Jie Tang

Profile

Jie is a postgraduate researcher in the Management and Organization Department at Leeds University Business School. Jie's research explores the psychological complexities of pursuing well-intentioned goals at work. Specifically, she is interested in addressing the following questions through her research:

• Why do well-intentioned organisational goals (e.g., environmental sustainability goals) sometimes backfire?
• What happens when organisational expectations conflict with employees' personal goals?
• How do employees navigate mixed emotions and conflicting attitudes towards well-intentioned goals?
• Does engaging in socially and environmentally responsible behaviour necessarily benefit employee well-being?

Jie adopts a multi-method approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods, including surveys, experiments, interviews, and techniques such as eye-tracking, to investigate the cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes underlying organisational behaviour.

She is keen to understand the psychological processes underlying organisational behaviour and to help organisations translate their goals and initiatives into meaningful outcomes for both employees and organisations.

Publications

[1] Tang, J., Wang, L., Han, B., & Liu, P. (2025). Sustaining attention to positive while early vigilance for negative environmental information: Evidence from eye movements. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102717.

[2] Tang, J., Tian, X., Li, R., Liu, Z., & Liu, P. (2024). Financial incentives overcome ego-depletion effect in the waste separation task. Current Psychology, 1-11.

[3] Chen, X.^*, Tang, J.^*, & Liu, P. (2024). How place attachment affects pro-environmental behaviors: The role of empathy with nature and nature relatedness. Current Psychology, 1-13.

[4] Deng, J.^*, Tang, J.^*, Lu, C., Han, B., & Liu, P. (2022). Commitment and intergenerational influence: A field study on the role of children in promoting recycling in the family. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 185, 106403.

[5] Shi, H., Tang, J., & Liu, P. (2022). Instability of the watching eyes effect and perceived norms: A new perspective. Advances in Psychological Science, 2022, 30(12), 2718-2734.

[6] Liu, P., Lu, Q., Zhang, Z., Tang, J., & Han, B. (2021). Age-related differences in affective norms for Chinese words (AANC). Frontiers in psychology, 12, 585666.

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Academic Service

2026–Present Scientific Reports — Ad Hoc Reviewer

2025–Present Journal of Business Ethics — Ad Hoc Reviewer

2025–Present Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology — Ad Hoc Reviewer

2025–Present Applied Psychology — Ad Hoc Reviewer

2023–Present Current Psychology — Ad Hoc Reviewer

2026　Academy of Management Annual Meeting — Conference Reviewer

2026　EMONET XV Conference — Conference Reviewer

Qualifications

PhD. (2024-now) Management and Organizational Department, Leeds University Business School

MSc. (2021-2024) Institude of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Honors and Awards

2024 Leeds University Business School Management Department Scholarship