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.

Guest Editor · Submissions Open

Algorithmic Management and Multi-Stakeholder Well-Being: Integrating HR and Marketing Perspectives on Work, Innovation, and Consumer Experience

Administrative Sciences (MDPI) · ISSN 2076-3387 · Open Access

A Special Issue connecting algorithmic management in HRM with AI-enabled marketing, treating employees and consumers as interdependent stakeholders in one algorithmically mediated system.

Impact Factor 3.9 CiteScore 6.6 JCR Q2 Management Abstracts due 30 Nov 2026 Manuscripts due 30 Aug 2027

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Guest Editor · Completed

Work Motivation, Engagement, and Psychological Health

Behavioral Sciences (MDPI), Organizational Behaviors section · ISSN 2076-328X · Open Access

Fifteen peer-reviewed papers on motivational profiles, changes in motivation over time, flexible work, training interventions, and the links between motivation and psychological health.

15 papers published 48,500+ views Impact Factor 3.2 CiteScore 4.1 Closed 30 Nov 2025

Issue Overview →MDPI Page →

1Gagne, O., & Wang, Z. (2025). Comparative Case on Three US Technology Firms' CEO Compensation. Submitted to Southeast Case Research Journal, June 2025. Under Review