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Workplace gossip and employee cynicism : the moderating role of dispositional envy (2020)
Journal Article
Kuo, C., Chang, K., Kuo, T., & Chen, S. (2020). Workplace gossip and employee cynicism : the moderating role of dispositional envy. Zhōnghuá xīnlǐ xuékān, 62(4), 537-552. https://doi.org/10.6129/CJP.202009_62%284%29.0005

This study investigated the relationship between workplace gossip (positive gossip and negative gossip) and employee cynicism and explored the moderating role of dispositional envy through the social information processing approach. Data were colle... Read More about Workplace gossip and employee cynicism : the moderating role of dispositional envy.

HPWP (High Performance Work Practices) and its role on promoting the employee performance in the Nigerian hotel industry (2019)
Journal Article
Odiaka, K., & Chang, K. (2019). HPWP (High Performance Work Practices) and its role on promoting the employee performance in the Nigerian hotel industry. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 19(6), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.33423/jop.v19i6.2661

The current study discusses the significance of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) and analyses its relevance to employee engagement and performance in Nigeria. Hotel employees with different background are interviewed and their views thematic... Read More about HPWP (High Performance Work Practices) and its role on promoting the employee performance in the Nigerian hotel industry.

Transformational changes and sustainability : from the perspective of identity, trust, commitment, and withdrawal (2019)
Journal Article
Malik, A., Akhtar, M., Talat, U., & Chang, K. (2019). Transformational changes and sustainability : from the perspective of identity, trust, commitment, and withdrawal. Sustainability, 11(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113159

Drawing upon the psychology of sustainability, effective organizations can create a sense of belongingness for people, and successfully facilitate growth and development activities for both individuals as well as the organization itself. Extending th... Read More about Transformational changes and sustainability : from the perspective of identity, trust, commitment, and withdrawal.

Imagination in entrepreneurship : an inspiration from Heidegger (2019)
Journal Article
Talat, U., & Chang, K. (2019). Imagination in entrepreneurship : an inspiration from Heidegger. Journal of psychological research, 1(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v1i01.417

Entrepreneur's imagination has crucial implication on business success and management. Despite its espoused importance, imagination is still undervalued and deserves more academic attention. The current article aims to provide a novel perspective on... Read More about Imagination in entrepreneurship : an inspiration from Heidegger.

Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism (2019)
Journal Article
Chang, K., Kuo, C., Quinton, S., Lee, I., Cheng, T., & Huang, S. (2021). Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(8), 1801-1827. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1579246

While the competence of subordinates is considered desirable in the workplace, it may create challenges in managing people in organizations. This study examines why subordinates’ competence triggers ostracism within the workplace based on social comp... Read More about Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism.

Enhancing employee engagement for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan (2019)
Journal Article
Cheng, K., & Chang, K. (2019). Enhancing employee engagement for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan. Information Resources Management Journal, 32(1), 28-47. https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.2019010102

Employee engagement is crucial to the success of small-and-medium-enterprises (SMEs). As SMEs are the major GDP contributors in Taiwan, both policy makers and scholars have called further research to evaluate the significance of employee engagement i... Read More about Enhancing employee engagement for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan.

What to do and what works? Exploring how work groups cope with understaffing (2018)
Journal Article
Shen, W., Chang, K., Cheng, K., & Kim, Y. (2018). What to do and what works? Exploring how work groups cope with understaffing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(3), 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000129

Complaints regarding understaffing are common in the workplace and research has begun to document some of the potential ill effects that can result from understaffing conditions. Despite evidence that understaffing is a relatively prevalent and conse... Read More about What to do and what works? Exploring how work groups cope with understaffing.

Decision and intuition during organizational change : an evolutionary critique of dual process theory (2017)
Journal Article
Talat, U., Chang, K., & Nguyen, B. (2017). Decision and intuition during organizational change : an evolutionary critique of dual process theory. Bottom Line, 30(3), 236-254. https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-08-2017-0016

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review intuition in the context of organizational change. We argue that intuition as a concept requires attention and its formulation is necessary prior to its application in organizations. The paper provides... Read More about Decision and intuition during organizational change : an evolutionary critique of dual process theory.

Employee imagination and its implication for entrepreneurs : inspiration from Chinese business enterprises (2017)
Journal Article
Talat, U., & Chang, K. (2017). Employee imagination and its implication for entrepreneurs : inspiration from Chinese business enterprises. Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, 8(2), 129-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-06-2017-0012

Purpose: In 2015 the European Group of Organisation Studies released a call for papers highlighting poor knowledge of employee imagination in organisations. To address this need, the current study hypothesises employee imagination consisting of seven... Read More about Employee imagination and its implication for entrepreneurs : inspiration from Chinese business enterprises.

