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Unger A, Li Z, Papastamatelou J, Bi C. Influence of social mindfulness and Zhongyong thinking style on cooperative financial decision making in a Western sample. Psych J 2024. [PMID: 38778563 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Social mindfulness and Zhongyong thinking style are of high importance when evaluating relevant co-actors in the social world. The current study investigates the influence of social mindfulness and Zhongyong thinking style on cooperative financial decision making in a public goods game among a Canadian sample. We hypothesize that higher perceived social mindfulness and higher perceived Zhongyong thinking style will increase the amount of money contributed to a joint project in a public goods game. The sample was a prolific-based online recruited sample of n = 125 Canadians. We observed a significant main effect of Zhongyong thinking style on the amount of contributed money in the public goods game. Social mindfulness did not reach significance. The influence of Zhongyong thinking style was qualified by a significant Zhongyong by gender interaction, indicating that females but not males reduced their contributions if the Zhongyong thinking style of the co-actor was manipulated as being low. It is shown that Zhongyong thinking style is also relevant in a Western cultural setting. Future research is needed, however, to investigate further the reasons for the differences between females and males.
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- Alexander Unger
- East Asia Institute, Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Mental Health Education Center, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China
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- Study Program of Business Psychology, University of Applied Management Studies (HdWM), Mannheim, Germany
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- Research Center for Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Gao R, Huang S, Yao Y, Liu X, Zhou Y, Zhang S, Cai S, Zuo H, Zhan Z, Mo L. Understanding Zhongyong Using a Zhongyong Approach: Re-examining the Non-linear Relationship Between Creativity and the Confucian Doctrine of the Mean. Front Psychol 2022; 13:903411. [PMID: 35783697 PMCID: PMC9240665 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zhongyong, a central theme of Confucian thought, refers to the “doctrine of the mean,” or the idea that moderation in all things is the optimal path. Despite considerable interest in the relationship between zhongyong and creativity, especially in China, studies of this relationship have not yielded consistent results. Based on a review of the literature, we hypothesized that this inconsistency arises from the dual nature of zhongyong itself, which has both a positive side, promoting creativity, and a negative side, inhibiting creativity. We also hypothesized that the negative side of zhongyong takes the form of excessive zhongyong. Indeed, the observations that every coin has two sides and that too much of a good thing is as bad as too little are core principles of zhongyong in traditional Chinese culture. To test these hypotheses, we conducted two empirical studies (measuring explicit and implicit zhongyong personality, respectively) to examine the relationships between positive and negative zhongyong and creativity (measured in terms of creative personality, divergent thinking, and convergent thinking). The results of both studies revealed an interaction between positive zhongyong and negative zhongyong, indicating that only a moderate level of zhongyong is conducive to creativity; both deficiency and excess are harmful. We discuss the implications of these results, suggesting that a zhongyong approach can help to clarify non-linear relationships between things, and recommending to re-assess the creativity of Chinese culture from a neutral and objective outlook. This paper deepens understanding of zhongyong and offers clear insights into creativity from an in-depth cultural perspective.
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- Ruixiang Gao
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Information Technology in Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Teacher Development, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institution for Teachers' Professional Ethics and Virtues Building (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Huang Zuo
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- School of Information Technology in Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Zehui Zhan
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Lei Mo
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Wang Q, Tu R, Jiang Y, Hu W, Luo X. Teasing and Internet Harassment among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Envy and the Moderating Role of the Zhong-Yong Thinking Style. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19095501. [PMID: 35564895 PMCID: PMC9100652 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Extant research studies have documented that teen victims of traditional bullying are more likely to be perpetrators of Internet harassment. Teasing is a typical form of verbal bullying, but, unfortunately, its link with Internet harassment perpetration has rarely been investigated to date. Therefore, this study constructed two moderated mediation models to explore the relation between weight-related/competency-related teasing (the two main types of teasing) and Internet harassment, and whether these associations are mediated by envy and moderated by the Zhong-Yong thinking style. A total of 1811 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 13.22 years, SD = 0.97) were investigated to examine the two models. The results clarified that: (1) weight-related/competency-related teasing was positively predictive of adolescent Internet harassment; (2) envy acted a partially mediating role in the associations between weight-related/competency-related teasing and Internet harassment; (3) the Zhong-Yong thinking style not only moderated the link between weight-related/competency-related teasing and envy, with the effect being more profound for a high-level Zhong-Yong thinking style possessed by adolescents, but also moderated the direct link between competency-related teasing and Internet harassment, with the relation being more potent when the level of Zhong-Yong thinking style was low. Nevertheless, the direct link between weight-related teasing and Internet harassment was not moderated by the Zhong-Yong thinking style. These findings are important to comprehend the psychological mechanisms linking weight-related/competency-related teasing to Internet harassment, and provide some enlightenment for preventing and intervening in adolescent Internet harassment perpetration.
