Desmond Leung

Undergraduate Institution: University of California - San Diego

My research interests center around issues related to workplace diversity and inclusion as well as leadership. I’m deeply interested in the intersection of diversity and leadership, particularly the barriers to attaining leadership positions for traditionally underrepresented groups. My master’s thesis examined factors that contribute to the underrepresentation of Asian American leaders. I am currently completing my dissertation, which explores strategies for reducing backlash to diversity initiatives in organizations.

Representative publications and presentations:

• Watts, L. L., Kuzmich, I., Leung, D. W., Gibson, C., & Barsa, A. (2021). Impression management and overclaiming on job applications: Related to future sales performance? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 29(1), 134–138. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12310

• Leung, D. W., Rainone, N. A., & Alenick, P. R. (2021, April). Does signaling change explain the glass cliff effect for Black women leaders? Poster presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

• Landy, J. F., Jia, M., Ding, I. L., Viganola, D., Tierney, W., . . . Uhlmann, E. L., [and 186 others, including Leung, D.W.] (2020). Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results. Psychological Bulletin, 146(5), 451–479. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000220

• Leung, D. W. & Rainone, N. (2018). Where are the women of color in I-O psychology? Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11(3), 433–439. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2018.95 [equal authorship]

• Gisler, S., Kato, A. E., Lee, S., & Leung, D. W. (2018). One size does not fit all: Gender inequity in STEM varies between subfields. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11(2), 314–318. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2018.21 [equal authorship]