Prof. Feng BAI (白鋒)

• 2016 Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
• 2009 M.Phil. in Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
• 2007 B.B.A., School of Business, Nanjing University, China

• 2015-2016 Lecturer, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
• 2016-2024 Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 2018 Student Publication Award (with $400 honorarium), Society for Personality and Social Psychology

• 2016-2023 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Undergraduate Program (MM3141), Organizational Behaviour
• 2019-2021 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Master Programs (MM515 & MM5133), Organizational Behaviour
• 2016-2018 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Doctor of Management Program (MM6011), Qualitative Research & Experimental Design
• 2015-2016 University of British Columbia, Undergraduate Program (COMM292-206), Management and Organizational Behaviour

• 2023.09- “The Dark Route to Effective Altruism,” General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (HK$ 620,200), Principle Investigator
• 2021.09-2024.02 “Taking a Person-Centered and Dynamic Approach to Status Attainment: A Latent Profile Analysis,” General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (HK$ 227,554), Principle Investigator

• Morality, social inequality, status attainment, moral emotions

^*Academic Supervisor; ^†Graduate Student/Research Assistant

1. Bai, F., Lin, K. J., Yan, J., & Li, H. J. (in press) How virtue, competence, and dominance conjointly shape status attainment at work: Integrating person-centered and variable-centered approaches. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition. doi:10.1037/pspa0000403
2. Bai, F., Lin, K. J., & Zhang, J.^† (2024) Self-other agreement and criterion-related validity of moral pride and hubris. Journal of Personality – Special Issue on the Personality Psychology of Morality. 92(3), 854-869. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12859
3. Bai, F., Ho, G. C. C.^†, & Yan, J. (2020). Does virtue lead to status? Testing the moral virtue theory of status attainment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes, 118(3), 501-531. doi:10.1037/pspi0000192
4. Bai, F., Ho, G. C. C.^†, & Liu, W. (2020). Do status incentives undermine morality-based status attainment? Investigating the mediating role of perceived authenticity. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 158, 126-138. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.04.005
5. Bai, F. (2017). Beyond dominance and competence: A moral virtue theory of status attainment. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 21(3), 203-227 (lead article), doi:10.1177/1088868316649297
6. Bai, F., Uhlmann, E. L., & Berdahl, J. L.^* (2015). The robustness of the Win-Win effect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 61, 139-143. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.07.005

Editorial board member

• Management and Organization Review (2023-25)

Ad-hoc reviewer

• Journals: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Cognition, European Journal of Social Psychology, Philosophical Psychology, Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
• Grants: Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, John Templeton Foundation.