Prof. Yaping GONG
Head,
Fung Term Professor of Management,
Chair Professor mnygong@ust.hk

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Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior
M.A. Renmin Unviersity of China, Human Resources Management
B.S. Renmin Unviersity of China, Personnel Management

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Fung Term Professor of Management since July 2019, Chair Professor, since July 2018, Professor, 2014-2018, Associate Professor, 2008-2014, Assistant Professor, 2002 - 2007

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PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)*Chen, L., *Gong, Y., Song, Y., & Wang, M. In press. From creative environment to administrative innovation: Creation and implementation in top management teams. Journal of Creative Behavior. *Equal contribution.
*Ma, Z.X., *Gong, Y., Long, L.R., & Zhang, Y. In press. Team-level high-performance work systems, self-efficacy and creativity: Differential moderating roles of person–job fit and goal difficulty. International Journal of Human Resource Management. *Equal contribution.
Zhang, R., Li, A., & Gong, Y. 2021. Too much of a good thing: Examining the curvilinear relationship between team-level proactive personality and team performance. Personnel Psychology, 74: 295-321.
Li, Y., Gong, Y., Burmeister, A., Wang, M., Alterman, V., Alonso, A., & Robinson, S. 2021. Leveraging age diversity for organizational performance: An intellectual capital perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106: 71–91.
Mao, J., Chang, S., Gong, Y., & Xie, J. 2021. Team job-related anxiety and creativity: Investigating team-level and cross-level moderated curvilinear relationships. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 42: 34–47.
Lee, B., Kim, T.Y., Gong, Y., Zheng, X.M. & Xin, L. 2020. Employee well-being HR attribution and job change intentions: The moderating effect of task idiosyncratic deals. Human Resource Management, 59: 327-338.
Gong, Y., Kim, T. Y., & Liu, Z. 2020. Diversity of social ties and creativity: Creative self-efficacy as mediator and tie strength as moderator. Human Relations, 73: 1664-1688.
Kim, H., & Gong, Y. 2017. Effects of work-family and family-work conflicts on flexible work arrangements demand: A gender role perspective. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28: 2936-2956.
Gong, Y., Wu, J., Song, J. W., & Zhang, Z. 2017. Dual tuning in creative processes: Joint contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102: 829-844.
Liu, D., Gong, Y., Zhou, J. & Huang, J. C. 2017. Human resource systems, employee creativity, and firm innovation: The moderating role of firm ownership.Academy of Management Journal, 60: 1164-1188.
2019 IACMR-RRBM Award Finalist

Baranik, L., Wang, M., Gong, Y., & Shi, J. 2017. Customer mistreatment, employee health and job Performance: Examining cognitive and social rumination as mediating mechanisms.Journal of Management, 43: 1261-1282.
Gong, Y., Wang, M., Huang, J. C., & Cheung, S. Y. 2017. Toward a goal orientation-based feedback-seeking typology: Implications for employee performance outcomes.Journal of Management, 43: 1234-1260.
Liang, J., & Gong, Y. 2017. Human resource development investment in Chinese private firms: Strategic choice and institutional perspectives. Management and Organization Review, 13: 57-83.
Cheung, S. Y., Gong, Y., Wang, M., Zhou, L., & Shi, J. 2016. When and how does functional diversity influence team innovation? The mediating role of knowledge sharing and the moderation role of affect-based trust in a team. Human Relations, 69: 1507-1531.
Cheung, S. Y., Gong, Y., & Huang, J. C. 2016. Emotional intelligence, job insecurity and psychological strain among real estate agents: A test of mediation and moderation models. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27: 2673-2694.
Way, S., Tracey, B., Fey, C., Wright, P., Snell, S., Chang, S., & Gong, Y. 2015. Validation of a multi-dimensional HR flexibility measure.Journal of Management, 41: 1098-1131.
Liu, W., Gong, Y., & Liu, J. 2014. When do business units benefit more from collective citizenship behavior of management teams? An upper echelons perspective.Journal of Applied Psychology, 99: 523-534.
Liang, J., & Gong, Y. 2013. Capitalizing on proactivity for informal mentoring received during early career: The moderating role of core self-evaluations.Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34: 1182-1201.
Chang, S., Gong, Y., Way, S., & Jia, L. 2013. Flexibility-oriented HRM systems, absorptive capacity, and firm innovativeness and market responsiveness.Journal of Management39: 1924-1951.
Gong, Y., Zhou, J., & Chang, S. 2013. Core knowledge employee creativity and firm performance: The moderating role of riskiness orientation, firm size, and realized absorptive capacity.Personnel Psychology, 66: 443-482.
Wang, M., Liu, S., Liao, H., Gong, Y., Kammeyer-Mueller. J., & Shi, J. 2013. Can't get it out of my mind: Employee rumination after customer mistreatment and negative mood in the next morning.Journal of Applied Psychology, 98: 989-1004.
Gong, Y., Kim, T. Y., Zhu, J., & Lee, D. R. 2013. A multilevel model of team goal orientation, information exchange, and creativity.Academy of Management Journal, 56: 827-851.
Winner of 2016 Emerald Citations of Excellence Award

