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Guo Yirong Associated Professor

Doctoral Supervisor

Position:Deputy Director of The Educational Development and Governance

Research Institute:The Educational Development and Governance

  • Phone number:(+86)18813153588
  • Email:guoyr@xmu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Renmin University of China, School of Business

Beijing, CN

Ph.D in Organizational Behavior

Sept. 2014-June. 2019

Supervisor: Professor Lynda Jiwen Song




Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications School of Economics and Management

Chongqing, CN

B.S. in Business Administration

Sept. 2009-June. 2013


OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE

University of Washington, Foster School of Business

Seattle, WA

Visiting Ph.D. in Management and Organization

Aug. 2017- Aug. 2018

Supervisor: Professor Ryan Fehr



WORK EXPERIENCE

Xiamen University, Institute of Education

Xiamen, CN

Associate Professor

Sept. 2021- present

·Preside over several national-level scientific research projects.

·Utilize quantitative research methods to analyze data related to higher education phenomena, providing evidence - based insights for policy-making and practice improvement.

·Supervise graduate students' research projects, guiding them in research design, data collection and analysis, and academic writing.

·Teach graduate and undergraduate courses such as “Mental Health of College Students”.


Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management

Beijing, CN

Postdoc in Leadership and Organizational Management

July. 2019-July. 2021

Supervisor: Professor Xiaoming Zheng



RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Digital Transformation and Psychological Impact in Higher Education

 Leadership and Psychological Well-Being in Educational Institutions

 Positive Psychology in Higher Education

 Quantitative Research Methods in Higher Education

PUBLICATIONS

Zhang, Y. J., Guo, Y. R.*, & Zheng, X. M. (2024). The impact of leader-member exchange differentiation: Beneficial or detrimental? Management Review, 36(03), 159-170. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Fehr, R., Heng, Y. T., Wang, Y., & Guo, Y. R.* (2024). They do not deserve your thanks! Witness reactions to leader-directed expressions of gratitude. Journal of Applied Psychology, online first. (SSCI, JCR-Q1, Top Journal)

Guo, Y. R., Xu, B. N., Lyu, B.*, & Chen, C. P. (2024). How social and emotional skills affect Chinese college student engagement in high-impact educational practices: A moderated mediation model. Studies in Higher Education, online first. (SSCI, JCR-Q1, Top Journal)

Bie, D. R., & Guo, Y. R. (2024). New trends in innovative development of higher education in the era of artificial intelligence. Chinese Higher Education, 36(3), 39-44. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Guo, Y. R., Chen, L. M., Gao, Z. Y., & Zheng, X. M.* (2023). The knowledge map and evolution of gratitude research: A bibliometric study of domestic and foreign literature in recent 20 years. Management Review, 35(5), 148-162. (in Chinese, CSSCI, Xinhua Digest 2023 No. 19 Excerpt)

Zhan, X. J., Zhao, X. T., Guo, Y. R.*, Li, Z. C., & Qin, X. (2023). Revenge or forgiveness? The dual-path mechanism of employee coping with experienced incivility from an attribution perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1-29. (SSCI, JCR-Q1)

Guo, J. P.*, Lv, S., Wang, S. C., Wei, S. M., Guo, Y. R., & Yang, L. Y.* (2023). Reciprocal modeling of university students’ perceptions of the learning environment, engagement, and learning outcome: A longitudinal study. Learning and Instruction, 83, 101692. (SSCI, JCR-Q1)

Zhan, X. J., Yang, W., Guo, Y. R.*, & Luo, W, H. (2023). Can patient gratitude compensate for depletion from family-to-work conflict in nurses? An experience sampling study. Personnel Review, 52 (9), 2153-2171. (SSCI, JCR-Q2)

Zhan, X. J., Guo, Y. R.*, Yang, Y., Li, Z. C., & Li, X. (2023). Why can customer incivility be contagious in the service context? A resource scarcity perspective. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 109, 103418. (SSCI, JCR-Q1, Top Journal)

Zhan, X. J., Wang, T., Guo, Y. R.*, & Zhu, Z. B. (2023). Resilient leadership: Structure dimensions, scale development and test. Management Science, 36(1), 46-61. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Guo, Y. R., Chen, L. M., Song, L. J., & Zheng, X. M*. (2021). How LMX differentiation attenuates the influence of ethical leadership on workplace deviance: The mediating role of psychological empowerment. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 693557. (SSCI, JCR-Q2)

