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Elijah Wee
Associate Professor of Management

Education

  • PhD University of Maryland, College Park (2017)
  • BA National University of Singapore (2004)

Expertise

creativity, inclusion, innovation, organizational transformation, power, status

Selected Publications

“The gendered effect of status-striving in sleep deprivation disclosure“ E. X. M. Wee, Antoine, G. E., Barnes, C. M., (in press). Sleep Health. “A theory of professional touching behavior in organizations: Implications for human resource scholars and practitioners“ Tang, P. M., Klotz, A. C., Koopman, J., Wee, E. X. M., & Lu, Y., (forthcoming). Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management. “Jolted: How task-based jolts disrupt status conferral by impacting higher and lower status individuals’ generosity“ Wee, E. X. M., Derfler-Rozin, R., & Carson Marr, J., (in press). Journal of Applied Psychology. “Compassion during difficult times: Team compassion behavior, suffering, supervisory dependence, and employee voice during COVID-19“ Wee, E. X. M., & Fehr, R., (2021). Journal of Applied Psychology. “In line and out of the box: How ethical leaders help offset the negative effect of morality on creativity“ Liu, X., Liao, H., Derfler-Rozin, R., Zheng, X., Wee, E. X. M., & Qiu, F., (2020). Journal of Applied Psychology. “Attention to change: A multilevel theory on the process of emergent continuous organizational change“ Wee, E. X. M., & Taylor, M. S., (2018). Journal of Applied Psychology. “Shifting the power balance with an abusive boss“ Liao, H., Wee, E. X. M., & Liu, D., (2017). Harvard Business Review. “Moving from abuse to reconciliation: A power-dependence perspective on how and when a follower may triumph over abusive supervision“ Wee, E. X. M., Liao, H., Liu, D., & Liu, J., (2017). Academy of Management Journal.

Honors and Awards

Poets & Quants for Undergrads’ 2023 50 Best Undergraduate Professors

Williams A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2019)
S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2018)
Smith Outstanding Dissertation Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (2018)
Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award - Finalist (2017)
Allan N. Nash Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, University of Maryland (2017)
Best Paper with Practical Implications Award, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management Meeting (2017)
Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland (2017)
Best Paper Award, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management Meeting (2016)
Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award, University of Maryland (2015)
Most Innovative Student Paper Award, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management Meeting (2013)
"Diamond in the Rough" Best Proposal, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management Meeting (2012)
Tan Ean Kiam Postgraduate Scholarship (2011)

Elijah Wee

Academic Department

Management & Organization

Collaborators

Jason Moy Robert Chico