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Overview

Cynthia Lee is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a focus on organizational behavior, social psychology, political science, and related interdisciplinary subfields. Their work addresses themes common to organizational dynamics, workplace relations, and legal processes.

Lee's recent scholarly articles include:

  • "Leader Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior and Employee Unethical Conduct: Social Learning of Moral Disengagement as a Behavioral Principle" (2020), published in the Journal of Management
  • "When and how favour rendering ameliorates workplace ostracism over time: Moderating effect of self-monitoring and mediating effect of popularity enhancement" (2020), published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
  • "Not just for newcomers: Organizational socialization, employee adjustment and experience, and growth in organization-based self-esteem" (2021), published in Human Resource Development Quarterly
  • "More depleted, speak up more? A daily examination of the benefit and cost of depletion for voice behavior and voice endorsement" (2022), published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior
  • "Is leader proactivity enough: Importance of leader competency in shaping team role breadth efficacy and proactive performance" (2023), published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee include:

  • Chia-Huei Wu
  • Guohua Huang
  • Ziguang Chen
  • Ted Thrasher
  • Sunje Hwang

Lee's publication venues illustrate their active presence in several academic journals and proceedings, such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior
  • ROSA P
  • Journal of Management

Their research topics encompass:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Team Dynamics and Performance
  • Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Workplace Violence and Bullying

Cynthia Lee has also contributed to academic book literature, including a publication titled "Murder and the Reasonable Man" (2022) released by New York University Press eBooks.

Overall, Lee's scholarly output reflects an interdisciplinary approach integrating social science perspectives with practical implications for organizational and workplace behavior as well as broader societal issues related to ethics and legal systems.

Best Publications

  • Content, Cause, and Consequences of Job Insecurity: A Theory-Based Measure and Substantive Test

    Susan J. Ashford;Cynthia Lee;Phillip Bobko

  • Effect of self-efficacy, goals, and task strategies on task performance.

    Edwin A Locke;Elizabeth Zubritzky;Cynthia Lee;Philip Bobko

  • Psychological contract and organizational citizenship behavior in China: investigating generalizability and instrumentality.

    Chun Hui;Cynthia Lee;Denise M. Rousseau

  • Self-efficacy beliefs: Comparison of five measures.

    Cynthia Lee;Philip Bobko

  • IMPACT OF PROCESS AND OUTCOME FEEDBACK ON THE RELATION OF GOAL SETTING TO TASK PERFORMANCE

    P. Christopher Earley;Gregory B. Northcraft;Cynthia Lee;Terri R. Lituchy

  • Type A behavior and faculty research productivity: What are the mechanisms?

    M.Susan Taylor;Edwin A. Locke;Cynthia Lee;Marilyn E. Gist

  • Task Conflict and Team Creativity: A Question of How Much and When

    Jiing-Lih Farh;Cynthia Lee;Crystal I. Cic Farh

  • Test of a Mediation Model of Perceived Organizational Support.

    Zhen Xiong Chen;Samuel Aryee;Cynthia Lee

  • Power-Distance, Gender and Organizational Justice

    Cynthia Lee;Madan Pillutla;Kenneth S. Law

  • Employment Relationships in China: Do Workers Relate to the Organization or to People?

    Chun Hui;Cynthia Lee;Denise M. Rousseau

  • Moderating Effects of Organization-Based Self-Esteem on Organizational Uncertainty: Employee Response Relationships

    Chun Hui;Cynthia Lee

  • Self-Appraisal in Performance Evaluation: Development Versus Evaluation

    Donald J. Campbell;Cynthia Lee

  • Job Insecurity and the Changing Workplace: Recent Developments and the Future Trends in Job Insecurity Research

    Cynthia Lee;Guohua Emily Huang;Susan J. Ashford

  • Why and when workplace ostracism inhibits organizational citizenship behaviors: an organizational identification perspective

    Chia-Huei Wu;Jun Liu;Ho Kwong Kwan;Cynthia Lee

  • Psychological ownership: How having control matters.

    Jun Liu;Hui Wang;Chun Hui;Cynthia Lee

  • Joint Effects of Group Efficacy and Gender Diversity on Group Cohesion and Performance

    Cynthia Lee;Jiing-Lih Larry Farh

  • Deviance and exit: The organizational costs of job insecurity and moral disengagement.

    Guohua Emily Huang;Ned Wellman;Susan J. Ashford;Cynthia Lee

  • Differentiating cognitive and affective job insecurity: Antecedents and outcomes

    Guohua Emily Huang;Xiongying Niu;Cynthia Lee;Cynthia Lee;Susan J. Ashford

  • The effects of gender in organizational justice perception

    Cynthia Lee;Jiing-Lih Larry Farh

  • Interactive Effects of “Type A” Behavior and Perceived Control on Worker Performance, Job Satisfaction, and Somatic Complaints

    Cynthia Lee;Susan J. Ashford;Philip Bobko

  • Task Conflict and Team Creativity: A Question of How Much and When

    Cynthia Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Ashford
Susan J. Ashford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chia-Huei Wu
Chia-Huei Wu University of Leeds
Jiing-Lih Farh
Jiing-Lih Farh China Europe International Business School
P. Christopher Earley
P. Christopher Earley University of Technology Sydney
Philip Bobko
Philip Bobko Gettysburg College
Miriam Erez
Miriam Erez Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Alexander Seeshing Yeung
Alexander Seeshing Yeung Australian Catholic University
Jon L. Pierce
Jon L. Pierce University of Minnesota
Scott E. Seibert
Scott E. Seibert University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Saija Mauno
Saija Mauno Tampere University

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