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Zhenyu Yuan

Zhenyu Yuan

Associate Professor of Management

About Zhenyu Yuan

Zhenyu Yuan is an Associate Professor of Management and the Michael F. Price Chair in International Business in the Division of Management & International Business at the University of Oklahoma. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa’s Tipple College of Business. His research broadly focuses on job stress, workplace relationships (e.g., leader–member exchange, interpersonal conflict), and meta-analysis. His research has appeared in leading management journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology, among others. His work has been covered in mainstream media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, Forbes, CBS, Yahoo, and the Wall Street Journal. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Personnel Psychology and Occupational Health Science and is an incoming associate editor for the Journal of Applied Psychology. Prior to joining the University of Oklahoma, he served as a faculty member at the University of Illinois Chicago. 

  • Job stress and employee well-being
  • Workplace relationships (e.g., leader–member exchange, interpersonal conflict)
  • Meta-analysis

Education

  • PhD in Management, University of Iowa

Publications

  • Yuan, Z., Yin, J., & Sun, J. (2026). The paradox of team conflict revisited: An updated meta-analysis of the team conflict–team performance relationships. Journal of Applied Psychology, 111(2), 195–224.

  • Yuan, Z., Sun, U., Effinger, A. L., & Zhang, J. (2023). Being on the same page matters: A meta-analytic investigation of leader–member exchange (LMX) agreement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108(9), 1540–1558.

  • Gonzalez-Mulé, E., & Yuan, Z. (2022). Social support at work carries weight: Relations between social support, employees’ diurnal cortisol patterns, and body mass index. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(11), 2101–2113.

  • Yuan, Z., Morgeson, F. P., & Wang, X. (2022). I know how I feel but do I know how you feel? Investigating meta-perceptions to advance relationship-based leadership approaches. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(9), 1498–1523.

About OU's Price College of Business

The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business has experienced significant growth over the past five years, becoming OU’s second-largest college with over 7,000 students. The college offers highly ranked undergraduate, master’s, executive and doctoral programs across six academic divisions. More information is available at price.ou.edu