Research – Wendong LI

Leadership and Leadership Development
Li, W. D., Li, S., Feng, J., Wang, M., Zhang, H.*, Frese, M., & Wu, C-H. (forthcoming) Can becoming a leader change your personality? An investigation with two longitudinal studies from a role-based perspective, Journal of Applied Psychology.
media coverage: IO@Work, Yahoo news, and HK01.

Sun, J. *^†, Li, W. D.^†, Li, Y., Liden, R., Li, S., & Zhang, X. (forthcoming) Unintended consequences of being proactive? Linking proactive personality to coworker envy, helping, and undermining, and the moderating role of prosocial motivation, Journal of Applied Psychology.

Li, W. D., Schaubroeck, J., Xie, J. L., & Keller, A. (2018) Is being a leader a mixed blessing? Dual pathways linking leadership role occupancy to well-being, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(8), 971-989.
*Winner of the 2015 Best OB Paper award, Asian Academy of Management

Li, W. D., Wang, N.*, Arvey, R., Soong, R., Saw, S. M., & Song, Z. (2015) A mixed blessing? Dual mediating mechanisms in the relationship between dopamine transporter gene DAT1 and leadership role occupancy, The Leadership Quarterly, 26(5), 671-686. Reported by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Telegraph, and Business Insider

Li, W. D., Arvey, R. D., Zhang, Z., & Song, Z. (2012) Do leadership role occupancy and transformational leadership share the same genetic and environmental influences? The Leadership Quarterly, 23(2), 233-243.

Li, W. D., Song, Z., & Arvey, R. D. (2011) The influence of general mental ability, self-esteem and family socioeconomic status on leadership role occupancy and leader advancement: The moderating role of gender, The Leadership Quarterly, 22(3), 520-534.

Proactivity
Li, W. D., Fay, D., Frese, M., Harms, P. D., & Gao, X.* (2014) Reciprocal relationship between proactive personality and work characteristics: A latent change score approach, Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(5), 948-965. Reported by USA Today.
*Winner of the 2016 SIOP Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance

Personality Development
Li, W. D., Li, S., Fay, D., & Frese, M. (2019) Reciprocal relationships between dispositional optimism and work experiences: A five-wave longitudinal investigation, Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(12), 1471-1486. Reported by the South China Morning Post.

Li, W. D., Li, S., Feng, J., Wang, M., Zhang, H.*, Frese, M., & Wu, C-H. (forthcoming) Can becoming a leader change your personality? An investigation with two longitudinal studies from a role-based perspective, Journal of Applied Psychology.
media coverage: IO@Work, Yahoo news, and HK01.

Li, W. D., Fay, D., Frese, M., Harms, P. D., & Gao, X.* (2014) Reciprocal relationship between proactive personality and work characteristics: A latent change score approach, Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(5), 948-965. Reported by USA Today.
*Winner of the 2016 SIOP Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance

Work Design/Analysis
Taylor, P. J., Li, W. D., Shi, K., & Borman, W. C. (2008) The transportability of job information across countries. Personnel Psychology, 61: 69–111.
*Winner of the Academy of Management International HRM Scholarly Research Award

Li, W. D., Zhang, Z., Song, Z., & Arvey, R. D. (2016) It is also in our nature: Genetic influences on work characteristics and in explaining their relationships with well-being, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(6), 868–888.

Li, W. D., Wang, Y., Taylor, P., Shi, K., & He, D. (2008) The influence of organizational culture on work-related personality requirement ratings: A multilevel analysis. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 16(4): 367-385.
*Winner of the Academy of Management HR Division Best Student Convention Paper Award

Behavioral Genetics and Work
Arvey, R., Li, W. D., & Wang, N.* (2016) Genetics and organizational behavior, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 3, 167-190.

Li, W. D., Stanek, K.*, Zhang, Z., Ones, D. S., & McGue, M.(2016) Are genetic and environmental influences on job satisfaction stable over time? A three-wave longitudinal twin study, Journal of Applied Psychology,101 (11), 1598–1619.

Chi, W., Li, W. D., Wang, N.*, & Song, Z. (2016) Can genes play a role in explaining frequent job changes? An examination of gene-environment interaction from human capital theory, Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(7), 1030-1044. Reported by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) News.

Zyphur, M., Zhang, Z., Barsky, A. P., & Li, W. D. (2013) An ACE in the hole: Twin family models for applied behavioral genetics research, The Leadership Quarterly, 24(4): 572-594.

Song, Z., Li, W. D., & Arvey, R. D.(2011) Associations between dopamine and serotonin genes and job satisfaction: Preliminary evidence from the Add Health Study, Journal of Applied Psychology, 96 (6): 1223-1233.