Education

2013 – 2020 Zhejiang University, Ph.D.

2013 – 2019 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Ph.D.

2009 – 2013 Zhejiang University, B.A.

Work Experience

Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China, 2019 – Present

My research focuses on human resources management and organizational behaviors in teams operating in knowledge-intensive organizations. Particularly I consider three themes in my research: (1) knowledge management and innovation in teams; (2) team boundary spanning behaviors and team effectiveness; (3) leadership in upper echelons and organizational change.

Leadership: Theory and Practice (Undergraduate)

Research Seminar on Work Groups and Teams in Organizations (MPhil/PhD students)

Structural Equation Modeling (MPhil/PhD students)

Multilevel Theory and Research Design (MPhil/PhD students)

Selected Academic Articles  

Please refer to my page in Google Scholar (Chu-Ding Ling) for more updated and completed information:

1. Duan, C., Zhang, M. J., Liu, X., Ling, C. D.†, & Xie, X. Y.†. (2023). Investigating the curvilinear relationship between temporal leadership and team creativity: The moderation of knowledge complexity and the mediation of team creative process engagement. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(4), 717–738. doi: 10.1002/job.2698

2. He, J. H., Xie, X. Y., Ling, C. D., & Feng, W.† (2023). Look back, move forward: A bibliometric review of team literature. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 27, 1–27. doi: 10.1037/gdn0000192

3. Ling, C. D., He, W.†, Gong, Y., Liu, W., & Cho, V. (2023). Does receiving knowledge catalyze creativity? A dyadic-level contingency model of knowledge type and psychological closeness on knowledge elaboration. Journal of Organizational Behavior, online first. doi: 10.1002/job.2741

4. Wang, F., Liu, W., Ling, C. D.†, Fan, P., & Chen, Y. (2023). Combating team hopelessness: How and why leader interpersonal emotion management matters. Personnel Psychology, 76(3), 797–827. doi: 10.1111/peps.12508

5. Xie, X. Y., Ling, C. D.†, Liu, W., (The first three authors contributed equally to this research) & Wei, J. (2022). Inter-team coordination, information elaboration, and performance in teams: The moderating effect of knowledge integration capability. Journal of Business Research, 149, 149–160. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.002

6. Xue, S., Tang, Y., Xu, Y.†, Ling, C. D., Xie, X. Y.†, & Mo, S. (2022). How boards’ factional faultlines affect corporate financial fraud. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, online first. doi: 10.1007/s10490-022-09859-0

7. Zhu, C., Zhang, F., Ling, C. D.^†, & Xu, Y. (2022). Supervisor feedback, relational energy, and employee voice: The moderating role of leader–member exchange quality.  The International Journal of Human Resource Management ,  online first . doi: 10.1080/09585192.2022.2119093

8. Mo, S., Ling, C. D., & Xie, X. Y.† (2019). The curvilinear relationship between ethical leadership and team creativity: The moderating role of team faultlines. Journal of Business Ethics, 154, 229–242. doi: 10.1007/s10551-016-3430-1

9. Luan, K., Ling, C. D., & Xie, X. Y.^† (2016). The nonlinear effects of educational diversity on team creativity.  Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources ,  54 (4), 465–480. doi: 10.1111/1744-7941.12078

Selected Monographs

Ling, C. D. & Xie, X. Y. (2020).  Antecedents of Team Members' Boundary Spanning Behavior and Its Implications on Team Effectiveness: An Investigation from the Perspective of Platform Management. Renmin University of China Press (in Chinese)

Selected Research Grants

1. "An investigation of the implications of team members' boundary spanning behavior on team effectiveness: Multilevel studies in the context of enterprise social media" (National Natural Science Foundation of China: Grant # 72102226) [Amount: RMB ￥300,000]. Principal Investigator. Period: 2022.1.1 – 2023.12.31. Status: Ongoing.

2. "Organizations being online: The dynamic organizational design and workplace behaviors" (National Natural Science Foundation of China: Grant # 72232009) [Amount: RMB ￥2,000,000]. Co-Investigator. Period: 2023.1.1 – 2027.12.31. Status: Ongoing.

