Dr. Helen Han-Haas
Professor
Management & Marketing
Williamson Hall 3357
phone: (330) 941-1893
Bio
Guohong (Helen) Han-Haas (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is currently a Professor of Management & Marketing in the College of Business Administration at YSU where she has earned the title of Distinguished Professor. Helen is also a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Her research interests include leadership, diversity, team development, and employee attitudes and has published articles in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Industrial Relations, and International Journal of Conflict Management.
Research Interests
Leadership
Work attitudes
Personality
Team effectiveness
Creativity
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Education
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2007
Ph D, Human Resources Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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2002
MA, Human Resources Management
University of Minnesota
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Awards and Honors
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2024
YSU University Research Council Grant for 2024-2025
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2024
Faculty Improvement Leave 2025
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2024
Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2023-2024
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2020
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Service
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2020
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Professor of Management
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2018
YSU Research Professorship 2008-2009, 2014-2015 & 2018-2019
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2018
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Scholarship
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2016
Faculty Advisor of YSU Chapter of SHRM
"Superior Merit Award" 2011-2012; 2015-2016
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2015
Faculty Advisor of Student SHRM
"Outstanding Student Chapter Award " 2014-2015
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2015
Department of Management
Professor of the Year for Excellence in Teaching 2014-2015
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2015
Youngstown State University
Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Teaching
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2014
WCBA Faculty Development Release Award 2009-2014
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2013
Reviewer for NSF Grant (The National Science Foundation)
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2013
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies
One of the Most Read Articles
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2010
Emerald Group Publishing and the International Journal of Conflict Management
Sample article of 2010
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2010
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Nominated as "Best Paper" Award published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior in 2009
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2006
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
List of Excellent Teachers
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2006
Academy of Management 2006 Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Dough Nigh Award Finalist
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Intellectual Contributions
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2023
"Narcissism and Tradition: How Competing Needs Result in More Conflict, Greater Exhaustion, and Lower Performance."
P. Harms, Y. Bai, G. Han, C. Song
International Journal of Conflict Management, volume 34, p. 273-298
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2022
"Creating team ambidexterity: The effects of leader dialectical thinking and collective team identification"
G. Han, Y. Bai, G. Peng
European Management Journal, volume 40, p. 175-181
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2020
"Leaders can facilitate creativity: The moderating roles ofleader dialectical thinking and LMX on employee creative self-efficacy and Creativity"
G. Han, Y. Bai
Journal of Managerial Psychology, volume 35, p. 405-417
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2018
"Algorithmic leadership: The future is now"
P. Harms, G. Han
Journal of Leadership Studies, volume 12, issue 4, p. 74-75
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2017
"Information Technology and Employment: The Impact of Job Tasks and Worker Skills"
G. Peng, Y. Wang, G. Han
Journal of Industrial Relations, volume 60, issue 2, p. 201-223
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2016
"Do positive and negative forms of relational leadership have a nonlinear relationship with creativity"
P. Harms, G. Han
Journal of Leadership Studies, volume 10, issue 1, p. 51-52
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2016
"Team conflict mediates the effects of organizational politics on employee performance: A cross-level analysis in China."
Y. Bai, G. Han, P. Harms
Journal of Business Ethics, volume 139, p. 95-109
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2015
"How leader and follower attachment styles are mediated by trust"
P. Harms, Y. Bai, G. Han
Human Relations, volume 69, issue 9, p. 1853-1876
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2015
"Good and bad simultaneously? Leaders using dialectical thinking foster positive conflict and employee performance"
Y. Bai, P. Harms, G. Han, W. Cheng
International Journal of Conflict Management, volume 26, issue 3, p. 245-267
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2015
"Nightmare bosses: The impact of abusive supervision on employees' sleep, emotions and creativity"
G. Han, P. Harms, Y. Bai
Journal of Business Ethics, volume 145, issue 1, p. 21-31
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2012
"Recognizing Leadership at a Distance: A Study of Leader Effectiveness Across Cultures"
P. Harms, H. Chen, G. Han
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, volume 19, issue 2, p. 164-172
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2012
"Recognizing leadership at a distance: A study of leader effectiveness across cultures."
P. Harms, G. Han, H. Chen
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, volume 19, p. 164-172
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2012
"In need of each other: The moderator of task interdependence between lmx variability and justice"
G. Han, Y. Bai
Journal of Nursing Management/Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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2012
"Assessing corporate social and financial performance in China"
D. Luethge, G. Han
Social Responsibility Journal
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2010
"LMX, Job satisfaction and turnover: A mediation model."
G. Han, M. Jekel
Journal of Nursing Management/ 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, volume 19, issue 41-49
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2010
"Trust and career satisfaction: The mediating role of LMX"
G. Han
Career Development International/Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 15, issue 5, p. 437-458
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2009
"Team identification, trust and conflict: A mediation model"
G. Han, P. Harms
International Journal of Conflict Management/Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 2, issue 1, p. 20-43
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2008
"Bracketing team boundary spanning: An examination of task-based, team-level, and contextual antecedents"
A. Joshi, N. Pandey, G. Han
Journal of Organizational Behavior/John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, volume 30, p. 731-759
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2006
"Helping you out while I’m away: Examining tenure diversity, leader support and OCB in global teams."
G. Han
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings/ Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings;2006, pL1
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Professional Service
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2018 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Current Psychology -
2017 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Business Ethics -
2017 - present
Reviewer, Conference Paper
GIKA Conference -
2016 - present
Certified SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) -
2015 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Group & Organization Management -
2014 - 2014
Reviewer, Grant Proposal
Reviewer for YSU University Research Council Grant -
2012 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies -
2011 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Nursing Management -
2011 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
International Journal of Conflict Management -
2010 - present
Reviewer, Conference Paper
Western Academy of Management -
Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
International Journal of Emerging Markets -
2008 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Management Inquiry -
2007 - present
Reviewer, Conference Paper
SIOP (Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Conference -
2006 - present
Reviewer, Conference Paper
Academy of Management -
Unknown
Reviewer, Grant Proposal
Reviewer for NSF (National Science Foundation) Grant 2013
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Public Service
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Unknown
Guest Speaker
HR Conference (Practitioner-oriented) Sponsored by Western Reserve Chapter -
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Member
HR Conference (Practitioner-oriented) Organization Committee -
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Collaborated with Humility of Mary Partners to address nurse shortage issue -
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Guest Speaker
Ohio Dietitians Conference Super Saturday 2014 -
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Guest Speaker
Diversity Workshop 2013 -
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Chinese American Association of the Greater Youngstown Area 2008
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