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BSc (University of Toronto), MA (University of Waterloo), PhD (University of Waterloo)
Lindie Liang is an Associate Professor of OB/HRM in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at 51本色. She completed her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
Prior to joining 51本色, Lindie was an Assistant Professor at the School of Human Resources Management at York University.
Lindie's research interests can be broadly classified into three overlapping areas: leadership, workplace aggression, and emotions. In studying those areas of interest, a recurring theme of Lindie's research involves the application of motivational theories to develop an understanding of when and why employees behave in certain ways.
Lindie’s work has been published in various academic outlets, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Human Relations.
- 2021: 51本色 Early Career Researcher Award.
- 2020: Canadian Psychological Association President's New Researcher Award.
- 2018: Ig Nobel Prize in Economics.
- 2017: A “Top Paper” award for paper submitted to the 2017 annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
- 2016: University of Waterloo Inaugural Industrial-Organizational Graduate Student Scientist-Practitioner Award.2016: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Student Travel Award.
Refereed Journal Articles
Liang, L. H., Varty, C. T., Lian, H., Brown, D. J., Law, D., Chen, J., & Evans, R. (2023), Human Performance,36(2), 64-88.
Yoon., S., Koopman, J., Dimotakis, N., Simon, L., Liang, L. H., Ni, D., Zheng, X. M., Fu, S. Q., Lee, Y. E., Tang, P. M., Ng, C. T. S., Bush, J., Darden, T., Forrester, J., Tepper, B. J., & Brown. D. J. (2023). Journal of Applied Psychology, 108(10), 1619-1639.
Ni, D., Zheng, X., & Liang, L. H. (2023). Human Relations, 76, 1940-1965.
Zheng, X., Ni, D., Liu, X., & Liang, L. H. (2023). Journal of Business and Psychology, 38, 777-801.
Shen, W., Evans, R., Liang, L. H., & Brown, D. J. (2023). Applied Psychology: An International Review, 72(2), 647-673.
Ni, D., Zheng, X., & Liang, L. H. (2022). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43, 878-891.
Liang, L. H., Coulombe, C., Skyvington, S., Brown, D. J., Ferris, D. L., & Lian, H. (2022). Human Performance. 35, 94-112.
Liang, L. H., Nishioka, M., Evans, R., Brown, D. J., Shen, W., & Lian, H. (2022). Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 29, 33-72.
Liang, L. H., Coulombe, C., Brown, D. J., Lian, H., Hanig, S., Ferris, D. L., & Keeping, L. (2022). Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 27, 37-52.
Shen, W., Liang, L. H., & Brown, D. J., Ni, D., & Zheng, X. (2021). Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 26, 491-506.
Hanig, S., Yang, S. W., Liang, L. H., & Brown, D. J., Lian, H. (2021). Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 28, 401-414.
Coulombe, C., Liang, L. H., Brown, D. J. (2021). Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 62, 195-203.
Ferris, D. L., Fatimah, S., Yan, M., Liang, L. H., Lian, H., & Brown, D. J. (2019). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 152, 138-149.
Liang, L. H., Brown, D. J., Lian, H., Hanig, S., Ferris, D. L., & Keeping, L. M. (2018). The Leadership Quarterly, 29, 443-456.
Liang, L. H., Hanig, S., Evans, R., Brown, D. J., & Lian, H. (2018). . Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39, 1050-1065.
Liang, L. H., Brown, D. J., Ferris, D. L., Hanig, S., Lian, H., & Keeping, L. M. (2018). Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 281-299.
Adair, W. L., Liang, L. H., & Hideg, I. (2017). . Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 10, 28-45.
Brady, D. L., Brown, D. J., & Liang, L. H. (2017). . Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 1-25.
Plaks, J. E., Fortune, J. L., Liang, L. H., & Robinson, J. S. (2016). . PLoS ONE 11, e0154467. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154467.
Liang, L. H., Lian, H., Brown, D. J., & Ferris, D. L., Hanig, S., & Keeping, L. M. (2016). . Academy of Management Journal, 59, 1385-1406.
Wu, L.-Z., Ferris, D. L., Kwan, H. K., Chiang, F., Snape, E., & Liang, L. H. (2015). . Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 131, 51-66.
Liang, L. H., Adair, W. L. & Hideg, I. (2014). . Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 7, 282–289.
Lian, H., Brown, D. J., Ferris, D. L., Liang, L. H., Keeping, L. M., & Morrison, R. (2014). . Academy of Management Journal, 57, 116-139.
Tafarodi, R. W., Bonn, G., Liang, L. H., Takai, J., Moriizumi, S., Belhekar, V., & Padhye, A. (2012). . Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 783-800.
Invited Book Chapters
Ng, P., Zur, E., Liang, L. H., & Brown, D. J. (2024). A Field Guide to Non-Field Research: Experimental Methods in Abusive Supervision Research. In Breevaart, K. & Schyns, B. (Eds.) Destructive Leadership – Forms, Context, and Boundary Conditions. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Liang, L. H., & Brown, D. J. (2016). . Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Springer Major Reference Work.
Graduate-Level
BU804 (MSc/PhD Seminar in Organizational Behaviour)
BU828 (MSc/PhD Seminar in Workplace Deviance)
Undergraduate-Level
BU288 (Organizational Behaviour I)
BU354 (Human Resources Management)
BU490 (Major Research Project)
Contact Info:
T: 548.889.4545
Office location: LH4031 (Lazaridis Hall, Waterloo Campus)
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin, Spanish