Affiliation: Salisbury University
Email: cxmiao@salisbury.edu

Biography

Chao Miao, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Management, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University. He was previously on the faculty of the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business & Leadership, Wilkes University. His research focuses on emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship, leadership, personality, cross-culture, performance, and meta-analysis. He received his Ph.D. in management from Virginia Commonwealth University. One of his main research streams is to study how emotional intelligence predicts various attitudinal and behavioral outcomes based on cross-cultural perspectives. In addition to his contributions to the fields of organizational behavior and human resource management, his research publications have also contributed some noteworthy findings regarding the importance of emotional intellignce for the fields of entrepreneurship, hospitality management, leadership, and marketing. He is a recipient of 2017 Citation of Excellence Award due to the impact of his research. He serves as an Associate Editor of Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, and is on the Editorial Boards of Applied Psychology: An International Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Small Business Economics, Management Decision, and International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship. He previously served on the Editorial Board of Journal of Vocational Behavior (from 2020 to 2023). He has published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Human Resource Management Review, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Research in Personality, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of World Business, Marketing Letters, Personality and Individual Differences, Small Business Economics, World Development, and other journals.

Selected Publications

Silard, A., Miao, C., & Owens, B. P. (in press). Watching you descend, I help others rise: The influence of leader humility on prosocial motivation. Journal of Management & Organization.

Miao, C., Qian, S., & Humphrey, R. H. (2023). Training in emotional intelligence: A proposed solution to COVID-19 related problems that interfere with innovation management. Journal of Innovation Management, 11, I-VIII.

Miao, C., Gast, J., Laouiti, R., & Nakara, W. (2022). Institutional factors, religiosity, and entrepreneurial activity: A quantitative examination across 85 countries. World Development, 149, 1-13.

Clevenger, M. R., & Miao, C. (2022). An ecology of entrepreneurship: A review of concepts, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and entrepreneurial communities from the literature. In M. R. Clevenger & M. W-P Fortunato (Eds.), Entrepreneurial communities and ecosystems: Theories in culture, empowerment, and leadership. New York, NY: Routledge.

Washington, M. L., Madden, J. R., Clevenger, M. R., & Miao, C. (2022). The power of entrepreneurs and social systems: Driving forces for empowerment, mitigating disempowerment, and advancing equity. In M. R. Clevenger & M. W-P Fortunato (Eds.), Entrepreneurial communities and ecosystems: Theories in culture, empowerment, and leadership. New York, NY: Routledge.

Humphrey, R. H., Miao, C., & Qian, S. (2021). Emotional intelligence training can help us manage COVID-19 anxiety. London School of Economics Business Review.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2021). Emotional intelligence and job performance in the hospitality industry: A meta-analytic review. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 33, 2632-2652.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2021). Emotional intelligence and servant leadership: A meta-analytic review. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 30, 231-243.

Qian, S., Miao, C., & Humphrey, R. H. (2021). The basic income and prospect theory: Implications for the field of entrepreneurship. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 14, 605-608.

Miao, C., Qian, S., Banks, G., & Seers, A. (2020). Supervisor-subordinate guanxi: A meta-analytic review and future research agenda. Human Resource Management Review, 30, 1-17.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2020). The cross-cultural moderators of the influence of emotional intelligence on organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 31, 213-233.

Miao, C., Barone, M. J., Qian, S., & Humphrey, R. H. (2019). Emotional intelligence and service quality: A meta-analysis with initial evidence on cross-cultural factors and future research directions. Marketing Letters, 30, 335-347.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., Qian, S., & Pollack, J. M. (2019). The relationship between emotional intelligence and the Dark Triad personality traits: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 189-197.

Humphrey, R. H., Miao, C., & Qian, S. (2019). Work: What is it good for? Almost everything! Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 12, 460-462.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2018). A cross-cultural meta-analysis of how leader emotional intelligence influences subordinate task performance and organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of World Business, 53, 463-474.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., Qian, S. (2018). The relationship between emotional intelligence and trait mindfulness: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Individual Differences, 135, 101-107.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., Qian, S., & Pollack, J. M. (2018). Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intentions: An exploratory meta-analysis. Career Development International, 23, 497-512.

Miao, C., Qian, S., & Humphrey, R. H. (2018). Senior leaders in small enterprises: Insights into the field of entrepreneurship. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 11, 663-669.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2018). Emotional intelligence and authentic leadership: A meta-analysis. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 39, 679-690.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2017). A meta-analysis of emotional intelligence and work attitudes. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90, 177–202.

Garrett, R. P., Miao, C., Qian, S., & Bae, T. J. (2017). Entrepreneurial spawning and knowledge-based perspective: A meta-analysis. Small Business Economics, 49, 355–378.

Miao, C., Coombs, J. E., Qian, S., & Sirmon, D. G. (2017). The mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation: A meta-analysis of resource orchestration and cultural contingencies. Journal of Business Research, 77, 68-80.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2017). Are the emotionally intelligent good citizens or counterproductive? A meta-analysis of emotional intelligence and its relationships with organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 144-156.

Miao, C., Qian, S., & Ma, D. (2017). The relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and firm performance: A meta-analysis of main and moderator effects. Journal of Small Business Management, 55, 87-107.

Rutherford, M. W., O’Boyle, E. H., Miao, C., Goering, D., & Coombs, J. E. (2017). Do response rates matter in entrepreneurship research? Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 93-98.

Miao, C., Rutherford, M. W., & Pollack, J. M. (2017). An exploratory meta-analysis of the nomological network of bootstrapping in SMEs. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 1-8.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2017). A meta-analysis of emotional intelligence effects on job satisfaction mediated by job resources, and a test of moderators. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 281-288.

Humphrey, R. H., Miao, C., & Qian, S. (2017). Emotionally intelligent employees are a competitive advantage. London School of Economics Business Review.

Clevenger, M. R., & Miao, C. (2017). Transformational leadership to build an entrepreneurial community. In M. W-P Fortunato & M. R. Clevenger (Eds.), Toward entrepreneurial community development: Leaping cultural and leadership boundaries. New York, NY: Routledge.

Miao, C., Humphrey, R. H., & Qian, S. (2016). Leader emotional intelligence and subordinate job satisfaction: A meta-analysis of main, mediator, and moderator effects. Personality and Individual Differences, 102, 13-24.

Bae, T. J., Qian, S., Miao, C., & Fiet, J. O. (2014). The relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions: A meta‐analytic review. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 38, 217-254.