Dr. Zhen Wang is a professor in the Department of Human Resource Management and the Department of Career Development and Management, and serves as the director of the Center for Human Resource and Leadership Development at the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China. He is the vice president and secretary general of the Association of Career Development and Management in China. He received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Economics from Peking University and his Doctorate in Applied Psychology from the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Wang’s research focuses on team effectiveness, leadership, career development and management, human resource analytics, and occupational health. He has published more than 70 papers in mainstream management and psychology journals, such as  Personnel Psychology ,  Leadership Quarterly ,  Journal of Vocational Behavior ,  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology ,  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology ,  Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology ,  Journal of Business Ethics ,  Asia Pacific Journal of Management ,  Acta Psychologica Sinica , and  Journal of Management World . His research has received support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Fund of China, and the Ministry of Education of China. Dr. Wang has provided consultation services for China Mobile, China Minmetals, China Energy Investment Group, China National Chemical Corporation, LinkedIn, and so on.

Selected Publications

Liu, S., Li, N., Wang, H., Wang, Z., Du, J. (2024). Is an informal leader always popular? The curvilinear relationships between informal leadership, threat to peers, and helping from peers.  Asia Pacific Journal of Management , in press.

Cai, Z., Tian, Y., & Wang, Z. (2023). Career adaptability and proactive work behaviour: A relational model.  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , 96(1), 182-202.

Wang, C., Wang, Z., Chen, K. and Feng, J. (2022). Double-edged sword of perceived mastery climate on evasive knowledge hiding: the mediating roles of perceived status and perceived social support.  Journal of Managerial Psychology , 37(8), 729-745.

Wang, P., Rode, J., & Wang, Z. (2022). Linking supervisor role identity saliences to supervisor work-family support.  Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies , 29(3), 372–384.

Wang, P., Dust, S., & Wang, Z. (2021). Leader sex and employee power distance orientation as boundary conditions of the relationship between leader humility and leader-member exchange.  Human Performance , 34(5), 351-367.

Wang, P., Luo, Z. & Wang, Z. (2020). The effectiveness of family-supportive supervisors: The moderating role of employees’ collectivistic self-construal.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology , 51(6), 442-455.

Wang, P., Wang, Z., & Luo, Z. (2020). From supervisors’ work–family conflict to employees’ work–family conflict: The moderating role of employees’ organizational tenure.  International Journal of Stress Management ,27(3), 273-280.

Su, Z., Wang, Z., & Chen, S. (2020). The impact of CEO transformational leadership on organizational voluntary turnover and employee innovative behaviour: the mediating role of collaborative HRM.  Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources . 58(2), 197-219.

Yan, X., Wang, Z., Su, J., & Luo, Z. (2020). Relationship between core self-evaluation and team identification: The perception of abusive supervision and work engagement.  Current Psychology , 39, 121-127.

Wang, Z., Yu, K., Xi, R., & Zhang, X. (2019). Servant leadership and career success: the effects of career skills and proactive personality.  Career Development International , 24(7), 717-730.

Yang, F., Liu, J., Wang, Z., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Feeling energized: A multilevel model of spiritual leadership, leader integrity, relational energy, and job performance.  Journal of Business Ethics , 158(4), 983-997.

Yang, K., Zhou, L., Wang, Z., Lin, C., & Luo, Z. (2019). Humble leadership and innovative behaviour among Chinese nurses: The mediating role of work engagement.  Journal of Nursing Management , 27(8), 1801-1808.

Wang, Z., Liu, Y., & Liu, S. (2019). Authoritarian leadership and task performance: the effects of leader-member exchange and dependence on leader.  Frontiers of Business Research in China , 13(19), 1-15.

Yang, K., Zhou, L., Wang, Z., Lin, C., & Luo, Z. (2019). The dark side of expressed humility for non-humble leaders: a conservation of resources perspective.  Frontiers in Psychology , 10, 1858. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01858.

Zhou, L., Yang, K., Wang, Z. & Luo, Z. (2019). When do employees speak up under job stressors? Exploring the potential U-Shaped relationship between hindrance stressors and voice behavior.  Frontiers in Psychology , 10, 2336. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02336.

Wang, Z., Xu, S., Sun, Y., & Liu, Y. (2019). Transformational leadership and employee voice: an affective perspective.  Frontiers of Business Research in China , 13(2), 1-14.

Guan, Y., Wang, Z., Gong, Q., Cai, Z., Xu, S., Xiang, Q., Wang, Y., Chen, S., Hu, H. & Tian, L. (2018). Parents’ career values, adaptability, career-specific parenting behaviors and undergraduates’ career adaptability.  The Counseling Psychologist , 46(7), 922-946.

Yu, K., Wang, Z., & Huang, Y. (2018). Work-family conflict and organizational citizenship behavior: The role of job satisfaction and decision authority.  Frontiers of Business Research in China , 12(17), 1-13.

Yang, F., Liu, J., Huang, X., Qian, J., Wang, T., Wang, Z., & Yu, H. (2018). How supervisory support for career development relates to subordinate work engagement and career outcomes: The moderating role of task proficiency.  Human Resource Management Journal , 28(3), 496-509.

