He obtained his Ph.D. in Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research focuses on employee proactivity, leadership behavior, and cultural values. He was nominated as the runner-up of the Best Conference Paper Award in the Third Biennial Conference of the International Association of Chinese Management Research (2008), and won the Best Paper Award with International Implications in the Organization Division of Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2013). He had published his research in management journals, such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational behavior, Management World, Nankai Business Review, and Acta Psychologica Sinica.