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Yaping GONG

Associate Professor

Associate Director, Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research

Email: mnygong@ust.hk
 

Ph.D.

The Ohio State University, Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior

M.A.

Renmin University of China, Human Resources Management

B.S.

Renmin University of China, Personnel Management
 

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Associate Professor, since 2008, Assistant Professor, 2002 - 2007

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)

 

  • *Chang, Y. Y., *Gong, Y., & Peng, M. W. Forthcoming. Expatriate knowledge transfer, subsidiary absorptive capacity, and subsidiary performance. Academy of Management Journal. (*Equal contribution)

  • Gong, Y., Kim, T. Y., Zhu, J., & Lee, D. R. Forthcoming. A multilevel model of team goal orientation, information exchange, and creativity. Academy of Management Journal.

  • Chang, S., Gong, Y., & Shum, C. Forthcoming. Promoting innovation in hospitality companies through human resource management practices. International Journal of Hospitality Management. (Download here)

  • *Gong, Y., *Cheung, S. Y., Wang, M., & Huang, J. C. Forthcoming. Unfolding the proactive process for creativity: Integration of the employee proactivity, information exchange, and psychological safety perspectives. Journal of Management. (*Equal contribution) (Download here)

  • Gong, Y., Farh, J. L., & Chattopadhyay, P. Forthcoming. Shared dialect group identity, leader-member exchange and self-disclosure in vertical dyads: Do members react similarly? Asian Journal of Social Psychology. (Download here)

  • Kim, H., Sutton, K., & Gong, Y. Forthcoming. Group-based pay-for-performance plans and firm performance: The moderating role of team empowerment. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

  • Yang, J.X., Gong, Y., & Huo, Y.Y. Forthcoming. Proactive personality, social capital, helping, and turnover intentions. Journal of Managerial Psychology.

  • Gong, Y., Chang, S., & Cheung, S.Y. 2010. High performance work system and collective OCB: A collective social exchange perspective. Human Resource Management Journal, 20: 119-137.(Download here)

  • Huang, X., Iun, J., Liu, A., & Gong, Y. 2010. Does participative leadership enhance work performance by inducing empowerment or trust? The differential effects on managerial and non-managerial subordinates. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31: 122-143. (Download here)

  • Gong, Y., Huang, J. C. & Farh, J. L. 2009. Employee learning orientation, transformational leadership, and employee creativity: The mediating role of employee creative self-efficacy. Academy of Management Journal, 52:765-778. (Download here)

  • Gong, Y., Law, K.S., Chang, S., & Xin, K.R. 2009.  Human resource management and firm performance: The differential role of managerial affective and continuance commitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94:263-275. (Download here)

  • Kim, H. & Gong, Y. 2009. The role of tacit knowledge and OCB in the relationship between group-based pay and firm performance. Human Resource Management Journal, 19: 120-139.

  • Gong, Y., & Chang, S. 2008. Institutional antecedents and performance consequences of employment security and career advancement practices: Evidence from the People’s Republic of China. Human Resource Management, 47: 33-48.

  • Gong, Y., Shenkar, O., Luo, Y., & Nyaw, M.K. 2007. Do multiple parents help or hinder international joint venture performance? The mediating roles of contract completeness and partner cooperation. Strategic Management Journal, 28: 1021-1034. (Download here)

  • Gong, Y., & Chang, S. 2007. The relationships of cross-cultural adjustment with dispositional learning orientation and goal setting: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38: 19-25.

  • Gong, Y., & Fan, J. 2006. Longitudinal examination of the role of goal orientation in cross-cultural adjustment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91: 176-184. (Download here)

  • Gong, Y. 2006. The impact of subsidiary top management team nationality diversity on subsidiary performance: Knowledge and legitimacy perspectives. Management International Review, 46: 771-789.

  • Tarique, I., Schuler, R.S., & Gong, Y. 2006. A model of multinational enterprise subsidiary staffing composition (lead article). International Journal of Human Resource Management,17: 207-224.

    • Recognized as Papers of Excellence in International Human Resource Management in 2007 by the Human Resource Division, Academy of Management.

  • Gong, Y.,Shenkar, O., Luo, Y., & Nyaw, M.K. 2005. Human resources and international joint venture performance: A system perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 36: 505-518.(Download here)

    • Recognized as Papers of Excellence in International Human Resource Management in 2007 by the Human Resource Division, Academy of Management.

