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Jessica (Huisi) Li
Office: 429
PACCAR Hall
Phone: 206-543-7223

Jessica (Huisi) Li

Assistant Professor of Management and Organization

Education

PhD Cornell University (2020)

Academic Expertise

diverse teams
employee turnover
status and power

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2023
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (2020-2023)
Research assistant, Cornell University (2013-2020)

Selected Publications

“How virtue, competence, and dominance conjointly shape status attainment at work: Integrating person-centered and variable-centered approaches“
Bai, F., Lin, J., Yan, J., & Li, H., (2024). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

“The impact of sufferers’ wealth status on pain perceptions: Its development and relation to allocation of healthcare resources“
Shu, Y, Li, H., Ma, S., & Bian, L., (2023). Developmental Science.

“Do Low-Power Individuals Really Compete Less? An Investigation of Covert Competition“
Zhong, Y & Li, H., (2023). Organization Science.

“My Boss is Younger, Less Educated, and Shorter Tenured: When and Why Status (In)congruence Influences Promotion System Justification“
Li, H., Wang, X., Williams, M, Chen., Y.-R., & Brockner, J., (2023). Journal of Applied Psychology.

“Powerlessness also Corrupts: Lower Power Increases Self-Promotional Lying“
Li, H., Chen, Y.-R., & Hildreth, J. A., (2022). Organization Science.

“A Tale of Two Hierarchies: Power Hierarchy and Status Hierarchy Interact to Impact Team Performance“
Hays, N., Li, H., Yang, X., Oh, J. K., Yu, A., Chen, Y.-R., Hollenbeck, J. R, & Jamieson, B. B., (2021). Organization Science.

“Converging Tides Lift All Boats: Consensus in Evaluation Criteria Boosts Investments in Firms in Nascent Technology Sectors“
Shen, X., Li, H., & Tolbert, P. S., (2021). Organization Science.

“Initial and Longer-Term Change in Unit-Level Turnover Following Leader Succession: Contingent Effects of Outgoing and Incoming Leader Characteristics“
Li, H., Hausknecht, J. P., & Dragoni, L., (2020). Organization Science.

“Not All Leaving Is Created Equal: Differentiating the Factors of Organizational and Occupational Turnover Intentions“
Li, H., Yu, K., Huang, Y., & Jin, X., (2019). Journal of Personnel Psychology, Vol. 18(1), pp. 10-22.

“Talk and Let Talk: Effects of Language Proficiency on Speaking Up and Competence Recognition in Multinational Teams“
Li, H., Yuan, Y. C., Bazarova, N., & Bell, B. S., (2018). Group & Organization Management, pp. 1-37.

“Where is Context? Advancing Status Research with a Contextual Value Perspective“
Li, H., Chen, Y.-R., & Blader, S. L., (2016). Research in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 36, pp. 185-198.

“Big Data in Turnover and Retention. In Tonidandel, King, & Cortina (Eds.)“
Hausknecht, J. P., & Li, H., (2015). Big Data at Work: The Data Science Revolution and Organizational Psychology, pp. 250-271.

PhD Student Collaborators

Mateo Roldan, Zeren Li

Honors and Awards

Ascendant Scholar, 2024. Western Academy of Management
Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching CIOS Honor Roll, Spring 2023. Georgia Institute of Technology
Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching CIOS Honor Roll, Spring 2021. Georgia Institute of Technology
Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching CIOS Honor Roll, Fall 2021. Georgia Institute of Technology
Thank-a-Teacher Award, 2022. Georgia Institute of Technology.
Thank-a-Teacher Award, 2021. Georgia Institute of Technology.
Conference Theme Paper Award, 2021. International Association for Chinese Management Research
Best Micro Paper Award, 2021. International Association for Chinese Management Research
Best Micro Paper Award, 2018. International Association for Chinese Management Research
Grote MS’77 PhD’81 Johnson Professional Scholarship (merit-based, $4,000), 2019. Cornell University
Advanced consortium on cooperation, conflict, and complexity fellow, 2018. International Association of Conflict Management
Best Student Paper Award (Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division), 2015. Academy of Management
Student Transnational Research Award (Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division), 2015. Academy of Management
Bei Shan Tang Foundation Fellowship (merit-based, $ 45,000/year), 2012. Stanford University

Academic Service

Editorial board member, Management and Organization Review (2024-present)
Editorial board member, Organization Science (2023-present)
Representative-At-Large, Conflict Management (CM) Division of the Academy of Management (2023-present)