Yuan Tian

Tanya Tian
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, NYU Shanghai
Email
yt2144@nyu.edu
Room
S813

Yuan (Tanya) Tian is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at NYU Shanghai. Tian studies cumulative advantage with a focus on labor markets and innovation. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, she obtained her PhD from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Select Publications

  • Tanya Y. Tian and Edward B. Smith (2024), “Stretched Thin: How A Misalignment Between Allocation and Valuation Underlies the Paradox of Diversity Achievement in Higher Education”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 69(3), 711-746

  • Tanya Y. Tian, Brayden King, and Edward B. Smith (2023), “Effect of Organizational Status on Employment-related Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach”, Strategic Management Journal, 44(12), 2833-2857.

  • Yang Yang, Tanya Y. Tian, Teresa K. Woodruff, Benjamin F. Jones, and Brian Uzzi. 2022. Gender-diverse Teams Produce More Novel and Higher Impact Scientific Ideas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (36) e2200841119.

Education

  • PhD, Management and Organizations
    Northwestern University
  • MPhil, Social Sciences
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • BBA, Finance & Operations Management
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
  • Status and Reputation
  • Innovation and Science
  • Computational Social Science
  • Stakeholders and Corporate Social Responsibility