HR practice, organisational commitment & citizenship behaviour in Taiwan (2016)
Journal Article
behaviour in Taiwan. Employee Relations, 38(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-12-2015-0218

Purpose (mandatory) The study examines the relationships between HR practice (four aspects), organisational commitment and citizenship behaviour at primary schools in Taiwan. The four HR aspects include: (1) recruitment and placement (RP), (2) teac... Read More about HR practice, organisational commitment & citizenship behaviour in Taiwan.

Organizational citizenship behavior, identification, psychological contract and leadership frames : the example of primary school teachers in Taiwan (2016)
Journal Article
Nguyen, B., Chang, K., Rowley, C., & Japutra, A. (2016). Organizational citizenship behavior, identification, psychological contract and leadership frames : the example of primary school teachers in Taiwan. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 8(3), 260-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-01-2016-0010

Purpose (mandatory) The study examines organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) by combining two heterogeneous perspectives, integrating OCB-related factors at work using both personal and organizational perspectives, thus contributing to our knowle... Read More about Organizational citizenship behavior, identification, psychological contract and leadership frames : the example of primary school teachers in Taiwan.

The reduction of employee lying behaviour : inspiration from a study of envy in part-time employees (2016)
Journal Article
inspiration from a study of envy in part-time employees. Journal of Strategy and Management, 9(2), 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-02-2015-0015

Purpose This study analyses employees’ lying behaviour and its findings have important implication for the management and prevention strategies of lying in the workplace. Employee lying has caused both reputational and financial damage to employers,... Read More about The reduction of employee lying behaviour : inspiration from a study of envy in part-time employees.

Gossip in the workplace and the implications for HR management : a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism (2014)
Journal Article
a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(18), 2288-2307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.985329

Gossip is a common phenomenon in the workplace and yet relatively little is understood about its influence to employees. This study adopts social information theory and social cognitive theory to interpret the diverse literature on gossip, and to d... Read More about Gossip in the workplace and the implications for HR management : a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism.

The effect of autonomous information on machine learning (2014)
Journal Article
Cheng, K., & Chang, K. (2014). The effect of autonomous information on machine learning. Journal of computers and applied science education, 1(2), 16-30

The wireless electrical engineering approach to DNS is defined not only by the investigation of model checking, but also by the typical need for Lamport clocks (Corbato, Raman, Cheng, & Gupta, 2002). The purpose of the study is an application for the... Read More about The effect of autonomous information on machine learning.

Customer engagement planning emerging from the individualist-collectivist’-framework: An empirical examination in China and UK. (2014)
Journal Article
Nguyen, B., Chang, K., & Simkin, L. (2014). Customer engagement planning emerging from the individualist-collectivist’-framework: An empirical examination in China and UK. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 21(1), 41-65. https://doi.org/10.1108/MIP-11-2012-0130

Purpose – Today marketers operate in globalised markets, planning new ways to engage with domestic and foreign customers alike. While there is a greater need to understand these two customer groups, few studies examine the impact of customer engage... Read More about Customer engagement planning emerging from the individualist-collectivist’-framework: An empirical examination in China and UK..

Employment relationship: The study of organisational dis-identification and workplace deviance (2014)
Journal Article
Kuo, C., Su, M., & Chang, K. (2014). Employment relationship: The study of organisational dis-identification and workplace deviance. Zhōnghuá xīnlǐ xuékān, 56(1), 31-47. https://doi.org/10.6129/CJP.20131114

The current study was designed to test the relationship of negative employment relationship (psychological contract breach and abusive supervision) with workplace deviance, and to examine the mediating role of organizational disidentification. The... Read More about Employment relationship: The study of organisational dis-identification and workplace deviance.

Do your employees use the right stress coping strategies (2014)
Journal Article
Chang, K., & Taylor, J. (2014). Do your employees use the right stress coping strategies. Shanglue xuebao, 5(2), 99-116

This study investigates the efficacy of coping strategies commonly used in the workplace to alleviate stress. The strategies included: seeking assistance, self assistance, group intervention, avoidance and changing beliefs. Data were gathered from... Read More about Do your employees use the right stress coping strategies.

Dis-identification in organizations and its role in the workplace (2013)
Journal Article
Chang, K., Kuo, C., Su, M., & Taylor, J. (2013). Dis-identification in organizations and its role in the workplace. Industrial Relations, 68(3), 479-506

This research seeks to augment contemporary theories of employee dis-identification in organizations (DiO) and its importance in the workplace. An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted, 304 employees were recruited across eight organizations i... Read More about Dis-identification in organizations and its role in the workplace.

Membership stability and performance: A study of baseball clubs and laboratory groups (2011)
Journal Article
Chang, K. (2011). Membership stability and performance: A study of baseball clubs and laboratory groups. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(2), 457-480. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.540165

This research aims to analyse the association across membership stability, group boundary and group performance. Using Professional Chinese Baseball League’s data (Seasons 2003–2007), Study One reveals that the membership stability of baseball clu... Read More about Membership stability and performance: A study of baseball clubs and laboratory groups.