Li Huang is a lecturer in the Department of Management and Organizations. Her teaching and research focuses on how the tension between internal (such as emotional or power-related mental experiences) and external states (such as emotional expressions or power-related postures), between self- and other-interest, and between present- and future-interest drives and regulates mental, social, and organizational life. She is especially interested in how power, creativity, trust, cooperation, ethical decisions, and future-oriented behavior can emerge from these tensions.

Li's work has appeared in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Psychological Science, and Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Her papers have been presented at the Academy of Management, International Association for Conflict Management, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, International Conference on Social Dilemmas, and Power, Status, and Influence Conference. Her dissertation, which explores the relationship between dissonance and creativity, received the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. Her work has also been listed on SSRN’s (Social Science Research Network) Top Ten download list for MRN Negotiations & Dispute Resolution Network.

Li is a regular reviewer for the Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, European Journal of Personality, and the Conflict Management and Organizational Behavior Divisions of the Academy of Management. She is a member of the Academy of Management, International Association for Conflict Management, American Psychological Association, and Society for Personality and Social Psychology. She is also a Founding Member of the International Association for Chinese Management Research.