Chenwei Liao was born and raised in China. After completing a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Renmin University of China in Beijing, he came to the United States and obtained his master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is now pursuing a doctoral degree in organizational behavior and human resource management (OB/HRM) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Chenwei has conducted research on the effects of servant leadership, leader-member exchange, and employment relationships on employee and organizational outcomes. His research has been accepted for presentation at academic conferences such as the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) annual conferences and the Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior conferences. Also, his coauthored research projects has received recognition and funding from organizations such as the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation and the Center for Human Resource Management (CHRM) at the University of Illinois. His research topic is “Towards an Understanding of Servant Leadership Climate.”
Posted in: 2012