Sherry Jueyu Wu
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Behavioral Decision Making
About
Sherry Jueyu Wu’s work is concerned with group influence over long-lasting behavioral changes, and decision processes under resource disparity and social inequality. Her research in group dynamics has shown that changing a small facet of group life can lead to a change in a long-term behavioral pattern and in generalized attitudes. Overlapping with her research on behavioral change, she has investigated people’s decisions within and perceptions of inequality and scarcity.
Topics
![Photo of Sherry Jueyu Wu](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sherry-wu.jpg)
10 Articles
![Three female workers planting rice.](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AR-thumb-rice-farming.png)
Why Offspring of Rice Farmers Are Better at Detecting Emotions
Raising the crop is a communal project, more so than the work of wheat farmers, who’re less attuned to feelings of others
![A black and orange detour sign on a fance.](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AR-thumb-case-based.png)
Another Political Trick? Inducing Forgetting By Mentioning Irrelevant Information
Positive views on, say, a social policy are more easily suppressed than negative ones
![A classroom of middle school students taking a test at their desks.](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AR-thumb-peer-gender-math.png)
Why So Few Women in STEM Fields: The Role of Middle-School Peer Influence
Notion that boys are innately better at math undermines girls’ self-belief
![Overhead view of a group of workers gathering around desks to confer](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AR-thumb-workplace.participation.jpg)
American and Chinese Perceptions of Having a Say at Work
It’s generally a positive in both cultures, but buy-in is more tentative in China
![Close-up angled image of someone's eye. The eye is reflecting a beach landscape](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AR-mind-wander-thumb-760x570.png)
Do Money Troubles Make It Harder to Daydream?
Popular notion that the poor console themselves with fantasy is perhaps more a comfort to the rich
![An unseen American politician walking on their stage at a rally](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AR-covid-50-thumb-760x570.png)
Economic and Ideological Predictors of the Unique U.S. COVID-19 Failure
Examining local-level plans and behavior to uncover drivers of failed compliance with expert advice
![Collage of famous CEOs](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AR-rich-resented-hero-760x570.jpg)
Rich People: Hated in China, Venerated in America?
Research suggests the nations actually have similar feelings toward wealth
![Group of people standing in a circle with their hands in the middle while smiling](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AR-authority-justice-hero-760x570.jpg)
Workplace Empowerment Can Alter One’s View of Societal Authority
Chinese garment workers and U.S. university employees, worlds apart, react similarly when allowed a bit of self-determination
![Workers in a garment factory](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-gold-coin-hero-760x570.jpg)
Motivating Workers with a Sacred Symbol: Promise and Peril
A Chinese garment factory tidied up after golden coins were displayed