Feng Qiu
Assistant Professor
Feng Qiu is an Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research mainly focuses on leadership across a range of topics, including leader ethics and leader emotions. He also uses a leadership lens to examine team dynamics and interpersonal processes in organizations.
Feng’s research has been published in leading journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Organizational Research Methods.
Feng’s teaching focuses primarily on Organizational Behavior at both the undergraduate and MBA levels. He is passionate about creating engaging lecture videos to enhance students’ learning experiences. A sample lecture video is available here.
Education
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Research Interests
Teaching Interests
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
Selected Publications
Qiu, F., Yu, L, Wen, X., Duffy, M., & Mai, K. M. (2026). When the Moon is Jealous of the Stars: Implications of Informal Leadership for Supervisor Downward Jealousy and Their Treatment of Other Subordinates. Academy of Management Journal.
Qiu, F., Mai, K. M., Ellis, A. P., Wen, X., & Liu, C. (2025). Examining the Effects of Interpersonal Competition on Employees’ Reporting of Unethical Behavior in Organizations. Journal of Business Ethics.
Qiu, F., Mai, K. M., & Ellis, A. P. (2025). Examining The Hindering Effects of Receiving Help on Internal Reporting of Unethical Behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 46(5), 765-788.
Wen, X., Liu, Z, Qiu, F., Leavitt, K., Wang, X., & Tang, Z. (2025). A Power Dependence Model of the Impact of Leader Impostorism on Supervisor Support and Undermining: The Moderating Role of Power Distance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110(7), 963–978.
Mesdaghinia, S., Eisenberger, R., Wen, X., Liu, Z., Lewis, B., Qiu, F., & Shapiro, D. L. (2023). How Leaders Drive Followers’ Unethical Behavior. Journal of Management, 49(7), 2318-2353.
Lee, R., Mai, K. M., Qiu, F., Ilies, R., & Tang, P. M. (2022) Are You Too Happy to Serve Others? When and Why Positive Affect Makes Customer Mistreatment Experience Feel Worse. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 172, 104188.
Leavitt, K., Qiu, F., & Shapiro, D. L. (2021). Using Electronic Confederates for Experimental Research in Organizational Science. Organizational Research Methods, 24(1), 3-25.
Liu, X., Liao, H., Derfler-Rozin, R., Zheng, X., Wee, E. X., & Qiu, F. (2020). In Line and Out of the Box: How Ethical Leaders Help Offset the Negative Effect of Morality on Creativity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(12), 1447–1465.