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Thomas Li-Ping Tang (born June 1, 1949) is a Chinese-American psychologist who is known for his work on work motivation, quality circles, the love of money, business ethics, and behavioral economics. Education and Academia Tang earned his B.S. degree in Psychology from Chung Yuan Christian University in Chungli, Taiwan and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. For his dissertation research, he studied under Professor Roy F. Baumeister and was his first Ph.D. student. Professor Baumeister, a social psychologist, completed his Ph.D. degree at Princeton University. In his graduate I/O Psychology program, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Psychological Research Services (PRS), providing vocational and educational counseling to students and professionals, and conducting research and training related to wage and salary administration. He took many OB and HRM courses at the Weatherhead School of Management from Professors Eric Neilson (Harvard University), L. David Brown (Yale University), Paul Salipante Jr. (University of Chicago), and Julio N. Berrittoni (University of Minnesota). Tang taught Industrial and Organizational Psychology at National Taiwan University (1982), Taipei, Taiwan and Middle Tennessee State University (1983-1991). Later, he taught OB, HRM, and International Business in the Department of Management, Jennings A. Jones College of Business (1991-2021). Currently, he is Professor Emeritus. For the past several decades, he has offered seminars in China (Beijing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Lianyungang, Nanchang, Nanning, Shanghai, Tong Luo, Qingdao, and Xian), France (Nantes), Spain (Valencia), and presented papers in professional conferences across many countries around the world. Among his over 191 journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters in six languages, 33 were on the FT 50 Journals list (e.g., Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, and Journal of Business Ethics). His research publications involve more than 132 collaborators and co-authors across all six continents worldwide. He has served (serves) on the editorial review board of 15 journals, as an Associate Editor for Applied Psychology: An International Review, and guest Associate Editor for European Journal of Information Systems, and as an ad hoc reviewer for 92 journals around the world. Topic of research