Ph.D. in Business Administration, IE Business School, Spain

Master in Industrial Management, joint MSc by three universities

    Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden

    Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), Italy

    Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain   

Bachelor in Information Management, Southeast University, China

2015-present, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China

2009-2009, Intalcementi Group, Italy

2006-2007, PT ZTE Indonesia, Indonesia

2005-2006, ZTE Do Brazil, Brazil

2004-2005, ZTE Corporation, China

Selected Papers

- Lingjun Zhou, Jinsong Li, Jie Cao*, Rejected applicant reactions to Artificial Intelligence/Human Manager-based recruitment. 2nd R&R at Human Resource Management. 

- Margarita Mayo*, Laura Guillen, Jie Cao, Shainaz Firfiray, Juan Sanchez, (2026). Micro-foundations of “Doing Well by Doing Good”: Multilevel effects of work-life policies on employee well-being and sales growth, online publication at Human Resource Management. 

- Allan Lee*, Geoff Thomas, Joanne Lyubovnikova, Gary Schwarz, Jie Cao, Yu Han, (2025). Can’t get you out of my head: LMX ambivalence and the dual nature of rumination, online publication at Human Relations. 

- Allan Lee*, Joanne Lyubovnikova, Geoff Thomas, Gary Schwarz, Jie Cao, (2024). A relational perspective on how and when follower attachment style impacts job performance: The moderating role of leader neuroticism. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 97(3), 977-1010. 

- Taiyuan Wang, Jie Cao*, Nan Lin, (2024). From sibship to entrepreneurship: an intragenerational perspective on entrepreneurial intention and action. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 94(3), 1373-1394. 

-  Jie Cao and Monika Hamori*, (2023). The impact of developmental job experience on job performance: The importance of team context. Human Resource Management, 62(6), 901-916. 

-  Amy Tian, Jie Cao*, Alex Newman, (2023). The curvilinear effects of training participation on job performance through organizational support: The moderating role of entity self-beliefs. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 40(2), 553-573. 

- Jie Cao* and Monika Hamori*, (2022). Adapting careers to the COVID crisis: The impact of the pandemic on employees' career orientations. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 139 (103789), online publication. 

- Sabine Sonnentag*, Amy Tian, Jie Cao, Svetlana Grushina, (2021). Positive work reflection during the evening and next-day work engagement: Testing mediating mechanisms and cyclical processes. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 94(4), 836-865. 

- Allan Lee*, Berrin Erdogan, Sara Willis, Amy Tian, Jie Cao, (2021). Perceived overqualification and task performance: Reconciling two opposing pathways. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 94(1), 80-106. 

- Jie Cao* and Monika Hamori, 2020. How can employers benefit most from developmental job experiences? The needs–supplies fit perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(4), 422–432. 

- Jie Cao and Monika Hamori*, 2016. The impact of management development practices on organizational commitment. Human Resource Management, 55(3), 499-517. 

- Monika Hamori*, Burak Koyuncu, Jie Cao*, Thomas Graf, 2015. What high-potential young managers want. MIT Sloan Management Review, 57(1), 61-68. 

- Monika Hamori*, Jie Cao, Burak Koyuncu, 2012. Why top young managers are in a nonstop job hunt. Harvard Business Review, 90, 7-8.  

* Refers to corresponding author

Book and Others

- Lingjun Zhou, Jinsong Li, Jie Cao*, 2024, What Is Below the Surface? Rejected Applicant Reactions Toward AI/HM-Based Hiring. Academy of Management Proceeding, 2024(1), online publication, Academy of Management, Chicago: US. (Final two award nominees of OB Division Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper Award)

- W. Brenner & F. Uebernickel, 2016, Design Thinking for Innovation, Springer. Translated by Nan Lin, Jie Cao and Ping Zhou, 2019, China Machine Press

- Jie Cao and Monika Hamori, 2012, “Mind the gap: Impacts of on-the-job development and the expectation gap on organizational commitment”, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2012(1), online publication, Academy of Management, Boston: US.

Membership on Editorial Boards

- Asia Pacific Journal of Management

- Management and Organization Review

Undergraduate
- Management
- Management principles
- Leadership
- Recuritment, selection and assessment

Master
- Leadership development and organization behavior
- Strategic human resource management
- Cross-cultural management
- Organizational change and change management

PhD
- Managment research introduction and academic crafting
- HR field topics

- MBA Star Teacher of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

- Outstanding supervisor of MBA/EMBA guidance

- Outstanding employee of College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

- Distinguished appointed research fellow of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics