Dr Xiaoran Hu

Dr. Xiaoran Hu is an Assistant Professor of Management at the LSE’s Department of Management.

His research focuses on the role of emotions, power dynamics, and culture within organisations, with a particular interest in understanding how leaders and organisations can foster creativity, innovation, and well-being among employees.

Dr. Hu’s research has been published in leading academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and the Academy of Management Annals, among others. His work has also been featured in practitioner-oriented platforms such as Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times.

He has also received several teaching and research awards from LSE and the Academy of Management. He currently serves as the PhD Programme Lead for the Organisational Behaviour faculty group at LSE.

Dr. Hu earned his Ph.D. in Organisational Behaviour from London Business School, an M.A. in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University in the City of New York, and a B.A. in Finance from Southeast University in China.

Expertise

Leadership; power and power distance; teams; creativity; emotions; cross-cultural differences