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- Qiong Wang
- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; (Q.W.); (R.T.); (X.L.)
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; (Q.W.); (R.T.); (X.L.)
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China;
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- Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Correspondence:
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; (Q.W.); (R.T.); (X.L.)
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Pian Q, Zhang L, Zhang L, Li C. The cultural drive of innovative behavior: cross-level impacts of Leader-Employee’s Zhong-Yong orientation. INNOVATION-ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2022.2064470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Qianya Pian
- School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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Sayibu M, Chu J, Tosin Yinka A, Rufai OH, Shahani R, Jin MA. COVID-19 smart surveillance: Examination of Knowledge of Apps and mobile thermometer detectors (MTDs) in a high-risk society. Digit Health 2022; 8:20552076221132092. [PMID: 36420316 PMCID: PMC9677298 DOI: 10.1177/20552076221132092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 08/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Technological innovations gained momentum and supported COVID-19 intelligence surveillance among high-risk populations globally. We examined technology surveillance using mobile thermometer detectors (MTDs), knowledge of App, and self-efficacy as a means of sensing body temperature as a measure of COVID-19 risk mitigation. In a cross-sectional survey, we explored COVID-19 risk mitigation, mobile temperature detectable by network syndromic surveillance mobility, detachable from clinicians, and laboratory diagnoses to elucidate the magnitude of community monitoring. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, we create in-depth comprehension of risk mitigation, mobile temperature Thermometer detector, and other variables for surveillance and monitoring among 850 university students and healthcare workers. An applied structural equation model was adopted for analysis with Amos v.24. We established that mobile usability knowledge of APP could effectively aid in COVID-19 intelligence risk mitigation. Moreover, both self-efficacy and mobile temperature positively strengthened data visualization for public health decision-making. RESULTS The algorithms utilize a validated point-of-center test to ascertain the HealthCode scanning system for a positive or negative COVID-19 notification. The MTD is an alternative personal self-testing procedure used to verify temperature rates based on previous SARS-CoV-2 and future mobility digital health. Personal self-care of MTD mobility and knowledge of mHealth apps can specifically manage COVID-19 mitigation in high or low terrestrial areas. We found mobile usability, mobile self-efficacy, and app knowledge were statistically significant to COVID-19 mitigation. Additionally, interaction strengthened the positive relationship between self-efficacy and COVID-19. Data aggregation is entrusted with government database agencies, using natural language processing and machine learning mechanisms to validate and analyze. CONCLUSION The study shows that temperature thermometer detectors, mobile usability, and knowledge of App enhanced COVID-19 risk mitigation in a high or low-risk environment. The standardizing dataset is necessary to ensure privacy and security preservation of data ethics.
