EN2026.8 - , Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Assistant Professor
2024.7 - 2026.8, Tilburg University，Assistant Professor
2018 – 2024, The University of Kansas, PhD
2016 – 2018 Renmin University of China, M.S.
2012 – 2016 Beijing Forestry University, B.S.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (*equal contribution; +corresponding author)
1. Van Beurden, J., Bauwens, R.,van de Voorde, K., Fijneman-Ghielen, S., Kilroy, S., Li, M., Suhail, A., De Meulenaere, K., Ghazzawi, R., Sahakian, T., Kooij, D. (2025). Multilevel Theorizing in Human Resource Management Research. Human Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267251392079
2. Li*, P., Li*+, M., Chung*, H., Chadwick*, C. (2025). It’s different: examining the effect of HRM investments on employee downsizing following mergers & acquisitions. Journal of Management. http://doi.org/1177/01492063251382856
3. Na, I., Chadwick, C., Li+, M. Guthrie, J. P. (2025). Merit pay adoption and labor productivity in South Korean Firms. Human Resource Management, 1-18. http://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.70003
4. Li, M., Martínez del Río. J., Li, P., Guthrie, J. P. (2024). Exploring the antecedents of green human resource management: A path dependence perspective. Journal of Business Research, 181, 114743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114743
5. Li, P., Qu, Y. (E.), Li, M., Downes, P. E., & Wang, G. (2024). The effects of relational human resource management: A moderated mediation model of positive affective climate and collective occupational calling. Human Resource Management, 63(4), 673–689. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22222
6. Li, M., Fu, N., Chadwick, C., & Harney, B. (2024). Untangling human resource management and employee wellbeing relationships: Differentiating job resource HR practices from challenge demand HR practices. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(1), 214-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12527
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Li, P., Li, M., Lucchese, E., Flood, P. (2025). Downsizing and alternative innovative approaches in practice. In Coetsee, Flood, Kilroy, & O’Hara (Eds.), Rethinking change management: a critical perspective. (pp. 65-92). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035339846.00009
2. Chadwick*, C., Li*, M., & Na*, I. (2022). Leveraging strategic human capital research themes in strategic HRM research. In P. D. Sherer (Eds.), A research agenda for strategic human resource management: bringing variety in forms, theory, methodology and outcomes (pp.67-92). Edward Elgar Publishing. (*all authors contribute equally) https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883802.00012
3. Fu, N., Li, M., Harney, B., & Chadwick, C. (2025). The dual nature of HR practices: Resources, challenges, and employee wellbeing. In A. Zicari & T. Gamble (Eds.), Employee meaning and wellbeing: The responsible organisation. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003388661-3
BEST PAPER PROCEEDINGS
1. Li, M., Chadwick, C., Su, Z. (2026). Mitigating Hidden Drawbacks of Firm Specific Human Capital Perceptions. 2026 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
2. Li, P., Li, M., Chung, H., Chadwick, C. (2024). The Effect of Firm Employee-Oriented HRM on Employee Downsizing Following Mergers & Acquisitions. 2024 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.188bp
3. Na, I., Li, M., Guthrie, J. P., Yu, G.-C., & Kim, M.-S. (2019). Pay for (Individual) Performance: A Longitudinal Study of Merit Pay Plans and Firm Performance. 2019 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.22