Letian Zhang
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Zhang studies workplace culture, social inequality, and cross-country differences. His current research examines (1) how organizations’ work environments shape employees’ productivity and workplace inequality, and (2) cross-country differences in management theory and practices. Professor Zhang has published in Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, and in peer-reviewed mathematics journals.
Professor Zhang earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University and a B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University,
Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Zhang studies workplace culture, social inequality, and cross-country differences. His current research examines (1) how organizations’ work environments shape employees’ productivity and workplace inequality, and (2) cross-country differences in management theory and practices. Professor Zhang has published in Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, and in peer-reviewed mathematics journals.
Professor Zhang earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University and a B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University, where he researched number theory. He is from Hangzhou, China.
- Journal Articles
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- Zhang, Letian. "The Changing Role of Managers." American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). View Details
- Zhang, Letian, Mitali Banerjee, Shinan Wang, and Zhuoqiao Hong. "The Fragility of Artists’ Reputations from 1795 to 2020." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, no. 35 (August 29, 2023). View Details
- Zhang, Letian. "Racial Inequality in Work Environments." American Sociological Review 88, no. 2 (April 2023): 252–283. View Details
- Wilmers, Nathan, and Letian Zhang. "Values and Inequality: Prosocial Jobs and the College Wage Premium." American Sociological Review 87, no. 3 (2022): 415–442. View Details
- Zhang, Letian. "Regulatory Spillover and Workplace Racial Inequality." Administrative Science Quarterly 67, no. 3 (September 2022): 595–629. View Details
- Zhang, Letian. "Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality." American Journal of Sociology 127, no. 2 (September 2021): 376–440. View Details
- Zhang, Letian. "A Fair Game? Racial Bias and Repeated Interaction between NBA Coaches and Players." Administrative Science Quarterly 62, no. 4 (December 2017): 603–625. View Details
- Zhang, Letian. "An Institutional Approach to Gender Diversity and Firm Performance." Organization Science 31, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 439–457. View Details
- Zhang, Letian. "Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias." Organization Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 40–50. View Details
- Turban, Stephen, Dan Wu, and Letian Zhang. "When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 11, 2019). View Details
- Cases and Teaching Materials
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- Feldberg, Alexandra C., Letian Zhang, and Anthony J. Mayo. "A Framework for Understanding Racial Disadvantage within Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 422-035, October 2021. View Details
- Zhang, Letian, and Anthony J. Mayo. "Growing Pains at Coohom (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-034, September 2021. View Details
- Zhang, Letian, and Anthony J. Mayo. "Growing Pains at Coohom (A)." Harvard Business School Case 422-009, September 2021. (Revised August 2022.) View Details
- Additional Information
- Areas of Interest