Helen Han-Haas

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Dr. Helen Han-Haas

Professor

Management & Marketing

Williamson Hall 3357

phone: (330) 941-1893

ghan@ysu.edu

Bio

Guohong (Helen) Han-Haas (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is currently a Professor of Management & Marketing in the College of Business Administration at YSU where she has earned the title of Distinguished Professor. Helen is also a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Her research interests include leadership, diversity, team development, and employee attitudes and has published articles in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Industrial Relations, and International Journal of Conflict Management.

Research Interests

Leadership
Work attitudes
Personality
Team effectiveness
Creativity

  • 2007

    Ph D, Human Resources Management

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 2002

    MA, Human Resources Management

    University of Minnesota

  • 2024

    YSU University Research Council Grant for 2024-2025

  • 2024

    Faculty Improvement Leave 2025

  • 2024

    Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2023-2024

  • 2020

    Youngstown State University

    Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Service

  • 2020

    Youngstown State University

    Distinguished Professor of Management

  • 2018

    YSU Research Professorship 2008-2009, 2014-2015 & 2018-2019

  • 2018

    Youngstown State University

    Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Scholarship

  • 2016

    Faculty Advisor of YSU Chapter of SHRM

    "Superior Merit Award" 2011-2012; 2015-2016

  • 2015

    Faculty Advisor of Student SHRM

    "Outstanding Student Chapter Award " 2014-2015

  • 2015

    Department of Management

    Professor of the Year for Excellence in Teaching 2014-2015

  • 2015

    Youngstown State University

    Distinguished Professorship Award Excellence in Teaching

  • 2014

    WCBA Faculty Development Release Award 2009-2014

  • 2013

    Reviewer for NSF Grant (The National Science Foundation)

  • 2013

    Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

    One of the Most Read Articles

  • 2010

    Emerald Group Publishing and the International Journal of Conflict Management

    Sample article of 2010

  • 2010

    Journal of Organizational Behavior

    Nominated as "Best Paper" Award published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior in 2009

  • 2006

    University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

    List of Excellent Teachers

  • 2006

    Academy of Management 2006 Conference, Atlanta, GA.

    Dough Nigh Award Finalist

  • 2023

    "Narcissism and Tradition: How Competing Needs Result in More Conflict, Greater Exhaustion, and Lower Performance."

    P. Harms, Y. Bai, G. Han, C. Song

    International Journal of Conflict Management, volume 34, p. 273-298

  • 2022

    "Creating team ambidexterity: The effects of leader dialectical thinking and collective team identification"

    G. Han, Y. Bai, G. Peng

    European Management Journal, volume 40, p. 175-181

  • 2020

    "Leaders can facilitate creativity: The moderating roles ofleader dialectical thinking and LMX on employee creative self-efficacy and Creativity"

    G. Han, Y. Bai

    Journal of Managerial Psychology, volume 35, p. 405-417

  • 2019

    "Algorithmic leadership: The future is now"

    P. Harms, G. Han

    Journal of Leadership Studies, volume 12, issue 4, p. 74-75

  • 2018

    "Information Technology and Employment: The Impact of Job Tasks and Worker Skills"

    G. Peng, Y. Wang, G. Han

    Journal of Industrial Relations, volume 60, issue 2, p. 201-223

  • 2016

    "Do positive and negative forms of relational leadership have a nonlinear relationship with creativity"

    P. Harms, G. Han

    Journal of Leadership Studies, volume 10, issue 1, p. 51-52

  • 2016

    "Team conflict mediates the effects of organizational politics on employee performance: A cross-level analysis in China."

    Y. Bai, G. Han, P. Harms

    Journal of Business Ethics, volume 139, p. 95-109

  • 2016

    "How leader and follower attachment styles are mediated by trust"

    P. Harms, Y. Bai, G. Han

    Human Relations, volume 69, issue 9, p. 1853-1876

  • 2015

    "Good and bad simultaneously? Leaders using dialectical thinking foster positive conflict and employee performance"

    Y. Bai, P. Harms, G. Han, W. Cheng

    International Journal of Conflict Management, volume 26, issue 3, p. 245-267

  • 2017

    "Nightmare bosses: The impact of abusive supervision on employees' sleep, emotions and creativity"

    G. Han, P. Harms, Y. Bai

    Journal of Business Ethics, volume 145, issue 1, p. 21-31

  • 2012

    "Recognizing Leadership at a Distance: A Study of Leader Effectiveness Across Cultures"

    P. Harms, H. Chen, G. Han

    Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, volume 19, issue 2, p. 164-172

  • 2012

    "Recognizing leadership at a distance: A study of leader effectiveness across cultures."

    P. Harms, G. Han, H. Chen

    Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, volume 19, p. 164-172

  • 2012

    "In need of each other: The moderator of task interdependence between lmx variability and justice"

    G. Han, Y. Bai

    Journal of Nursing Management/Blackwell Publishing Ltd

  • 2012

    "Assessing corporate social and financial performance in China"

    D. Luethge, G. Han

    Social Responsibility Journal

  • 2011

    "LMX, Job satisfaction and turnover: A mediation model."

    G. Han, M. Jekel

    Journal of Nursing Management/ 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, volume 19, issue 41-49

  • 2010

    "Trust and career satisfaction: The mediating role of LMX"

    G. Han

    Career Development International/Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 15, issue 5, p. 437-458

  • 2010

    "Team identification, trust and conflict: A mediation model"

    G. Han, P. Harms

    International Journal of Conflict Management/Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 2, issue 1, p. 20-43

  • 2009

    "Bracketing team boundary spanning: An examination of task-based, team-level, and contextual antecedents"

    A. Joshi, N. Pandey, G. Han

    Journal of Organizational Behavior/John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, volume 30, p. 731-759

  • 2006

    "Helping you out while I’m away: Examining tenure diversity, leader support and OCB in global teams."

    G. Han

    Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings/ Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings;2006, pL1

  • 2018 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Current Psychology

  • 2017 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Journal of Business Ethics

  • 2017 - present

    Reviewer, Conference Paper
    GIKA Conference

  • 2016 - present


    Certified SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources)

  • 2015 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Group & Organization Management

  • 2014 - 2014

    Reviewer, Grant Proposal
    Reviewer for YSU University Research Council Grant

  • Unknown

    Reviewer, Grant Proposal
    Reviewer for NSF (National Science Foundation) Grant 2013

  • 2012 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

  • 2011 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Journal of Nursing Management

  • 2011 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    International Journal of Conflict Management

  • 2010 - present

    Reviewer, Conference Paper
    Western Academy of Management

  • Unknown

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    International Journal of Emerging Markets

  • 2008 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Journal of Management Inquiry

  • 2007 - present

    Reviewer, Conference Paper
    SIOP (Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Conference

  • 2006 - present

    Reviewer, Conference Paper
    Academy of Management

  • Unknown

    Guest Speaker
    Ohio Dietitians Conference Super Saturday 2014

  • Unknown

    Guest Speaker
    Diversity Workshop 2013

  • Unknown

    Guest Speaker
    HR Conference (Practitioner-oriented) Sponsored by Western Reserve Chapter

  • Unknown

    Member
    HR Conference (Practitioner-oriented) Organization Committee

  • Unknown


    Collaborated with Humility of Mary Partners to address nurse shortage issue

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    Chinese American Association of the Greater Youngstown Area 2008