Letian Zhang

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 social inequality in firms and markets. His research draws on sociological theories to understand disparities involving social class, race, and gender, and status.  Professor Zhang’s work covers a wide range of empirical settings including financial markets, mergers and acquisitions, sports, entrepreneurship, and Chinese labor markets. He has published in Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, 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

• Zhang, Letian. "Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality." American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). 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

Additional Information

• Personal Website

Areas of Interest

• diversity
• economic sociology
• networks
• organizational management
Geographies
• East Asia
• North America