Research Center of Economic Reform Innovation and Assessment

Name:Xu Liguo

Title:Associate Research Fellow

Department:Research Center of Economic Reform Innovation and Assessment

Email:liguoxu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

职称 Associate Research Fellow 系别 Research Center of Economic Reform Innovation and Assessment
邮箱 liguoxu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Research Interests:Leadership theory and paradox management


Education experience

2010.9-2015.5      Xi’an Jiaotong University   Business management Doctor


Working experience

2016.1-2019.1     Xi’an Jiaotong University   Assistant researcher

2019.1-present     Xi’an Jiaotong University   Associate researcher


Honors and Awards

Xu, L., Xi, Y., Ge, J. Research on Chinese Indigenous Leadership Roles: Based on the Perspective of Interaction and Socialization. The 14th Outstanding Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Shaanxi Province, November 2019.


Teaching courses

Strategic management


Academic Publications:

[1] Liguo Xu, Dalong Pang, Jing Ge, Youmin Xi. Understanding the Categories of Leader Traits in SocializationThe Case of Haier Group’s CEO in China. Nankai Business Review International, 2017, 8(3): 344-366.

[2] Xu, L., Fu, P., Zheng, X., Lin, B., & Zhou, Y. 2020. Paradoxes and paradoxical leader behaviors: Evidence from the 35-Year corporate development of Haier. Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. 7-11 August in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

[3] Xu, L., Fu, P., Zheng, X., & Lin, B. (2021). Paradoxical Chinese government leadership in handing the COVID-19 crisis, appearing in Humanistic Crisis Management, edited by Wolfgang Amann.

[4] Du Y, Xu L, Xi Y M, et al. Chinese leader-follower flexible interactions at varying leader distances: An exploration of the effects of followers in school cases,. Chinese Management Studies, 2019, 13(1): 191-213.

[5] Xu, L., Fu, P., Zheng, X. 2020. RDHY Mode and paradoxical leadership. Tsinghua Management Review, (9): 24-29.

[6] Xu, L., Zheng, X., Fu, P. 2020. Addressing the regulatory dilemmas of the healthcare industry. Tsinghua Management Review, (Z1): 90-93.



Academic Projects

The Effect of Leader Traits on Organizational Paradoxes in the Context of Strategic Entrepreneurship: Emergence, Response and Dynamic Change. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71772149), 2018.1-2021.12.