Professor Chia-Huei Wu

Chia-Huei Wu is a Professor in Management at King's Business School, within the Department of Human Resource Management & Employment Relations. His extensive research focuses on the complex dynamic between individuals and their work environments. His interests span a broad spectrum of topics such as innovation, leadership, work design, career development, workplace wellbeing, job transitions, and overqualification.

His research output is extensive, with over 100 articles and chapters published in reputable journals including the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Management, and the Human Resource Management Journal.

His book publications include:

• Employee proactivity in organizations (authored)
• Work and Personality Change (co-authored)
• Emotion and Proactivity at Work (co-editor).

He has also contributed chapters to books, including:

• The Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations
• The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship
• Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology
• Advances in Global Leadership
• Proactivity at Work
• Essentials of Job Attitudes and Other Workplace Psychological Constructs.

He served the role of associate editor for the Journal of Management between 2020 to 2023 and currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Journal of Business Research. Prior to his tenure at King's Business School, he held positions at the London School of Economics, Durham University, and the University of Leeds.