Wenjing Cai

ORCID: 0000-0002-0000-5851
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Research Areas
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Organizational Learning and Leadership
  • Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies
  • Management Theory and Practice
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Hygrothermal properties of building materials
  • Building materials and conservation
  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation

University of Science and Technology of China
2012-2024

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2017-2024

Yangtze University
2023

State Intellectual Property Office
2022

University of Copenhagen
2011

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding how entrepreneurial leadership relates workplace creativity in organizations from the compatibility perspective. Drawing on social cognitive theory, we propose that individual creative self-efficacy and team efficacy beliefs mediate relationships between creativity. This examines relationship through efficacy. Survey data were collected multiple sources, including 43 leaders 237 employees eight Chinese companies. Cross-level are...

10.1007/s10869-018-9536-y article EN cc-by Journal of Business and Psychology 2018-04-16

Scholars acknowledge the critical role of employee innovative work behavior (IWB) in facilitating organizational innovation high-tech industries. However, current knowledge is far from complete to paint a clear picture how evoke IWB Chinese industry. Many firms face challenge moving hierarchy-based leadership toward more employee-centered styles, as styles have different effects on employees' IWB. This perspective may complement and sharpen incomplete picture. Drawing dynamic componential...

10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01767 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2018-10-01

Although the positive effect of psychological capital (PsyCap) on employee performance is well documented, conditions under which PsyCap exerts most influence creativity warrant further research. Complementing and extending prior studies, we theorize examine how two critical contextual factors (supervisor support for [SSC] job characteristics) effectively activate associated with self‐reported creativity. Drawing an interactional perspective, use trait activation theory to moderating effects...

10.1111/caim.12277 article EN cc-by Creativity and Innovation Management 2018-07-30

We examined employees' green organizational identity as a mediator and climate moderator in the relationship between environmental leadership follower innovation behavior. Through collecting data (N = 313) from public organizations China at different times, we found that is positively related to behavior through increasing their identity. Meanwhile, mediating conditional on of climate. The current study aims clarify mechanism boundary condition behaviors.

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689671 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2022-01-27

Abstract Scholars and educators have acknowledged the importance of learning environment, especially creative on student creativity. However, current understanding is far from complete to paint a clear picture how environment can stimulate students’ outcomes in classroom. Drawing Amabile’s componential theory creativity, present research aims test foster undergraduate creativity through three distinct mechanisms (i.e., goal orientation, network ties, knowledge sharing). A total 431 students...

10.1007/s12144-020-00974-z article EN cc-by Current Psychology 2020-08-04

Given the increasing significance of green innovation, scholars have identified environment-oriented leader behavior as a key antecedent innovation in firms. However, despite fact that previous studies highlight all kinds benefits leaders’ voluntary workplace (VWGB) and for firms, little is known about how these VWGB could affect firm team’s product well their process innovation. To narrow this research gap, study theorizes tests effect on mediation team efficacy belief relationship. Using...

10.3390/su12083404 article EN Sustainability 2020-04-22

Although previous research has highlighted the positive effect of leaders’ voluntary workplace green behavior (VWGB), limited attention been given to empirically testing how and when such produces trickle-down effects. Taking a role model perspective drawing on social identity theory, this aims fill gap by proposing mechanism boundary conditions influencing processes whereby VWGB can trickle down employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. By theorizing moderated mediation model, current...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623687 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-04-21

Although previous studies have acknowledged that leaders’ such environmental behaviors and issues are becoming critical for long-term development, little research has focused on why, how when perceived environmentally specific servant leadership contributes to employees’ workplace friendly behavior in the hotel industry. This paper aims fill this gap by using social identity theory test green role as a mediator their corporate responsibility coworkers’ work group advocacy moderators...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.725170 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-09-23

Abstract Background The career intentions of students play a crucial role in shaping the growth hospitality and tourism industry. Previous research underlines significance future work self predicting outcomes related to one’s career. However, there is limited knowledge regarding precise ways, timing, conditions under which undergraduate can enhance their employability. Methods This paper aims address existing gap by employing construction theory self-determination propose moderated mediation...

10.1186/s40359-024-01530-1 article EN cc-by BMC Psychology 2024-03-18

Knowledge workers or “the creative class” are viewed as core to the competitiveness of a firm in knowledge-based economy. The present study examines effect job autonomy onthe creativity knowledge workers, compared with effects creativepersonality.With help moderated multiple regression modeling and based on 267 samples, this paper studies crucial influencing factors that affect individual innovative performance how moderate creativie personalitys hope do some contributions improvement...

