Research on the effect of mask wearing on everyday behaviors in China.
New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the psychological and behavioral consequences of mask wearing.
Faculty
Jackson G. Lu is the Sloan School Career Development Associate Professor and an Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He serves as a Senior Editor for Organization Science, a Senior Editor for Management and Organization Review, and an Associate Editor (incoming) for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He received his PhD from Columbia Business School in 2018 and tenure from MIT in 2023.
Jackson studies culture and globalization through two distinctive research streams. His first research stream examines the “Bamboo Ceiling” experienced by Asians despite their educational and economic achievements in the United States. His second research stream elucidates how multicultural experiences (e.g., working abroad, intercultural friendships) shape key organizational outcomes, including leadership, creativity, and ethics.
Jackson has published in top general science journals (Nature Human Behaviour, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), management journals (Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science), and psychology journals (Annual Review of Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science). His research has been featured in over 300 media outlets (e.g., BBC, The Economist, The Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, NPR, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Washington Post).
He has received prestigious awards and honors, including World’s 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40, 30 Thinkers to Watch, NLS Rising Star Award from the Academy of Management, Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science, SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Early Career Award from the International Association for Conflict Management, New Investigator Award from the Behavioral Science & Policy Association, and the Best Senior Editor Award from Management and Organization Review.
Featured Publication
"Collectivism Predicts Mask Use During COVID-19."Lu, Jackson G., Peter Jin, and Alexander S. English. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 118, No. 23 (2021): e202179311.
Featured Publication
"The Bamboo Ceiling: Why East Asians but not South Asians are Underrepresented in Leadership Positions in the United States."Lu, Jackson G., Richard E. Nisbett, and Michael W. Morris. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 117, No. 9 (2020): 4590-4600.
Lu, Jackson G. Current Opinion in Psychology Vol. 53, (2023): 101690.
Arechar, Antonio A., Jennifer Allen, Adam J. Berinsky, Rocky Cole, Ziv Epstein, Kiran Garimella, Andrew Gully, Jackson G. Lu, Robert M. Ross, Michael N. Stagnaro, Yunhao Zhang, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand. Nature Human Behaviour Vol. 7, (2023): 1502–1513.
Lu, Jackson G. Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 108, No. 2 (2023): 273–290.
Lu, Jackson G., Verónica Benet-Martínez, and Laura Changlan Wang. Annual Review of Psychology Vol. 74, (2023): 363-390.
New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the psychological and behavioral consequences of mask wearing.
Researcher sheds light on why East Asians are less likely than other ethnicities to attain leadership positions in America.
New research shows that East Asian students underperform academically in business and law school because they tend to verbally participate less.
Treating Asian students as a monolith perpetuates harmful myths about the "model minority" who excels in all educational settings.
Expatriates would be better off exposing themselves to the local culture, figuring out cultural norms through everyday experience.
Research found that ethnic East Asians are less likely than ethnic South Asians to attain leadership roles in Western organizations.