All Outputs (3)

The Upside of Playing Favorites (2022)
Journal Article
Xu, H. H., Pan, J., & Zheng, X. J. (2022). The Upside of Playing Favorites

While managers should strive to treat their employees fairly, it’s only natural for them to develop stronger relationships with some people than with others. The good news is, new research suggests that this sort of favoritism doesn’t have to be dest... Read More about The Upside of Playing Favorites.

Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, X. (., Zheng, X. (., Guan, Y., & Zhao, S. (2022). Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(2), 332-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12386

Drawing on social exchange theory, this study examines when and why high performers may fail to obtain supervisory career mentoring (SCM). Although high performance by protégés often makes SCM more efficient and successful, we argue that supervising... Read More about Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking.

Are Proactive Employees Proactive Performers? The Moderating Role of Supervisor-Subordinate Marital Status Similarity (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Zheng, X., Luo, J., & Zhao, S. (2023). Are Proactive Employees Proactive Performers? The Moderating Role of Supervisor-Subordinate Marital Status Similarity. The Journal of Social Psychology, 163(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.2025027

In accordance with the similarity attraction paradigm, this paper investigates when and how proactive employees can be rated as proactive performers by proposing supervisor-subordinate marital status similarity as a relational moderator and leader-me... Read More about Are Proactive Employees Proactive Performers? The Moderating Role of Supervisor-Subordinate Marital Status Similarity.