Zhangguangxi

Guangxi Zhang is a Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology. Her main research interests include creativity in organizations, ethical leadership, and social networks. She obtained her M.Sc. in Psychology from Zhejiang University in 2006 and her Ph.D. in Management from City University of Hong Kong in 2012. During her doctoral studies, she received the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Scholarship and was inducted as a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business scholars.

Dr. Zhang has published extensively in leading international and domestic journals, including Journal of Business Ethics (FT50), Journal of Product Innovation Management (ABS 4-star), International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business and Psychology, Information Technology & People, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Industry & Innovation, and Management World (《管理世界》). She has also published two monographs. Her research has been presented multiple times at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, and one of her papers was nominated for the Best Conference Paper Award in 2012.

She has served as the principal investigator for one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and one by the National Social Science Fund (NSSF), as well as seven provincial and ministerial projects. She has also participated in several key national and general research projects. Dr. Zhang’s work has earned her the Second Prize for Outstanding Young Achievements in Social Sciences of Zhejiang Province, and the Third Prize for Excellent Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Zhejiang Province. She has been selected for multiple talent programs, including the Zhejiang “Zhijiang Young Social Science Scholars Action Plan”, the Zhejiang 151 Talent Program, and the Zhejiang University of Technology Young Talent Support Program. She also completed a visiting scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

In teaching and academic administration, Dr. Zhang has served as Deputy Director of the Department of Business Administration, and as a member of the School’s Degree Committee and Undergraduate Teaching Steering Committee. She teaches courses such as Organizational Behavior, Industry Analysis and Strategic Investment, Management (English-taught), Advanced Organizational and Management Theories, and Academic Writing.

Her teaching achievements include the Second Prize (Senior Faculty Group) in the 4th Teaching Innovation Competition of Zhejiang University of Technology, the Second Prize in the 2nd Micro-Lecture Teaching Skills Competition, and the Excellence Award in the 9th Young Faculty Teaching Skills Competition. Her course Organizational Behavior was recognized as a First-Class Course in Zhejiang Province and was selected as a National First-Class Undergraduate Course in 2023.

I. Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses:

• Industry Analysis      and Strategic Investment

• Organizational      Behavior

Doctoral Course:

• Academic      Paper Writing

• Advanced      Organization and Management Theory

Postgraduate Courses:

• Organizational      Behavior

• Management      Theory and Frontiers

International Student Course (English-taught):

• Management

II. Publications on Teaching and Pedagogy

• Zhang,      Guangxi, & Zheng, Mengsha.      (2021). A Cross-level Study on the Effect of Supervisors’ Ethical      Leadership on Graduate Students’ Academic Misconduct.Heilongjiang      Researches on Higher Education, 10, 98–103.

• Zhang,      Guangxi*, & Jin, Huihong.      (2014). Chinese Culture and the Cultivation of College Students’      Creativity.Higher Education Development and Evaluation, 30(5),      80–87.

III. Teaching Projects

1. Zhejiang      University of Technology, School of Economics and Management — Construction of English-Taught Courses for      International Students (Project No. 10700145): May 2014 – May 2017.

2. Ministry of      Education—Industry-University Collaborative Education Program — Construction of a Talent Intelligence      Assessment and Recruitment Laboratory under the New Liberal Arts      Initiative (Project No. 202002308061), Principal Investigator (1/4):      Jan 2021 – Dec 2022.

3. Ministry of      Education—Industry-University Collaborative Education Program — Construction of a Comprehensive University      Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Practice Base (Project No.      202002126035), Participant (2/4): Jan 2021 – Dec 2022.

4. Zhejiang      University of Technology Graduate Innovation Program — “AI + X”: Organizational Behavior      (1/3): Jun 2025 – Jun 2026.

5. Zhejiang      University of Technology Undergraduate Internationalization Program — Introduction to Business Administration      (English-taught) (5/5): Jul 2024.

IV. Teaching Honors and Awards

• Jan 2024 — Second Prize (Senior Faculty Group), 4th      Teaching Innovation Competition, Zhejiang University of Technology.

• Jan 2024 — Second Prize, 2nd Teaching Design      Competition, School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology.

• Apr 2023 — National First-Class Undergraduate Course      (Organizational Behavior), Teaching Team Member (3/6). Awarded by      the Ministry of Education of China.

• Jul 2021 — Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Course      (Organizational Behavior), Teaching Team Member (3/6).

• Jan 2020 — Excellent Basic Teaching Organization Award      (Organizational Behavior Course Team, 3/6).

• Mar 2015 — Recipient of the “Gongmao 85” Teaching      Excellence Award, School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang      University of Technology.

• Sep 2014 — Second Prize, 8th Zhejiang Federation of      Social Sciences Youth Outstanding Achievement Award (1/1).

• Oct 2014 — Second Prize, 2nd Micro-Lecture Teaching      Skills Competition, Zhejiang University of Technology.

• Jun 2014 — Excellence Award, 9th Young Faculty      Teaching Skills Competition, Zhejiang University of Technology.

• Apr 2014 — Second Prize, Young Faculty Teaching      Competition, School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang University      of Technology.

In terms of teaching and teaching management, he served as a member of the undergraduate teaching guidance committee of the School of Management at Zhejiang University of Technology and a member of the Zhejiang University Degree Committee. He mainly taught industry analysis and strategic investment, and organizational behavior to undergraduates; academic paper writing, organizational behavior and human resources frontier topics and literature reading, organizational behavior, and management theory and frontiers to graduate and doctoral students; and management (in English) to international students. He served as the homeroom teacher for two undergraduate classes and served as a member of the Party branch of Business Administration and a Party building instructor.

Research Projects (Principal Investigator)

1. National Social Science Foundation of China (General Program, 25BKX015) — The Triple Empowerment Mechanism of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Scientific and Technological Talents’ Creativity, 2026.1–2028.12

2. Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project (22YJAZH143) — Key Factors and Path Optimization for Cultivating Young Scientific and Technological Talents’ Scientific Creativity under the Digitalization Context, 2023.1–2024.12

3. Key Project of Zhejiang Provincial Soft Science Research Program (2022C25023) — Key Factors for Stimulating the Scientific and Innovative Vitality of Young Scientific and Technological Talents in Zhejiang Province, 2022.1–2023.12

4. Basic Scientific Research Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology (GB202103005) — Key Factors and Pathways for Cultivating Young Scientific and Technological Talents’ Scientific Creativity under Digital Reform in Zhejiang Province, 2021.11–2022.11

5. Post-funded Project, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology (SKY-ZX-20200267) — The Cultivation and Influence Process of Moral Leadership, Completed

6. Characteristic Research Cultivation Project, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology (SKY-ZX-20200300) — Employees’ Career Adaptability in the Digital Transformation of Traditional Enterprises, 2020.12–2022.12

7. Pre-research Fund, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology (SKY-ZX-20200137) — Subordinates’ Motivational Attributions toward Ethical Leadership, 2020.11–2022.10

8. Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (19NDJC209YB) — Environmental Factors Shaping Moral Leadership, 2018.6–2021.12

9. Pre-research Fund, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology (SKY-ZX-20170053) — Environmental Factors of Moral Leadership: A Resource Dependence Theory Perspective, 2017.11–2020.10

10. Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LQ16G020010) — Individual Creativity and Unethical Behavior: An Internet-based Study, 2016.1–2018.12

11. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program, 71502167) — Negative Effects and Mechanisms of Creativity: A Social Network Perspective, 2016.1–2018.12

12. Zhejiang Provincial Soft Science Project (2015C35010) — Negative Transformation and Preventive Measures of Individual Creativity: A Social Network Perspective, 2015.6–2017.6

13. Qianjiang Talent Program (Class C, QJC1402011) — Social Networks and the Stimulation, Voice, and Transformation of Employee Creativity, 2014.7–2016.10

14. Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (14NDJC162YB) — The Role of Social Networks in the Stimulation, Voice, and Transformation of Creativity, 2014.7–2016.8

15. Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project (14YJCZH201) — The Role of Social Networks in the Generation, Expression, and Transformation of Employee Creativity, 2014.7–2016.10

16. Zhejiang Provincial Education Department Project (Y201430901) — Mechanisms of Social Networks in the Cultivation and Transformation of Employee Creativity, 2014.5–2016.5

17. Key Pre-research Fund, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology — The Effects of Social Capital Heterogeneity and Knowledge Search on Breakthrough Innovation, 2016.1–2016.12

