Wei Wang

Dr. Wei Wang earned his PhD in Work and Organizations from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Business Administration and the Associates Fellow in Leadership and Ethics at the Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba. His research uses diverse methods to explore the dynamics of leadership and ethics in organizations, with the goal of creating more inclusive and ethical workplaces. Dr. Wang has been recognized as the 2019 Society of Business Ethics Emerging Scholar and received the 2022 Anne Tsui Dare to Care Research Award, which recognizes research that seeks to make a difference in the lives of employees. He has published in leading journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Management, and he has shared his research and management insights with a broader audience through media such as CBC, Canadian HR Reporter, 680 CJOB, and The Manitoban.

As a lifelong educator at heart, shaped by growing up in a family of teachers, Dr. Wang is passionate about helping students thrive in the classroom and beyond. His dedication to teaching has been recognized with the 2024 University of Manitoba Teaching Merit Award and the 2025 Associates' Award in Teaching. He also co-directs the David Dreman Behavioural Management Lab since 2023. 

When he is not doing research or teaching, he enjoys travelling the world, long-distance running, and exploring new restaurants.

• Leadership
• Business Ethics

• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource
• Negotiation
• Business Ethics

Wang, W., Campbell, E., Duffy, M., & Liu, J. Accepted. When Narcissists Exemplify Ethics: Contingent Consequences of Ethical Leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology.  

Campbell, E., Welsh, D., & Wang, W. 2023. Above the Law? How Motivated Moral Reasoning Shapes Evaluations of High Performer Unethicality. Journal of Applied Psychology.                            

Kim, E., Lee, K., Tai, K., Johnson, T., Wang, W., Duffy, M., & Kim, S. 2022. Gender, Bottom-line Mentality, and Workplace Mistreatment: The Roles of Gender Norm Violation and Team Gender Composition. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(5), 854–865. 

Robinson, S., Wang, W., & Kiewitz, C. 2014. Coworkers Behaving Badly: The Impact of Coworkers’ Deviant Behaviors Upon Individual Employees. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 1: 123-143.  

Robinson, S., O’Reilly, J, & Wang, W. 2013. Invisible at Work: An Integrated Model of Workplace Ostracism. Journal of Management, 39: 203-231. 

In 2015, the United Nations identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a shared framework to address urgent global challenges, from poverty reduction to environmental sustainability. This scholar’s research advances knowledge and contributes to impact in the following SDG(s):