3. "Adaptations of multiteam systems in response to changes: A field investigation in a nuclear power plant" (General Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council) [Amount: HK$643,210]. Co-Investigator. Period: 2024.1.1 – 2026.12.31. Status: Ongoing.

4. "An investigation of multiteam systems resilience in the context of digital transformation" (School Research Fund) [Amount: RMB ￥100,000]. Principal Investigator. Period: 2023.9.1–2027.8.31. Status: Ongoing.

Selected Presentations at Academic Meetings

1. Ling, C. D., Zhang, M., & Zhu, J. (2023). Differential implications of promotion-and prevention-focused ethical leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1). doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.12500abstract

2. Zhang, M. J., Ling, C. D., Lam, C. K., & Lam, C. F. (2022). How and when are frequent voicers treated badly? Employee voice behavior and coworker victimization.  Academy of Management Proceedings ,  2022 (1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.16071abstract

3. Wang, D., & Ling, C. D. (2021). When and how awareness of social problems would boost one’s social entrepreneurial engagement.  Academy of Management Proceedings , 2021 (1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2021.15662abstract

4. Ling, C. D., Liu, W., & Xie, X. Y. (2020). Implications of individual boundary spanning behaviors for team performance: A bottom-up model.  Academy of Management Proceedings ,  2020 (1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.20126abstract

5. Ling, C. D., Bavik, Y. L., & Xie, X. Y. (2019). A social network perspective on team members’ external learning. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.17056abstract

Cases and Textbooks

1. Ling, C. D. & Zhou, Y. T. (2021). Matching managers and teams, leading by characteristics to achieve high performance. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

2. Ling, C. D. & Zhang, L. Y. (2021). Company W: The transformation of the outsider CEO. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

3. Ling, C. D. & Gao, C. (2021). Y company: The challenge of "3% small goal". Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

4. Ling, C. D., Zhang, Y. Z., & Li, X. Y. (2022). The right person or the left: The dilemma of followers. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

5. Ling, C. D., Li, X. Y., Zhong, X. Y., & Chen, X. (2022). Factory H: The transformation journey led by followers. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

6. Ling, C. D., Chen, X., Lu, R. Q., & Li, X. Y. (2022). M&A team of K law firm: The role transition of middle-level layer. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

7. Ling, C. D., Zhou, Y. X., & Chen, X. (2023). From "united" to "divided": The loss of influence of the leader. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

8. Ling, C. D., Li, G., & Peng, G. (2023). The cross-cultural leadership problem of K Company's overseas Marketing Department. Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

9. Ling, C. D., Wang, Z., & Zhang, Y. Z. (2023). Is transformational leadership or transactional leadership more effective for outside manager? Renmin Business School Cases (in Chinese)

10. Ling, C. D., Zhang, L. Y., Chen, X., & Li, X. Y. (2023). Company W: The transformation of the outsider CEO. Sage Business Cases

Corporate Projects、Policy Reports、Business Reports

1. Report on college student entrepreneurship education and practice in China: 2020 (in Chinese)

2. Report on college student entrepreneurship education and practice in China: 2021 (in Chinese)

3. Report on college student entrepreneurship education and practice in China: 2022 (in Chinese)

Honors and Awards

2023 Outstanding Research Output (Monograph), School of Business, Renmin University of China

2023 Best Teaching Award for MPhil and PhD Program, School of Business, Renmin University of China

2022 Grand Award of Basic Teaching Skills Competition for Young Teachers, School of Business, Renmin University of China

2022 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, Zhejiang University

2021 Outstanding Social Science Research Output, Government of Zhejiang Province

2020 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, School of Management, Zhejiang University

2020 Outstanding paper (Research Highlights from China Collection), Spring Nature

2020 Distinguished Scholar - Young Scholar, Renmin University of China

2020 Excellent Service Award, School of Business, Renmin University of China

2019 Best Paper Award in OB Division, Academy of Management

Other Appointments（in last five years）

1. Editorial Board Member, Australian Journal of Management, 2022 – Present

2. Anonymous reviewer for Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Australian Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Management and Organization Review, Frontiers of Business Research in China, Information & Management, Internet Research and Academy of Management (AoM), International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGROUP).