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Yufei Zhong serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Organizations at the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, joining the faculty in 2024 after completing her doctoral studies. Her research program investigates the structural and psychological dimensions of social hierarchy and power dynamics within organizational contexts, with particular focus on interpersonal relationship formation and competitive behaviors.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in Management, Georgia Institute of Technology (2024)
- B.S. in Psychology, Pennsylvania State University (2017)
Dr. Zhong's scholarly work employs meta-analytic and experimental methodologies to examine how power asymmetries shape workplace interactions, particularly investigating covert competition mechanisms among lower-power individuals and relational identification patterns between subordinates and supervisors. Her research bridges social psychology and organizational theory to uncover non-obvious behavioral patterns in hierarchical structures.
Her recent publications in the Journal of Applied Psychology and Organization Science demonstrate methodological sophistication in analyzing power dynamics, revealing how status hierarchies influence both overt relational identification and covert competitive strategies. These works collectively advance understanding of when and why power differentials produce constructive versus destructive interpersonal outcomes.
She maintains active engagement with the academic community through memberships in the Academy of Management (AOM), International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), while contributing peer review services for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and the European Journal of Social Psychology.
