Liao, Leo Huiyao（廖辉尧） BBA (Renmin University of China); MS (Shanghai Jiao Tong University); PhD (University of Iowa)



Assistant Professor
ContactDepartment of Management

Room 807, 8/F
Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

+852 3943 7789

huiyaoliao@cuhk.edu.hk


BiographyProf. Huiyao (Leo) Liao is an Assistant Professor in Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. He received his PhD degree from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on family motivation/prosocial motivation, workplace relationships, teams and leadership, and social network analysis. His research has been published in leading management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Teaching AreasOrganisational Behaviour
Management
Human Resource Management
Research InterestsFamily/Prosocial Motivation
Social Network Analysis
Leadership and Teams
Interpersonal Relationships
Publications & Working PapersN. Li*, H. Liao*, J. Pan*, and B. Harris (in press), “Exploring the pandemic’s potential effects on workers’ collectivist values, prosocial behaviors, and attitudes toward mistreatment,” Human Resource Management.
C.S. Li, H. Liao, and Y. Han (in press), “Despise but also envy you: A dyadic investigation of perceived overqualification, perceived relative qualification, and knowledge hiding,” Personnel Psychology.
X. Zhang, H. Liao, N. Li, and A. Colbert (2020), “Playing it safe for my family: Exploring the dual effects of family motivation on employee productivity and creativity,” Academy of Management Journal, 63(6), 1923-1950.
Z. Liu*, H. Liao*, and Y. Liu (2020), “For the sake of my family: Understanding unethical pro‐family behavior in the workplace,” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41(7), 638-662.
* Equal contribution and authorship

Grants“Does the leader know what is happening?”, awarded Kwok Leung Memorial Dissertation Fund with CNY10,000 (HKD8,000), IACMR, 2020

Awards & HonoursBest International Paper, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2019

Academic/Professional ServicesEditorial Board Member
Management and Organizational Review, 2021-Present
Reviewer
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2021-Present
Human Resource Management, 2021-Present