*Chang, Y. Y., *Gong, Y., & Peng, M. W. 2012. Expatriate knowledge transfer, subsidiary absorptive capacity, and subsidiary performance.Academy of Management Journal, 55: 927-948. (*Equal contribution)
Gong, Y., Cheung, S. Y., Wang, M., & Huang, J. C.2012. Unfolding the proactive process for creativity: Integration of the employee proactivity, information exchange, and psychological safety perspectives.Journal of Management, 38: 1611-1633.
Finalist for the 2017 Impact Award at Journal of Management

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.
Book ChaptersGong, Y., & Yang, W. 2012. 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): 253-265. New York: Routledge.
More Publications

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REVIEW ACTIVITIESSenior/Associate Editor:
Academy of Management Perspectives
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Management and Organization Review
Member of Editorial Board:
Academy of Management Journal
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of Management
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Ad Hoc reviewers (partial listed):
Strategic Management Journal
Journal of World Business
European Management Journal
Human Relations

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Employee creativity
Goal orientation
Strategic human resource management
International human resource management
HRM/OB issues in China

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FUNDED PROJECTS Competitive General Research Fund (GRF) (project 16501418) (Jan. 2019 – Aug. 2020): PI, HK$413, 910, RGC, Hong Kong SAR.
Competitive China National Natural Science Foundation Research fund (project 71672027): Status differences among key team members and impact on team effectiveness – the third party dependence perspective: Co-investigator.
Competitive General Research Fund (GRF) (project 12503017) (Jan. 2018 – Feb. 2020): Co-investigator, HK$417,731, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR.
Competitive General Research Fund (GRF) (project 16514016) (Jan. 2017– Dec. 2018): principle investigator (sole recipient), HK$458,000, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR.
Competitive General Research Fund (GRF) (project 242012) (2012-2014): co-investigator, HK$369,915, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR
Competitive General Research Fund (GRF) (project 640709) (2009-2011): principle investigator (sole recipient), HK$ 283,015, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR

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HONORS AND AWARDS2019. Finalist for the IACMR-RRBM Award
Liu, D., Gong, Y., Zhou, J. & Huang, J. C. 2017. Human resource systems, employee creativity, and firm innovation: The moderating role of firm ownership. Academy of Management Journal, 60: 1164-1188.

2017. Finalist for the 2017 Impact Award at Journal of Management.
Gong, Y., Cheung, S. Y., Wang, M., & Huang, J. C.2012. Unfolding the proactive process for creativity: Integration of the employee proactivity, information exchange, and psychological safety perspectives. Journal of Management, 38: 1611-1633.

2016. Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Journal.
2016. Recipient of the 2016 Citation of Excellence Award from Emerald Management Reviews.
Gong, Y., Kim, T. Y., Zhu, J., & Lee, D. R. 2013. A multilevel model of team goal orientation, information exchange, and creativity.Academy of Management Journal, 56: 827-851.

2016. International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference Best Reviewers Award.
2015 Fall. Dean's Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance.
2015. Best Senior Editors Award, Management and Organization Review.
2014. Wiley list of top 100 most cited scholars in management (ranked 62nd) (2009-2014)
2014. Best Reviewer Award, Management and Organization Review.
2013. Recipient of the 2013 Citation of Excellence Award from Emerald Management Reviews.
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.

2013. Nominee for the 2013 Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award, a prestigious All-Academy Award, by the Human Resource Division, Academy of Management.
Liu, D., Gong, Y., Zhou, J., & Huang, J. C. 2013. "Human resources management and employee creativity: A cross-level examination of underlying mechanisms". Paper accepted for presentation at the 2013 Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, Florida.