All Research | Culture & Diversity | Asian Ceiling | AI | Creativity | Ethics
*denotes equal authorship
Lu, J.G.*, Li, Q.*, Liang, S., Mu, W., & Gong, S. (forthcoming). The Bamboo Ceiling in the UK: Ethnicity–gender intersectionality, risk tolerance, and leadership attainment. Personnel Psychology
Lu, J.G., Zhao, M., Liao, H., & Zhang, L.D. (2025). Breaking ceilings: Debate training promotes leadership emergence by increasing assertiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology
Feature article in Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G. (2024). “Asian” is a problematic category in research and practice: Insights from the Bamboo Ceiling. Current Directions in Psychological Science
Lu, J.G. (2024). A creativity stereotype perspective on the Bamboo Ceiling: Low perceived creativity explains the underrepresentation of East Asian leaders in the United States. Journal of Applied Psychology
Feature article in Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G., Nisbett, R.E., & Morris, M.W. (2022). The surprising underperformance of East Asians in US law and business schools: The liability of low assertiveness and the ameliorative potential of online classrooms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS Commentary by Xie
Lu, J.G. (2023). Asians don't ask? Relational concerns, negotiation propensity, and starting salaries. Journal of Applied Psychology
Lu, J.G. (2022). A social network perspective on the Bamboo Ceiling: Ethnic homophily explains why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership in multiethnic environments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Lu, J.G., Nisbett, R.E., & Morris, M.W. (2020). The Bamboo Ceiling: Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS Commentary by Gelfand & Denison
Feature article by Association for Psychological Science
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Lu, J.G., Zhao, G.G., & Zheng, A.M. (forthcoming). Generative AI use in entrepreneurship: An integrative review and an empowerment–entrapment framework. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Lin, Y., Lu, J.G., & Gelfand, M.J. (2026). The social-class gap in negotiation: Lower-class individuals negotiate less and face more backlash. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Feature article in Harvard Business Review
Qin, X., Lu, J.G. [corresponding author], Chen, C., Zhou, X., Gan, Y., Li, W., & Song, L.L. Artificial Intelligence Quotient (AIQ).
Lu, J.G.*, Song, L.L.*, & Zhang, L.D.* (2025). Cultural tendencies in generative AI. Nature Human Behaviour
Feature articles (a) and (b) in Harvard Business Review
Aczel, B.*, Szaszi, B.*, Clelland, H.T., Kovacs, M., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Nosek, B.A. (2026). Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature
Buchanan, E.M., Cuccolo, K., Heyman, T., van Berkel, N., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Lewis, S.C. (2026). Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages. Nature Human Behaviour
Sun, S., Li, A.Z., Foo, M.D., Zhou, J., & Lu, J.G. [co-corresponding author] (2025). How and for whom using generative AI affects creativity: A field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology
Feature article in Harvard Business Review
Qin, X., Zhou, X., Chen, C., Wu, D., Zhou, H., Dong, X., Cao, L., & Lu, J.G. [corresponding author](2025). AI aversion or appreciation? A capability–personalization framework and a meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin
Lin, Y.W., Yang, S., Han, W., & Lu, J.G. [corresponding author] (2024). The Black Lives Matter movement mitigates bias against racial minority actors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Eastwick, P.W., Sparks, J., Finkel, E.J., Meza, E.M., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Coles, N.A. (2025). A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Vlasceanu, M., Doell, K.C., Bak-Coleman, J.B., Todorova, B., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Van Bavel, J.J. (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. Science Advances
Scharbert, J., Humberg, S., Kroencke, L., Reiter, T., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Back, M.D. (2024). Psychological well-being in Europe after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Nature Communications
Lu, J.G. (2023). Cultural differences in humor: A systematic review and critique. Current Opinion in Psychology
Arechar, A.A., Allen, J., Berinsky, A.J., Cole, R., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Rand, D. (2023). Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents. Nature Human Behaviour
Lu, J.G., Benet-Martínez, V., & Wang, L.C. (2023). A socioecological-genetic framework of culture and personality: Their roots, trends, and interplay. Annual Review of Psychology
Lu, J.G. (2023). Two large-scale global studies on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy over time: Culture, uncertainty avoidance, and vaccine side-effect concerns. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Lu, J.G.*, Song, L.L.*, Zheng, Y., & Wang, L.C. (2022). Masks as a moral symbol: Masks reduce wearers’ deviant behavior in China during COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Bago, B., Kovacs, M., Protzko, J., Nagy, T., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Aczel, B. (2022). Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern, and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample. Nature Human Behaviour
Savani, K., Morris, M.W., Fincher, K.*, Lu, J.G.*, & Kaufman S.B. (2022). Experiential learning of cultural norms: The role of implicit and explicit aptitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Legate, N., Ngyuen, T, Weinstein, N., Moller, A., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Primbs, M.A. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Lu, J.G., Jin, P., & English, A.S. (2021). Collectivism predicts mask use during COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Lu, J.G., Swaab, R.I., & Galinsky, A.D. (2022). Global leaders for global teams: Leaders with multicultural experiences communicate and lead more effectively, especially in multinational teams. Organization Science
Maddux, W.W., Lu, J.G., Affinito, S., & Galinsky, A.D. (2021). Multicultural experiences: A systematic review and new theoretical framework. Academy of Management Annals
Liu, X.L.*, Lu, J.G.*, Zhang, H., & Cai, Y. (2021). Helping the organization but hurting yourself: How employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior predicts work-to-life conflict. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L.M., Flake, J.K., Liuzza, M.T., ..., Lu, J.G., ... Coles, N.A. (2021).
