Prior to joining Gatton, Dr. Lian was an Associate Professor of management in the School of Business at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on leadership, motivation, and workplace deviance. She currently serves on the editorial board of Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology. Her work has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Annals, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, among others.