Jackson G. Lu

Faculty

Jackson G. Lu

About

Jackson Lu is the Mitsui Career Development Professor and an Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2019, he was named one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40 by Poets and Quants.

Jackson’s research focuses on culture and globalization (e.g., multilingualism, multicultural identities, multicultural experiences, multicultural relationships, multicultural networks, multicultural teams). His research has been published in premier scientific journals (e.g., Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nature: Human Behaviour, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Science), and featured in major media outlets (e.g., BBC, The Economist, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post).

Lu received his BA from Williams College (summa cum laude) and his PhD from Columbia Business School.

Honors

Lu wins Outstanding Dissertation Award

Publications

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.

Featured Publication

"Disentangling Stereotypes from Social Reality: Astrological Stereotypes and Discrimination in China."

Lu, Jackson G., Xin Liu, Hui Liao, and Lei Wang. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Forthcoming.

"Multicultural Experiences: A Systematic Review and New Theoretical Framework."

Maddux, William W., Jackson G. Lu, Salvatore Affinito, and Adam D. Galinsky. Academy of Management Annals. Forthcoming.

"Polluted Psyche: Is the Effect of Air Pollution on Unethical Behavior More Physiological or Psychological?"

Gong, Shiyang, Jackson G. Lu , John M. Schaubroeck, Qian Li, Qiwei Zhou, and Xiaoye Qian. Psychological Science Vol. 31, No. 8 (2020): 1040-1047.

"Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention."

Pennycook, Gordon, Jonathan McPhetres, Yunhao Zhang, Jackson G. Lu, and David G. Rand. Psychological Science Vol. 31, No. 7 (2020): 770-780.

"Air Pollution: A Systematic Review of Its Psychological, Economic, and Social Effects."

Lu, Jackson G. Current Opinion in Psychology Vol. 32, (2020): 52-65.

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Stereotypes about astrological signs lead to discrimination in China

Virgos are discriminated against in dating and job recruitment in China

Oct 1, 2020
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Why Chinese Americans are underrepresented in leadership positions

For the first time, researchers rigorously examined the scope and root causes of the “Bamboo Ceiling”.

Feb 17, 2020
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