2011, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyDepartment of ManagementManagement, PhD

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, P.R.C

Sep 2017    –   Present  Professor

June 2013  –  July 2014 Associate Professor

June 2011  – June 2013 Assistant Professor 

Deakin University

July 2018   Visiting Professor

University of Western Australia

Dec 2017   –    Present Honorary Research Fellow

Aug 2014  –  Sep 2017       Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Organisations

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, P.R.C

Jan 2019  –   Present  Academic Director of MBA Program

July 2018 –   Present  Department Head, Department of Human Resource Management

April 2013 –  July 2014 Assistant Dean, External Relations & Development

Jan 2013    – July 2014 Department Head, Department of Human Resource Management

April 2012 –    Dec 2012  Deputy Head, Department of Human Resource Management

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Associate Editor

  Human Relations, July 2019 –

Editorial Review Board

  Asia Pacific Journal of Management, April 2014 –

  Human Relations, March 2016 –

  Journal of Business Research, August 2016 –

Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Academy of Management Journal

  Journal of Applied Psychology

  Organization Science

  Journal of Management

  Journal of Management Studies

  Journal of Organizational Behavior

  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

  Management and Organization Review

Reviewer

  Academy of Management Conference (OB & IM Divisions)

  International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference

  Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference

HONORS, AWARDS, NOMINATIONS

  2019上海财经大学中欧平台先进工作者

  第三届全国大学生人力资源管理知识技能竞赛(精创教育杯)总决赛优秀指导教师

  International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Best Reviewer Award, June 2018

  2018 上海财经大学第二十四届中振科研基金优秀成果奖

  2017 Nomination of Faculty Teaching Excellence Award by UWA Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education

  2017 Special Commendation of the Reviewer of the Year Award by Human Relations

  2016 UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Investigators Award

  2016 Dean’s Best Early Career Research Paper Award by UWA Business School.

  International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Best Reviewer Award, June 2016

  2015 BHP Billiton Distinguished Researcher Award by UWA Business School.

  2015 Ahern Early Career Researcher Portfolio Prize by UWA Business School.

  2013上海市哲学社会科学优秀成果奖一等奖

  International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Best Reviewer Award, June 2012

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP/ACTIVITIES

  Rep-at-Large, Mainland China, International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR)

  Speaker, Hong Kong Shue Yan University International Symposium, Hong Kong, 2019

  Session Chair, The Eighth Biennial International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference, Wu Han, 2018

  全国高校人力资源管理产教融合、协同育人高峰论坛演讲嘉宾，济南，2018

  《中国人力资源开发》2018年度学术会议青年学者工作坊演讲嘉宾，深圳，2018

  Discussant, 3rd Annual CEIBS OBHR Symposium, Shanghai, 2018

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  Academy of Management (AOM)

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)

  International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR)

  Society for Organisational Behaviour Australia (SOBA)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Leadership and Employee Proactive Behavior

  Coworkers Influence and Employee Job Performance

  Multilevel Theory and Research

REFERED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Leadership Influence and Employee Proactive Behavior

1. Li, R., Chen, Z., Zhang, H., & Luo, J. How do authoritarian leadership and abusive supervision jointly thwart follower proactivity? A social control perspective. In press. Journal of Management

2. Cai, Z., Parker, S., Chen, Z., & Lam, W. 2019. How does the social context fuel the proactive fire? A multi-level review and theoretical synthesis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40: 209-230.

3. Farh, C. I. C., & Chen, Z. 2014. Beyond the individual victim: Multilevel consequences of abusive supervision in teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99: 1074-1095. 

4. Takeuchi, R., Chen, Z., & Cheung, S. Y. 2012. Applying uncertainty management theory to employee voice behavior: An integrative investigation. Personnel Psychology, 65: 283-323.

Coworkers Influence and Employee Job Performance

5. Peng, Z., Chen, Z., Zhang, I., & Li, J., Unwilling to leave the good Samaritans: How peer interpersonal-oriented citizenship behavior retains “me”. In press. Asian Pacific Journal of Management

6. Chen, Z., Takeuchi, R., & Shum, C. 2013. A social information processing perspective of coworker influence on the focal employee. Organization Science, 24: 1618-1639. 

