Zhixia Chen is a professor at College of Public Administration of Huazhong University of Science and Technology  in China. The Founding chairman of International Association on Behavioral Public Administration, and International Conference on Behavioral Public Administration. She is engaged in interdisciplinary research on behavioral public administration(applied social psychology and social management), organizational behavior, and human resource management. She is interested in leadership behavior, city well-being, stereotype, prejudice and bullying on workplaces, job performance,  job stress,  perceived organizational support, etc. She has published 6 books and  100+ articles on PA/OB/HRM/IP in English and  Chinese.