18. Post-funded Project, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology — The Stimulation and Transformation of Individual Creativity under the Chinese Cultural Context, 2016.1–2016.12

19. Key Research Fund, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology — Individual Creativity and Unethical Behavior: An Internet-based Study, 2016.1–2016.11

20. Business Administration Humanities and Social Sciences Base Pre-research Fund, Zhejiang University of Technology (G1334107001505/001) — Social Networks and Employee Creativity Stimulation and Transformation under the Chinese Cultural Context, 2014.1–2016.12

21. Pre-research Fund, Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology (1304107022708) — The Influence of Social Networks on Employee Creativity, 2013.11–2015.10

I. Publications in English

1. Zhang, G. X.*, Laetitia, B. M., & Zhu, Y. (2025). How      altruistic and instrumental attributions of perceived ethical leadership      affect followers’ organizational citizenship behavior.Journal of      Business and Psychology (online). [ABS 3-star]

2. Zhang, G. X., & Mao, S. F. (2023). A double-edged      sword: Social media use and creativity.Information Technology      & People, DOI: 10.1108/ITP-09-2022-0682. [ABS 3-star]

3. Zhang, G. X., Zhang, T. T., Mao, S. F., Xu, Q., & Ma, X.      Q. (2023). Supervisors’ ethical leadership and graduate students’      attitudes toward academic misconduct.PLoS ONE, 18(4),      e0283032.

4. Ozer, M.*, & Zhang, G. X. (2021). Interpersonal      relationships and creativity at work: A network perspective.Journal      of Product Innovation Management, DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12575. (SSCI, Q1,      IF = 9.603) [ABS 4-star]

5. Xu, Q., Yu, J.*, Xu, J., Zhang, G., & Liang,      C. (2021). How business model innovation overcomes barriers during      manufacturers’ servitization transformation: A case study of two top piano      manufacturers in China.Asia Pacific Business Review, 3, 1–27.      (SSCI, Q4)

6. Zhang, G. X.*, Zhong, J. A.***, & Ozer, M. (2020). Status      threat and ethical leadership: A power-dependence perspective.Journal      of Business Ethics, 161(3), 665–685. (SSCI, Q1, IF = 7.83) [ABS      3-star; FT50 journal]

7. Ozer, M.*, & Zhang, G. X. (2019). The roles      of knowledge providers, knowledge recipients, and knowledge usage in      bridging structural holes.Journal of Product Innovation Management,      36(2), 224–240. (SSCI, Q1, IF = 9.603) [ABS 4-star]

8. Xu, Q.*, Zhang, G. X., & Chan, A. (2019). Abusive      supervision and subordinate proactive behavior: Joint moderating roles of      organizational identification and positive affectivity.Journal of      Business Ethics, 157(3), 829–843. (SSCI, Q1, IF = 5.453) [ABS 3-star;      FT50 journal]

9. Zhang, G. X.*, Chan, A., Zhong, J. A., & Yu, X. F. (2016).      Creativity and social alienation: The costs of being creative.International      Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(12), 1252–1276. (SSCI, Q2, IF      = 6.067) [ABS 3-star]

10. Zhang, G. X.*, & Ozer, M. (2015). The formation of      status-asymmetric ties: A perspective of positive externality and      empirical test.Industry and Innovation, 22(7), 625–647. (SSCI,      Q2, IF = 4.444) [ABS 3-star]

11. Liu, W., Yang, H.***, & Zhang, G. X. (2012). Does      family business excel in firm performance? An institution-based view.Asia      Pacific Journal of Management, 29(4), 965–987. (SSCI, Q2, IF = 6.721)      [ABS 3-star]

12. Zhang, G. X.* (2016). A review on the dark sides of      creativity.Science Innovation, 4(3), 135–141.

II. Publications in Chinese

1. 张光曦, 张羽, 茆孙凡. (2021). 知识型新员工归属需要和自主需要对组织认同影响机制的研究.Science and Economy (科技与经济), 12(6), 76–80. [Category B]

2. 张光曦, 郑梦莎. (2021). 导师的道德型领导影响研究生学术不端行为的跨层次研究.Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education (黑龙江高教), 10, 98–103. [Category B]

