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WANG Lan

 

Assistant Professor
National School of Development, Peking University

Email：lanwang@nsd.pku.edu.cn

 

POSITION
Assistant Professor in Management

 

INTRODUCTION
Dr. Lan Wang is an Assistant Professor of Management at the National School of Development, Peking University. She earned her Ph.D. degree from Boston University, and both her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Peking University. Her research primarily focuses on organizational behavior and human resource management, with a special emphasis on how digitalization impacts employees, teams, work, and career development.

Dr. Wang has received multiple research rewards, including seven Best Paper/Symposium Awards at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, and the Best Reviewer Award from the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR). Dr. Wang has also won several teaching awards at Peking University, including the First Prize in the 21st Teaching Competition, the Students’ Favorite Teacher Award, the Best Pedagogy Award, the Best Teaching Presentation Award, and the Zeng Xianzi Excellent Teaching Award.

 

RESEARCH AREA
Human Resource Management, People Analytics, Algorithmic Management, Team Dynamics, Leadership

 

TEACHING COURSES
Behavioral Science（MBA module in English）
Business Analytics（MBA module in English）
Strategic Human Resources Management（MBA module in English）
Management（Bachelor course in Chinese）
Organizational Behavior and Leadership in the Digital Age（Bachelor course in Chinese）
Ph.D. Seminar in Organizational Behavior (Ph.D. course in Chinese)
Academic Writing (Ph.D. course in Chinese)

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Lan Wang*, Rick Cotton (2024). Revitalizing Colleague-specific Human Capital: Boomerang and Pipeline-based Hiring in a 41-Year Multilevel Study of Employee Mobility. Human Resource Management.

  • Lan Wang*, Xiao-ping Chen, & Jun Yin* (2024). Leading via virtual communication: A longitudinal field experiment on work team creativity in an extreme context. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 41(1), 195-231.

  • Guorong Zhu, Lan Wang*, & Douglas T. Hall (2023). Optimize your leadership pipeline: leveraging HR analytics for C-suite executive development. International Journal of Manpower, 44(7), 1328-1361.

  • Lan Wang, Jian Han*, Bala Ramasamy, & Siqing Peng (2022). Incongruous Employer Branding and Organizational Attractiveness: Evidence from Multinational Companies in China. Human Resource Management, 61(5), 563-584.

  • Linna Zhu, & Lan Wang* (2022). Narrowing ideal self-discrepancy: the roles of organizational career management and protean career orientation. Career Development International. 27(2), 222-244.

  • Lan Wang* & Rick Cotton (2018). Beyond Moneyball to Social Capital Inside and Out: The Value of Differentiated Workforce Experience Ties to Performance. Human Resource Management. 57(3), 761-780.

  • Lan Wang*, Jian Han, Colin Fisher, & Yan Pan (2017). Learning to Share: Exploring Temporality in Shared Leadership and Team Learning. Small Group Research. 48(2), 165-189.

  • Lea Waters, Douglas T. Hall, Lan Wang, & Joh P. Briscoe (2015). Protean Career Orientation: a Review of Existing and Emerging Research. In R., Bruke, K. M., Page, & C. L., Cooper, Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers. (pp. 235-255). Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Lea Waters, Mathew White, Lan Wang, & Simon Murray (2015). Leading Whole-school Change. In M., White, & S., Murray. Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. (pp. 43-63). Series Editor Ilona Boniwell. Netherlands: Springer.

  • Lea Waters*, Joh P. Briscoe, Douglas T. Hall, & Lan Wang (2014). Protean Career Attitude during Unemployment and Reemployment: A Longitudinal Perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 84(3), 405-419.

  • Lan Wang, Douglas T. Hall, & Lea Waters (2014). Finding Meaning during the Retirement Process: Identity Development in Later Career Years. Oxford Handbook of Psychology Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935291.013.25

BY PROGRAMMES

WANG Lan

 

Assistant Professor
National School of Development, Peking University

Email：lanwang@nsd.pku.edu.cn

 

POSITION
Assistant Professor in Management

 

INTRODUCTION
Dr. Lan Wang is an Assistant Professor of Management at the National School of Development, Peking University. She earned her Ph.D. degree from Boston University, and both her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Peking University. Her research primarily focuses on organizational behavior and human resource management, with a special emphasis on how digitalization impacts employees, teams, work, and career development.

Dr. Wang has received multiple research rewards, including seven Best Paper/Symposium Awards at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, and the Best Reviewer Award from the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR). Dr. Wang has also won several teaching awards at Peking University, including the First Prize in the 21st Teaching Competition, the Students’ Favorite Teacher Award, the Best Pedagogy Award, the Best Teaching Presentation Award, and the Zeng Xianzi Excellent Teaching Award.

 

RESEARCH AREA
Human Resource Management, People Analytics, Algorithmic Management, Team Dynamics, Leadership

 

TEACHING COURSES
Behavioral Science（MBA module in English）
Business Analytics（MBA module in English）
Strategic Human Resources Management（MBA module in English）
Management（Bachelor course in Chinese）
Organizational Behavior and Leadership in the Digital Age（Bachelor course in Chinese）
Ph.D. Seminar in Organizational Behavior (Ph.D. course in Chinese)
Academic Writing (Ph.D. course in Chinese)

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Lan Wang*, Rick Cotton (2024). Revitalizing Colleague-specific Human Capital: Boomerang and Pipeline-based Hiring in a 41-Year Multilevel Study of Employee Mobility. Human Resource Management.

  • Lan Wang*, Xiao-ping Chen, & Jun Yin* (2024). Leading via virtual communication: A longitudinal field experiment on work team creativity in an extreme context. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 41(1), 195-231.

  • Guorong Zhu, Lan Wang*, & Douglas T. Hall (2023). Optimize your leadership pipeline: leveraging HR analytics for C-suite executive development. International Journal of Manpower, 44(7), 1328-1361.

  • Lan Wang, Jian Han*, Bala Ramasamy, & Siqing Peng (2022). Incongruous Employer Branding and Organizational Attractiveness: Evidence from Multinational Companies in China. Human Resource Management, 61(5), 563-584.

  • Linna Zhu, & Lan Wang* (2022). Narrowing ideal self-discrepancy: the roles of organizational career management and protean career orientation. Career Development International. 27(2), 222-244.

  • Lan Wang* & Rick Cotton (2018). Beyond Moneyball to Social Capital Inside and Out: The Value of Differentiated Workforce Experience Ties to Performance. Human Resource Management. 57(3), 761-780.

  • Lan Wang*, Jian Han, Colin Fisher, & Yan Pan (2017). Learning to Share: Exploring Temporality in Shared Leadership and Team Learning. Small Group Research. 48(2), 165-189.

  • Lea Waters, Douglas T. Hall, Lan Wang, & Joh P. Briscoe (2015). Protean Career Orientation: a Review of Existing and Emerging Research. In R., Bruke, K. M., Page, & C. L., Cooper, Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers. (pp. 235-255). Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Lea Waters, Mathew White, Lan Wang, & Simon Murray (2015). Leading Whole-school Change. In M., White, & S., Murray. Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. (pp. 43-63). Series Editor Ilona Boniwell. Netherlands: Springer.

  • Lea Waters*, Joh P. Briscoe, Douglas T. Hall, & Lan Wang (2014). Protean Career Attitude during Unemployment and Reemployment: A Longitudinal Perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 84(3), 405-419.

  • Lan Wang, Douglas T. Hall, & Lea Waters (2014). Finding Meaning during the Retirement Process: Identity Development in Later Career Years. Oxford Handbook of Psychology Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935291.013.25