Multilevel Theory and Research

7. Hackett, R. D., Wang, A. C., Chen, Z., Cheng, B. S., & Farh, J. L. 2018. Transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior: A moderated mediation model of leader-member-exchange and subordinates’ gender. Applied Psychology: An International Review.

8. Chen, Z., Zhu, J., & Zhou, M. J. 2015. How does a servant leader fuel the service fire? A multilevel model of servant leadership, individual group identity, group competition climate, and customer service performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100: 511-521. 

9. Lee, C., Farh, J. L., & Chen, Z. 2011. Promoting group potency in project teams: The importance of group identification. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32: 1147-1162.

10. Song, J., Huang, G., Peng, Z., Law, K. S., Wong, C. S., & Chen, Z. 2010. Differential effects of general mental ability and emotional intelligence on academic performance and social interactions intelligence. Intelligence, 38: 137-143. 

BOOK CHAPTERS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

11. Chen, Z., & Xie, Z. T. 2011. Riding the integrative wave of justice research: Power distance orientation as a moderator. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding, San Antonio, USA.

12. Hackett, R. D., Farh, J. L., Chen, Z., Wang, A. C., & Cheng, B. S. 2008. Transformational leadership and OCB: A test of a moderated mediated model. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding, Anaheim, USA.

13. Farh, J. L., Hackett, R. D., & Chen, Z. 2008. Organizational citizenship behavior in the global world. In Smith, P. & Mark Peterson (Eds.) Handbook of Cross-cultural Management: 165-184. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication.

14. Farh, J. L., Liang, J., & Chen, Z. 2008. Research design and evaluation in empirical research. In X.P. Chen, A.S., Tsui, & J.L., Farh (Eds.), Empirical Methods in Organization and Management Research: 107-127. Beijing: Peking University Press (In Chinese).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

15.Chen, Z., Peng, K., & Zhang, I. D. Unwilling to leave the Good Samaritans: A social identity perspective. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, August 9-15 2018.

16.Wang,Y., Chen.Z., Zhou, M., & Rong, Y. Servant leader but aggressive patient: The joint effect on nurses’ work performance. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, August 9-15 2018.

17.Lam, W., Tang, E., Chen, Z., & Chen, Z. A latent profile analysis of employee voice behavior. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, August 9-15 2018.

18.Chen, Z., & Peng, K. Unwilling to leave the good Smaritans: A social identity perspective. AAOM/APJM PDW, Lanzhou, Dec 15-16, 2017.

19.Chen, Z. Zhu, J., & Zhou, M. Disagree in disagreement: How does conflict asymmetry affect team outcomes. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Atlanta, August 4-8 2017.

20.Chen, Z., Chao, M. & Zhang, P. Change It or Lump It? A Model Linking Work Ostracism with Employee Proactive and Deviant Behavior. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Atlanta, August 4-8 2017.

21.Chen, Z. & Qian, J. How Does Coworker Political Behavior Thwart Individual Taking Charge? The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Atlanta, August 4-8 2017.

22.Cai, Z., Parker, S., & Chen, Z. When you bite off more than your team can chew: The misfit effect of individual and team proactivity on core task performance. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress (EAWOP), Dublin, May 17-20 2017.

23.Cheung, S. Y. & Chen, Z. Linking team voice behavior with team innovation: A motivated information-processing in groups model. The Seventh Biennial International Association for Chinese Management Research Conference, Hang Zhou, June 15-19 2016.

24.Yang, Y., Chen, Z., Chen, Z. X., & Chu, X. “How to voice effectively? Voice behavior and voice tactics on supervisor’s perception and response”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Vancouver, August 7-11 2015.

25.Liao, H., Liang, J., & Chen, Z. "Self-sacrificial leadership and employee proactivity: A follower-centric motivational analysis". The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Vancouver, August 7-11 2015.

26.Takeuchi, R., Yu, N. Y., Chen, Z., & Shapiro, D. L. "Team as innovation system revisited: A cross-level model of proactivity, knowledge sharing and TMS". The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Vancouver, August 7-11 2015.

