Address
12-258, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Phone
+852 34426208
Fax
+852 34420309
Research Areas
Corporate wellness
Human sustainability
Proactivity
Leadership
Qualifications
PhD - OBHRM (Rotman School of Management)
MA - Psychology (University of Toronto)
BSc - Psychology (University of Toronto)
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 |
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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. August 2025; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior.
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;
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