Lin, W. P. *, Shao, Y. D., Li, G. Q., Guo, Y. R., & Zhan, X. J*. (2021). The psychological implications of COVID-19 on employee job insecurity and its consequences: The mitigating role of organization adaptive practices. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106 (3), 317-329. (SSCI, JCR-Q1, Top Journal)

Zhan, X. J., Luo, W. H., Ding, H. Y., Zhu, Y. H., & Guo, Y. R*. (2021). Are employees’ emotional labor strategies triggering or reducing customer incivility: A sociometer theory perspective. Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 31 (3), 296-317. (SSCI, JCR-Q2)

Guo, Y. R., Chen, L. M., & Zhan, X. J.* (2021). The influence mechanism of self-sacrificial leadership on employees’ job crafting. Journal of Management, 18(10), 1503-1511. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Guo, Y. R., Song, L. J., Zheng, X. M.*, & Chen, L. M. (2021). A review of gratitude research in organizational management: A multi-level theoretical model. Management Review, 33(1), 188-200. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Zheng, X. M., Guo, Y. R.*, & Liu, Z. G. (2021). Constructing the conceptual model of crisis leadership: A qualitative study based on the case of Chinese captain LIU Chuanjian. Journal of Management, 18(1), 12-21. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Chen, L. M., Guo, Y. R.*, Song, L. J., & Lyu, B. (2020). From errors to OCB and creativity: A multilevel mediation mechanism of workplace gratitude. Current Psychology, Online. (SSCI, JCR-Q2).

Guo, Y. R., Song, L. J., Zheng, X. M., & Chen, L. M. (2021). A review of gratitude research in organizational management: A multi-level theoretical model. Management Review, 33(1), 188-200. (in Chinese, CSSCI).

Guo, Y. R., Song, L. J., & Li, X. (2019). Exploring the combination of the quasi-experimental method and the experience sampling method: Application and prospect of organizational gratitude research. Human Resources Development of China, 36(01), 53-69. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Guo, Y. R., Song, L. J., & Zhu, L. (2018). An investigation of the mechanism and theoretical basis between leadership and creativity. Human Resources Development of China, 35(08), 135-150. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Guo, Y. R., Li, X. L., & Song, L. J. (2016). A study of ethical leadership on employees’ creativity: The mediating effect of intrinsic motivation and social exchange. Human Resources Development of China, (3), 19-27. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Song, L. J., Guo, Y. R., Xu, D. H., Luo, W. H., & Wang, Y. (2017). The conception and mechanism of constructive challenging behavior: A followership-based perspective. Chinese Journal of Management, 14(10), 1445-1455. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

Zhu, L., Chen, C. H., Guo, Y. R.*, Liu, J. (2020). Visualization analysis of gender and entrepreneurship research: Based on Scientometrics. Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (12), 88-102. (in Chinese, CSSCI).

Zhan, X. J., Li, Z. C., Guo, Y. R. (2020). High creativity high damage? Research on the relationship between creativity and workplace incivility from the perspective of moral licensing. Nankai Business Review, 23(06), 190-199. (in Chinese, CSSCI).

Zhan, X. J., Chen Y., Luo, W. H., Guo, Y. R. (2019). How do coworkers’ helping behaviors reduce workplace incivility: The mediating role of moral disengagement and the moderating role of moral identity. Management Review, 31(04), 117-127. (in Chinese, CSSCI)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Zhang, Y. J., Zheng, X. M., Guo, Y. R., Liu, Z. G., & Li, X. X. (2024). Flying through turbulence: Conceptualization, measure development, and validation of crisis leadership. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, US. (Best Paper Award)

Guo, Y. R., & To, M. (2018). A grateful workday makes me switch off better at home: a daily investigation of gratitude experiences and psychological detachment. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, US.

Guo, Y. R., Song, J. W., Huang, D. Y. (2017). How to reduce the anti-social behavior in organization? An example of moral leadership. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Business Research International Conference, Beijing, China.

Wu, W., Guo, Y. R., & Wang, Y. (2018). Pay-For-Performance perception and proactive behaviors: combining the social and economic exchange perspective. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Business Research International Conference, Beijing, China.

Wu, J. F., Guo, Y. R., Song, J. W., Law, K., Werbel, J., & Wang, Y. (2017). Employee participation practices in China: A person-organization fit perspective. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Business Research International Conference, Beijing, China. (Best Paper Award)

Guo, Y. R., Song, L. J., Zheng, X. M., & Chen, L. M. (2020). A review of gratitude research in organizational management: A multi-level theoretical model. The Conference of the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Xi’an, China.

