Publications

Scholarly Work

Peer-reviewed journals, scholarly books, case studies, and conference proceedings spanning motivation, leadership, well-being, and organizational behavior.

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Rethinking Motivation and Reward Management

What We Know and What We Do Not Know
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025

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Rethinking Motivation and Reward Management — Edward Elgar Publishing
1Wang, Z., & Briand, M. (2025). Understand the Changes in Motivation at Work: Empirical Studies Using Self-Determination Theory-Based Interventions. Behavioral Sciences, 15(7), 864. Open Access · 5-Year IF: 2.6DOI →
2Wang, Z. (2025). Unbox the Temporal Patterns of Employee Engagement: A Daily and Weekly Analysis of Needs Satisfaction, Work Motivation and Employee Well-being. Evidence-Based HRM, 13(3), 413–431. ABDC-B · 5-Year IF: 2.2DOI →
3Wang, Z., Carroll, S., & Wang, E. H. (2024). Bridging Employees' Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sense-Making for Meaningfulness, and Work Engagement. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1014. Open Access · 5-Year IF: 2.9DOI →
4Wang, Z., & Panaccio, A. (2023). Thriving in the Dynamics: A Multi-Level Investigation of Needs-Support Features, Situational Motivation, and Employees' Subjective Wellbeing. Current Psychology, 42, 23669–23686. IF: 2.6 · 5-Year IF: 2.8DOI →
5Wang, Z., & Panaccio, A. (2022). A Longitudinal Investigation of the Changes in Work Motivation and Employees' Psychological Health. Administrative Sciences, 12(4), 193. Open Access · 5-Year IF: 3.1DOI →
6Wang, Z., Panaccio, A., Raja, U., Donia, M., Landry, G., Pereira, M. M., & Ferreira, M. C. (2022). Servant Leadership and Employee Wellbeing: A Cross-Cultural Investigation in Canada, Pakistan, China, the US, and Brazil. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 22(2), 301–325. ABDC-B · IF: 2.4 · Acceptance Rate: 21%DOI →
7Wang, Z., Gao, M., & Panaccio, A. (2021). A Self-Determination Approach to Understanding Individual Values as a Boundary Condition on Employees' Innovative Work Behavior in the High-Tech Industry. Journal of Creative Behavior, 55(1), 183–198. IF: 3.33 · Acceptance Rate: 20% · Most Cited 2021–2022DOI →
8Gagné, M., Morin, A., Schabram, K., Wang, Z., Chemolli, E., & Briand, M. (2020). Organizational Crisis Moderates Relations between Leadership and Motivation: A Multi-Level Cross-Lagged Analysis. Journal of Business and Psychology, 35, 713–732. ABDC-A · IF: 4.9 · 5-Year IF: 6.7DOI →
9Donia, M. B., Raja, U., Panaccio, A., & Wang, Z. (2016). Servant Leadership and Employee Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Subordinates' Motives. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 25(5), 722–734. ABDC-A · IF: 5.4 · 5-Year IF: 8.7DOI →
10Gagné, M., Forest, J., Vansteenkiste, M., … Wang, Z. … (2015). The Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale: Validation Evidence in Seven Languages and Nine Countries. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24(2), 178–196. ABDC-A · IF: 5.4 · 5-Year IF: 8.7DOI →
11Wang, Z., & Gagné, M. (2013). A Chinese-Canadian Cross-Cultural Investigation of Transformational Leadership, Autonomous Motivation, and Collectivistic Value. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 20(1), 134–142. ABDC-B · IF: 4.9 · 5-Year IF: 5.7DOI →
1Wang, Z. (2027). Hellen’s Career Dilemma: Return to a Transformed Huawei? SAGE Business Case, 1–35. Accepted / In PressRecord →
2Wang, Z., & Badr, K. (2022). To Be or Not to Be? A Tale of Immigrants' Entrepreneurial Journey: The Case of Sinorama's International Tourism Empire. The CASE Journal, 18(4), 538–560. ABDC-BDOI →
3Wang, Z. (2021). Lead to Transform a Successful Organizational Change. In The Case for Women. Emerald.DOI →

2026

·Wang, Z., Hos, R., Gantasala, V., Yavuz, O., Chen, Q., Jegede, J., Zhang, M., Liu, X., Özbay, A., Olaleye, Y. L., & Waziri, B. K. (2026). A Cross-Cultural Study on Perceived Primary Goods of Life, Basic Psychological Needs, and Psychological Health in the US, Türkiye, China, India, and Nigeria. 9th International Self-Determination Theory Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, June–July 2026.Program →
·Wang, D., & Wang, Z. (2026). A Person-Centered Examination of Motivational Profiles and Employment Preferences Across Age Groups. 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, August 2026.DOI →

2025

·Wang, Z., & Zhu, G. (Chairs). Building Positive Experience for Sustainable Development [Symposium]. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, August 2025.
·Wang, E., & Wang, Z. Aligning Consumer Well-being with Employee Engagement in Value Creation with Disruptive Technologies. 85th AOM Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, August 2025.
·Gagne, O., Wang, Z., Yu, H., & Allen, D. R. Comparative Case Research on CEO Compensation: NVIDIA vs. AMD vs. INTEL. 62nd Eastern Academy of Management, Baltimore, MD, May 2025.

2024

·Wang, Z., Carroll, S., & Wang, E. H. Bridging Employees' Perceptions of CSR, Sense-Making for Meaningfulness, and Work Engagement. Eastern Academy of Management International, Taiwan, June 2024.

2023

·Wang, Z., & Briand, M. Understand the Changes in Motivation: Comparative Studies Using Theory-Based Interventions. 83rd AOM Annual Meeting, Boston, August 2023.DOI →

2022

·Wang, Z., Panaccio, A., & Wall, A. Dealing with Work Scheduling Challenges: A Complete Temporal Analysis. 10th SELF International Conference, Virtual, June 2022.
·Wang, Z., Yu, J., & Wu, H. Intel vs. AMD – A Comparative Case Analysis of 2021 CEOs' Executive Compensation. 8th Reward Management Conference, EIASM, Belgium, December 2022.

2018–2020

·Wang, Z., & Panaccio, A. (2020). A Temporal Analysis of Employees' Situational Work Motivation and Wellbeing. 80th AOM Virtual Annual Conference.DOI →
·Wang, Z., & Briand, M. (2019). Promoting High-Quality Motivation through Active Needs Support. 7th International SDT Conference, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
·Wang, Z., & Panaccio, A. (2018). Do Changes in Basic Needs Predict Changes of Employees' Well/Ill-Being via Work Motivation? 78th AOM Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

2012–2017

·Wang, Z., & Panaccio, A. (2017). Thriving at Work: A Multi-Level Investigation of Employees' Work Motivation and Daily Wellbeing. 77th AOM Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
·Wang, Z., Panaccio, A., Landry, G., & Donia, M. (2017). Servant Leadership and Employees' Wellbeing. 18th EAWOP Congress, Dublin, Ireland.
·Wang, Z., Panaccio, A., Landry, G., & Usman, R. (2015). Servant Leadership and Self-Determined Motivation. 17th EAWOP Congress, Oslo, Norway.
·Wang, Z., & Gagné, M. (2013). Mapping the Moment-to-Moment Motivation and Wellbeing at Work. 5th International SDT Conference, Rochester, NY.
·Wang, Z., & Gagné, M. (2012). How Do Transformational Leaders Motivate? A Cross-Cultural Investigation. 73rd AOM Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
1Gagne, O., & Wang, Z. (2025). Comparative Case on Three US Technology Firms' CEO Compensation. Submitted to Southeast Case Research Journal, June 2025. Under Review