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Leadership theory and research in the new millennium: Current theoretical trends and changing perspectives (2013)
Journal Article
Dinh, J., Lord, R., Garnder, W., Meuser, J., Liden, R., & Hu, J. (2014). Leadership theory and research in the new millennium: Current theoretical trends and changing perspectives. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(1), 36-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.11.005

Scholarly research on the topic of leadership has witnessed a dramatic increase over the last decade, resulting in the development of diverse leadership theories. To take stock of established and developing theories since the beginning of the new mil... Read More about Leadership theory and research in the new millennium: Current theoretical trends and changing perspectives.

Challenges of conducting global research (2013)
Book Chapter
Leung, K., Wang, J., & Deng, H. (2014). Challenges of conducting global research. In R. Griffith, L. Thompson, & B. Armon (Eds.), Internationalizing the curriculum in organizational psychology (283-305). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9402-7_13

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and methodological issues confronting cross-cultural and intercultural research. Informative cross-cultural research is based on sound theoretical analysis, and four major theoretical... Read More about Challenges of conducting global research.

Personal choice: a blessing or a burden, or both? A cross-cultural investigation on need for closure effects in two western and two East-Asian societies. (2013)
Journal Article
Roets, A., Soetens, B., Au, E., & Guan, Y. (2014). Personal choice: a blessing or a burden, or both? A cross-cultural investigation on need for closure effects in two western and two East-Asian societies. International Journal of Psychology, 49(3), 216-221. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12027

The present study investigates the role of dispositional need for closure (NFC) in how individuals within a particular culture perceive and appreciate choice. Data sets from the US (283 adults), Europe (263 adults and 427 students), China (218 adults... Read More about Personal choice: a blessing or a burden, or both? A cross-cultural investigation on need for closure effects in two western and two East-Asian societies..

Convergence and Divergence of Paternalistic Leadership: A cross-cultural Investigation of Prototypes (2013)
Journal Article
Aycan, Z., Schyns, B., Sun, J., Felfe, J., & Saher, N. (2013). Convergence and Divergence of Paternalistic Leadership: A cross-cultural Investigation of Prototypes. Journal of International Business Studies, 44, Article 962-969. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2013.48

Paternalistic leaders provide care, nurturance, and guidance to employees in their professional and personal lives in a parental manner, and, in exchange, expect loyalty and deference from employees. This study aims at investigating how the paternali... Read More about Convergence and Divergence of Paternalistic Leadership: A cross-cultural Investigation of Prototypes.

Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates. (2013)
Journal Article
Guan, Y., Deng, H., Sun, J., Wang, Y., Cai, Z., Ye, L., …Li, Y. (2013). Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(3), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2013.09.003

Based on career construction theory, the current research examined the role of career adaptability in Chinese university graduates' job search process (N = 270). Results from a three-wave survey study showed that the four dimension of career adaptabi... Read More about Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates..

A taxonomy of event-level dimensions: implications for understanding leadership processes, behaviour and performance (2013)
Journal Article
Hoffman, E., & Lord, R. (2013). A taxonomy of event-level dimensions: implications for understanding leadership processes, behaviour and performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 24(4), 558-571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.03.009

Leader actions and their impact on follower, group, and organizational outcomes tend to be investigated at the aggregate person level, which may result in confusion between perception and performance-based evaluations of effectiveness. We advocate an... Read More about A taxonomy of event-level dimensions: implications for understanding leadership processes, behaviour and performance.

Predictive validity of career decision-making profiles over time among Chinese college students. (2013)
Journal Article
Tian, L., Guan, Y., Chen, S., Levin, N., Cai, Z., Chen, P., …Zhang, S. (2014). Predictive validity of career decision-making profiles over time among Chinese college students. Journal of Career Development, 41(4), 282-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845313495590

Two studies were conducted to validate the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire, a multidimensional measure of the way individuals make career decisions. Results of Study 1 showed that after dropping 1 item from... Read More about Predictive validity of career decision-making profiles over time among Chinese college students..

How bad are the effects of bad leaders? A meta-analysis of destructive leadership and its outcomes. (2013)
Journal Article
Schyns, B., & Schilling, J. (2013). How bad are the effects of bad leaders? A meta-analysis of destructive leadership and its outcomes. The Leadership Quarterly, 24(1), 138-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.09.001

While the focus on constructive leadership still dominates leadership research, an increasing number of studies investigate different forms of destructive leadership. This meta-analysis integrates different conceptualizations of destructive leadershi... Read More about How bad are the effects of bad leaders? A meta-analysis of destructive leadership and its outcomes..

When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor (2013)
Journal Article
Guan, Y., Wen, Y., Chen, S., Liu, H., Si, W., Liu, Y., …Dong, Z. (2014). When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 23(4), 596-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2013.763403

The current research examined a moderated mediation model for the relationships among indicators of objective career success (salary and job level), subjective career success (career satisfaction), and turnover intention, as well as the boundary cond... Read More about When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor.