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Dejun “Tony” Kong (Ph.D. in Business Administration, Washington University in St. Louis, USA) is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics at the ��«����Ƶ’s Leeds School of Business. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

Tony’s research addresses the overarching question: How can we enable people to be more prosocial? Specifically, he does research on trust in various social interactions (e.g., negotiations, leadership, teams, cross-cultural settings, etc.), positive psychology in organizations (e.g., humor, gratitude, passion, authenticity, etc.), and behavioral ethics (moral emotions, prosocial/antisocial behaviors, and diversity/equity/inclusion). He has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles. According to Elsevier BV and Stanford University, Tony is a top 2 percentile scientist (based on single years) worldwide. His research has appeared in numerous journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Current Opinion in Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Management,  Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Personality, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organizational Psychology Review, and Psychological Science. In 2016, his co-edited book “Leading through Conflict: Into the Fray” was published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Tony has received numerous research, teaching, and service awards. For example, he received a Best Conflict-in-Context Paper Award and a Most Influential Article Award from the Academy of Management’s (AOM) Conflict Management Division. In 2020, he received the University of South Florida’s Women and Leadership Initiative (WALI) research award. In 2019, he was selected by Poets & Quants as a “40 under 40” best business professor in the world. He was also named an Ascendant Scholar in 2019 by the Western Academy of Management, a Rutgers Research Fellow, and a University of Louisville’s Rechter Fellow for Leadership.

Tony has actively engaged in various kinds of service work for his professional and local communities. For example, he served as a trustee of St. Anthony’s Hospital in Florida. He has been serving as an Associate Editor of Journal of Management and Journal of Organizational Behavior, and on the editorial review boards of numerous other journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Organization Science. He was a Rep-at-Large of the International Association for Conflict Management, chairing multiple awards committees. In 2024, he was elected to be Program Chair-elect of AOM Conflict Management Division. He has strong commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), such as serving as an Ambassador-at-Large for the AOM Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee, organizing an AOM workshop on “Inclusive Collaborations and Classrooms,” and co-creating a university-wide DEI pedagogy training module.