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Prof. CHENG Bonnie Hayden (陳浩然教授)

PhD - OBHRM (Rotman School of Management)
MA - Psychology (University of Toronto)
BSc - Psychology (University of Toronto)

Head (MGT)
Professor

Contact Information

E-mail:
Address:	12-258, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building City University of Hong Kong
Phone:	+852 34426208
Fax:	+852 34420309
bonnie.cheng@cityu.edu.hk

Research Areas

Corporate wellness
Human sustainability
Proactivity
Leadership

Awards

Award Title	Institution
SIOP International Research and Collaboration Small Grant	Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
Teaching Innovation Award (Individual)	HKU Business School, University of Hong Kong
HR Division Scholarship	Academy of Management
Champion for Women Finalist: Women of Influence	American Chamber of Commerce
Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper Award	Academy of Management
Best Reviewer Award	Academy of Management Journal
Knowledge Exchange Award	HKU Business School, University of Hong Kong
Women of Wellness Award: Corporate Wellness	Liv Magazine
Best Paper Award, OB Division	Australia/New Zealand Academy of Management
Outstanding Reviewer Award, OB Division	Academy of Management

Selected Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews
Barnett, Michael L.; Cabral, Sandro; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Heugens, Pursey; Rajwani, Tazeeb / Crafting Credible and Compelling Conceptual Contributions. November 2025; In: Academy of Management Perspectives. Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 521-527 Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Zhou, Yaxian; Sonnentag, Sabine / Starting a Proactive Workday by Reattaching to Work: How Reattachment and Supervisor Support for Self-Management Prompt Daily Proactivity. November 2025; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1324-1345 Zhou, Yaxian; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / The Power of Acceptance: How and When Acceptance Influences Anxiety and Performance at Work. June 2025; In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 156-175 Erdogan, Berrin; Kudret, Selin; Campion, Emily D.; Bauer, Talya N.; McCarthy, Julie; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / Under Pressure: Employee Work Stress, Supervisory Mentoring Support, and Employee Career Success. March 2025; In: Personnel Psychology. Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 123-144 Li, Yolanda Na; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Yu, Bingjie; Zhu, Julie N. Y. / Let's get physical! A time-lagged examination of the motivation for daily physical activity and implications for next-day performance and health. June 2024; In: Personnel Psychology. Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 917-955 Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Zhou, Yaxian; Chen, Fangyuan / You've got mail! How work e-mail activity helps anxious workers enhance performance outcomes. August 2023; In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. Vol. 144 Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Li, Yolanda Na / To improve your work performance, get some exercise: New research shows daily physical activity can even impact your creativity the next day.. May 2023; In: Harvard Business Review. Vol. Digital Articles Wong, Man-Nok; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Lam, Leon Wai-Yuan; Bamberger, Peter A. / PAY TRANSPARENCY AS A MOVING TARGET: A MULTISTEP MODEL OF PAY COMPRESSION, I-DEALS, AND COLLECTIVIST SHARED VALUES. April 2023; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 489-520 Meister, Alyson; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Dael, Nele ; Krings, Franciska / How to Recover from Work Stress, According to Science. July 2022; In: Harvard Business Review. Vol. Digital Articles Sonnentag, Sabine; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Parker, Stacey L. / Recovery from Work: Advancing the Field Toward the Future. 2022; In: Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. Vol. 9, pp. 33-60 Ouyang, Kan; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Lam, Wing; Parker, Sharon K. / Enjoy your evening, be proactive tomorrow: How Off-Job experiences shape daily proactivity. August 2019; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 104, No. 8, pp. 1003-1019 Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; McCarthy, Julie M. / Understanding the dark and bright sides of anxiety: A theory of workplace anxiety. May 2018; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 103, No. 5, pp. 537-560 Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; McCarthy, Julie M. / A Theory of WORKPLACE ANXIETY. 2018; In: Rotman Management Magazine. Vol. 2018, No. Fall, pp. 56-61 McCarthy, Julie M.; Trougakos, John P.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / Are anxious workers less productive workers? It depends on the quality of social exchange. February 2016; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 279-291 Trougakos, John P.; Beal, Daniel J.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Hideg, Ivona; Zweig, David / Too drained to help: A resource depletion perspective on daily interpersonal citizenship behaviors. 2015; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 227-236 Trougakos, John P.; Hideg, Ivona; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Beal, Daniel J. / Lunch breaks unpacked: The role of autonomy as a moderator of recovery during lunch. April 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 405-421 Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; McCarthy, Julie M. / Managing work, family, and school roles: Disengagement strategies can help and hinder. July 2013; In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 241-251 Côté, Stéphane; Kraus, Michael W.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Oveis, Christopher; van der Löwe, Ilmo; Lian, Hua; Keltner, Dacher / Social Power Facilitates the Effect of Prosocial Orientation on Empathic Accuracy. August 2011; In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 217-232 Piff, Paul K.; Kraus, Michael W.; Côté, Stéphane; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Keltner, Dacher / Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior. November 2010; In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 99, No. 5, pp. 771-784

