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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. 
  

Education

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

Courses Taught

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) 

Publications - Journals

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/ 

Honors and Awards

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