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Dejun 鈥淭ony鈥� Kong (Ph.D. in Business Administration, Washington University in St. Louis, USA) is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership at the University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business.
Tony is interested in exploring how to promote individuals鈥� prosocial behaviors (to advance others鈥�/collective interests). His research focuses largely on trust in various social interactions (e.g., negotiations, leadership, teams, cross-cultural settings, etc.), positive psychology in organizations (e.g., humor, gratitude, passion, authenticity, etc.), and behavioral ethics (moral emotions, prosocial/antisocial behaviors, and diversity/equity/inclusion). He has published over 60 journal articles. According to Elsevier BV and Stanford University, Tony is one of the top 2 percentile听scientists (based on single years) worldwide. His research has appeared in numerous journals such as听Academy of Management Journal,听Academy of Management Review,听Journal of Applied Psychology,听Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,听Journal of Business Ethics,听Journal of Management,听Journal of Personality,听Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,听Organizational Psychology Review, and听Psychological Science. In 2016, his co-edited book 鈥淟eading through Conflict: Into the Fray鈥� was published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Tony has received numerous research, teaching, and service awards. For example, he received the Most Influential Article Award 2023, the Best Conflict-in-Context Paper Award 2022, and the Most Influential Article (runner-up) Award 2021 from the Academy of Management鈥檚 (AOM) Conflict Management Division. In 2024, he received the Best Paper Award from the Leeds School of Business鈥檚 Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility. In 2020, he received the University of South Florida鈥檚 Women and Leadership Initiative (WALI) research award. In 2019, he was selected by听Poets & Quants听as a 鈥�40 under 40鈥� best business professor in the world. He was also named an Ascendant Scholar in 2019 by the Western Academy of Management, a Rutgers AV名湿 Fellow, and a University of Louisville鈥檚 Rechter Fellow for Leadership.
Tony has actively engaged in various kinds of leadership and service work for his professional and local communities. In 2024, he was elected to be the new leader of the AOM鈥檚 Conflict Management Division. He has been serving as an Associate Editor of the听Journal of Management听and听Journal of Organizational Behavior, and on the editorial review boards of many other journals, such as the听Academy of Management Journal,听Academy of Management Review,听Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,听and听Organization Science.听He received an Outstanding ERB Reviewer Award 2023 from听Organization Science. Additionally, he was a Rep-at-Large of the International Association for Conflict Management, chairing multiple awards committees. Before moving to Colorado, he served as a trustee of St. Anthony鈥檚 Hospital in Florida.
He has strong commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), such as serving as an Ambassador-at-Large for the AOM Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee, organizing an AOM workshop on 鈥淚nclusive Collaborations and Classrooms,鈥� and co-creating a university-wide DEI pedagogy training module.