Paul Steven Hempel

Qualifications

• PhD - Industrial Relations and Human Resources (Rutgers University)
• BA - Mathematics / Economics (Reed College)

Biography

My research has broadly examined how Chinese management has evolved as China's economy develops. Where traditional Chinese management methods have been a good fit for firms engaged in low cost mass production, these traditional management methods appear incompatible with an increasing need to manage professionals and knowledge workers. Specific research topics I have published which are related to this broad issue include creativity, teams, conflict, and empowerment.

In recent years, I have devoted significant attention to managerial education. I have developed the highly successful MSc in Organizational Management, which prepares our graduates for careers as mananagement consultants. A key feature of the program is the Organizational Cunsulting Project, where student teams work on actual consulting projects for a variety of MNC, SME, and NGO clients.

Research Areas

• Global and Strategic HRM
• Management of Knowledge and Professional Employees
• Creativity (Individual and Team)
• Technology in HRM

Research Grants

"Psychological and Managerial Factors Promoting Creativity in Hong Kong and China", Competitive Earmarked Research Grant - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Amount: HK$616,880 (2007-2010), Sue-Chan, Christina, Hempel P S and Miriam Erez

"Psychological and Managerial Factors Promoting Creativity in Hong Kong and China", Competitive Earmarked Research Grant - City University of Hong Kong, Amount: HK$61,688 (2007-2010), Sue-Chan, Christina, Hempel P S and Miriam Erez

"Individual, Team and Organizational Level Influence on Creativity", Strategic Research Grant (SRG) - City University of Hong Kong, Amount: HK$180,000 (2005-2007), Sue-Chan, Christina, Hempel P S and Miriam Erez

"Knowledge Workers in Chinese Technology Organizations: Empowerment and Conflict", Competitive Earmarked Research Grant - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Amount: HK$302,000 (2003-2006), Hemper P S, Zhi-Xue Zhang and Dean Tjosvold

"Knowledge Workers in Chinese Technology Organizations: Empowerment and Conflict", Competitive Earmarked Research Grant - City University of Hong Kong, Amount: HK$30,200 (2003-2006), Hempel P S, Zhi-Xue Zhang and Dean Tjosvold

Administrative Assignments

• 2011 - Now Board of Graduate Studies Member
• 2010 - Now MSc in Organizational Management Programme Leader
• 2008 - Now College Board Member
• 2008 - Now Department Executive Committee Member

External Academic Activities

• 2016 - Now Compensation and Benefits Review - Member of Editorial Board
• 2013 - Now Journal of Management - Member of Editorial Board
• 2011 - Now Journal of Organization Behavior - Member of Editorial Board
• 2011 - Now Management and Organization Review - Member of Editorial Board
• 9/2016 - 8/2019 Lingnan University - External Academic Adviser for the Bachelor of Business Administration
• 2010 - 2015 Journal of World Business - Member of Editorial Board
• 6/2012 - 5/2014 International Association of Chinese Management Research - Asia-Pacific Representative

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

Gu, Qinxuan; Hempel, Paul S.; Yu, Mingchuan / Tough Love and Creativity: How Authoritarian Leadership Tempered by Benevolence or Morality Influences Employee Creativity. April 2020; In: British Journal of Management. Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 305-324

Ng, Ivan C.; Hempel, Paul S. / Organisational culture and the implementation of Six Sigma in Southern China. 2020; In: Total Quality Management & Business Excellence. Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 82-98

Sue-Chan, Christina; Hempel, Paul S. / The Creativity-Performance Relationship: How Rewarding Creativity Moderates the Expression of Creativity. July 2016; In: Human Resource Management. Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 637-653

Hempel, Paul S. / The developmental reviewer. July 2014; In: Management and Organization Review. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 175-181

Hempel, Paul S.; Zhang, Zhi-Xue; Han, Yulan / Team Empowerment and the Organizational Context: Decentralization and the Contrasting Effects of Formalization. March 2012; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 475-501

Hempel, Paul S.; Sue-Chan, Christina / Culture and the assessment of creativity. November 2010; In: Management and Organization Review. Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 415-435

