Lingtao Yu
Lingtao Yu is Associate Professor and Division Chair of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources at the UBC Sauder School of Business. His research examines the darker and more complex sides of leadership and workplace relationships, with particular emphasis on abusive leadership, emotions, unethical behaviors, and mindfulness. His work has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Management, and has been featured in Harvard Business Review. His research has received the Academy of Management Conflict Management Division's Most Influential Article Award (2016-2019) and has been supported by multiple grands from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Society for Human Resource Management, and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Personnel Psychology. He earned his PhD from the University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications
- Qiu, F., Yu, L., Wen, X., Duffy, M., & Mai K. (2026) When the Moon is Jealous of the Stars: Implications of Informal Leadership for Supervisor Downward Jealousy and Their Treatment of Other Subordinates". Academy of Management Journal, 69(3), 622-650.
- Zhong, R., Yu, L., Zhu, J., & Zhu, L. (2025) Combat poison with "poison": Leader-targeted negative team gossip mitigates the detrimental team consequences of abusive supervision climate. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110(9), 1174-1197.
- Yu, L., & Duffy, M.K. (2023) The whiplash effect. The (moderating) role of attributed motives in emotional and behavioral reactions to abusive supervision. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106 (5), 754-773.
- Yu, L., Duffy, M. K., & Tepper, B. J. (2018) Consequences of downward envy: A model of self-esteem threat, abusive supervision, and supervisory leader self-improvement. Academy of Management Journal, 61 (6), 2296-2318.
- Yu, L., & Zellmer-Bruhn, M. (2018). Introducing team mindfulness and considering its safeguard role against conflict transformation and social undermining. Academy of Management Journal, 61(1), 324-347.