Jia Hu

Jia (Jasmine) Hu is a Full Professor of Management and Denman Scholar at the Fisher College of Business, the Ohio State University. Jasmine also coordinates the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources (OBHR) PhD program at Fisher. Previously, Jasmine served on the faculty of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she was named as a J. Donnelly Fellow in Participatory Management. Jasmine received her Ph.D. with concentrations in OBHR from University of Illinois at Chicago. Jasmine’s primary research interests focus on understanding prosocial leadership and teams. Her research is driven by fundamental questions facing modern organizations: What prosocial leadership qualities and behaviors help improve teams’ long-term effectiveness? And why, how, and when do they have a prosocial impact? Jasmine's work has appeared in leading management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP), Personnel Psychology (PPsych), Leadership Quarterly, and Harvard Business Review. Her research and insights have also been mentioned in numerous media outlets, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, and The U.S. Chamber of Commerce. According to a comprehensive analysis of 3,190 authors whose leadership research was published in top ten management journals from 1990 to 2017 (Zhao & Li, 2019, Leadership Quarterly), Jasmine ranks among the top 10 most productive leadership scholars in the field of Organizational Behavior between 2011 and 2017. Jasmine currently serves as a deputy editor of Management and Organizational Review and on the editorial boards of seven leading management journals including AMJ, JAP, OBHDP, PPsych, Journal of Management, Human Relations, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. Jasmine's primary teaching responsibility includes the Leadership core course for the full-time MBA program, Leadership Legacy course for the Dean’s leadership academy program, and advanced seminars for the OBHR PhD program. Jasmine was named as a “Best Reviewer of the Year” by PPsych in 2019 and a “Best 40 under 40 Professor” by Poets and Quants in 2021. In terms of consulting and applied experiences, Jasmine served as a consultant for Accenture (China) and McKinsey & Company (US) and conducted a number of field research in various companies from different industries and cultural settings.

Areas of Expertise

• Leadership and Teams
• Prosocial Motivation and Behavior
• Personality

Education

• Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago 2012 Major: Business Administration- Organizational Behavior/Human Resources
• M.A. Renmin University of China, Beijing, China 2007 Major: Organizational Behavior/Human Resources
• B.A. Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China 2005 Major: Business Administration-Human Resource Management

Courses

BUSMHR 3220 - Leadership Legacy

Exposes students to practical applications of good organizational management and leadership practices. Prereq: English 1110.01 or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 542.

BUSMHR 7263 - Leadership for SMB Finance Students

An overview of factors that influence individual work performance and techniques; analytical frameworks for determining effectiveness of given techniques in specific circumstances. Prereq: Enrollment in SMB Finance program, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for MBA 860.

BUSMHR 8202.01 - Advanced Seminar: Selected Issues in Organizational Behavior I

Advanced discussions of theory and research on organizational behavior. Prereq: Enrollment in Fisher College of Business PhD program, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 2 completions.

BUSMHR 8202.02 - Advanced Seminar: Selected Issues in Organizational Behavior II

Additional advanced discussions of theory and research on organizational behavior. Prereq: Enrollment in Fisher College of Business PhD program, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 2 completions.

MBA 6202 - Leadership

An overview of factors that influence individual and team performance and techniques to improve it; analytical frameworks for determining effectiveness of given techniques in specific circumstances. Prereq: Enrollment in MBA or WPMBA program; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 860.