Guan, Y., Jiang, P, Wang, Z., Mo, Z., & Zhu, F. (2017). Self-referent and Other-referent Career Successes, Career Satisfaction and Turnover Intention among Chinese Employees: The Role of Achievement Motivation.  Journal of Career Development , 44(5), 379-393.

Wang, Z., Li, C., & Li, X. (2017). Resilience, Leadership, and Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Positive Affect.  Social Indicator Research , 132(2), 699-708.

Li, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, L.-Q., & Liu, S. (2016). The crossover of psychological distress from leaders to subordinates in teams: The roles of abusive supervision, psychological capital and team performance.  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology , 21(2), 142-153.

Wu, C., & Wang, Z. (2015). How transformational leadership shapes team proactivity: The mediating role of positive affective tone and the moderating role of team task variety.  Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice , 19(3), 137-151.

Liu, L., Bond, M., Guan, Y., Cai, Z., Sun, J., Yu, Q., Fu, R., Wang, Z. (2015). Parents’ music training motivation and children’s music learning achievement: An investigation in the Chinese context.  Psychology and Music , 43(5), 661-674.

Wang, Z., Tjosvold, D., Chen, Y.F., & Luo, Z.X. (2014). Cooperative goals and team performance: Examining the effects of advice network.  Asia Pacific Journal of Management , 31(3), 835-852.

Guan, Y., Guo, Y., Bond, M. H., Cai, Z., Zhou, X., Xu, J., Zhu, F., Wang, Z., Fu, R., Liu, S., Wang, Y., Hu, T., & Ye, L. (2014). New job market entrants’ future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models.  Journal of Vocational Behavior , 85, 136-145.

Liu, S., Hu, J., Li Y., Wang, Z., & Lin X. (2014). Examining the cross-level relationship between shared leadership and learning in teams: Evidence from China.  Leadership Quarterly , 25(2), 282-295.

Guan, Y., Wang, Z., Zhou, W., Liu, Y., Yue, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, H., & Liu, H. (2013). Career locus of control and career success among Chinese employees: A multi-dimensional approach.  Journal of Career Assessment , 21(2), 295-310.

Zhang Z., Waldman D., & Wang Z. (2012). A multilevel investigation of leader-member exchange, informal leader emergence, and individual and team performance.  Personnel Psychology , 65, 49-78.

Wang Z., Chen Y., Tjosvold D., & Shi K. (2010). Cooperative goals and team agreeableness personality composition for constructive controversy in China.  Asian Pacific Journal of Management , 27, 139-153.

Li, Y., Chen, J., Wang, Z., & Wang, X. (2022). Organizational communication network change and knowledge sharing behavior evolution under crisis: A tracking study based on work system big data.  Human Resources Development of China , 39(2), 94-109. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z. (2020). The antecedents and outcomes of team job crafting.  Advances in Psychological Science , 28(3), 390-404. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z., Ouyang, L., Tian, M., & Zheng, P. (2019). New wine in new bottles: the application of big data methods in team research.  Human Resources Development of China , 36(8), 18-30. (in Chinese)

Wu, J., Zhang, Y., & Wang, Z. (2018). Will employee work connectivity behavior after-hours cause work-family conflict? The effects of psychological detachment and organizational segmentation supplies.  Human Resources Development of China , 35(12), 43-54. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z., Yang, Z., Lin, S., Li, X., & Guo, J. (2017). Neuroergonomics: a new method for evaluating training effectiveness.  Human Resources Development of China , 34(8), 99-107. (in Chinese)

Chen, L., Wang, Z., Luo, N., & Luo, Z. (2016). Leader-subordinate extraversion fit and subordinate work engagement: Based on dominance complementarity theory.  Acta Psychologica Sinica , 48(6), 710-721. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z., Chen, L., & Li, X. (2015). Transformational leadership and work engagement: An affect perspective.  Management Review , 27(9), 120-129. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z., & Chen, L. (2014). The effects of leaders’ affect: An integrative perspective based on multi-level theories.  Advances in Psychological Science , 22(1), 122-129. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z., Luo, Z., & Li, X. (2013). Transformational leadership and team work attitudes: A hierarchical linear modeling study.  Journal of Applied Statistics and Management , 32(1), 100-112. (in Chinese)

Yang, F., Wang, Z., & Zhang, L. (2012). The boundary predicament in the process of employee’s career development: It is due to the mechanism or employees?  Journal of Management World , 28(11), 89-109. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z. (2012). Work engagment crossover in teams.  Advances in Psychological Science , 20(10), 1531-1537. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z., Li, X., Luo, Z., & Lin, L. (2012). The relationship between psychological empowerment and turnover intention of emotional labor workers: The mediating effect of job burnout.  Journal of Psychological Science , 35(1), 186-190. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z. (2020). Human Resource Analytics. China Modern Economic Publishing House. (in Chinese)

Wang, Z. (2015). Contemporary Career Development of University Students: Theory and Current Situation. China Modern Economic Publishing House. (in Chinese)

Xu, S., Wang, Z., & Yang, W. (2023). Personnel Assessment. China Renmin University Press. (in Chinese)

Li, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Y., & Mao, K. (2020). Handbook of Measurements in Management Research (second edition). China Renmin University Press. (in Chinese)