Kaifeng Jiang, PhD

Kaifeng's research focuses on strategic HRM, organizational climate, and work teams. With over 40 articles published in leading management journals, he is among the most productive scholars in the field of strategic HRM in the past decade. He has earned prestigious recognitions for scholarly career achievement, including recognition as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide for four consecutive years, the Early Career Achievement Award of the HR Division (2018), and the Luis Aparicio Prize of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (2018 and 2021). His research has received financial support from multiple sponsors including the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and the SHRM Foundation.

He serves on the editorial review boards of journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Human Resource Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. He is an incoming Associate Editor of Personnel Psychology (2023–2025) and has served as an Associate Editor of International Journal of Human Resource Management (2020–2022) and Human Resource Management Journal (2016–2020). He has also been an active member of the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management, serving in several capacities, including Executive Committee member (2017–2020) and Division Officer (2021–2026). In 2024, he was elected to be a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.