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Professor Wei He is a visiting scholar to the Department of Management Science, hosted by Professor Dong Li. She received her Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China, in 2010. She is currently a faculty member at the School of Business Administration, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, and a visiting scholar at Lancaster University.

Her research lies at the intersection of organizational behavior and organizational theory in digital and platform-based contexts. She examines how emerging technologies—such as artificial intelligence, digital platforms, and information systems—reshape organizational processes, decision-making, and user behavior.

A central focus of her recent work is understanding how individuals and organizations make sense of complex and uncertain environments, particularly in digitally mediated settings. She investigates how these sensemaking processes give rise to shared norms, identities, and patterns of action, and how they influence organizational outcomes.

External role: Professor Wei He is a member of leading academic associations, including the Academy of Management and the International Association for Chinese Management Research.

She serves as a peer reviewer for major research funding agencies, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and for multiple provincial-level research programs.

In addition, she acts as a reviewer for several international academic journals, including the SSCI-indexed journal Chinese Management Studies, as well as Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research and Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting.

Publications:

• He, W., Jin, C., & Li, Y. A review and integrative framework of professionalism from an organizational management perspective. Human Resources Development of China, 2021, 38(12), 115–136. (in Chinese)
• He, W., & Jin, C. The conceptual development of professionalism and its underlying interaction mechanisms. Jiangxi Social Sciences, 2021, 41(09), 221–228, 256. (in Chinese)
• Wei He, Chenyuan Jin. A study on the influence of the characteristics of key opinion leaders on consumers’ purchase intention in live streaming commerce: based on dual-systems theory[J], Electronic Commerce Research, 2022, December.
• Sihua Chen, Han Qiu, Shifei Zhao, Yuyu Han, Wei He*, Mikko Siponen, Jian Mou, Hua Xiao. When more is less: the other side of artificial intelligence recommendation[J], Journal of Management Science and Engineering（管理科学学报英文版）, 2021, 7(2)，213-232.
• Si-hua Chen, Hua Xiao, Wen-de Huang, Wei He*, Cooperation of Cross-border E-commerce: a reputation and trust perspective[J]. Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 2021, 25(1), 7-25.
• Chen, Sihua, Qiu, Han, Xiao, Hua*, He, Wei*, Mou, Jian, Siponen, Mikko. Consumption behavior of eco-friendly products and applications of ICT innovation[J], Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 287(1):125436.
• Sihua Chen, Jiangze Du, Wei He, Mikko Siponen. Supply chain finance platform evaluation based on acceptability analysis[J], International Journal of Production Economics, 2022, 243, 108350.
• Sihua Chen, Hua Xiao, Wei He, Determinants of Individual Knowledge Innovation Behavior-A Perspective of emotion, Knowledge sharing, and Trust[J], Journal of Organizational and End User computing, 2021，33(6)，
• Sihua Chen, Han Qiu, Xiang Wen, Bolin Wang, Wei He*, Xiuyan Shao. Does Information Disclosure Alleviate Overcrowding? An Empirical Study Based on Large-scale COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Test[J], Journal of Business Research, 2024, 171(January), 114379.
• Sihua Chen, Weidong Wang, Xiang Wen, Han Qiu, Wei He*, Mikko Siponen, Xiaoming Zhang. Smart services and privacy, can we have both? International Journal of Production Research, 2024,62(20), 7432-7446.
• Sihua Chen, Xiang Wen, Shengpan Ke, Qingmiao Ni, Ruicheng Xu, Wei He*, What does intelligentization bring? A perspective from the impact of mental workload on operational risk[J]. Transportation Research Part E，2025, 194, 103944.
• Sihua Chen, Xiang Wen, Wei He*, Decarbonization vs. Resilience: A COVID-19 Perspective on Closed-loop Supply Chains, Annals of Operation Research, 2025 (accepted)
• Sihua Chen, Han Qiu, Wei He*, The information cocoon paradox: fostering unity or fueling divergence? Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2025, 859.

Current Project:

The Impact of Organizational Cognition on Collaborative Innovation: Mechanisms and Empirical Evidence, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 72272070, RMB 450,000, Jan 2023 – Dec 2026. (Host)