Guo, Y. R., & Song, L. J. (2018). Exploring the combination of the quasi-experimental method and the experience sampling method: Application and prospect of organizational gratitude research.  Human Resources Development of China Annua Conference, Shenzhen, China. (Best Paper Award)

Guo, Y. R., Song, L. J., Huang, D. Y., & Zhang, J. (2016). An investigation of the mechanism and theoretical basis between leadership and creativity. The Conference of the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Hangzhou, China.

RESEARCH PROJECT EXPERIENCES

2023-2025

Sub-project Leader, National Social Science Foundation of China

Research on the Connotation and Construction of the Evaluation System of Higher Education Institutions with Chinese Characteristic (VIA230008), 600,000 RMB

2024-2026

Principal, National Social Science Foundation of China

Research on the Construction of Evaluation Models and Promotion Strategies for the Digital Development Maturity of Higher Education Institutions in China (CIA240228), 200,000 RMB

2021-2023

Principal, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Two sides of the same coin: A multi-level, multi-perspective and multi-method study of leader gratitude in organizational management (72002113), 240,000 RMB

2024-2026

Principal, Fujian Provincial Social Science Foundation

Research on the Double-edged Sword Influence of Leader Gratitude from the Perspective of the Emotions as Social Information Theory (FJ2024C087), 30,000RMB

2023-2024

Principal, Fujian Higher Education Reform and Research Project

Research on the Innovation and Application of College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Model Driven by Generative Artificial Intelligence (FJJG202308), 100,000RMB

2022-2025

Main Participant (Ranked Second), National Natural Science Foundation of China Research on the Structural Model, Evolution Process, Mechanism of Action and Application Development of Crisis Leadership in Organizations (72172074), 480,000 RMB

2021-2023

Main Participant (Ranked Third), National Social Science Foundation of China

Tracking Research on the Conceptual Structure and Multi-level Effects of Leader Mindfulness Behaviors in Organizations (21BGL279), 200,000 RMB

2017-2019

Principal, Outstanding Scholar Cultivation Funding Project of Renmin University, 30,000RMB

2017-2018

Principal, Graduate Scientific Research Foundation of Renmin University

Influencing factors, outcomes and spillover effects of employee emotions in the workplace (17XNH079), 5,000RMB

2019-2020

Participant, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Employee mindfulness in organizations: A multi-level tracking study of concepts, measurements, antecedents, and effects (71771133)

2016-2020

Participant, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Research on trickle-down effect of leader humility behavior from the perspectives of social learning theory and self-determination theory (71772176)

2014-2017

Participant, National Natural Science Foundation of China

A longitudinal study of the multi-level trickle-down effect of servant leadership in Chinese enterprises based on social learning theory (71372161)


TEACHING CASES

Zheng, X. M., Zhao, Z. Q., & Guo, Y. R. (2020). Flight 3u8633: Near death experience at 10,000 meters high. Harvard Business School, HBS CASES TU0115, 2020-11-06.

Zheng, X. M., Zhao, Z. Q., Guo, Y. R. (2020). Xuzhou Constructive Machinery Group. Harvard Business School, HBS CASES TU0117, 2020-12-03.

Song, J. W., Tan, H. Y., Guo, Y. R., & Zhang, J. (2016). Human resource management of "Teach for China". Management Case and Teaching Innovation Research Center of Renmin University of China.

Song, J. W., Zhang, J., Huang, D. Y., & Guo, Y. R. (2016). Research on the management of Langlib entrepreneurial team. Management Case and Teaching Innovation Research Center of Renmin University of China.

HONORS AND AWARDS

 2023, Third Prize, The 20th Jiangxi Provincial Excellent Achievements Award in Social Sciences

 2023, Best Paper Award, The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

 2021, Outstanding in Postdoctoral Exit Assessment (Unique), Postdoctoral Mobile Station of School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

 2020 and 2018, Best Paper Award, Academic Annual Meeting of China Human Resources Development.

 2017, Best Paper Award, Frontiers of Business Research International Conference

 2018, Best Paper Award and Best Reviewer Award, Human Resources Development of China Annua Conference

 2016 and 2018, National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Renmin University of China

 2014-2019, First-class Academic Scholarship, Renmin University of China

 2010-2012, National Encouragement Scholarship, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications

ACADEMIC SERVICES

 Anonymous reviewer of Acta Psychologica Sinica, China Higher Education Research, Management Review, Chinese Journal of Management (CSSCI)

 Anonymous reviewer of Journal of Business Ethics, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Studies in Higher Education, Education and Information Technologies (SSCI)

 Reviewers and members of SRHE, AOM, AAOM, IACMR