Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management
Education
PhD, MS Syracuse University
BA Nottingham University, Ningbo, China
Research Interests
Adversity in entrepreneurship (mental health, psychological disorders and childhood adversities)
Adversity in established organizations (firm underperformance and problemistic search, firm responses to crisis
Selected Publications
Yu, W*, Minniti, M, Nason, R. (2019). Underperformance duration and innovative search: Evidence from the high‐tech manufacturing industry. Strategic Management Journal, 40(5), 836– 861.
Ye, Y., Yu, W.*, & Nason, R. (2021). Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search. Journal of Management.
Yu, W.*, Stephan, U. and Bao, J. (2023). Childhood Adversities: Mixed Blessings for Entrepreneurial Entry. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(2), p.106287.
Yu, W.*, Li. Z., Foo, MD. Sun, S. (2022). Social Undermining Keeps Me Up at Night and Disengaged the Next Day: The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality and The Buffering Role of Resilience. Journal of Business Venturing.
Wiklund, J., Yu, W., Tucker, R. & Marino, L.D. (2017). ADHD, impulsivity and entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 32(6), 627-656.
Nason, R.S., Wiklund, J., McKelvie, A., Hitt, M. & Yu, W. (2019). Orchestrating Boundaries: The Effect of R&D Boundary Permeability on New Venture Growth. Journal of Business Venturing, 34(1), 63-79.
Yu, W.*, Wiklund, J., & Pérez-Luño, A. (2021). ADHD Symptoms, Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), and Firm Performance. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Miller, D., Wiklund, J., & Yu, W.* (Equal contribution) (2020). Mental Health in the Family Business: A Conceptual Model and a Research Agenda. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44(1), 55–80.
Yu, W.*, Zhu, F., Der Foo, M. & Wiklund, J. (2022). Childhood Adversity, Resilience and Entrepreneurial Success. Journal of Business Research.
Wiklund, J., Yu, W.* & Patzelt, H. (2018). Impulsivity and entrepreneurial action. Academy of Management Perspectives, 32(3), 379-403.
Zhu, F., Yu, W., Fan, S.X. and Jonathan, J.G. (2023). Should I Stay Or Should I Go? The Impact Of Entrepreneurs’ Loneliness On Business Exit Intentions Through Entrepreneurial Passion. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 19, p.e00368.
