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Xiaomeng Zhang

Assistant Professor
Kogod: Management

  • Xiaomeng Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington DC. Her research interests are in the areas of creativity, leadership and motivation, with a desire to understand the relationships between all those areas. She has published articles in multiple academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Science, and Human Resource Management Review. Professor Zhang has taught principles of management, organizational behavior, business policies, and h.r. management. Her teaching interests include organizational behavior, motivation, and organizational creativity and innovation. She earned a B.A. with emphasis in Economics and Business Administration from ZhongShan University, China and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management from the R.H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park with a Paine Award for outstanding academic achievement and several teaching awards.

  • Degrees

    Ph.D., Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management, R. H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park B.A., Economics and Business Administration, ZhongShan University, China

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Teaching

  • Spring 2010

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Professor Zhang's research interests are in the areas of creativity, innovation, and leadership. At the core of her current work is the desire to understand interactional relationships among these areas. A related aspect of her leadership research is an interest in top management (e.g. CEO) motivation, compensation, and corporate governance issue.

Selected Publications

Professor Zhang has published articles at leading academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Science, and Human Resource Management Review.

Zhang, X. M., & Bartol, K. M. (In press). Linking empowering leadership and employee creativity: The influence of psychological empowerment, intrinsic motivation, and creative process engagement. Academy of Management Journal.

Zhang, X. M., Bartol, K. M., Smith, K. G., Pferrer, M., & Khanin, D. (2008). CEO on the edge: Earnings manipulation and stock-based incentive misalignment. Academy of Management Journal, 51 (2): 241-258.

Pferrer, M., Smith, K. G., Bartol, K. M., Khanin, D, & Zhang, X. M. (2008). Coming Forward: The Effects of Social and Regulatory Forces on the Voluntary Restatement of Earnings. Organization Science, 19: 386-403.

Somaya, D., Williamson, I. O., & Zhang, X. M. (2007). Combining patent law expertise with R & D for patenting performance. Organization Science, 18 (6): 922-937.

Bartol, K. M., & Zhang, X. M. (2007) Networks and leadership development: Building linkages for capacity acquisition and capital accrual. Human Resource Management Review, 17: 388-401.

Zhang, X. M., & Sims, H. P, Jr. (2005). Leadership, collaborative capital, and innovation. In M. Beyerlein, S. Beyerlein, & F. Kennedy (Eds.), Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams. Elsevier/JAI annual series, Volume 11. JAI Press.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Kogod Faculty Award for Outstanding Research (2008)
  • Kogod Faculty Award for Exceptional Syllabus (2008)
  • Krowe Teaching Award Finalist (Rank #1), Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (2007)
  • Frank T. Paine Doctoral Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (2006)
  • Top 15% Teaching Award, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (2005, 2006 & 2007)

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