學術背景
英國劍橋大學心理測量中心首位華人教師，具備劍橋大學人力資源測評證書評定資格。
國際心理測量會會員
英國社會心理學組織會員
教學方向
2006/12 – 2009 英國劍橋大學 （全職教師）
任教課程：心理測量學、組織心理學、職業心理學及人力資源測評
研究方向：跨文化心理學及組織心理測量學
重點合作院校：北京大學、清華大學
研究方向
組織心理學、職業心理學、人力資源測評、跨文化職業人格研究
Li Xiao (Shining) is a Psychometrician within The Psychometrics Centre at The University of Cambridge, and represents the Centre's activities in the Peoples Republic of China. She.graduated from City University, London with an MSc in Psychometrics in Organisations in 2006. Xiao is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Psychometric Society. Her interest in Human Resource Management, particularly organisational assessment and selection, led her to focus on cross cultural personality research. This focus on cultural diversity is central to the Centre's work.
Her research is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, Beijing University and the General Motors Company Ltd that assesses the applicability of a five factor model of personality in the Chinese workplace. This research looks at a multilingual version of a well know work-based personality test used in recruitment, and she has had a major role in translating and developing the Chinese version of this test, and also in establishing and standardising the Chinese norms. The project has given her insight into personality differences between cultures. She has also developed a comprehensive personnel file for over 300 supervisors and managers to assist General Motors to develop appropriate improved recruitment and selection standards.
During summer 2006 Shining was based in China and gave presentations on 'Psychology, Personality and Careers' to over 300 graduates in two universities. She also represented The Psychometrics Centre by presenting a training course on Personality Measurement in Occupational Settings at Beijing University in December 2007.
Currently she is translating and editing the 3rd edition of Modern Psychometric, which will be published in China by RenMin University Press in 2009. This book will provide the major teaching material for psychometric certification training, and also for university courses in psychometrics and human resource management in China more generally. Xiao has established an important basis for collaboration between The Psychometrics Centre at the University of Cambridge and Beijing University that will be important for the development of new assessment technologies.
Her leisure interests include playing the piano and painting. She gained a Grade 10 Pianist Certificate in 1999 and has been a part-time piano tutor as well as taking part in many art exhibitions and musical events organised by Shenzhen City.
