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Faculty Profile

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LIU Zihan

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

Education

2022Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
University of Houston

Current Appointment(s)

2025 - NowAssistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2023 - 2025Assistant Professor 
College of Business and Management, University of Illinois Springfield

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Scholar of the Year Award, College of Business and Management, University of Illinois Springfield, 2024

Research Interests

  • Employee-organization relationship
  • Leadership
  • Employee well-being
  • Individual differences
  • Psychometrics

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • Liu, Z., Hoff, K., Chu, C., Oswald, F, & Rounds, J. (2025). Towards whole-person fit assessment: Integrating interests, values, skills, knowledge, and personality using the O*NET. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110(5), 623–647. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001232
    • Selected as Journal of Applied Psychology Editor’s Choice, May 2025
  • Wen, X., Liu, Z.*, Qiu, F., Leavitt, K., Wang, X., & Tang, Z. (2025). A power dependence model of the impact of leader impostorism on supervisor support and undermining: The moderating role of power distance. Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001265
  • Chu, C., Hoff, K., Liu, Z., Heimpel, N.F., Greco, A., Oswald, F., & Rounds, J. (2025). Interest fit beyond the RIASEC: the comprehensive assessment of basic interests—O*NET (CABIN-NET). Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/106907272513225
  • Heimpel, N. F., Hoff, K., Liu, Z., Chu, C., Oswald, F. L., & Rounds, J. (2025). Expanding links between work values and occupations: Development of the occupational values inventory (OVI). Journal of Career Assessment. Accepted for publication.
  • Huai, M., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Wang, X., Li, W., & Wang, M. (2024). Does voice endorsement by supervisors enhance or constrain voicer’s personal initiative? Countervailing effects via feeling pride and feeling envied. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(9), 1408–1430. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001191
  • Hotze, M.L., Liu, Z. *, Chu, C., Baranski, E., & Hoff, K. (2024). Short-term personality development and early career success: Two longitudinal studies during the post-graduation transition. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12922 
  • Eisenberger, R., Wen, X., Zheng, D., Yu, J., Liu, Z., Zhang, J., ... & Kim, T. H. (2025). Does felt obligation or gratitude better explain the relationship between perceived organizational support and outcomes?. Group & Organization Management, 50(1), 243–288. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011231180
  • Wang, X., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Gao, Y. L., & Madera, J. M. (2025). When leaders self-sacrifice in the time of crisis: The roles of employee emotional suppression and leader coping styles. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 66(1), 37–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/19389655231223370
  • Baranski, E., Martinez, R. L., Liu, Z., & Hoff, K. (2024). Exploring the dynamics of volitional personality change: A psychoeducational intervention study with young adults transitioning to the workforce. Journal of Research in Personality, 114, 104549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104549
  • He, M., Xu, L., Li, C., Liu, Z., Hu, J., Guo, X., ... & Zhang, J. (2024). Do real-time strategy video gamers have better attentional control?. Human Factors, 66(1), 258–270. https://doi.org /10.1177%2F00187208211064683
  • Liu, Z., Hoff, K., Baranski, E., Snyder, G., Flin, R., Lindner, P., & Spitzmueller, C. (2023). Mindfulness and workplace safety: An integrative review. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(8), 1263–1282. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2705 
  • Oswald, F. L., Courey, K. A., & Liu, Z. (2023). Knowledge, skills, and workforce development: Commentary on Ackerman (2023). American Psychologist, 78(3), 298–300. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001127
  • Mesdaghinia, S., Eisenberger, R., Wen, X.*, Liu, Z.*, Lewis, B. A., Qiu, F., & Shapiro, D. L. (2023). How leaders drive followers’ unethical behavior. Journal of Management, 49(7), 2318–2353. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221104031
  • Wang, X., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Jiang, Y., & Huai, M. (2023). Leader apology in the employee–organization relationship: The roles of subordinate power distance belief and leader competence. Tourism Management, 96, 104694.
  • Wang, X., Liu, Z., Wen, X., & Xiao, Q. (2022). An implicit leadership theory lens on leader humility and employee outcomes: Examining individual and organizational contingencies. Tourism Management, 89, 104448. 
  • Liu, Z., Van Egdom, D., Flin, R., Spitzmueller, C., Adepoju, O., & Krishnamoorti, R. (2020). I don’t want to go back: Examining the return to physical workspaces during COVID-19. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(11), 953–958. 
  • Sheng, X., Liu, Z., Zhang, X., Guo, H., Da, S., & Zhou, S. (2018). Sleep and work: The interactive mechanism. Advances in Psychological Science, 26(10), 1844–1856.
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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

Strategic Priorities

Highlights
24
Publications
10
H-Index (All Time)
355
Citations (All Time)
Zihan Liu is an award-winning industrial-organizational psychologist whose research advances understanding of workplace relationships, leadership, employee well-being, and career development, with recognized contributions to person-occupation fit and ethical leadership.

Bridges methodological rigor in psychological measurement and modeling with practical impact on organizational leadership, ethics, and employee well-being; recognized for integrative approaches to career assessment and leadership research; awarded Scholar of the Year (2024); consistently contributes to high-impact journals and collaborative research projects; emphasizes holistic and cross-cultural perspectives.

