Assoc Prof
Management, Dept of
Kyle Hall 396
Box 6954
I’m an associate professor in the Department of Management in the Davis College of Business and Economics at Radford University in Virginia, USA. I joined the COBE faculty in 2009 after completing my Ph.D. in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
I earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in economics in Beijing and spent a few years working as an auditor and accountant in the finance and accounting industry. During that time, I became increasingly fascinated by the dynamics of human behavior in the workplace, which ultimately led me to pursue doctoral training in human resources management with a research focus on behavioral and cultural related issues.
My research focuses on creativity in the workplace, leadership, and idiosyncratic
employment arrangements, particularly in cross-cultural contexts.
Ph.D.in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois 2009
M.S. in Educational Psychology
Baylor University
Waco, Texas 2004
B.A. in Economics
Central University of Finance and Economics
Beijing, China 1998
MGNT 436 Cross-Cultural Diversity and International Management (Undergraduate)
MGNT 323 Human Resource Management (Undergraduate)
MGNT 471 HR Analytics (Undergraduate)
MGNT671 HR Analytics (MBA)
MGNT 324 Legal Issues in HR
MGNT 421 Leadership and Motivation
MGNT 471Management and Leadership in the Movies
MGNT 322 Organizational Behavior
MGNT 621 Organizational Behavior (MBA)
Wang, P, Wang, S, Yao, X, Hsu, I‐C, Lawler, J. Idiosyncratic deals and work‐to‐family
conflict
and enrichment: The mediating roles of fit perceptions and efficacy beliefs. Hum Resource
Manag J. 2019; 29: 600– 619.
Wang S, Liu Y, Shalley CE.(2018) Idiosyncratic deals and employee creativity: The
mediating role of
creative self‐efficacy. Human Resource Management, May (2018), 1-11.
Wang, S., Liu, Y. , and Yao, X. (2017), Individual Goal Orientations, Team Empowerment,
and Employee Creative Performance: A Case of Cross‐level Interactions. J Creat Behav.
doi:10.1002/jocb.220
He, Y., Yao, X.; Wang, S.; Caughron, J. (2016). Failure Feedback and Creativity, Creative
Self –efficacy and Learning Orientation in a Moderated Mediation Model. Creativity
Research
Journal, p52-59.
Wang, S., Caldwell, S., Yi, X. (2015). Multi-level approach to investigate the effect
of individual attributes on affective commitment and work withdrawal: empowerment
and PDM as moderators. International Journal of Manpower, 36(5), 354-377.
Wang, S., Hsu, I.-C. (2014). The Effect of Role Ambiguity on Task Performance Through
Self-Efficacy—A Contingency Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,
61(4), 681- 689.
Yi, X., Wang, S. (2014). Revisiting the Curvilinear Relation between Job Insecurity
and Work Withdrawal: the Moderating Role of Achievement Orientation and Risk. Human
Resources Management, 54(3), 499-515.
Yao, X., Wang, S., Dang, J., Wang, L. (2013). The Role of Individualism-Collectivism
in the Individual creative stages. Creativity Research Journal, 24(4), 296-303.
Zarankin T. & Wang S.(2013). Making It Up As We Go: A Conceptual Model of the Process
of Improvisation in Organizations. R&R at International Journal of Organization Theory
& Behavior 16 (3), 393-430
Wang, S., Yi, X. ( 2012). Procedural justice and work withdrawal in Chinese companies:
the moderating effects of allocentrism/idiocentrism, International Journal of Cross-Cultural
Management 1470595812439871 12(2).
Wang, S., Yi, X., Lawler, J. & Zhang, M., (2011). Efficacy of high performance work
system in China: a study contrasting SOE and PE. The International Journal of Human
Resources Management, 22(11), 2419–2441.
Wang, S., Zhang X., Martocchio (2011) Thinking Outside of the Box When the Box Is
Missing: Role Ambiguity and Its Linkage to Creativity. Creativity Research Journal
23 (3), 1–11.
Yao, X., Wang, S., Dang, J., & Wang, L. (2012). The role of individualism-collectivism
in the individual creative process. Creativity Research Journal, 24(4), 296–303. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2012.730001
Wang, S. Yi, X. (2011) It’s happiness that counts: full mediating effect of job satisfaction
in the relationship between LMX and turnover intention. International Journal of Leadership
Studies, 6(3), 337-356.
Wang, S. (2002) Self-directedness and motivation of accounting trainees: large-scale
longitudinal observations (article written in Chinese) 2002. National Journal of Accountancy
and Adult Learning, Publication License Number, CN11-3534/
The Diverse magazine’s Emerging Scholars Award Nominee, Davis College of Business and Economics Dean's Nominee, nominated by Joy Bhadury, 2019
Summer Research Award, Radford University, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Innovative and Online Teaching Grant, College of Business and Economics, Radford University 2013
Graduate College Conference Travel Grant, University of Illinois, 2006, 2007, 2008
Robert P. Larsen Career Development Research Grant Award, University of Illinois, 2006-2007
Chicago Center of Human Resources Management Research Grant (CHRM), 2006
Graduate College Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2004
Graduate College Fellowship, Baylor University, 2002, 2003