10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820130602.1045 article EN International Business Management 2013-05-31

Despite accumulated evidence from previous studies that green creativity is highly emphasized in various industries, limited research has been conducted the context of public sectors. Drawing on dynamic componential model and innovation organizations, this paper aims to propose sequentially test relationship between training employees' through values intrinsic motivation. Based data collected Chinese sectors (N = 464) at two different time points, results indicate positively related...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.759548 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-12-08

Although past research has acknowledged that participative leadership enhances creativity, how and when this link develops remain an underexplored topic. Based on social cognitive theory exchange theory, our study explores two mechanisms, i.e., creative self-efficacy as a motivational mechanism supervisor-subordinate guanxi exchange-based mechanism, which simultaneously mediates the relationship between employee creativity. Using multisource time-lagged data from 409 employees 97 supervisors...

10.1080/1359432x.2020.1864329 article EN European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2020-12-31

Abstract With the growing interest in joint effects of individual and contextual factors predicting team member proactivity, this paper examines why when pursuing one's career calling can lead to proactivity. Drawing on Work as a Calling Theory, we propose that “living out calling” explains employees' perceived positively relates proactivity especially employee receives high levels mentoring support. Our hypotheses are tested using multisource time‐lagged study design with sample 296 dyads...

10.1111/apps.12340 article EN other-oa Applied Psychology 2021-07-24

Abstract Although scholars and practitioners have highlighted the significance of students’ attitudes for their future employment, few empirical examinations attempted to determine potential association between orientation perceived employability. Thus, drawing on career construction theory, we test positive effect employability by exploring mediator problem-based learning moderators job market knowledge proactive personality. Collecting our data via a time-lagged design (N = 368), found...

10.1007/s12144-022-03769-6 article EN cc-by Current Psychology 2022-10-13

Although recent literature has highlighted the critical role of resilience in creativity literature, existing findings have failed to indicate processes through which contributes at graduate level. The current study fills this gap by hypothesizing influence team on a sequential mediating mechanism. A time lagged research was conducted, and sample 201 undergraduate students their teacher filled out questionnaires three different points (with 2-week intervals). After aggregating data level, we...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.604692 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-06-10

Background Workplace loneliness has become a prevalent experience among employees in organizations; however, there is limited empirical research on how leaders can address and mitigate this issue. Drawing upon self-determination theory empowering leadership theory, study examines the impact of workplace by exploring mediator role breadth self-efficacy moderator leader–member conversational quality. Methods A time-lagged design was used, collecting data through two-wave online survey...

10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1387624 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2024-06-17

This study seeks to examine how and when job crafting trickles down from leaders followers in a team context. Drawing on social learning theory, we hypothesize that leaders’ resources mediate the relationship between members’ crafting. Empowering leadership is proposed strengthen mediation effect, such under stronger (higher) empowering style further strengthened, thereby positively influencing overall mediated relationship. We tested our multilevel moderated model with leader-subordinate...

10.3390/ijerph17030894 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-01-31

An expanding "gig" economy has changed the nature of employment; thus, researchers have recently focused on exploring role job precariousness in workplace. However, little research attention been given to understanding why, how and when leads employees' negative behavioral outcomes service-oriented industry. In current study, we examined insecurity as a mediator affect moderator relationship between withdrawal behavior. Using sample 472 employees working Chinese hotels, found that is...

10.3390/ijerph182412999 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021-12-09

Although studies have indicated the influences of job crafting on contemporary employees' working outcomes, path from to turnover intention is still unexplored in depth. Drawing goal facilitation theory, we delineate how relates through organizational instrumentality and conditioned by inclusive leadership. We collected data 218 employees Chinese high-tech companies at two different time points submitting survey questionnaires. The results that positively their perception further decreased...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.743828 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-10-08

Although servant leadership has been acknowledged as an important predictor of employees’ behavioral outcomes in the service industry, there is still no cohesive understanding positive association between and customer-oriented behavior (COB). This research, drawing on cognitive affective processing system theory (CAPS), empirically investigates influence COB by exploring two mediators (i.e., organizational identification vitality). We conducted studies China, using a cross-sectional design...

10.3390/ijerph17072296 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-03-29
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