27.Shum, C., Takeuchi, R., & Chen, Z. “A non-linear relationship between abusive supervision and subordinates’ job performance”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 1-5 2014.

28.Yu, N. Y., Takeuchi, R., & Chen, Z. “Proactive Team Innovation: An Integrative View of Information Exchange and Supervisor Support”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 1-5 2014.

29.Yuan, X. & Chen, Z. “How does leader ostracism influence employees’ political behavior and creativity?: A social identity perspective”. The 8th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Emotions in Worklife, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne, November 29 2013.

30.Farh, C. I. C., & Chen, Z. “A multilevel model of how and when team-level abusive supervision diminishes team member voice”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Orlando, August 9-13 2013.

31.Chen, Z. & Takeuchi, R. “How does leader ostracism thwart employee proactive behavior? A social identity framework”. The 13th I-O Psychology Conference, Hangzhou, June 28-29 2013.

32.Chen, Z., & Farh, J. L. “Dual pathways to silencing the abused: A multilevel model of abusive supervision on team member voice”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Boston, August 3-7 2012.

33.Chen, Z., Zhu, J., & Zhou, M. J. “When does a servant leader fuel the service fire? Team competition climate as a moderator”. The Fifth Biennial International Association for Chinese Management Research Conference, Hong Kong, June 20-24 2012

34.Chen, Z., & Xie, Z. T. “Riding the integrative wave of justice research: Power distance orientation as a moderator”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, San Antonio, August 12-16 2011.

35.Wang, A. C., Hackett, R. D., Cheng, B. S., Chen, Z., & Farh, J. L. “The role of power distance orientation and self-efficacy in understanding the motivational underpinnings of the transformational leadership–job performance relationship”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Montreal, August 6-10 2010.

36.Chen, Z. & Takeuchi, R. “Unpack the coworker influence: A moderated mediation model of coworker exchange quality and coworker organizational citizenship behavior”. The 23rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, December 2-4, 2009.

37.Takeuchi, R., Cheung, S. Y., & Chen, Z. “Voice behavior as social dilemma: Roles of interactional, procedural, and distributive justice facets”. The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, August 7-11 2009.

38.Hackett, R. D., Farh, J. L., Chen, Z., Wang, A. C., & Cheng, B. S. "Transformational leadership and OCB: A test of a moderated mediated model". The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, August 8-13 2008.

39.Chen, Z., Farh, J. L., & Wang, H. "How culture matters to perceived organizational support - employee outcome relationships: Dual effects of traditionality and organizational structure". Asia Academy of Management Meeting, Taipei, December 14-16 2008.

40.Song, J. Wong, C. S., Law, K. S., Huang, E. G., & Chen, Z. “Effects of general mental ability and emotional intelligence on self-assessed career-related abilities”. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, July 20-25 2008. 

41.Farh, J. L., Hackett, R. D., & Chen, Z. "Organizational citizenship in a global context: A literature review". The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 3-8 2007.

42.Huang, G. H., Law, K. S., Song, L., & Chen, Z. "Differential effects of emotional intelligence and cognitive ability on performance and peer liking". The Annual National Meeting of Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 3-8 2007.

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Presented at the management departments and organizational behavior groups of the following universities in chronological order: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2010); Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School (2011, 2012, 2014, 2018); Tsinghua University (2012); University of  Melbourne (2012); Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2013); Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (2013); Beijing Normal University (2013); Hong Kong Baptist University (2014); Tsinghua University (2014); Australia National University (2015); Nanjing University (2017); Jiangnan University (2018); RMIT (2018); Deakin University (2018);

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

One toxic boss can poison the whole workplace” Pacific Standard

(http://www.psmag.com/navigation/business-economics/jerk-bosses-ruin-workplaces-88998/)

“Bosses who bully one employee ruin work for everyone” Human Resources Online (http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/bosses-bully-employee-ruin-work-everyone/)

“Study shows how toxic bosses wreck teamwork” Forbes

(http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/08/22/study-shows-how-toxic-bosses-wreck-teamwork/)

“Abusive leadership infects entire team” MSUToday (http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/abusive-leadership-infects-entire-team/)

RESEARCH GRANTS

Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation of China, August, 2015

Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation of China, August, 2015

Principle Investigator and Recipient, General Research Fund, Development and Reform Commission, Karamay City, June, 2013.

