Lei Lai

Lei Lai serves as an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration & Public Policy at California State University, Dominguez Hills, holding a PhD in Organizational Behavior and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Her research expertise encompasses:

• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Gender Studies in Management
• Conflict Management

Her scholarly contributions appear in premier journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. Notably, her 2007 publication on gender and negotiations received the 2015 Most Influential Article Award from the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management.

She teaches the following courses at CSUDH:

• MGT 312: Organizational Behavior
• MGT 416: Leadership