Huiyao Liao

Prof. Huiyao (Leo) Liao is an Assistant Professor in Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. He received his PhD degree from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on family motivation/prosocial motivation, workplace relationships, teams and leadership, and social network analysis. His research has been published in leading management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Teaching Areas

• Organisational Behaviour
• Management
• Human Resource Management

Research Interests

• Family/Prosocial Motivation
• Social Network Analysis
• Leadership and Teams
• Interpersonal Relationships

Publications & Working Papers

• H, Liao*, R, Su*, T, Ptashnik, and J, Nielsen (2022), “Feeling good, doing good, and getting ahead: A meta-analytic investigation of the outcomes of prosocial motivation at work,” Psychological Bulletin, 148(3-4), 158–198.
• N. Li*, H, Liao*, J, Pan * , and B. Harris (2022), “Exploring the pandemic’s potential effects on workers’ collectivist values, prosocial behaviors, and attitudes toward mistreatment,” Human Resource Management, 61(1), 55-74.
• C.S. Li, H. Liao, and Y. Han (2022), “Despise but also envy you: A dyadic investigation of perceived overqualification, perceived relative qualification, and knowledge hiding,” Personnel Psychology, 75(1), 91-118.
• X. Zhang, H. Liao, N. Li, and A. Colbert (2020), “Playing it safe for my family: Exploring the dual effects of family motivation on employee productivity and creativity,” Academy of Management Journal, 63(6), 1923-1950.
• Z. Liu*, H. Liao*, and Y. Liu (2020), “For the sake of my family: Understanding unethical pro‐family behavior in the workplace,” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41(7), 638-662.

Grants

• “An economic-symbolic dual-meaning model of family motivation”, awarded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Early Career Scheme) with HK$450,000, 2022-2024 (Principal Investigator)
• “Does the leader know what is happening?”, awarded by Kwok Leung Memorial Dissertation Fund with CNY10,000 (HKD8,000), IACMR, 2020

Awards & Honours

• Best International Paper, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2019

Academic/Professional Services

Editorial Board Member

• Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2022-Present
• Management and Organizational Review, 2022-Present
• Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2022-Present