Tsui has studied business in both America and China and encourages scholars to collaborate internationally and to study leadership as it is practiced in China. "Being different: Relational demography and organizational attachment" was published in the
Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) in 1992. In 1993, it was awarded the Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. In 1998, it received the ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution, given to the paper in the preceding five years that had the greatest influence on theory and research. "Alternative approaches to employee-organization relationships: Does investment in employees pay off?" appeared in the
Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) in 1997. In 1998 it was awarded both the AMJ best paper award The paper was described as “an extremely ambitious study on a fundamental and important topic" and "an exemplar of high-risk, high payoff research." won a 2012 Journal of Management Scholarly Impact best paper award. ==Awards==