Focused research areas include Whole-person fit assessment integrating interests, values, skills, knowledge, and personality; leadership impostorism and power dynamics; supervisor support and undermining; occupational values; voice endorsement and initiative; personality development during career transitions; mindfulness and workplace safety; ethical leadership and employee behavior.
Areas of Expertise
Workplace relationshipsleadership dynamicsemployee well-beingcareer developmentperson-occupation fitorganizational ethicsmultilevel modelingstructural equation modelingadvanced statistical analysisintegrative career assessment.
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Education

2022Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
University of Houston

Current Appointment(s)

2025 - NowAssistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2023 - 2025Assistant Professor 
College of Business and Management, University of Illinois Springfield

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Scholar of the Year Award, College of Business and Management, University of Illinois Springfield, 2024

Research Interests

  • Employee-organization relationship
  • Leadership
  • Employee well-being
  • Individual differences
  • Psychometrics

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • Liu, Z., Hoff, K., Chu, C., Oswald, F, & Rounds, J. (2025). Towards whole-person fit assessment: Integrating interests, values, skills, knowledge, and personality using the O*NET. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110(5), 623–647. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001232
    • Selected as Journal of Applied Psychology Editor’s Choice, May 2025
  • Wen, X., Liu, Z.*, Qiu, F., Leavitt, K., Wang, X., & Tang, Z. (2025). A power dependence model of the impact of leader impostorism on supervisor support and undermining: The moderating role of power distance. Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001265
  • Chu, C., Hoff, K., Liu, Z., Heimpel, N.F., Greco, A., Oswald, F., & Rounds, J. (2025). Interest fit beyond the RIASEC: the comprehensive assessment of basic interests—O*NET (CABIN-NET). Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/106907272513225
  • Heimpel, N. F., Hoff, K., Liu, Z., Chu, C., Oswald, F. L., & Rounds, J. (2025). Expanding links between work values and occupations: Development of the occupational values inventory (OVI). Journal of Career Assessment. Accepted for publication.
  • Huai, M., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Wang, X., Li, W., & Wang, M. (2024). Does voice endorsement by supervisors enhance or constrain voicer’s personal initiative? Countervailing effects via feeling pride and feeling envied. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(9), 1408–1430. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001191
  • Hotze, M.L., Liu, Z. *, Chu, C., Baranski, E., & Hoff, K. (2024). Short-term personality development and early career success: Two longitudinal studies during the post-graduation transition. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12922 
  • Eisenberger, R., Wen, X., Zheng, D., Yu, J., Liu, Z., Zhang, J., ... & Kim, T. H. (2025). Does felt obligation or gratitude better explain the relationship between perceived organizational support and outcomes?. Group & Organization Management, 50(1), 243–288. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011231180
  • Wang, X., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Gao, Y. L., & Madera, J. M. (2025). When leaders self-sacrifice in the time of crisis: The roles of employee emotional suppression and leader coping styles. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 66(1), 37–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/19389655231223370
  • Baranski, E., Martinez, R. L., Liu, Z., & Hoff, K. (2024). Exploring the dynamics of volitional personality change: A psychoeducational intervention study with young adults transitioning to the workforce. Journal of Research in Personality, 114, 104549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104549
  • He, M., Xu, L., Li, C., Liu, Z., Hu, J., Guo, X., ... & Zhang, J. (2024). Do real-time strategy video gamers have better attentional control?. Human Factors, 66(1), 258–270. https://doi.org /10.1177%2F00187208211064683
  • Liu, Z., Hoff, K., Baranski, E., Snyder, G., Flin, R., Lindner, P., & Spitzmueller, C. (2023). Mindfulness and workplace safety: An integrative review. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(8), 1263–1282. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2705 
  • Oswald, F. L., Courey, K. A., & Liu, Z. (2023). Knowledge, skills, and workforce development: Commentary on Ackerman (2023). American Psychologist, 78(3), 298–300. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001127
  • Mesdaghinia, S., Eisenberger, R., Wen, X.*, Liu, Z.*, Lewis, B. A., Qiu, F., & Shapiro, D. L. (2023). How leaders drive followers’ unethical behavior. Journal of Management, 49(7), 2318–2353. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221104031
  • Wang, X., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Jiang, Y., & Huai, M. (2023). Leader apology in the employee–organization relationship: The roles of subordinate power distance belief and leader competence. Tourism Management, 96, 104694.
  • Wang, X., Liu, Z., Wen, X., & Xiao, Q. (2022). An implicit leadership theory lens on leader humility and employee outcomes: Examining individual and organizational contingencies. Tourism Management, 89, 104448. 
  • Liu, Z., Van Egdom, D., Flin, R., Spitzmueller, C., Adepoju, O., & Krishnamoorti, R. (2020). I don’t want to go back: Examining the return to physical workspaces during COVID-19. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(11), 953–958. 
  • Sheng, X., Liu, Z., Zhang, X., Guo, H., Da, S., & Zhou, S. (2018). Sleep and work: The interactive mechanism. Advances in Psychological Science, 26(10), 1844–1856.