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 Lu is the Sloan School Career Development Associate Professor in Work and Organization Studies and an Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
He 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 outcomes key to organizations, 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 (Academy of Management Annals, 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 200 media outlets in different languages (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 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40, 30 Thinkers to Watch, NLS Rising Star Award from the Academy of Management, Early Career Award from the International Association for Conflict Management, and Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science.
Jackson received his PhD from Columbia Business School.
Lu, Jackson G., Peter Jin, and Alexander S. English. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 118, No. 23 (2021): e202179311.
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. 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.
Lu, Jackson G. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Vol. 124, No. 4 (2023): 683–706.
Lu, Jackson G., Lesley Luyang Song, Yuhuang Zheng, and Laura Changlan Wang. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 119, No. 41 (2022): e221114411.
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.