Rate My Professor Jun Gu

Jun Gu is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Department of Management at Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University. He earned his Ph.D. in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management from the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto in 2011, following his M.A. in the same field from the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in 2004. Before joining Macquarie University, Gu held academic appointments at Monash Business School in Melbourne, Australia, and the Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, Canada. He has also undertaken visiting positions at leading institutions such as the University of Melbourne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Toronto, and University of Macau. Affiliated with several research centres at Macquarie, including the Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Emerging Risks Research Centre, and Health at Work Research Centre, Gu's scholarship centres on behavioural ethical decision-making, leadership, and negotiation.

Gu's research has appeared in premier peer-reviewed journals, including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Journal of Business Ethics. Key publications encompass 'A multimethod investigation of the interpersonal effects of leader perfectionism and anger expression on employee psychological safety and creativity' (Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2025), 'How and when ethics-oriented human resource management systems promote organizational citizenship behavior: the moderated mediation of work-family balance and moral attentiveness' (Business Ethics Quarterly, 2025), 'Algorithmic reliability at the helm: investigating the relationship between experienced algorithmic reliability, trust, and work engagement in the gig economy' (Human Resource Management, 2026), and 'Menopause and energy poverty' (Energy Economics, 2026). With his teams, he has obtained five competitive grants totaling AUD$487,000 from sources like the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Coal Health & Safety Trust, and Australian Coal Industry's Research Program. Gu contributes as a member of the editorial board for Group and Organization Management since 2021 and has given invited talks, including at the International Symposium on the Role of Education in Poverty Alleviation (2021). His work has driven impacts in workplace and societal changes for menopausal women and resilience and mental health in mining.