Bingqing Wu, Ph.D, SHRM-CP, ACC
- Associate Professor of Management
- Business Department
- Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago, 2019
- EMAIL: wub@uwp.edu
- LinkedIn Profile

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Human Resource Management
- Leadership
- Creativity
- Organizational Behavior
- Research Methods
She has taught Leadership and HR Management to over 4,000 professionals since 2014 and was nominated for the Early Career Excellence Award in Teaching from the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Her research on leadership, ambivalence, and creativity has been published in journals such as the Journal of Organizational Behavior and the Journal of Business and Psychology. She has presented extensively at the Academy of Management and Southern Management Association (Best Paper Award Winner) and received the Early Career Excellence Award in Research from UWP.
Dr. Wu’s consulting practice empowers individuals to define goals, broaden perspectives, and develop leadership skills. She works with leaders across industries, focusing on minority professionals navigating career transitions and work-life balance. She also coaches for outstanding programs such as Coaching for Success at Yale, Weatherhead Executive Education, and the RISE Fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin chapter of the International Coaching Federation.
Teaching, Research/Creative & Consulting Interests
Teaching Interests
Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership
Research Interests
Creativity, Leadership, High Involvement HRM Practice, Coaching
Consulting Interests
Dr. Wu is an ICF-certified executive and career coach (ACC). Her expertise is sought after by a diverse clientele, including Fortune 100 managers, higher education administrators, and physicians, particularly those facing career transitions and striving for work/life balance—especially for minority leaders.
Publications
Selected Publications
2024: Why is Leader Humility Related to OCBs? A Psychological Entitlement Explanation of the Curvilinear Moderated Relations., Journal of Leadership and Organization Development
2024: Stretch Goals and Radical Creative Engagement: Cognitive Flexibility as a Key Contingency, Management and Organization Review
2024: What’s the point in even trying? Women’s perception of glass ceiling drains hope, Journal of Social Psychology
2023: Are Proactive Employees Always Creative? The Moderated-mediation Role of Political Skills, Journal of General Management
2023: Stew in Silence or Boil up Gradually? A Process Model of Employees’ Remedial Voice, Journal of Management and Organizations
2023: Is Exercise Good for All? Time- and Strain-based Work–family Conflict and its Impacts, Journal of Social Psychology
2023: A Power-with versus Power-over Framework of Leadership Behaviors and Creativity, Journal of General Management
2022: Being Busy, Feeling Poor: Development and Validation of the Perceived Time Poverty Scale, International Journal of Selection and Assessment
2022: When Positives and Negatives Collide: Evidence for a Systematic Model of Employees’ Responses to Ambivalence , Journal of Business and Psychology
2022: Cooperation leads Change: Subordinate Moqi, Leader-member Exchange, and Change-oriented Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Chinese Workers, Journal of General Management. Sage Publications
2021: The Interplay of Leader–Member Exchange and Peer Mentoring in Teams on Team Performance via Team Potency, Journal of Organizational Behavior
2020: Proactive Personality and Creative Behavior: Examining the Role of Thriving at Work and High-Involvement HR Practices, Journal of Business and Psychology
2019: Reversing the Pollyanna: Core Self-Evaluations and Perceived Social Acceptance-A Moderated Curvilinear Relationship, Journal of Business and Psychology
2014: Social networking websites and personnel selection: A call for academic research, Psychology Press
Selected Awards & Honors
Teaching Awards
2023: Early Career Excellence in Teaching Nomination, University of Wisconsin Parkside
2022: Nominated for the Very Impactful Professors and Staff (VIPS) honor in recognition of support with Parkside Athlete students, Very Impactful Professors and Staff (VIPS) , Parkside Athletics / Gateway Mortgage
Research/Creative Awards
2024: Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2023: Early Career Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2022: Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2021: Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2020: Best Conference Paper Award for Human Resources/Research Method Track, Southern Management Association
Key Service Activities
College Service
: Committee Member - Marketing Committee
: Committee Member - Department Award Committee
University Service
2023: Committee Chair - Awards and Ceremonies
Professional Service
: Committee Member - College-Level Examination Program Test Development
Courses Taught
BUS 494 - Internship in Business
HRM 343 - Human Resource Management
MBA 742 - Leadrshp:Theory,Applcn,Skl Dev
MBA 781 - Strategic Compensation
MBA 788 - Performance Management
MGT 349 - Organizational Behavior
MGT 446 - Global Management