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1<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><meta name="description" content="Zhenyu Liao’s research primarily focuses on the areas of leadership, behavioral ethics and morality, organization philanthropy, and algorithmic labor."><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Hammersmith+One|Noto+Serif+TC" rel="stylesheet"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans" rel="stylesheet"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway" rel="stylesheet"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans+Caption" rel="stylesheet"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Belleza" rel="stylesheet"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald|Josefin+Slab|Raleway&amp;display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><title>Zhenyu Liao | Management and Entrepreneurship | Northeastern University</title><base href="/"><link href="/css/app.c12950b8.css" rel="preload" as="style"><link href="/js/app.9de85845.js" rel="preload" as="script"><link href="/js/chunk-vendors.a4795592.js" rel="preload" as="script"><link href="/css/app.c12950b8.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript><img src="/noscript.png"></noscript><div id="app"><div class="header"><div class="content"><div class="title"><h1><a href="/">ZHENYU LIAO</a></h1><h2>Management and Entrepreneurship</h2><h2>Northeastern University</h2></div></div></div><div class="header nav"><div class="nav-content"><div id="nav"><div class="triangle"></div><a href="/" aria-current="page" class="nav-btn router-link-exact-active router-link-active">HOME</a><a href="/publications" class="nav-btn">PUBLICATIONS</a><a href="/under-construction" class="nav-btn">CODES and MEASURES</a><a href="/contact" class="nav-btn">LEAD TEAM</a></div></div></div><div data-v-58549d16="" class="home"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="pane"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="left"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="profile-img"><img data-v-58549d16="" alt="Profile Image" src="/img/profile.fd1402be.png"></div></div><div data-v-58549d16="" class="right"><p data-v-58549d16=""> I study how organizational leaders and entrepreneurs develop innovation-driven, AI-powered business ecosystems to transform the prospects of disadvantaged populations, empowering them to mobilize resources, access opportunities, build leverage, amplify impact, and shape the future economy. My research examines questions at the intersections of <i data-v-58549d16="">leadership</i>, <i data-v-58549d16="">entrepreneurship</i>, <i data-v-58549d16="">morality</i>, and <i data-v-58549d16="">technology and work</i>. I use complementary methods, including field and lab/online experiments, field surveys, large-scale archival data, and computational text analysis. </p><p data-v-58549d16=""> I am currently an Associate Professor of Management at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University. I earned my PhD from the National University of Singapore and completed a postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis. </p><p data-v-58549d16=""> My research team is looking for research assistants with a strong interest in pursuing phd in leadership, entrepreneurship, or technology and work. 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1When Being Close to Your Employees Backfires</div><div data-v-58549d16="" class="source">Harvard Business Review</div></div></a></div></div><div data-v-58549d16="" class="highlight-box"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="highlight"><a data-v-58549d16="" target="_blank" href="https://hbr.org/2020/08/intimidating-bosses-can-change-they-just-need-a-nudge"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="img-box"><img data-v-58549d16="" src="https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/2020/08/Aug20_31_683980474.jpg"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="overlay"></div></div><div data-v-58549d16="" class="desc"><div data-v-58549d16="" class="title">Intimidating Bosses Can Change — They Just Need a Nudge</div><div data-v-58549d16="" class="source">Harvard Business Review</div></div></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="footer"><div class="footer-bg"></div><div class="content"><div class="contact"><p>D’Amore-McKim School of Business | Northeastern University</p><p>112 Hayden Hall | 360 Huntington Avenue | Boston, MA 02115 </p><p>Tel: +1 617.373.4731 | Email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p></div><div class="copyright"> © 2026 by Zhenyu Liao </div></div></div></div>

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