Faculty Members

REFERRED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Wang, S., Liden, R. C., Liu, H., Li, Y., & Wang, H. (2025). The curvilinear effect of newcomer ingratiation on leader–member exchange: A dual-pathway model of supervisor attributions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110(11), 1463-1489. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001292
• Huang, L., Paterson, T. A., & Wang, S*. (2024). Identity-consistent self-image maintenance following leader abuse: Integrating self-presentation and self-concept orientation perspectives. Journal of Management, 50(4), 1361-1392. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221132794 (*Corresponding author)
• Liu, H., Liu, Y., Chiang, J. T. J., Wang, S., & Wang, H. (2024). When self-love is threatened: Adopting a dual-type view to understand leader narcissism and its impacts on LMX and newcomer work outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 77(2), 411-439. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12555
• Dust, S. B., Liu, H., Wang, S., & Reina, C. (2022). The effect of mindfulness and job demands on motivation and performance trajectories across the workweek: An entrainment theory perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(2), 221 –239. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000887
• Li, R., Wang, S.*, & Wang, H. (2022). Leader humility and team creativity: The role of team creative efficacy and task interdependence. Journal of General Management, 47(4), 246–258. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070211035766 (*Corresponding author)
• Liu, H., Chiang, J. T.-J., Fehr, R., Xu, M., & Wang, S. (2017). How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(11), 1590-1599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000237  

BOOK CHAPTERS 

• Wang, S., Sun, J., & Liden, R. C. (2016). Leader-Member Exchange (LMX). In Oxford Bibliographies ScholarOne Books. Oxford University Press.
• Kluemper, D. H., Mitra, A., & Wang, S.* (2016). Social Media use in HRM. In M. Ronald Buckley, Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben, & Anthony R. Wheeler (Eds.), Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management (Volume 34). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., p. 153-207.  (* The second and third authors contributed equally.) [Winner: Outstanding Author Contribution in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.]

 2024-2026, Principal Investigator

The impact of workplace gossip on newcomers’ attitudes and behaviors toward supervisor and organization: The moderating effect of newcomers’ attribution, Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF Grant#:12503123). 

• Huang, S., Wang, S., Mitra, A. & Erdogan, B. (2026). Finding the Balance: How and When Employees Perceive Leader-member Exchange Differentiation as Contribution-based. In Rethinking Leader–Member Exchange in Social Context: Comparisons, Signals, and Boundaries. Symposium conducted at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Wang, S. & Kluemper, D. H. (2025). The Impact of Leader Work Competence on Employees: From a Social Structure Perspective. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Huang, S., Wang, S., & Mitra, A. (2025). The Legitimacy Evaluation of Leader-Member Exchange Differentiation: A Norm-Based Approach. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Wang, S. & Kluemper, D. H. (2025). Feeling contempt to leaders: Taking a social structure perspective to understand the relationship between leader work competence and employee contempt. Roundtable conducted at the 11^th IACMR Biennial Conference, Xi’an, China.
• Wang, S., Huang, S., & Wayne, S. J. (2024). Impact of team variability in members’ performance on LMX differentiation and leadership outcomes. Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
• Wang, S., Ji, X., & Kluemper, D. H. (2024). Feeling contempt to leaders: Taking a social structure perspective to understand the relationship between leader work competence and employee contempt. Paper presented at Navigating New Horizons: Management Research in the Greater Bay Area, hosted by the School of Management and Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.
• Wang, S., Huang, S., Kim, T. Y., Wu, W., & Wang, H. (2024). Benefiting team performance while hurting leadership effectiveness: The two-stage moderated mediation model of leader-member exchange differentiation. Paper presented at the 13th AAOM and 2024 TAOM conferences, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. [Winner: Best Micro Paper Award (Finalist)]
• Huang, S. & Wang, S. (2023). The Curvilinear Effect of Leader-Member Exchange Differentiation: How Perceived Team Political Climate Influences Employees’ Perception of LMXD Legitimacy. Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
• Wang, Y., Liu Z., Wang, S. & Wang, M. (2023). The interactive effect of leaders’ gender and promotion speed on their derogation of subordinates’ promotability. In E. Xu (Organizers), New Insights on Gender Differences in the Workplace. Symposium conducted at the 10^th IACMR Biennial Conference, Hong Kong, China.
• Huang, S. & Wang, S. (2022). How Subordinates Evaluate and Respond to the Legitimacy of Leader-Member Exchange Differentiation. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, United States.
• Wang, Y., Liu Z., Wang, S., & Wang, M. (2022). The Interactive Effect of Supervisors’ Gender and Promotion Speed on Their Derogation of Subordinates’ Promotability. In R. Goodwin & J.B. Carnevale (Organizers), Gender and Leadership: Exploring Novel Questions, Theories, and Boundary Conditions. Symposium conducted at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, United States.
• Wang, S. (2021). Employees’ Matching Process on Leader Work Competence: The Impact of Match and Mismatch Driven Contempt on Leader-Directed Behavior. Paper presented at the 9^th IACMR Biennial Conference, virtual conference.
• Wang, S., & Liu, H. (2020). Supervisors' Early Perception of Newcomer Ingratiation and Relationship Development: A Dynamic View. Paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual conference.
• Dust, S.B., Liu, H., Wang, S., & Reina, C. (2020). Mindfulness and Motivation Trajectories across the Workweek: An Entrainment Theory Perspective. Paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual conference.
• Liu, H., Chiang, J. T. J., & Wang, S. (2020). Adopting a Dual-Type View to Understand Leader Narcissism and its Impacts on Newcomers. In Y. Liu (Organizers), Socialization from Socializing: Interpersonal Influences on Newcomer Socialization. Symposium conducted at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual conference.
• Liu, H., Wang, S., & Chiang, J. T. J. (2018). Disentangling the two faces of leader narcissism on reactions to newcomers. In H. M. Trainer & Y. Liu (Co-Chairs), Leveraging an interactionist perspective to understand newcomer socialization. Symposium conducted at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, United States.
• Wang, S., Kluemper, D. H., & Williams, M. (2017). Leader work competence impacts how they are treated by followers: The impact of competence driven contempt and empathy on leader-directed OCB and CWB. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Southern Management Association, St. Pete Beach, FL, United States.
• Liu, H., Chiang, J. T. J., Wang, S., & Wang, H. (2017). The sorting game: A longitudinal study on newcomer competence and narcissistic leaders' evaluation. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, United States.
• Williams, M., Kluemper, D. H., & Wang, S. (2016). Being known: The positive direct and moderating effects of received leader perspective taking on follower performance and discretionary behavior. Paper presented at the 2017 Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference, University of Michigan, United States.
• Chiang, J.T. J., Liu H., Zhang Y., Liu S., Wang S., & Mao, J. (2016). Leading against gender stereotypes: The positively deviant effect of leader epistemic motivation. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, CA, United States.
• Sui Y., Wang, S., & Wang, H. (2015). LMX concentration, procedural justice, and performance: A new perspective on LMX differentiation. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Wang, S. & Harms, P. (2013). A new predictor of volunteerism: Psychological capital. Poster presented a the 2013 Undergraduate Research Conference at UNL, Lincoln, NE, United States.
• Wang, S. & Garbin, C. P. (2012). Generalized expectancy of success model among different career plans. Poster presented at the 2012 Undergraduate Research Conference at UNL, Lincoln, NE, United States.