Yufei Zhong

Assistant Professor
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McClelland Hall
1130 E. Helen St.  
P.O. Box 210108 
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0108

Areas of Expertise

Interpersonal relationships
Power and Status Dynamics
Social hierarchy

Yufei Zhong joined the Eller College of Management in 2024 after earning her Ph.D. in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on social hierarchy, power and status dynamics, and interpersonal relations.

Selected Publications

  • Zhong, Y., Sluss, D.M., & Badura, K.L. (2024). Subordinate-to-supervisor relational identification: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(9), 1431-1460.
  • Zhong, Y.*, & Li, H.* (2024). Do lower-power individuals really compete less? An investigation of covert competition. Organization Science, 35(2), 741-768. *denotes equal authorship 

Professional Associations

  • Academy of Management (AOM)
  • International Association for Conflict Management (IACM)
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)

Professional Service

  • Ad-hoc Reviewer for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer for European Journal of Social Psychology

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D. in Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024
  • B.S. in Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 2017