3. 张光曦, 朱燕. (2020). 道德型领导与组织公民行为：社会学习与归因理论的交互视角.Science and Economy (科技与经济), 33(2), 76–80. [Category B]

4. 张光曦*, 许勤, 陈道. (2020). 社会比较与亲组织不道德行为: 社会比较理论的多层次视角.Applied Psychology (应用心理学),      26(1), 30–38. [Category A]

5. 张光曦*.      (2018). 道德一致或道德平衡？关于企业家捐赠的研究.Applied Psychology (应用心理学),      24(3), 221–233. [Category A]

6. 张光曦*, 李博博. (2017). 道德型领导研究的知识图谱分析与前沿探讨.Library and Information Service (图书情报工作), 36(Suppl.), 108–115.

7. 张婷婷, 张光曦. (2016). 创新区域制度与优化外资进入环境.Guangming Daily (光明日报), Dec 21,      15th Edition.

8. 张光曦*.      (2013). 如何在联盟组合中管理地位与结构洞？——MOA模型的视角.Management World (管理世界), 11, 89–100. [Authoritative journal]

9. 张光曦*, 古昕宇. (2015). 中庸思维与员工创造力.Science Research Management (科研管理), 36(Special Issue), 251–257.

10. 谢洪明, 王悦悦, 张光曦, 程宣梅.      (2015). 基于价值链再造的民营企业跨国并购整合研究—卧龙电气和均胜电子的案例研究.Soft Science (软科学), 3(29), 47–51.

11. 张光曦*, 金惠红. (2014). 中华文化与大学生创造力的培育.Higher Education Development and Evaluation (高教发展与评估), 30(5), 80–87. [Category B]

12. 张光曦*, 方圆. (2014). 技术并购后整合对被兼并方创新能力的影响：社会资本的视角.Science & Technology      Progress and Policy (科技进步与对策), 31(9), 80–86.      [Category B]

13. 张光曦*.      (2014). 如何在联盟组合中管理地位与结构洞？——MOA模型的视角.China Renmin University      Reprinted Journals (Full-text reproduction) (中国人民大学报刊复印资料), 2, 119–132. [Category A]

14. 张光曦, 钟建安*. (2013). 消费者的归因对价格公平感和购买意愿的影响.Applied Psychology (应用心理学),      19(4), 299–308. [Category A]

15. 张光曦*.      (2013). 战略联盟不稳定成因分析与演化方向预测——基于资源依赖理论和实物期权理论.Foreign Economics &      Management (外国经济与管理), 8, 36–45. [Category B]

III. Monographs

1. Zhang, G. X., Chen, D., Xu, Q., & Li, F. J. (2022). The      Cultivation and Influence Process of Ethical Leadership. Zhejiang      University Press.

2. Zhang, G. X., Duan, J. Y., & Li, H. L. (2016). The      Stimulation and Transformation of Individual Creativity in the Context of      Chinese Culture. Zhejiang University Press. (210,000 words)

I. Academic Service

• Reviewer for international conferences and journals:
  Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Asia Academy of      Management (AAOM) Conference, International Association for Chinese      Management Research (IACMR) Conference,
  Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Business      Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, and Ethics      & Behavior.

• Professional      Memberships:

• Lifetime       Member, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society

• Member, Academy       of Management (AOM)

• Member, Asia       Academy of Management (AAOM)

• Member, International       Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR)

• Member, Academy       of International Business (AIB)

II. Management Consulting Experience

Dr. Guangxi Zhang previously worked as a Management Consultant at Zhejiang Zhongcheng Management Consulting Co., Ltd., where she was responsible for and participated in several major consulting projects, including:

• Job      Evaluation Project for Zhejiang      Tobacco Industrial Co., Ltd.

• Management      Consulting Project for Jinliwen      Expressway Co., Ltd.

• Human      Resource Development Project for CCCC      Shanghai Waterway Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd.

• Restructuring      and Reform Proposal Project for Zhejiang      Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import and Export Co., Ltd.

• Market      Planning Project for Zhejiang      Telecom Co., Ltd. (Wireless Broadband Business Division)

• Internal      Management Improvement Project for Zhejiang Tianle Group Co., Ltd.

• Compensation      and Incentive Scheme Design Project for the Advertising Center of Zhejiang Radio & Television      Development Corporation