Journal Publications and Reviews

Barnett, Michael L.; Cabral, Sandro; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Heugens, Pursey; Rajwani, Tazeeb / Crafting Credible and Compelling Conceptual Contributions. November 2025; In: Academy of Management Perspectives. Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 521-527
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Zhou, Yaxian; Sonnentag, Sabine / Starting a Proactive Workday by Reattaching to Work: How Reattachment and Supervisor Support for Self-Management Prompt Daily Proactivity. November 2025; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1324-1345
Zhou, Yaxian; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / The Power of Acceptance: How and When Acceptance Influences Anxiety and Performance at Work. June 2025; In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 156-175
Erdogan, Berrin; Kudret, Selin; Campion, Emily D.; Bauer, Talya N.; McCarthy, Julie; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / Under Pressure: Employee Work Stress, Supervisory Mentoring Support, and Employee Career Success. March 2025; In: Personnel Psychology. Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 123-144
Li, Yolanda Na; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Yu, Bingjie; Zhu, Julie N. Y. / Let's get physical! A time-lagged examination of the motivation for daily physical activity and implications for next-day performance and health. June 2024; In: Personnel Psychology. Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 917-955
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Zhou, Yaxian; Chen, Fangyuan / You've got mail! How work e-mail activity helps anxious workers enhance performance outcomes. August 2023; In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. Vol. 144
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Li, Yolanda Na / To improve your work performance, get some exercise: New research shows daily physical activity can even impact your creativity the next day.. May 2023; In: Harvard Business Review. Vol. Digital Articles
Wong, Man-Nok; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Lam, Leon Wai-Yuan; Bamberger, Peter A. / PAY TRANSPARENCY AS A MOVING TARGET: A MULTISTEP MODEL OF PAY COMPRESSION, I-DEALS, AND COLLECTIVIST SHARED VALUES. April 2023; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 489-520
Meister, Alyson; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Dael, Nele ; Krings, Franciska / How to Recover from Work Stress, According to Science. July 2022; In: Harvard Business Review. Vol. Digital Articles
Sonnentag, Sabine; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Parker, Stacey L. / Recovery from Work: Advancing the Field Toward the Future. 2022; In: Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. Vol. 9, pp. 33-60
Ouyang, Kan; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Lam, Wing; Parker, Sharon K. / Enjoy your evening, be proactive tomorrow: How Off-Job experiences shape daily proactivity. August 2019; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 104, No. 8, pp. 1003-1019
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; McCarthy, Julie M. / Understanding the dark and bright sides of anxiety: A theory of workplace anxiety. May 2018; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 103, No. 5, pp. 537-560
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; McCarthy, Julie M. / A Theory of WORKPLACE ANXIETY. 2018; In: Rotman Management Magazine. Vol. 2018, No. Fall, pp. 56-61
McCarthy, Julie M.; Trougakos, John P.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / Are anxious workers less productive workers? It depends on the quality of social exchange. February 2016; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 279-291
Trougakos, John P.; Beal, Daniel J.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Hideg, Ivona; Zweig, David / Too drained to help: A resource depletion perspective on daily interpersonal citizenship behaviors. 2015; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 227-236
Trougakos, John P.; Hideg, Ivona; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Beal, Daniel J. / Lunch breaks unpacked: The role of autonomy as a moderator of recovery during lunch. April 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 405-421
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; McCarthy, Julie M. / Managing work, family, and school roles: Disengagement strategies can help and hinder. July 2013; In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 241-251
Côté, Stéphane; Kraus, Michael W.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Oveis, Christopher; van der Löwe, Ilmo; Lian, Hua; Keltner, Dacher / Social Power Facilitates the Effect of Prosocial Orientation on Empathic Accuracy. August 2011; In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 217-232
Piff, Paul K.; Kraus, Michael W.; Côté, Stéphane; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden; Keltner, Dacher / Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior. November 2010; In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 99, No. 5, pp. 771-784

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
McCarthy, Julie M.; Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / Through the looking glass: Employment interviews from the lens of job candidates. January 2014; The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search. pp. 329-357

Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies
Cheng, Bonnie Hayden / The Return on Kindness: How Kind Leadership Wins Talent, Earns Loyalty, and Builds Successful Companies. September 2023;

Prof. CHENG Bonnie Hayden (陳浩然教授)

Head (MGT)Professor

Contact Information

Research Areas

Awards

Selected Publications

Head (MGT)
Professor