Jackson G. Lu is the General Motors Professor of Management and a Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He serves as a senior editor for Organization Science and an associate editor for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He received his PhD from Columbia Business School in 2018 and tenure from MIT in 2023.
He focuses on three research streams: (1) the “Bamboo Ceiling” experienced by Asians; (2) how multicultural experiences (e.g., working abroad) shape key organizational outcomes, including leadership, creativity, and ethics; and (3) the multifaceted impact of AI on individuals, organizations, and society.
Jackson has published in top general science journals (Nature Human Behaviour, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), management journals (Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science), and psychology journals (Annual Review of Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science). His research has been featured in over 300 media outlets (e.g., BBC, The Economist, The Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, NPR, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Washington Post).
He has received prestigious awards and honors, including 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40, 30 Thinkers to Watch, and over 60 research awards from the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Behavioral Science & Policy Association, the International Association for Conflict Management, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. He also received the Best Senior Editor Award from Management and Organization Review in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
