Copenhagen, Denmark – From July 25 to 29, 2025, six faculty members—Li Mingze, Wang Lijun, Gao Feng, Huang Yanyi, Zhou Ying, and Wang Zijing—along with four doctoral candidates—Gao Huangting, Xiong Puzhen, Zhu Shijia, and Meng Yuyan—from the School of Management at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) participated in the 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2025). The delegation’s engagement underscored the school’s commitment to high-level global academic dialogue and reflected its robust research capabilities.
As one of the world’s largest and most influential conferences in management science, AOM 2025 attracted nearly 10,000 scholars and industry experts from over 100 countries. The event featured symposiums, thematic forums, roundtable discussions, paper development workshops, and professional development sessions, covering cutting-edge topics such as strategic management, organizational behavior, innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology management. All presented papers underwent rigorous peer review, with low acceptance rates ensuring high academic quality.
During the conference, WUT faculty and doctoral students presented their research in parallel sessions, showcasing the school’s advancements in innovation management, organizational studies, and human resource management.
· Prof. Li Mingze presented "Understanding Employees’ Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Colleagues’ Vigilantism at Work", exploring the "workplace vigilante" effect and offering new insights into organizational deviance control.
· Prof. Gao Feng delivered a paper titled "Does Work Goal Progress in the Morning Encourage or Discourage Work Engagement in the Afternoon? From the Progress-based Self-Regulation Perspective", examining the dual pathways of goal achievement on subsequent employee engagement.
· Prof. Huang Yanyi shared research on "Ambidextrous Innovation under Narcissistic CEOs with Status Incongruence: A Compensatory Mechanism in Innovation Inputs", analyzing how executive status structures shape firms’ innovation decisions and outcomes.
· Prof. Wang Lijun presented a meta-analysis titled "Decoding Job Embeddedness: Meta-Analysis on Consequences and Unveiling Moderating Forces", synthesizing effects of job, community, and career embeddedness on work-family outcomes.
· Postdoctoral researcher Zhou Ying discussed "How Paradoxical Leadership Affects Team Creativity? A Motivated Information Processing Perspective", investigating mechanisms and boundary conditions of leadership impact on creativity.
The delegation actively engaged with international scholars, demonstrating the school’s vibrant academic culture and pursuit of excellence. Moving forward, the WUT School of Management will continue to support faculty and students in pioneering research and strengthening its global influence in management studies.