To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply? Nature Human Behaviour
Lu, J.G., Liu, X.L., Liao, H., & Wang, L. (2020). Disentangling stereotypes from social reality: Astrological stereotypes and discrimination in China. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
The Ten-Item Personality Inventory in Chinese (中文版10项目大五人格量表)
Pennycook, G., McPhetres, J. Zhang, Y., Lu, J.G. & Rand, D.G. (2020). Fighting COVID-19 misinformation on social media: Experimental evidence for a scalable accuracy-nudge intervention. Psychological Science
Lu, J.G. (2020). Air pollution: A systematic review of its psychological, economic, and social effects. Current Opinion in Psychology
Lu, J.G., Lee, J.J., Gino, F., & Galinsky, A.D. (2020). Air pollution, state anxiety, and unethical behavior: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Science
Gong, S.*, Lu, J.G.*, Schaubroeck, J.M., Li, Q., Zhou, Q., & Qian, X. (2020). Polluted psyche: Is the effect of air pollution on unethical behavior more physiological or psychological? Psychological Science
Lu, J.G., Lee, J.J., Gino, F., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). Polluted morality: Air pollution predicts criminal activity and unethical behavior. Psychological Science
Conceptual replications by other researchers:
https://doi.org/10.1086/707127
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102887
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03186-z
https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-08-2022-0235
https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2019.1630014
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20190091
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2021.04.006
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2017.02.002
https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620943835
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04762-y
https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1041.2020.00909
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0367-5
Hirsh, J.B., Lu, J.G., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). Moral Utility Theory: Understanding the motivation to behave (un)ethically. Research in Organizational Behavior
Adam, H., Obodaru, O., Lu, J.G., Maddux, W.W., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). The shortest path to oneself leads around the world: Living abroad increases self-concept clarity. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Wei, W.*, Lu, J.G.*, Galinsky, A.D., Wu, H., Gosling, S.D., Rentfrow, P.J., Yuan, W., Zhang, Q., Guo, Y., Zhang, M., Gui, W., Guo, X.Y., Potter, J., Wang, J., Li, B., Li, X., Han, Y.M., Lv, M., Guo, X.Q., Choe, Y., Lin, W., Yu, K., Bai, Q., Shang, Z., Ying, H., & Wang, L. (2017). Regional ambient temperature is associated with human personality. Nature Human Behaviour
Lu, J.G.*, Hafenbrack, A.C.*, Eastwick, P.W., Wang, D.J., Maddux, W.W., & Galinsky, A.D. (2017). “Going Out” of the box: Close intercultural friendships and romantic relationships spark creativity, workplace innovation, and entrepreneurship. Journal of Applied Psychology
Lu, J.G., Akinola, M., & Mason, M.F. (2017). “Switch On” creativity: Task switching can increase creativity by reducing cognitive fixation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Lu, J.G., Brockner, J., Vardi, Y., & Weitz. E. (2017). The dark side of experiencing job autonomy: Unethical behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Lu, J.G., Quoidbach, J., Gino, F., Chakroff, A., Maddux, W.W., & Galinsky, A.D. (2017). The dark side of going abroad: How broad foreign experiences increase immoral behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Conceptual replications by other researchers:
https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2022.2122784
https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2022.2144868
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-01-2023-0090
Wallen, A.S., Morris, M.W., Devine, B.A., & Lu, J.G. (2017). Understanding the MBA gender gap: Women respond to gender norms by reducing public assertiveness but not private effort. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Akinola, M., Page-Gould, E., Mehta P., & Lu, J.G. (2016). Collective hormonal profiles predict group performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Book Chapters:
Lu, J.G., Martin, A., Usova, A., & Galinsky, A.D. (2019). Creativity and humor across cultures: Where Aha meets Haha. In S.R. Luria, J.C. Kaufman, & J. Baer (Eds.), Creativity and humor (pp. 183–203). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Lu, J.G., Zhang, T., Rucker, D.D., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). On the distinction between unethical and selfish behavior. In K. Gray & J. Graham (Eds.), Atlas of moral psychology: Mapping good and evil in the mind (pp. 465–474). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Practitioner Publications:
Lu, J.G., Lin, Y., & Gelfand, M.J. (2026). Employees from lower-class backgrounds negotiate less—and face more backlash. Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G., Sun, S., Li, Z.A., Foo, M.D., & Zhou, J. (2026). Why AI boosts creativity for some employees but not others. Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G.* & Zhang, L.D.* (2025). LLMs respond differently in English and Chinese. Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G., Akinola, M., & Mason, M.F. (2019). Activando la creatividad. Harvard Deusto Business Review [Lead article in Spanish]
Lu, J.G., Akinola, M., & Mason, M.F. (2019). Switching On creativity. Rotman Management
Adam, H., Obodaru, O., Lu, J.G., Maddux, W.W., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). How living abroad helps you develop a clearer sense of self. Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G., Lee, J.J., Gino, F., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). Darker skies, darker behaviors. Scientific American
Lu, J.G., Akinola, M., & Mason, M.F. (2017). To be more creative, schedule your breaks. Harvard Business Review
Lu, J.G. (2017). How deep multicultural experiences inspire creativity. Tsinghua Business Review [in Chinese]