RESEARCH FIELD

Leadership and Leadership Behavior, Materialism and Well-being

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

PhD                The Chinese University of Hong Kong (year 2012 to year 2015)

Master            Beijing Normal University (year 2009 to year 2012)

Bachelor      Nanjing Normal University (year 2005 to year 2009)

TEACHING

1. Courses

Organizational Behaviors (MBA)

Management Research Methodology, Application of Statistical Analysis Software (Postgraduate)

Organizational Behaviors, Personnel Economics, Recruitment and Selection, Leadership Development: Theory & Practice, Organizational Health Psychology, Thesis Writing and Guidance, Principle of Statistics (Undergraduate)

2. Awards

Outstanding Young Scholars, Shenzhen University, 2020-2023

Outstanding Postgraduate Supervisor, Shenzhen University, 2020

Outstanding Supervisor of Undergraduate Graduation Thesis/Design, Shenzhen University, 2020

Award of Excellent Academic Performance in College of Management, Shenzhen University (2017, 2018, 2020)

RESEARCH

1.Peer Reviewed International Journal Publications

Yong Wah Goh, Sungmin Kim, Wang, Rong and Pei Shan Goh. Do Chinese employees avoid seeking social support when coping with work stress? Journal of Management & Organization, 2022(Jun):1-19.

Hou, Shumeng, Wang, Yue, Cai, Pengpeng, Chen, Rongruo and Wang, Rong. What parents bring to preschool children? Parental instructive speech and gestures, children’s learning and cultural differences. Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, 127(May):106078.

Affum-Osei, Emmanuel, Goto, Sharon G., Yeung, June Chun, Wang, Rong, Lam, Hodar, Abdul-Nasiru, Inusah and Chan, Darius K.-S. Examining the Factorial Validity of the Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale: A Five-Nation Comparison. Journal of Career Development, 2021.48(5):715-732.

Jiang, Jianwu, Ding, Wanling, Wang, Rong and Li, Saisai. Inclusive leadership and employees' voice behavior: A moderated mediation model. Current Psychology, 2020(Oct), Online.

Hou, Shumeng, Wang, Rong and Liu, Yuan. How parental instructions scaffold young children's learning performance: A cross-cultural comparison between America and China. Cognitive Development, 2020,56(Sep):100953.

Liu, Zishuang, He, Keren, Wang, Rong and Jiang, Jiang. Do you manage self-image on WeChat moments? Causality orientations, basic psychological needs and self-presentation. Current Psychology, 2020,41(6):1-12.

Wang, Rong, Liu, Hongyun and Jiang, Jiang. Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? Materialism and Self-Esteem: Longitudinal Evidence from China. Current Psychology, 2020,41(3):1-10.

Sun, Ying, Wang, Luxiao, Jiang, Jiang and Wang, Rong. Your love makes me feel more secure: Boosting attachment security decreases materialistic values. International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie, 2020,55(1):33-41.

Wang, Rong and Chan, Darius K-S. Subordinate reactions to ethical leaders’ abusive behavior: a multiple-wave study. Acia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2020,58(3):427-449.

Gu, Dian, Gao, Shuqing, Wang, Rong, Jiang, Jiang and Xu, Yan. The Negative Associations Between Materialism and Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: Individual and Regional Evidence From China. Environment and Behavior, 2020,52(6):611-638.

Wang, Rong and Chan, Darius K-S. Will you forgive your supervisor's wrongdoings? The moral licensing effect of ethical leader behaviors. Frontiers in psychology, 2019,10:484.

Zeng, Xianglong, Wang, Rong, Oei, Tian P. S. and Leung, Freedom Y. K. Heart of Joy: a Randomized Controlled Trail Evaluating the Effect of an Appreciative Joy Meditation Training on Subjective Well-Being and Attitudes. Mindfulness, 2019,10(3):506-515.

Jiang, Jianwu and Wang, Rong. WANT ENGAGED TEMPORARY AGENCY WORKERS? THINK BEYOND THE MONEY. Social Behavior and Personality, 2018,46(6):1029-1042.

Wang, Rong, Chan, Darius Kwan Shing, Goh, Yong Wah, Penfold, Melissa, Harper, Timothy and Weltewitz, Tim. Humor and workplace stress: A longitudinal comparison between Australian and Chinese employees. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2018,56(2):175-195.

Zeng, Xianglong, Wang, Rong, Chan, Vivian Y. L., Oei, Tian P.S., and Leung, Freedom Y.K. The Development of the Difficulties During Meditation Involving Immeasurable Attitudes Scale. Mindfulness, 2019,10(5):812-823.

Wang, Jianghui, Wang, Rong, Lee, Jiahui…and He, Yan. Public Attitudes toward Gene Therapy in China. Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2017,6(C):40-42.

Zhang, Heyun, Chen, Sisi, Wang, Rong, Jiang, Jiang, Xu, Yan and Zhao, Huanhuan. How Upward Moral Comparison Influences Prosocial Behavioral Intention: Examining the Mediating Role of Guilt and the Moderating Role of Moral Identity. Frontiers in Psychology, 2017,8(Sep):1554.

Jiang, Jiang, Zeng, Taoran, Zhang, Chong and Wang, Rong. The mediating role of relatedness need satisfaction in the relationship between charitable behavior and well-being: Empirical evidence from China. International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie, 2016,53(5):349-355.

Wang, Rong, Liu, Hongyun, Jiang, Jiang and Song, Yue. Will materialism lead to happiness? A longitudinal analysis of the mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 2017,105:312-317.

Sun, Ying, Wang, Rong, Xu, Yayi and Jiang, Jiang. Will recalling a purchase increase your well-being? The sequential mediating roles of postpurchase sharing and relatedness need satisfaction. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2019,22(4),391-400.

2. Peer Reviewed Chinese Journal Publications

Wang, Xin, Wang, Rong, Zhi, Jing and Liu, Gengsheng. The Research on the O2O Mode of Ideological and Political Education in Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of Internet Plus[J]. Contemporary Youth Research, 2018(06):49-54 (in Chinese).

Wang, Rong. Effects of Ethical Leadership on Employees’ Occupational Well-being and Organizational Citizenship Behavior[J]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2017,25(05):939-942 (in Chinese).

3.Peer-reviewed Academic/ Professional Meeting Proceedings

“Inclusive Leadership, Leader-member Exchange, and Employees’ Voice Behavior: A Dual- stage Moderated Mediating Model,” XVI European Congress of Psychology, Moscow, Russia, Jul. 2-5, 2019.

“Are You Sure about Your Supervisor and Yourself? Abusive Supervision and Employees’ Well-being: The Mediating Roles of Competence Certainty and Supervisor-acceptance Certainty ,” The Ninth International Conference of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology, Sabah, Malaysia, Jul. 25-27, 2018.

“Will You Forgive Your Supervisor‘s Wrong Doings? The Observer’s Moral Licensing Effect of Ethical Leader Behaviours,” The 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 26-30, 2018.