Kevin Au
Biographic Data
| ID | 110728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Au |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Au |
| SIGNATURE | AU K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8716-3026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
When Does Prosocial Motivation Deliver? A Dual-Motivations Approach to Social Enterprise Outcomes
The impact of sociocultural context on strategic renewal
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute a multilevel, cross-national analysis of the role that sociocultural context may play to enrich the understanding of strategic renewal in family firms. The authors conceptualize sociocultural context as consisting of firm-level social contexts and national culture, and propose that: heterogeneous social contexts in family firm management, i.e. family CEO and multigenerational involvement, give ri…
Social Networks and Organizational Performance
The relationship between social networks and organizational performance has been extensively discussed in the sociology, economics, and business literature since the early 1990s. The main tenets of social network theory rest on the assumption that social networks perform an important role in procuring various assets, both tangible and intangible, to organizations and are helpful in leveraging the productivity of a firm's existing resource base. S…
Moderation Effects of Power Distance on the Relationship Between Types of Empowerment and Employee Satisfaction
Previous research concludes that empowerment is ineffective with employees from societies high in power distance. The present study examines this conclusion across three types of empowerment: discretion empowerment, psychological empowerment, and leadership empowerment (or empowerment leadership behaviors). To assess the effects of power distance on these three types of empowerment, employee surveys were conducted in Canada (a society low in powe…
Cultural Intelligence
The construct of cultural intelligence, recently introduced to the management literature, has enormous potential in helping to explain effectiveness in cross cultural interactions. However, at present, no generally accepted definition or operationalization of this nascent construct exists. In this article, we develop a conceptualization of cultural intelligence that addresses a number of important limitations of previous definitions. We present a…
Interactional justice and the fair process effect
Evaluating Multilevel Models in Cross-Cultural Research
To assess how culture influences the behavior of people, multilevel models are an immediate choice for modeling the relationship at the levels of the individual and culture. The authors propose structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the universality of psychological processes at the individual and culture levels. Specifically, the structural equivalence of the measurement (where the instrument is measuring the same construct across countries)…
Cultural variation and the psychological contract
Literature on the psychological contract has made significant contributions to our understanding of the exchange relationship between employees and their employer. However, the influence of cultural differences on perceptions of the employment relationship has largely been neglected. We propose both cognitive and motivational mechanisms through which the cultural profiles of individuals influence (a) formation of the psychological contract, (b) p…
Exploring empowerment cross-cultural differences along the power distance dimension
An Historical and Cultural Atlas of China
Cultural Intelligence
The construct of cultural intelligence, recently introduced to the management literature, has enormous potential in helping to explain effectiveness in cross cultural interactions. However, at present, no generally accepted definition or operationalization of this nascent construct exists. In this article, we develop a conceptualization of cultural intelligence that addresses a number of important limitations of previous definitions. We present a…
Cultural variation and the psychological contract
Literature on the psychological contract has made significant contributions to our understanding of the exchange relationship between employees and their employer. However, the influence of cultural differences on perceptions of the employment relationship has largely been neglected. We propose both cognitive and motivational mechanisms through which the cultural profiles of individuals influence (a) formation of the psychological contract, (b) p…
Evaluating Multilevel Models in Cross-Cultural Research
To assess how culture influences the behavior of people, multilevel models are an immediate choice for modeling the relationship at the levels of the individual and culture. The authors propose structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the universality of psychological processes at the individual and culture levels. Specifically, the structural equivalence of the measurement (where the instrument is measuring the same construct across countries)…
Exploring empowerment cross-cultural differences along the power distance dimension
Moderation Effects of Power Distance on the Relationship Between Types of Empowerment and Employee Satisfaction
Previous research concludes that empowerment is ineffective with employees from societies high in power distance. The present study examines this conclusion across three types of empowerment: discretion empowerment, psychological empowerment, and leadership empowerment (or empowerment leadership behaviors). To assess the effects of power distance on these three types of empowerment, employee surveys were conducted in Canada (a society low in powe…
Interactional justice and the fair process effect
An Historical and Cultural Atlas of China
Exploring empowerment cross-cultural differences along the power distance dimension
Cultural variation and the psychological contract
Literature on the psychological contract has made significant contributions to our understanding of the exchange relationship between employees and their employer. However, the influence of cultural differences on perceptions of the employment relationship has largely been neglected. We propose both cognitive and motivational mechanisms through which the cultural profiles of individuals influence (a) formation of the psychological contract, (b) p…
Interactional justice and the fair process effect
Evaluating Multilevel Models in Cross-Cultural Research
To assess how culture influences the behavior of people, multilevel models are an immediate choice for modeling the relationship at the levels of the individual and culture. The authors propose structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the universality of psychological processes at the individual and culture levels. Specifically, the structural equivalence of the measurement (where the instrument is measuring the same construct across countries)…
Cultural Intelligence
The construct of cultural intelligence, recently introduced to the management literature, has enormous potential in helping to explain effectiveness in cross cultural interactions. However, at present, no generally accepted definition or operationalization of this nascent construct exists. In this article, we develop a conceptualization of cultural intelligence that addresses a number of important limitations of previous definitions. We present a…
Moderation Effects of Power Distance on the Relationship Between Types of Empowerment and Employee Satisfaction
Previous research concludes that empowerment is ineffective with employees from societies high in power distance. The present study examines this conclusion across three types of empowerment: discretion empowerment, psychological empowerment, and leadership empowerment (or empowerment leadership behaviors). To assess the effects of power distance on these three types of empowerment, employee surveys were conducted in Canada (a society low in powe…
Social Networks and Organizational Performance
The relationship between social networks and organizational performance has been extensively discussed in the sociology, economics, and business literature since the early 1990s. The main tenets of social network theory rest on the assumption that social networks perform an important role in procuring various assets, both tangible and intangible, to organizations and are helpful in leveraging the productivity of a firm's existing resource base. S…
The impact of sociocultural context on strategic renewal
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute a multilevel, cross-national analysis of the role that sociocultural context may play to enrich the understanding of strategic renewal in family firms. The authors conceptualize sociocultural context as consisting of firm-level social contexts and national culture, and propose that: heterogeneous social contexts in family firm management, i.e. family CEO and multigenerational involvement, give ri…
When Does Prosocial Motivation Deliver? A Dual-Motivations Approach to Social Enterprise Outcomes
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory (3 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (3 works) · Moderation (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works)