Liu-Qin Yang, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Liu-Qin Yang, Ph.D. Department of Psychology 317 Cramer Hall Portland State University 1721 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97207-0751 Office (503) 725-3960 fax (503) 725-3904 E-mail: lyang@pdx.edu

Biography

Dr. Liu-Qin Yang is an Assistant Professor at Portland State University. She graduated with her Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida in 2009. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature in 2001 and Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology in 2004, all from Beijing Normal University, China. In addition, she worked as a part-time consultant and project manager for the public and private sectors in China from 2001 to 2004 and worked as a full-time research associate for the Human Resource Research Organization in Summer 2006.

Dr. Yang's research concerns how individuals fit with their work environments, with the ultimate goal of enhancing employees’ and organizations’ well-being. She focuses on understanding the dynamic person-environment fit process by examining the interplay of individual characteristics (e.g., emotions, self-concept, cultural background, personality), unit-level factors (e.g., departmental-level or organizational-level structure and climate), and societal aspects (e.g., cultural values or national income). In addition to person-environment fit, Dr. Yang's research interests include workplace aggression and occupational stress, quantitative methodology, and cross-cultural psychology.

Courses I Taught and Will Teach

Year 2009-2010:

PSY345 Motivation (every term); PSY410/510 Introduction to Psychological Measurement (Winter only)

Year 2010-2011:

PSY345 Motivation (Fall & Winter); PSY521/621 Univariate Quantitative Methodology (Fall only)

Year 2011-2012:

PSY345 Motivation (Fall & Winter); PSY521/621 Univariate Quantitative Methodology (Fall only); PSY510/610 Introduction to Psychological Measurement (Winter only)

Selected Publications

Yang, L. Q., Spector, P. E., Chang, C.-H., Gallant-Roman, M., & Powell, J. (In press). A longitudinal examination of workplace violence against nurses: Physical consequences and psychosocial precursors. International Journal of Nursing Studies.

Yang, L. Q., Spector, P. E., Sanchez, J., Allen, T. D., Poelmans, S., Cooper, C.L., Lapierre, L.M., O'Driscoll, M.P., Abarca, A., Alexandrova, M., Antoniou, A., Beham, B., Brough, P., Carikci, I., Ferreiro, P., Fraile, G., Geurts, S., Kinnunen, U., Lu, C., Lu, L., Morenlo-Velazquez, I.F., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Salamatov, V., Siu, O-L., Shima, S., Simoni, A.S., Tillemann, K., Widerszal-Bazyl, M., & Woo,J-M. (In press). Individualism-collectivism as a moderator of the work demands-strains relationship: A cross-level and cross-national examination. Journal of International Business Studies.

Yang, L.Q., Xu, X., Allen, T.D., Shi, K., Zhang, X., & Lou, Z. (2011). Mentoring in China: Enhanced understanding and association with occupational stress. Journal of Business and Psychology, 26, 485-499.

Nixon, A., Yang, L.Q., Spector, P.E., & Zhang, X.C. (2011). Emotional labor in China: Examining moderators and consequences of the emotional labor process. Stress and Health, 27, 289-305.

Levine, E.L., Xu, X., Yang, L.Q., Ispas, D., Pitariu, H.D., Bian, R., Ding, D., Capotescu, R., Musat, S., & Che, H.S. (2011). Cross-national explorations of the impact of affect at work using the State-Trait Emotion Measure (STEM): A coordinated series of studies in the United States, China and Romania. Human Performance, 24, 1-38.

Brannick, M.T., Yang, L.Q., & Cafri, G. (2011). Comparison of weights for meta-analysis of r and d under realistic conditions. Organizational Research Methods, 14, 587-607.

Johnson, R.E., Chang, C.H., & Yang, L.Q. (2010). Commitment and motivation at work: The relevance of employee identity and regulatory focus. Academy of Management Review, 35, 226-245.

Yang, L.Q., Levine, E.L., Xu, X., & Lopez-Rivas, G.E. (2009). Surveying via the Net vs. Hard Copy: A Cautionary Note. Ergometrika, 16, 20-39.

Bauer, J., Saboe, K., Cho, E., Yang, L.Q., Johnson, R. E., Erol, H. T., Göncü, A. , & Tan, J. A. (2009). How prevalent are the different types of organizational justice research? Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 196-198.

Yang, L.Q., Levine, E.L., Smith, A. M., Ispas, D. & Rossi, M.E. (2008). Person-environment fit or person plus environment: A meta-analysis of studies using polynomial regression analysis. (Special Issue), Human Resource Management Review, 18, 311-321.

Yang, L.Q., Che, H.S., & Spector, P.E. (2008). Job stress and well-being: An examination from the view of person-environment fit. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 81, 567-587.

Chang, C.H., Johnson, R.E., & Yang, L.Q. (2007). Strain and organizational citizenship behavior: A meta-analysis. Work & Stress, 21, 312-332.

Zhang, X.C., Yang, L.Q., Xu, X.F., & Che, H.S. (2006). The mechanisms through which negative affectivity affects work stress process. Psychological Science (in China), 29, 967-969.

Jiang, J., Yang, L. Q., & Xu, Y. (2004). The validation of Work Locus of Control Scale in China. Journal of Mental Health (in China), 18, 628-630.

Yang, L.Q. (2004). Assessment center. In Hongsheng Che (Eds). Personnel selection (in Chinese). Beijing, China: Tuanjie Press.

Wang, L., Che, H.S., & Yang, L.Q. (2003). The hierarchical taxonomy of leadership personality traits, Psychological Science (in China), 6, 101-110.

Che, H.S. & Yang, L.Q. (2002). Investigating the latent categories of the individual stock investors: A psychological perspective. Journal of Management Sciences (in China), 5(5), 23-29.

Chen, H., Che, H.S. & Yang, L.Q. (2002). The trend of research in human resource management. GuangXi Social Sciences (in China), No.6, 192-195.

Yang, L.Q., Che, H.S., & Feng, J.P. (2002). The investment expectaction of the individual stock investors in China. Economic Management (in China), No.18, 75-82.