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- Muhideen Sayibu
- Department of Philosophy of Sciences and
Technology, University of Science and Technology of
China, Hefei-Anhui, China
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- Department of Philosophy of Sciences and
Technology, University of Science and Technology of
China, Hefei-Anhui, China
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- Department of Philosophy of Sciences and
Technology, University of Science and Technology of
China, Hefei-Anhui, China
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- Department of Philosophy of Sciences and
Technology, University of Science and Technology of
China, Hefei-Anhui, China
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- Department of medicine, Hefei First People's Hospital, The Third
Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China
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Gao H, Chen X, Gao H, Yu B. Understanding Chinese Consumers' Livestreaming Impulsive Buying: An Stimulus-Organism-Response Perspective and the Mediating Role of Emotions and Zhong Yong Tendency. Front Psychol 2022; 13:881294. [PMID: 35874407 PMCID: PMC9298487 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.881294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We built a livestreaming impulsive buying model based on stimulus-organism-response (SOR) theory, and we explored the impact of atmospheric cues (ACELS) and sales promotion (SPELS) on impulsive buying (IBI) based on emotions (EOC) and Zhong Yong tendency (ZYT) of online consumers. Combined with holistic orientation, perspective integration, and harmony maintenance, ZYT is a cognitive process involving individual events. We gathered 478 samples using a questionnaire to test the proposed research model. The empirical findings show that as the stimuli in the livestreaming environment, ACELS and SPELS during livestreaming greatly boost EOC while significantly constraining consumers' ZYT. Among online consumers, positive EOC promotes IBI, whereas ZYT dampens it. In addition, EOC and ZYT mediate the relationship between stimulus factors and response factors in parallel, resulting in four model mediation paths. By incorporating the SOR model, this study provides theoretical underpinnings for the role of cognitive processing in impulsive purchases, as well as useful guidance for e-commerce platforms and streamers to effectively understand Chinese consumers' purchase behavior, which benefits the development of effective promotion strategies and the creation of powerful marketing tools.
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- Hongli Gao
- School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Chen Y, Wei J, Zhang J, Li X. Effect Mechanism of Error Management Climate on Innovation Behavior: An Investigation From Chinese Entrepreneurs. Front Psychol 2021; 12:733741. [PMID: 34950082 PMCID: PMC8688954 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Errors are inevitable in an increasingly risky and dynamic entrepreneurial environment. The error management and the error climate perceived by the members are crucial to the subsequent innovation behaviors. Maintaining and improving the psychological capital of entrepreneurs under errors is not only the psychological activities of entrepreneurs themselves but also a critical management process in which an organization can influence the psychological factors and behaviors of entrepreneurs through error management climate. In the context of Chinese culture, this study explores the influence of error management climate on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and innovation behavior under the boundary condition of Zhongyong thinking. Two hundred ninety samples of Chinese entrepreneurs are empirically analyzed in this study, and results show that: (1) error management climate and entrepreneurial self-efficacy have significant positive effects on entrepreneurs’ innovation behavior; (2) entrepreneurial self-efficacy mediates the relationship between error management climate and innovation behavior; and (3) Zhongyong thinking plays moderating roles in the process of error management climate influencing innovation behavior. This study complements the entrepreneurship literature with its focus on error management climate as an essential antecedent of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and promotes an understanding of how Chinese practitioners promote innovative behavior from a cultural perspective.
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- Yuting Chen
- School of Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
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- School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
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- School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
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Liu Q, Zhou H, Sheng X. The Inhibitory Effect of Perceived Organizational Politics on Employee Voice Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model. Front Psychol 2021; 12:727893. [PMID: 34603151 PMCID: PMC8484633 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Research on the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of perceived organizational politics’ (POP) effect on employee voice is underdeveloped. Based on conservation of resources theory, we proposed a moderated mediation model in which organizational embeddedness acts as a mediator to explain why POP inhibits promotive and prohibitive voice. Additionally, we posited sense of impact as a boundary condition affecting this relationship. A time-lagged survey of 227 employed MBA students from a university in southwestern China revealed that organizational embeddedness mediates the relationship between POP and promotive and prohibitive voice, and sense of impact moderates the relationship between POP and promotive voice, such that the relationship is stronger when sense of impact is weaker. The moderating effect was not significant for prohibitive voice. These findings have implications for theory, practice, and further organizational research.
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- Qin Liu
- Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Wu CL, Huang SY, Chen PZ, Chen HC. A Systematic Review of Creativity-Related Studies Applying the Remote Associates Test From 2000 to 2019. Front Psychol 2020; 11:573432. [PMID: 33192871 PMCID: PMC7644781 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The study examines how the remote associates test (RAT) has been used to examine theories of creativity through a review of recent studies on creativity. Creativity-related studies published between 2000 and 2019 were retrieved from the SCOPUS database. A total of 172 papers were chosen for further analysis. Content analysis shows that research on creativity using RAT mainly concerns remote association, insight problem-solving, general creative process, test development, individual difference, effect of treatment, clinical case, social interaction effect, and predictor or criterion. The study constructs a theoretical framework based on the 4P (Product–Person–Process–Place) model and demonstrates how empirical studies using the RAT explore the individual differences, internal processes, and external influences of creative thinking. In addition, the most commonly used version of the RAT is the Compound Remote Associates Problems (Bowden and Jung-Beeman, 2003a). Current research shows a trend whereby the creative thinking process has been receiving greater attention. In particular, a growing number of studies in this field have been carried out using cognitive neuroscience technologies. These findings suggest that the RAT provides researchers with a way to deepen their understanding of different levels of creativity.
