Alice Guo
Assistant Professor
Department(s):- Management

Education
PhD, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Michigan State University, 2022
MA, Human Resources & Industrial Relations, University of Minnesota, 2015
BA, Human Resource Management, North China Electric Power University, 2013
Awards
Teacher of the Year - Management Department, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, 2026
Biography
Alice Guo is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Michigan State University and joined Utah State University in July 2022.
Alice’s research focuses on teams, leadership, and hierarchy, with particular interests in conflict and collaboration within and between teams, team boundary spanning relationships, power, status, and leader–follower dynamics. Her work has been published in journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and the Journal of Business Research. A symposium she co-chaired received the Best Symposium Award from the Organizational Behavior Division at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in 2017.
At Utah State, Alice teaches undergraduate students as well as full-time and part-time Master of Human Resources students. She enjoys helping students connect research-based insights with real organizational challenges. She received the Department of Management Teacher of the Year Award in 2026.
More information about Alice’s research, teaching, and CV can be found on her website: https://sites.google.com/view/alice-guo
Teaching
MGT 6330 - Applied Human Resources Research, Fall 2025
MGT 6330 - Applied Human Resources Research, Spring 2025
MGT 6320 - Leadership, Talent, and Organizational Effectiveness, Spring 2025
MGT 6320 - Leadership, Talent, and Organizational Effectiveness, Spring 2025
MGT 6330 - Applied Human Resources Research, Fall 2024
MGT 6330 - Applied Human Resources Research, Spring 2024
MGT 6320 - Leadership, Talent, and Organizational Effectiveness, Spring 2024
MGT 6320 - Leadership, Talent, and Organizational Effectiveness, Spring 2024
MGT 6330 - Applied Human Resources Research, Fall 2023
MGT 6320 - Leadership, Talent, and Organizational Effectiveness, Spring 2023
MGT 6320 - Leadership, Talent, and Organizational Effectiveness, Fall 2022