 

Book Chapters

  • Gong, Y., & Yang, W. Forthcoming. Performance management at Shenhua Guohua electric power. In Hayton, J. C., Biron, M., Christiansen, L. C., & Kuvaas, B. (Eds.), Global Human Resource Management Casebook (the Routledge Global HRM series): Chapter 22. London: Routledge.

  • Gong, Y., Law, K.S., & Xin, K.R. 2006. Commitment-Focused HRM System: Adoption and Performance Implications in Domestic Private Firms in China. In Tsui, A. S., Bian, Y., & Cheng, L. (Eds.), The Management and Performance of China's Domestic Private Firms: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives. New York: M.E. Sharpe.

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Gong, Y., & Chang, S. 2008. How do high performance work systems affect collective organizational citizenship behavior? A collective social exchange perspective. The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Anaheim.

  • Gong, Y., & Farh, J.L. 2006. Asymmetric reactions to common dialect group identity in vertical dyads in Chinese organizations. The Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, Atlanta.

 

 

SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Gong, Y., Cheung, S.Y., & Huang, J.C. 2009. Proactive personality, social capital, and employee creativity. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

  • Gong, Y., & Chang, S. 2008. How do high performance work systems affect collective organizational citizenship behavior? A collective social exchange perspective. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim.

  • Yang, J.X., & Gong, Y. 2008. When proactive personality begets social capital: A longitudinal investigation. Presented at the 2008 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, San Francisco.

  • Gong, Y., Huang, J.C., Farh, J.L., & Cheung, S.Y. 2007. Learning mind and stimulating leader: How do they affect creative performance? A three-wave field longitudinal investigation. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia.

  • Kim, H., & Gong, Y. 2007. How does group-based pay system affect organizational performance? A social identity perspective. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia.

  • Chang, S., & Gong, Y. 2006. Cultural values' direct and moderating impact on goal orientation and performance: A longitudinal study. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Gong, Y., & Farh, J.L. 2006. Asymmetric reactions to common dialect group identity in vertical dyads in Chinese organizations. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Gong, Y., Law, K.S., Chang, S., & Xin, K. 2006. HRM and firm performance: Role of commitment, citizenship behaviors and job satisfaction. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Takeuchi, R., Wang, M., & Gong, Y. 2006. Goal orientation and emotional stability effects on expatriates: The role of psychological workplace strain and self-efficacy. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Takeuchi, R., Wang, M., & Gong, Y. 2006. Mediating effects of self-efficacy and psychological workplace strain for expatriates. Presented at the Meetings of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas.

  • Gong, Y., & Chang, S. 2005. Putting “goals” in the picture: A longitudinal examination of goal setting and dispositional learning goal orientation in cross-cultural adjustment. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Hawaii.

  • Gong, Y., Shenkar, O., Luo, Y., & Nyaw, M.K. 2005. Parent multiplicity and international joint venture performance: Agency and resource perspectives. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Hawaii.

  • Gong, Y., Wong, K.F.E., Farh, J.L., & Chang, S. 2005. Linking goal orientation and goal setting: Overriding, moderation, and mediation approaches. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Hawaii.

 

 

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

  • Senior Editor:

    • Asia Pacific Journal of Management

  • Member of Editorial Board:

    • Journal of Applied Psychology

    • Journal of Organizational Behavior

    • Management and Organization Review

  • Ad Hoc reviewers (partial listed):

    • Academy of Management Journal

    • Strategic Management Journal

    • Journal of International Business Studies

    • Journal of Management

    • International Journal of Human Resource Management

    • Journal of World Business

    • European Management Journal

     

     

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • HRM/OB issues in China

  • HRM in multinational firms and cross-border alliances

  • Cross-cultural adjustment

  • Strategic HRM

  • Goal orientation theory

  • Employee creativity

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2007.  Recognized as Papers of Excellence in International Human Resource Management in 2007 by the Human Resource Division, Academy of Management.

    • Tarique, I., Schuler, R.S., & Gong, Y. 2006. "A model of multinational enterprise subsidiary staffing composition."

    • Gong, Y., Shenkar, O., Luo, Y., & Nyaw, M.K. 2005. "Human resources and international joint venture performance: A system perspective."