Zheni Wang

Zheni Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the School of Business, Southern Connecticut State University. With a PhD in Business Administration from Concordia University, she brings over a decade of industry experience in business assurance, human capital management, and international education consulting, having worked with firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers and Towers Perrin. Her career bridges academic research with practical insights in organizational behavior and leadership.

• Research Focus: Work motivation, servant leadership, cross-cultural management, innovation, and employee well-being.
• Key Contributions: Development of the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale, cross-cultural analyses of leadership styles, and studies on temporal patterns in employee engagement.
• Grants: Funded by NSF, CSU_AAUP, and SCSU for projects on STEM leadership, motivation theory, and cross-cultural studies.
• Presentations: Active in international conferences including Academy of Management and European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology.