LI Ning

LI Ning is a Flextronics Chair Professor in the Department of Leadership and Organization Management at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management. His research focuses on team collaboration, organizational network analysis, leadership, and Chinese management concepts. He has published extensively in top-tier journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Management. His work has been cited in popular media outlets like Harvard Business Review and Forbes. He has collaborated with companies such as Alibaba and Tencent on topics related to organizational behavior and team performance.

Ning Li is a researcher at Tsinghua University with a focus on Generative AI, Organizational Behavior, social network, teams, and leadership. Their work explores how personality traits, higher-order goals, and job characteristics influence purposeful work behavior and organizational citizenship behaviors. Li investigates the role of proactive personality, leader–member exchange (LMX), and empowering leadership in shaping employee outcomes such as job satisfaction, creativity, and turnover intention. They also examine the impact of social networks, including non-work ties like guanxi, on organizational dynamics and team performance. Their research highlights the complexities of interactive relationships and contextual factors in organizational behavior.