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- Ching-Lin Wu
- Program of Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Chinese Language and Technology Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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The effects of different types of social exclusion on creative thinking: The role of self-construal. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tang C, Ma H, Naumann SE, Xing Z. Perceived Work Uncertainty and Creativity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Zhongyong and Creative Self-Efficacy. Front Psychol 2020; 11:596232. [PMID: 33192942 PMCID: PMC7658366 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Research on the relationship between work stress and employee creativity has been mixed. This study on 823 female attorneys in China identifies employee creative self-efficacy and employees’ value of Zhongyong as moderators in this relationship. In this study, work stress is assessed by the perceived work uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study found that although Zhongyong, which involves an employee’s ambidextrous thinking, can be helpful for employee creativity, low levels of Zhongyong are better for employee creativity in an uncertain context such as the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the fact that high levels of Zhongyong result in an overemphasis on compromise and giving in when times are uncertain. Instead, low levels of Zhongyong will decrease employees’ concern about others’ acceptance in an uncertain environment. In addition, creative self-efficacy motivates employees to engage in creative efforts during times of work uncertainty. In sum, this study found that employee perceived work uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 enhances employee creativity when an employee’s value of Zhongyong is low and creative self-efficacy is high.
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- Chaoying Tang
- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Eberhardt School of Business, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, United States
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hou Y, Xiao R, Yang X, Chen Y, Peng F, Zhou S, Zeng X, Zhang X. Parenting Style and Emotional Distress Among Chinese College Students: A Potential Mediating Role of the Zhongyong Thinking Style. Front Psychol 2020; 11:1774. [PMID: 32849051 PMCID: PMC7399746 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Previous studies suggested that parenting style was associated with college student’s emotional distress. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of this relation in Chinese culture. The present study investigated the associations between parenting style and college student’s emotional distress (depression and anxiety symptoms), examined the mediating effects of Confucian personality-Zhongyong thinking, and explored whether gender, age, and socioeconomic status (SES) moderated the direct and/or indirect effects of parenting style on emotional distress. Results from a large representative sample of Chinese college students (n = 3943) indicated that (a) parental rejection and overprotection was positively and mildly associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms and negatively and mildly related to Zhongyong thinking. Parental warmth significantly correlated with the three variables in the opposite direction; Zhongyong thinking correlated negatively and moderately with depression, and mildly with anxiety; (b) Zhongyong thinking partially mediated the associations of parental rejection and warmth with emotional distress. Specifically, to the extent that students perceived less rejection and more warmth, they were more likely to develop Zhongyong thinking associated with decreased emotional distress; (c) gender and SES moderated the association between parenting style and Zhongyong thinking. Specifically, for students with low SES, the negative relationship between parental overprotection and Zhongyong thinking was stronger; for males and high SES students, the positive link between parental warmth and Zhongyong thinking were stronger. Results highlight the importance of researching potential effects of college student’s Zhongyong thinking within the family system in Chinese culture.
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- Yanfei Hou
- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Wei J, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Zhang J. How Does Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Influence Innovation Behavior? Exploring the Mechanism of Job Satisfaction and Zhongyong Thinking. Front Psychol 2020; 11:708. [PMID: 32457676 PMCID: PMC7227373 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Innovation behavior for entrepreneurship is known as a driving force to obtain competitive advantages. As a key quality for entrepreneurial success, the mechanism of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) acting on innovation behavior needs further verification, which has led to the primary objective of this paper via applying the Goal Self-Concordance Theory, as well as to further building a theoretical model. Two hundred forty-nine samples of Chinese entrepreneurs have been empirically analyzed in this study, contributing to the following findings. Firstly, ESE has significantly positive effects on entrepreneurial innovation behavior. Secondly, job satisfaction plays a mediating role between ESE and innovation behavior. Thirdly, Zhongyong thinking moderates the relationship between ESE and job satisfaction. The research results might deliver great value in cultivating ESE, encouraging positive entrepreneurial attitude, enhancing job satisfaction, and ultimately inspiring innovation behaviors.