Principle Investigator and Sole Recipient, School-based Initiatives, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, November, 2012.

Principle Investigator and Sole Recipient, School-based Initiatives, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, August, 2011. 

TEACHING INTERESTS

  Organizational Behavior

  Leadership 

  Social Psychology

  Research Methods/Quantitative Methods

University of Western Australia

  Organizational Behavior, 2014 Trimester 3, 29 MBAs (co-teach with Steve McShane)

  Organizational Behavior, 2015 Semester 1, 735 undergraduates

  Staffing Organization, 2015 Semester 1, 134 undergraduates

  Organizational Behavior, 2016 Semester 1, 780 undergraduates

  Staffing Organization, 2016 Semester 1, 95 undergraduates

  Organizational Behavior, 2017 Semester 1, 745 undergraduates

Shanghai University of Finance & Economics

  Social Psychology,     Autumn 2011,  masters

  Social Psychology,     Autumn 2011,  undergraduates

  Social Psychology,     Spring 2012,   undergraduates

  Strategic Human Resource Management,  Spring 2012,   masters

  Managing Innovation,     Spring 2012,   EMBAs (co-teach with Sara Beckman)

  Strategic Human Resource Management,  Autumn 2012,  MBAs

  Social Psychology,     Autumn 2012,  undergraduates

  Social Psychology,     Spring 2013,   undergraduates

  Strategic Human Resource Management,  Spring 2013,   masters

  Strategic Human Resource Management,  Spring 2012,   MBAs

  Social Psychology,     Spring 2014,   undergraduates

  Strategic Human Resource Management,  Spring 2014,   masters

  Advanced Social Psychology,    Spring 2014,   PhD students 

  Organizational Behavior Seminar,   Spring 2018,   PhD students

  Social Psychology,     Autumn 2018,  undergraduates

  Organizational Behavior,    Autumn 2018,  undergraduates

  Advanced Social Psychology Seminar,   Autumn 2018,  PhD students

  Organizational Behavior,    Winter 2018,   DBA students

  Organizational Behavior,    Spring 2019,   undergraduates

  Proactive Behavior Independent Study,  Spring 2019,   PhD students

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

  Introduction to Management, Summer 2009, 52 undergraduates

SUPERVISION OF HONOURS AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS

Teaching Grant and Project @ Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

  上海财经大学研究生教育教学改革项目-基于过程管理的MBA学位论文质量保障体系研究, 2019 July

  教育部产学合作协同育人项目-《基于大数据的人力资源管理科技课程体系改革与实践》, 2019 April

  上海财经大学研究生教育教学改革项目-博士生独立研究能力培养课程改革实践项目, 2017 November

Teaching Materials

  授权的迷思：某通信公司中层管理者的授权困局-入选上海财经大学中欧平台优秀案例集锦

Student Project & Awards

  第三届全国大学生人力资源管理知识技能竞赛第五赛区一等奖、最具潜力奖

  第三届全国大学生人力资源管理知识技能竞赛(精创教育杯)总决赛本科组二等奖

Supervision of Master Students @ Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

  Shiyuan Wu, 2013

  Xing Yuan, 2014

Supervision of Honours @ UWA

  Alexandra Miller, 2015 (Upper 2nd Class)

  Kate Davis, 2016 (Upper 2nd Class)

  Annoushka Puvimanasinghe, 2016 (Lower 2nd Class)

Supervision of PhD Students @ UWA

  Dina Sartika, 2014- 2016 (Principle Supervisor)

  Darja Miscenko, 2014- 2016 (Co-Supervisor)

  Rusyda Mohd, 2015- 2017 (Co-Supervisor)

  Zijun Cai, 2015- (Co-Supervisor)

  Fangfang Zhang, 2016- (Co-Supervisor)

DEPARTMENT, SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Department Service @ UWA

Committee, Board of Undergraduate Studies