Dr. Helen Han-Haas

Professor
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Dr. Helen Han-Haas

Professor

Management & Marketing

Williamson Hall 3357

phone: (330) 941-1893

ghan@ysu.edu

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

  • Education
    • 2007

      Ph D, Human Resources Management

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    • 2002

      MA, Human Resources Management

      University of Minnesota

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2024

      YSU University Research Council Grant for 2024-2025

    • 2024

      Faculty Improvement Leave 2025

    • 2024

      Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2023-2024

    • 2020

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Service

    • 2020

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professor of Management

    • 2018

      YSU Research Professorship 2008-2009, 2014-2015 & 2018-2019

    • 2018

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Scholarship

    • 2016

      Faculty Advisor of YSU Chapter of SHRM

      "Superior Merit Award" 2011-2012; 2015-2016

    • 2015

      Faculty Advisor of Student SHRM

      "Outstanding Student Chapter Award " 2014-2015

    • 2015

      Department of Management

      Professor of the Year for Excellence in Teaching 2014-2015

    • 2015

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Teaching

    • 2014

      WCBA Faculty Development Release Award 2009-2014

    • 2013

      Reviewer for NSF Grant (The National Science Foundation)

    • 2013

      Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

      One of the Most Read Articles

    • 2010

      Emerald Group Publishing and the International Journal of Conflict Management

      Sample article of 2010

    • 2010

      Journal of Organizational Behavior

      Nominated as "Best Paper" Award published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior in 2009

    • 2006

      University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

      List of Excellent Teachers

    • 2006

      Academy of Management 2006 Conference, Atlanta, GA.

      Dough Nigh Award Finalist

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 2018

      "Algorithmic leadership: The future is now"

      P. Harms, G. Han

      Journal of Leadership Studies, volume 12, issue 4, p. 74-75

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 2012

      "Assessing corporate social and financial performance in China"

      D. Luethge, G. Han

      Social Responsibility Journal

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

  • Professional Service
    • 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

  • Public Service
    • Unknown

      Guest Speaker
      HR Conference (Practitioner-oriented) Sponsored by Western Reserve Chapter

    • Unknown

      Member
      HR Conference (Practitioner-oriented) Organization Committee

    • Unknown


      Collaborated with Humility of Mary Partners to address nurse shortage issue

    • Unknown

      Guest Speaker
      Ohio Dietitians Conference Super Saturday 2014

    • Unknown

      Guest Speaker
      Diversity Workshop 2013

    • Unknown


      Chinese American Association of the Greater Youngstown Area 2008