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- School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
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Zhou Z, Zhang H, Li M, Sun C, Luo H. The Effects of Zhongyong Thinking Priming on Creative Problem‐Solving. JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/jocb.441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Du J, Li NN, Luo YJ. Authoritarian Leadership in Organizational Change and Employees' Active Reactions: Have-to and Willing-to Perspectives. Front Psychol 2020; 10:3076. [PMID: 32116878 PMCID: PMC7012830 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although prior studies have found the negative relation of authoritarian leadership with workplace outcome, authoritarian leadership styles are particularly prevalent in emerging markets. This study examines the effectiveness of authoritarian leadership in organizational change by considering two boundary conditions: low perceived job mobility among employees in have-to exchange situations and high cognitive trust in leaders in willing-to exchange situations. Based on a sample of 203 employees and their supervisors in 39 work teams in China, multilevel modeling identified a negative impact of authoritarian leadership on employees' active support for organizational change. However, this negative effect disappeared when perceived job mobility was low and cognitive trust in the leader was high. The findings offer insights into the prevalence of authoritarian leadership in emerging markets despite negative impressions of this leadership style (Harms et al., 2018).
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- Jing Du
- Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Zhang Y, Chen S, Li S, Zhao Q, Zhou Z, Huang F, Wang F. The use of internet language enhances creative performance. The Journal of General Psychology 2019; 148:26-44. [PMID: 31851874 DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2019.1703628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Internet language is a creative product of the rapid development of computer-mediated communication. The present study was to investigate whether the use of Internet language enhances creative problem solving. In Study 1, sixty-two selected participants were equally divided into two groups according to their use experience of Chinese Internet language, and then both more and less experienced groups were asked to complete Chinese remote associates test and Chinese chengyu riddles. Results showed that the more experienced group performed significantly better in both the creative tasks. In Study 2, forty-six participants were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group was asked to learn Chinese Internet Language, while the control group was asked to learn scientific terminology. Two groups completed the aforementioned creative tasks in pretest and post-test. Results showed that the interaction between the group and test order was significant in Chinese chengyu riddle solving, in which the experimental group had a significantly higher average score in post-test than pretest. And there was no difference for the control group. These findings supported that Internet language use benefited creative problem solving, and it might be a convenient way in the practice of promoting creativity.
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Sun C, Zhou Z, Yu Q, Gong S, Yi L, Cao Y. Exploring the Effect of Perceived Teacher Support on Multiple Creativity Tasks: Based on the Expectancy–Value Model of Achievement Motivation. JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jocb.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Central China Normal University
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Duan H, Wang X, Wang Z, Xue W, Kan Y, Hu W, Zhang F. Acute Stress Shapes Creative Cognition in Trait Anxiety. Front Psychol 2019; 10:1517. [PMID: 31440176 PMCID: PMC6694741 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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This study examined the cognitive mechanism underlying acute stress in creative cognition among individuals with high and low trait anxiety. Specifically, cognitive inhibition was assessed using the flanker task during acute stress. Fifty-two participants (26 with high trait anxiety, 26 with low trait anxiety, with a mean age of 18.94 years) underwent stress induction via the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). They all completed the Alternative Uses Test (AUT) and the Remote Associates Test (RAT) before and after the TSST. Biochemical markers (salivary cortisol and salivary alpha amylase) were recorded at regular intervals. The results showed that cognitive inhibition was influenced by trait anxiety and acute stress. In low-trait anxious individuals after experiencing acute stress, there was a lack of cognitive inhibition and they performed better in AUT (fluency), compared to before experiencing acute stress, whereas high-trait anxious individuals showed a decreased interference effect and reduced performance in AUT (fluency, flexibility, and originality). In the RAT, there were shorter response times and increased accuracy after acute stress in both high- and low-trait anxiety groups. Thus, we suggest that cognitive control, which modulates changes in acute stress, influences creative cognition. These findings provide evidence that inhibition control mediates the effect of stress on the creativity of individuals with different trait anxiety.
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- Haijun Duan
- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.,Jinyuan International School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Towards Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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