Contact Information
Research Areas
Research Interests
Personnel selection (e.g., applicant faking, forced-choice measurement)
Personality (e.g., personality assessment, relationships of Big 5 with stress, health, and workplace outcomes)
Research methods (e.g., IRT, SEM, bifactor models, longitudinal analysis)
Education
PhD, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020
MS, Applied Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020
MS, Psychological Measurement, Beijing Normal University, 2015
BS, Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 2012
Awards and Honors
Sage Publications/RMD/Lawrence R. James Early Career Achievement Award, Academy of Management, 2025
APS Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science, 2025
UIUC List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students (FA 2022, FA 2024, SP 2025)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Associate Professor, Psychology
External Links
Recent Publications
Choi, J., Kwon, S., & Zhang, B. (2025). A Structural After Measurement Approach to Bifactor Predictive Models. Structural Equation Modeling, 32(2), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2024.2385951
Li, J., Li, Y. M., Xing, Y.-X., Zhang, B., Tang, Y., & Drasgow, F. (2025). Development and Validation of a Game-Based Assessment for Complex Problem Solving. Journal of Intelligence, 13(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13010009
Li, M., Zhang, B., Li, L., Sun, T., & Brown, A. (2025). Mixed-Keying or Desirability-Matching in the Construction of Forced-Choice Measures? An Empirical Investigation and Practical Recommendations. Organizational Research Methods, 28(2), 296-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281241229784
Li, L., Zhang, B., Sun, T., & Drasgow, F. (2025). The More Contextualized, the More Valid: Effects of Contextualization Strategies on Forced-choice Measurement. Journal of Business and Psychology, 40(3), 711-729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09983-2
Li, M., Zhang, B., & Mou, Y. (2025). Though Forced, Still Valid: Examining the Psychometric Performance of Forced-Choice Measurement of Personality in Children and Adolescents. Assessment, 32(4), 521-543. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241255841