Lan Guo, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

work meaningfulness framing job posting application intention salary expectation experiment heterogeneity causal random forests

Latest funding

Meaningfulness Framing in Job Postings: An Experimental Investigation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$18,286
The effect of pay transparency on pay dispersion and employee motivation
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$31,737
Fairness, moral sensitivity and incentive contracting
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$61,099

All 3 grants and awards

Meaningfulness Framing in Job Postings: An Experimental Investigation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Guo, Lan

Keywords: work meaningfulness; framing; job posting; application intention; salary expectation; experiment; heterogeneity; causal random forests

$18,286

The effect of pay transparency on pay dispersion and employee motivation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Huo, Kun

Keywords: Pay Transparency; Pay Dispersion; Inequality; Cooperation; Bonus Allocation; Fairness

$31,737

Fairness, moral sensitivity and incentive contracting

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Libby, Theresa A.

Keywords: pay dispersion; moral sensitivity; incentive contracting

$61,099

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: work meaningfulness Dear Professor Guo, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on work meaningfulness connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Meaningfulness Framing in Job Postings: An Experimental Investigation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]