Education and Elites, Social Networks, Game and Decision

Organizational Behavior, Leadership Development, Career Planning, Educational Management

September 2013 – April 2019: Ph.D. in Management, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

September 2016 – May 2017: Joint Ph.D. Student, Price Business School, University of Oklahoma

April 2021 – Present: Lecturer, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), School of Humanities, Tsinghua University

April 2019 – April 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Reviewer: IACMR, AOM, Community, Work & Family

Counselor, Center for Student Learning and Development, Tsinghua University

BCF Career Planner, GCDF (Global Career Development Facilitator)

Freshman Mentor of Colleges, Tsinghua University (2023–Present)

Tsinghua University Annual Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)

“Excellent New Recruiter for Undergraduate Admissions” Award, Tsinghua University (2021)

Ram Charan Management Practice Award, Harvard Business Review (2021)

Journal Articles

Dou Jifang, Wang Yongsen. The More Engaged, the More Satisfied? The Mediating Role of Grade Point Aaverage and the Moderating Role of Social Comparison Orientation. Higher Education of Sciences, Issue 1, 2025, pp. 77–84.

Dou Jifang, Jia Wenxu, Cao Liuxing. “Homogeneity” or “Heterogeneity”? Exploration and Practice of Classified Teaching Pedagogy in Grouping for Debate in Small Classrooms. Higher Education Forum, Issue 3, 2023, pp. 18–22.

Dou Jifang, Cao Liuxing, He Ximing. Design and Practice of Ideological and Political Education in Thematic General Education Courses: A Case Study of the “Writing and Communication” Course on “Social Networks”. Journal of Higher Education, Issue 11, 2023, pp. 185–188.

Cao Liuxing, He Ximing, Dou Jifang. Practice of “Ideological and Political Education” from the Perspective of Emerging Engineering Education: Design of a Thematic General Education Writing Course for Undergraduates in STEM Fields. Research in Higher Education of Engineering, Issue 1, 2021, pp. 24–30.

Dou Jifang, et al. Will I Speak up When Perceiving Organizational Support? A Moderated Mediation Model. Enterprise Economy, Issue 2, 2021, pp. 113–123.

Wang Xueli, Dou Jifang, Wang Xiaoye. Goal Orientation and Peer Performance Evaluation: The Effects of Similarity-Attraction and Heuristic Availability. Science of Science and Management of S.& T., Vol. 39, 2018, pp. 133–143.

Dou Jifang, et al. Moderation Effect of Work-Family Centrality on relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Satisfaction of Male Managers. Technology Economics, Vol. 36, 2017, pp. 130–136.

Yang Baiyin, Dou Jifang. Transformative Learning Catalyzes Leadership Development. Tsinghua Business Review, Issue 4, 2015, pp. 66–71.

Zhou Jiyi, Dou Jifang, Wang Xiaoye May. A Double-edged Sword: When Identity Threat Affects Unethical Behavior. Journal of Management and Organization, Vol. 29, No. 6 (2023), pp. 1120–1138. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

Dou Jifang, Yang Baiyin, Wang Tan. Gender Differences in the Relationships between Work-to-family Conflict and Satisfaction among Chinese Dual-earner Spouses. Community, Work & Family, Vol. 25, No. 4 (2022), pp. 563–581.

Wan Min, Shaffer Margaret, Dou Jifang, et al. A Dyadic Approach to Examining Dual-earner Couples’ Boundary Segmentation Preferences and Work–family Conflict. International Journal of Stress Management, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2022), pp. 292–305.

Zhang Mian, Dou Jifang, et al. The Relationship between Gender and Work-to-family Conflict among Chinese Managers: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 33, No. 12 (2021), pp. 2541–2563.

Practice-Oriented Publications

Wang Xueli, Dou Jifang, et al. 2023 Survey on Workplace Sports Conditions in China: boosting Popularity and Enthusiasm – How Workplace Employees Get Active. Guangming Daily, September 14, 2023.

Dou Jifang, Wang Xueli, et al. “Jabil Circuit (Wuxi): A Uniquely Staffed Digital Factory” China Business Case Center, May 6, 2024.

Conference Papers

Zhang Mian, Dou Jifang, Foley Sharon. “Gender and Work-to-family Conflict: The Moderating Effect of Gender Role Ideology.” AOM Annual Meeting, August 2018.

Chen Ning (Chris), Dou Jifang, Wang Xueli. “Effect of Dimensions of Team Attachment on Runners’ In-Role and Out-Role Behaviors.” GMC Conference, July 2018.

Dou Jifang. “Dual-earner Couples’ Work-Family Segmentation Preference and Work-Family Conflict in China.” AOM Annual Meeting, August 2017.

Zhang Mian, Dou Jifang, et al. “Crossover of Work-to-family Conflict for Dual-earner Spouses: Moderation of Gender Role Orientation.” AOM Annual Meeting, August 2017.

Dou Jifang, Zhang Mian, Yang Baiyin. “Gender Differences in the Relationship between Work-to-family Conflict and Satisfaction among Dual-earner Spouses.” AOM Annual Meeting, August 2016.

Zhou Jinyi, Dou Jifang, Wang Xiaoye May. “Which Hat to Wear? The Contingencies of the Relationships between Self-Affirmation and Unethical Behavior.” AOM Annual Meeting, August 2016.

Dou Jifang, Zhang Mian, Foley Sharon. “Relationships between Work-Family Conflict and Satisfaction among Chinese Dual-earner Spouses.” AOM Annual Meeting, August 2015.

Research Projects

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase V), TCWC, Tsinghua University (2024) – “A New Form of Textbook Based on Writing Courses: A Communication Guide for College Students.”

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Project (2023) – “An Analysis of Student Engagement in Classroom Learning and Optimization Suggestions: From the Perspective of Goal Orientation Theory.”

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Project (2022) – “An Analysis of Interaction Models in Small-Class General Education Settings Based on the ‘Writing and Communication’ Course.”

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase III), TCWC, Tsinghua University (2022) – “Selection and Translation of Classic Textbooks: An Exploration Based on Writing and Communication Course Materials from Foreign Universities.”

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase II), TCWC, Tsinghua University (2021) – “Communication in Writing Courses: Exploring Classroom Interaction Models in General Education Writing Classes.”

Participant: Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports Project (2022) – “Survey on the Scale of Ice and Snow Sports Consumption Among Beijing Residents.”

Participant: General Administration of Sport of China Project (2021) – Series of Studies on “Pre-Consumption and Economic Stimulation Effects.”

Participant: General Administration of Sport of China Project (2020) – Series of Studies on “National Fitness and Sports Consumption.”

Participant: Personnel Department Project, General Administration of Sport of China (2019) – “Annual Assessment Quantitative Analysis Manual for the General Administration of Sport of China.”

Participant: General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2019) – “The Formation Mechanism of Breakthrough Technological Innovation: A Multi-level Longitudinal Study from a Cognitive Perspective.”

Participant: General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2017) – “Work-Family Interaction and Coping Strategies of Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurs.”