaction: An analysis based on actor-partner interdependence model. International Journal of Psychology. 54, 369-376.
• Yue, X., Cheung, C. K., Hiranandani, N., & Jiang, F. (2018). Dispositional predispositions of depression, life satisfaction, and life meaning among Chinese college students. International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis, 4, 142-149.
• Sorokowska, A., ......Jiang, F., ......Pierce, D. (2017). Preferred interpersonal distances: A global comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 577-592.
• Yue, X., Jiang, F., Hou, Z., & Chen, X. (2017). Unpacking the gender differences on mental health: The effects of optimism and gratitude. Psychological Reports, 120, 639-649.
• Li, M. W., Masuda, T., & Jiang, F. (2016). Influence of cultural meaning system and socioeconomic change on indecisiveness in three cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 508-524.
• Yue, X., Jiang, F.*, Lu, S., & Hiranandani, N. (2016). To be or not to be humorous? Cross-cultural perspective on humor. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01495.
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Yao, X., Yue, X. D., & Au, W. T. (2014). Up or down? How culture and color affect judgments. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 27, 226-234. DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1800 (reprinted by Science Index).
• Hipert, P......., Jiang, F........Yoo, G. (2016). The associations of dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction vary between and within nations: A 35-Nation study. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1664-1078. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01106. 
• Jiang, F., Ma, W., Yu, H. Y., & Yu, G. T. (2016). The psychological functioning and influential mechanism of red (in Chinese). Journal of Psychological Science. 39, 2-7.
• Jiang, F., Yue, X. D., Lu, S., Yu, G. T., &Zhu, F. (2016). How belief in a just world benefits mental health? The effects of optimism and gratitude. Social Indicators Research,126, 411-423.
• Jiang, F., Yue, X. D., Lu, S., & Yu, G. T. (2015). Can you forgive? It depends on how happy you are. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56, 182-188.
• Yue, X. D., Liu, K. W., Jiang, F., & Neelam, H. A. (2014). Humor styles, self- esteem and subjective happiness. Psychological Reports. DOI 10.2466/07.02.PR0.115c18z6 
• Shi, J., Zhang, C., & Jiang, F.* (2014). Does red undermine individuals' intellectual performance? A test in China. International Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12076
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Hou, Y., & Yue, X. D. (2013). Dialectical thinking and health behaviors: The effects of the theory of planned behavior. International Journal of Psychology,43, 206-214.  DOI:10.1080/00207594.2012.656130
• Lu, S., Au, W-T., Jiang, F.*, Xie, X., & Yam, P-C. (2013). Cooperativeness and competitiveness as two distinct constructs: Validating the cooperative and competitive personality scale in a social dilemma context. International Journal of Psychology, 48, 1135-1147. DOI:10.1080/00207594.2012.743666
• Jiang, F., Yue, X. D., & Lu, S. (2011). Different attitudes toward humor between the Chinese and Americans students: Evidence from implicit association test. Psychological Reports, 109, 99-107.

I am eager to collaborate with PhD students whose research interests align with mine, specifically in:

1) How culture shapes judgment/decision-making.

2) The interplay of culture and autonomy, and their combined impact on organisational behaviour.

PG

MN7005 Leading, Managing and Developing People

UG

MN1013 Future of Work

MN1028 Contemporary Issues of Business and Management

Behavioraleconomics

Chinadaily