Hempel, Paul S.; Martinsons, Maris G. / Developing international organizational change theory using cases from China. April 2009; In: Human Relations. Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 459-499

Hempel, Paul S.; Zhang, Zhi-Xue; Tjosvold, Dean / Conflict management between and within teams for trusting relationships and performance in China. January 2009; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 41-65

Hempel, Paul S. / Chinese reactions to performance feedback: Non-task attributions of feedback intentions. August 2008; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 196-219

Zhang, Zhi-Xue; Hempel, Paul S.; Han, Yu-Lan; Tjosvold, Dean / Transactive Memory System Links Work Team Characteristics and Performance. November 2007; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 92, No. 6, pp. 1722-1730

Hempel, Paul S. / Preparing the HR profession for technology and information work. June 2004; In: Human Resource Management. Vol. 43, No. 2-3, pp. 163-177

Hempel, Paul S.; Chang, Ching-yen Daphne / Reconciling traditional Chinese management with high-tech Taiwan. January 2002; In: Human Resource Management Journal. Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 77-95

Hempel, Paul S.; Kwong, Ying Ki / B2B e-Commerce in emerging economies: I-metal.com's non-ferrous metals exchange in China. December 2001; In: Journal of Strategic Information Systems. Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 335-355

Hempel, Paul S. / Differences between Chinese and Western managerial views of performance. 2001; In: Personnel Review. Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 203-226

Martinsons, Maris G.; Hempel, Paul S. / Chinese Business Process Re-engineering. December 1998; In: International Journal of Information Management. Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 393-407

Hempel, Paul S. / Designing multinational benefits programs: The role of national culture. September 1998; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 277-294

Hempel, Paul S. / Human-resource-based models of production systems. June 1996; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 43, No. 2-3, pp. 239-249

Hempel, Paul; Fay, Charles / Outside director compensation and firm performance. March 1994; In: Human Resource Management. Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 111-133

Conference Papers

Hempel, P. S.; SUE-CHAN, C. / When others benefit from my creative ideas: Goal orientation, work group structure, and creativity's effect upon performance.. June 2014; 6th International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Conference / Proceedings., 18/06/2014 - 22/06/2014, Beijing, China.

SUE-CHAN, C; HEMPEL, Paul Steven / The creativity-performance relationship: Rewarding creativity alters the expression of creativity. August 2012; Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 03/08/2012 - 07/08/2012, Boston, United States.

LEE, Jenny; Hempel, Paul / The perceptions and practices of Chinese Managers towards Performance Appraisal. December 2011; 25th Annual ANZAM Conference, 07/12/2011 - 09/12/2011, Wellington, New Zealand.

LEE, Jenny; Akhtar, Syed; Hempel, Paul / The downside of engagement in demanding jobs. May 2011; 15th Conference of the European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 25/05/2011 - 28/05/2011, , Netherlands.

SUE-CHAN, C; HEMPEL, Paul / Disentangling the novel from the useful. August 2010; 2010 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 06/08/2010 - 10/08/2010, Montreal, Canada.

SUE-CHAN, Christina; HEMPEL, Paul S. / Novelty and usefulness: Test of a two-dimensional model of creativity. June 2010; 2010 International Association for Chinese Management Research Conference, 16/06/2010 - 20/06/2010, Shanghai, China.

SUE-CHAN, Christina; Hempel, P; Kwan, J / How creativity influences performance: A comparison of measures. June 2009; ASAC 2009 Conference, 06/06/2009 - 09/06/2009, Niagara Falls, Canada.

SUE-CHAN, Christina; Hempel, P S / Creativity: A Review and Research Agenda. August 2008; 2008 Academy of Management Annual Conference, 08/08/2008 - 13/08/2008, Anaheim, United States.

SUE-CHAN, Christina; HEMPEL, Paul; KWAN, Joyce; YAO, Xiaotao / Development of a two-dimensional scale of creativity.. May 2008; ASAC 2008, 24/05/2008 - 27/05/2008, , United Kingdom.

SUE-CHAN, Christina; HEMPEL, Paul / Modeling extraordinary creativity. 2007;